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Major developments in Jewish history from the early modern period to today. The Kehillah, the Spanish-Jewish Diaspora, the rise of Polish Jewry, the Safed Kabbalah, Sabbatianism, the emergence of the Chassidut, the Haskalah (Jewish Enlightenment), Emancipation and the nation state, Reform Judaism, economic modernization, racial antisemitism, Zionism, the Holocaust, the State of Israel, flourishing Jewish pluralism in the United States, the future: nation and Diaspora?
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An examination, emphasizing cultural and political trends, of the turning points that have shattered political unity (two world wars, economic depression, protest movements, the Cold War and ethnic strife), as well as forces for unification (modernist literature, film and music, political ideologies, the Common Market, and post-1989 revival). Instructor: Koonz
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The impact of World War I on German morale, the emergence of an exciting avant garde culture in Berlin, the establishment of a multiparty parliamentary government, women's emancipation, and economic crisis in the hyperinflation of 1922 and the Great Depression. Against this progressive background, Hitler's mobilization of masses of followers, seizure of power, and establishment of the first racial society. The killing fields and concentration camps on the Eastern Front. Instructor: Koonz
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Interdisciplinary introduction to the peoples, cultures, and burning issues of contemporary Latin America and the Caribbean. Required course for students seeking the certificate in Latin American Studies. Instructor: French, Olcott, or staff
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Comparative and connective research and analysis in the social sciences and the humanities: strengths and weaknesses of cross-cultural comparison as developed by sociologists, historians, political scientists, anthropologists, and specialists in comparative literature and religion. Not open to students who have taken Religion 121. Instructor: Litle
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The interplay of social, economic, and political developments in Central Europe from the eve of the Reformation to the end of the Thirty Years' War, with particular attention to the links between religion, gender, and the social order. Instructors: Heuscheland, Neuschel, and Robisheaux
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Surveys the rise of civilization and kingdoms on the Indian subcontinent from the first urban centers of the Indus Valley through the establishment of the Mughal Empire in the 16th century. Uses literary, archeological, linguistic, ethnological, and inscriptional evidence on the diversity of Indic peoples and their complex social, religious, and caste integration into the major states and empires of premodern India; considers wider civilizational networks and extensions of the Indian cultural sphere into other parts of Asia; integrates a historical and anthropological perspective on various primary materials. Instructor: Freeman
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South Asian history from the rebellion of 1857 to independence and partition in 1947. Topics include the impact of colonial rule on the economy; politics and social formation of the subcontinent; the rise of nationalism; religion and politics; and the position of women. Rights for religious minorities, women, and lower caste people and the ethical/moral basis for new nations. Instructor: Kaiwar
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Explores history of domestic and foreign policy in the United States from end of World War II to present. Illuminate how past decisions have helped to shape today¿s policy environment. Cases studies on issues such as health, civil rights, the environment, taxation, foreign aid, and military force; identify what has worked and not worked in policy making. Weekly documentary film series and student-led discussion groups focused on differing interpretations of the nation's recent past. Instructor: Korstad, Peck, Kuniholm
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Readings in cultural history and literature to examine transformations in Turkish identity from the Ottoman era to EU accession. Discussion of the "gazi thesis", the "sultanate of women", religious tolerance (millets), conversion, modernity and nationalism. Secondary topics include Sufism, Islam, gender, and historiography. Interdisciplinary focus. Taught in English. Instructor: Goknar
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