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11177 |
HIST 102 Europe since 1815 |
Gennady Shkliarevsky |
. T . Th . |
3:10 - 4:30 pm |
OLIN 203 |
HIST |
Cross listed: Global & Int’l Studies, Human
Rights, Russian and Eurasian Studies, Victorian Studies The
course has two goals: to provide a general
introduction to European History in the period from 1815 to 1990 and at the
same time to examine a number of especially important developments in greater
depth. The first half of the course
will range in time from the Congress of Vienna in 1815 to the outbreak of World
War I in 1914. The following issues
will be emphasized: the rise of
conservative, liberal and socialist thought; the establishment of parliamentary
democracy in Great Britain; the revolutions of 1848; Bismarck and the
Unification of Germany; European imperialism; and the origins of World War
I. The second half of the course will
stress the following problems: World
War I; the Russian Revolution and the emergence of Soviet Russia; the
Versailles Treaty; the Great Depression; the rise of fascism, especially
Nazism; the Holocaust; the emergence of a new Europe with the "European
Community"; the Cold War; the fall of communism in Eastern Europe; and the
reunification of Germany. Class
size: 22
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11539 |
HIST 135 Imperial Chinese History |
Robert Culp |
M . W . . |
10:10 - 11:30 am |
OLIN 305 |
HIST/DIFF |
Cross-listed: Asian Studies China’s
imperial state, sustained in one form or another for over two millennia, was arguably
history’s longest continuous social and political order. This course explores
the transformations of imperial China’s state, society, and culture from their
initial emergence during the Zhou period (1027-221 BCE) through the end of the
Qing dynasty in 1911, when a combination of imperialism and internal stresses
destroyed the imperial system. Through readings in philosophy, poetry, fiction,
and memoir, and use of a rich array of visual sources, the course follows
several major thematic threads. These include the ever-shifting definitions of
and interactions between "China" and Central Asian
"barbarians"; the interdependent relationship between the imperial
bureaucracy and social elites; literati, consumer, and popular culture; state
ritual, religious practice, and folk traditions; gender constructions and the
relative social power of men and women; as well as changes in family
organization and rural life. A sweeping overview of premodern Chinese history,
the course provides a foundation for further study of East Asian history,
society, culture, and politics. Class size: 22
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11705 |
HIST 133 The
Atlantic World in the Early Modern Period |
Casey King |
M . . . . . . . F |
11:50 – 1:10 pm 3:10 - 4:30 pm |
OLIN 204 |
HIST/DIFF |
Cross-listed: American Studies; related
interest: Africana Studies The purpose of this
course is to provide students with a foundational knowledge of the Atlantic
world during one of the most dynamic and fascinating periods in human history.
The early modern period roughly encompasses the 15th through the 18th
centuries. It was an age of exploration, when the very foundations of all human
knowledge were fundamentally challenged. It was an age of destruction when
indigenous peoples were transformed by religion, germs, and steel. In this
course, we will discuss the impact of this time in Europe, Africa and the
Americas, as well as the inevitable and unforeseen transformations in their
peoples. Several important themes will be covered: precedents of early
modern expansion; theories of empire; theories of contact, conquest and
colonization; the relevance of race and slavery to the understanding of the
early modern Atlantic world; the role of myth and religion in New World
discovery; how different peoples perceived others and themselves; how new
identities were made, and self-made. Class size: 22
|
11681 |
HIST 149
The American Revolution |
Casey King |
M . . . . . . . F |
10:10 – 11:30 am 1:30 – 2:50 pm |
OLIN 201 OLIN 203
|
HIST |
Cross-listed: American Studies
It is our “in the beginning,” our genesis. Our Founding was impossible and
radical and virtually unimaginable and, ultimately, what made us American. This
course focuses on our American Revolution, the events leading to the war, the
war itself, and the articles constructed in its aftermath. Some of the
questions explored include: Was our separation from Britain inevitable? What
causes led to war? To what extent could acts of protest in our founding be
construed today as acts of terrorism? How could our Founders reconcile their
cries for freedom on a nation built by slavery? What were the “changes in the
hearts and minds of men” of which John Adams spoke, that were at the core of
the “real” Revolution?” What were the vices inherent in mankind against which our
Constitution was intended to guard?
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11412 |
HIST 185 History of Modern Middle East |
Jennifer Derr |
. T . Th . |
1:30 - 2:50 pm |
OLIN 204 |
HIST/DIFF |
Cross-listed: Africana
Studies, Global & Int’l Studies, Human Rights, Middle Eastern Studies, STS. During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the regions of the
Middle East ruled by the Ottoman Empire experienced great political
transformations. This region’s historical trajectory included the imposition of
European colonialism, the emergence of nationalism(s), the break-up of empire,
and the eventual division of the region into individual nation-states. A series
of cultural and social transformations, including shifts within political, religious,
and communal identities, shaped these political moments. Beginning in the
nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire, this course critically analyzes the
historical moments and trends comprising the history of the former Arab
provinces of the Ottoman Empire and North Africa. Among the topics we will
explore are: Political and legal shifts in the late Ottoman Empire; the
break-up of the Ottoman Empire; the
legacies of WWI and WWII; the impact of French and British colonial projects;
the emergence of nationalism(s) and the shape of anti-colonial movements;
changing cultural and social norms, included those related to gender ; the
emergence of independent nation-states and the shape of post-colonial politics;
regional conflicts in the late twentieth century. Class size: 22
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11178 |
HIST 190 The Cold War: Enemy/Globalism |
Gennady Shkliarevsky / Mark Lytle |
M . W . . |
1:30 - 2:50 pm |
OLINLC 115 |
HIST |
Cross-listed: Global & Int’l Studies; Human
Rights, Russian & Eurasian Studies, STS
Like two scorpions, the
Soviet Union and the United States warily circled each other in a deadly dance
that lasted over half a century. In a
nuclear age, any misstep threatened to be fatal not only to the antagonists but
possibly also to the entire human community.
What caused this hostile confrontation to emerge from the World War II
alliance? How did Soviet-American rivalry affect the international
community? And why after more than
fifty years did the dance end in peace rather than war? Traditionally historians
have approached those questions from a national point of view. Their answers had political as well as
academic implications. To blame the
Soviet Union was to condemn Communism; to charge the United States was to find
capitalism as the root cause of international tensions. In this course we try to reconsider the Cold
War by simultaneously weighing both the American and Soviet perspective on
events as they unfolded. We will look
at Stalinism, McCarthyism, the nuclear arms race, the space race, the extension
of the Cold War into the third world, the rise of American hegemony, Vietnam
and Afghanistan, Star Wars, and the effort to reach strategic arms limitation
agreements. Finally, we will challenge
the claims of American conservative ideologues that the Reagan arms buildup
"won the cold war." Students
will examine key documents of the Cold War era and prepare several papers on
world areas or events that they chose to explore. Class size: 48
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11411 |
HIST 2014 History of New York City |
Cecile Kuznitz |
. T . Th . |
1:30 - 2:50 pm |
HEG 201 |
HIST |
Cross-listed:
American Studies, Environmental &
Urban Studies This
course will survey the history of New York City from its founding as a Dutch
colony until the present post-industrial, post-9/11 era. We will emphasize the
nineteenth and twentieth centuries, when the city was transformed by
immigration and rose to prominence as a global economic and cultural capital.
We will pay particular attention to the development and use of distinct types
of urban space such as housing, parks, and skyscrapers. We will also consider
New York’s evolving population, including divisions of ethnicity, race, and
socioeconomic class. One recurrent
theme will be the various, often controversial solutions proposed to the
problems of a modern metropolis, such as the need for infrastructure (water
management, transportation), social and political reform (Tammany Hall, Jacob
Riis), and urban planning (Robert Moses).
Class size: 22
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11413 |
HIST 2110 Early Middle Ages |
Alice Stroup |
. T . Th . |
10:10 - 11:30 am |
OLIN 308 |
HIST |
Cross-listed: Classical Studies, Medieval Studies; related
interest: French Studies The European
"middle ages" -originally so called as a term of derision—are more
complex and heterogeneous than is commonly thought. This course surveys seven
centuries, from the Germanic invasions and dissolution of the Roman Empire to
the Viking invasions and dissolution of the Carolingian Empire. Topics include
early Christianity, "barbarians," Byzantine Empire, Islam,
monasticism, the myth and reality of Charlemagne. Readings include documents,
Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy, Einhard's Life of Charlemagne, and
selections from Ammianus Marcellinus's The Later Roman Empire and Gregory of
Tours's History of the Franks. Open to first year students. Class size: 22
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11670 |
HIST 2236 Decolonization and Postcolonial Africa |
Priya Lal |
M . W . . |
1:30 - 2:50 pm |
OLIN 307 |
HIST |
Cross-listed: Africana Studies, Human Rights This course provides an
overview of the recent history of sub-Saharan Africa, moving beyond
conventional “crisis narratives” to look deeper into a history filled with
momentous changes as well as continuities; with great possibilities as well as
problems. We will begin with the World War II era, exploring the dynamics of
late colonialism and the roots of national liberation movements throughout the
continent, and continue on to an examination of the complex and contingent
process of decolonization. In considering the early postcolonial period, we
will pay special attention to Pan-Africanism and African Socialism as political
imaginaries and projects, but also investigate the economic, social, and
cultural landscapes of a variety of newly independent countries. We will then
trace the trajectories of postcolonial states through the later years of the
twentieth century, focusing on the rise and impact of neoliberalism, and the
causes and consequences of increased urbanization. Finally, we will conclude by
reflecting upon the contemporary relevance of this history. Throughout the
semester we will think about popular experiences in addition to institutional
or elite narratives; analyze shifting constructions of race, ethnicity, and
identity; and ask questions about the changing position of Africa in
the world. Materials for the course will include a wide range of academic
literature as well as fiction and non-fiction works by African intellectuals,
and films. Class
size: 18
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11415 |
HIST/EUS
2253
An Ecological History of the Globe |
Alice Stroup |
. T . Th . |
11:50 - 1:10 pm |
OLIN 308 |
HIST |
Cross-listed:
Environmental & Urban Studies, Science, Technology & Society Human technology and population growth have
damaged the Earth through deforestation, erosion, salinization of soil, and
species loss. Where our moral sensibilities look to repair or reduce ecological
damage, our study of historical and evolutionary processes helps identify the
processes, from political to ecological, more likely to succeed in that
endeavor. In this course, therefore, we will examine case studies from
prehistory to the present, around the world, to reconsider human institutions,
cultures, and choices in ecological context. Class size: 22
|
11668 |
HIST 2306
Gender, Sexuality & Power in Modern China |
Robert Culp |
M . W . . |
11:50 - 1:10 pm |
HEG 102 |
HIST |
Cross list: Anthropology, Asian Studies, Gender
& Sexuality Studies, Global & Int’l Studies, Human Rights,
STS This course explores the roles of gender and
sexuality in the construction of social and political power in China over the
last 500 years. Our point of departure will be traditional areas of focus for
scholars of gender and sexuality in China: footbinding, the cloistering of
women, and the masculinization of public space; the transformations of
Confucian age-sex hierarchies within the family; the women’s rights movements
of the early twentieth century; and the Chinese Communist revolution’s
ambivalent legacy for women in the People’s Republic of China. By drawing on
recent historical and anthropological literature, we will also analyze gender’s
functions in many other aspects of modern Chinese life. These topics will
include constructions of masculinity and male identity during China’s late
imperial period (1368-1911), the role of gender categories in constructions of
Han Chinese relations with both Inner Asian nomadic peoples and Euro-American
imperialists, the gendering of citizenship and comradeship in twentieth century
China, the impact of global capitalism on gender constructions and sexual
relations in contemporary China, and the relation of China’s women’s movement
to recent trends in Euro-American feminism and gender studies. This course is
open to all students. Class size: 20
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11667 |
HIST 2313
From Classicism to Modernism: Music, Politics and Society in the Long
Nineteenth-century |
Richard Aldous |
M . W . . |
10:10 - 11:30 am |
OLIN 308 |
HIST |
Cross listed: Victorian Studies
Music is not written in a vacuum; it is both a 'mirror and a prophecy' for its
time. This course examines European music in the 'long nineteenth century' from
the French revolution to the eve of the First World War. By taking individual
case studies, including Mozart's Don Giovanni , Wagner's Das Rheingold , and
Stravinsky's Rite of Spring , we will explore the political, commercial,
philosophical, material and circumstantial influences surrounding composition,
and the impact of these works on their own times and ours. The methodological
approach is historical; no formal musical training is required to take the
course. Background reading: Tim Blanning, The Triumph of Music: The
Rise of Composers, Musicians and Their Art. Class size: 22
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11180 |
HIST 2701 The Holocaust, 1933-1945 |
Cecile Kuznitz |
. T . Th . |
10:10 - 11:30 am |
OLIN 201 |
HIST/DIFF |
Cross-listed:
Human Rights, German Studies, Jewish Studies, STS This course will provide an overview of the
Nazi attempt to exterminate the Jewish people during the Second World War. We
will examine topics including the background of modern antisemitic movements
and the aftermath of World War I; the reactions of German Jews during
1933-1939; the institution of ghettos and the cultural and political activities
of their populations; the turn to mass murder and its implementation in the
extermination camps; the experiences of other groups targeted by the Nazis; the
reactions of “bystanders” (the
populations of occupied countries and the Allied powers;) and the liberation
and its immediate aftermath. Emphasis will be on the development of Nazi policy
and Jews’ reactions to Nazi rule, with special attention to the question of
what constitutes resistance or collaboration in a situation of total war and
genocide. Class size: 22
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11185 |
HIST 302 Environmental Diplomacy |
Mark Lytle |
. T . . . |
3:10 - 5:30 pm |
OLIN 303 |
HIST |
Cross-listed: Global & Int’l Studies Diplomatic historians
have long looked at territorial disputes, imperial ambitions, and dynastic
competition as causes for war. They
have generally ignored the environment as
a factor in international relations. Yet, future wars may well be fought
over pollution, scarce resource destruction, and over-population. Consider
Saddam Hussein pouring oil into the Persian Gulf and setting his wells afire,
fallout from Chernobyl, the 2004 Tsunami, and the recent Gulf oil spill. These
events impacted widespread populations and numerous nations. Yet, the
international mechanisms available to respond to those events proved fragile
and often disorganized. Stockholm, Rio
de Janeiro, Kyoto, and Copenhagen are properly known for inaction in the face
of climate change and other global environmental crises. This course invites students to look at
peoples, events, or issues in which the environment has played a central role.
It is not a course in a traditional sense. Junior (and advanced sophomore)
History, EUS, GLOBAL & INT’L STUDIES, and Political Studies students will
have an opportunity for research and writing that prepares them for their senior
projects. Each student will write a 25-30 page research essay or documentary
appropriate for publication. The readings are designed to help you discover
research topics and to provide a broad context for your writing. Limited to 15
students. Class size: 15
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11416 |
HIST 3107 Fugitives, Exile, Extradition |
Tabetha Ewing |
. T . . . |
4:40 – 7:00 pm |
OLIN 101 |
HIST/DIFF |
Cross-listed:
Historical Studies, Human Rights This picaresque history studies letters that exile, flights
of fugitives, asylum, and rendition. It covers the period from the rise of
European states (when rulers effectively kidnapped their subjects from foreign
territories) to the birth of the modern extradition system. Lone individuals,
caught up in the competition between states, contributed unwittingly to the
invention of national borders, international policing, and modern international
law. The primordial freedom of the individual confronts sovereign
jurisdiction—on foreign ground. Thus, extradition is always an encroachment on
some body’s sovereignty. Runaway wives, fugitive slaves, dissident
pamphleteers, and an anti-imperial revolutionary are among the cases we study.
Prerequisites: European history, Theories of Justice, International Relations, or
History of Punishment. Class
size: 15
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11182 |
HIST 3131 Jewish Power & Politics |
Cecile Kuznitz |
M . . . . |
4:40 - 7:00 pm |
OLIN 204 |
HIST/DIFF |
Cross-listed:
Jewish Studies, Political Studies, Russian & Eurasian Studies This course will focus on modern Jewish
political movements such as Zionism and Diaspora Nationalism, as well as on
attitudes towards power and powerlessness in Jewish culture. We will first
consider how Jews as an oppressed minority responded to their lack of political
power, and what constitutes “politics” for a stateless group living in the
Diaspora. We will then explore the rise
of modern nationalist movements that challenged the traditional view of Jewish
powerlessness, primarily in Eastern Europe, including political, cultural,
labor, religious and Revisionist Zionism; Territorialism; and socialist and
liberal Diaspora Nationalism. We will examine the answers proposed by each
movement to the problems of anti-Semitism and assimilation, as well as to the
question: Does combating powerlessness require Jews to have a state of their
own? We will concentrate on European movements and thinkers but also consider
how these ideas played out in the United States and Israel. Class
size: 15
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11417 |
HIST 3132 The History of Urban Schooling In the U.S., 1790-2010 |
Ellen Lagemann |
. T . . . |
1:30 - 3:50 pm |
OLIN 205 |
HIST |
Cross-listed:
American Studies, Environmental &
Urban Studies, Human Rights In
this class, we will examine the history of urban schooling within the context
of major social developments from the early national period to the twenty-first
century (industrialization, immigration, professionalization, unionization,
suburbanization, the woman’s suffrage and civil rights movements, and
globalization, among them). The first
section of the course will trace the development of urban schools through the
first half of the twentieth century; the second section will focus on more
contemporary problems of school reform.
The goals of the course are: 1) to enhance your knowledge of US history
through an in-depth study of one central institution; and 2) to enrich your
understanding of contemporary school problems and possibilities with historic
perspectives. The course will require
significant reading each week as well as two short papers and one longer one. Class size: 22
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11419 |
HIST 3146 The Environment in History in the Middle East and Africa |
Jennifer Derr |
M . W . . |
10:10 - 11:30 am |
HEG 308 |
HIST |
Cross-listed: Africana Studies
, Environmental & Urban Studies, Human Rights Environmental history is reshaping our
historical interpretations of human communities and their interactions with the
spaces in which they are situated. Recently, the histories of the colonial and
postcolonial worlds have dramatically influenced the direction of scholarship
within environmental history. This course explores the evolving field of
environmental history in the Middle East and Africa. Agricultural
transformations, the construction of environmental infrastructure,
contestations over resources, and the development schemes of ambitious
postcolonial states have molded the histories of each of these broad regions. In
this course, we will examine both the particular and general questions that
shape the portrayal of the environment in each regional historiography,
pursuing the following questions:
What is environmental history and how does it shift
the manner in which we interpret historical developments?
* How
did encounters with European colonial forces transform the environment and its
interactions with human communities?
* How
has agriculture evolved and what changes in agricultural practice have proved most
transformative?
* What
role has the “natural” environment played in the development of nationalism and
political conflict?
* How
should we consider the urban, “built” environment and its interactions with
rural and agricultural spaces?
Exploring
these questions will facilitate a deep analysis of the issues that have shaped
the histories of the Middle East and Africa in addition to prompting a critical
consideration of the particular sets of analytical questions that frame the
historiographies of each region. Finally, this course will provide a unique
perspective on the contemporary political, economic, and environmental
challenges faced within the postcolonial world. Class size: 15
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11679 |
HIST 324 Closing the Gates: Racialization and
American immigration policy, 1870-1930 |
Joel Perlmann |
. . W . . |
4:30 - 6:50 pm |
OLIN 202 |
HIST/DIFF |
For a long period, immigration to the United
States, and to other western countries too, was more or less unrestricted, and in
the case of ‘under-populated’ areas, like North America, it was strongly
encouraged. But around the turn of the twentieth century that “open door
policy” was ended. In the case of the United States this happened in stages,
first targeting Asians. Later, two issues came to the fore: overall limits on
the number of immigrants and distinctions among European immigrant peoples in
whom to let in. This course will consider the changing American context within
which the changes in policy came about: for example, the need for low-skilled
manual labor in an evolving manufacturing economy, the anti-immigrant
sentiments that developed repeatedly across the decades, the intellectual
contributions of racialized social thought. All these, however, had to find
expression in legislation that could pass the American Congress and be signed
by the American president. Why this legislative outcome was so long in coming
and how it did eventually come are critical issues too. The course will focus
primarily on the United States; however the restriction movement in these
decades was not limited to this country and comparisons to developments in
immigration restriction made by other countries will also be considered. The
central focus of course work, besides weekly readings, will be on the
preparation of a sustained research paper. Class
size: 15