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3.00 Credits
Explores the rise of African nationalism since the 1940s, and the course of Africa's regaining of independence. Pays specific attention to the leading personalities in the struggle for independence and their nationalist philosophies. The political, economic and cultural challenges of African nationalism today such as disunity and conflicts, and the poor state of the economy and education, will also be examined.
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3.00 Credits
Thematic rather than a chronological study of Africa and the world in the 20th Century. Focuses on select global themes such as Pan-Africanism, communism, the Cold War and the United Nations organization, and explores how they have variously influenced the course of African history.
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3.00 Credits
Explores the history of the region from the rise of Islam to the eighteenth century. Emphasizes the social and cultural background and circumstances of the rise of Islam; the formation and development of the early caliphate; the rise of Islamic successor states; the age of Ottoman and Safavid "gunpowder" empires; forms of cultural expression, such as art and literature; the role of women and ethnic and religious minorities, and the integration of the Middle East into an emerging world system.
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3.00 Credits
Compares French colonialism in a variety of contexts, such as Haiti, Algeria and Vietnam. Examines the perspective of the colonizers and the colonized, and will bring together works of colonial theory, history, literature, and film. Explores the economic, cultural, political, and social aspects of colonialism French-style, from the eighteenth century to the present.
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3.00 Credits
Examines encounters between people from different cultures in the early modern period (Approximately 1500-1800). Students will read travel and captivity narratives, along with scholarly analyses of travel and of intercultural contact. Focuses on how cultural differences were regarded and managed by different peoples and different states.
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3.00 Credits
What was it like to be both a woman and a member of a minority group, in the diverse locales where Jews have lived? Examines the experiences of Jews in various parts of the world by focusing on the lives of women, using several historical case studies. Also covers important themes and changes affecting Jewish history, such as religious tradition, emancipation, assimilation, anti- Semitism, immigration, Zionism, the Holocaust and feminism.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the history of women and gender in the region from the rise of Islam to the present. Emphasizes historiographical approaches; the roles of women in early Islamic societies and later empires; issues concerning class, ethnicity, and religion; work, marriage and family; colonialism, nationalism, and modernity; and women's participation in twentieth-century social and political movements. May not be taken for credit by students who have received credit for HIST 300F. Meets major requirements in women's history.
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3.00 Credits
Explores the history of the region from the eighteenth century to the present. Begins with the question of imperial decline and investigates the cultural and political responses of Middle Eastern societies to the challenges of European colonialism and imperialism; the emergence of nationalism and nation-state building; and modern social, political, intellectual, and religious movements. Emphasis on the historical background and development of contemporary issues, such as revolution, Islamism, women's rights, and globalization.
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on the creation and development of the United Nations as an international actor since 1945. Includes: UN as successor to League of Nations; creation of UN and UN system; development of UN missions (e.g., peacekeeping, human rights); the international Cold War; international politics of decolonization and the Non-Aligned movement. Provides a critical examination of analysis of the claims and behavior of the UN over time.
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3.00 Credits
War has been one of the greatest agents of change in world history, and it has shaped irrevocably the world in which we live. This course explores modern war and the idea of war since the late 18th Century and focuses on the transition in the 20th Century to the realities of both "total" wars and "worldwars; considers the role of war in modern state-building, in social movements and institutions, and in intellectual and artistic expression. An important aspect involves a consideration of the intellectual, philosophical and cultural history of war, including the development of the ethics of war in an international context. This is not a course in military history.
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