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American Studies, Jewish Studies, Middle Eastern Studies This course considers themes of American ethnicity by tracing striking shifts in American Jewish attitudes toward Israel since the establishment of the Jewish state in 1948. The course then deals with American politics by illuminating the changing role of Israel in American Jewish voting patterns, lobbying efforts, and financial contributions for politics. Also considered are various non-Jewish domestic pressure groups that demand or oppose strong support for Israel-for example, in recent years the religious right has been an important supporting force, while Arab-American organizations have typically opposed such support. Finally, the course examines American foreign policy itself, evaluating the dramatically shifting history of American involvement with the Jewish state, a history in which domestic interest groups comprise only one among several important components.
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4.00 Credits
SRE What are the origins of history as a modern discipline? How have particular modes of history developed in relation to nationalism, imperialism, and the emergence of the modern state? How have modern historical techniques served to produce ideology, and how have these same techniques provided tools for challenging different forms of domination and the ideologies that help to perpetuate them? This course addresses these questions through theoretical readings that offer diverse perspectives on the role of narrative in history, the historian's relation to the past, and the construction of historiographical discourses. The works of Michel Foucault, Dominick LaCapra, JoanWallach Scott, Hayden White, and theorists active in the Subaltern Studies movement are discussed.
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4.00 Credits
This seminar examines the economic and social developments that preceded the revolution; intellectual and cultural background of the revolutionary movement; ideology and practice of major political parties that participated in the revolutionary events; the role of women in the revolutionary movement; the political dynamics of the revolution; the reasons for the Bolshevik victory; and the effects of the revolution on Russian society. Readings include original works and scholarly studies.
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4.00 Credits
GSS, STS This course seeks to instill a critical understanding of how definitions of human sexuality have developed in particular social and national contexts, how social concerns about sexuality have been played out in personal and political realms, and how a wide range of sexual identities have been constructed in different historical contexts. It explores various issues in the history of sexuality, covering a broad range of theoretical and thematic questions. The focus is primarily on western Europe and North America during the 19th and 20th centuries, with attention given to issues of race and colonialism.
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4.00 Credits
GIS, RES The most important force that shaped the contemporary world was the process of modernization initiated by the 18th-century revolution in France and the English industrial revolution. As a result of modernization, many societies underwent a profound transformation that changed them beyond recognition. This seminar discusses the modernization of Russia and its diverse effects on Russian society. It covers the period from the reforms of 1861 under Tsar Alexander II to the 1930s. Topics include political changes in Russia, including the 1917 revolution and the establishment of Stalin's regime; economic developments in pre- and postrevolutionary Russia; and social transformation, e.g., the rise of the working class and the bourgeoisie, and changes in the position of the peasantry and women.
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4.00 Credits
This seminar focuses on practical, technical, and legal aspects of conducting interviews. Each student is responsible for conducting a two-part oral history interview, transcribing the results, and leading the discussion/critique of another interview. The course seeks to convey very practical knowledge about how to win trust and conduct interviews in a variety of circumstances.
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4.00 Credits
Following a brief introduction dealing with the modernization of Russia and the origin of Russian secular thought and the intelligentsia, this seminar focuses on the major trends and personalities in 19th-century Russian secular thought. Topics include continuity and change in Russian culture, debates between Westernizers and Slavophiles, revolutionary populism, and socialism. Extensive readings include works by Chaadayev, Chernyshevsky, Dostoevsky, Gogol, Herzen, Lenin, and Tolstoy and contemporary studies of the Russian intellectual tradition.
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4.00 Credits
Africana Studies, Human Rights, Social Policy, SRE This course contextualizes the intense decade of political ferment surrounding the struggle for black rights in the United States, stretching roughly from 1954 (Brown v. Board of Education) to 1964 (Civil Rights Act). This period is explored longitudinally-against a longer history of constitutionally based precedents and legislation, and against the backdrop of other pertinent developments followingWorldWar II, such as the rise of a human rights movement, the Cold War, decolonization of Africa and a growing Pan-African sensibility, northward migration, and simultaneous domestic social movements. The course also addresses explanations for the attenuation of the Movement. Readings consist of a variety of primary sources including autobiographies, speeches, legal documents, and memoirs, and secondary material by several historians who have produced important monographs on the subject.
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4.00 Credits
See Film 167 for a full description.
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4.00 Credits
See Film 203A for a full course description.
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