DUAL-DIPLOMA PROGRAMS HISTORY COURSES - FALL 2011
SUBJECT
COURSE
NUMBER
HIST
101A
HIST
103A
COURSE
COURSE DESCRIPTION
REFERENCE
NUMBER
12886
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
To understand the roots and development of the Western heritage, we
examine specific issues in the history of the ancient world (the ancient
Near East, Egypt, Greece and Rome) and of its heirs in medieval and
Renaissance Europe. Among the topics considered: forms of political
systems, imperialism, Christianity and its interaction with Judaism and
Islam, feudalism/manorialism, church vs. state, education, class and
gender, society and economy, science, philosophy, literature, art &
architecture and historiography The course also provides an opportunity
10557
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course is an introduction to the origins and history of the United
States from before European colonization to the aftermath of the Civil
War. With lectures, discussion, readings in primary sources and historical
mongraphs, we will examine numerous aspects of this fascinating, violent,
and powerful history, endeavoring to do justice to the people, in all their
diversity, who together created the ideals, institutions, and realities, that
continue to shape our culture today. Special attention is paid to the
interaction of European,
Native American and African peoples and the role they played in the
development of early American history. Students will also consider the
role that gender, sexuality and class played in shaping early America.
Among the topics covered will be: colonial development, the American
Revolution and the Constitution, the rise of sectionalism and the
American Civil War, slavery and abolitionism, and Reconstruction.
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SUBJECT
COURSE
NUMBER
HIST
104A
COURSE
COURSE DESCRIPTION
REFERENCE
NUMBER
91688
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
An exploration of the social and political history of the United States from
the Civil War to the approximate present. We will examine how and why
selected economic, political, and social developments transformed postCivil War America and shaped 20th-century American society.
Evaluation will likely consist of a midterm, a final, one paper, section
attendance and participation, and quizzes.
The course will satisfy N - Social Science and P - Pluralism in the US
general education requirements.
Books under consideration include:James Henretta, et al. America’s
History, Vol. 2, Documents to Accompany America’s History, Vol. 2, and
Kevin Boyle, Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the
Jazz Age.
HIST
181B
97714
Examines the political, historical and cultural developments that have
together shaped Russian civilization and national identity, including
Russia's interactions with other cultures from early, pre-tsarist times to
the 20th century. Considers as artifacts of Russian culture folklore, literary
and philosophical texts, art, architecture, music, dance, film, rituals and
social conventions. No knowledge of Russian necessary. Taught in English.
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DUAL-DIPLOMA PROGRAMS HISTORY COURSES - FALL 2011
SUBJECT
COURSE
NUMBER
HIST
181C
HIST
183A
COURSE
COURSE DESCRIPTION
REFERENCE
NUMBER
97786
The course offers students an overview of German Cinema as it
developed during six major social and political periods. Divided into six
modules according to periods, course charts the development of German
Cinema from its inception in 1895 through the first decade of the 21st
century.The main goal of this course then is for students is to develop
into competent analysts of German culture through film. To this end, the
course will introduce students to major genres in German film history and
familiarize them with Germany's most talented directors. A second major
goal of the course is for students to gain a solid background about
important movements and trends in German cinema as an important
engine fueling German cultural trends. To achieve this, the course will
give students an understanding of German filmmakers' response to neoRomanticism, Expressionism, and New Objectivity with screenings of the
most important representatives of these styles.
93471
Writing Emphasis Course "W"
This course is a broad survey of some of the major themes in African and
African Diasporic experiences over the course of time. It centers on
movements, systems, and ideas that have transcended national,
continental and oceanic boundaries-including culture and identity,
politics, religion and art, slavery and emancipation, colonialism and
nationalism. The methods of organization are thematic and chronological.
Overall, the course is an introduction to the making of the African world,
from the standpoint of black experiences globally.
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DUAL-DIPLOMA PROGRAMS HISTORY COURSES - FALL 2011
SUBJECT
COURSE
NUMBER
HIST
202
COURSE
COURSE DESCRIPTION
REFERENCE
NUMBER
13507
Course Description:
A survey of the ancient Greek world from Minoan-Mycenaean times
down to the Roman conquest. Emphasis on continuity and change in
Greek society and culture. among the topics to be considered: the
variety of Greek political systems, law and constitutions, class, family and
gender; slavery, imperialism, religious and philosophical ideas, literature
and historiography. Particular attention give tothe ancient sources.
Requirements: a one-hour, essay-type mid-term and a two-hour essay
final examination.
Book List:
S. B. Pomeroy, et al., Ancient Greece. A Political, Social and Cultural
History. Oxford U. Press soft cover. ISBN # 0-19-509743-2
D. B. Nagle and S. M. Burstein, Readings in Greek History. Sources and
Interpretations. Oxford U. Press soft cover. ISBN #-0-19-517825-4
I. Scott-Kilvert, ed., Plutarch. The Rise and Fall of Athens. Penguin pb.
ISBN # 0-14-044102-6
L. R. Lind, tr. Ten Greek Plays in Contemporary Translations. Houghton
Mifflin pb.
ISBN # 0-395-05117-
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DUAL-DIPLOMA PROGRAMS HISTORY COURSES - FALL 2011
SUBJECT
COURSE
NUMBER
HIST
204
COURSE
COURSE DESCRIPTION
REFERENCE
NUMBER
13510
Early Middle Ages, 180-900
COURSE DESCRIPTION: TBA
FORMAT: TBA
HIST
235
91794
DESCRIPTION: Cross-disciplinary survey of selected Muslim peoples from
the seventh to the 21st century. Part I introduces Islam as a religio-social,
legal, political and economic system. Part II surveys selected majority and
minority Muslim populations in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas.
Topics include ethnicity; gender; colonialism; modernization; political,
legal and social reforms; Muslim/non-Muslim relations nationally and
internationally; Muslim relations with the West.
FORMAT: Lectures, video, discussion.
GRADING: Participation in class discussions, 30%; mid-term, in-class
examination, 30%; final take-home examination, 40%.
BOOKS: TBA.
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SUBJECT
COURSE
NUMBER
HIST
237
HIST
273
COURSE
COURSE DESCRIPTION
REFERENCE
NUMBER
97652
Course Description:
91821
We live in an age that witnesses significant environmental changes.
Pollution, acid rain, and deforestation are widespread across the world.
Global warming increasingly seems to be a reality. Numerous forms of
wildlife are endangered, and bio-diversity is threatened. Environmental
problems do not always follow national boundaries. Clouds of pollution
silently fly across barbed-wire borderlines. In an age of global economy,
market demands in one part of the world may dictate environmental
changes in a remote region thousands of miles away. The ivory trade in
Asia, for example, spells death to many elephants in Africa. Mining and oil
production cause serious environmental destruction in local areas, but
they also keep industrial societies running. Traditional national history,
therefore, simply cannot explain many urgent environmental problems
we are facing today.
A survey of Chinese history from its neolithic agricultural origins ca. 7,000
BCE to the fall of the Yuan dynasty in 1368. The course will consider state
formation and the nature of the long-lived Chinese imperium, economic
developments and the tantalizing though unfulfilled promises of a
Chinese industrial revolution, the history of Chinese thought and religion,
and the varied aspects of Chinese society and culture through the ages.
The course will stress translated readings from primary sources (both
documentary and literary) to help get as direct and immediate a sense of
the Chinese past as possible.
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DUAL-DIPLOMA PROGRAMS HISTORY COURSES - FALL 2011
SUBJECT
COURSE
NUMBER
HIST
333
HIST
372
COURSE
COURSE DESCRIPTION
REFERENCE
NUMBER
92029
Description: This course offers an historical investigation into the
emergence and development of human rights as a global system of norms
and laws in international politics. It explores human rights genealogies
and the interventions which created in the first human rights system in
world history under U.N. auspices between l945 and l949. It examines
the process of localizing and globalizing human rights at distinct
moments, providing an historical understanding of human rights
“orthodoxies,” the challenges of movements for gender and economic
justice, and new departures of “humanitarian intervention” in the l990s.
It follows the major changes in international human rights and criminal
law as a result of these peoples’ mobilizations. Through primary source
reading and case studies, it confronts major debates over universalism,
cultural relativism, legal accountability and transitional justice and traces
the emergence of new transnational advocacy networks.
92032
This undergraduate survey course treats Japan's 20th and early 21st
century history. The aim is to gain understanding of the political,
economic, and social- ideological struggles of the Japanese people, and
the choices that they and their leaders made in different periods in order
to win a leading place among the nations of the world. A major theme of
the course is Japan's two great transformations: first, into a powerful
nation-state and empire, capable of competing for wealth and power
with much stronger Western rivals; second, into a key satellite-state
playing a role within US global strategy. Also carefully assessed are:
Japan's experiences of rapid industrialization, the rivalry between
Japanese, American, and European imperialists for wealth and power in
East Asia, issues of war and cold war, and Japan's post-1990s adjustment
to a world dominated militarily by an aggressive United States and a
newly powerful China.
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DUAL-DIPLOMA PROGRAMS HISTORY COURSES - FALL 2011
SUBJECT
COURSE
NUMBER
HIST
430
COURSE
COURSE DESCRIPTION
REFERENCE
NUMBER
92041
To help juniors, seniors, and graduate students understand the growth of
the international community under law, this course examines issues of
criminality by states and their leaders as presented first at the Nuremberg
and Tokyo international war crimes trials and various national military
commission trials held at the end of World War II.
It seeks to probe issues of political justice and problems arising from the
grant of immunity for officials and states engaged in violations of
international criminal law and international humanitarian law. We focus
on cases from World War II, the Vietnam War, and the two major U.S.
wars and occupations of the post-cold war era, Afghanistan and Iraq.
Format: This is a Composition course with weekly discussion of short
(1.5 p.) reports on assigned readings plus three assessed essays (8 pages
each) and opportunity to rewrite. Final grades are calculated on the basis
of the three papers plus the quality of class preparation and participation.
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DUAL-DIPLOMA PROGRAMS HISTORY COURSES - FALL 2011
SUBJECT
COURSE
NUMBER
HIST
432
COURSE
COURSE DESCRIPTION
REFERENCE
NUMBER
97752
Course Description:
The first part of the seminar involves reading about the history of
political, economic, and cultural relations between the United States and
Latin America. In addition to reading primary and secondary sources, we
will also look at images and film clips. While doing this reading, students
identify a research topic and begin to work step-by-step through the
research process. The second part of the seminar focuses on drafting,
discussing, and revising research papers.
HIST
498
12645
Prerequisite: prior coursework in either Latin American studies or post1800 U.S. history.
Description: Honors essay for seniors, under supervision of faculty
member.
Format: N/A
Books: N/A
Notes:
Prerequisite: Consent of department's director of undergraduate studies
and
instructor.
Corequisite: N/A
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DUAL-DIPLOMA PROGRAMS HISTORY COURSES - FALL 2011
SUBJECT
COURSE
NUMBER
HIST
208A
HIST
HIST
HIST
208A
280E
281E
COURSE
COURSE DESCRIPTION
REFERENCE
NUMBER
13518
This course will survey from about 1500 to 1800. The course begins at
the close of the Middle Ages, a period characterized by fractured feudal
monarchies, the constancy of rural life and the power of The Roman
church; it ends just before revolutionary liberalism, nationalism and the
Industrial Revolution ushered in the modern world. Early modern Europe
was at once a bridge between the medieval and modern worlds, and a
place permeated by both. Attention will be given not only to privilege and
protest, but also to topics such as the Reformation, the Renaissance,
exploration, empires, absolutist state-building, the Scientific Revolution,
the Enlightenment, and great conflicts such as the Thirty Years War.
97734
97739
97919
PRIVIL&PROTEST ERLY MOD EUROPE
TOPICS IN U.S. HISTORY
TOPICS IN EUROPEAN HISTORY
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DUAL-DIPLOMA PROGRAMS HISTORY COURSES - FALL 2011
SUBJECT
COURSE
NUMBER
HIST
283A
COURSE
COURSE DESCRIPTION
REFERENCE
NUMBER
91956
Description: Survey of African history to the mid-20th century. Social,
political and economic organization; religion and philosophy; education;
women; inter-African and international relations; slavery; resistance to
and effects of European rule; nationalism; liberation movements;
problems of independence and post-independence.
Format: Lecture, video, discussion. Section 01 course grades based on:
participation (20%), midterm (30%); final (50 %); Section 02: participation
(20%), midterm (20%), cumulative final (30%), two five-page papers or
one 10-page paper (30%).
Books: To be determined.
Notes: THIS COURSE IS APPROPRIATE FOR FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS.
Prerequisite: Anyone who has previously taken History or Africana 176
may NOT
register for History or Africana 283A.
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DUAL-DIPLOMA PROGRAMS HISTORY COURSES - FALL 2011
SUBJECT
COURSE
NUMBER
HIST
283A
COURSE
COURSE DESCRIPTION
REFERENCE
NUMBER
91955
Writing Emphasis Course:
Description: Survey of African history to the mid-20th century. Social,
political and economic organization; religion and philosophy; education;
women; inter-African and international relations; slavery; resistance to
and effects of European rule; nationalism; liberation movements;
problems of independence and post-independence.
Format: Lecture, video, discussion. Section 01 course grades based on:
participation (20%), midterm (30%); final (50 %); Section 02: participation
(20%), midterm (20%), cumulative final (30%), two five-page papers or
one 10-page paper (30%).
Books: To be determined.
Notes: THIS COURSE IS APPROPRIATE FOR FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS.
Prerequisite: Anyone who has previously taken History or Africana 176
may NOT
register for History or Africana 283A.
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DUAL-DIPLOMA PROGRAMS HISTORY COURSES - FALL 2011
SUBJECT
COURSE
NUMBER
HIST
345A
COURSE
COURSE DESCRIPTION
REFERENCE
NUMBER
95055
COURSE ONLY OPEN TO FRESHMEN BY PERMISSION OF DEPARTMENT.
PLEASE CONTACT THE HISTORY DEPARTMENT.
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The class offers an in depth analysis of the causes, development, and
reactions to the genocide of European Jewry launched by the government
of the Third Reich and perpetrated by a wide range of officials of that
regime. The events between 1939 and 1945 are the main focus of the
course but we will also look at the long-term causes of the Holocaust,
discuss the evolution of Nazi anti-Semitic policy in the 1930s, and study
postwar attempts of coming to terms with perpetration, collaboration
and survival.
FORMAT:
Course grades will be based on midterm (20%); 6-8 page essay (20%); 1014 page essay (30%); non-cumulative final (20%); participation (10%).
BOOKS:
Friedlander, Nazi Germany and the Jews, volumes 1 and 2; Lebow et al.,
The Politics of Memory in Postwar Europe
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DUAL-DIPLOMA PROGRAMS HISTORY COURSES - FALL 2011
SUBJECT
COURSE
NUMBER
HIST
345B
COURSE
COURSE DESCRIPTION
REFERENCE
NUMBER
96952
COURSE ONLY OPEN TO FRESHMEN BY PERMISSION OF DEPARTMENT.
PLEASE CONTACT THE HISTORY DEPARTMENT.
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The class offers an in depth analysis of the causes, development, and
reactions to the genocide of European Jewry launched by the government
of the Third Reich and perpetrated by a wide range of officials of that
regime. The events between 1939 and 1945 are the main focus of the
course but we will also look at the long-term causes of the Holocaust,
discuss the evolution of Nazi anti-Semitic policy in the 1930s, and study
postwar attempts of coming to terms with perpetration, collaboration
and survival.
FORMAT:
Course grades will be based on midterm (20%); 6-8 page essay (20%); 1014 page essay (30%); non-cumulative final (20%); participation (10%).
BOOKS:
Friedlander, Nazi Germany and the Jews, volumes 1 and 2; Lebow et al.,
The Politics of Memory in Postwar Europe
HIST
345B
96954
THE HOLOCAUST
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DUAL-DIPLOMA PROGRAMS HISTORY COURSES - FALL 2011
SUBJECT
COURSE
NUMBER
HIST
381E
COURSE
COURSE DESCRIPTION
REFERENCE
NUMBER
95047
Description: This course surveys the history of 20th century Russia,
focusing on the political, social, and economic roots of Stalinism as both
concept and phenomenon. The lectures, readings, and discussions are
designed to sharpen students’ understanding not only of Russian History,
but also of the structures (ideological, theoretical, political and cultural)
that shape our interpretation of the Russian past, particularly the Stalin
period. Students performance will be assessed on the basis of the
midterm and final, a research paper, and bi-weekly quizzes on course
readings.
Readings: Suny, THE SOVIET EXPERIMENT; Bulgakov, HEART OF A DOG; E.
H. Carr, WHAT IS HISTORY?
Prerequisites: N/A
Corequisites: N/A
Notes: This course satisfies a writing (“W”) requirement and as well as a
course requirement for students in the Russian and East European
Program (REEP).
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DUAL-DIPLOMA PROGRAMS HISTORY COURSES - FALL 2011
SUBJECT
COURSE
NUMBER
HIST
381H
COURSE
COURSE DESCRIPTION
REFERENCE
NUMBER
94927
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course examines texts in contexts. It explores Machiavelli's writings
in relation to the Renaissance in Florence, Italy and Europe. What made
Machiavelli so reviled in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and why
does his name continue to carry opprobrium? Were his ideas atypical or
did he merely push the implications of Renaissance thought further than
his contemporaries? There will be special emphasis on the text of The
Prince, but ample opportunity to read other works of Machiavelli and his
contemporaries and write about them.
LEVEL THREE COURSE FOR MAJORS AND NON-MAJORS.
FORMAT:
Two lectures per week and discussion. One mid-term examination and
one final; one essay of 10-12 pages; marks for class participation and
attendance.
BOOKS:
The Portable Machiavelli, ed. Bondanella and Musa;Curry and Zarate,
Introducing Machiavelli; Mackenney, Renaissances; Skinner, Machiavelli;
Viroli, Machiavelli.
CREDITS: 4
HIST
381H
97748
TOPICS IN EUROPEAN HISTORY
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SUBJECT
COURSE
NUMBER
HIST
381V
HIST
HIST
381Y
384E
COURSE
COURSE DESCRIPTION
REFERENCE
NUMBER
97640
Course Description:
This course will cover the history of Britain in the 19th century (18151914) with a focus on the Victorian era. Victorian Britain was the colossus
that bestrode the world, famously ruling over an empire that
encompassed about a quarter of the earth’s inhabitable lands and a
quarter of its peoples. Yet Victorians were also racked with anxieties and
faced great challenges from forces of industrialization, urbanization, and
population growth. How they met these anxieties and challenges will be a
key theme of the course.
97034
TOPICS IN EUROPEAN HISTORY
95066
This is the first course of a three-part Korean history sequence and covers
the time period from ancient Korea until the late 19th century. Rather
than a simple history, this course seeks to understand the ways in which
the people on and around the Korean peninsula lived and interacted with
neighboring cultures. Particular focus will be given to the governing
structures, worldviews, and life practices that allowed the development
of what today is called “Korean” culture.
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DUAL-DIPLOMA PROGRAMS HISTORY COURSES - FALL 2011
SUBJECT
COURSE
NUMBER
HIST
386N
HIST
386Z
COURSE
COURSE DESCRIPTION
REFERENCE
NUMBER
97644
Course Description:
97717
This course provides tools to learn about US women’s roles in the
international effort to promote women’s rights beginning in the 19th
century US, to provide a context of women’s status before suffrage was
granted in 1920, and end by reviewing the momentum of women’s
involvement in international affairs over the course of the twentieth
century and into the 21st.
As the world becomes increasingly more global through international
migrations (including students and teachers) and internet technology, a
background in the history of US women’s involvement in international
affairs facilitates a richer understanding of women’s conditions globally as
well as reveals how global interactions in turn shaped women’s
movements in the US. This course provides an overview of the issues
concerning the status of women in the United States compared to those
raised on an international level.
In this course, students will examine a pivotal period in US history. Key
events, personalities and ideological currents of the 1960's will be
addressed in the context of the following: the civil rights movement;
(Clayborne Carson, James Cone); women's movement (Kitty Sklar and
others); youth movements (Douglas M. Knight, David Farber, Jeff
Kisselhoff); and peace movements (Isserman and Kazin). At the same
time, this course will look at the connections between American
movements and international struggles such as decolonization in Africa
and other parts of the world. Music and films of the 1960's will also
feature heavily in this course.
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DUAL-DIPLOMA PROGRAMS HISTORY COURSES - FALL 2011
SUBJECT
COURSE
NUMBER
HIST
480L
HIST
480W
COURSE
COURSE DESCRIPTION
REFERENCE
NUMBER
96608
SENIOR SEMINAR IN U.S. HISTORY
Primarily for history majors and minors, dealing with particular themes or
problems in U.S. history. Research paper required. May be repeated for
credit if different topic is offered.
Prerequisites: Junior or Senior standing and a 100-level history course, or
consent of the instructor.
92048
Women and Social Movements in the 20th Century U.S.
In this discussion-based research seminar, we will study women's
involvement in various reform and social movements on behalf of
suffrage, welfare, lesbian rights, feminism, and civil rights as well as
women's collective efforts against obscenity, feminism, and sexual
harassment. Course texts may include: Robyn Muncy, Creating a Female
Dominion in American Reform, 1890-1935 (1991); selections from Jean
Baker, Votes for Women: The Struggle for Suffrage Revisited (2002);
Marcia M. Gallo's Different Daughters: A History of the Daughters of
Bilitis and the Rise of the Lesbian Rights Movement (2006); Carrie N.
Baker, The Women's Movement Against Sexual Harassment (2008); Judith
Ezekiel, Feminism in the Heartland (2002); Premilla Nadasen, Welfare
Warriors: The Welfare Rights Movement in the United States (2005);
Donald Critchlow, Phyllis Schlafley and Grassroots Conservatism (2007);
Douglas Brinkley, Rosa Parks (2000)
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SUBJECT
COURSE
NUMBER
HIST
481D
COURSE
COURSE DESCRIPTION
REFERENCE
NUMBER
96597
DESCRIPTION:
This course has three major elements which are interlinked. It explores
definitions of the Renaissance and its significance, how Renaissance
themes reached a wide popular audience in Shakespeare's London and
how representations of those themes have in turn translated into our
own culture. Among the topics for examination are Socratic
characteristics of Falstaff, history and posterity in Julius Caesar,
Machiavellian themes in 3 Henry VI and Richard III, the continuing
fascination -- and -- marketability -- of the tragedies, comedies and
histories. The films under study will be largely -- but not exclusively -versions of the plays which are or have been available to cinema
audiences and will include Chimes at Midnight, Julius Caesar, Richard III
and Hamlet. Senior Seminar for majors and non-majors.
FORMAT:
One seminar per week. One paper and one essay; marks for attendance
and participation.
BOOKS:
The Norton Shakespeare, 2nd ed., ed. Stephen Greenblatt et all.
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SUBJECT
COURSE
NUMBER
HIST
481M
HIST
481Q
COURSE
COURSE DESCRIPTION
REFERENCE
NUMBER
97755
British Empire Seminar (Graduate/Undergraduate): This course treats the
history of the British Empire from its origins to its dissolution. It will
provide students with an understanding of the key themes which have
emerged recently in the historiography of the British Empire. The books
we will read include a number of recent classics in the field. Topics
treated will range from the Britain’s first, Atlantic empire in the
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries through decolonization in the
twentieth century.
97920
The Bayeux Tapestry. History, Historiography and Ideology in AngloNorman England
This seminar will examine the Bayeux Tapestry, a uniquely surviving strip
of linen embroidered with a narrative of the disputed succession to the
English throne and the Norman conquest of 1066, as one among a
number of partisan and conflicting accounts of Anglo-Saxon and Norman
claims to kingship in England.
Historiography, textual and visual sources and their adaptations and
transformations, continuous narration and sources in the imagery of
conquest, embroidery techniques, patronage, politics, and intended
audiences will all be discussed.
Format: Weekly readings, presentations and discussions. One conferencelength paper, revised.
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SUBJECT
COURSE
NUMBER
HIST
484F
COURSE
COURSE DESCRIPTION
REFERENCE
NUMBER
97838
DESCRIPTION:
An exploration of the interactions of the peoples and cultures of maritime
Asia over the past two thousand years. Topics will include the trade
patterns of the first millennium CE, the 12th century "world trading
system" in which Europe played only a peripheral role, the 15th century
expeditions of the Chinese admiral Zheng He (and the question of
whether they discovered America), and the Asian maritime world during
the eras of European expansion and colonialism. Special attention will be
paid to the maritime connections in East Asia, which some have described
as an “East Asian Mediterranean”, but we will also consider the profound
impact of Europe's Asian expansion as well as the impact of that
expansion on Asian cultures, and we will investigate the ways in which the
activities of the maritime world influenced multiple cultures (Chinese,
Japanese, Korean, Southeast Asian, Indian, Middle Eastern, and
European) and religions (Islam, Buddhism, and Christianity in particular).
FORMAT:
The seminar
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DUAL-DIPLOMA PROGRAMS HISTORY COURSES - FALL 2011
SUBJECT
COURSE
NUMBER
HIST
486C
COURSE
COURSE DESCRIPTION
REFERENCE
NUMBER
97756
Course Description:
This undergraduate seminar focuses on the Algerian War for
independence from French colonial rule, as well as the postcolonial
repercussions that continue to be felt in France as well as Algeria.
Topics include: the role of intellectuals like Sartre, de Beauvoir, Fanon,
and Camus in generating public opinion about the war; the politics of
commemorating and forgetting the conflict; anti-colonial narratives of
resistance; debates on torture and counter-insurgency; the use of
violence by French forces and Algerian nationalists, and the gendering of
that violence; and postcolonial questions of nationhood and citizenship
highlighted by the war.
This course fulfills the Harpur College “C” (composition) requirement.
Instructor permission is required.
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SUBJECT
COURSE
NUMBER
HIST
486L
COURSE
COURSE DESCRIPTION
REFERENCE
NUMBER
97757
Course Description:
This course proposes an interdisciplinary, comparative, and multimedia
approach to the question of historical memory. Cases studies include
content in early US History – the transatlantic slave trade, slavery and
Native American historical narratives. In addition, memories of the
Holocaust and Chinese immigration at the turn of the 20th century will be
discussed. In terms of theoretical approaches, Michel Rolph- Trouillot, (
Silencing the Past), Pierre Nora,( Realms of Memory) Allesandro Portelli (
The Death of Luigi Trastulli and other Stories: Form and Meaning in Oral
History) and Benedict Anderson ( Imagined Communities) will guide our
discussions. Themes include the difference between collective and
individual memories, the relationship between historical scholarship and
popular memory, museums and memory and the relationship between
memory and identity.
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DUAL-DIPLOMA PROGRAMS HISTORY COURSES - FALL 2011
SUBJECT
COURSE
NUMBER
HIST
486U
COURSE
COURSE DESCRIPTION
REFERENCE
NUMBER
97803
Course Description:
This course proposes an interdisciplinary, comparative, and multimedia
approach to the question of historical memory. Cases studies include
content in early US History – the transatlantic slave trade, slavery and
Native American historical narratives. In addition, memories of the
Holocaust and Chinese immigration at the turn of the 20th century will be
discussed. In terms of theoretical approaches, Michel Rolph- Trouillot, (
Silencing the Past), Pierre Nora,( Realms of Memory) Allesandro Portelli (
The Death of Luigi Trastulli and other Stories: Form and Meaning in Oral
History) and Benedict Anderson ( Imagined Communities) will guide our
discussions. Themes include the difference between collective and
individual memories, the relationship between historical scholarship and
popular memory, museums and memory and the relationship between
memory and identity.
Not: 400 Level courses are open to 4th year students ONLY!
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