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4.00 Credits
An analysis of early modern East Asian contacts with Europe. Among the topics considered are European perceptions of China and Japan, Chinese and Japanese views of Europe, the nature of commercial and diplomatic relations, the adoption of Christianity in East Asia, and how European-East Asian encounters influenced artistic trends.
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A study of major historical, social and cultural issues of Asian history through viewing and analysis of film. Topics include: historical memory and filmic representation; political upheavals and colonial experiences in modern Asia; family and gender issues; and the confrontation between tradition and modernity.
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4.00 Credits
A study of the experience of women in China from 1919 to 1989 focusing on feminist writing and film. Topics addressed include the vernacular language movement, New Literature, individualism, class, women's emancipation, and the relationship between women and society, nation, and revolution.
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4.00 Credits
An examination of the connections between personal and public life in Latin America from pre-colonial times through the present. Religious definitions and redefinitions of gender roles, the family as an economic and political unit in the 18th and 19th centuries, the regulation of prostitution in 19th- and 20th-century cities, changing images of masculinity in 20th-century mass media, and the rise of gay and lesbian political movements in the late 20th century are examples of topics the course contains.
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4.00 Credits
An analysis of the physical conquest of Latin America and an examination of the ensuing blend of Spanish and Indigenous cultures. Topics considered include Spain's assault on the Aztec, Inca, and Maya, Catholic efforts to convert Indigenous peoples, the rise of the Mestizo population, the role of women in the early colonial world, the effect of disease on the Native population, and creation of a "civil society" governed by Spanish crown. Prerequisite: One course in Latin American history, or permission of the instructor
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4.00 Credits
An examination of twentieth-century Latin American dictatorships and the developmental ramifications of authoritarian rule. Subjects considered include dictators and the cult of personality, the search for economic development, leftist political struggles, the position of indigenous groups within Latin America, continuing violence and social problems, the Cold War and U.S. involvement in Latin America, and present-day efforts to come to grips with a totalitarian past or present. Countries addressed may include Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and/or Peru. Prerequisite: One course in Latin American history, or permission of the instructor.
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4.00 Credits
An examination of race and ethnicity in the classical world. Consideration of the strengths and limitations of the conceptual categories of race and ethnicity for the study of ancient Greece and Rome provides the starting point. The study of Greek and Roman conceptualizations of collective, societal differences allows for an informed historical understanding of the continuities and ruptures in the nature and functions of collective identities and "invented traditions" in western civilizations. Recommended: History 260 and History 262.
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4.00 Credits
An examination of speech and writing as media of communication in ancient Greece, from the time of Homer into the fourth century BC. The course focuses on the development of writing in the Greek world and the effect of this development on Greek culture and society. Among the topics studied are the oral performance of poetry, the function of writing in the Athenian democracy, and the importance of rhetoric for the intellectual life of the classical period. Recommended: History 260.
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4.00 Credits
An investigation of responses to disease in different historical periods, with an emphasis on Europe and the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries. The social and cultural influences on medicine and public health are a recurring theme. Among the topics explored are the definition of health and illness, epidemic and endemic diseases, the rise of professional and scientific medicine, therapeutics and theories of disease causation, public health and the individual, and the significance of class, gender, and race as factors shaping the experience of disease. Prerequisite: Sophomore status or above.
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4.00 Credits
Liaisons: History Chair and Director of Special Collections Inventorying, scanning, cataloging and indexing papers, letters, documents and artifacts in Special Collections under the supervision of the Library staff. Creating web sites for these collections is an important part of the intern's responsibilities. Interns also work on the College's Ida Tarbell Web Site and participate in the preservation of materials in that collection. Prerequisites: Permission of the History Department Chair and the Director of Special Collections.
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