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2021-2022 Catalogue [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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HIST 10165 - West Africa & Black America, Connection Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(GLIS)
WEST AFRICA AND BLACK AMERICA. This course is about West Africans and their connection to the Americas from the sixteenth through the nineteenth century. We will focus on the changing nature of African political and social formations, the rise and development of the Atlantic slave trade, the impact of that trade on the Atlantic societies,especially the formation of Black American cultures and their relations and interactions with Africa. [C, HSS]
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HIST 10166 - The Holocaust Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(GLIS)
THE HOLOCAUST This course examines the Nazi program of genocide and mass killing in the context of Nazi ideology and in the larger context of modern European history and the evolution of modern antisemitism. It also introduces students to some of the significant historiographical issues in the study of the Holocaust, including questions such as the meaning and significance of the term “Holocaust” and the disturbing phenomenon of Holocaust denial. A section of HIST 201xx is required for majors, but is open to students from all departments and programs. This course does not fulfill the writing intensive requirement. [D, HSS]
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HIST 10168 - Modern Civil Rights Movements Course Credit: 1
MODERN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENTS In this course we will address contemporary questions about race and racism by looking back at whence we came - the civil rights and black power movements. While the course will introduce students to familiar events, we will also learn about less familiar leaders, such as Ella Baker, and organization based in the north and the west as well as the ways these movements mirrored anti-colonial and nationalist movements across the globe. Thus, we will use civil rights and black power writings and scholarship as a vehicle for students to learn about the variety of the struggles and concerns, historical approaches, and scholarly debates within the larger fields of civil rights and black power studies. [C, HSS]
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HIST 10176 - Intro: History of Islam Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(GLIS, MENA)
INTRO: HISTORY OF ISLAM. This course surveys the development of Islam’s complex history, from its birth in the 7th century to its global expansion today. We will examine the ways in which language, time, space, ethnicity, social situation, and gender, among other factors, affected the history of Islam. In the meantime, we will show that the diversity of Muslim societies did not exclude the existence of global networks connecting Muslims around the world, fostering deep commonness across space and time. [global] Annually. [C, HSS, R]
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HIST 10177 - Latin American Revolutions Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(GLIS, LAST)
LATIN AMERICAN REVOLUTIONS This course examines the history of 20th century Latin American revolutions. In addition to considering ideas about how, when, and why people rebel, we’ll focus on case studies from Mexico, Cuba, Chile, and Nicaragua. We’ll emphasize both how different historians have interpreted these revolutions, and analyze first-hand accounts from the participants. [global] Alternate Years. [C, GE, HSS, SJ]
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HIST 10178 - West Africa and the World Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(GLIS)
WEST AFRICA AND THE WORLD This course is a survey of the history of West Africa, from the 4th century to the present time. First, we will take a close look at the Sudanese Empires and their connections with Europe and Asia. Then we will investigate the rise and the hegemony of the Atlantic and the many ways in which it defined the historical trajectory of the region, from the fifteenth century to the start of European colonization. Finally, we will turn our attention to the colonial and post-colonial periods. The course will combine lectures and the reading and discussion of primary sources and the secondary literature on the different topics that we will be surveying. [HSS]
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HIST 10182 - America in the 60s and 70s Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
AMERICA IN THE 60S Chronologically, this course covers the Long Sixties, beginning with the Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954 and ending with the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980. It was during quarter century that the United States that we live in today was born: Our economy moved into its current post-industrial phase. Our society began in earnest to work toward social and cultural equality for all Americans even as the mechanisms that protected economic equality began to collapse. American hegemony abroad broke down in Southeast Asia. Our politics, in many cases driven by cultural divisions, divided into the polarized camps that define our contemporary political culture. The mass media where so many of these battles are seemingly fought was also born in this era. We will of course approach this amazingly contentious and intellectually invigorating era as historians interested in learning about the events, personalities, and social, political, economic, and cultural shifts that defined the time period. More importantly, however, we will also examine how two generations of our fellow scholars have considered the time period. We will be as invested in historical interpretations as we are in historical narratives. [HSS]
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HIST 10183 - Intro: Family in Chinese History Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(CHIN, EAST, WGSS)
INTRO: FAMILY IN CHINESE HISTORY This course explores how the family function in Chinese history, from the earliest periods to the present day. We will explore the architecture and layout of the family house, and examine how the house accommodated daily activities. We will also examine the roles and duties of family members and how they negotiated the hierarchical and patriarchal/matriarchal order. Our inquiry will include rituals that marked significant transitions for individual and collective members of the family. [global, pre-1800] [C, HSS]
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HIST 10184 - Intro: Chinese Medicine Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(CHIN, EAST, GLIS)
Intro: Chinese Medicine This class will be an introduction to the history of Chinese medicine. We will explore its roots, and how it changed over time. We will examine canonical texts and ideas, and the multiple ways they have been reshaped in modern and contemporary periods. [Global] [pre-1800] [HSS]
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HIST 10187 - Intro: History of Native Ameri Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
INTRO: HISTORY OF NATIVE AMERICA This course focuses on some of the major issues Native American nations and tribes face as they seek to assert rights of self-determination in the second half of the twentieth century and start of the twenty-first century. It provides exposure to many Native peoples’ identities and ways of life and will explore themes of sovereignty, activism and reform, health and social welfare, art, culture and language, religious freedom, education and land and water rights. [C, HSS]
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HIST 10190 - American Social Reform Course Credit: 1
AMERICAN SOCIAL REFORM [HSS]
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HIST 10191 - Intro: History of Sexualities Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(WGSS)
HISTORY OF SEXUALITIES This course will explore the construction and reconstruction of sexuality in the western world mainly in the twentieth century. The purpose of the course is to enable students to develop a critical understanding of how definitions of sexuality have developed in particular historical contexts, how social concerns about sexuality have played out in private and public realms, and how a spectrum of sexual identities have been made and remade over time. [C, D, HSS]
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HIST 10196 - Warfare in Global History Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(GLIS)
WARFARE IN GLOBAL HISTORY This class explores the effects that war and military developments have on individuals, states, and societies and the role that societies in turn have on the nature of war itself. We will examine how studying these relationships can contribute to current debates in global history, around themes such as identity, mobility, gender, and the spread of ideas. Our focus will be on specific episodes and case studies, illuminating the diverse methodologies through which military history and the experience of war can be studied. [GE, HSS]
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HIST 10197 - The Civil War Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
THE CIVIL WAR This course will cover a range of topics to better understand the causes of the war, key events during the Civil War itself, as well as what happened in its aftermath. We will pay special attention to the role of abolitionists and African Americans in transforming the course of the war, as well as the experiences of enslaved and free African Americans. [C, HSS]
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HIST 10198 - Race & the Law Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
RACE AND THE LAW [C, HSS]
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HIST 10199 - Medieval Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
MEDIEVAL [HSS]
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HIST 10600 - Western Civilization to 1600 Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
WESTERN CIVILIZATION TO 1600 A survey of the rise of western civilization to 1600. European history. [Pre-1800] Annually. [HSS]
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HIST 10700 - Introduction to Modern European History Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(GLIS)
INTRODUCTION TO MODERN EUROPEAN HISTORY Introduction to the history of Europe from 1600 to the present. Central themes include understanding Europe in relation to the rest of the world, colonialism and imperialism, empire, the emergence of capitalism, the rise of the modern state, the Scientific Revolution, the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, industrialization, anti-colonial movements, anti-capitalist movements, Romanticism, the class system, gender relations, nationalism, and more. Annually. [C, GE, HSS, SJ]
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HIST 10800 - Introduction to Global History Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(GLIS)
AN INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL HISTORY Global history examines the interactions between different cultures across the globe from ancient times to the present. These interactions range from trade, to warfare, to the exchange of ideas, technology and disease. More specifically, global history explores the ways that those interactions have changed over time, and the impact they have had on economics, society, culture, politics and the environment at the local level. Annually. [C, GE, HSS, SJ]
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HIST 10900 - Making of Contemporary World Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(GLIS)
HIST-19909. MAKING OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD. An introduction to the history of the world, with emphasis on the major events and powerful forces of the last one hundred years that shape the world today. The course takes in perspectives from across the globe, without worrying about complete chronological or geographical coverage. Students will gain an awareness of the cultural traditions that define regions and peoples, knowledge of the historical legacies that shape the present and the future, and a broad understanding of the forces that have made the contemporary world. Readings include a political history of the twentieth century and select primary and secondary sources. [C, GE, HSS]
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HIST 11000 - The United States Experience to 1877 Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
THE UNITED STATES EXPERIENCE TO 1877 A survey of the development of United States society to 1877. [Pre-1800] Annually. [D, HSS]
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HIST 11100 - The U.S. Experience Since 1877 Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
THE UNITED STATES EXPERIENCE SINCE 1877 A survey of United States history from 1877 to the present. Annually. [HSS]
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HIST 11500 - History of Black America Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(AFST, EDUC)
HISTORY OF BLACK AMERICA: FROM WEST AFRICAN ORIGINS TO THE PRESENT This course covers the history of black Americans from their origins in West Africa to the present. Although this course is a survey, it will have a topical approach. Topics will include the following: West African origins, the southern slavery experience, Black Reconstruction, the Great Migration, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Black Power Movement. The current situation of black people is the result of this heroic and yet sometimes tragic history. This course will view the development of America from the black perspective, displaying a history that is not the traditional view of the United States. Annually. [C, HSS]
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HIST 19901 - The Hebrew Bible and History Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(MENA, RELS)
THE HEBREW BIBLE AND HISTORY Introduction to the books of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and how critical scholarship uses them as a source for the history of ancient Israel and its culture. Examines central Israelite social and religious institutions and concepts (covenant, monarchy, priesthood), with particular attention to the intersection between history and theology in Israelite thought. Addresses the polemical use of this text today in the US culture wars as well as in the Israel-Palestine conflict. [C, R]
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HIST 19910 - Social Movements in Global Perspective Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(GLIS)
Social Movements in Global Perspective This course examines the interaction between individuals, societies, cultures, and socio-political environments from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. The course aims to give us a better understanding of how men and women experience life as individuals and, at the same time, as members of cultural systems that shape their personalities, behaviors, and perceptions of their social surroundings. In this course, we will explore what it means to be human, asking such vital questions as: Is there such a thing as human nature independent of society? How do worldviews play a role in shaping the value systems, thought patterns, and actions of both individuals and societies? Are individuals free actors and makers of their own destinies or the products of historically determined conditions? What causes men and women to initiate social, religious or political movements? How do they capture the public imaginations to garner a mass following and remake their times and social orders? Why do social movements “fail” or “succeed” in achieving their goals? In addition, in the age of globalization, social movements have increasingly embraced universal values. Cognizant of this, the course lays special emphasis on the importance of looking at ourselves as citizens of the world and hence considers thematic-oriented topics from various parts of the world. Many movements will be examined. These include Mohammed and the rise of Islam, the Protestant Reformation, Indian nationalism and Gandhi’s Civil Disobedience, West African colonial rule and resistance, Pan-Africanism, The Civil Rights Movements, Ethnocentrism and identity politics in Rwanda, the Meiji Restoration in Japan, Apartheid and Nelson Mandela, The Chinese Revolution and Mao Zedong, Marxism and youth politics in Ethiopia, The Young Turks and Kamal Ataturk , The None-Aligned Movements and the Afro-Asiatic “Third Block,” Nasserism, the Muslim Brotherhood, and the “Arab Spring,” the women of the Wangari Maathai and the Green Belts Environmental Movements and Political Islam in Somalia.
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HIST 20100 - The Craft of History Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(CHIN, EAST, EDUC, GLIS, WGSS)
THE CRAFT OF HISTORY An introduction to the critical skills of the historian-including the analysis of primary sources, historiography, historical research and writing, and historical argument-through the study of a specific historical theme. A writing-intensive course, the class is taught as a seminar. The course is required for majors and minors, but it is open to students from all departments and programs. It is normally taken in the sophomore year and before HIST 40100-Junior I.S. Prerequisite(s): 1 full credit course in History; or permission of instructor [HSS, W]
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HIST 20101 - Craft of History: History of News Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(COMS, GLIS, GMDS)
CRAFT OF HISTORY: HISTORY OF NEWS This course serves two functions. It is, first of all, an introduction to the history of the news in Western societies - from the newsbooks and ballads of the sixteenth century to the newspaper, broadcast news, and the internet. At the same time, this course is a practical introduction to the critical skills of the historian - including the analysis of primary sources, historiography, historical research and writing, and historical argumentation. Prerequisite: one course in History or permission of instructor. Prerequisite(s): 1 course in History or permission of instructor. [HSS, W]
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HIST 20103 - Plagues in History Course Credit: 1
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PLAGUES IN HISTORY Some of the most powerful forces in history are the ones we cannot see. As historical actors, bacterial and viral agents have shown little respect for national boundaries. This course looks at three major epidemics in history, bubonic plague, smallpox, and influenza. Through an analysis of primary sources we explore the challenges these diseases posed to belief systems, social relationships, and economic structures in both a local and a global context. This is a writing intensive course and specifically addresses the craft of reading and writing as a historian. Prerequisite(s): 1 full credit course in History; or permission of instructor [HSS, W]
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HIST 20104 - Craft of History: Latin America & the Us Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(GLIS, LAST)
THE CRAFT OF HISTORY: LATIN AMERICA & THE UNITED STATES This course is an introduction to the intimate but often conflictual relationship between the U.S. and Latin America from the early 19th century to the present. In addition to case studies drawn from U.S. relations with Mexico and Cuba, we will emphasize the evolving cultural, political, and economic roles of Latino communities in the U.S.. As a HIST 201 course, this seminar is a practical introduction of the critical skills of the historian - including the analysis of primary sources, historiography, historical research and writing, and historical argumentation. Prerequisite(s): 1 course in History or permission of the instructor [C, D, HSS, W]
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HIST 20105 - The Holocaust Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(GLIS)
THE HOLOCAUST This course examines the Nazi program of genocide and mass killing in the context of Nazi ideology and in the larger context of modern European history and the evolution of modern antisemitism. It also introduces students to some of the significant historiographical issues in the study of the Holocaust, including questions such as the meaning and significance of the term “Holocaust” and the disturbing phenomenon of Holocaust denial. A writing-intensive course, the class is taught as a seminar. A section of HIST 201xx is required for majors, but is open to students from all departments and programs. Prerequisite(s): 1 course in History or permission of the instructor [HSS, W]
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HIST 20106 - History of the Civil Rights Movement Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
HISTORY OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT This course examines the African American civil rights movement during the twentieth century. We will interrogate the civil rights movement as a social movement and a historical period, highlighting important leaders and watershed events. Students will also examine the civil rights movement within the context of the Cold War as well as beyond the 1960s. Prerequisite(s): 1 course in History or permission of the instructor. [C, HSS, W]
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HIST 20107 - The Western: Mythmaking in Modern, America Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(FILM, GMDS)
THE WESTERN: MYTHMAKING IN AMERICA An introduction to the critical skills of the historian-including the analysis of primary sources, historiography, historical research and writing, and historical argument-through the study of a specific historical theme. A writing-intensive course, the class is taught as a seminar. Prerequisite(s): 1 course in History or permission of the instructor. [HSS, W]
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HIST 20115 - Body in Chinese Tradition Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(CHIN, EAST, WGSS)
CRAFT OF HISTORY: BODY IN CHINESE TRADITION The course will focus on the physical body and its somatic experiences as ways to think about the social, cultural, medical, religious and literary worlds in China. Besides examining the corporeal body, we will also explore the various ways in which the body in Chinese history has been described, represented, and interpreted. As a HIST 201 course, this seminar is a practical introduction of the critical skills of the historian - including the analysis of primary sources, historiography, historical research and writing, and historical argumentation. Prerequisite(s): 1 course in History or permission of the instructor. [C, D, GE, HSS, W]
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HIST 20118 - American Conservatism Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
AMERICAN CONSERVATISM Starting with the election of 1896, we will examine the different ways that conservative ideology has influenced U.S. political culture and came to define one of our major political parties. Topics include Southern Agrarians, Isolationists, ‘Ultraconservatives’, segregationists, the Religious Right, the Silent Majority, and Reagan Democrats. As a HIST 201 course, this seminar is a practical introduction of the critical skills of the historian - including the analysis of primary sources, historiography, historical research and writing, and historical argumentation. Prerequisite(s): 1 History course or permission of instructor. [HSS, W]
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HIST 20119 - West Africa U.S. Connection Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(GLIS)
WEST AFRICA U.S. CONNECTION This course is about West Africans and their connection to the Americas from the 16th to the 19th century. We will focus on the changing nature of African political and social formations, the rise and development of the Atlantic slave trade and the impact of that trade on African societies, and especially the formation of Black American cultures and their relations and interactions with Africa. As a HIST 201 course, this seminar is a practical introduction of the critical skills of the historian - including the analysis of primary sources, historiography, historical research and writing, and historical argumentation. Prerequisite(s): 1 History course or permission of instructor. [C, HSS, W]
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HIST 20124 - Public History Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
CRAFT OF PUBLIC HISTORY The field of public history encompasses the many and diverse ways in which history is put to use in the world. Public historians work as historical consultants, museum professionals, government historians, archivists, oral historians, film and media producers, historic preservationists, and policy advisers, among many other job descriptions. Through readings, assignments, and fieldwork, this course will provide students with a solid foundation in the theoretical and practical skills relating to public history, including project design and preparation, writing and research, oral interviewing techniques, digital tools, and presentation methods for sharing history. Prerequisite(s): 1 full credit course in History; or permission of instructor [HSS, W]
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HIST 20127 - Early America Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
EARLY AMERICA Prerequisite(s): 1 course in History [HSS]
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HIST 20128 - The Gilded Age and the Origins of Modern Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
THE GILDED AGE AND THE ORIGINS OF MODERN AMERICA This writing-intensive course is a historic and historiographic tour of the U.S. in the years between the deaths of Abraham Lincoln and William McKinley. It was a time of inconceivable change when mass immigration, urbanization, the rise of industrial capitalism, unimaginable disparities in wealth, riotous western expansion, and the emergence of the nation as an economic and military power. As a HIST 201XX course, this seminar is a practical introduction of the critical skills of the historian - including the analysis of primary sources, historiography, historical research and writing, and historical argumentation. Prerequisite(s): 1 full credit course in History; or permission of instructor [HSS, W]
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HIST 20129 - The Family in Chinese History Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
THE FAMILY IN CHINESE HISTORY [C, HSS, W]
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HIST 20130 - Modern Civil Rights Movement Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
MODERN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT [C, HSS, W]
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HIST 20131 - Rulers & Rebels in European Empires Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(GLIS)
CRAFT OF HISTORY: RULERS AND REBELS IN EUROPEAN EMPIRES This course offers a critical examination of the European imperial expansion across the globe from the sixteenth century to the process of decolonization in the twentieth. We will explore the structures and ideologies through which these empires were constructed and will pay equal attention to those who resisted and challenged imperial rule. The class also serves to introduce students to critical tools of historical analysis, including historical research and historiography. Prerequisite(s): 1 course in History [D, HSS, W]
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HIST 20132 - From Black Power to Black Lives Matter Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
FROM BLACK POWER TO BLACK LIVES MATTER Since the murder of Trayvon Martin in 2012 to the recent police murder of DeCynthia Clements and Stephon Clark, this nation has been undergoing a debate about race, crime, and policing. Journalists, black activists and athletes, and President Donald Trump have contributed to these often volatile discussions of police violence and crime. In this course, we will dig deeper into these issues by placing them into historical context. More specifically, students will read, write about, and discuss scholarly and popular writings on black protest against police brutality from the 1960s to the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. This course will also consider other broad topics, including the criminalization of black people, the roots of mass incarceration, and black politics since the 1960s. Thus, while this course will center black protest against police violence, we will also interrogate how transformations in politics, policing, and poverty have contributed to these contemporary struggles against anti-black violence. Prerequisite(s): 1 course in history; or permission of instructor [C, HSS, W]
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HIST 20134 - Mongol Global Century, 1200-1348 Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
THE MONGOL GLOBAL CENTURY, 1200-1348 This course examines the empire built by Chinggis Khan in the thirteenth century and the cultural exchange between east and west that his Pax Mongolica facilitated. Sources reflecting both eastern and western views of the Mongol empire will allow students to evaluate the principles of unity, merit, and religious toleration on which Chinggis built his empire. We will also explore the revival of trade and intellectual exchange between east and west as evidenced by changes in art, food, and fashion. [C, D, HSS, W]
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HIST 20135 - The History of Pain Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(GLIS)
THE HISTORY OF PAIN Pain is deeply embedded in every society and is an inescapable experience of human existence, but there are many differences in how we express, identify, manage and find meaning in pain. Understanding how various traditions understand and express pain presents the possibility for greater empathy and understanding between cultures and across time. Therefore, we will treat pain not only as an intimate physical, mental and spiritual condition of the individual but also as a site of cultural expressions with intricate webs of personal and social implications. We will explore pain experiences in medicine, law, literature, religion and popular culture. We will attempt to make sense of the continuities and changes in the representations and expressions of pain in global history. Readings will paired to allow for cross-cultural comparisons. [HSS, W]
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HIST 20136 - Craft: Reading and Writing Biography Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
HIST 20135. CRAFT OF HISTORY: READING AND WRITING BIOGRAPHY It is the most popular form of written history in the country. And among the hardest to write. In this course, we will read some of the most provocative and interesting biographies of the last several decades. And at least one much older. This craft of history course will include a research component as its final project. [HSS, W]
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HIST 20201 - Workshop: Historical Documentary Course Credit: 0.25
Maximum Credit: 0
(FILM, GMDS)
HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING This course will provide a theoretical foundation and practical training in a historical methodology. Prerequisite: one course in History or permission of instructor. May be repeated for credit as offerings vary. This section focuses on the theory and practice of the historical documentary. We will study some landmarks of documentary history. We will examine practical considerations of documentary filmmaking and video production, working on lighting, composition, sound, software, and editing. We will work together to produce a series of short documentaries. A quarter-credit course, we will meet for about two hours a week for eight weeks of the semester. NOTE: Due to its partial credit (.25 course credit), the course does not fulfill the requirement for one course in Category II of the Film Studies minor. May be repeated.
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HIST 20203 - Workshop: Public History Course Credit: 0.25
PUBLIC HISTORY This course will provide a theoretical foundation and practical training in a historical methodology. May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): 1 course in History or permission of instructor.
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HIST 20205 - History Through Film Course Credit: 0.25
HISTORY THROUGH FILM If, as the old saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words, then is a film about a historical event the equivalent of reading a whole library about it? Can you learn “real history” from a Hollywood blockbuster? What are some of the ways feature films on historical events enhance or undermine our understanding of those events? How can we as moviegoers learn to watch feature films as critical historians? This workshop will introduce students to the pros and cons, as historians see them, of presenting history through feature films. The films we watch will all relate to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This course will count as the required prerequisite for participation in the winter break 2015-16 Wooster In Israel and Palestine program for students who have not completed HIST 22800.
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HIST 20206 - Workshop: Historic Preservation Course Credit: 0.25
Maximum Credit: 0
WORKSHOP: HISTORIC PRESERVATION Prerequisite(s): 1 course in History; or permission of instructor
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HIST 20207 - Visualizing Information Course Credit: 0.25
Maximum Credit: 0
HISTORY WORKSHOP: VISUALIZING INFORMATION Population censuses, economic figures, survey data, and maps are all important sources of evidence about the past. This course provides practical training in creating data visualizations that help tell a convincing story and strengthen your historical argument. We’ll cover where to find historical data, what kinds of graphs and charts are most appropriate for the evidence you have, and how to use visual design to communicate your ideas effectively. (0.25 course credit) Note: these partial-credit courses do not count towards the major or minor. Prerequisite(s): 1 course in History; or permission of instructor
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HIST 20208 - Wrkshop: Institutional History Course Credit: 0.25
Maximum Credit: 0
WRKSHOP: INSTITUTIONAL HISTORY
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HIST 20209 - Documentary Filmmaking Course Credit: 0.5
Maximum Credit: 0
(GMDS)
DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING An introduction to the theory and practice of documentary filmmaking, with an emphasis on the historical documentary. Theory: How do documentaries represent the past? And practice: How do we make our own documentaries? We will study important documentaries and learn the techniques of documentary work, including camera and composition, using still photographs, music and narration, editing, and storytelling. A half-credit course, we will meet for the first half of the semester.
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HIST 20210 - Digital Storytelling With Scalar Course Credit: 0.5
Maximum Credit: 0
(GMDS)
WORKSHOP: DIGITAL STORYTELLING WITH SCALAR Scalar is a free, open-source tool for creating multimedia books or digital exhibitions. In this class, you’ll experiment with media, structure, and annotations to craft a digital edition communicating your ideas. We’ll explore the elements of effective digital storytelling, writing for a digital public, and integrating media to enhance your communication. As a final project, students will create their own Scalar editions on the topic of their choice. This class is open to students from any major who want more experience communicating their ideas in a flexible multimedia format.
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HIST 20400 - Ancient Greek History Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(AMST, ARCH, CLST)
ANCIENT GREEK HISTORY. A survey of the civilization of ancient Greece from the Bronze Age to the Hellenistic period, with concentration on the Classical period (490-340 B.C.). Readings in primary sources, especially the Greek historians, with particular attention to the problems of recording and interpreting historical data. [Pre-1800] [Cross-Listed with AMST-20400] [HSS]
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HIST 20500 - Roman History Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(AMST, ARCH, CLST)
ROMAN HISTORY A survey of the civilization of ancient Rome from the Iron Age to the age of Constantine, with concentration on the late Republic and early Empire (133 B.C. - A.D. 180). Readings in primary sources, especially the Roman historians, with particular attention to the problems of recording and interpreting historical data. [Pre-1800] [GE, HSS]
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HIST 20600 - Medieval Europe, 500-1350 Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(ARCH, EDUC)
MEDIEVAL EUROPE, 500-1350 Organized thematically, the course examines the political and economic development of Europe in the Middle Ages, including feudalism and manorialism, and their social and cultural underpinnings. Special attention will be given to the problem of the “invisible” people of the Middle Ages: peasants, women, and Jews.[Pre-1800] [GE, HSS]
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HIST 20700 - Renaissance Europe 1350-1600 Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
RENAISSANCE & REFORMATION EUROPE, Examines the great intellectual and religious events of the fourteenth to the seventeenth centuries within their political and social contexts. In particular, the course will examine how the “new thought” of these centuries provided Europe with a new intellectual language for describing and evaluating the growth of absolutism and the conquest of the Americas. [Pre-1800] [GE, HSS]
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HIST 20800 - Europe in the Era of Total War 1890-1945 Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(GERS, GLIS)
Europe in the Era of Total War: 1890-1945 An investigation into European politics, society, and culture from 1890 to 1945. Topics include: mass politics and their discontents, modernism in the arts, new theories of society and personality, European imperialism, the second industrial revolution and the rise of socialist parties, feminism, the First World War, the Russian Revolution, the Versailles Treaty, the rise of fascism, Stalin’s Russia, the Depression, the Spanish Civil War, the Nazi threat to Europe, the Second World War, and the Holocaust. [C, GE, HSS]
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HIST 20900 - Europe Since 1945: Film and History Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(FILM, GERS, GLIS, GMDS)
EUROPE SINCE 1945: FILM AND HISTORY This course examines politics, society and culture in Europe from the immediate aftermath of the devastation of the Second World War to the present. Topics include: the reconstruction of Europe, the Cold War, the dilemma of Americanization, the expansion of the social welfare state, decolonization and immigration, student protest, the radical right, (the challenges of) European integration, and more. A large part of our studies will be devoted to a consideration of how the larger political and social struggles of Europe have been refracted and interpreted in the art of cinema. [C, GE, HSS]
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HIST 21200 - Plague in the Towns of Tuscany Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(ARCH)
PLAGUE IN THE TOWNS OF TUSCANY When the Black Death arrived in Europe in the middle of the fourteenth century, Tuscany’s advanced urban centers were hit first and hardest. Within the first two years of bubonic plague in Western Europe, such thriving commercial cities as Siena, Florence and Pisa, saw their populations cut in half. While these cities eventually recovered the experience of epidemic disease left its mark on the survivors. This course will explore the impact of the Black Death on the social, religious, and economic lives of these cities. By mapping the spread of the plague on location, we will consider how these cities responded with new public health measures and new interventions into the private and public lives of citizens. [Pre-1800] Alternate Years. [C, HSS]
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HIST 21400 - Mystics, Popes & Pilgrims Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
MYSTICS, POPES AND PILGRIMS From the late twelfth to the late fourteenth century, western Christendom grew simultaneously in two very different directions. While the papacy became increasingly involved in temporal concerns, often competing with kings and emperors for earthly power, ordinary believers sought more personal means of engaging with their faith. In the cases of more extra-ordinary believers, mystics and pilgrims, extreme physical hardship and the sacrifice of worldly possessions was seen as an avenue toward salvation. This course will explore the nature of these alternative expressions of faith and examine how the popularity and influence of such famous mystics as Francis of Assisi and Catherine of Siena challenged the worldly aspirations of the hierarchy of the Church. Field trips to the Vatican, Assisi, the pilgrim route to Rome, and a working monastery will emphasize the role landscape and location played in the experience of popular religion. [Pre-1800] Alternate Years. [C, HSS, R]
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HIST 21500 - Colonial Latin America Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(LAST)
COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA Latin American history from the pre-Columbian period to the 1830s. The course will emphasize the clash between European colonizers and indigenous populations, the development of Spanish and Portuguese colonial institutions and culture in America, and the overthrow of colonial rule in the early years of the nineteenth century. [Pre-1800, Global] Alternate Years. [C, D, GE, HSS]
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HIST 21600 - Modern Latin America Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(GLIS, LAST)
MODERN LATIN AMERICA Latin American history from the 1830s to the present. The course will emphasize the difficult problems encountered by Latin American nations forced to face the demands of the modern world with political, economic, and social institutions developed in a colonial past. Alternate Years. [C, D, GE, HSS]
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HIST 21700 - Modern Brazil Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(LAST)
MODERN BRAZIL This course examines the history of modern Brazil from 1808 to the present, focusing on the negotioation of race, gender and class in a heterogeneous society. Our readings and discussion will focus on cultural production including novels, films, soap operas, music and food as a window to Brazilian identity. Themes include Brazilian slavery and the transition to free labor; immigration and the construction of national identity; populism and the cooptation of the Brazilian working classes; state projects for modernation and the construction of Brasilia; the persistence of racial prejudices in a racial democracy; authoritarianism, tropicalismo, and the return to civilian rule; and economic growth and development in a highly stratified society. [C, D, GE, HSS, SJ]
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HIST 21800 - Documentary Film & History in Buenos, Aires Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(FILM, LAST)
An intensive filmmaking workshop and an introduction to the lively history and culture of Argentina. The course includes five weeks of coursework and practical preparation in Wooster, a 16-day stay in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where students will work with a professional filmmaker to produce their own films, and two weeks of work in which students will reflect on their experiences and finish the final cut of their films. There are no prerequisites. No previous filmmaking experience is required or expected. No foreign language background is required, though Spanish would be helpful.
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HIST 22000 - Tudor-Stuart England Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(GLIS)
TUDOR-STUART ENGLAND, 1485-1688 The emergence of the Tudor state, the English Renaissance and the Reformation: the Age of Elizabeth and overseas expansion, the early Stuarts and the struggle over the constitution, parliamentary politics and the Civil War, Cromwell and the Interregnum, Restoration politics and culture, the Glorious Revolution. [GE, HSS]
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HIST 22100 - The Modern British Empire Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(GLIS)
THE MODERN BRITISH EMPIRE At its peak, the British Empire ruled over a quarter of the world’s population. In both overt and insidious ways, the institutions, relationships, and ideas established in the British Empire continue to shape the world today. This course explores the emergence and persistence of that empire from the 1700s to the present. It focuses on the lived experience of those who created the empire and of those who lived within it, examinging the way that changing conceptions of race, gender, and national belonging shaped those lives. The class requires no prior familiarity with British history. Annually. [D, GE, HSS]
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HIST 22300 - France in Revolution, War & Empire Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
France in Revolution, War and Empire A survey of French politics, society, and culture from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. Topics include: the revolutionary tradition and the revolutions of 1848, Napoleon III and the Second Empire, consumer culture, the Franco-Prussian War, the Paris Commune, peasants and workers, the belle époque and the Dreyfus Affair, the First World War, avant-garde culture, the crises of the interwar era, Vichy France, the wars of decolonization, May 1968, Immigration. [C, HSS]
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HIST 22400 - The History of India in Global Context Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(GLIS)
THE HISTORY OF INDIA IN GLOBAL CONTEXT This course presents a survey of South Asian history from the sixteenth century to the present day, focusing on the region’s ever-changing role in global networks. It takes as its starting point two key moments of encounter: the spread of Mughal power in the north from Central Asia and the arrival of Portuguese ships in the south. From there, students will trace patterns in intercultural interaction, conflict, and mobility into the colonial and postcolonial periods. Key themes include the creation of political and cultural identities, the development and persistence of power structures, the negotiation of difference by individuals and states, and the movement of South Asian actors around the world. In addition to primary sources, we will engage extensively with scholarly debates to evaluate disagreements within and between academic and popular views of history. [D, GE, HSS, SJ]
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HIST 22800 - Israel/Palestine: Histories in Conflict Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(GLIS, MENA, RELS)
ISRAEL/PALESTINE: HISTORIES IN CONFLICT The history of the current conflict from the late 19th century down to the immediate present. Emphasis will be on understanding Israeli and Palestinian national identities; the parties’ incompatible interpretations of history and their role in perpetuating the conflict; and the specific terms of a possible solution to the conflict. [Global] [C, HSS]
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HIST 23000 - Russia to 1900 Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(RUSS)
RUSSIA TO 1900 The rise and fall of the Kiev State, the origins and expansion of Muscovy, and the Tsarist empire. Emphasis on nineteenth century intellectual history. [Pre-1800] [C, HSS]
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HIST 23100 - The Making of Africa Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(AFST, EDUC)
THE MAKING OF AFRICA From early antiquity to the late 16th century, Africa and Africans have been key players in world affairs. Ancient Egypt, Kush, Aksum, Ancient Zimbabwe, the west African empires of Ghana, Mali, Songhai, and Asante, as well as the state of Kongo in central Africa, the various Muslim dynasties in North Africa, and the Swahili city-states on the Indian Ocean coast, to name but a few examples, were the centers of this fascinating historical development. From the 16th century, the Atlantic slave trade, which lasted for at least three hundred years, destroyed African political, social, and economic institutions that sustained the continent on the world scene up to that time. As a consequence of that, this trade paved the way to the colonization of almost every single corner of Africa by European powers, beginning in the nineteenth century. In this course we will be exploring the various ways in which these developments have been shaping African societies, politics, and cultures over this long period of time. [Pre-1800, Global] [C, D, GE, HSS, SJ]
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HIST 23200 - Africa From Colonization to Globalizatio Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(AFST, EDUC, GLIS)
AFRICA FROM COLONIZATION TO GLOBALIZATION: With the official abolition of the Atlantic Slave Trade in the early 19th century, the encounter between Africa and Europe took a new and dramatic turn, with the beginning of the “legitimate trade.” This course will investigate how this change paved the way to the conquest and colonization of most of the continent by countries such as Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, and Portugal. We are also going to examine the important role played by Africans during the two World Wars, the severe impact of the Great Depression on them, and the origins of the nationalist movement that led to the end of colonialism in the 1960s. We will then turn to the ways in which the combined effects of the Cold War, neocolonialism, and the failure of many of the first postcolonial leaders created a deep sentiment of disillusionment among millions of Africans and ushered into a tumultuous period that literally engulfed the continent from the early 1970s to the late 1980s. Starting in the 1990s, strong civil society groups began to emerge and, against all odds in Africa and beyond, pushed forcefully for Africans to define their own place in the world. [Global] [C, HSS]
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HIST 23300 - Russia Since 1900 Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(GLIS, RUSS)
RUSSIA SINCE 1900 Modern Russia, focusing on the Bolshevik Revolution, the Stalin era, World War II, the fall of the USSR and the rise of the new Russia under Boris Yeltsin and Vladimir Putin. [C, GE, HSS, SJ]
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HIST 23400 - Chinese Civilization Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(ARCH, CHIN, EAST)
Chinese Civilization Chinese civilization, thought, and institutions from earliest times to 1644: the development of the imperial system, the Buddhist influx, the rise of gentry society, foreign invasions, and late empire. [Pre-1800] [C, D, GE, HSS]
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HIST 23500 - Modern China Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(CHIN, EAST, GLIS)
MODERN CHINA Chinese history from 1644 to the present: the modernization of traditional institutions in response to the foreign challenge in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; rebellion, reform, nationalism, and communism as components of a Chinese revolution in process. [Global] [C, D, GE, HSS, SJ]
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HIST 23600 - Modern Japan Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(EAST, GLIS)
MODERN JAPAN Japanese history from the nineteenth century to the present: the decline of feudal society and the Western impact, Meiji transformation and growth as a world power, militaristic expansion and the Second World War, post-war recovery, and industrial development in the contemporary world. [Global] [C, HSS]
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HIST 23800 - The American West Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
THE AMERICAN WEST This course examines the development of the North American West as a recognized region over the past 500 years. It focuses on several primary themes: imperial conflict, the origins of globalism, ideologies of expansion, settler colonialism, ethnic conflict, environmental change, technology, politics, regional and national identity, and mythmaking. [GE, HSS]
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HIST 23900 - Recent America: the United States, Since 1945 Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
RECENT AMERICA: THE UNITED STATES SINCE 1945 An examination of selected themes and topics of importance in recent American history, such as the Cold War, the Vietnam War, political coalitions, Presidential leadership, the 1960s as a decade, and contemporary cultural and economic concerns. [HSS]
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HIST 24400 - Early American Social History Course Credit: 1
(WGSS)
ISSUES IN EARLY AMERICAN SOCIAL HISTORY The development of American societies through the early nineteenth century, focusing on the family, national character, and economic and cultural institutions. [Pre-1800]
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HIST 24401 - Sex and Power in Colonial America Course Credit: 1
(WGSS)
SEX & POWER IN COLONIAL AMERICA This seminar traces the social and cultural evolution of colonial North America through an examination of sex, gender, and power. Organized around themes such as explorations and encounters; gender and culture in New England; sex, desire, and consequence; and rape and sexual power, this seminar adopts a trans-Atlantic framework to understand the experiences of Africans and Native Americans alongside the French, Spanish, Dutch, and English colonists. Along the way students will gain a sense of colonial North America as a turbulent and chaotic world. Additionally, we will investigate historiographical and theoretical debates concerning sex and sexuality, gender, race, and power in the colonial era and later. [HSS]
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HIST 24900 - Intellectual History of Black America Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
INTELLECTUAL HISTORY OF BLACK AMERICA In this writing course, students will examine African American social and intellectual history, beginning with black activists’ responses to lynching in the late 19th century and concluding with their responses to contemporary forms of racial inequality. We will place these black intellectuals and activists within the context of both domestic and global struggles, as well as engage issues around nationality, race, class, gender, and sexuality. Students will be introduced to the writings and speeches of black activists, such as Ida B. Wells, W.E.B. Du Bois, Frantz Fanon, Aime Cesaire, Malcolm X, Assata Shakur, Angela Davis, Audre Lorde, and many others. Through interrogating primary sources, students will learn how to analyze and use them as historical documents as well as the evidentiary basis of their research projects. Writing assignments will be organized around helping students to unpack the writing process, as well as equipping them with strategies to better approach drafting and the revision process. [C, HSS, W]
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HIST 27505 - Fall of USSR/Rise New Russia Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(GLIS, RUSS)
FALL OF USSR/RISE OF NEW RUSSIA This course will examine Soviet and post-Soviet Russian history from the collapse of the Soviet Union through the present day. Course themes will include the so-called “transition” from communism to capitalism in the 1980s and 1990s, the programs of Russian leaders Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin and Vladimir Putin, the post-Soviet economy, the evolution of Russian national identity and the problem of inter-ethnic relations in the Russian Federation. We will also examine Russian popular culture, political institutions, corruption, and social change. Special attention will be given to the nature of Putin’s presidency, Russian Foreign Policy (including Russian policies in relation to Syria, Ukraine and the Crimea) and the recent history of Russian-American relations. Prerequisite(s): 1 course in History; or permission of instructor [C, HSS]
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HIST 27507 - Iranian History & Cinema Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(FILM, GLIS, GMDS, MENA, RELS)
IRANIAN HISTORY & CINEMA This course studies the development of Iranian cinema in political and social context. Topics include pre- and post-Revolution changes in society and cinema production, censorship, gender roles, religious institutions, social commentary, metaphor and symbolic language, and relations to Persian literature and cultural history. Regular film viewings are required and will be in Persian with English subtitles. Prerequisite(s): 1 course in History; or permission of instructor [C, HSS]
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HIST 27508 - Disunion: Civil War & Reconstruction Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION Prerequisite(s): 1 course in History; or permission of instructor [C, HSS]
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HIST 27511 - Plagues in History Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(GLIS)
PLAGUES IN HISTORY Some of the most powerful forces in history are the ones we cannot see. As historical actors, bacterial and viral agents have shown little respect for national boundaries. This course looks at three major epidemics in history, bubonic plague, smallpox, and influenza. Through an analysis of primary sources we explore the challenges these diseases posed to belief systems, social relationships, and economic structures in both a local and a global context. This is a writing intensive course and specifically addresses the craft of reading and writing as a historian. Prerequisite(s): 1 course in History; or permission of instructor [HSS]
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HIST 27512 - Ancient Arabian Religions Course Credit: 1
ANCIENT ARABIAN RELIGIONS In this course we will struggle with and piece together fragmentary historical evidence, culminating in a final project of a collaborative map of ancient Arabia on which we will plot trade routes, pilgrimage networks, and religious inscriptions. The course does not deal with Islam, but religions of ancient Arabia and southern Jordan, Palestine, and Syria. We will look at warrior-queens, divine kings, desert sanctuaries, and long lost forms of Judaism and Christianity. The course will be conducted seminar-style and teach you how to manage evidence that consists mostly of rock inscriptions. No previous courses in Religious Studies or History necessary. [R]
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HIST 27513 - Race & Ethnicity in 20th Century America Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
RACE & ETHNICITY IN 20TH CENTURY AMERICA This course will explore the construction and reconstruction of race, ethnicity and racism in twentieth-century America. We will examine four major American ethnic groups–American Indian, African American, Asian American and Latino/a American–using a social constructionist approach. Through shared discussions, students will develop a critical understanding of racial conceptualizations, understand how definitions of race have developed in particular historical contexts, how social concerns about race have played out in social, political and economic realms and how each group contributed to American social, cultural, political and economic life. [C, HSS]
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HIST 27514 - LGBTQ in 20th C America Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(WGSS)
QUEER AMERICA: LGBT HISTORY OF THE 20TH CENTURY U.S. Since the late 1970s.. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender history has grown and flourished into a legitimate academic discipline. More recently, queer theory is now a leading intellectual movement that complicates and disrupts mainstream discourses. Understanding America’s LGBT past through the lens of queer theory, this course will chronologically trace the construction and eoluation of same-sex sexuality as both sex acts and socially constructed identities in twentieth century America. Neither progressive nor regressive, the clcass will reveal the stories of queers and the economic, social and political conditions in which they lived during the last century. We will examine additional themes of class, race, ethnicity and gender as they are integral in understanding America’s queer past. Together, we will make “good trouble” as we “queer” America’s past. Prerequisite(s): 1 course in History; or permission of instructor [C, D, HSS]
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HIST 27515 - The American Jewish Experience Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
THE AMERICAN JEWISH EXPERIENCE The history of Jews in the US from earliest times to the present, with particular emphasis on how living in an open society affected Jewish institutions and self-perceptions, leading to the emergence of new forms of Jewish cultural, social, and religious life. Additional topics are the Jewish role in the labor movement, in popular culture, and in US politics. Prerequisite(s): 1 course in History; or permission of instructor [C, HSS]
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HIST 27516 - Digital Wooster Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
HIST 27517. DIGITAL WOOSTER [HSS]
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HIST 27517 - From Civil Rgts to Black Lives Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(AFST)
FROM CIVIL RIGHTS TO BLACK LIVES. Prerequisite(s): 1 course in History; or permission of instructor [C, HSS]
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HIST 27518 - The Making of the Carceral State? Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
MAKING OF THE CARCERAL STATE The Making of the Carceral State examines the nexus between the formation of prisons, race, and American politics. From the Colonization of North America to Mass Incarceration in our present, the incarceration and the criminalization of people of color have been a normal fixture of US society. Students will delve into new scholarship on criminal justice and carceral studies, as well as write short essays on the scholarship and draft their own research papers as a final project. [C, HSS]
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HIST 27519 - Hist S. Asia: Mughals to Modi Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(SAST)
HIST S. ASIA: MUGHALS TO MODI This course presents a survey of South Asian history from the sixteenth century to the present day, focusing on the region’s ever-changing role in global networks. It takes as its starting point two key moments of encounter: the spread of Mughal power in the north from Central Asia and the arrival of Portuguese ships in the south. From there, students will trace patterns in intercultural interaction, conflict, and mobility into the colonial and postcolonial periods. Key themes include the creation of political and cultural identities, the development and persistence of power structures, the negotiation of difference by individuals and states, and the movement of South Asian actors around the world. In addition to primary sources, we will engage extensively with scholarly debates to evaluate disagreements within and between academic and popular views of history. [C, HSS]
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HIST 27520 - Medieval Medicine Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
MEDIEVAL MEDICINE This course will engage with multiple medical traditions of the medieval world, starting with the conceptual and textual inheritance of Greece and Rome. We will examine the writings of medical practitioners from Baghdad to Britain, and the experiences of those who sought help from monks and saints. Whether studying leprosy or surgery, astrology or plague, we will consider how the understanding and practice of medicine are shaped by social structures, cultural norms, and religious values. [HSS]
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HIST 27521 - Black Women & the Black Freedom Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
BLACK WOMEN AND THE BLACK FREEDOM STRUGGLE Black Women in the Black Freedom Struggle (BFS) spans the period from the late nineteenth century to the present. The course centers the activism of black women and examines the sundry ways race, class, gender, sexuality, and the nation challenged, expanded, and elevated Black America’s understanding of and pursuits for “freedom.” Using primary source material and scholarship about and by black women activists as an entryway, students will learn about black women activism on a range of issues across, stretching various eras and ideological perspectives, including the anti-lynching movement, the civil rights and black power eras, and presently during the Movement for Blacks Lives. Students will write a final paper that will reflect their historical understanding of black women in the BFS showcasing their expertise in historical knowledge, critical reasoning skills, and clear communication. [C, HSS]
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HIST 27522 - Black Women in Black Freedom Struggle Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
Black Women in the Black Freedom Struggle Black Women in the Black Freedom Struggle spans the period from the late nineteenth century to the present. The course centers and examines the activism of black women the sundry ways they challenged and expanded Black America’s understanding of and pursuits for “freedom.” Students will learn about black women activism on a range of issues and in various eras, including the civil rights and black power eras, and presently, in Black Lives Matter era. Students’ final paper will reflect their historical understanding of the activism of black women, showcasing their expertise in historical knowledge, critical reasoning, and clear communication. [AH, C, HSS]
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HIST 27523 - Ethiopia and the World Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(GLIS)
Ethiopia and the World: A Global Perspective Ethiopia and the World is a multi-disciplinary course, which is based on the intertwined notions of traditions and encounters from a global perspective. It will investigate the internal and external factors that significantly shaped Ethiopia’s socio-economic, political, and cultural landscapes, and, in turn, how it has shaped the world. It is designed to see larger macro-historical developments from the point of view of a local history. Because of its geographical and geo-political positions. Ethiopia exists as both a modern, multiethnic nation state and an imagined ideal of ancient Africa-a kingdom stretching back to a mythical origin that survived intact through conquests and upheavals. Thus, the study of Ethiopian history offers unique opportunities to examine the interactions of the local and the global. The course introduces students to the diverse histories of Ethiopia and the extent to which encounters between Ethiopia and the rest of the world have fashioned and refashioned its ancient and modern history. The course offers students a holistic understanding of the Ethiopian experience by covering a wide-array of subjects such as: the place of Ethiopia in the origin of mankind and the development of human society, the evolution of civilizations and state formations, Ethiopia’s early interactions with Euro-Asian societies as well as with the modern world, Ethiopia’s response to the challenges of imperialism and more. [HSS]
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HIST 27524 - History of Black Resistance in the US Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(AFST)
History of the Black Resistance in the US This course highlights the significance of resistance movements from the slave uprisings of the colonial era to the present-day racial justice movement sparked by the death of George Floyd. The goal of the seminar is to introduce the History of Resistance and unpack various events and perspectives of the African American community to show not only how racism influenced black resistance, but how the continued ignoring of this issue further marginalizes people of color. A variety of topics will be covered to give context to the movements such as gender, education, race, religion, social movements, policies, and politics. Additionally, primary, and secondary sources, movies, images, and short films will be discussed in this course. Students are expected to complete an independent project in this course. [D, HSS]
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HIST 27525 - Black Freedom Movement Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
HISTORY OF THE MODERN BLACK FREEDOM MOVEMENT This course explores some of the key social and political events of the Modern Black Freedom Movement. The goal of the seminar is to help students understand how this complex movement shaped American society and governance. It traces the emergence of the Modern Black Freedom Movement during the New Deal and describes how the push for black freedom was shaped and reshaped during the decades following World War II. A variety of topics will be covered, such as gender, education, race, religion, sexuality, and criminalization. Additionally, primary and secondary sources, movies, images, and short films will be discussed in this course. Students are expected to complete an independent project in this course. [D, HSS, SJ]
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