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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Examines the American experience in Vietnam within the context of both U.S. and international history. The chronological scope extends from the end of the Second World War to the collapse of the South Vietnamese government in 1975. Topics include the U.S. involvement in the French Indochina War, the commitment of military forces in defense of South Vietnam, the character of the anti-war movement, the consequences of the Tet Offensive, and the impact of war upon American society. Although the American experience receives primary emphasis, the seminar also considers the role of Vietnamese nationalist and revolutionary movements.
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This seminar examines the American military experience within the context of both United States and international history. The chronological scope extends from the from the colonial period (French and Indian Wars) to the present day (Afghanistan and Iraq) with an emphasis on the period from World War I to the present. Topics include major problems encountered, solutions sought by the US military, and the impact of the war upon society. Although the American experience receives primary emphasis, the seminar also considers the role of Allies and chief enemies in shaping the American military experience.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course covers the history of African-American families. It traces the development of family life, meanings, values, and institutions from the period of slavery up to recent times. The course engages long-standing and current debates about black families in the scholarship across disciplines and in the society at large. The course will look at the diversity of black family arrangements and the way these have changed over time and adapted to internal and external challenges and demands. It will also situate the history of black families within a broader cross-cultural context.
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An exploration of the complex relationship between the making of brain science and the human experiences of brain damaged people. Topics include iconic cases of brain damage like the railway worker Phineas Gage who survived an iron rod perforating his brain, the emergence and historical function of neurological case histories, the study of brain-damaged soldiers in WWI, the 'neurological novels' of Alexander Luria, and the popular writings of Oliver Sacks.
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A colloquium to introduce the beginning graduate student to the great traditions in historical writing, a variety of techniques and analytical tools recently developed by historians, and the nature of history as a profession.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This seminar offers a history of global interactions roughly since the 1850s, combining an analytical framework with an overarching narrative. It singles out geopolitics, political economy, empire, networks and exchange, warfare and welfare, and oil. Key themes include the Anglo-German antagonism, the U.S.-Japan clash, the rise and fall of global communism, the German story and the European Union, the fall and rise of China, and America's global predominance and partnerships.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course begins with the origins and consolidation of the Aztec, Inca and Iberian polities and ends with the severance of colonial ties. It combines an overview of the political economy of the region over three centuries with a study of how social groups interacted among themselves and with imperial rule over time through accommodation and conflict. We pay special attention to comparisons and contrasts -- centers and frontiers of settlement, urban and rural life, indigenous and African populations, religion and transgression, Portuguese and Spanish models of rule -- and to long-term processes and implications of environmental change.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Course examines interactions between states and citizens since Latin American independence with an additional consideration of the region's integration into global economic and political systems.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
The course examines the processes of environmental change and the causes and effects of change. Class readings expose participants to different models and approaches to the study of environmental change. The class readings draw from different historical periods and different parts of the world, including Europe, Africa, the Americas, and Asia. The course critically assesses the paradigms and models underlying the analysis and description of environmental change and explores alternative ways of understanding and narrating environmental change.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Seminar highlights the major approaches to and debates about Africa's rich and complicated history with a focus on the impact of the Atlantic slave trade. Topics include the nature of African societies before the era of the Atlantic slave trade; the shifting of Africa's political and economic center of gravity from the interior to the coastal regions; and the demographic, social, and political impact of the slave trade on the Atlantic world including the underdevelopment of Africa and slave resistance in the Americas.
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