This course uses the writings of the prominent anti-racist philosopher and sociologist W.E.B. Du Bois as a starting point to explore different philosophical questions related to the notion of race. A prolific writer, Du Bois engaged with various questions and debates about race, ranging from metaphysical questions about what race is to political and epistemological questions about the impact of race and racial ideas on societal practices. Additionally, Du Bois always sought to connect the domestic anti-racist struggle of African Americans with a global struggle against colonialism and colonial policies. The idea of this course thematises many of these ideas by exploring the contemporary resonances of Du Bois' arguments across 4 distinct themes: the metaphysics, epistemology, politics, and global dimensions of race and racism. Each theme begins with a different set of extracts from Du Bois' oeuvre and spans his entire period, from his early writings on race and politics to his later writings that explicitly embraced an openly Marxist agenda. The goal of the course is thus not only to explore how Du Bois' own views changed across his writings, but also how the different positions he adopted and expressed continue to resonate with present-day debates on race.