These presentations will usually be offered by a small group of students. Seminar presentations follow the panel form used in ASA or ESS meetings. Thus, after a few weeks of orientation and preparation, we shall have presentations each week on the assigned reading. The instructor will serve as discussant for the panels, and will expect to receive drafts of the presentations one week before the presentation is scheduled. Under normal circumstances the presentations will be preliminary versions of the final research paper.
Students prepare mid-term and final papers.
The mid-term paper responds to the prompt below. Be sure to keep a copy of each paper, either on disk or as a printout. Drawing on your in-depth reading of the materials assigned thus far in this course , interpret the onset, logic, and durability of this early modern social organization of race. Be sure to give reasoned and documented arguments throughout your essay. The paper will in general be oriented toward the student's area of specialization.