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4.00 Credits
4 cr. Introduction and hands-on survey of the concepts, methods, sources, and tools involved in the writing of history and in other forms of historiography. Includes a review of major historiographical trends, past and present.
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4 cr. This course is an introduction to Greek and Roman history, focusing on the distinctive features of each culture and the construction of Greek and Roman identity. We will examine the ways Greeks (especially Athenians) and Romans identifiedwhat itmeant to be either Greek or Roman. Both societies built up a selfimage in two different ways: by comparison with others and by critical reflection. The Athenians compared themselves to the Persians and Spartans in order to create and solidify their own national identity,but they also reflected on themselves through philosophy, tragedy, and comedy. The Romans also developed a national consciousness through comparisonwith others, especially the Carthaginians, Gauls, Britons, and Germans. However, the Romanswereweaker than the Athenians in critical reflection on their own identity. The course will be based on primary texts.
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4.00 Credits
4 cr. The period from 1400-1650 was one of amazing change in religion, thought and culture, politics and society, science and technology,andworldwide exploration. This course explores religious, political and social transformation inMesoamerica,Europe,Asia and Africa. It examines the period froma global rather than solely European perspective.
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4.00 Credits
4 cr. An introduction toworld history fromthe end ofWorld War II to the present. Major themes include the origins, course and end of the ColdWar; the Soviet Union from Stalin to Gorbachev; China under Mao and his successors; decolonization, nationalism and the retreat from empire; the Vietnam War; Africa since independence; democracy, dictatorship and intervention in Latin America;war and peace in theMiddle East; the Islamic world; human rights and the struggle for justice; the role of the United States in the contemporary world; and the meaning and responsibilities of global citizenship.
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4.00 Credits
4 cr. This course is an introduction to Russian history from the first Russian state (centered on Kiev and traditionally dated from882) to the fall of the Romanov dynasty in 1917. Over these roughly 1000 years, Russian history is divided into fourmain periods: Kievan Rus (until 1240), appanage Russia under the Mongols (1240- 1462), Muscovy (1462-1689), and imperial Russia (1689-1917). After considering the historical background, this course will concentrate on the imperial period. Topics and themes include the nature and development of the Russian autocracy,Orthodoxy and religious experience, the growth of empire, serfdom, state and civil society, the intelligentsia, and the revolutionarymovement. There will be some emphasis on intellectual and cultural history.
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4.00 Credits
4 cr. An introduction to Russian history fromlate tsarismto the post-communist era. The first half of the course treats the last years of the tsarist autocracy, the Russian Revolution,Lenin and Stalin, the nature of Soviet communism, and the concept of totalitarianism. The second half of the course considers the Khrushchev and Brezhnev eras,Gorbachev and perestroika, the collapse of the Soviet Union,Russia underYeltsin and Putin,and the Chechen wars. Cultural and intellectual history is an integral part of the course.
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4.00 Credits
4 cr. History of Germany from Bismarck to the present day. Topics include Germany and the GreatWar, theWeimar period,Hitler and the Third Reich, WorldWar II and the Holocaust, occupation and partition, problems of historical memory and national identity, and Germany since reunification.
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4.00 Credits
4 cr. Surveys the development of Great Britain from its Tudor-Stuart foundations through the last days of empire. Major themes include the emergence of the British constitution, the development of empire, relations with the North American colonies, industrialization, the Victorian era, and Britain in the 20th century (including two world wars and development of the welfare state).
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4.00 Credits
4 cr. This course will explore some of the critical issues and currents in European intellectual history fromthe eighteenth century to the present. Themes and topics include the European Enlightenment and its legacy; the idea of progress;modern social philosophies and ideologies such as liberalism, conservatism, socialism and anarchism; Romanticism and nationalism; communism and fascism; major developments in philosophical, religious, historical, and scientific thought; and recent trends such as feminism, existentialism, deconstruction,postcolonialism, and postmodernism. The course will consider thinkers such as Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, Marx, Darwin, Nietzsche, Freud, Einstein, Heidegger,Adorno, Sartre and Foucault.
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4.00 Credits
4 cr. Study ofmajor selected themes and problems in European history since 1789. Topics may include intellectual history, nationalism, liberalism and democracy, religion, revolution and social change, and the role of the modern state.
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