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Course Criteria
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One unit. How have gender roles changed over the past century and why How have sexuality and sexual identities changed Through comparisons among different countries, religious and ethnic groups, and classes, this course will address how industrialization, imperialism, and war challenged defi nitions of womanhood and manhood and produced shifts in priorities in home, workplace, and political arenas. Topics include: campaigns for equal rights, the cult of domesticity, dueling and male honor codes, prostitution, trench warfare and male bonding, homosexuality, fashion, and feminism. Offered as required.
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One unit. This course offers students the two-fold opportunity to gain a better understanding of the history of the twentieth century and to become cultural critics of the cinema. Beginning with the invention of motion pictures in 1895 to the present, the course will trace the evolution of technology, style and meaning in mass entertainment in Europe, the U.S. and throughout the world. Films will be examined as cultural artifacts of their society, with particular attention to gender, sexuality, class, and ethnic and national identities. Works by major twentieth century directors, including such fi lms as The Blue Angel ( Germany, 1930) and Bicycle Thief ( Italy, 1948), will be critiqued. Students will visit the Museum of the Moving Image and other independent cinema venues in New York City. Offered as required.
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One unit. Beginning with Freud and the invention of the bicycle and the cinema, this course will explore major cultural, economic, and political events and ideas that shaped the twentieth century. Urban culture will be analyzed, with a particular focus on Vienna, Paris, Berlin, and Madrid, and on issues of class, gender, sexuality, and national identity. We will also examine how emigration, "new imperialism" and the tensions leading to World WarI stimulated unprecedented global cultural exchanges. A primary goal of this course (and learning community) will be to understand the ways cultural artifacts (fi lms, novels, paintings, writings) are shaped by historical and political forces. Offered as required.
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One unit. Discussion and analysis of regions, peoples, and problems not covered in the standing courses of the department; content varies in accordance with special interests of faculty and students. The course may be taken more than once, depending upon the topic. Offered as required.
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One unit. This course develops some of the skills important in the study of history and politics such as students' critical analytical and writing abilities and increases their understanding of and ability to conduct historical and social science research. Topics may include evaluating primary sources, logical fallacies, Internet and library research, and citation methods. This is a required course for both history and political science majors. It should be taken in the sophomore year. Offered fall semester.
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One unit. The development of American society from a pre-capitalist colony to the Civil War. Class, race, sex, and ethnic relations provide the framework within which socioeconomic change will be studied. Offered as required.
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One unit. The development of American society from the Civil War to the present. Class, race, sex, and ethnic relations provide the framework within which socioeconomic change will be studied. Offered as required.
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One unit. The construction of a modern sense of national, racial, and ethnic identity resulted from the conquest of three-quarters of the globe by Europe and the U.S. It found expression in poetry and power relations, the literary canon and the military cannon. How did these technological, economic, and cultural exchanges contribute to the exceptional creativity and devastating violence of the twentieth century Why did sexuality and gender roles become part of the marketing of Empire in advertisements, fi lms (like Tarzan) and children's literature Did the "civilizing mission," economic, or politicainterests motivate the U.S. annexation of Hawaii or the British raj in India We also compare and contrast examples of nationalist resistance and its legacy in such cases as Irish rebellion, Gandhi's campaign for non-violence, African independence movements, the partition of the Middle East, and Vietnam. Offered as required.
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One unit. Study of the Nazi movement in Germany and Europe, from the post-World War I era to the Holocaust. Topics will include: Hitler's ideas on race, religion and gender and their appeal; experiences of men and women in the Nazi State; the role of the church and big business; comparisons with Italian Fascism and Vichy France; Nazi persecutions, collaboration, and resistance; the Final Solution and the Jews. We will also analyze recent debates over the representation of this era in fi lm, literature (including the comic book Maus), museum exhibits, and commemorative monuments. The course includes a trip to the National Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. Offered as required.
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One unit. Gandhi, in the history of modern world, stands out as an intriguing personality about whom Albert Einstein once remarked: ?enerations to come.will scarce believe that such a one as this ever in fl esh and blood walked upon the earth" . Asan apostle of non-violence and the champion of anti-colonial movement in South Asia he inspired generations of humans across the world towards the paths of struggles for liberation. Gandhi was essentially a product of modernity and its encounter with the 'other'.Ironically, standing on the shoulders of modernity, he tried to challenge modernity and render its infl uences as illegitimate. The course, while tracing the cultural and intellectual origins of Gandhi, his ideas, mission and struggles, tries to contextualize his relevance to the contemporary world. Offered every two years.
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