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4.00 Credits
Assesses aspects of contemporary Japanese civilization and culture from the perspective of historical influences on the philosophies, institutions, and values of modern society and culture.
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4.00 Credits
This is a survey of important trends in the historiography of Africa to 1800. The course focuses on the emergence and evolution of African history; problems and challenges; sources and methods of reconstructing African history; and major debates in the history of Africa. It highlights some of the debates in African history by examining the Bantu migration; ancient African civilizations on the Nile Valley; medieval African kingdoms such as Ghana, Mali and Songhay; Kongo; Ashanti Empire; Great Zimbabwe; and the East African coastal city-states. The Atlantic slave trade is positioned within the historical traditions of African and global history.
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4.00 Credits
Survey of sub-Saharan African civilizations from the demise of the Atlantic slave trade through the periods of European conquest and colonial rule, the nationalist struggle for independence, and postcolonial African states. Includes African perspectives on colonialism and neocolonialism, including social, economic, political, and cultural initiatives toward independence, modernity and an emerging role in global affairs.
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4.00 Credits
A survey of the main themes of the development of religious, cultural, social, and political patterns in central Islamic areas from the seventh century A.D. to the present. Particular emphasis on development and spread of Islam, interactions with the West, and problems of modernization.
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4.00 Credits
Course considers the recent history, 1400 to the present, of the African Diaspora in the global community, with an emphasis on the social and cultural histories of African-descended peoples in the Americas. Students will examine recent scholarship on the African Diaspora and conduct their own research, using oral history interviews, archival materials, and other sources.
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4.00 Credits
Course uses the categories of class and gender to explore three aspects of Chinese history: the cultural construction of gender and sexuality, the issue of modernity, nationalism and revolution, and the problem of building and partially dismantling a socialist state. It will draw upon poetry, memoirs, anthropological works, and products of popular culture as well as standard historical sources.
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4.00 Credits
Examination of the diplomatic history of the period 1870-1945 within the larger framework of European international relations surrounding the first and second world wars; special consideration is devoted to the role of domestic pressures in the formulation of foreign policy and the historical debates about the origins of both world wars.
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4.00 Credits
The focus of this course is Southeast Asia. The course will explore political, social and cultural change in modern Southeast Asia. We will consider anti-colonial resistance, war and its impact on the societies of Southeast Asia, nationalism, decolonization, and contemporary issues ranging from ethnic tensions, separatist movements, religious revival, migration, tourism and terrorism. Students should finish this course with a sense of the major historical events that have helped shape the eleven nations that make up Southeast Asia. That is, Indonesia; Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar/Burma, the Philippines and Timor-Leste.
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4.00 Credits
This course examines the historical roots of the Middle East, from the earliest recorded information about its ancient civilizations to the dawn of the modern era, concluding with Napoleon's conquest of Egypt in 1798. In between, we will learn about the historical and cultural foundations established by the pre-Islamic empires and monotheistic faiths, the coming of Islam and the Islamic conquests, the heights of Middle Eastern civilization, the Crusades and Mongol conquests, the Gunpowder Empires, and the Ottoman Middle East. Although this is an upper-division class, no previous background knowledge of Middle East history is necessary.
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4.00 Credits
This class examines the most important factors that influenced the development of the modern Middle East between the 18th through the 21st centuries. Subjects include colonial empires in the Middle East, the impact of Westernization and modernity, the establishment of nation states, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Iranian revolution, Cold War politics, influence of oil, political Islam and terrorism, America's involvement, and the Middle East post 9/11. Although this is an upper-division class, no previous background knowledge of Middle East history is necessary.
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