HIST 122-01 10237 |
The Roman World |
Days: T R
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Time: 09:40 am-11:10 am
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Room: MAIN 111
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Instructor: Beth Severy-Hoven
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*Cross-listed with CLASS 122-01*
Details
This course introduces students to the Roman world, which at its height stretched from Britain to Iran, from Germany to Africa, and lasted well over a thousand years. Students will develop critical thinking skills while working with Roman literature in translation, art, architecture and other archaeological remains. The structure of the course is chronological, but we will examine major themes across time and space, which may include the development of Roman literature out of and in response to Greek culture; the effects of the civil wars and the resulting political change from a republic to a monarchy; the cultural, religious and/or military aspects of the Roman empire and its immediate aftermath; Roman conceptions of gender, sexuality, slave and free status, citizenship and/or ethnicity, and how these social categories were used to legitimize or exercise power. Meets History Department pre-1800 requirement.
General Education Requirements:
Internationalism
Distribution Requirements:
Humanities
Course Materials
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HIST 137-01 10463 |
From Confederation to Confederacy: US History from Independence to Civil War |
Days: M W F
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Time: 10:50 am-11:50 am
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Room: THEATR 002
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Instructor: Linda Sturtz
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Details
In the Plan of Union prepared during the 1754 "Albany Convention," Anglo-American colonists met to consider uniting as a loose confederation for their common defense and to ally with the Iroquois confederacy. That plan failed, but a later experiment in unity succeeded when the united colonies declared independence. Nevertheless, social, cultural, and ideological differences persisted, and the union formed in 1776 was tried and tested before finally fracturing with the secession of South Carolina, precipitating the Civil War. In the intervening years, Americans grappled with how they should govern themselves, who should be included in the polity, and how society should be organized. Reformers considered the controversial issues of women's rights, the role of Native Americans within the US, and the place of slavery in a nation founded on the precept that "All men are created equal." This course covers the periods of the French and Indian War, the American Revolution, the early national and antebellum periods, before concluding with the Civil War. It also considers the global causes and consequences of the war and the rise of the new United States. We will also analyze the construction of the myth and historical memory of Alexander Hamilton, the founding father who has captured the imagination of people in the modern U.S. Through a study of the recent biography of Hamilton along with the music and stage production of Hamilton, we will consider both the biographical and mythical Alexander Hamilton in order to understand his era and our own. Can count towards "Colonization and Empire," or "Race and Indigeneity," or "Law and Social Justice," or "North America" fields.
General Education Requirements:
Writing WA
U.S. Identities and Differences
Distribution Requirements:
Humanities
Course Materials
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HIST 137-02 10975 |
From Confederation to Confederacy: US History from Independence to Civil War |
Days: M W F
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Time: 01:10 pm-02:10 pm
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Room: MAIN 111
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Instructor: Linda Sturtz
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*Appropriate for first-year students*
Details
In the Plan of Union prepared during the 1754 "Albany Convention," Anglo-American colonists met to consider uniting as a loose confederation for their common defense and to ally with the Iroquois confederacy. That plan failed, but a later experiment in unity succeeded when the united colonies declared independence. Nevertheless, social, cultural, and ideological differences persisted, and the union formed in 1776 was tried and tested before finally fracturing with the secession of South Carolina, precipitating the Civil War. In the intervening years, Americans grappled with how they should govern themselves, who should be included in the polity, and how society should be organized. Reformers considered the controversial issues of women's rights, the role of Native Americans within the US, and the place of slavery in a nation founded on the precept that "All men are created equal." This course covers the periods of the French and Indian War, the American Revolution, the early national and antebellum periods, before concluding with the Civil War. It also considers the global causes and consequences of the war and the rise of the new United States. We will also analyze the construction of the myth and historical memory of Alexander Hamilton, the founding father who has captured the imagination of people in the modern U.S. Through a study of the recent biography of Hamilton along with the music and stage production of Hamilton, we will consider both the biographical and mythical Alexander Hamilton in order to understand his era and our own. Can count towards "Colonization and Empire," or "Race and Indigeneity," or "Law and Social Justice," or "North America" fields.
General Education Requirements:
Writing WA
U.S. Identities and Differences
Distribution Requirements:
Humanities
Course Materials
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HIST 140-01 10464 |
Introduction to East Asian Civilization |
Days: T R
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Time: 09:40 am-11:10 am
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Room: MAIN 002
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Instructor: James Coplin
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*Cross-listed with ASIA 140-01*
Details
This course introduces the cultures and societies of China, Japan and Korea from the earliest times to the present day. Primarily an introductory course for beginners in East Asian civilization, this course considers a variety of significant themes in religious, political, economic, social and cultural developments in the region. Meets global and/or comparative history requirement. Can count towards "Colonization and Empire," or "Race and Indigeneity," or "Law and Social Justice," or "Asia" fields.
General Education Requirements:
Writing WP
Internationalism
Distribution Requirements:
Humanities
Course Materials
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HIST 154-01 10918 |
African Life Histories |
Days: M W F
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Time: 10:50 am-11:50 am
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Room: CARN 304
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Instructor: Tara Hollies
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*Course will not meet in CARN 304 on Friday, November 3rd*
Details
This is an introductory course designed to familiarize you with the life history method and with indigenous African epistemologies and cosmologies that are illuminated by the histories that African individuals and communities have told about themselves. We will use oral histories, songs, poetry, memoirs, biographies, autobiographies, film, and more to explore the personal narration of lived experience. We will read about and listen to the stories of individuals from different parts of the continent, from Nigeria to Kenya to South Africa. Class activities will include seminar discussions, writing workshops, and lectures. Students will have the option to carry out an individual research project that incorporates the life history method. This can count towards “Colonization and Empire,” or “Race and Indigeneity,” or “Africa & Atlantic World” fields.
General Education Requirements:
Writing WP
Internationalism
Distribution Requirements:
Humanities
Course Materials
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HIST 170-01 10466 |
History of Childhood |
Days: T R
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Time: 03:00 pm-04:30 pm
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Room: THEATR 200
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Instructor: Amy Sullivan
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*Cross-listed with WGSS 170-01*
Details
This course examines the history of childhood and youth in the United States. The historical voices and perspectives of childhood that we study will pay close attention to the significance of race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, time periods, and social settings. Some questions we will consider relevant to the study of history: Do children have agency? What is the role of children as subjects in history? How has childhood been socially and historically constructed? Why are children such galvanizing social and political symbols? How is identity shaped in childhood and what impact does this have on adult society at certain historical moments?
General Education Requirements:
Writing WC
U.S. Identities and Differences
Distribution Requirements:
Humanities
Course Materials
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HIST 181-F1 10468 |
Introduction to Latin America |
Days: T R
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Time: 03:00 pm-04:30 pm
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Room: MAIN 010
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Instructor: Ernesto Capello
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*First-Year course only; cross-listed with LATI 181-F1*
Details
This course offers a general survey of the complex and heterogeneous region we somewhat reductively term Latin America. It follows a roughly chronological approach, beginning with the eve of encounter and continuing through the contemporary era. Discussions will consider themes such as the institution and legacy of colonialism, the search for new national identities, and the onset of modern racial and political strife. The course will emphasize the import of global economic, political, and cultural trends on the formation of the region. Meets the global and/or comparative history requirement. Can count towards "Colonization and Empire," or "Race and Indigeneity," or "Latin American/Caribbean" fields.
General Education Requirements:
Writing WA
Internationalism
Distribution Requirements:
Humanities
Course Materials
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HIST 194-01 10470 |
Intro to South Asian History |
Days: M W F
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Time: 09:40 am-10:40 am
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Room: CARN 105
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Instructor: Niharika Yadav
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*Cross-listed with ASIA 194-02*
Details
Varies by semester. Consult the department or class schedule for current listing.
General Education Requirements:
Internationalism
Distribution Requirements:
Humanities
Course Materials
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HIST 194-F1 10472 |
Wakanda Forever |
Days: M
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Time: 07:00 pm-10:00 pm
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Room: MAIN 001
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Instructor: Walter Greason
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*First-Year course only*
Details
Blending history, literature, and economics, this course explores the creation of fictional worlds like Marvel Studios’ Wakanda in ways that advance the principles of a liberal arts education. Students will read and write across multiple disciplines and ultimately create a multimedia project about their studies by the end of the semester. If you like stories like the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Harry Potter, and the Hunger Games, you’ll love this class!
General Education Requirements:
Writing WA
Distribution Requirements:
Humanities
Course Materials
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HIST 209-01 10473 |
Civil Rights in the United States |
Days: W
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Time: 07:00 pm-10:00 pm
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Room: MAIN 010
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Instructor: Walter Greason
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*Cross-listed with AMST 209-01*
Details
The course examines the post-World War II Civil Rights Movement led by African Americans in the United States. In the class, students will analyze key people, issues, events, and debates within movement history, including, but not limited to, gender and leadership; struggles for civil rights in the south, west, and urban north; the impact of the Cold War on race relations; student activism; movement strategies; and the emergence of Black Power. Throughout the semester, students will read a wide variety of primary and secondary texts to illuminate the activities and life stories of individual participants as well as the broad historical forces that characterized this long era of insurgency. Can count towards "Gender," or "Race and Indigeneity," or "Law and Social Justice," or "North America" fields.
General Education Requirements:
U.S. Identities and Differences
Distribution Requirements:
Humanities
Course Materials
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HIST 225-01 10475 |
Native History to 1871 |
Days: T R
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Time: 09:40 am-11:10 am
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Room: MAIN 010
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Instructor: Katrina Phillips
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*Cross-listed with AMST 225-01*
Details
The history of American Indians is wonderfully complex, but this history is simultaneously fraught with misconceptions and misinterpretations. European (and, later, Euro-Americans) alternated among fascination, fear, and frustration toward American Indians, while American Indians sought to maintain tribal sovereignty and control over their lands, cultures, religions, politics, and lifestyles amidst continuing encroachment and settlement. This course examines American Indian history to 1871 - the year that Congress stopped making treaties with Native nations - by considering the complicated and multifaceted history of the nation's indigenous people. By looking at American Indian interactions with Spanish, French, British, and American explorers, settlers, missionaries, militaries, and government officials, this courses argues that the history of American Indians is essential to understanding past as well as present issues. Furthermore, this course looks to move beyond the notion that American Indian history is one of inevitable decline by creating a more nuanced understanding of the American Indian experience from pre-contact toward the twentieth century. Can count towards "Colonization and Empire," or "Race and Indigeneity," or "Law and Social Justice," or "North America" fields.
General Education Requirements:
Writing WA
U.S. Identities and Differences
Distribution Requirements:
Humanities
Course Materials
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HIST 228-01 10477 |
The Law, Economy, and Family in the Anglo-American Tradition |
Days: M W F
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Time: 08:30 am-09:30 am
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Room: MAIN 009
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Instructor: Linda Sturtz
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*Cross-listed with WGSS 228-01*
Details
Since the 1960s historians have revisited early American history to identify populations on the margins and historical actors whose stories and experiences were neglected in the traditional canon of history. Historians of women made some of the first forays into this important work of recovery. Building up the foundations produced by women's historians, the field of gender and sexuality studies have flourished and enriched the narratives of American history. This course examines American peoples and cultures from the 16th through early 19th centuries to uncover the ways in which gender and sexuality shaped the formation of an early American society. Particular attention will be given to the way that ideologies of gender and sexuality shaped early concepts of race and the development of North American political institutions. Can count towards "Gender," or "North America" fields.
General Education Requirements:
Distribution Requirements:
Humanities
Course Materials
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HIST 234-01 10347 |
U.S. Environmental History |
Days: M W F
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Time: 02:20 pm-03:20 pm
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Room: THEATR 205
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Instructor: Chris Wells
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*Permission of instructor required; first day attendance required; not available to ACTC students; cross-listed with ENVI 234-01*
Details
People have always had to contend with the natural world, but only recently have historians begun to explore the changing relationships between people and their environment over time. In this course, we will examine the variety of ways that people in North America have shaped the environment, as well as how they have used, labored in, abused, conserved, protected, rearranged, polluted, cleaned, and thought about it. In addition, we will explore how various characteristics of the natural world have affected the broad patterns of human society, sometimes harming or hindering life and other times enabling rapid development and expansion. By bringing nature into the study of human history and the human past into the study of nature, we will begin to see the connections and interdependencies between the two that are often overlooked. Meets History's post-1800 requirement, and can count towards "Environment," or "Law and Social Justice," or "North America" fields.
General Education Requirements:
Writing WP
U.S. Identities and Differences
Distribution Requirements:
Humanities
Course Materials
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HIST 258-01 10479 |
Postwar Europe |
Days: T R
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Time: 09:40 am-11:10 am
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Room: HUM 228
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Instructor: Lauren Henry
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Details
This course will trace the history of European politics, culture, and society from the end of the Second World War to the present. We will explore topics such as postwar reconstruction and memory, the creation of the European Union, the Cold War, the disintegration of Europe's overseas empires, the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, and the ongoing challenges of responding to an increasingly diverse cultural landscape in Europe today. Throughout the course we will ask: In what ways is the history of postwar Europe a story of recovery, integration, and unification, and in what ways is it a story of a continent haunted by growing divisions between different cultures, political systems, and values? In order to answer these questions and to situate Europe within a broader global framework, we will explore a wide range of sources, including film, art, memoirs, journalistic accounts, political speeches, and government documents. Our exploration of these sources will be coupled with a reading of historian Tony Judt's "magisterial" account of Europe since 1945: Postwar. Meets the post-1800 requirement, and can count towards "Colonization and Empire," or "Law and Social Justice," or "Europe" fields.
General Education Requirements:
Distribution Requirements:
Humanities
Course Materials
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HIST 271-01 10480 |
Uses and Abuses: Drugs, Addiction and Recovery |
Days: M
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Time: 07:00 pm-10:00 pm
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Room: THEATR 204
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Instructor: Amy Sullivan
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*Cross-listed with AMST 271-01*
Details
After a brief but essential global history of drugs, this course will focus primarily on the 20th century to the present. We will examine histories of substance use and abuse, temperance and prohibition, the "War on Drugs," the shifting concept of addiction as a moral failing to addiction as a treatable disease, as well as study the history of the recovery movement and harm reduction. This course is not intended to be an exhaustive, comprehensive history of the subject-but it will provide you with a solid base from which to explore other aspects of this fascinating and contentious aspect of human history. Meets the post-1800 requirement, and can count towards "Gender," or "Race and Indigeneity," or "Law and Social Justice," or "North America" fields.
General Education Requirements:
U.S. Identities and Differences
Distribution Requirements:
Humanities
Course Materials
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HIST 282-01 10484 |
Latin America: Art and Nation |
Days: T R
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Time: 01:20 pm-02:50 pm
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Room: MAIN 010
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Instructor: Ernesto Capello
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*Appropriate for first-year students; cross-listed with LATI 282-01*
Details
This course presents an historical overview of the interaction between artists, the state, and national identity in Latin America. After an introduction to the import of images to crafting collective identities during the colonial era and the 19th century, we will focus on the 20th century. Topics to be discussed include the depiction of race, allegorical landscapes and architectures, the art of revolution, and countercultures. Multiple genres will be explored with an emphasis on the visual arts, architecture, and popular music. Meets the post-1800 requirement, and can count towards "Latin American/Caribbean" field.
General Education Requirements:
Writing WA
Internationalism
Distribution Requirements:
Humanities
Course Materials
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HIST 294-02 10489 |
Contemporary India Since 1945 |
Days: M W F
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Time: 03:30 pm-04:30 pm
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Room: MAIN 001
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Instructor: Niharika Yadav
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*Cross-listed with ASIA 294-01*
Details
Varies by semester. Consult the department or class schedule for current listing.
General Education Requirements:
Writing WP
Internationalism
Distribution Requirements:
Humanities
Course Materials
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HIST 294-03 10868 |
The Caucasus: From Ancient Histories to Modern Problems |
Days: T R
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Time: 01:20 pm-02:50 pm
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Room: HUM 314
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Instructor: Artyom Tonoyan
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*Cross-listed with RUSS 294-01*
Details
This course seeks to explore and examine the Caucasus (both North and South), from the historical origins of the peoples and states that comprise it, to its contestation and conquering by various empires that abutted it, to its modern restive ethno-political climate since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Special emphasis will be placed on the Russian and Soviet experiences of the region due to the vast social, political, and cultural imprint left by the domination of the region by its northern neighbor. Additionally, the course seeks to introduce students to the rich cultural tapestry that makes up the region, drawing on scholarship from a variety of disciplines and contemporary works of literature and motion pictures.
General Education Requirements:
Distribution Requirements:
Humanities
Course Materials
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HIST 294-F1 10874 |
Between Europe and Asia |
Days: M W F
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Time: 10:50 am-11:50 am
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Room: THEATR 001
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Instructor: Maria Fedorova
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*First-Year course only; cross-listed with RUSS 294-F1*
Details
What does it mean to be “between Europe and Asia?” How have people who have inhabited the territory of present-day Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Baltic states for centuries dealt with finding themselves in between the two worlds? How did these groups of diverse ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds interact with one another? The course explores these questions and the history of peoples and spaces in Northern Eurasia from the medieval period to the fall of the Soviet Union. Stretching from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean, Northern Eurasia has been a place of intensive cultural, economic, and political exchange for many centuries. This exchange resulted in trade, wars, imperial rule, and revolutions, as well as socialist experiments. This course will examine these contacts and consider the following topics: the historical geography of Northern Eurasia; Eurasian identities and indigeneity; ideas of Russianness, imperialism, and Orientalism; nation-building and the Soviet empire. This course will be an excellent introduction to Eurasian and Russian Studies, as well as an introduction to the issues of imperialism, colonialism, and nationalism in a global context.
General Education Requirements:
Writing WA
Distribution Requirements:
Humanities
Course Materials
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HIST 367-01 10491 |
The Holocaust |
Days: T R
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Time: 01:20 pm-02:50 pm
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Room: MAIN 011
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Instructor: Lauren Henry
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Details
This reading- and writing-intensive course will explore one of the most tragic and transformative events of the 20th century: The Holocaust. Over the course of the semester, we will ask: What made the Holocaust possible? In what ways did Nazi genocide in the 1940s build on previous centuries of religious and racial prejudice? What factors shaped the way that people experienced the Holocaust? Why did so many people collaborate and how can we understand resistance and survival as complex and multi-faceted experiences? How can employing a global or comparative historical approach expand our understanding of the Holocaust? And finally, in what ways did the Holocaust bring about a revolution in human rights? Whenever possible, we will explore these questions through the first-hand perspectives. In addition to our shared course material, students will engage in their own independent research and writing projects. Throughout the semester we will work together to foster a supportive intellectual community. Meets the global and/or comparative requirement for the history major and can count towards the "Law and Social Justice," "Race and Indigeneity," or "Global/Comparative" fields. Prerequisite(s): One previous History course.
General Education Requirements:
Distribution Requirements:
Humanities
Course Materials
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HIST 490-01 10493 |
Senior Seminar |
Days: T R
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Time: 08:00 am-09:30 am
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Room: MAIN 010
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Instructor: Katrina Phillips
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Details
The senior seminar is taught every fall on themes that cross chronological and geographic lines. Past themes have included Memory, Migration, Gender and Micro-History.
General Education Requirements:
Distribution Requirements:
Humanities
Course Materials
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HIST 490-02 10924 |
Senior Seminar |
Days: M W
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Time: 08:00 am-09:30 am
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Room: MAIN 011
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Instructor: Karin Velez
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Details
The senior seminar is taught every fall on themes that cross chronological and geographic lines. Past themes have included Memory, Migration, Gender and Micro-History.
General Education Requirements:
Distribution Requirements:
Humanities
Course Materials
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