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3.00 Credits
Staff This course introduces students to the exciting and vibrant world of Latin America. Many of the current problems of that region stem from its history; but in studying how its past has yielded its present, students rely not only on the works of contemporary historians, but also on the words of Latin Americans throughout the centuries. Students must come to the course prepared to grapple with specific texts by a wide range of authors, as well as to make connections and consider varying theoretical perspectives.
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3.00 Credits
A. Cooper In 1099, a crusading army sacked Jerusalem, killing Muslims, Jews, and Christians alike. This act of savagery earned the crusade fame in Christian Europe and infamy in the Islamic world, prompting a crusade movement in the West and a military reaction in the East. The forces stirred up by these events also led Western Europe toward the conquest of Spain, Eastern Europe, Greece, and eventually the Americas and beyond. In this course, students study the causes, progress, and results of the Crusades themselves, as well as the new colonial societies that developed in their wake. Students focus on the transformation of four cultures: western Christendom, Judaism, Byzantium, and Islam.
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3.00 Credits
J. Harsin A survey of the political, social, and military history of France from the death of Louis XIV to the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo. There is particular emphasis on court society and absolutism, the transformation of politics and the economy through revolution and war, the meaning of the Reign of Terror, royalist counterrevolution, and the rise and fall of Napoleon. Not open to students who have taken HIST 333. CLAS 236, Greek History (EU); or CLAS 237, Roman History (EU); or CLAS 238, An Integrated History of Greece and Rome (EU) may be taken for history major credit.
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3.00 Credits
Staff In 1485, Henry Tudor became king of England. A relatively second-rate power in Europe, this kingdom had been torn apart by dynastic struggles and civil war for the past several decades. By 1714, when the last of the Stuart monarchs died, everything had changed. England was now part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, which included Scotland, and whose king also ruled over the neighboring island of Ireland. The medieval feudal kingship had been replaced by a well-established parliamentary monarchy, with many stops along the way. Britain was now a world power, at the center of a far-flung empire, and competing with France for dominance in Europe and beyond. This course will explore precisely how these truly monumental changes came about, taking a close look at British history over the long 16th and 17th centuries from a number of different perspectives: political, religious, social, cultural, commercial, and intellectual.
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3.00 Credits
R. Douglas, J. Harsin This course studies the development of Great Britain from the Revolution of 1688 to 1945: political evolution, thought, and culture; industrial revolution and social change; and the problem of Ireland, foreign policy, and issues of the early 20th century. Not open to students who have taken HIST 342.
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0.25 Credits
Study Group Director This 0.25 credit course is required of and limited to participants in the London History Study Group and is taken the semester before departure. The course prepares student to undertake their research in the archives of London.
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3.00 Credits
N. Khan The Ottoman Empire lasted in some form for over six centuries and was one of the last multi-ethnic empires in world history. Among the modern-day states that were once part of the empire are Iraq, Israel, Syria, Egypt, Lebanon, Libya, Greece, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia. This course examines the social, political, and economic life of the Ottoman state from its beginnings among nomadic tribesmen to the fall of the "Grand Turk" in World War I. Issues addressed include the organization of structures of control over such a large and heterogeneous population and the maintenance of a relatively high level of integration in society over time. The factors that led to the disintegration of this empire, including nationalism and colonialism, are examined.
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3.00 Credits
N. Khan A beginning course for continued study of the Middle East region, and a nuts-and-bolts primer on understanding the background for current events. Students learn the political, geographical, and social/ethnic borders that divide the region and the distribution of languages and faiths across it. The historical content of the course is a survey of the past four centuries, with emphasis on the past two. No prior knowledge of the Middle East is assumed; thus, readings are fairly demanding.
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3.00 Credits
R. Douglas Few Western European countries have had as turbulent a recent history as Ireland, nor one whose legacy remains as persistent. This course focuses on Ireland's evolution from Britain's oldest colony to a self-governing state, culminating in her current situation as a divided nation whose acute internal tensions sit uneasily within a broader framework of European unity. Although the independence struggle and Anglo-Irish relations in general feature prominently, the course goes beyond the "national question" to examine such issues as the growth of Irish culture, images of Irishness at home and abroad, developments in social and economic history, and the complex roots of the conflict in Northern Ireland. Not open to students who have ta ken HIST 36
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3.00 Credits
D. Robinson This course examines the formation of modern East Asia, with particular focus on China, Japan, and Korea. The course explores the changing role of empire and nation, indigenous reevaluations of tradition, and finally the shifting political, economic, and military relations among China, Japan, and Korea. The course concludes with a look at East Asia's evolving place in the world as a whole.
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