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4.00 Credits
(Same as Medieval Studies 217s) The medieval Crusades were a strange mixture of romantic sensibility, religious inspiration, and bloodthirsty xenophobia. How was it thatWestern Christendom was inspired to recover the Holy Land in 1099, coming face to face with two other great civilizations: Byzantium and Islam What was the a?ermath Topics considered will include the exploration of violence in Eastern Europe, medieval pilgrimage to holy places and the idea of a "holy land," the structure and divisionswithin Islam, chivalric culture, and the idea of crusading martyrdom. Meets Humanities I-B requirement P. Healy 4 credits
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4.00 Credits
(Same as Classics 213) Meets Humanities I-B requirement G. Sumi 4 credits
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4.00 Credits
(Speaking- and writing-intensive course) The history of India has been singled out for its complex intermingling of religion and politics. This course will explore the constitution of religious identities in two of India's largest religious communities: Hindu and Muslim. Focusing primarily on the colonial period, we will discuss religious reform movements, communal violence, mass politics, and the partition of the subcontinent into the independent states of India and Pakistan. Throughout we will be interested in the ways that the colonial experience affected the religious thought and practice of Indians. Finally, we will explore the meanings of this history for the postcolonial workings of democracy and secularism in modern India. Meets multicultural requirement; meets Humanities I-B requirement K. Datla 4 credits
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4.00 Credits
(See Classics 226s(01)) Meets Humanities I-B requirement 4 credits
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to the study of history through law, using a comparative approach to group rights. Case studies, rooted in landmark court decisions and legislation, concern racial segregation in America before the civil rights era ("separate but equal") and in Europeduring the Nazi era ( The Nuremberg Laws, German "national groups" in the East),as well as Affirmative Action in America and attempts at promoting equality among national groups in Austria before the First WorldWar. Meets Humanities I-B requirement J. King 4 credits
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2.00 Credits
Spring 2009 232s(01) Exploring Medieval Texts and Contexts (See Medieval Studies 200s; see English 214s) C. Collette, H. Garrett-Goodyear 2 credits 232(03) Introduction to Medieval Monasticism (See Medieval Studies 200s(01)) Meets Humanities I-B requirement 4 credits 232(04) Medieval England (Same as Medieval Studies 200f(02)) The British Isles from the ancient Celts to the fourteenth century. Topics include Celtic culture, Roman Britain, early Christianity, Sutton Hoo and the invasions of the Anglo- Saxons, the Vikings, the birth of the English monarchy, the Norman conquest of England, Wales, and Ireland, Norman achievement in government and art, Cistercian monasteries, Richard the Lion-Hearted and the Crusades, the towns and their Jewish communities, King John, the Magna Carta and the development of Parliament, English Gothic, the beginning of Hundred years'War, the Black Death, and the Peasants' Revolt of 1381.(p) Meets Humanities I-B requirement F. McGinness 4 credits 232(05) Myth of the Dark Ages (See Medieval Studies 200f(01)) Meets Humanities I-B requirement 4 credits 232(06) Early Ireland Who were the Celts Are any social and political institutions distinctively "Irish" Thisclass will trace Ireland from prehistoric times through the Norman conquest and colonization of Ireland in the later Middle Ages, focusing on continuities of settlement patterns, family structures, religious practices (both pagan and Christian), and cultural festivals. Sources include epics and myths such asThe Tain andThe Voyage of Brendan; various annals recording historical events; law codes, letters, saints' lives, and penitentials.(p) Meets Humanities I-B requirement S. Hayes-Healy 4 credits
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4.00 Credits
An attempt at understanding the Nazi-led assault on Europe's Jews. Course units include an exploration of origins, both German and European; an analysis of the evolving mechanics of genocide (mobile killing squads, death camps, etc.); comparisons (Germany proper vs. Poland, the Holocaust vs. other instances of state-sponsored mass murder); legal dimensions; and an introduction to the politics of Holocaust remembrance since 1945. Meets Humanities I-B requirement J. King 4 credits
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4.00 Credits
This class uses popular music, dance, fiction, film, street art, bus slogans, newspapers, and other sources to document African interpretations of the decades since "flag independence"in 1960.We will let African musicians, writers, filmmakers, and artists direct our investigation of the big questions of the class: Why is the gap between rich and poor in African societies increasing What is happening to gender relations What do African people think of their political leaders and how do they imagine political situations might improve Meets multicultural requirement; meets Humanities I-B requirement H. Hanson 4 credits
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3.00 Credits
A study of theWestern Church from Late Antiquity to the High Middle Ages, focusing on changing beliefs and how ideals are manifest in institutions subject to secular forces. Topics: persecution and martyrdom, the imperial church, the rise of monasticism, sacral kingship, the symbiosis of church and state, heretics and witches, sexuality and the sacred - the peculiar "Medieval Vision" of reality. Meets Humanities I-B requirement C. Straw Prereq. soph, jr, sr; some preparation in history or religion suggested; 4 credits
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4.00 Credits
The long nineteenth century, from the French to the Bolshevik Revolution, was the period from which modern Europe emerged. New political philosophies, socio-cultural changes, rising imperialism, and increasing competition for territories, compelled Europe to develop. Rapid scientific change also contributing to widespread economic and demographic changes, which in turn drove the increased political participation of ordinary Europeans. The map of Europe was drastically altered by four major revolutionary upheavals, which we will examine as we explore how political change was interconnected to industrial, scientific, economic, and social change across Europe as the modern age was begun. Meets Humanities I-B requirement The department 4 credits
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