FYSP 071 - Pirates and Piracy in Times Past

Semester Offered: Fall Semester 2019
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, WINT

From the ancient Mediterranean to the South China Seas, maritime theft is a phenomenon transcending people, place, and time. It provides a fascinating framework with which to assess historical contexts of violence, authority, economics, and law. This seminar sails in pursuit of history’s notorious and obscure piratical personalities and their watery worlds, focusing particular attention on both the socio-economic milieus from which these seafaring criminals emerged and those they subsequently fashioned in their exploits.

Enrollment Limit: 16
Instructor: M. Bahar

Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes