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4.00 Credits
The course examines the rise of nationalism as a conception of 'imagined community.' and is linked with political, economic, and social changes that took place in Europe beginning with seventeenth century. The course goes on to consider the impact these ideas would have, not just in Europe and North America, but in the non-Western world as well.
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Examination of the main trends, events, and problems in 19th and 20th century China. Topics of study include the intrusion of the West, rebellions and revolutions, gender issues, popular culture, and environmental problems.
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4.00 Credits
Examination of the social, cultural, and political developments of premodern Japan. Topics of study include literature and the arts in the Nara and Heian periods; the age of the Samurai; religions, including Shinto and Zen Buddhism; and popular culture.
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4.00 Credits
Examination of the main events, trends, and problems in 19th and 20th century Japan. Topics of study include the "opening" to the West, the social costs of modernization, the Pacific war, post-war economic recovery and social change, and Japan's current international status.
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Course seeks to understand the historical transformations across time and to compare the manifestations across cultures of the popular, but elusive figure of the pirate. We will attempt to understand how these figures may have thought of themselves, how they were so labeled by land-based authorities, and how their histories were appropriated and romanticized for ideological ends. This course fulfills an Engaged Citizenship Common Experience requirement at UIS in the areas of Global Awareness or ECCE Elective.
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4.00 Credits
Special topics covering diverse geographic areas in the Pre-modern period (ca. 3300 BCE - 1500 CE). May be repeated if topics vary. Students may register in more than one section per term.
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4.00 Credits
Exploration of the histories of women in China and Japan over the last several centuries, with special attention to their changing roles and status in the 20th century. Course Information: Same as WGS 481.
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4.00 Credits
This course explores the evolution of samurai in historical sources, artistic representations, and ideological constructions. Topics include debates over the origins and meaning of samurai, gender and samurai, premodern and modern romanticization, cultures of warfare and violence, and samurai lordship and the state. Course Information: No previous knowledge of Japan is expected.
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4.00 Credits
This course employs a series of case studies of Japanese animation (anime) to explore the relationships between popular culture narratives and official, public narratives about the past in modern nation states. Topics include explorations of colonialism, environment, ethnicity, gender, modernization, nationalism, race, revolutions, and WWII. Course Information: This course fulfills an Engaged Citizenship Common Experience requirement at UIS in the areas of Global Awareness or ECCE Elective.
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4.00 Credits
Examines the history of childhood through fiction. Emphasis will be primarily on U.S. history. In addition to reading history and literature, students will engage in self-reflexive consideration of childhood with oral histories and personal memories. Course Information: Same as ENG 486, and WGS 486.
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