fullname qtr yr	Crs	Sec	Title	Instructor	Description
Win 10	10101	01	African Civ 1	Jean-Baptiste, R. & Cole, J.	This year the African Civilizations Sequence focuses primarily on the colonial encounter, with some attention, in the second quarter to everyday life in the contemporary period. The first quarter focuses on West, North, and Central Africa. The second quarter focuses on Eastern and Southern Africa, including Madagascar. We explore various aspects of how the colonial encounter transformed local societies even as indigenous African social structures profoundly molded and shaped these diverse processes. Topics include the institution of colonial rule, independence movements, ethnicity and interethnic violence, ritual and the body, love, marriage, money, and popular culture.
Win 10	13001	07	Hist of European Civ 1	Vause, Erika	"European Civilization" is a two-quarter sequence designed to introduce students to the nature and history of European civilization from the early middle ages to the twentieth century. It complements parallel sequences in ancient Mediterranean, Byzantine, Islamic, and American civilizations, and may be supplemented by a third quarter designed to expand a student's understanding of European civilization in a particular direction. Emphasis will be placed throughout on the recurring tension between universal aspirations and localizing boundaries, and on the fundamental rhythms of tradition and change. Method consists of close reading of primary sources intended to illuminate the formation and development of a characteristically European way of life in the high middle ages; the collapse of ecclesiastical universalism in the early modern period; and the development of modern politics, society, and culture in the centuries to follow. Individual instructors may choose different sources to illuminate those themes, but some of the most important readings will be the same in all sections.
Win 10	13001	08	Hist of European Civ 1	Allen, Micheal	"European Civilization" is a two-quarter sequence designed to introduce students to the nature and history of European civilization from the early middle ages to the twentieth century. It complements parallel sequences in ancient Mediterranean, Byzantine, Islamic, and American civilizations, and may be supplemented by a third quarter designed to expand a student's understanding of European civilization in a particular direction. Emphasis will be placed throughout on the recurring tension between universal aspirations and localizing boundaries, and on the fundamental rhythms of tradition and change. Method consists of close reading of primary sources intended to illuminate the formation and development of a characteristically European way of life in the high middle ages; the collapse of ecclesiastical universalism in the early modern period; and the development of modern politics, society, and culture in the centuries to follow. Individual instructors may choose different sources to illuminate those themes, but some of the most important readings will be the same in all sections.
Win 10	13001	09	Hist of European Civ 1	Shlyakhter, Andrey	"European Civilization" is a two-quarter sequence designed to introduce students to the nature and history of European civilization from the early middle ages to the twentieth century. It complements parallel sequences in ancient Mediterranean, Byzantine, Islamic, and American civilizations, and may be supplemented by a third quarter designed to expand a student's understanding of European civilization in a particular direction. Emphasis will be placed throughout on the recurring tension between universal aspirations and localizing boundaries, and on the fundamental rhythms of tradition and change. Method consists of close reading of primary sources intended to illuminate the formation and development of a characteristically European way of life in the high middle ages; the collapse of ecclesiastical universalism in the early modern period; and the development of modern politics, society, and culture in the centuries to follow. Individual instructors may choose different sources to illuminate those themes, but some of the most important readings will be the same in all sections.
Win 10	13002	01	Hist of European Civ 2	Wasserstein, Bernard	"European Civilization" is a two-quarter sequence designed to introduce students to the nature and history of European civilization from the early middle ages to the twentieth century. It complements parallel sequences in ancient Mediterranean, Byzantine, Islamic, and American civilizations, and may be supplemented by a third quarter designed to expand a student's understanding of European civilization in a particular direction. Emphasis will be placed throughout on the recurring tension between universal aspirations and localizing boundaries, and on the fundamental rhythms of tradition and change. Method consists of close reading of primary sources intended to illuminate the formation and development of a characteristically European way of life in the high middle ages; the collapse of ecclesiastical universalism in the early modern period; and the development of modern politics, society, and culture in the centuries to follow. Individual instructors may choose different sources to illuminate those themes, but some of the most important readings will be the same in all sections.
Win 10	13002	02	Hist of European Civ 2	Palmer, Jennifer	"European Civilization" is a two-quarter sequence designed to introduce students to the nature and history of European civilization from the early middle ages to the twentieth century. It complements parallel sequences in Ancient Mediterranean, Byzantine, Islamic, and American civilizations, and may be supplemented by a third quarter designed to expand a student's understanding of European civilization in a particular direction. Emphasis will be placed throughout on the recurring tension between universal aspirations and localizing boundaries, and on the fundamental rhythms of tradition and change. Method consists of close reading of primary sources intended to illuminate the formation and development of a characteristically European way of life in the high middle ages; the collapse of ecclesiastical universalism in the early modern period; and the development of modern politics, society, and culture in the centuries to follow. Individual instructors may choose different sources to illuminate those themes, but some of the most important readings will be the same in all sections.
Win 10	13002	03	Hist of European Civ 2	Palmer, Jennifer	"European Civilization" is a two-quarter sequence designed to introduce students to the nature and history of European civilization from the early middle ages to the twentieth century. It complements parallel sequences in ancient Mediterranean, Byzantine, Islamic, and American civilizations, and may be supplemented by a third quarter designed to expand a student's understanding of European civilization in a particular direction. Emphasis will be placed throughout on the recurring tension between universal aspirations and localizing boundaries, and on the fundamental rhythms of tradition and change. Method consists of close reading of primary sources intended to illuminate the formation and development of a characteristically European way of life in the high middle ages; the collapse of ecclesiastical universalism in the early modern period; and the development of modern politics, society, and culture in the centuries to follow. Individual instructors may choose different sources to illuminate those themes, but some of the most important readings will be the same in all sections.
Win 10	13002	04	Hist of European Civ 2	Applebaum, Rachel	"European Civilization" is a two-quarter sequence designed to introduce students to the nature and history of European civilization from the early middle ages to the twentieth century. It complements parallel sequences in ancient Mediterranean, Byzantine, Islamic, and American civilizations, and may be supplemented by a third quarter designed to expand a student's understanding of European civilization in a particular direction. Emphasis will be placed throughout on the recurring tension between universal aspirations and localizing boundaries, and on the fundamental rhythms of tradition and change. Method consists of close reading of primary sources intended to illuminate the formation and development of a characteristically European way of life in the high middle ages; the collapse of ecclesiastical universalism in the early modern period; and the development of modern politics, society, and culture in the centuries to follow. Individual instructors may choose different sources to illuminate those themes, but some of the most important readings will be the same in all sections.
Win 10	13002	05	Hist of European Civ 2	Albritton Jonsson, Fredik	"European Civilization" is a two-quarter sequence designed to introduce students to the nature and history of European civilization from the early middle ages to the twentieth century. It complements parallel sequences in ancient Mediterranean, Byzantine, Islamic, and American civilizations, and may be supplemented by a third quarter designed to expand a student's understanding of European civilization in a particular direction. Emphasis will be placed throughout on the recurring tension between universal aspirations and localizing boundaries, and on the fundamental rhythms of tradition and change. Method consists of close reading of primary sources intended to illuminate the formation and development of a characteristically European way of life in the high middle ages; the collapse of ecclesiastical universalism in the early modern period; and the development of modern politics, society, and culture in the centuries to follow. Individual instructors may choose different sources to illuminate those themes, but some of the most important readings will be the same in all sections.
Win 10	13002	06	Hist of European Civ 2	Goldstein, Jan	"European Civilization" is a two-quarter sequence designed to introduce students to the nature and history of European civilization from the early middle ages to the twentieth century. It complements parallel sequences in ancient Mediterranean, Byzantine, Islamic, and American civilizations, and may be supplemented by a third quarter designed to expand a student's understanding of European civilization in a particular direction. Emphasis will be placed throughout on the recurring tension between universal aspirations and localizing boundaries, and on the fundamental rhythms of tradition and change. Method consists of close reading of primary sources intended to illuminate the formation and development of a characteristically European way of life in the high middle ages; the collapse of ecclesiastical universalism in the early modern period; and the development of modern politics, society, and culture in the centuries to follow. Individual instructors may choose different sources to illuminate those themes, but some of the most important readings will be the same in all sections.
Win 10	13200	01	Western Civ 2	Weintraub, Katy	The purpose of this sequence, which fulfills the common core requirement in civilizational studies, is threefold: 1) to introduce students to the principles of historical thought, 2) to acquaint them with some of the more important epochs in the development of Western civilization since the sixth century B.C., and 3) to assist them in discovering connections between the various epochs. The purpose of the course is not to present a general survey of Western history. Instruction consists of intensive investigation of a selection of original documents bearing on a number of separate topics, usually two or three a quarter, occasionally supplemented by the work of a modern historian.
Win 10	13600	01	America in World Civilization 2	Parker, Traci	This sequence, which fulfills the common core requirement in civilizational studies, uses the American historical experience, set within the context of Western civilization, to 1) introduce students to the principles of historical thought, 2) probe the ways political and social theory emerge within specific historical contexts, and 3) explore some of the major issues and trends in American historical development. The course is not a general survey of American history.
Win 10	13600	02	America in World Civilization 2	Green, Adam	This sequence, which fulfills the common core requirement in civilizational studies, uses the American historical experience, set within the context of Western civilization, to 1) introduce students to the principles of historical thought, 2) probe the ways political and social theory emerge within specific historical contexts, and 3) explore some of the major issues and trends in American historical development. The course is not a general survey of American history.
Win 10	13600	03	America in World Civilization 2	Conzen, Kathy	This sequence, which fulfills the common core requirement in civilizational studies, uses the American historical experience, set within the context of Western civilization, to 1) introduce students to the principles of historical thought, 2) probe the ways political and social theory emerge within specific historical contexts, and 3) explore some of the major issues and trends in American historical development. The course is not a general survey of American history.
Win 10	13600	04	America in World Civilization 2	Miller-Davenport, Sarah	This sequence, which fulfills the common core requirement in civilizational studies, uses the American historical experience, set within the context of Western civilization, to 1) introduce students to the principles of historical thought, 2) probe the ways political and social theory emerge within specific historical contexts, and 3) explore some of the major issues and trends in American historical development. The course is not a general survey of American history.
Win 10	13600	05	America in World Civilization 2	Moore, Celeste	This sequence, which fulfills the common core requirement in civilizational studies, uses the American historical experience, set within the context of Western civilization, to 1) introduce students to the principles of historical thought, 2) probe the ways political and social theory emerge within specific historical contexts, and 3) explore some of the major issues and trends in American historical development. The course is not a general survey of American history.
Win 10	14000	01	Intro to Russian Civilization 2	Applebaum, Rachel	The second half of the Russian Civilization sequence will cover the late 1880s to Vladimir Putin s presidency. The main focus will be on twentieth-century Russian culture, society, and politics, with a particular emphasis history on the Soviet period, from the Bolshevik Revolution to perestroika. Among the issues to be discussed will be the role of women in Soviet society and the experiences of national minorities. In keeping with the framework of Civilization courses, students will be required to read and interpret a range of primary sources, including political speeches, memoirs, diaries, works of literary fiction, newspaper articles, travelers accounts, and dissidents writings.
Win 10	15200	00	Intro to East Asian Civ 2	Burns, Susan	This sequence on the civilizations of China, Japan, and Korea emphasizes major transformation in these cultures and societies from their inception to the present.
Win 10	15200	01	Intro to East Asian Civ 2	Burns, Susan	This sequence on the civilizations of China, Japan, and Korea emphasizes major transformation in these cultures and societies from their inception to the present.
Win 10	15200	02	Intro to East Asian Civ 2	Burns, Susan	This sequence on the civilizations of China, Japan, and Korea emphasizes major transformation in these cultures and societies from their inception to the present.
Win 10	15200	03	Intro to East Asian Civ 2	Burns, Susan	This sequence on the civilizations of China, Japan, and Korea emphasizes major transformation in these cultures and societies from their inception to the present.
Win 10	15200	04	Intro to East Asian Civ 2	Burns, Susan	This sequence on the civilizations of China, Japan, and Korea emphasizes major transformation in these cultures and societies from their inception to the present.
Win 10	15200	05	Intro to East Asian Civ 2	Burns, Susan	This sequence on the civilizations of China, Japan, and Korea emphasizes major transformation in these cultures and societies from their inception to the present.
Win 10	15200	06	Intro to East Asian Civ 2	Burns, Susan	This sequence on the civilizations of China, Japan, and Korea emphasizes major transformation in these cultures and societies from their inception to the present.
Win 10	15603	01	Ancient Empires II: Egypt	Staff	This sequence meets the general education requirement in civilization studies. This sequence introduces three great empires of the ancient world. Each course in the sequence focuses on one empire, with attention to the similarities and differences among the empires being considered. By exploring the rich legacy of documents and monuments that these empires produced, students are introduced to ways of understanding imperialism and its cultural and societal effects both on the imperial elites and on those they conquered.
Win 10	15604	01	Ancient Empires II:	Staff	This sequence meets the general education requirement in civilization studies. This sequence introduces three great empires of the ancient world. Each course in the sequence focuses on one empire, with attention to the similarities and differences among the empires being considered. By exploring the rich legacy of documents and monuments that these empires produced, students are introduced to ways of understanding imperialism and its cultural and societal effects both on the imperial elites and on those they conquered.
Win 10	15703	01	Semitic Languages, Cultures, and Civilizations I: Semitic Lang. in the Ancient & Modern Middle East	staff	This class explores various peoples of the ancient Near East from the third through the first millennium BC. The shared characteristic of those peoples is their use of Semitic languages. The focus is on major cultural traditions that will later become of interest for the modern Middle East and for the Western world. This class therefore provides a background to understand contemporary problems in a historical context. This includes a close examination and discussion of representative ancient sources as well as readings in modern scholarship to help us think of interpretative frameworks and questions. Ancient sources will include literary, historical, and legal documents in English translation.
Win 10	16102	01	Latin American Civ 2	Tenorio, Mauricio	This sequence fulfills the common core requirement in civilizational studies by introducing students to the history and cultures of Latin America, including Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean Islands. Autumn quarter examines the origins of civilizations in Latin America with a focus and the political, social, and cultural features of the major preColumbian civilizations of the Maya, Inca, and Aztec. The quarter concludes with consideration of the Spanish and Portuguese conquest and the construction of colonial societies in Latin America. Winter quarter addresses the evolution of colonial societies, the wars of independence, and the emergence of Latin American nation-states in the changing international context of the nineteenth century. Spring quarter focuses on the twentieth century, with special emphasis on the challenges of economic, political, and social development in the region.
Win 10	16102	99	Latin American Civ 2	Gutierrez, Ramon	This sequence fulfills the Common Core requirement in civilization studies by introducing students to the history and cultures of Latin America, including Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean Islands. Autumn quarter examines the origins of civilizations in Latin America with a focus and the political, social, and cultural features of the major pre-Columbian civilizations of the Maya, Inca, and Aztec. The quarter concludes with consideration of the Spanish and Portuguese conquest and the construction of colonial societies in Latin America. Winter quarter addresses the evolution of colonial societies, the wars of independence, and the emergence of Latin American nation-states in the changing international context of the nineteenth century. Spring quarter focuses on the twentieth century, with special emphasis on the challenges of economic, political, and social development in the region.
Win 10	16103	99	Latin American Civ 3	Borges, Dain	This sequence fulfills the Common Core requirement in civilizational studies by introducing students to the history and cultures of Latin America, including Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean Islands. Autumn quarter examines the origins of civilizations in Latin America with a focus and the political, social, and cultural features of the major preColumbian civilizations of the Maya, Inca, and Aztec. The quarter concludes with consideration of the Spanish and Portuguese conquest and the construction of colonial societies in Latin America. Winter quarter addresses the evolution of colonial societies, the wars of independence, and the emergence of Latin American nation-states in the changing international context of the nineteenth century. Spring quarter focuses on the twentieth century, with special emphasis on the challenges of economic, political, and social development in the region.
Win 10	16800	00	Anc Mediterranean World 2-Rome	Hawkins, Cameron	This sequence fulfills the common core requirement in civilization studies. This quarter surveys the social, economic, and political history of Rome, from its prehistoric beginnings in the twelfth century B.C.E. to the political crisis following the death of Nero in 69 C.E. Throughout, the focus is upon the dynamism and adaptability of Roman society, as it moved from a monarchy to a republic to an empire, and the implications of these political changes for structures of competition and cooperation within the community.
Win 10	16800	01	Anc Mediterranean World 2-Rome	Hawkins, Cameron	This sequence fulfills the common core requirement in civilization studies. This quarter surveys the social, economic, and political history of Rome, from its prehistoric beginnings in the twelfth century B.C.E. to the political crisis following the death of Nero in 69 C.E. Throughout, the focus is upon the dynamism and adaptability of Roman society, as it moved from a monarchy to a republic to an empire, and the implications of these political changes for structures of competition and cooperation within the community.
Win 10	16800	02	Anc Mediterranean World 2-Rome	Hawkins, Cameron	This sequence fulfills the common core requirement in civilization studies. This quarter surveys the social, economic, and political history of Rome, from its prehistoric beginnings in the twelfth century B.C.E. to the political crisis following the death of Nero in 69 C.E. Throughout, the focus is upon the dynamism and adaptability of Roman society, as it moved from a monarchy to a republic to an empire, and the implications of these political changes for structures of competition and cooperation within the community.
Win 10	16800	03	Anc Mediterranean World 2-Rome	Hawkins, Cameron	This sequence fulfills the common core requirement in civilization studies. This quarter surveys the social, economic, and political history of Rome, from its prehistoric beginnings in the twelfth century B.C.E. to the political crisis following the death of Nero in 69 C.E. Throughout, the focus is upon the dynamism and adaptability of Roman society, as it moved from a monarchy to a republic to an empire, and the implications of these political changes for structures of competition and cooperation within the community.
Win 10	17400	01	Science/Culture/Society in West Civ 2	Johns, Adrian	The second quarter is devoted to a period of extraordinary upheaval. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, knowledge about the natural world was transformed, in a process that is often called the Scientific Revolution. We look at the major figures in this process Copernicus, Galileo, Harvey, Newton, and more. Placing their achievements in historical context, we examine how they shaped what would become the modern scientific enterprise.
Win 10	18301	01	Colonizations 1	Dawdy, Shannon	The course will approach the concept of "civilization" from an emphasis on cross-cultural and societal connections. We will explore the dynamics of conquest, slavery, and colonialism and their reciprocal relationships with concepts such as resistance, freedom, and independence with an eye toward understanding their interlocking role in the making of the modern world. The first quarter (Colonizations I) will take slavery, colonization, and the making of the Atlantic world as its central thematic. The second quarter (Colonizations II) will take colonization as its theme, with emphasis on Asia and the Pacific. It will start with a consideration of the pre-modern Arab and Chinese empires and then turn to European and Japanese colonialism (and decolonization) in Asia. The course will be taught as a two-quarter sequence. Students must take both quarters.
Win 10	18301	02	Colonizations 1	Saville, Julie	The course will approach the concept of "civilization" from an emphasis on cross-cultural and societal connections. We will explore the dynamics of conquest, slavery, and colonialism and their reciprocal relationships with concepts such as resistance, freedom, and independence with an eye toward understanding their interlocking role in the making of the modern world. The first quarter (Colonizations I) will take slavery, colonization, and the making of the Atlantic world as its central thematic. The second quarter (Colonizations II) will take colonization as its theme, with emphasis on Asia and the Pacific. It will start with a consideration of the pre-modern Arab and Chinese empires and then turn to European and Japanese colonialism (and decolonization) in Asia. The course will be taught as a two-quarter sequence. Students must take both quarters.
Win 10	18302	01	Colonizations 2	Briones, Matthew	The course will approach the concept of "civilization" from an emphasis on cross-cultural and societal connections. We will explore the dynamics of conquest, slavery, and colonialism and their reciprocal relationships with concepts such as resistance, freedom, and independence with an eye toward understanding their interlocking role in the making of the modern world. The first quarter (Colonizations I) will take slavery, colonization, and the making of the Atlantic world as its central thematic. The second quarter (Colonizations II) will take colonization as its theme, with emphasis on Asia and the Pacific. It will start with a consideration of the pre-modern Arab and Chinese empires and then turn to European and Japanese colonialism (and decolonization) in Asia. The course will be taught as a two-quarter sequence. Students must take both quarters.
Win 10	18302	02	Colonizations 2	Slater, Dan	The course will approach the concept of "civilization" from an emphasis on cross-cultural and societal connections. We will explore the dynamics of conquest, slavery, and colonialism and their reciprocal relationships with concepts such as resistance, freedom, and independence with an eye toward understanding their interlocking role in the making of the modern world. The first quarter (Colonizations I) will take slavery, colonization, and the making of the Atlantic world as its central thematic. The second quarter (Colonizations II) will take colonization as its theme, with emphasis on Asia and the Pacific. It will start with a consideration of the pre-modern Arab and Chinese empires and then turn to European and Japanese colonialism (and decolonization) in Asia. The course will be taught as a two-quarter sequence. Students must take both quarters.
Win 10	18402	01	Witches, Revivals and Revolution	Brekus, Catherine	FULL TITLE: Witches, Revivals, and Revolution: Religion in Early America, 1600-1787 This course is a survey of religion in America from the founding of the colonies to the American Revolution. Topics include Puritanism, witchcraft, revivalism, slavery, gender, Native American religion, the coming of the Revolution, and the separation of church and state.
Win 10	18700	01	Early America to 1865	Cook, Edward	This course surveys major themes in the settlement of the British colonies, the crisis of the American Revolution, and the growth of American society and politics.
Win 10	19801	01	Autobiography of Teresa of Avila	Pick, Lucy	In this class we will do a close reading of the autobiography of Teresa of Avila in which we will pay attention to her attitudes towards prayer and religious practice, mystical experience, community organization,sin and redemption, and gender. Our reading will be supplemented by other texts written by Teresa as well as secondary works that will help us interpret her in her historical context.
Win 10	20901	01	Archæology for Anc Historians	Hall, Jonathan	This course is intended to act not as an introduction to Classical archæology but as a methods course illuminating the potential contribution of material cultural evidence to ancient historians while at the same time alerting them to the possible misapplications. Theoretical reflections on the relationship between history and archaeology will be interspersed with specific case-studies from the Græco-Roman.
Win 10	21101	01	Science in Victorian Britain	Winter, Alison	This course examines developments in science and intellectual life in British society from the 1830s through the end of the nineteenth century, with an emphasis on the use of original sources (both as readings and during class discussion). We will explore the status of science in public culture, the rise of specialization and professionalization, the status of "heterodox" or "alternative" scientific and medical practices, and a variety of specific intellectual developments and projects, including evolution, mathematical physics, and sociology.
Win 10	21402	01	Economic Crises in German, British and US History, 1873-present	Loeffler, Mark	In this course we will address several questions concerning economic crises: What precisely are they? What were their causes, courses, and effects in the past? How have they been perceived by the people living through them? How have governments sought to contain crises and to prevent them in the future? To these ends, we will assess controversies surrounding the "First Great Depression" (1873-1896), the more famous Great Depression of the 1920s and 1930s, and the crises that began in the 1970s and (arguably) continue today. Our approach will be transnational and comparative, with case studies focusing on Germany, Britain and the United States. Readings will include both secondary literature and primary popular and academic sources. A background in economics is not a prerequisite for the course.
Win 10	22204	01	Modern Britain 1688-1990	Albritton Jonsson, Fredrik	Our focus in this survey will be the vexed question of Britain's modernity from James II to Margaret Thatcher. Why and how did this island nation evolve into a global empire? Through primary sources and case studies we will emphasize the connections between empire and industry with a particular stress on problematic topics such as political stability and taxation, the 1707 union with Scotland, the emergence of classical political economy, industrialization and class consciousness, free trade imperialism, women and the origins of the welfare state. Readings will include texts by John Brewer, E.P. Thompson and Nicoletta Gullace.
Win 10	22904	01	Arendt's:Texts on Jewishness, Palestine, Israel	Geyer, M. & Mendes Flohr, P	This is neither a course for the faint-hearted nor for the politically correct. Hannah Arendt s work is much admired and rightly so. But it is also extremely edgy and does not shy away from, shall we say, highly unpopular points of view. Besides, at times she is outright wrong and yet, some of her philosophically or historically more challenged expositions (such as Eichmann in Jerusalem) turn out to contain brilliant insights. In short, debating Hannah Arendt is not an easy task and it is particularly difficult when it comes to her Jewish Writings. We have in mind reading and discussing and in the course of it debating Arendt as many of Arendt s texts as possible. Inasmuch as Anti-Semitism is part of this complex, we will also discuss anti-Semitism, but the focus will be on Jews and Jewishness in the Diaspora, in Palestine, and in Israel. This course is primarily for advanced undergraduates and for beginning graduate students, who are willing to engage in sustained reading and are ready to participate in discussion.
Win 10	23004	01	Montesquieu and the Enlightenment	Cheney, P & Morrissey, R	Montesquieu's eighteenth-century reputation rested upon a relatively small body of published work: the Lettres Persanes, the Considérations sur les causes de la grandeur des romains et de leur decadence and finally De l'esprit des loix. Taken together, these works explore a set of themes that helped to shape the agenda for a pan-European Enlightenment. For Montesquieu, commerce, religion, moeurs (or customs), institutions, climate, geography and laws all stood in a delicate relation to one another which he attempted to understand through various types of literary and historical comparison, from the epistolary exchanges between Persia and Paris of the Lettres Persanes to the vast historical tableau of the Esprit des loix. The stylistic variety of Montesquieu's oeuvre reflects a set of social practices that emerged out of salons of Paris and a wider culture given over to polite conversation, as well as the spirit of a century devoted to political, social and aesthetic experimentation and improvement. Accordingly, we will examine Montesquieu's writing from the perspectives of historical context and literary form in order to better understand the Enlightenment. This course will culminate in a two-day conference, the second day of which will give students the opportunity to present their research papers to a wider audience. Readings in French. Class discussion and written work in French, or in English according to students' ability.
Win 10	23302	01	Europe, 1815-1914	Craig, John	This is the second installment of a three-quarter sequence, which surveys the history of Europe from the era of its greatest hegemony in the world to the eve of the depression of the 1930s. Themes considered include industrialization; the revolutions of 1848; the formation and consolidation of modern nation-states; the rise and travails of political liberalism and laissez faire; the spread of socialism in its various guises; international rivalries, alliances, and imperialism; and the causes, character and effects of World War I.
Win 10	23905	01	Race from Tundra to Steppe: Ethnicity, Gender and Environment in Russ/Soviet	Fein, Julia	In this class we will explore the history of race and ethnicity in the non-European areas of Russia/the USSR through discussion of selected scholarly articles, memoirs and travel accounts, novel, and films. Topics include: eighteenth-century Russian encounters with native Siberians; environmental difference and racial tension in colonized Turkestan; the Soviet state and Central Asian women; Soviet deportations of ethnic Koreans; representations and realities of the USSR's relationship with African Americans and Africans; and gender, nature and indigenous culture in Siberia over the last one hundred years.
Win 10	24303	01	Shinto	Ketelaar, James	A History of Shinto from Ancient times to the present , examining key texts in translation along with cultural, philosophical, religious and political dimensions relevant to different historical periods.
Win 10	24910	01	Do POWs Have Rights?: The Geneva Conventions from 1864-The Cold War	Chae, Grace	Do prisoners of war have rights? This is an introductory course for undergraduate students who want to understand how captured enemy soldiers engaged in military combat during times of war gained legal protections. It will begin with a historical overview of customary practices among warring nations in detaining prisoners of war. Using primary documents alongside secondary studies and theoretical works, this course will then trace the historical circumstances and political, societal, and legal arguments that gave rise to granting POWs legal status. The course will focus on the emergence and role of the Geneva Conventions and the 1907 Hague Convention to institute internationally recognized parameters for handling prisoners of war. This course will also cover the role of non-governmental organizations, like the International Committee of the Red Cross, and their role as inspectors of nations holding enemy combatants. Students will consider how signatories of the Conventions handled and regarded POWs during World War I and II. They will study how nations during the post-War period sought to apply more modern, Western definitions of individual rights to prisoners of war. The course will trace how these new interpretations came to a head in the treatment of POWs during the two major conflicts of the Cold War: the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Students will also learn about other non-governmental organizations that have increasingly fulfilled watchdog and advocacy roles. Films and literary works will also be incorporated into the curriculum to study how prisoners of war became integrated into national narratives.
Win 10	25006	01	The Logic behind human rights violations	Vaisman, Noa	Full Title: Practices of Othering and the Logic of Human Rights Violations: Race,Eugenics and Crowds How are mass violations of human rights thought up? What scientific theories and political doctrines have been invented and implemented to justify murder, mass rape, and incarceration? These questions serve as our starting point for the course where through exploration of different doctrines and theories we will learn how mass human rights violations were reasoned and justified. In the first part of the course we read both primary texts and secondary sources on central theories and ideologies that contributed to, or formed the foundations for, mass human rights violations. We ask questions such as: how has mass murder been shaped and informed by scientific understandings about the correct (i.e. valuable) genetic makeup in places like Nazi Germany? And, how has the torture of thousands been reasoned through doctrines that protect civilization and progress in places like Argentina? In the second part of the course we turn to look at the aftermath of genocide and killing and ask how individuals and groups explain away their participation in acts of human rights violations. What theories have developed to explain these acts after the event? Specifically, we will look at the work of psychologists and political scientists who have found ways (though not always satisfactory) to make sense of these acts and events. In the last part of the course we explore a number of mechanisms developed to redress the effects of violence and the violation of human rights. Specifically, we look at the question of reparation and how these have been negotiated in different cultural settings such as South Africa and Peru; and, we look at the growing demand for truth as a form of reparation for past wrongs.
Win 10	25105	01	World Energy History	Gugliatta, Angela	This seminar will examine topics in the history of human energy use and the social and cultural conditions connected with successive energy regimes. We will begin with ancient and pre-industrial patterns of energy use, but most of the course will focus on energy use since the industrial expansion of the 18th century. We will pay special attention to scholarly theories that connect the forms of energy use with the characteristics of the cultures these energy regimes support or make necessary. We will end the course with comparative discussions of the impact of energy industries in particular countries drawing on economic, sociological, political, literary and artistic sources.
Win 10	25203	01	Econ/ Soc Hist of Euro, 1700-1880	Craig, John	This course examines the causes, characteristics, and effects -- economic, social, and otherwise -- of the "industrious" and industrial revolutions. The course reviews an array of unresolved debates, among them the so-called Brenner debate and the debates over proto-industrialization, the enclosure movements, the sources of technological innovation, path dependence and diffusion patterns within and across economies, the family economy, the standard of living, the formation of the middle and working classes, the consequences of literacy, and the voluntary iniatives and public policies addressing such social problems as poverty, disease, illegitimacy, and crime. The course is the first in a two-course sequence covering the economic and social history of Europe from 1700 to the present, but each course is free-standing -- students enrolled in this course are not required to take its sequel.
Win 10	25304	01	Goethe: Literature, Science, Philosophy	Richards, Robert	This lecture-discussion course will examine Johann Wolfgang von Goethe s intellectual development, from the time he wrote Sorrows of a Young Werther through the final stages of Faust. Along the way, we will read a selection of Goethe s plays, poetry, and travel literature. We will also examine his scientific work, especially his theory of color and his morphological theories. On the philosophical side, we will discuss Goethe s coming to terms with Kant (especially the latter s third Critique) and his adoption of Schelling s transcendental idealism. The theme uniting the exploration of the various works of Goethe will be the unity of the artistic and scientific understanding of nature, especially as he exemplified that unity in the eternal feminine. German is not required, but helpful.
Win 10	25406	01	History of Reading	Johns, Adrian	The act of reading is at once private and public. It is inscrutable silent, personal, and intimate; yet it is also a necessary and central element in all social and cultural change. Not least, our own knowledge as historians depends on it. The idea that the practice of reading is itself historical that it may change over time and according to context is therefore both exciting and unsettling. This course is devoted to exploring that idea in depth. We shall both attempt to trace a history of reading practices over the long term and assess critically the approaches that may be adopted to recovering such a history
Win 10	25804	01	Islamic History and Society 2	Woods, John	The continuation of Islamic History and Society 1 and presumes a familiarity of early Islamic history, 600-1000. This course covers the period from roughly 1000 to 1750 and deals with, among other topics, the coming of the steppe people (Turks and Mongols), the Mongol successor states, and the rise of the great early modern Islamic states (Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals).
Win 10	25902	01	Hist of Israeli-Arab Conflict	Wasserstein, Bernard	This lecture course traces the development of the Arab-Israeli conflict from its nineteenth-century origins to the present day. It examines the social and ideological roots of Zionism and Palestinian Arab nationalism, the growth of Arab-Jewish hostility in Palestine during the late Ottoman and British mandate periods, the involvement of the Arab states and the great powers, the five Arab-Israeli wars, the two intifadas, and the movement towards negotiated agreements between Israel and the Arab states and between Israel and the Palestinians.
Win 10	25903	01	Persian Historical Texts	Woods, John	This course will focus on the study and utilization of narrative, normative, and archival sources in Persian. Topics and approaches will include: 1) close reading and analysis of the texts of major Iranian historians and biographers; 2) the study of the scripts, protocols, and formulae used by Irano-Islamic chancelleries along with the transcription and analysis of published and unpublished archival documents; and 3) the techniques and practice of editing of unpublished manuscript sources.
Win 10	26106	01	Tropical Commodities in Latin America	Kourí, Emilio	This colloquium explores selected aspects of the social, economic, and cultural history of tropical export commodities from Latin America-- e.g., coffee, bananas, sugar, tobacco, henequen, rubber, vanilla, and cocaine. Topics include land, labor, capital, markets, transport, geopolitics, power, taste, and consumption.
Win 10	26407	01	Order and Rebellion in Colonial Latin America	Johnson, Benjamin	This class analyzes three centuries of Spanish and Portuguese colonial rule in the Americas through the prism of the conflicts it elicited: Indian uprisings, slave revolts, marronage, heresies, banditry, ad elite conspiracies, among others. These forms of unrest will be analyzed in comparative context in order to understand changes in the processes of Iberian colonialism between conquest in the sixteenth century and independence in the eighteenth.
Win 10	26802	01	Colonial Rule in South Asia	Chakrabarty, Dipesh	This will be a survey of the Colonial period in South Asian History (c. 1757-1947) with particular focus on imperial technique of rule.
Win 10	27010	01	Politics of Reproduction in Historical Perspective	Stansell, Christine	For centuries, women s traditional authority over reproductive matters birth control, pregnancy and childbearing was little remarked upon. Yet in the twentieth century and especially in the last quarter century these female matters of birth control, abortion, and childbearing have moved to the center of national and international politics, the source of furious disputes and even violence. This course traces the history of these developments, beginning with the nineteenth century, focusing on the legalization of abortion and its aftermath in America, and studying subsequent battles over access to contraception, Roe v. Wade, reproductive health around the world, and who should be a mother. We will analyze the origins of the idea of reproductive rights in the women s movement and trace how it became an issue in presidential politics. The focus will be on the United States, but we will bring in comparisons from Europe, Africa, and South Asia.
Win 10	27202	01	Chicago School of Philosophy	Schultz, Bart	From the 1890s down to the present, the University of Chicago has been known for its prominent contributions to the humanities and philosophy. Our rich philosophical legacy has come from such figures as John Dewey, James H. Tufts, George Herbert Mead, Mortimer Adler, Richard McKeon, and many others. This course will focus on the original 'Chicago School," which we made famous in the 1890s by the pragmatist philosopher, educator, and reformer John Dewey and his circle, which included Mead, Tufts, and such reformers as Jane Addams, the founder of Hull House. This School has had a profound effect on the shape of modern philosophy, and its influence continues to be felt both within and beyond the academy, not least in the political philosophy of President Barack Obama. Field trips and guest speakers will enrich our appreciation of our local philosophical history.
Win 10	27300	01	Af-Am Hist since 1877	Holt, Thomas	This course explores in a comparative framework for examining the historical forces that have shaped the work, culture, and political struggles of African-American people in the United States from the end of American Reconstruction to the present.
Win 10	28602	01	Politics of Black Culture	Holt, Thomas	Cultural issues in both the broad and narrower sense have been central to political debates and mobilizations among and about African Americans in the 20th century. This course will explore the roots of this preoccupation as manifested at the dawn of the 20th century, through the observations of W.E.B. Du Bois and other Black intellectuals and critical events like the Chicago World's Fair and the Harlem Renaissance.
Win 10	28703	01	Baseball and American Culture, 1840-Present	Briones, Matthew	This course will examine the rise and fall of baseball as America's national pastime. We will trace the relationship between baseball and American society from the development of the game in the mid-nineteenth century to its enormous popularity in the first half of the twentieth century to its more recent problems and declining status in our culture. The focus will be on baseball as a professional sport, with more attention devoted to the early history of the game than to the recent era. Emphasis will be on using baseball as a historical lens through which we will analyze the development of American society rather than on the celebration of individuals or teams. Crucial elements of racialization, ethnicity, class, gender, nationalism, sexuality, and masculinity will be in play, as we consider the Negro Leagues, women's leagues, internment-era baseball, the Latinization and globalization of the game, and more.
Win 10	28803	01	Motherhood as Institution and Historical Practice	Stansell, Christine	We will examine how motherhood has changed, over time and across centuries, and how feminist scholarship has sought to elucidate the deepest meanings and most exact meanings of motherhood as a social role, primary attachment and/or form of work. Topics include child-rearing literature, childbirth, the economics of motherhood, mothers and fathers, and mothering in catastrophic conditions.
Win 10	29302	01	Human Rgts 2: History & Theory of Human Rights	Geyer, Michael	This interactive lecture course explores the intertwined historical evolution of the modern human rights regime, especially of the international human rights regime after 1945, and of humanitarianism and humanitarian politics & law. It provides a fairly systematic introduction into the history of human rights, so that at the end of the day you will know and may see in a new light -- key actors, key texts, and key events from the late 18th century to the present. It also explores the occasionally controversial contextualization of human rights and humanitarian movements, as for example in the discussion of the link between anti-slavery movement and imperial paternalism and racism. But above all, it is interested in answering the question why at any one point in history and at anyone place in the world, people thought they needed human rights and why they considered them to be so vital that they were ready to fight for them. We need to know why such a thin aspiration like the recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family (Universal Declaration of Human Rights) at times generates thick applications and at other times produces a lot of hot air. Last but not lest, we need to know where we stand today.
Win 10	29306	01	Problems in the Study of Gender	Schiltz, K	This section of Problems in Gender Studies will use four case-studies to address the intersection of gender, race, politics, religion, economy, and reproduction in the contemporary world. Each of these case studies provides the opportunity to use a different body of gender theory to think through an issue of central importance to our time. The first case study will allow us to address the gendered dynamics of religion and immigration. In this study we will analyze both how, when and why Muslim women and girls in Europe wear a head covering and the varied responses of European states and societies. We will then move, through a study of the Parity Law in France to the question of formal politics. The Parity Law mandates that half of all elected politicians be women. We will assess the philosophical underpinning of the law, its application, its successes and failures. The third case will be the Back-to-the-Home Movement in the United States. The proportion of heterosexual professional white mothers choosing to leave the work force is rising each year. This section of the course will address the whys and wherefores of this development. The course will conclude with a topic at the intersection of law, medicine and gender: assisted reproduction. Here we will discuss the different laws and practices governing both medically assisted reproduction and adoption in a comparative framework. Materials will include theoretical and empirical texts, fiction, newspaper articles, websites, film, and legislation.
Win 10	29615	01	Hist Coll: Soviet History from the Archives	Fitzpatrick, Sheila	After the opening of the Soviet archives at the beginning of the 1990s, many archival documents were published for the first time in English. Using these documentary publications as a base, supplemented by memoirs and files of the US State Department and British Foreign Office, the Colloquium sets out to develop historical research skills, with particular reference to critical evaluation of sources and evidence and the framing of research topics. The issues covered include the Russian Revolutions of 1917, Lenin s rule, the Russian peasantry and the collectivization of agriculture, Stalin s rule, Soviet everyday life in the 1930s, the Comintern, Jews in the Soviet Union, and Stalinist repression and the Gulag.
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