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GER 350 - Modernes Drama Instructor
Henke
Overview of modern German drama in the context of major developments in German, Swiss, and Austrian theater. Playwrights discussed include Büchner, Brecht, Fleißer, Dürrenmatt, Frisch, Weiß, Bernhard, Tabori, Meinhof, and Jelinek. Taught in German.
Prerequisites & Notes German 250 or permission of the instructor. (Not offered 2008-09.)
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GER 352 - Der Bildungsroman Instructor
Denham
A study of Bildungsroman, in German. Four main texts are Karl Phillip Moritz, Anton Reiser; Goethe, Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre; Gottfried Keller, Der grüne Heinrich; and Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg. A look as well toward other traditions of the novel of education and the school novel from Rousseau to Harry Potter.
Prerequisites & Notes German 250 or permission of the instructor. (Spring)
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GER 354 - Contemporary German Literature Instructor: McCarthy
Overview of German literature since 1989, with particular emphasis on prose fiction and popular literature. Authors discussed include Gunter Grass, Judith Hermann, Florian Illies, Daniel Kehlmann, and Juli Zeh, among others. Taught in German.
Prerequisites & Notes German 250 or permission of the instructor. Satisfies a major requirement in German and the literature distribution requirement.
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GER 380-389 - Studies in German Language, Literature, Culture Courses taken with Duke/ Davidson in Berlin.
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GER 398 - Independent Study Instructor
Staff
For majors, minors, and other advanced students. Independent study under the direction and supervision of a faculty member who reviews and approves the topics of the study, reviews the student’s work on a regular basis, and evaluates the student’s accomplishment. Either one major paper or a series of shorter ones will be among the requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes Permission of the instructor and the department chair. (Fall, Spring)
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GER 430-449 - Seminars (in trans.) Instructor
Denham
Courses numbered 430-449 are seminars taught in translation. Specific topics are announced in advance of registration.
Prerequisites & Notes (Fall)
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GER 450-479 - Seminars Instructor
Staff
Courses numbered 450-479 are seminars taught in German. Specific topics are announced in advance of registration.
Prerequisites & Notes German 250 or permission of the instructor. (Not offered 2008-09.)
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GER 495 - Senior Colloquium Instructor
McCarthy
The Senior Colloquium will explore issues pertinent to German Studies and discuss research strategies. Each student will complete a thesis directed by an appropriate department member.
Prerequisites & Notes (Spring)
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GER 498 - Independent Study Instructor
Staff
For majors or minors. Independent study under the direction and supervision of a faculty member who reviews and approves the topics of the study, reviews the student’s work on a regular basis, and evaluates the student’s accomplishment. Either one major paper or a series of shorter ones will be among the requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes Permission of the instructor and the department chair. (Fall, Spring)
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GRE 102 - Elementary Greek II Instructor
Staff
Continuing introduction to Attic Greek. Requires drill sessions with Apprentice Teachers.
Prerequisites & Notes Greek 101. (Spring)
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GRE 201 - Intermediate Greek Instructor
Staff
Readings in Greek literature.
Prerequisites & Notes Greek 102. (Fall)
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GRE 211/311 - Homer: Iliad Instructor
Toumazou
Select readings in Greek from Homer’s Iliad. The remaining portions of the Iliad will be read in translation in addition to select secondary literature on the Homeric Question and 8th century Greece.
Prerequisites & Notes (Fall)
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GRE 217/317 - Hellenistic Novel: Daphnis and Chloe Instructor
Johnson
Readings from the novel Daphnis and Chloe with a view toward developing greater facility reading Greek and an understanding of the conventions of the ancient novel.
Prerequisites & Notes (Spring)
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GRE 316 - Rhetoric: The Democratic Art Instructor
Cheshire
Selections from Aristotle, Plato, Demosthenes, Lysias, and/or Andocides.
Prerequisites & Notes Greek 201.
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GRE 399 - Independent Study in Greek Instructor
Staff
Readings and research on Greek texts, under the direction and supervision of a faculty member who reviews and approves the topic(s) and evaluates the student’s work.
Prerequisites & Notes Greek 201 and permission of the instructor.
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GRE 499 - Honors Thesis Instructor
Staff
Writing of a thesis under the supervision of an appropriate professor. Oral defense before the entire classics faculty required. Admission by unanimous consent of the Department of Classics.
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HIS 101W - First-Year Writing Seminar Instructor
Staff
Selected topics in history, e.g., “Individuals and Society in the Early Republic, 1787–1837” and “American Reformers and Utopians.”
Prerequisites & Notes Open only to first-year students. Satisfies the composition requirement.
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HIS 109 - Greek History (= CLA 231) Instructor
Krentz
(Cross-listed as Classics 231). Introduction to the history and culture of ancient Greece.
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HIS 110 - Roman History (= CLA 232) Instructor
Krentz
(Cross-listed as Classics 232). Introduction to the history and culture of the ancient Roman world.
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HIS 112 - The Medieval Millennium: Europe, C. 500-1500 Instructor
Barnes
Medieval Europe from the late Roman era to the 15th century, with emphasis on the importance of the medieval period in the shaping of Western civilization.
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HIS 119 - England to 1688 Instructor
Dietz
Political, constitutional, religious, and social history of England from Roman times through the medieval and early modern periods.
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HIS 120 - Britain since 1688 Instructor
Dietz
The rise of the first urban industrial society, its period of world dominance, and the effects of its subsequent loss of status as a world power. Special emphasis on the political and social development of Britain since the Revolution of 1688.
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HIS 121 - Early Modern Europe Instructor
Barnes
Significant political, socio-economic, and intellectual currents in European history from the Renaissance through the eighteenth-century Enlightenment.
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HIS 122 - Europe since 1789 Instructors
Tilburg, Pegelow Kaplan
Significant political, socio-economic, and intellectual currents in European history since 1789.
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HIS 141 - The United States to 1877 Instructors
Guasco, McMillen
American history from the first English settlements through the Civil War and Reconstruction Era.
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HIS 142 - The United States since 1877 Instructors
Aldridge, Levering, McMillen, Wertheimer
American history since the end of Reconstruction up to the modern day.
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HIS 162 - Latin America to 1825 Instructor
Mangan
A survey of Latin American history from the eve of Spain’s conquest of the Americas to the era of Latin American independence from Spain. An introduction to the societies of the Americas and the major social, political, and economic themes following the arrival of Europeans to the Americas.
Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered 2008-09.)
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HIS 163 - Latin America, 1825 to Present Instructor
Mangan
Introduction to the history of modern Latin America, emphasizing major political events, economic trends, and important changes in Latin American society, with particular attention to ethnicity, class, and gender.
Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered 2008-09.)
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HIS 171 - India Instructor
Thomas
Indian sub-continent from prehistoric times to the present. Focuses on contributions of Hindu, Buddhist, Jain, and Islamic traditions; history of British rule; origins of Indian nationalism; rise of independent India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.
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HIS 175 - Islamic Civilization and the Middle East, 600-1500 Instructor
Berkey
Political, social, cultural and religious history of the Middle East from late antiquity to the end of the Middle Ages. Cultural identity and political legitimacy within Classical and medieval Islamic civilization.
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HIS 176 - Islamic Civilization and the Middle East since 1500 Instructor
Berkey
History of the Middle East from the end of the Middle Ages to the present day. Cultural aspects of contact and conflict between the Middle East and the West and of Islam’s response to the challenge of modernity.
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HIS 183 - East Asian History until 1600 Instructor
Dennis
China and Japan from prehistorical origins to 1600. Includes Chinese philosophical traditions, culture, and politics, and the Qin, Sui, Tang, Song, and Ming dynasties, and their influences on Asia. The Japanese section covers growth from the Chinese tradition to the establishment of empire, including the creation of a samurai culture.
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HIS 184 - East Asian History, 1600 to the Present Instructor
Dennis
Provides an overview of the last four centuries of Chinese and Japanese history, covering political, economic, social, and military developments.
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HIS 215 - Magic and Witchcraft in Pre-Modern Europe Instructor
Barnes
An introduction to medieval and early modern beliefs and practices that were emphatically rejected by the modern scientific outlook, but continue to pose major challenges for historians of Western thought and culture.
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HIS 225 - Women and Work: Gender and Society in Britain, 1700-1918 Instructor
Dietz
An examination of British women’s lives and social relations with regard to production—artistic, domestic, industrial, intellectual, etc.—in the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries.
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HIS 228 - The Modern Body: Gender, Sex, and Politics in France Instructor
Tilburg
One of the greatest “discoveries” of modern historical thought has been that even the human body has aspects that are historically contingent. Examines the way historians of modern France tackled the history of the body.
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HIS 244 - Settlement of the American West, 1800-1900 Instructor
McMillen
An examination of three controversial issues connected with the settlement of the American West—gender, race, and environment.
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HIS 246 - Fires, Famines, and Floods: Environmental Disasters in U.S. History Instructor: McMillen
An examination of various environmental disasters: what happened; the impact they had; how people, governmental agencies, and institutions responded to them; and how they changed the course of American history.
Prerequisites & Notes Satisfies major requirement in history and the distribution requirement in history. Fulfills a course in the Environmental Studies Concentration.
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HIS 252 - The United States from 1900 to 1945 Instructor
Wertheimer
An examination of United States history and controversies about it during the first half of the 20th century. Topics include the Progressive Era, the “Roaring Twenties,” the Great Depression, and the two world wars.
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HIS 253 - The United States since 1945 Instructor
Wertheimer
An examination of United States history and controversies about it from World War II to the present. Topics include the Cold War, the upheavals of the 1960s, and the “New Right.”
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HIS 255 - American Popular Culture Instructor
Aldridge
American popular culture in the 19th and 20th centuries. Topics include sports, popular music, theatre, motion pictures and television.
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HIS 256 - The 1960S: An Explosive Decade Instructor
Levering
An examination of America’s political, social, and cultural history of the 1960s, addressing politics, the Great Society, the Vietnam War, the civil rights movement and race relations, the student revolt and counter-culture, the women’s and environmental movements, and the decade’s legacies.
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HIS 257 - African Americans and US Foreign Policy Instructor
Aldridge
An examination of African American engagement with U.S. foreign relations in the 20th century.
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HIS 262 - Piracy in the Americas Instructor
Guasco
An examination of the history of piracy in the Atlantic world, primarily in the 17th and 18th centuries. Special consideration given to the emergence of the sea rovers, the social composition of pirate communities, and the ongoing fascination with swashbucklers and peg-legged captains.
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HIS 282 - Shanghai Life and Crime Instructor: Dennis
An examination of daily life and criminal activity in Shanghai, China, primarily in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Prerequisites & Notes Satisfies major requirement in history and the distribution requirement in history. Cultural diversity requirement, concentration in Asian studies and concentration in International studies (East Asia area).
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HIS 302 - African American History to 1877 Instructor
Aldridge
African American experience from the colonial period through the Reconstruction era. Topics include the slave trade, the institution of slavery, free blacks, slave revolts, the Civil War and Reconstruction, and African American culture.
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HIS 303 - African American History since 1877 Instructor
Aldridge
African American experience since the end of Reconstruction. Topics include the origins of the Jim Crow system, the Harlem Renaissance, black participation in the military, and the civil rights movement.
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HIS 307 - American Women, 1840 to the Present Instructor
McMillen
Women in the United States from 1840 to the present, with emphasis on educational and work opportunities, the suffrage movement, women’s roles in two World Wars, and the ongoing struggle for women’s equality.
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HIS 314 - Athenian Law (= CLA 334) Instructor
Krentz
(Cross-listed as Classics 334). Analysis of the Athenian legal process in a discussion-intensive approach using surviving Athenian speeches as case studies.
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HIS 317 - The European Renaissance Instructor
Barnes
Focuses on basic social and cultural shifts, in Italy, northern Europe, and Iberia from the 14th century to the 16th century. Special attention to the varieties and implications of humanism, as well as to the effects of the printing press, religious and political conflicts, and encounters with the world beyond Europe.
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HIS 321 - The Explosion of Christendom: Europe in the 16th Century Instructor
Barnes
The great religious and social upheavals of the Reformation era, with close attention to Protestant, Catholic, and radical movements and their broader consequences for Western society.
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HIS 322 - The Age of Discovery, 1492-1700 Instructors
Guasco, Mangan
Exploration of the European voyages of discovery, cross-cultural encounters, and the conquest of the Americas in the early modern period. Special attention to issues of race and ethnicity and the roles of religion, disease, technology, and the circulation of ideas throughout the Atlantic world.
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HIS 325 - Britain from 1688 to 1832 Instructor
Dietz
The evolution of British society and culture during the “Long Eighteenth Century,’’ with emphasis on the reaction to an age of revolution—the Glorious Revolution, Industrial Revolution, American Revolution and French Revolution.
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HIS 328 - Bohemian France; Art, Culture, and Society, 1789-1945 Instructor
Tilburg
The development of modern art and culture in France, as it relates to cataclysmic changes of the 18th and 19th centuries. Traces the way that Enlightenment thought threaded and structured artistic and literary movements from the French Revolution to World War I.
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HIS 331 - History of Germany in Global Context, 1871-1990 Instructor
Pegelow Kaplan
Covers the foundation of the first German nation state in 1871 to German unification of 1990. Examines modern German history in the context of cross-regional exchanges, inter-cultural connections, and European-wide and global transformations.
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HIS 332 - European Metropolis, 1870-1914 Instructor
Tilburg
Explores the political, cultural, and intellectual history of the turn of the century through the prism of some of Europe’s most sparkling cities: Berlin, Barcelona, Paris, London, and Vienna.
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HIS 336 - European Women and Gender, 1650-Present Instructor
Tilburg
The contributions of women in modern Europe, as well as the ways that gender difference was employed in constructing political and social relations. Topics include scientific debates and women, the birth of feminism, women and the Industrial Revolution, prostitution, women and fascism, and changing concepts of masculinity.
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HIS 340 - Colonial America Instructor
Guasco
Foundation and development of the British North American colonies to 1763. Examines colonial America as the product of Old World elements in a unique New World environment.
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HIS 341 - The Era of the American Revolution Instructor
Guasco
The colonial movement from resistance to revolution; early republican thought and the adoption of state constitutions; the War for Independence; political and socioeconomic struggles of the Confederation period; the origins of the federal Constitution; and the Revolution’s social impact.
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HIS 343 - The Old South Instructor
McMillen
The American South from colonial origins to secession, including the structure of southern society, the economy, slavery, growth of Southern sectionalism, the role of women, intellectual and cultural developments, and events leading up to the Civil War.
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HIS 344 - The South since 1865 Instructor
McMillen
Political, economic, and social developments in the South since the Civil War. Focus on Reconstruction, Populism, racism, the Depression, the flourishing of the “Sun Belt’’ after 1945, and the civil rights movement.
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HIS 346 - The Civil War and Reconstruction Instructor
McMillen
Origins of sectional conflict; the battle front and home front, military, political, and social transformations of the war years; the upheavals of the Reconstruction era; and the legacies of the era for modern America.
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HIS 349 - The Vietnam Experience Instructor
Levering
America’s involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1975. Examines diplomatic, military, political, social, and domestic aspects of American intervention.
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HIS 350 - African American Intellectual History Instructor
Aldridge
Key African American thinkers and intellectual movements from the mid-19th century to the present. Persons and subjects examined include W.E.B. Du Bois, Booker T. Washington, black nationalism, assimilation, the Harlem Renaissance, black feminism, liberalism, and conservatism.
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HIS 354 - United States Foreign Policy since 1939 Instructor
Levering
American foreign relations during a period of global political, economic, and military leadership. Topics include World War II, Cold War and detente, Vietnam War, and relations with the Third World.
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HIS 355 - American Legal History Instructor
Wertheimer
Law in American history from English settlement to the present. Topics include the origins and evolution of the United States legal system; law and economic development; race, sex, and the law; the legal profession; industrialization and the regulatory state; and individual liberties and civil rights.
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HIS 357 - The Civil Rights Movement in the United States Instructor
Aldridge
An examination of the American civil rights movement’s origins; its diverse strains of thought; its legal issues, strategies, and grassroots efforts; and its legacies.
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HIS 364 - Gender and History in Latin America Instructor
Mangan
Compares women’s and men’s experiences to determine how gender roles have shaped the social and political history of Latin America. Themes include conquest encounters, elite and religious notions of gender propriety, labor roles, and political activism.
Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered 2008-09.)
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HIS 365 - Issues in Latin American History Instructor
Mangan
Study of major issues in Latin American history such as colonial rule, rebellion, social change, political structure, and imperialism. Readings and themes emphasize historical events and issues in Peruvian cities and/or regions of Arequipa, Cuzco, and Lima to complement travel experiences of the Davidson-in-Arequipa program.
Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered 2008-09.)
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HIS 375 - Nationalism and Colonialism in the Modern Arab World Instructor
Berkey
European colonialism and American involvement in the Middle East and the Arab response. Great Power politics, nationalist ideology, and cultural identity in the Arab world.
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HIS 381 - Asia During the Era of Western Imperialism Instructor
Thomas
British, French, Portuguese, and Spanish colonialism in Asia. History of colonial rule and Asian reactions; emergence of nationalism; birth of independent nations; and post-colonial relations among nations.
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HIS 383 - Pre-Modern Japan Instructor
Dennis
Japanese history from ancient times to 1868. Topics include the origins of Japanese civilization, state and society, economy, law, connections to the outside world, daily life and customs, family, sexuality, warfare and the samurai, arts, literature, and religion.
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HIS 385 - History of Imperial China, 900-1800 Instructor
Dennis
Survey of late imperial Chinese history with topics covering the environment, daily life, family, kinship, sex, government, law, military, economy, science, medicine, print culture, and travel.
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HIS 386 - History of Modern China Instructor
Dennis
Chinese history from 1840 to the present, including China’s transformation from a Confucian empire to a socialist state, and its more recent conversion into an authoritarian regime promoting wealth and nationalism.
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HIS 390 - Davidson Summer Program at Cambridge University Limited to thirty students, the Davidson Summer Program at Cambridge focuses on the history and literature of late 18th- and 19th-century Britain. Students may receive credit for either English or History.
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HIS 395, 396 - Independent Study Instructor
Staff
Reading and research on a special subject and writing of a substantial paper. Under the direction and supervision of a faculty member who reviews and approves the topic of the independent study. Admission with permission of the professor, who will also evaluate the student’s work. Does not satisfy distribution requirement.
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HIS 415 - Alexander the Great (= CLA 435) Instructor
Krentz
(Cross-listed CLA 435) Investigation of Alexander’s career from its grounding in Phillip II’s Macedon to his intentions at the time of his premature death. Emphasis on military, political, and religious questions.
Prerequisites & Notes Permission of the Instructor.
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HIS 420 - The English Civil War Instructor
Dietz
An examination of how 17th-century English men and women turned their world “upside down.” Emphasis on the political, social, and religious causes and consequences of the Great Rebellion of 1640-1660.
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HIS 421 - Everyday Life in Renaissance and Reformation Europe Instructor
Barnes
Material circumstances, customs, and assumptions of daily living in the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries, especially among common folk. Possible topics include: family life, sexual mores, popular entertainment, magic, witchcraft, crime and punishment.
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HIS 422 - Gender in Early Modern Europe (C. 15th-18th Centuries) Instructor
Dietz
From Christine de Pisan to Mary Wollstonecraft. An examination of changing roles, expectations, and desires of men and women, with particular emphasis on their interaction.
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HIS 426 - Victorian People Instructor
Dietz
Society and culture of Victorian Britain through the lens of some of its more captivating personalities and their writings. Possible figures include: Charles Darwin, George Eliot, William Gladstone, William Morris, and Sidney and Beatrice Webb.
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HIS 427 - European Consumer Culture: 1750 to the Present Instructor
Tilburg
The history and historiography of consumer culture in Europe from the 18th century through the 1980s. The lens of consumerism reveals the momentous economic, social, and political transformations of the modern era, up to and including the controversial process of “Americanization” following World War II.
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HIS 433 - The Holocaust: Interpretation, Memory and Representation Instructor
Pegelow Kaplan
Examines the origins and execution of the Nazi genocide during World War II, as well as realities for and responses of European Jews and memorializing and representing the Holocaust in post war Germany, the U.S., and Israel.
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HIS 440 - Slavery in the Americas Instructor
Guasco
Comparative exploration of the foundation and development of slavery in the western hemisphere since 1492. Topics include the transatlantic slave trade, work and labor, resistance and rebellion, and the articulation of African culture throughout the Americas.
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HIS 441 - Natives and Newcomers in Early America Instructor
Guasco
Examination of the encounter between indigenous peoples and English, French, and Spanish newcomers in North America. Special emphasis on the clash of cultures in spiritual, material, and physical realms and how Europeans and Indians created a distinctive American landscape by the end of the eighteenth century.
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HIS 446 - Presidents and First Ladies Instructor
Levering
Presidents and first ladies from Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt through Ronald and Nancy Reagan. Emphasis on their goals and policies, their successes and failures, and the changing meanings of “liberalism” and “conservatism” that they represented.
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HIS 448 - The 1950s: A Critical Decade Instructor
McMillen
From Korea to Montgomery, McCarthy to Elvis: an exploration of the events, personalities, and culture of the 1950s in United States history.
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HIS 451 - African American Cultural History Instructor
Aldridge
A study of African American cultural history with particular focus on the 20th century. Specific artistic and cultural forms studied may include the visual arts, music, dance, film, and television in their historical context.
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HIS 455 - Law and Society in American History Instructor
Wertheimer
Selected topics in U.S. legal history. Seminar members will work collaboratively on a large-scale research project.
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HIS 464 - Religion and Social Change in Latin America Instructor
Mangan
Exploration of the nexus between religion and social upheaval through topics including conquest, rebellion, liberation theology, and religious tradition new to the region, such as Evangelicalism.
Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered 2008-09.)
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HIS 465 - Colonialism and Imagination in Early Latin America Instructor
Mangan
The rise and fall of colonial power in Latin America with a focus on the emergence of colonial Latin America as a historical unit. Topics include justification of colonial rule, civilization and barbarism, differences between the Old and New Worlds and American Identity.
Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered 2008-09.)
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HIS 471 - Gandhi Instructor
Thomas
Mohandas Gandhi’s life, philosophy of non-violence, approaches to conflict resolution, and views on economic and social change.
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