Historical Studies
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Revolution |
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Professor:
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Robert Culp and
Gregory Moynahan |
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Course Number: |
HIST 1001 |
CRN Number: |
90251 |
Class cap: |
36 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Tue 10:10 AM
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Thurs 10:10 AM
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HA Historical Analysis |
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Asian Studies; Human Rights |
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Global Core Course What is revolution? Why does it happen? Where and when have revolutions
occurred, and to what effect? This course addresses these questions by exploring
a range of revolutions in Europe and Asia during the past five centuries. A primary
focus of the course will center on analyzing and comparing some of the most iconic
and influential revolutions in world history: the French Revolution of 1789, the
Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, and the Chinese Communist Revolution of 1921-1949.
In addition, we will analyze the causes and impact of a range of other revolutionary
moments, including the German Peasant Revolt of 1525, the Taiping Rebellion, the
Meiji Restoration, the 1905 Revolution in Russia, the 1911 Revolution in China,
China's Cultural Revolution, the protests by students and intellectuals that rocked
continental Europe in 1968, and the "velvet revolutions" and near revolutions
that transformed state socialism in 1989. As we compare revolutions over time,
we will try to discern links or lines of influence between revolutionary movements.
We will also explore how particular revolutionary movements contributed to a shared
repertoire of revolutionary thought and action. No previous study of history is
necessary for this course; first-year students are welcome. |
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Growth and its Discontents: A History of the United States from
1865 to the Present |
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Professor: |
Daniel Wortel-London |
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Course Number: |
HIST 111 |
CRN Number: |
91141 |
Class cap: |
22 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Tue Thurs
10:10 AM – 11:530 AM Olin 202 |
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Distributional Area: |
HA Historical Analysis |
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American & Indidenous
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Economic growth and the growth of individual liberty, we are often
told, are perennial and permanent features of American life. In our era of economic
instability and climate change, however, both the sustainability and desirability
of growth is increasingly questioned. But if we are to better adapt to growth’s
future, we’ll first need to understand growth’s past. In this course we will examine
American history through the framework of ‘growth’ from the Reconstruction Era
to the present. We’ll analyze primary sources by groups ranging from civil rights
activists to environmental preservationists. We’ll conduct multidisciplinary inquiries
into controversial questions around who growth has benefitted, and why. And we’ll apply our insights into historically-informed
arguments on how growth can - or can’t - better serve Americans today. |
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Twentieth Century Britain |
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Professor:
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Richard Aldous
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Course Number: |
HIST 122 |
CRN Number: |
90247 |
Class cap: |
22 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Mon Wed 3:30 PM
- 4:50 PM Reem Kayden Center 102 |
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Distributional Area: |
HA Historical Analysis |
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Crosslists: |
Global & International Studies |
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This introductory course offers a survey of Britain in the twentieth-
and early twenty-first centuries. We start with the death of Queen Victoria in
1901, when Britain was the most powerful country in the world, and move chronologically
through the century. Particular emphasis is given to the multi-layered British
experience of global conflicts (the first and second world wars, the cold war
and the "war on terror"), the relationships with the empire, Europe
and the United States, as well as the creation of the welfare state and a diverse
multicultural society. We also examine how Britain used its soft power, particularly
music, to retain its influence and promote a British sensibility “Here, There,
and Everywhere.” |
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European Diplomatic History |
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Professor:
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Sean McMeekin
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Course Number: |
HIST 143 |
CRN Number: |
90248 |
Class cap: |
22 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Tue Thurs 1:30 PM
- 2:50 PM Olin 205 |
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Distributional Area: |
HA Historical Analysis |
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Crosslists: |
Global & International Studies; Russian and Eurasian Studies |
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A survey of the major developments in European diplomatic history
between the Treaty of Westphalia and the outbreak of World War I. Key themes of discussion will include the changing
nature of diplomacy and international order; the rise of the nation state and
standing armies; war finance and the bond market; the French Revolutionary upheaval,
the Industrial Revolution, and ideological responses to them (eg, liberalism,
nationalism/irredentism, conservatism, socialism, and anarchism). The course concludes with an examination of
the high era of imperialism and the origins of the First World War. |
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African Encounters and Contemporary Realities |
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Professor:
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Lloyd Hazvineyi
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Course Number: |
HIST 148 |
CRN Number: |
90246 |
Class cap: |
22 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Mon Wed 11:50 AM
- 1:10 PM Olin 205 |
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Distributional Area: |
HA Historical Analysis |
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Crosslists: |
Africana Studies |
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Modern Africa and its shifting contours of social, political
and economic life has been shaped by its contested past. The class takes a chronological
survey approach to the history of modern Africa. It examines the history of the
continent from 1800, covering emotive themes which include slavery, colonialism,
culture, decolonization and leisure. What was the impact of slavery in Africa,
how did indigenous communities respond to and challenge colonial rule, how did
Africans create meaningful lives under colonial rule? The course centers the lives
of Africans as they navigated different historical processes as proactive actors
with agency, and grapples with the enduring legacies of slavery and colonialism
and their far-reaching implications in shaping contemporary realities. |
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Latin America: Independence, Sovereignty,
and Revolution |
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Professor:
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Miles Rodriguez
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Course Number: |
HIST 152 |
CRN Number: |
90250 |
Class cap: |
22 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Mon Wed 10:10 AM
- 11:30 AM Olin 203 |
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Distributional Area: |
HA Historical Analysis D+J Difference and Justice |
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Crosslists: |
American & Indigenous Studies; Global & International Studies; Human
Rights; Latin American/Iberian Studies |
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Latin America is one of the world’s most diverse regions, now
with over six hundred million people of African, Asian, European, Indigenous,
Middle Eastern, and interracially-mixed descent, in at least twenty different
independent nations. The largest Latin American country, Portuguese-speaking Brazil,
and the second largest, the world’s most populous Spanish-speaking country, Mexico,
as well as countries in the Spanish Caribbean like Cuba, Central America, and
in Spanish South America, encompass rich and complex cultures and peoples. This
course is an introductory historical survey of Latin America. It focuses on the
tremendous, troubled, and often traumatic transformations and transitions that
many of its distinct nations and peoples have experienced in struggles for independence,
sovereignty, and revolution. The class examines the main historical issues and
challenges of Latin America’s post-colonial independent national period, including
persistent inequality, regional and national integration and disintegration, and
global and international relations, as well as revolution, war, military rule,
popular social movements, civil reconciliation, and continual violence. Its goal
is to understand the incredibly complex and diverse meanings and histories of
Latin America to the present. LAIS Core Course. |
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The Making of the Modern Middle East |
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Professor:
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. TBA |
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Course Number: |
HIST 185 |
CRN Number: |
90518 |
Class cap: |
22 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Mon Wed 11:50 AM
- 1:10 PM Olin 102 |
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Distributional Area: |
HA Historical Analysis D+J Difference and Justice |
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Crosslists: |
Global & International Studies; Human Rights; Middle Eastern Studies |
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In this survey course, we will discuss the major processes that
contributed to the rise of the modern Middle East, and trace the history of the
modern institutions in the region. Topics including the making of modern armies,
political institutions, nation-states, economies, and families, as well as examining
reform movements in the Ottoman Empire, European imperialism, nationalist movements
(including the Arab-Israeli conflict), political Islam, and the Arab Spring (and
its aftermath). In addition to exploring modern Middle Eastern history, students
will acquire critical thinking skills through examining primary documents and
reflecting on the uses of history in contemporary contexts. |
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A History of New York City, 1811-2024 |
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Professor: |
Daniel Wortel-London |
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Course Number: |
HIST 2014 A |
CRN Number: |
91142 |
Class cap: |
22 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location: |
Tue Thurs
11:50 AM – 1:10 PM Olin 202 |
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Distributional Area: |
HA Historical Analysis |
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Crosslists: |
American & Indidenous
Studies; Environmental Studies |
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The New York City you know is the product of conflicts and collusions
going back centuries. Underneath the city’s streets, underneath the subways and
sewer lines, is a history of struggle over the design and use of urban space.
This course will help you uncover that history. We will apply frameworks drawn
from a variety of disciplines - science and technology studies, urban economics,
racial capitalism, and more - to interrogate historical sources and narratives
around foundational topics in New York’s history ranging from the building of
the subways to the fiscal crisis of the 1970s. We will identify gaps and silences
within these narratives, and conduct original inquiries that will deepen our collective
understanding of Gotham’s development. And we will apply our research to present-day
New York, developing historically-informed arguments for how the city can address
present-day challenges around social, economic, and ecological injustice. |
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Reason and Revolution: Science and World-Perspective
from Copernicus to Ernst Mach |
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Professor:
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Gregory Moynahan
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Course Number: |
HIST 2136 |
CRN Number: |
90340 |
Class cap: |
15 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Tue Thurs 11:50 AM
- 1:10 PM Olin 203 |
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Distributional Area: |
HA Historical Analysis |
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Crosslists: |
Science, Technology, Society |
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Copernicus' claim that the sun, not the earth, was the center
of the known universe is perhaps the most famous episode in which an understanding
of the natural world at once transforms lived experience and becomes embroiled
in ever-wider theological, political, and social conflict. Starting with Giordano
Bruno, "the philosopher of Copernicanism," this course will look at
a series of such shifts in scientific perception and how they were received, misunderstood,
or initially simply ignored by wider society. A key theme will be the development
of popular science, particularly as written by practicing scientists, and science
fiction as a means to anticipate and grasp such transformations. Also discussed
will be the global origins of natural philosophy and science, particularly in
astronomy, its development through European hegemony and colonialism, and its
return as a global set of norms and institutions. Authors read will include Ibn
Rushd, Bacon, Descartes, Leibniz, Newton, Humboldt, Hegel, Lovelace, Mach, Nietzsche,
Blumenberg, Keller, Kuhn, and Stengers. |
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London's Burning: Britain in the Seventies |
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Professor:
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Richard Aldous
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Course Number: |
HIST 2170 |
CRN Number: |
90339 |
Class cap: |
22 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Mon Wed 5:10 PM
- 6:30 PM Reem Kayden Center 102 |
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Distributional Area: |
HA Historical Analysis |
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“Our decline has been so marked that today we are not only no
longer a world power, but we are not in the first rank even as a European one.”
So wrote Britain's ambassador to France in his farewell telegram to London in
1979. By the end of the seventies, Britain seemed to be standing at the edge of
the abyss. The optimism of the sixties had long gone, as was the Empire that had
for so long been the source of British prosperity and power. Yet for all the upheaval
and loss of confidence, the seventies was also a period of enormous cultural originality,
social change, and political ambition. From environmentalism, Europeanism, multiculturalism,
gay rights, and legislation on sex discrimination and race relations, to cheap
package holidays and color TV, this chaotic decade brought about profound and
lasting change— and all to the soundtrack of The Selecter, David Bowie, and The
Clash. |
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Apocalypse Then: Anguish and Elation in the Ancient and Medieval
Mediterranean |
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Professor: |
Nathanael Aschenbrenner |
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Course Number: |
HIST 218 |
CRN Number: |
90620 |
Class cap: |
22 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location: |
Tue Thurs
10:10 AM - 11:30 AM Olin 204 |
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Distributional Area: |
HA Historical Analysis |
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Crosslists: |
Medieval Studies |
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Apocalypses, or revealed futures of “end times” have long exercised
a powerful hold on our imaginations. Today we grapple with anxiety over climate
change or increasingly autonomous and self-conscious AI. But apocalyptic thinking
emerged first in the ancient world, not only as a source of fear, but of ecstatic
anticipation as well. This course will introduce students to the origins and development
of apocalyptic thought, as well as its social and political catalysts and consequences.
Beginning with the emergence of the apocalyptic history in ancient Jerusalem in
the 2nd c. BCE, it traces changes in religious and political writings through
the emergence of Christianity, the rise and fall of the Roman Empire, the advent
of Islam, the Black Death, Columbus’s voyages to the Americas, and the Protestant
Reformation. We will explore how apocalyptic writing and thought engaged with
the challenges of famine, pandemic disease, church reform, religious violence,
and global exploration. Through these ideas and experiences, students will encounter
a range of emotional and intellectual reactions to the expectation of an imminent
end—not only terror and panic, but also hope and joy. |
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Africans, Empire, and the Great War |
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Professor:
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Wendy Urban-Mead
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Course Number: |
HIST 2210 |
CRN Number: |
90332 |
Class cap: |
12 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Tue 5:40 PM
- 8:00 PM Olin 204 |
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Distributional Area: |
HA Historical Analysis D+J Difference and Justice |
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Crosslists: |
Africana Studies; Global & International Studies |
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What made the First World War a "world" war? Many
factors contributed to the conflict's designation as a world war, but the significant
role of Africa, Africans, and members of the African Diaspora in the war is not
least among them. Some Africans and members of the African diaspora signed up
in response to a call for volunteers, others were ruthlessly coerced, and many
more became involved for reasons that fell somewhere in the uncertain middle ground
between coercion and willing participation. African-Americans, and African subjects
under French, German, and British colonial rule in Africa and the Caribbean were
drawn into the war's vortex. Following DuBois' prescient observation that "[t]he
problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color-line," this
course visits the Great War with an eye to unpacking the experiences, choices,
and impacts of Africans and members of the African diaspora in the context of
both empire and white supremacy. Gender - in conversation with questions regarding
masculinity, warfare, and race - will be a vital course theme. Working from a
wide range of primary materials and selected theoretical and secondary works,
students will have the opportunity both to form questions in response to what
they find in the readings, and explore possible answers, using the skills of the
historian. This course is part of the Racial Justice Initiative, an interdisciplinary
collaboration among students and faculty to further the understanding of racial
inequality and injustice in the United States and beyond. This course is cross-listed
with the MAT program. |
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A Political History of Common Sense |
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Professor:
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Tabetha Ewing
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Course Number: |
HIST 231 |
CRN Number: |
90336 |
Class cap: |
18 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Tue Thurs 5:10 PM
- 6:30 PM Olin 203 |
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Distributional Area: |
HA Historical Analysis |
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Crosslists: |
Africana Studies; American & Indigenous Studies; French Studies; Human
Rights |
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This
course seeks to broaden understandings of modern democracy by locating populism
and its tensions with myriad forms of expertise, for example, orthodox religious
authorities, Enlightenment thought, legal frameworks for citizenship, abolitionism,
and state forms of information-gathering and knowledge production. Opposition
to book learning, intellectualism, and expertise may only be as old as the wide-scale
presence of books, intellectuals, and experts in social life. In other words,
however seemingly universal and transhistorical folk knowledge, proverbial wisdom,
and, especially, common sense are presented, their meaning, significance, and
practice have changed over time. Their politicization in France, Great Britain,
and the United States is, in fact, distinctly modern. Born not only of struggles
between tradition and innovation, common sense emerged in the early-modern global
contact between Africans, indigenous peoples, and Europeans, lettered and illiterate,
articulating rights during the revolutionary formations of nation and empire.
The course begins around the time of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense and ends with
the trickster politics of later 20th/21st-century Brazil, Ghana, and the United
States. |
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Bougie: On Making Race, Class, Kin |
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Professor:
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Tabetha Ewing
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Course Number: |
HIST 238 |
CRN Number: |
90330 |
Class cap: |
18 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Tue Thurs 3:30 PM
- 4:50 PM Olin 309 |
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Distributional Area: |
HA Historical Analysis D+J Difference and Justice |
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Crosslists: |
Africana Studies |
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What does it mean to say, “I am [a] bourgeois?” The long history
of a socio-economic category is closely linked to the histories of serfdom and
slavery, religion and politics, cities, and, eventually, overseas trade. The surface
that the European bourgeoisie presents to us veils a complex, multi-racial, often
bi-continental family romance. In the African American vernacular, bougie will
signify both the triumph of aspiration and achievement, and moral and cultural
bankruptcy. It is the “white mask” that enables the construction of national,
political identity even as it developed out of the global circulations of goods,
ideas, and people. The rise of the bourgeoisie is also bound to our understanding
of the rise of capitalism, nuclear families, and the flourishing of the individual.
Given that so much of modern life seems to owe its existence to this class of
people, this course explores how it came into being from a global perspective.
This course is designed for both introductory and advanced students. |
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Themes in African History |
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Professor:
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Lloyd Hazvineyi
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Course Number: |
HIST 245 |
CRN Number: |
90331 |
Class cap: |
18 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Mon Wed 3:30 PM
- 4:50 PM Olin Languages Center 120 |
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Distributional Area: |
HA Historical Analysis |
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Crosslists: |
Africana Studies |
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Some scholars have described Africa as the cradle of mankind.
Building on this, the class will explore different key aspects in the making of
modern African societies and nations. Situated in the 20th and 21st Centuries,
the objective of this class is to provide a thorough appreciation of the multiple
and complex processes that have shaped the experiences of African communities
over time and space. By closely exploring key themes such as migration, the Anthropocene,
economies, politics, agrarian change, governance, and resource conflicts, the
course situates developments in Africa in the context of the prevailing global
processes. |
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History of Globalization since 1300 |
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Professor:
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Victor Apryshchenko
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Course Number: |
HIST 279 |
CRN Number: |
90333 |
Class cap: |
22 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Mon Wed 11:50 AM
- 1:10 PM Henderson Comp. Center 101A |
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Distributional Area: |
HA Historical Analysis |
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How and why did globalization start? This course embarks on
a historical exploration, guiding students through various epochs in search of
a roots of Modern global world. This examination spans from the conquests of Chinggis
Khan's armies in 13th-century Beijing and Baghdad through the sweeping impact
of the Black Death across the Eurasian world to the trade-centric empires in the
Atlantic and Indian basins, culminating in the neo- imperialistic influences of
the United States, Soviet Union, China, and Western Europe during the late twentieth
and early twenty-first centuries, and finishing on the phenomenon of contemporary
global nomads and global pandemics. Studying the history of global connectivity,
the inquiry delves into the question of whether earlier manifestations of globalization
provide insights into our present era and seeks to elucidate the dynamics of historical
and contemporary global divides. A multifaceted analysis of the various types
of primary materials is employed to comprehend the myriad forces shaping global
interactions, encompassing religious, economic, environmental, ideological, military,
and political dimensions. The course's primary objective is to unravel the intricate
interplay of factors that both united and fragmented the world over the last eight
centuries. Special emphasis is placed on the pivotal role of empires, broadly
construed, in shaping global connectivity. In collaborative endeavors, students
will engage in weekly group-writing assignments centered on primary historical
sources (written, visual etc.) fostering a deeper understanding of the course's
thematic content. Finally, this course invites students to learn history of globalization
globally. Facilitating global connectivity, it provides a platform for students
to connect with peers across more than twenty locations spanning from Bangladesh
to Lebanon, France to Nigeria, and Argentina to Afghanistan. Simultaneously undertaken
by students in these various locations, the course encourages active participation
through the exchange and sharing of ideas on the dedicated course Gallery site.
This collaborative approach in this Global Core Course enables a dynamic cross-cultural
dialogue, enriching the learning experience by fostering a global perspective
on historical themes. |
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Latin America: Race, Religion, and Revolution |
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Professor:
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Miles Rodriguez
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Course Number: |
HIST 331 |
CRN Number: |
90337 |
Class cap: |
15 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Tue 10:10 AM
- 12:30 PM Olin 306 |
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Distributional Area: |
HA Historical Analysis D+J Difference and Justice |
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Crosslists: |
Global & International Studies; Human Rights; Latin American/Iberian
Studies |
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This research seminar will study the violent interactions between
race, religion, and revolution in Latin America from the early twentieth-century
to the present, to understand how these interactions have mattered to the region’s
history and how they explain some of its most violent current conflicts. The very
name "Latin America" derived from and became associated with specific
racial, religious, and revolutionary meanings through a history of violence. The
seminar will begin by studying how racial concepts formed and became fixed ideas
through distinct revolutionary-inspired intellectual debates on interracial mixture
and indigenous rights. Based in Mexico and Peru, the formation of concepts like
global mestizaje, a "cosmic race," and indigenismo involved rival valuations
of each nation’s indigenous and colonial histories and cultures, with lasting
effects. The seminar will then explore the simultaneous rise of wars and conflicts
over radically different religious meanings and faiths, within and outside of
Catholicism, including native religions and the rise of Evangelical Protestant
Christianity. The latter part of the seminar will focus on Guatemala, which dramatically
combined extreme violence over race, religion, and revolution, and focused global
attention on indigenous rights and human rights. These histories will allow for
a deeper understanding of the rise of different forms of violence in Central America
today, and therefore of the current human rights, migrant, and refugee crisis
centered there and involving other parts of Latin America and the US. This seminar
emphasizes the narratives, interpretations, and voices of participants in the
history, and critical engagement with these primary sources in the writing of
the history. This course is part of the Racial Justice Initiative, an interdisciplinary
collaboration among students and faculty to further the understanding of racial
inequality and injustice in the United States and beyond. |
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History of History, or How Modernity Comprehends
the Past |
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Professor:
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Victor Apryshchenko
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Course Number: |
HIST 378 |
CRN Number: |
90353 |
Class cap: |
20 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Tue 12:30 PM
- 2:50 PM Hegeman 201 |
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Distributional Area: |
HA Historical Analysis |
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Why history does matter for Modernity? The significance
of history permeates the public sphere of Modernity, influencing both its political
and intellectual dimensions. The coexistence of history with these facets is pivotal
in both scholarly and popular discourses, as evidenced by terms such as "appropriation
of the past," "politics of history," and "captivity of the
past." The contentious position of history in contemporary society arises
from the evolving status of historical knowledge and contemporary efforts to redefine
history within the realms of academia and art. This course aims to scrutinize
the dynamics of historical knowledge during the 20th and 21st centuries, characterized
by the scrutiny of various humanitarian and social disciplines questioning the
academic standing of history. Our exploration will encompass ongoing debates surrounding
the status of History, various 'historical turns,' and their interpretations as
expressions of "politics," "memory," and "narrative."
Additionally, we will contemplate the ambiguous status of the Humanities in Modernity
as a whole, including the nuanced nature of the term "Modernity" itself.
In the analysis of history’s interaction with disciplines such as Psychology,
Sociology, Literary Criticism, Linguistics, and Political Studies, we will employ
theoretical frameworks influenced by the ideas of notable scholars such as Erik
H. Erikson, Norbert Elias, Immanuel Wallerstein, Ernest Gellner, and Michel Foucault,
among others. The primary objective of the course is to foster critical skills
essential for the examination and acquisition of historical facts, while also
cultivating the ability to differentiate between "history as the past"
and "history as a narrative about the past." Another goal is to scrutinize
the revolutionary transformation within the contemporary Historiography (as a
major Conference) – the discourse on the subject of history and the historical
method. |
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Radio and Revolution in Africa |
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Professor:
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Lloyd Hazvineyi
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Course Number: |
HIST 379 |
CRN Number: |
90354 |
Class cap: |
15 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Thurs 12:30 PM
- 2:50 PM Olin 301 |
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Distributional Area: |
HA Historical Analysis |
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Crosslists: |
Africana Studies |
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This course revisits the history of Africa’s anti-colonial struggles
by appreciating the specific role of radio as a media and as a technology from
the 1930s to the 1990s. While the anti-colonial war was raging on the continent,
a parallel war between colonial governments and revolutionary forces was unfolding
in the airwaves. It was a struggle for the hearts and minds in which both parties
used propaganda to garner support from the masses. The course uses war-time radio
broadcasting as a window to examine the history of Africa’s liberation struggle.
Bearing in mind the different African encounters with colonialism, the course
uses specific country case studies and themes. Some of the themes include international
solidarity, technology, exile, the Cold War, and propaganda. The course centers
on African agency in using available technologies and resources to contend with
well-resourced and technologically superior colonial governments. At the end of
the term, students will have a nuanced appreciation of the multiple arenas in
which the anti-colonial wars on the continent were fought as well as the multiple
small acts of resistance deployed by Africans to liberate themselves. |
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Senior Project Colloquium |
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Professor:
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Robert Culp |
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Course Number: |
HIST 403 |
CRN Number: |
90338 |
Class cap: |
15 |
Credits: |
0 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Fri 10:10 AM
- 12:30 PM Olin 305 |
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Distributional Area: |
HA Historical Analysis |
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The Senior Project Colloquium is required of all History concentrators
who are writing a senior project. Offered only in the fall semester, it is ideally
taken concurrently with HIST 401, for which students will meet regularly with
their advisor. (If necessary, the colloquium may instead be taken prior to HIST
401 or concurrently with HIST 402, with approval from the instructor and the project
advisor.) In the colloquium we will explore the diverse approaches historians
take to the research and writing process and reflect on the methodological approaches
of various sub- disciplinary fields within the historical guild. The colloquium
will guide students through the basic steps of starting a major research project.
These include surveying a relevant topical literature, formulating an interpretive
question, building a bibliography, identifying an archive, interpreting primary
sources, engaging other historians, and synthesizing an argument. Assignments
addressing each of these steps will contribute to development of the final senior
project. The colloquium will feature collaborative work, in the form of collective
brainstorming, peer review, writing workshops, and more formal conference-style
presentation. The colloquium is a component of the 8 credits of the senior project.
As with HIST 401, it will be graded on an S/U basis, but will contribute to the
final grade of the project. |
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Cross-listed Courses:
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Archaeology at Montgomery Place |
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Professor:
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Christopher Lindner
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Course Number: |
ANTH 210 |
CRN Number: |
90556 |
Class cap: |
12 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Tue 1:30 PM - 5:20 PM Montgomery Place and Ecology Field Station Teaching Lab |
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Distributional Area: |
LS Laboratory Science |
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Crosslists: |
Africana Studies; Environmental & Urban Studies; Environmental Studies;
Historical Studies |
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The Rift and The Nile: Nature, Culture and
History in Eastern Africa |
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Professor:
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John Ryle |
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Course Number: |
ANTH 218 |
CRN Number: |
90318 |
Class cap: |
22 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Mon Wed 10:10 AM
- 11:30 AM Albee 106 |
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Distributional Area: |
SA Social Analysis D+J Difference and Justice |
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Crosslists: |
Africana Studies; Environmental & Urban Studies; Environmental Studies;
Historical Studies; Human Rights |
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Black Aesthetic: Ralph Ellison |
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Professor:
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Nicholas Lewis
Drew Thompson |
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Course Number: |
CC 121 |
CRN Number: |
90404 |
Class cap: |
36 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Tue Thurs 1:30 PM
- 2:50 PM Bard Chapel |
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Distributional Area: |
HA MBV Historical Analysis Meaning, Being, Value D+J Difference and Justice |
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Crosslists: |
Africana Studies; American & Indigenous Studies; Historical Studies |
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The Greek World |
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Professor:
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James Romm |
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Course Number: |
CLAS 115 |
CRN Number: |
90087 |
Class cap: |
22 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Mon Wed 10:10 AM
- 11:30 AM Olin 201 |
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Distributional Area: |
HA Historical Analysis |
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Crosslists: |
Historical Studies |
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GIS for Environmental Justice |
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Professor: |
Jordan Ayala |
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Course Number: |
ES/EUS 321 |
CRN Number: |
90617 |
Class cap: |
16 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location: |
Mon Wed 10:10 AM - 12:30 AM Reem Kayden Center 107 |
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Distributional Area: |
LS Laboratory Science |
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Crosslists: |
Architecture; Historical Studies; Human
Rights |
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Latin American and Caribbean Revolutions |
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Professor:
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Miles Rodriguez
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Course Number: |
LAIS 204 |
CRN Number: |
90335 |
Class cap: |
18 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Mon Wed 11:50 AM
- 1:10 PM Olin 203 |
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Distributional Area: |
HA Historical Analysis D+J Difference and Justice |
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Crosslists: |
Global & International Studies; Historical Studies; Human Rights |
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Sex, Lies and the Renaissance |
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Professor:
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Joseph Luzzi |
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Course Number: |
LIT 241 |
CRN Number: |
90287 |
Class cap: |
22 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Mon Wed 10:10 AM
- 11:30 AM Olin 101 |
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Distributional Area: |
FL Foreign Languages and Lit |
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Crosslists: |
Historical Studies; Italian Studies |
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Distant Neighbors: U.S.- Latin American Relations |
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Professor:
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Omar Encarnacion
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Course Number: |
PS 214 |
CRN Number: |
90515 |
Class cap: |
22 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Mon Wed 3:30 PM
- 4:50 PM Reem Kayden Center 111 |
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Distributional Area: |
SA Social Analysis |
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Crosslists: |
American & Indigenous Studies; Global & International Studies; Historical
Studies; Human Rights; Latin American/Iberian Studies |
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