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3.00 Credits
What is the relationship between democracy and freedom? Democracy and justice? What does "government by the people" actually mean, and how have people imagined this differently across time? This seminar uses political theory, history, fiction and film to examine how democracy and democratic politics can enable ( or undermine) human well being. This course is limited to first-year students only, any others will be removed from this course.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the history and culture of Judaism during the Second Temple period which produced such great religious leaders as Jesus and Hillel. Topics include: Canonization, Colonization, Diaspora, Economic and Political Instability, Eschatology, Hellenization, Imperialism, Messianism, Pharisees, Priesthood, Sadducees, Scribes, Scriptures, Sectarianism, Synagogue and Temple worship.
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3.00 Credits
Can we learn history by analyzing movies? Using documentary and feature films from Asian film culture's beginnings, we view 19-20th century Chinese, Japanese, and Korean history. Collective in-class film viewing, discussion and reading required.
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3.00 Credits
Survey of the history of Europe from the end of World War II to 1989. The course focuses on the impact of the war on European societies as well as on decolonization, European unification, economic reconstruction and immigration and the rise and fall of communism in Eastern Europe.
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3.00 Credits
A synthetic overview of the emergence of Latin American culture and society beginning with the 16th century encounters and continuing through independence in the 19th century. Discovery, conquest, slavery, family life, religious beliefs, and urban and rural communities are explored through chronicles, visual images, music, and maps.
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3.00 Credits
Survey begins with early human settlement, African-European encounters, and the creation of a slave-based colonial society. Exploring African state formation and British colonial expansion focuses on wars of conquest. The 19C mineral revolution stimulated industrial development. Examines the origins of apartheid, resistance, and liberation and, the challenges of post-apartheid nation-building.
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3.00 Credits
Survey of American women's history examines the lives of black, Asian American, Chicana, native American, and white women, and traces changes in women's legal, political, and economic status from the Civil War to the present. Topics include suffrage, anti-lynching, welfare, birth control, and the modern civil rights and feminist movements.
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3.00 Credits
Survey of the Civil War era from 1848 to 1876. Topics include the causes of the war; the mobilization of Northern and Southern armies; race, slavery and emancipation; Reconstruction; the Civil War in contemporary popular culture and memory; and the global dimensions of the war and its aftermath.
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3.00 Credits
Intensive writing course examines the modern history of Iraq from 1914 to the present. Topics include the nation-making project in international contexts, sectarian vs. secular interpretations of Iraqi policies, the relationship of militarism and democracy, media and modern war, and the social, economic, and political crossroads of Iraq's precarious present and immediate future.
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3.00 Credits
An overview of the American Revolution from its beginning as a colonial protest to its transformation into a movement seeking independence from Britain. Also examines differences over the meaning and legacy of the Revolution in the new Republic, with consideration of its significance for the Atlantic World as well.
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