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11. Medieval Europe and the Mediterranean. Mr. Eldevik. A
survey of the major
historical developments in Europe and the Mediterranean
basin from Late Antiquity to
the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Emphasizes
cross-cultural contact, conflict and
interaction between the Latin European, Greek Byzantine and
Islamic worlds, such as the
Crusades, the growth of commercial trade, and the
transmission of Classical learning and
philosophy from Islamic schools to Latin Europe. Spring
2008.
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)
100Q. Water in the West.
Mr. Miller. Seminar explores how
communities, states and the
federal government developed the legal precedents, physical
infrastructure, financial
mechanisms, environmental engineering, political will and
social desire for the
construction of a hydraulic empire in the Trans-Mississippi
West. Topics will include Los
Angeles’ water grabs; the plumbing of the Colorado River;
how irrigation settled the
west; and contemporary urban water woes. Spring 2008.
(United States)
100M. Rethinking Modern Asian History.
Mr. Yamashita.
Examines the various ways in
which historians are now writing the history of modern China
and Japan. Readings
include conflicting accounts of the Rape of Nanking, a
complex new narrative of the
Boxer Rebellion, social histories of women and innovative
analysis of Asian historical
topics. Spring 2008. (Asian)
100N CH. The Mexico-United States Border.
Mr. Tinker Salas.
Examines
transformation of the Mexican-U.S. border from an internal
frontier to an international
boundary. The “border” penetrates deep into Mexico and
United States and influences
the politics, economy and culture in both countries. Focuses
on changes that Mexicans,
U.S. and indigenous peoples experience as a result of border
interaction. Spring 2008.
(Latin America and the Caribbean)
100U BK. Pan-Africanism and Black Radical Traditions.
Mr. Lemelle. Examination of
the historical evolution of the Pan-African concept and its
political, social and economic
implications for the world generally and for Black people in
particular. Discussion of 20thcentury
writers of Pan-Africanism in terms of the contemporary
problems of African
Americans. Prerequisites: a lower-division IDBS course and
permission of instructor.
Spring 2008. (Africa and the African Diaspora; United
States)
100W. The American Political Tradition.
Ms. Wall. Major
political debates, issues, ideas
and conflicts from the American Revolution to
Reconstruction. Includes the framing of
the Constitution, Indian removal, women’s rights, slavery
and anti-slavery, sectionalism
and the coming of the Civil War. Emphasis on primary
sources. Next offered 2008-09.
(United States)
100X. Sexuality, Empire, and Race in the Modern Caribbean.
Ms. Mayes. Examines
European and U.S. imperialism in the region through the
analytical lenses of sexuality and
race. Emphasizes the ideological construction of subject
peoples and the creative means
by which colonized "subjects" resisted colonialism. Pays
close attention to the racial and
sexualized politics of emancipation, U.S. military
intervention, migration, tourism, and
economic development. Open to juniors and seniors only.
Spring 2008. (Latin America
and the Caribbean).
100Z. Doing History.
Ms. Wall. Methods, meanings and
purposes of historical writing.
Philosophies of history, development of different schools
and methodologies of history,
and social and political influences on historical writing,
with particular emphasis on
United States history and historiography. Offered in
2008-2009. (United States)
101. Ancient Greece.
Staff. This course aims to explore
Greek history in the Archaic,
Classical and Hellenistic periods, while taking a critical
approach toward understanding
the special position of ancient Greece in the history of
western civilization and
introducing students to contemporary methodological and historiographical issues.
Particular attention will be devoted to developing a
familiarity with the problems of
ancient evidence through an examination of primary sources
in translation. Offered in
2008-2009. (Ancient and Medieval Mediterranean)
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.
110E. Renaissance and Reformation.
Mr. Woods. The origins
and development of a
cultural, political, and economic effervescence in Europe.
Relations between artistic
achievements and social transformations. Social,
intellectual, religious and political
restructuring attendant on the Reformation and
Counterreformation. Spring 2008;
offered alternate years. (Europe Since the Renaissance)
111. Medieval Germany.
Mr. Eldevik. Survey of the political,
social, and religious
development of the German kingdom and the Holy Roman Empire
from late Roman
times through the reign of the emperor Sigismund (d.1437).
Topics include the idea of
German ethnicity and identity in the Middle Ages, the
imperial ideal, the struggle
between the papacy and emperors, and conflict and
colonization on the Slavic frontier and
in the Baltics. Spring 2008. (Ancient and Medieval
Mediterranean)
121. The Culture of Early America, 1607–1750.
Ms. Wall. The
social, political, cultural
and economic development of North America from settlement to
the Great Awakening.
Emphasis on issues of colonial identity, race, conquest and
social change. Spring 2008.
(United States)
126. Revolutionary America, 1750–1800.
Ms. Wall. Social and
political change. The
sources and effects of the Revolution; 18th-century social
history; changes in political
thought, society and politics in the new republic; and the
emergence of a national culture.
Offered in 2008-09. (United States)
149 BK. Industrialization and Social Change in Southern
Africa.
Mr. Lemelle. History
of Southern Africa from 17th century to present, with
emphasis on the last two centuries’
rapid industrialization and social change. Examines
political, economic and sociocultural
ramifications of these changes on Southern African
societies. Next offered in 2008-09.
(Africa and the African Diaspora)
167. Early Modern Japan.
Mr. Yamashita. Japanese cultural
history during the Tokugawa
period (1600-1867), focusing on castles, warriors and the
new culture in the cities and
castle towns, particularly the tales of the floating world,
haiku, woodblock prints, Chinese style
literati painting and new Confucian and nativistic
philosophies. Next offered in
2008-09; offered alternate years. (Asian)
173. The French Revolution.
Mr. Kates. Examination of the
1789 revolution that
overthrew the ancient régime in France. Topics include the
storming of the Bastille, fall of
the aristocracy, development of a democratic state, outbreak
of war and Jacobin Terror.
Discussion of primary sources and historical
interpretations. Spring 2008. (Europe Since
the Renaissance)
183. The Worlds of Shakespeare’s Monarchs: 15th-Century
England.
Mr. Woods.
Introduction to the worlds against which Kings Richard II
through Henry VIII played
their roles. Special attention to women and power, cultural
transformations, development
of regal governance, economic and social changes, and the
webs of interconnections in
the “Wars of the Roses.” Spring 2008. (Europe Since the
Renaissance)
191. Senior Thesis.
Mr. Yamashita. An independent research
and writing project
culminating in a substantial, original historical work.
Directed by one faculty member,
chosen by the student (in all but exceptional cases) from
History Department faculty.
Each thesis read by one additional reader. Students defend
their theses orally.
Prerequisites: 190 and completion of at least three courses
in the field in which students
intend to write their thesis. Each spring.
192. Senior Essay.
Staff. An independent writing project
culminating in a substantial essay
that may be based on original research, historiography or a
critical review of secondary
literature. Each spring.
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