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Ivan the Terrible murdered his heir, and left Russia to face economic collapse and mass hunger without a stable government. Then things got really bad. Did Boris Godunov murder Tsarevich Dmitri? Was the First False Dmitri for real? Only Pushkin knew for sure, but it took Modest Musorgsky to wrap it up in the greatest Russian opera of all time. This course will explore the relationships between history, art and national identity in Russia. (Writing-intensive.) (Same as Russian Studies 100.) Maximum enrollment, 20. Shoshana Keller.
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Survey of the development of the world economy from the 15th to the 19th centuries, with emphasis on the interrelations of Western Europe, Africa and the Americas. Stress on basic skills in the study of history. (Writing-intensive.) Maximum enrollment, 20. Paquette.
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A survey of European exploration, imperial expansion and post-colonial society. Examines European debates over the principles and objectives of imperialism in the Americas, the Pacific and Africa. Illuminates changing views toward culture, economics, race, gender and nationality. Stress upon basic skills in the interpretation of historical texts and writing. (Writing-intensive.) Maximum enrollment, 20. Grant.
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A survey of European history in a global context since the Napoleonic period. Focuses on political, social, economic and cultural developments. Stress on basic skills in the study of history. (Writing-intensive.) Maximum enrollment, 20. A Kelly.
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The course explores Indian Buddhism by studying essential beliefs, doctrines, institutions, and popular practices. The origins and establishment of Buddhism in ancient India, traditional interpretations of the Buddha's teachings (Dharma), growth and development of the Buddhist community (Sangha), Buddhist practices and transmission in different areas of South Asia, and the revival of Buddhism are among the topics. Participants engage with analysis and discussion of readings from secondary textbooks as well as original literary, epigraphic, and archaeological sources. (Writing-intensive.) (Same as Religious Studies 144.) Maximum enrollment, 20. Abhishek Amar.
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A survey of the origins and development of the Christian religion in its social, political, and cultural contexts from the first century CE to the eve of the Protestant Reformation. Special consideration will be given to questions of orthodoxy versus heresy, the cult of saints, and the impact of Christian theology on the construction of class, gender, and identity in medieval Europe. Stress on basic skills in the study of history. (Writing-intensive.) Maximum enrollment, 20. Eldevik.
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Native American history involves a recognition of the presence of Indians in the early landscape, the significance of their presence and their agency in historic events. This course will address these themes through a survey of the field of North American Indian history from first contact with Europeans until the end of the Civil War. Our goals are to expose students to the best literature in the field, raise questions about Indian experiences based on regional and chronological criteria, considering in particular the interaction of Native history and a more traditional American history. (Writing-intensive.) Maximum enrollment, 20. John Ragosta.
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People in the past explained differences in skin color and reproductive anatomy in ways that seem strange to us today. Yet our ideas that race and sex are biological and fixed at birth are equally strange - they are modern concepts deeply connected to colonialism, slavery, and the Enlightenment. This course examines how scientific ideas about immutable race and sex became dominant in "the West." Students analyze primary sources from the classical to the modern eras written by explorers, natural and moral philosophers, botanists, social Darwinists, and birth control proponents. (Writing-intensive.) Stress on basic skills in the study of history. Maximum enrollment, 20. Rebecca Tally.
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An interdisciplinary exploration of Asian cultures through cities in China, India and Japan from early times to the 20th century. Examines the history and geography of greater Asia; its diverse peoples and their philosophical and literary traditions; their religious and commercial practices; and their art. (Writing-intensive.) (Same as Asian Studies 180.) Maximum enrollment, 20. Trivedi and Ziomek.
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The course will explore the civilization of the High and Late Middle Ages, from the Crusades to the Black Death and the Age of Exploration, with a particular focus on the growth of the commercial economy, the development of royal states and the papal monarchy, and the cultural impact of expanding contacts between western Europe and the wider Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds. Readings will draw from a wide range of sources, from philosophical treatises, to travelogues, to mystical vision literature and vernacular poetry. Eldevik.
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