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3.00 Credits
Three of the last nations or colonies in the West to abolish slavery, America (1865), Cuba (1886), and Brazil (1888) each hold a unique and problematic relationship to the idea of freedom. This course explores how emancipation was achieved, how freedom became redefined legally and socially in the aftermath of emancipation, what the limits were to this newfound freedom, as well as how the different experiences of emancipation shaped legacies of class and racial divisions in each country. * Prerequisites: None
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the society and culture of Sephardi Jews in the Ottoman Empire between the turn of the 16th and the early 20th century. It engages questions of ethnicity and empire, popular religion and secularization, and multilingualism.
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3.00 Credits
Explores the role of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and mid-twentieth century reform movements in transforming American politics, economy, and culture since the late 1960’s.
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This course explores the explosion of creativity that brought Russian literature and the arts to the forefront of European culture at the time when Dostoevsky wrote his greatest novels.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores political and economical debates about commerce, debt, inequality, and international competition in 18th century Europe. We will adopt an interdisciplinary approach to the study of a diverse group of primary sources. Dean's Teaching Fellowship Course.
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3.00 Credits
Using travelogues as well as scholarly texts and novels, this course explores early modern Istanbul, a vibrant multi-religious city at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, and the capital of the Ottoman Empire.
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3.00 Credits
Chinese classical philosophy, Confuciansim, and Daoism. Cross-listed with East Asian Studies
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3.00 Credits
A seminar on Spain, Portugal, and Ibero-America, c. 1650-1830, situated in the wider Atlantic/European context. Topics include: Enlightenment; Warfare; Absolutism; Resistance and Revolution; and Transitions from Empire .
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3.00 Credits
Course is organized as an upper division seminar for students with interest in history, art history, and museum studies, focuses on the art collections of wealthy Americans during the fabled Gilded Age, ca. 1880 - ca. 1920. Topics to be discussed include the motives, both personal and patriotic, underlying the formation of these collections, the ideas and circumstances that contributed to the creation of municipal museums such as New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the relationship between these collections, both private and public, and America’s national identity. Cross-listed with Museums and Society
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3.00 Credits
This course covers Russian history, literature, and the arts 1890-1950. It is writing intensive. Students will develop a theme, keep journals on the readings, and make one oral presentation.
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