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3.00 Credits
An examination of French politics, economics, society, and culture since the Revolution of 1789. Particular attention is focused on the often violent struggle to define the values and ideals that make up French identity, from the political revolutions of the 19th century to the current debates over immigration and social welfare.
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3.00 Credits
This course considers how the French experienced the Second World War and the consequences of those experiences. Topics range from the "strange defeat" of 1940, the rise of both resistance and collaboration, French complicity in the Holocaust, and the various ways the war has been remembered over the years.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of Roman public and private life as revealed by literary and artistic sources. A course in translation.
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3.00 Credits
An exploration of the distinctive and influential features of ancient Greek culture. Focus is on three areas: a detailed exploration of Homer's Iliad with a consideration of oral poetry, archaeology, religion, heroism and the heroic code, Achilles in Vietnam, etc.; Athenian democracy with an exploration of its development--and how it contrasts with modern democracy and the Spartan constitution, position of women, tragedy, comedy, and panhellenism; and philosophy and science with a look at its origins and culmination with Hippocratic medicine and the Aristotelian world-view. A course in translation.
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3.00 Credits
An orientation to British history from prehistory to the present emphasizing aspects of material culture that are still visible and can be visited.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of museum-going in Europe and America as a cultural experience from the Renaissance to the present. Questions include how museums have shaped knowledge about the world, played a role in nationalism, and helped to define the ethnographic other. Examples are drawn from museums housing art, natural history, anthropology, history, and decorative arts collections.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the European crusading movement and how it still impacts the world today. Topics range from stereotypical images of the Crusades-quests, exotic locales, and chivalry-to the darker implications of this medieval undertaking.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the event of the Holocaust by exploring its history and background, its impact on the Jewish community in Europe and worldwide, the responses to the event, and its consequences. The course deals with a variety of disciplinary frameworks, including history, theology, literary studies, and political science.
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55.00 Credits
An exploration of the historical developments on the British Isles from the coming of the Romans through the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Course highlights include the development of Roman Britain, the coming of the Anglo-Saxons, the Viking invasions, the Norman invasions, life in medieval Britain, the British Renaissance and the British Reformations.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the political, economic, social, and religious developments in early modern and modern Britian. The course explores issues such as the Civil Wars, the Glorious Revolution, the Enlightenment, the Industrial Revolution, Victorian Britian, the world wars and Britian's place in the post war world.
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