Project Overview
The RaceSci Website is a resource for scholars and students interested in the history of "race" in science, medicine, and technology. RaceSci is dedicated to encouraging critical, anti-racist and interdisciplinary approaches to our understanding of the production and uses of "race" as a concept within the history of science. Instead of assuming race as a natural category that science then uncovers, this site assembles scholarly works that look at how cultural processes of racialization have profoundly shaped knowledge about humanness, health, and even our understanding of "nature" itself. The aim of RaceSci is to serve as a catalyst and support for the increased critical study of "race" and science amongst students and researchers by bringing together in a common forum the interdisciplinary English-language literature on the topic, with a particular strength in U.S. history. In addition, RaceSci tracks the continuing history of "race" in contemporary science and its reporting in the media. For scholars, the site provides samples of university syllabi and announcements of events.
Edited by
Michelle Murphy
Associate Professor, Department of History
Institute for Women and Gender Studies
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Jon Soske
PhD Candidate, Department of History
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Brian Beaton
PhD Candidate, Department of History
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Staff
Shannon Thorndyke
Research Assistant and Web-Development
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Sponsored by
History Department, University of Toronto