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5. Making European Civilizations I: To 1350.
Mr. Woods. A
survey of Egyptian,
Mesopotamian, Greek, Roman and Medieval civilizations.
Primary focus on developments in government and governance,
innovation and technology, and relationships between
individuals and their communities. Fall 2007; offered
alternate years. (Ancient and Medieval Mediterranean.)
16. The Crusades. Mr. Eldevik.
This course explores the
origins and history of conflict between medieval Christian
Europe and the Muslim powers of North Africa and the Near
East. Through readings of both contemporary texts and modern
scholarship, we will
examine the evolution of ideologies of holy war in Islam and
Christianity, as well as the
social, political and cultural contexts of the Crusades and
their legacy in both Europe and
the Muslim world. Fall 2007. (Ancient and Medieval
Mediterranean)
17 CH. Chicano/a History.
Mr. Summers Sandoval. Examines Chicana/o and Latina/o
historical experiences across the span of several centuries
using the lens of “empire.”
Analyzes migration and settlement; the forces shaping
community and identity
formations; and the roles of race, gender, class and
sexuality in shaping social, labor and
political histories. Fall 2007. (Core course, United States)
27. Cities by Nature: Time, Space, and Place.
Mr. Miller. A
cross-cultural, multi-continental
examination of urbanization from the ancient world to the
present, exploring
the changing nature of urban life and its rituals and the
impact urban development has
had upon environmental systems, and political, social and
economic structures. Fall 2007.
31. Latin America Before Independence (Colonial Latin
America).
Ms. Mayes.
Examines the rise of the Aztec and Incan Empires, the
Spanish conquest and settlement of
the Americas, the evolution and consolidation of colonial
institutions, and the significance
of race, gender and sexuality in shaping the culture of the
colonial society from the
perspectives of Indigenous, European and African peoples.
Explores the settlement of
Brazil and the impact of the Age of Revolution, especially
the Haitian Revolution on the
process of independence. Fall 2007. (Core course, Latin
America and the Caribbean)
40 BK. History of Africa to 1800. Mr. Lemelle.
History of
Africa from the earliest times
to the beginning of the 19th century. Attention given to the
methodology and theoretical
framework used by the Africanist, the development of early
African civilizations and
current debates and trends in the historiography of Africa.
Fall 2007. (Core course, Africa
and the African Diaspora)
70. The Making of Modern Europe.
Mr. Woods. Survey of
European culture, society and
politics from Renaissance to French Revolution. Examines
turbulent centuries that shaped
modern world. Topics include rediscovery of antiquity,
conquest of Americas, religious
upheaval, Enlightenment, scientific and political
revolutions. Fall 2007. (Core course,
Europe Since the Renaissance)
100A-Z. Seminars in History.
Staff. Intensive investigation
of a variety of topics, each
focusing on such historical problems as bibliography,
sources and interpretations.
Introductory or survey courses in the general area from
which the topic is taken recommended.
100CM. Crisis Management: National Forests and American
Culture.
Mr. Miller.
This seminar assesses the history of public-lands in the
U.S. since the late 19th century,
and the environmental, legal, political and cultural forces
that have shaped the Forest
Service’s often controversial management of the National
Forests. Topics will include the
agency’s intellectual origins, political history,
fire-management practices, the emergence of
eco-forestry, the ‘sagebrush rebellions’, among others. Fall
2007. (United States)
100D. Social and Economic History of South America.
Mr.
Tinker Salas. Examines
critical issues in the history of South America since 1820,
including the role of caudillos,
politics, regional disputes, the military, social classes,
culture, economic relations, the rise
of political parties, the Left, gender and the United
States. Particular attention to the
forging of the nation state, theories of economic
development and political movements.
Fall 2007; offered alternate years. (Latin America and the
Caribbean)
100I CH. Race, Culture and Identity in Latin America.
Mr.
Tinker Salas. Latin
America incorporates indigenous, European, African and Asian
traditions. Examines the
interplay between race, identity, culture, gender and
nationalism; the multifaceted process
of ethnicity and race relations; challenges to elite
preferences; alternative cultural identities
such as Indigenismo and Negritude; impact of immigration and
current state of
nationalism. Fall 2007. (Latin America and the Caribbean)
100J. Seminar: State and Citizen in Modern Japan.
Mr.
Yamashita. Examines modern
Japanese representations of themselves, the “other,” the
past and official Japanese
government descriptions of selected topics and popular
reception of these formulations.
Readings include relevant theoretical literature and
selections from school textbooks,
personal correspondence, diaries, memoirs, fiction and oral
history. Fall 2007. (Asian)
100K. History, Biography and Autobiography.
Ms. Wall. Study
of American history
using biographies, autobiographies and biographical fiction.
Accounts of individual lives
used to explore lives of “ordinary” Americans as well as
prominent social and political
issues. Topics include Vietnam War; civil rights movement;
political and social dissent;
industrialization; ethnic, racial, religious and gender
conflicts; slavery; continental
expansion; and creation of American republic. Fall 2007.
(United States)
110 A-Z. Research Seminars.
Courses are offered in all
fields across the department
curriculum but all emphasize primary research and the
preparation of a major research paper.
HIST 110B. Gender and Nation in Modern Latin America and the
Caribbean.
Ms
Mayes. This seminar examines the centrality of gender and
sexuality in contests over the
meaning of modernity and nationhood in 20th-century Latin
America and the Caribbean.
Course pays special attention to the interplay between
gender ideologies, racial
classification, concerns over sexuality and nation formation
in Puerto Rico, Cuba,
Nicaragua, Argentina, Mexico and the English-speaking
Caribbean. Prerequisite: one from HIST 32, 36, 100C CH, or GWS 26. Fall 2007; offered
alternate years.
189A. U.S. Environmental History.
Mr. Miller. An examination
of the idea of nature and
wilderness in American History from colonial visions to
contemporary ideologies. It will
draw from the work of Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, Also
Leopold, Rachel Carson,
and Michael Pollan, as well as modern historiography,
environmental documentaries, and
material culture. Fall 2007. (United States)
189B. The Qing Empire and Early Modern China.
Ms. Chin.
Examines the history of
late imperial China in the Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Traces
the transformation of
Chinese society by examining ethnic and gender relations,
economic activities and
intellectual beliefs. Attention to the effects of foreign
imperialism and political
arrangement in the nineteenth century, and the collapse of
China’s dynastic system in
1911. Fall 2007. (Asia)
190. Senior Seminar.
Mr. Yamashita. Students begin the basic
work of doing a thesis or
senior essay with the guidance of the seminar instructor and
faculty readers. Each fall.
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