Course Catalog 2018-2019 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
College and Conservatory Courses (2018-19 and planned future offerings)
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HISP 304 - Advanced Grammar and Composition
Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, CD
This thematically organized course offers an in-depth review of Spanish grammar and the opportunity for students to improve develop their writing, reading, speaking, and listening skills through a broad range of assignments.
Enrollment Limit: 18
Instructor: F. Fridman, Y. Encalada-Egúsquiza
Prerequisites & Notes: This course fulfills prerequisites for upper-division literature courses and may be counted for the major or minor.
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HISP 306 - Introduction to Literary Analysis
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, CD, WINT
Reading poems, short stories, a short novel, and two films from the Spanish and Latin American tradition together with modern trends in literary theory, we will problematize the politics of theory and consider the uses of literature in contemporary society as students develop their own critical readings. This course is taught in Spanish.
Enrollment Limit: 15
Instructor: S. Gutiérrez Negrón
This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Latin American Studies Program
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HISP 309 - Survey of Spanish Literature I: Historias Sentimentales
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, CD
How did people feel in the past? What could literature express of their feelings? This course provides an introduction to early modern Spanish literature and culture (including visual culture) with a focus on excitement and fear, pride and shame and religious awe, as well as the “literary” emotions of courtly love and philosophical melancholy. This course is taught in Spanish.
Enrollment Limit: 20
Instructor: P. O’Connor
Prerequisites & Notes: HISP 304 or the equivalent.
This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Comparative Literature
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HISP 310 - Survey of Spanish Literature II: The Struggle for Modernity
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, CD, WINT
Progressive Spanish writers and intellectuals have consistently felt out of place in Spain, whose traditional power structures for centuries resisted the advent of modernity. Still, Spaniards managed to produce texts, images, and films of astounding quality and innovation. This course studies a selection of outstanding Spanish plays, novelas, poems, and short stories from the late 18th century to the present. Authors studied include García Lorca, Sender, Bécquer, Moratín, Perez Galdos, Rosalía de Castro, Gómez de Avellaneda, Unamuno, Larra, García Morales, and others. This course is taught in Spanish.
Enrollment Limit: 20
Instructor: S. Faber
Prerequisites & Notes: HISP 304 or the equivalent.
This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Comparative Literature
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HISP 317 - Survey of Latin American Literature I: Defining Latin America
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, CD
After Columbus’ 1492 voyage, a New World emerged. This course looks at writings by Europeans and ‘Americans’ during the conquest and colonial period, and traces the subsequent development of regional and national literatures. Although broad in scope, the course focuses on three questions: How did Latin America differentiate itself culturally from Europe? What characterizes a New World criollo tradition? How are national literary canons constructed during independence? Films complement the readings. This course is taught in Spanish.
Enrollment Limit: 20
Instructor: A. Cara
Prerequisites & Notes: HISP 304 or the equivalent.
This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Latin American Studies, Comparative Literature
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HISP 318 - Survey of Latin American Literature II: Utopia y Autencidad
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, CD, WINT
Europeans first conceived of America, the continent, as a fresh slate on which to build a new and better society. Latin America has been hoping to fulfill the utopian dream tolerating, at times, the most extreme measures to achieve peace and order. Our inquiry will examine both the construction of nation from the 1880 on, as well as the process of personal formation and self-definition taking into account factors like race, gender and social class. Taught in Spanish.
Enrollment Limit: 20
Instructor: C. Tovar
This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Latin American Studies, Comparative Literature
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HISP 319 - Grandes Novelas Chicas: The Latin American Novella
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, CD
Halfway between the claustrophobic story and the tradition-laden novel, the novella is a laboratory for great writers’ experiments, and often a turning point for their aesthetic projects. The story of Latin America, its promises and tragedies, will be presented in works by Bombal, F. Hérnandez, Cortázar, Garcia Marquez, Fuentes, Donoso, Lispector, Bolaño, and Aira. This course is taught in Spanish.
Enrollment Limit: 20
Instructor: P. O’Connor
Prerequisites & Notes: HISP 304 or the equivalent.
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HISP 329 - The Politics and Poetics of Flamenco taught in Spanish
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Half Courses
Credits: 2 credits
Attribute: 2HU, CD
This course will expand on the topics covered in DANC 336, using flamenco verses as source material along with works by prominent flamenco scholars in Spain. We will focus on Andalucia’s role in the development of flamenco, both past and present. Course taught in Spanish.
Enrollment Limit: 12
Instructor: A. Blumenfeld
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Prerequisites & Notes: HISP 304 or equivalent.
Cross List Information: Crosslisted with DANC 329
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HISP 357 - Memory Battles of the Spanish Civil War: History, Fiction, Photography
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, CD, WINT
This course explores how historiography, fiction, and photography have shaped historical memory in Spain. How has democratic Spain dealt with the legacy of the civil war, the Franco dictatorship, and the Transition? And how have academics, writers, filmmakers, photographers, and journalists engaged with a collective process that is central to the country’s future as a unified, functioning democracy? These questions have unleashed a spirited series of battles in the Spanish public sphere, particularly since the emergence around the year 2000 of “the memory movement” - a grassroots phenomenon that helped prepare the ground for the convulsive changes that have reshaped the country’s political landscape. Taught in English, with optional half-course in Spanish (HISP 358). Part of the StudiOC cluster “Forms of Justice: Democracy, Historical Memory, and the Legacies of Violence.”
Enrollment Limit: 20
Instructor: S. Faber
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HISP 358 - Memory Battles of the Spanish Civil War: History, Fiction, Photography LxC
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Half Course
Credits: 2 credits
Attribute: 2HU, CD, WINT
This Spanish-taught full-semester half course accompanies HISP 357. Open to students enrolled in HISP 357 who have passed HISP 304 or the equivalent. This course is taught in Spanish.
Enrollment Limit: 15
Instructor: S. Faber
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HISP 359 - Mexican-U.S. American Border Stories
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, CD
This course examines the different representations of the Mexican-U.S. American border and border subjects in literature, film, music and other artistic expressions from both sides of the border. The course will be organized historically, from the Mexican-American War to contemporary times, and will address issues of nation, politics, identity and binational navigation. Works by Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales, Gloria Anzaldúa, Carlos Fuentes, Los Tigres del Norte, and Reyna Grande, among others. Taught in Spanish.
Enrollment Limit: 20
Instructor: Y. Encalada-Egusquiza
Prerequisites & Notes: HISP 304 or the equivalent
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HISP 414 - Borges the Singer
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, CD
One of the most innovative and cosmopolitan authors of the twentieth century, Jorge Luis Borges is also the composer of milongas - an Argentine, tango-related, verbal art tradition, sung to guitar accompaniment. This seminar explores the relationship between Borges’ intellectually complex oeuvre, his seemingly unrelated “folk” verses, and their cultural contexts. Readings include his early poetry and essays, best-known stories, and complete milongas. Critical scholarship, musicological texts, recordings, and films complement primary texts. This course is taught in Spanish.
Enrollment Limit: 15
Instructor: A. Cara
Prerequisites & Notes: Two Spanish-taught 300 courses.
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HISP 416 - Constructs of Machismo and Marianismo in the Mexican Literary Canon
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, CD, WINT
This course explores the representation of Machismo (hyper-masculinity) and its counterpart Marianismo (the saintly, maternal and abnegated female) in the Mexican literary canon. We will read works by pioneering female writers Rosario Castellanos, Elena Garro, and Brianda Domecq, as well as contemporary authors Vivian Abenshushan, Guadalupe Nettel, and Ana Clavel. We will analyze how these novelists reformulate stereotypical gender representations and envision alternative conceptualizations of self. We will also examine their interrogations and explorations of the sociohistorical processes of socialization and self-determination. This course is taught in Spanish.
Enrollment Limit: 15
Instructor: C. Tovar
Prerequisites & Notes: Two Spanish-taught 300-Level Courses.
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HISP 419 - Big Old Funny Books: Cervantes, Rabelais, Sterne
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, CD
The early modern European novel revels in what the classical epic shunned: learned wit, bodily functions, and something like a comic philosophy of life. This course will read in careful detail (albeit in translation) Rabelais’s Gargantua and Pantagruel (1532-34), Cervantes’s Don Quixote (1605-15), and Laurence Sterne’s Tristram Shandy (1759-67). We will examine theories of the novel by Lukács and Bakhtin; theories of the comic from Aristotle to Freud; and collateral texts by Borges, Foucault, and Kundera. Bring your own windmills. This course is taught in English.
Enrollment Limit: 15
Instructor: P. O’Connor
Prerequisites & Notes: HISP 304 or the equivalent.
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HISP 420 - Don Quijote en Español LxC
Semester Offered: First Semester
Half Course
Credits: 2 credits
Attribute: 2HU, CD
In this half-course conducted in Spanish, we spend the entire semester reading Don Quijote. Attention will be paid to its context in the Spain of its era, and in translations (including adaptations) of the work. Simultaneous enrollment in the English-language course (HISP 419) is preferred but not required.
Enrollment Limit: 15
Instructor: P. O’Connor
Prerequisites & Notes: HISP 304 or the equivalent.
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HISP 442 - Mapping Social Exclusion & Political Violence in Latin America
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, CD
Political violence perpetuates the systemic marginalization of people, disrupts new forms of social organization, and fosters environmental crises. How have contemporary Latin American artists fought back? Topics will include the dictatorships in the Southern Cone, the army struggles in Central America, and violence against women, environmental activists, and members of minority groups in the region. The multidisciplinary source material includes writers Clarice Lispector, Horacio Castellanos Moya, and Yuri Herrera, photographer Marcelo Brodsky, artist Teresa Margolles, and directors José Padilha and Albertina Carri. Taught in Spanish.
Enrollment Limit: 15
Instructor: F, Fridman
Prerequisites & Notes: Two Spanish-taught 300-level courses.
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HISP 450 - Puerto Rico Post-Mortem: Nation, Identity, and Language in a Non-Sovereign Territory
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, CD, WINT
What are nations? Do they matter? Is there such a thing as national identity? Can we do away with both? Asking these questions in Puerto Rico, a non-sovereign territory of the USA with an extensive diaspora, is different than in most contexts. Ideas of nationhood and identity, after all, structure historical claims for the island’s independence and decolonization. This course engages with relevant debates in recent Puerto Rican intellectual history. Prior coursework related to Latin America/Latinx USA strongly recommended. This course is taught in English.
Enrollment Limit: 15
Instructor: S. Gutiérrez Negrón
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Comparative American Studies
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HISP 451 - Puerto Rico Post-Mortem: Nation, Identity, and Language in a Non-Sovereign Territory LxC
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Half Course
Credits: 2 credits
Attribute: 2HU, CD
This two-credit course, in Spanish, will expand and complement the discussions in HISP 450 by focusing on classic culturalist interpretations of Puerto Rican identity and the island?s political conundrum from the 1930s to the 1990s. We will read texts by Antonio Pedreira, Isabelo Zenón, José Luis González, and Juan Flores, among others. This course is taught in Spanish.
Enrollment Limit: 15
Instructor: S. Gutiérrez Negrón
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Prerequisites & Notes: HISP 304 or the equivalent.
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HISP 501 - Capstone
Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
Half Course
Credits: 2 credits
Attribute: 2HU, CD, WADV
This course allows senior Hispanic Studies majors to expand the final project of a 400-level HISP seminar into a 15-20 page research paper (in Spanish) and a 15-minute oral presentation given at the end of the semester. Weekly 1.5-hour group meetings allow students to share their research and drafts with each other and the instructor. Required for HISP majors in their senior year who declared their major in Fall 2015 or later. More details are available at the HISP website. Prerequisites and notes
Instructor: A. Diaz Burgos, S. Faber, S. Gutierrez Negron, P. O’Connor
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
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HISP 505F - Honors - Full
Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, HONR
Honors Full Course
Instructor: A. Cara, A. Diaz Burgos, S. Faber, S. Gutierrez Negron, P. O’Connor, C. Solomon
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
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HISP 505H - Honors - Half
Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
Half Course
Credits: 2 credits
Attribute: 2HU, HONR
Honors Half Course
Instructor: A. Cara, A. Diaz Burgos, S. Faber, S. Gutierrez Negron, P. O’Connor, C. Solomon
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
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HISP 995F - Private Reading - Full
Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU
Private readings are offered as either a half or full academic course and require the faculty member’s approval. Students who wish to pursue a topic not covered in the regular curriculum may register for a private reading. This one-to-one tutorial is normally at the advanced level in a specific field and is arranged with a member of the faculty who has agreed to supervise the student. Unlike other courses, a student cannot register for a private reading via Banner Self Service. To register for a private reading, obtain a card from the Registrar’s Office, complete the required information, obtain the faculty member’s approval for the reading, and return the card to the Registrar’s Office.
Enrollment Limit: 5
Instructor: A. Cara, A. Diaz Burgos, S. Faber, S. Gutierrez Negron, P. O’Connor, C. Solomon, Staff, K. Tungseth-Faber, V. Pelaez-Barrios
Consent of the Instructor Required: Submit Private Reading Card to the Registrar’s Office
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HISP 995H - Private Reading - Half
Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
Half Course
Credits: 2 credits
Attribute: 2HU
Private readings are offered as either a half or full academic course and require the faculty member’s approval. Students who wish to pursue a topic not covered in the regular curriculum may register for a private reading. This one-to-one tutorial is normally at the advanced level in a specific field and is arranged with a member of the faculty who has agreed to supervise the student. Unlike other courses, a student cannot register for a private reading via Banner Self Service. To register for a private reading, obtain a card from the Registrar’s Office, complete the required information, obtain the faculty member’s approval for the reading, and return the card to the Registrar’s Office.
Enrollment Limit: 5
Instructor: A. Cara, A. Diaz Burgos, S. Faber, S. Gutierrez Negron, P. O’Connor, C. Solomon, Staff, K. Tungseth-Faber, V. Pelaez-Barrios
Consent of the Instructor Required: Submit Private Reading Card to the Registrar’s Office
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HIST 101 - Medieval and Early Modern European History
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD
An introductory level survey course extending from the fall of Rome through the ‘modernization’ of medieval Europe during the 16th and 17th centuries. Topics will include: the political and religious order in the early Middle Ages, conflict between Church and Empire, the urbanization of Europe, the culture of the High Middle Ages, the growth of secular monarchies, the Black Death, the Italian Renaissance, the Protestant Reformation and the Scientific Revolution.
Enrollment Limit: 35
Instructor: E. Wurtzel
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HIST 102 - Modern European History
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS
This introductory course surveys the histories of the peoples of Europe from the Old Regime to the present. Students are introduced to the methods of studying history as well as the subject matter proper. Particular topics include: the decline of the society of orders, the French Revolution and its aftershocks through the 19th century, liberalism, socialism, imperialism, fascism and the rise and fall of the Cold War.
Enrollment Limit: 35
Instructor: L. Smith
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HIST 103 - American History to 1877
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD
Gives attention to inter alia, pre-contact Indian civilizations and contact; patterns of colonization; politics, religion, and society in British mainland colonies; other European settlements; development of Western Hemisphere slavery; the struggle among European powers for North American supremacy; causes, ideology, events, and implications of the American Revolution; the rise of political tension in the early republic; growth of parties, industrialization, and abolitionism; sectional conflict, and the crisis of union and reconstruction.
Enrollment Limit: 35
Instructor: M. Bahar
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HIST 104 - American History 1877-Present
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD
This course will explore American politics, society, and culture from the post-Civil War era to the present. We will focus on changes in power relations in American society produced by social and political movements. We will also examine the construction and contestation of gender, race, ethnic, and class. This course will emphasize the use of primary sources, different modes of historical analysis and interpretation, and scholarly controversies.
Enrollment Limit: 40
Instructor: R. Romano
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HIST 105 - Chinese Civilization
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD
An introduction to the history of China from the archaeological origins of Chinese civilization to the period of the mature imperial state in the 17th century. The diverse origins of China’s civilization are stressed as topics in political, social, and economic history are explored, as well as developments in religion and thought, language and literature, and art. This course is the normal introduction to further study of Chinese history and culture and, in particular, provides a valuable context for themes treated in Modern China.
Enrollment Limit: 50
Instructor: D. Kelley
Prerequisites & Notes: This course is cross-listed with East 121
Cross List Information: This course is cross-listed with East 121
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HIST 106 - Modern China
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD
This history of China from the founding of the Manchu Qing (Ch’ing) dynasty in 1644 takes a China-centered perspective. Along with political and institutional developments, long-term changes in the society and economy of China are stressed and the indigenous bases for those changes are explored so that China?s 20th century revolutionary upheaval will be seen to be more than a ‘response to the Western impact’ or an ‘emergence into modernity.’
Enrollment Limit: 50
Instructor: D. Kelley
Cross List Information: This course is cross-listed with East 122
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HIST 108 - Russian History II
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD
Beginning with the reform era in mid-19th century, this course examines the processes that led to the revolutions of 1917 and the consolidation of Soviet power; the formation and nature of the Stalinist system; the Soviet experience of World War II and the origins of the Cold War; post-Stalin efforts at reform and factors which led to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991; the course ends with a brief consideration of the Yeltsin and Putin regimes.
Enrollment Limit: 35
Instructor: C. Stolarski
This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Russian and East European Studies
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HIST 109 - Latin American History: Conquest and Colony
Next Offered: In a Future Term
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS
An introductory survey of Latin American history centering on the imposition, maintenance, and decline of Spanish and Portuguese colonial rule in Latin America. Emphasis is placed on understanding pre-conquest native societies, the material and cultural basis of colonialism, the complex human mosaic fashioned in colonial Latin America after 1492, issues of gender in preconquest and colonial Latin America, and the nature and development of resistance within the colonial world.
Enrollment Limit: 35
Instructor: D. Terrazas Williams
This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Latin American Studies, Hispanic Studies
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HIST 110 - Latin American History: State and Nation Since Independence
Next Offered: In a Future Term
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD
This introductory course examines the political, social, and, and economic trajectories of Latin American countries since the nineteenth-century wars of independence. From the conflicts of early nation-building to the long-lasting effects of dictatorships and social movements, this course attends to important, and on-going, questions of identity, race, gender, and justice in Latin America. More than looking at Latin America in isolation, this course explores the interventions and exchanges with global economies, politics, and culture.
Enrollment Limit: 35
Instructor: D. Terrazas Williams
This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Latin American Studies, Hispanic Studies
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HIST 121 - History of the Middle East and North Africa, from the Rise of Islam to 1800
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD
This introductory course surveys the history of Islamic states, societies and cultures from the formation of Islam to the beginnings of the Ottoman Empire. The course moves between primary texts and secondary readings to cover topics including: the life of Prophet Muhammad; Quran, Hadith and Shari`a; religious and political sectarianism and rebellion; Sunni and Shi`i governments; Islamic philosophy, sciences, and literature; Muslim women; religious minorities; and encounters between Muslims and the West.
Enrollment Limit: 35
Instructor: Z. Abul-Magd
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HIST 122 - MENA History from 1800 to the Present
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD
This introductory course follows the intellectual, political, economic and social transformations in the region from 1800 to the present. It examines themes including the relation between the British and French colonizers and their colonized societies, the formation of modern ‘nation-states,’ national identities and wars of liberation, Arab nationalism and socialism, ethnic and sectarian conflicts, the Arab Israeli conflict; Gulf politics and economy, feminist thought and activism, and the emergence of political Islam.
Enrollment Limit: 35
Instructor: Z. Abul-Magd
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HIST 127 - Introduction to the Early History of Africa
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD
The course equips students with broad knowledge and appreciation of precolonial Africa. Students will learn of the long history and diverse peoples, cultures, and landscapes of the African continent. In addition, students will gain an understanding of African indigenous governance, economic, and social systems prevalent in Africa before the imposition of Western systems.
Enrollment Limit: 25
Cross List Information: Crosslisted with AAST 203
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HIST 159 - Japan Earliest Times to 1868
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD
This course examines the origins of Japanese civilization and surveys the classical, medieval, and early modern periods. From the emergence of a court-centered state through the rise and fall of a warrior-dominated society, Japan’s pre-modern history is explored by focusing on political, social, cultural and intellectual developments. Early interactions with Asia and the West will be considered as a means of questioning the ‘opening’ of Japan in the mid-nineteenth century.
Enrollment Limit: 35
Instructor: E. O’Dwyer
Cross List Information: This course is cross-listed with EAST 131.
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HIST 160 - Modern Japan
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD
This course surveys Japan’s modern transformation from the Meiji Restoration of 1868 to the present. It examines how political, social, and economic modernization were simultaneous projects while considering their impact on the lives of citizens at home and imperial subjects abroad. We focus on how economic volatility, popular struggles for representative democracy, war, and colonization represent aspects of Japan’s twentieth century experience as well as widely shared dilemmas of modernity.
Enrollment Limit: 35
Instructor: E. O’Dwyer
Prerequisites & Notes: Identical to EAST 132.
Cross List Information: This course is cross-listed with EAST 132
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HIST 162 - Cultures and Peoples of Ancient India
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD
This course surveys South Asian history from the earliest times to the eve of European conquest (c. 2500 BCE - 1750 CE). It explores the foundations of classical Hindu culture, the expansion of Muslim empires, and the evolution of Indian political traditions. Special attention is paid to the making of religious, ethnic, and linguistic identities, the growth of agrarian and urban societies, environmental and economic transformations, and regional exchanges with the wider world.
Enrollment Limit: 35
Instructor: R. Choudhury
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HIST 163 - Modern South Asia
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD
This course surveys the making of modern South Asia from the British Empire to the birth of the nation-states of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh (c. 1750 to present). It introduces students to such key themes in South Asian history as the impact of European rule, the rise of anticolonial movements, and the problems of postcolonial politics. Topics of inquiry the English East India Company and the British Raj, social reform and social revolt, mass nationalism and Hindu-Muslim “communalism,” and the aspirations and failures of democratic governance.
Enrollment Limit: 35
Instructor: R. Choudhury
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HIST 170 - Russian History I
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD
An introductory survey of Russian history from earliest times to the mid-19th c. Beginning with an overview of the Kievan Rus and the Mongol overlordship, we will explore the diverse influences of the steppe, Orthodox Christianity, and `the west? on the nature of the Muscovite and Imperial Russian state, the relationship between state and society, the formation of national and imperial identities, and dominant cultural values. Prerequisites and notes:
Enrollment Limit: 35
Instructor: C. Stolarski
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HIST 181 - Korea: Past, Present and Future
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD
This course is designed to introduce students to a broad survey of Korea’s history, both ancient and modern. It will examine various interpretive approaches to the political, social, cultural, and diplomatic history of Korea. We will also investigate contemporary nationalist theories of Korean development, including Japanese imperial legacies of colonial conquest, and how they have informed Koreans’ view of their ancient past as well as influenced current debates about the two Koreas’ reunified future. Prerequisites & notes:
Enrollment Limit: 35
Instructor: S. Jager
Cross List Information: Cross listed with EAST 163-01 CRN 12356
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HIST 202 - Stalin and Stalinism
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD
This course examines the relationship between Joseph Stalin and the political system he implemented in the 1930s and 1940s. We will focus primarily on domestic policy, namely, collectivization and the urban-industrial transformation of the Soviet Union, everyday life under Stalin, identity and the Stalinist self, the causes and consequences of terror, and impact of World War II on Soviet society, and the cult and historical memorialization of Stalin.
Enrollment Limit: 35
Instructor: C. Stolarski
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HIST 208 - Of Miracles and Microscopes: A History of Science from 1200-1800
Next Offered: In a Future Term
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD
By most accounts, the 16th century ushered in the Scientific Revolution-an age of reason that replaced one of credulous belief in spells and miraculous transformations. This class evaluates such claims and positions scientific methods and discoveries within the social, economic, cultural, and religious contexts in which they were produced. Alchemy, magic, and witchcraft as well as inductive reasoning and technologies of observation will all play a part in the constitution of new disciplines and truths.
Enrollment Limit: 25
Instructor: E. Wurtzel
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HIST 214 - Oberlin Oral History: Community-Based Learning & Research Practicum
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS
Learning the history of a place as recounted by members of a community helps us understand and act in the present. This course introduces students to community-based learning & research, with a focus on oral history. Students will learn from members of the Oberlin community and establish historical context and methodological familiarity through readings and visits to local organizations. Oral history methods will be applied through interviews in partnership with Oberlin Heritage Center’s “Oberlin Oral History Project.” Field Trips required. Either this course or “Philosophy in the Schools” required for the ‘The Art of Teaching & Learning’ StudiOC Learning Community.
Instructor: T. Boster
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
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HIST 222 - Modern Germany and Eastern Europe, 1848-1989
Next Offered: In a Future Term
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD
How should a community constitute itself politically? What does it mean to be a citizen? What is the relationship between the state and the nation? These questions were at issue throughout modern Central European history. We will examine the various answers offered to this question over this period: from nationalists to social democrats to Nazis and Communists. To contextualize these issues further, we will integrate theories of nationality, ethnicity, and identity into our empirical readings.
Enrollment Limit: 35
Instructor: A. Sammartino
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HIST 224 - Twentieth Century Europe, I: 1900-1945
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS
This course focuses on the near self-destruction of European civilization as it unfolded in the first half of the 20th century. Particular topics include: the cultural, diplomatic, and political fragility of Europe in the ‘Belle Epoque;’ World War I, the failed attempt at returning to ‘normalcy’ in the 1920’s; the disintegrating European empires; the Great Depression; the rise of fascism; and World War II. Mixture of lecture and discussion.
Enrollment Limit: 35
Instructor: L. Smith
Prerequisites & Notes: HIST 102 or AP credit in European history.
This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
REES
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HIST 225 - Europe 1945-Present
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD
This class will examine the political, social, economic, and cultural history of Europe since WWII. Topics will include: the division of the continent by the Cold War; the legacy of WWII and the Holocaust; European integration; the culture of consumption on both sides of the Iron Curtain; decolonization and the immigration of former colonial subjects; the transnational revolutionary moments of 1968 and 1989; and the politics of radicalism.
Enrollment Limit: 30
Instructor: A. Sammartino
This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Russian and East European Studies
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HIST 226 - World War II and the Making of the 20th Century
Next Offered: In a Future Term
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD
A comparative overview of how World War II transformed nations, groups, and individuals. This course endeavors to pay equal attention to the two regional wars in Asia and in Europe that joined to become ‘World War II’ only in 1941. Particular topics include: conventional military, political, and diplomatic history; the ‘totalization’ of war as it became global; gender and the cultural history of military experience.
Enrollment Limit: 35
Instructor: L. Smith
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HIST 227 - The History and Practice of Whiteness in the United States
Next Offered: In a Future Term
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS
This course explores the creation of white racial identity in the 18th century, its evolution since its invention, and the policing and privileging of whiteness over the course of U.S. history. Themes include the role of law and science in defining white racial identity; how immigrants and other groups have sought to ?become white? or have challenged the boundaries of whiteness; and how the state has granted economic and political privilege to those deemed white.
Enrollment Limit: 35
Instructor: R. Romano
This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies
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HIST 230 - Jewish Communities of the Ottoman Empire, 1453-1914
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD
This course focuses on Jewish communities of the Near East and North Africa from the conquest of Constantinople to World War I. It examines the experiences of Jews as one of many minorities, with special attention to the permeability of social boundaries within a multiethnic, multi-religious, and multicultural empire. Emphasis will be placed on the history of Jewish-Muslim relations, specifically in contrast to the experiences of Jewish communities within Christendom.
Enrollment Limit: 35
Instructor: L. Herron
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Cross List Information: cross listed JWST 281
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HIST 232 - History of Race in American Cities and Suburbs
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD
This course explores the social and cultural history of American cities and suburbs as sites of ethnic formation and community and interracial and interethnic contestation/struggle, with a focus on major developments and examples from the twentieth century. Case studies on urban unrest, the rise of ‘ethnoburbs,’ gentrification, and other topics will illuminate distinct histories and places, while weaving together a broad understanding of how urban change, suburbanization, migration, economic restructuring, and political organizing have transformed American life and the experiences of racial and ethnic minorities.
Enrollment Limit: 30
Instructor: S. Lee
Cross List Information: Cross listed: CAST 232
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HIST 238 - Slavery in the US
Next Offered: In a future term
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD
This course will chart the history of chattel slavery in the United States and the manner in which the institution took shape from the colonial period to the end of the American Civil War. Students will study the legal, cultural, political, and social developments that profoundly shaped the experiences of people of African descent in the US. This course is a focused study of racial slavery and the historical underpinnings of the racial ideologies that shaped everyday life in mainland North America. Therefore, this course involves an intensive reading of the historical scholarship on slavery, careful examination of relevant primary sources, class discussions, and a series of focused assignments. Prerequisites and notes: HIST 103.
Enrollment Limit: 30
Instructor: T. Nunley
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HIST 240 - Militarization of Global Politics, Economy & Society
Semester Offered: Second Semester, Second Module
Half Course
Credits: 2 Credits
Attribute: 2SS, CD
Organized by the International Studies Program, this interdisciplinary, mini-course will invite a large number of expert speakers to cover pressing issues of the militarization of global politics, economy and society in recent history and current international affairs. Course sessions will take the form of lectures or panels with external speakers coming from various disciplines and areas of expertise. Topics covered will include: militarization of U.S. politics, economy & society; constitutional & international legal dimensions global militarism; arms trade and the U.S. Middle East/South Asia; armed conflicts in East Asia; military institutions and the state in Latin America.
Enrollment Limit: 50
Instructor: A. Zeinab
Cross List Information: Cross-listed with POLT 240
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HIST 241 - Colonial Africa
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Courses
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD
This course examines the history of colonial Africa between the 1880s and the 1960s. It explores the processes of colonial conquest, African responses and the consequences, as well as features of the colonial states. More particularly, the course explores the European ‘scramble’ for Africa and African resistance in various parts of the continent, colonial economies, industrialization and colonialism in South Africa, impacts of colonial rule, the First and the Second Wars and Africa, decolonization and the commencement of the winning of independence. The class will provide students with a broad knowledge of colonial Africa that will prepare them for further in-depth learning of contemporary history of Africa.
Enrollment Limit: 25
Instructor: E. Dinka
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Cross List Information: AAST 237
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HIST 249 - Postwar Japan through Music and Film
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD
This course examines Japan’s postwar period (1945-2011) through the lens of popular music and film, including documentary film. From the reconstruction of the nation after defeat in 1945 into a post-imperial age marked by affluence and a national ethic of egalitarianism, through to the collapse of the financial bubble of the 1980s and subsequent “lost decades” of the 1990s and 2000s, this course maps how music and film responded to and shaped the course of postwar Japanese history. Specific themes include: politics of space and sound; globalization of popular music, war memory, anti-U.S. military movement in Okinawa, and anti-nuclear movement after Fukushima.
Enrollment Limit: 25
Instructor: E. O’Dwyer
Cross List Information: Cross listed with EAST 248
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HIST 253 - Roosevelt to Reagan: American Political History, 1933-1989
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD
An analysis of how domestic crises and wars, hot and cold, as well as struggles to secure minority rights, shaped and were shaped by American politics and policy. The course focuses on political history; social and cultural trends are examined through their relationship to political practice.
Enrollment Limit: 26
Instructor: C. Koppes
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HIST 255 - Kurosawa’s Cinematic Histories
Semester Offered: Second Semester, Second Module
Half Course
Credits: 2 credits
Attribute: 2SS, CD
This second module course will explore the ways in which Director Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998) portrayed Japanese history on film. To understand Kurosawa’s approach of holding up a mirror to Japanese society-throughout the ages-and its quandaries, emphasis will be on both the films and their depiction of historical realities. Films under consideration span Kurosawa’s almost five-decade long-career and include The Men Who Step on the Tiger’s Tail, Ikiru, High and Low, Kagemusha, and Madadayo.
Note: Weekly film screenings.
Enrollment Limit: 15
Instructor: E. O’Dwyer
Prerequisites & Notes:
Cross List Information: EAST 255
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HIST 256 - Immigration in U.S. History
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD
History of immigration and migration in the United States, from nineteenth to early twenty-first centuries. Includes international context of migration, migrants encounters with American society, policy responses, and significance of immigration in American culture. Also covers internal migrations such as the “Great Migration” of blacks from the South. Aim is to provide introduction to major developments in history of U.S. im/migration, historicize contemporary debates, and develop comparative understanding of experiences among Asians, Blacks, Europeans, Latinos. Field trips required.
Enrollment Limit: 30
Instructor: S. Lee
Cross List Information: This course is cross-listed with CAST 256.
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HIST 257 - Westward Bound: The West in American History
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS
This course surveys major events in Western history, from the journey of Cabeza de Vaca and the Pueblo revolt, to the Gold Rush and the Mexican American War, to World War II, the rise of the urban West, and 1960’s political mobilization from Tierra Amarilla to Orange County to the Castro. We explore the West variously as a geographic region, a place of cultural mixing, and the object of desire and fantasy.
Enrollment Limit: 35
Instructor: P. Mitchell
Prerequisites & Notes: This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) : LATS, HISP
This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Latin American Studies, Hispanic Studies
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HIST 260 - Asian American History
Next Offered: In a Future Term
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD
This course is an introduction to the history of peoples of Asian ancestry in the United States and the construction of an Asian American collectivity. Major themes will include the place of Asian Americans in the American imagination, migrations, labor, communities, and responses to social and legal discrimination. The categories of race, ethnicity, gender, class and sexuality will figure prominently as we explore similarities and differences among Asian American experiences.
Enrollment Limit: 35
Instructor: S. Lee
Cross List Information: This course is cross-listed with CAST 260.
This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies
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HIST 270 - Latina/o History
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, WINT
What historical forces have brought together diverse groups including Chicanos from Los Angeles, Cubans from Miami, and Dominicans and Puerto Ricans from New York City. From the 16th century to the present, we map the varied terrains of Latina/o history. Major themes include: conquest and resistance, immigration, work, and the creation of racial and sexual differences within and between Latino/a communities. We survey Latina/o writers from Cabeza de Vaca to Jose Marti to Gloria Anzaldua.
Enrollment Limit: 35
Instructor: P. Mitchell
This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies; Hispanic Studies; Latin American Studies
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HIST 273 - Modern Korean History
Next Offered: In a Future Term
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD
This course will examine the major events, issues and personalities in Korea’s modern history from the late nineteenth century to 1953. Combining the methods and approaches associated with the discipline of history and historical anthropology, the aim of this course is to provide students with a broad knowledge of Korea’s modern history in the context of East Asian development and modernization.
Enrollment Limit: 25
Instructor: S. Jager
Cross List Information: Cross Listed with EAST 276
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HIST 274 - History of the Holocaust
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS
This course explores the historical contingencies that resulted in the murder of two out of three European Jews between 1933 and 1945. Geographically, it will focus on both Germany, where the Final Solution originated, and Eastern Europe, where most of its victims lived and died. We will look at the failure of German democracy, the rise and consolidation of the National Socialist state, and the centrality of antisemitism within Nazi ideology. We will also examine Jewish and non-Jewish experiences of persecution, resistance, and flight as well as survival and destruction within the camp systems.
Enrollment Limit: 35
Instructor: L. Herron
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Cross List Information: Cross listed with JWST 274
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HIST 279 - Civil War and Reconstruction
Next Offered: In a Future Term
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS
The sectional conflict between North and South and the struggle over slavery’s expansion in the West set the stage for America’s bloodiest battle. We will address: slavery, secession, key Union and Confederate military campaigns, and Emancipation and Reconstruction policies. The course is designed to engage students in the debates and interventions expressed in the scholarly literature, and to introduce students to key primary sources to understand the research and interpretive processes that historians employ. Prerequisites and notes: Recommedned preparation HIST 103 and 104.
Enrollment Limit: 30
Instructor: T. Nunley
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HIST 280 - Bros at War: Conflict in Korea
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD
This course is designed to explore the cultural, social and political history of the Korean War in the context of Cold War ideology and US-Soviet- Chinese-Korean relationship as well as specific battles and key players.
Enrollment Limit: 25
Instructor: S. Jager
Cross List Information: Cross Listed with EAST 280
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HIST 281 - Ethnicity and Nation
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD
While often seen as a long-unified state and culture, this course explores China as a diverse and multiethnic society shaped by tensions between the hegemonic drive of the state’s nation building and the multiplicity of human experiences, histories and ideological and social realities. Topics include Turkic and Muslim populations; Tibet’s historic relation to China; the spread of Han population and cultural practices into ‘minority areas’; and transnational connections with Southeast and Central Asia.
Enrollment Limit: 40
Instructor: D. Kelley
This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
East Asian Studies
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HIST 282 - The French Empire: 18th Century to the Present
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD
The history of the French Empire is Caribbean history, North American history, the history of North Africa and the Middle East, West African history, Southeast Asian history, South Pacific islands history, and more, as well as the history of France. From the plantation colonialism of the 18th century to the remnants of empire that ring the globe today, French imperialism was always a unique combination of ‘piety, pugnacity, and greed,’ as much the making of missionaries and fantasy-oriented soldiers as capitalists. Combination of lecture and discussion. French language readings available for students with appropriate proficiency.
Enrollment Limit: 35
Instructor: L. Smith
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HIST 285 - American Indians: Pre-Columbus to the Present
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD
This survey course examines the indigenous cultures of North America from the ‘pre-contact’ period through the late twentieth century. It explores such salient themes as native encounters with European and African foreigners, pan-Indian movements and the development of race, the emergence of reservation life, the Indian New Deal, the termination of reservations and urban relocation. The course will also consider the bearing of the past on contemporary issues regarding native sovereignty and self-determination.
Enrollment Limit: 35
Instructor: M. Bahar
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HIST 288 - Weimar Berlin
Next Offered: In a future Term
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS
The German city of Berlin has long been a city of fascination and transformation. During the short years between WWI and the Nazi takeover, it was the center of a cultural efflorescence that has rarely been matched since, including the music of Kurt Weill, the art of Dada and Neue Sachlichkeit, and the designs of the Bauhaus, among others. This course will examine the culture of Weimar Berlin and situate it within the turbulent social life and politics of those years. Required course for the From Berlin to Broadway: The Music of Kurt Weill StudiOC Learning Community.
Enrollment Limit: 20
Instructor: A. Sammartino
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
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HIST 299 - Introduction to Historical Methods
Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, WADV
This course, required of all new History Majors beginning in Fall 2017, is designed to introduce history majors to a range of problems, debates and critical practices in the discipline of history. The class will examine different schools of historical thought, will explore the idea of the archive and examine many different kinds of sources for historical research, will consider methods and models of constructing historical interpretations, and will investigate ethical issues related to historical research and writing. History majors should aim to take History 299 in the spring of their sophomore year or the fall of their junior year.
Enrollment Limit: 19
Instructor: R. Romano, Z. Abul-Magd
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
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HIST 301 - The Politics of Gender in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD, WADV
This seminar examines European women’s history from the twelfth to the eighteenth century. By situating their lives within evolving social, economic, political and religious structures, we consider how women have acted individually and collectively, as agents of change and defenders of tradition, and how changing notions of gender have shaped communities, individuals and institutions. Topics include mysticism and sainthood, family and marriage, household production, witchcraft and scientific enquiry. Students will become familiar with historiographical debates about women and gender and complete individual research projects.
Enrollment Limit: 12
Instructor: E. Wurtzel
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
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HIST 304 - Abolitionists and the Antislavery Movement
Next Offered: In a future term
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, WADV
This course is an advanced research seminar that examines the history of American abolitionists and the antebellum antislavery movement. Students will read relevant secondary scholarship that illuminates the contours of abolitionst activism and the broader antislavery movement leading up to the American Civil War. Research projects will focus on the local aspects of antislavery activism with an emphasis on materials available at the Oberlin College Archives and the Oberlin Heritage Center.
Enrollment Limit: 15
Instructor: T. Nunley
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
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HIST 305 - Research Methods in Black Women’s Intellectual History
Next Offered: In a future term
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD, WADV
This course will focus on the corpus of knowledge and ideas developed by black women intellectuals throughout American history. Through a close examination of secondary scholarship and primary collections of personal papers, essays, and publications, students will develop a research project that directly engages black women’s historical impact on American intellectual thought.
Enrollment Limit: 15
Instructor: T. Nunley
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
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HIST 307 - Occupied Japan, 1945-52
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD, WADV
This course examines the transition from war to peace following Japan’s cataclysmic defeat in World War II. The emphasis is on the rebuilding of political institutions and the transformation of society processes that took place under the watchful eye of the Allied Occupation which lasted for seven years. While considering the many ruptures with the past occasioned by Emperor Hirohito’s announcement of surrender on August 15, 1945, the course will also examine the political, social, economic, and cultural continuities that spanned the wartime/postwar divide. There will be two film screenings. Prerequisites and notes: HIST 160 or East 132.
Enrollment Limit: 12
Instructor: E. O’Dwyer
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
East Asian Studies
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HIST 310 - Marx and Marxism
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS
This seminar examines one of the most important modern thinkers and his intellectual legacy. After spending a few weeks on an intensive analysis of Marx’s own work, we will explore later 20th century interpretations of Marxism. Throughout this course, we will be concerned with the evolution of such concepts as class, ideology, political engagement, and capitalism. We will also investigate the relationship between Communist politics and the philosophical work of Marxists in the twentieth century.
Enrollment Limit: 12
Instructor: A. Sammartino
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
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HIST 312 - Research Seminar: World War II
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, WINT
Advanced research seminar leading to a 25-30 page paper based on original documents and existing historiographical literature. Topics can include any of the theaters of World War II anywhere in the world. With assistance of the instructor and the library staff, students are responsible for coming up with their own topics, as well as finding primary and secondary sources. Research in foreign languages encouraged, but not required. Throughout the course, students provide reports on their own projects, as well as comments on one another’s work. We will also study proper footnoting and bibliographical citation.
Enrollment Limit: 12
Instructor: L. Smith
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies
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HIST 318 - American Orientalism
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD
Through readings and work on original research projects, students will study how ideas about ‘Orientals’ have shaped historical understandings of American identity, from the late eighteenth century onward. Topics of examination include: Chinese ‘coolies’ during Reconstruction; constructions of gender and sexual deviance; wartime representations of Asian enemies; Cold War origins of the Model Minority; revival of “Yellow Perilism” in contemporary life. Notes: Cross-listed with CAST 318. Prerequisite: Prior coursework in CAST or a related field strongly recommended.
Enrollment Limit: 15
Instructor: S. Lee
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Cross List Information: This course is cross-listed with CAST 318.
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HIST 343 - Reserch Seminar: War, the Military and the American Nation
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, WADV
This course is about, and how to do, American military history. It explores American history through the perspective of its wars and military, their role in the development of society, politics, economy, and culture. Students will pursue an individual historical research project using primary and secondary sources. Project proposal, progress, and results will be shared with the class for discussion concerning historical interpretation tied to sources, methodology, and historiography. Wide latitude is given for topic selection. Students should have tentative topics in mind at the start of the course.
Enrollment Limit: 12
Instructor: J. Kim
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Prerequisites & Notes: Demonstrated proficiency in U.S. history since the early 18th century.
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HIST 345 - Social Movements in China, Late Imperial Times to the Present
Next Offered: In a future term
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD, WADV
Social movements from the Qing Dynasty to the present will be analyzed using social science theories about social movements, while interrogating them in the Chinese context. Cases may include: the White Lotus Rebellion, the Taiping Revolt, the Boxer Uprising, the Communist-led Revolution, strike waves of the 1930’s and 1957, the Cultural Revolution, the 1989 protests, and the Falungong protests of 1999-2000. Students will write a theoretically-informed research paper on a social movement of their choice. Notes: Consent of instructor required. Counts toward the East Asian Studies Major.
Enrollment Limit: 15
Instructor: D. Kelley
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
East Asian Studies
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HIST 347 - The African Diaspora in Contemporary Latin America
Next Offered: In a future year
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD, WADV
This course explores the contributions of Africans and their descendants in the shaping of national identity, political culture, economic development, and cultural expression in contemporary Latin America. With an emphasis on social justice issues and gender, the course engages with rich primary and secondary sources, including documentaries, material culture, and musical artifacts, to offer a dynamic history of the African Diaspora in Brazil and Colombia but also in lesser-studied areas, such as Mexico and Argentina.
Enrollment Limit: 15
Instructor: D. Terrazas Williams
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
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HIST 351 - Indians and Empires in Early America
Next Offered: In a future term
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD, WADV
This seminar interrogates the expressions and meanings of imperialism among the indigenous cultures of early America. From prehistoric Meso-America to colonial New France, from Comancheria to the power circles of London, Paris, Madrid and Washington, American Indians encountered, resisted, shaped, and spearheaded a host of imperial agendas and expansionist ambitions. The unforeseen results created new worlds for all.
Enrollment Limit: 12
Instructor: M. Bahar
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Prerequisites & Notes: HIST 103 or HIST 285.
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HIST 354 - Brit Empire & Indian Ocean
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD
The British Empire at its height covered a quarter of the earth’s landmass, making it history’s largest empire. It was also a quintessentially maritime empire. Beginning in India, seaborne rule spread to regions as diverse as Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. This seminar explores the experience of empire in colonial India and the Indian Ocean. We follow the circulation of peoples, goods, and ideas across monsoon highways, and we probe the processes that turned an expansive ocean into a ‘British lake.’ Topics include first-person accounts of mobility, historical fiction, and studies of port cities and oceanic networks.
Enrollment Limit: 12
Instructor: R. Choudhury
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
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HIST 367 - The Opening of Korea 1876-1905
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD, WADV
The Korean peninsula was at the center of the most dramatic upheavals of late nineteenth and early twentieth century East Asia. This seminar focuses on the diplomatic history of these years, including the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-5 and the Russo-Japanese War 1904-5, as well as the repercussions of these international developments on Korean society, politics and culture. Prerequisites for the Course: One East Asian history course.
Enrollment Limit: 12
Instructor: S. Jager
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Cross List Information: This course is cross-listed with EAST 367
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HIST 371 - Muslim Politics in Modern South Asia
Next Offered: In a future term
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD
South Asia (India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh) is home to the largest Muslim population on earth. The region witnessed the rise of great medieval Muslim empires; it experienced early tensions with the western world under 200 years of colonialism; and in the previous century, it authored the first constitutionally governed Islamic state. This seminar explores the history of Muslim South Asia from 1700 to the present. Drawing on diverse sources (fiction, film, primary texts, scholarly literature), the course reflects on Muslim lives under colonialism, religious radicalism and revival, and the troubled trajectories of Islamic nationalism.
Enrollment Limit: 14
Instructor: R. Choudhury
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
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HIST 376 - Westworlds: Research Seminar in Western History
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, WADV
Both overcrowded and too lonesome, the American West has held an incomparable place in U.S. culture and imaginary for over two hundred years. Students in this seminar will conduct original research on an individually-chosen topic in Western history and will write an article-length paper. We will focus on identifying a realistic project, completing basic research with primary sources, and the different stages required for a successful writing process.
Enrollment Limit: 12
Instructor: P. Mitchell
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HIST 383 - Borders, Wars, and Refugees from the Ottoman Empire to ISIS
Next Offered: In a future term
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD, WADV
After the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings, Middle Eastern borders have become blurred due to civil wars and the expansion of ISIL. This course investigates the formation and transformations of the region’s frontiers, besides displacement and refugees crises, at crucial moments of war from the Ottoman Empire, through WWI and the Cold War, until the present day. It explores states such as Iraq, Syria, Palestine, Afghanistan, Turkey, Kurdistan, and Yemen. This is a ‘globally connected course’ organized in collaboration with the American University in Cairo (Egypt). It utilizes tools of Digital Scholarship to analyze maps, archival records, news, photos, videos, etc.
Enrollment Limit: 14
Instructor: Z. Abul-Magd
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
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HIST 392 - Soviet History and Cinema: Art, Propaganda, and Politics, 1908-1949
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, CD, WADV
Lenin famously declared cinema the `most important of all arts,’ and under the Bolsheviks, the medium developed into an effective tool of propaganda and a popular form of mass entertainment. This course uses film as a historical source to examine how cinema shaped the public image of the Soviet Union. Students will analyze films in terms of Communist ideology, the “woman question,” collectivization, socialist realism, the Stalin cult, Soviet nationality policy, and the Holocaust.
Enrollment Limit: 15
Instructor: C. Stolarski
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Cross List Information: This course is cross-listed with REES 392
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HIST 396 - Seminar: US Foreign Policy and MENA
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD
American presence in the Middle East went through different stages from WWI until the present. The U.S had a controversial role in the region during and after the Cold War, and there is a current debate on whether it is acting now as an empire. This course analyzes the U.S. strategic interests and its relation with the different regimes in MENA. It critically studies issues of oil, Israel-Palestine conflict, globalization, democratization, occupation, and terrorism.
Enrollment Limit: 12
Instructor: Z. Abul-Magd
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies
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HIST 422 - Migration in 20th Century Europe
Next Offered: In a future term
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS
This course will explore migration in 20th century Europe. We will investigate a wide range of topics from European responses to asylum seekers, to the integration of former colonial subjects and labor migrants, and the responses of these migrants to European culture and society. Throughout we will be questioning the various meanings assigned to migration throughout this period as well as evolving notions of belonging in Europe.
Enrollment Limit: 12
Instructor: A. Sammartino
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
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HIST 427 - Borderlands
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD, WADV
The US-Mexico border region is a political, economic, and cultural crossroads. The course investigates interactions between Native Americans and Spanish colonists beginning in the 16th century, emerging United States economic and political control during the 19th century, and immigration, community building, and civil rights movements in the 20th century. We also discuss la frontera as a literary and symbolic concept. History 270, Latina/o History is strongly encouraged as preparation for this course.
Enrollment Limit: 12
Instructor: P. Mitchell
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
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HIST 444 - Gender and Sexualities in China
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD, COLQ, WADV
An inquiry into the ways gender and sexualities have been constructed in Chinese society in response to and in contestation with the state’s regulation and with dominant social norms, with an emphasis on contemporary Chinese society. Topics include gender as a historical category of analysis; the legacies of traditional conceptions of feminine and masculine and contemporary challenges including emerging LGBTQ identities; dating, courtship and marriage; and contemporary debates on sexuality. The course will emphasize the interconnection of these issues and their historical contexts.
Enrollment Limit: 12
Instructor: D. Kelley
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
East Asian Studies
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HIST 464 - Colloquium: History of Vietnam
Next Offered: In a future term
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD, WADV
A colloquium emphasizing reading and discussion. The course will examine the history of Vietnam from the beginnings to the present. A topical approach will be taken through a variety of readings structured chronologically. Topics will cover pre-colonial history and society, colonialism and nationalism, and Vietnam’s struggle for national independence and security, in both national and international contexts.
Enrollment Limit: 15
Instructor: D. Kelley
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
East Asian Studies
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HIST 472 - Colloquium: Early Modern Atlantic World
Next Offered: In a future term
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD, COLQ, WADV
In the early modern era, the Atlantic Ocean functioned as an extensive superhighway connecting, rather than seperating, the disparate cultures and societies around its basin. In this seminar we will hoist our sails and explore the historiographical currents and winds of this world. When we call at port at the end of the semester, we will have encountered the Atlantic World’s most defining phenomenon: piracy, slavery, cross-cultural discovery, commodification and trade.
Enrollment Limit: 12
Instructor: M. Bahar
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
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HIST 473 - Colloquium: Violence and Terror in Early America
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, WADV
This seminar explores the myriad functions of violence and terror in the development of American society from the early colonial period through the mid-nineteenth century. We will interrogate both the definition of these terms as well as the inter-national, inter-cultural, and inter-personal contexts in which early Americans experienced them. Prominent themes include Euro-American-American Indian warfare, imperial contestation, piracy and maritime violence, slavery and servitude, and sexual violence. Prerequisite & Notes: History 103 or the equivalent
Enrollment Limit: 12
Instructor: M. Bahar
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
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HIST 479 - Colloquium: Readings in 20th Century Urban History
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD, COLQ, WADV
In this course, we will explore both common issues facing cities around the world in the twentieth century as well as those that are specific to particular regions. Topics will include modernist urban planning, the urban experience, the politics of memory and commemoration, American urban crisis, suburbanization and gentrification, the immigration of racial minorities to European cities and the growth of megacities in the developing world.
Enrollment Limit: 12
Instructor: A. Sammartino
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
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HIST 482 - Discrimination in Modern Japan
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD
This seminar examines the exploitation, discrimination, and marginalization of Japan’s main minority groups’ the Ainu, Okinawans, Koreans and burakumin’ from the 1870s to the present. Construction of discriminatory views and processes of ostracism are major themes. Other topics include: community formation, anti-establishmentarian minority movements, state policies of assimilation and control, inter-minority relations, and the politics of minority identity. Discrimination against non-ethnic and non-racial minorities’ such as victims of atomic bombings and environmental pollution’ will also be discussed.
Enrollment Limit: 12
Instructor: E. O’Dwyer
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
East Asian Studies
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HIST 487 - Women of Latin America
Next Offered: In a future term
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD, WADV
This course explores the lives of remarkable women in Latin America from the colonial period to the present. From enslaved women and religious figures to community activists and political powerhouses, we examine the histories of women who have shaped our understandings of gender, race, and agency. In addition to ‘celebrated’ personages, we will also study women on the margins of society who rarely receive the recognition for the feats they accomplish at the community level.
Enrollment Limit: 12
Instructor: D. Terrazas Williams
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
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HIST 490 - Russian Borderlands
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 Credits
Attribute: 4 SS, WADV
This course examines Russia’s multi-ethnic empire in the 19th and 20th centuries. In class, we will focus on relations between Russia’s imperial “center” and the Eastern European, Caucasian, and Central Asia “periphery.” Beyond territorial boundaries, we will explore divisions along the lines of class, religion, and gender. Using various literary, visual, and academic sources, we will consider how shifting physical and conceptual borders shape local and national identity, from the shtetl, to the steppe, to the Gulag, to the radioactive Zone, and even into outer space.
Enrollment Limit: 12
Instructor: C. Stolarski
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
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HIST 493 - Repairing the Past: Readings in Historical Justice
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS
In recent years, many communities and nations have sought to redress historical injustices through mechanisms such as truth commissions, tribunals, reparations, official apologies, and commemoration. This seminar will explore the philosophical, historical, and political questions that arise from demands for justice for historic wrongs and will consider when and why the past matters in the present, why a global discourse of historical wrongs emerged, and the benefits and limitations of different mechanisms of pursuing justice for historical oppression.
Enrollment Limit: 20
Instructor: R. Romano
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
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HIST 494 - American AIDS
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD, WINT
An historical analysis of AIDS in the United States, from 1981 to the present. Particular attention is paid to the epidemic’s immediate impact, political mobilization and response, and cultural expressions.
Enrollment Limit: 12
Instructor: C. Koppes
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
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