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3.00 Credits
This course will introduce students to the history of East Asia from 1600 to its most recent developments. Topics covered include the developments and problems of traditional East Asian political systems and societies, the causes and consequences of clashes with the West as well as among East Asian nations, popular protests, important social, cultural, intellectual movements and domestic reforms, various forms of nationalism, major revolutions, modernization programs and political, social, economic and cultural transformations, the prospect of democracy and civil society, and the rebalance of world powers and its impacts on East Asia.
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3.00 Credits
See course description for PSC 407.
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3.00 Credits
Beginning in Late Antiquity, this course follows the emergence of Islam as a religion and its influence on cultural practice; the formation of the first Islamic dynasties; the articulation of an Arab-Islamic high literary culture and the evolving role of women in Islam. The course will examine the complex relationships between different Middle Eastern ethnic and religious groups and conclude with an investigation of the impact of the Crusades.
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3.00 Credits
This course traces the formation of the three great Islamic empires of the early modern era: the Ottoman Empire in the Middle East and Europe, the Safavid in Iran, and the Mughal in India. The political culture of each empire was shaped by the use of gunpowder, and all shared a common court culture based on the Persian language. Ottoman expansion in the Arab Middle East: the relationship between the Islamic-Turkic elite of each empire and their non-Muslim, primarily, Christian and Hindu subjects; and the reproductive politics of the imperial harem will be among the issues addressed.
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3.00 Credits
The last two hundred years have been a period of profound and often troubling change for the people of the Middle East. In this period, modern technology, rapid forms of travel and communication and new ideas and concepts challenged for many the certainties of religion, family, gender, and class. A fundamental feature of these two centuries has been the growing role of Europe and Europeans in the lives of the inhabitants of the Middle East. Imperialism, colonialism and nationalism set in motion a series of events that transformed the region from a place where two great empires, the Ottoman and Qajar held sway, into a dozen independent states like Turkey, Egypt, Israel, Syria, Iraq, Jordan and Iran. This course uses the words, art, literature and thought of local people to understand the way these changes interacted with the intellectual, social and cultural dimensions of Middle Eastern life.
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3.00 Credits
Africa has often been described by Westerners as a continent cut off from the rest of the world. In this history of Africa prior to European colonization, we will challenge the perception of Africa as an isolated continent, by exploring its varied interactions with the world around it. During this course, we will evaluate Africa’s role in world trading systems and its engagement with the world religions of Islam and Christianity. In so doing, we will focus our attention on the multiple dynamic systems of trade, government, and religion that existed within Africa. We will attempt to understand the interaction between Africa and the world, not only through the eyes of the outsiders who arrived, but especially through the eyes of the Africans who hosted them. We will also learn about Africans’ changing interactions with one another inside the continent during this new era of extraversion.
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3.00 Credits
1870 marks the beginnings of the West’s systematic dominance of sub-Saharan Africa through colonization. The colonial encounter transformed both Africa and the West, as Africans fought to survive under a foreign administration, and Europeans struggled to uphold their hegemony and explain Africa to their compatriots “back home.” Aswe familiarize ourselves with portions of Africa’s history of late-19th century to the present, we will remain conscious of the ways in which Africa has been portrayed in the West throughout the years. We will also seek out the ways in which Africans and people of African descent portrayed themselves. In so doing, we will pay particular attention to the post World War II ideologies that surfaced throughout Africa and its Diaspora and the political, cultural and philosophical writings that emerged in conjunction with nationalist movements.
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3.00 Credits
Looks at “wars on drugs” as well as the many “drug wars” that afinanced and promoted by commerce in drugs. After a survey of historical antecedents, we will look at the connections between heroin and cocaine cultivation, production and commerce, and modern warfare. Most importantly, we will examine the victims of drug wars, who are usually overlooked, the populations of drug producing regions.
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1.00 - 6.00 Credits
A student who wishes to pursue an independent study project for academic credit must submit, prior to registration, a proposed plan of study that includes the topic to be studied and goal to be achieved, the methodology to be followed, schedule of supervision, end product, evaluation procedure and number of credits sought. The proposal must be approved by the supervising faculty member, the department chair and the dean of arts and sciences. It will be kept on file in the dean of arts and sciences’ office.
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3.00 Credits
This course studies the roles and experiences of women in American history, society and culture, including women’s roles in the family, work, education, health, religion, political reform and social change. Not open to students who have taken HST 353 or WMS 353. Fulfills ENG/HST senior core requirements.
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