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3.00 Credits
Seminar exploring the life and work of Hannah Arendt, who remains one of the most controversial and important political thinkers of the 20th century. Examines how her personal experience as a Jewish ?igré extended to an exploration of identity, to a critique of contemporary culture and politics, andto a revived sense of politics that emphasizes human distinctiveness rather than anonymous group processes. Same as JST 445. Hammer
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3.00 Credits
Independent study directed by the Government staff. Permission of chairperson.
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3.00 Credits
Ancient Greece from the Bronze Age to the death of Alexander the Great in the Mediterranean and Near Eastern context. Students are also introduced to the problems and methods of historical inquiry. Same as CLS 113. Castor
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3.00 Credits
The transformation from the Republic to Principate, and the collapse of the empire are explored. Students are also introduced to the problems and methods of historical inquiry. Same as CLS 114. Castor
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3.00 Credits
First-year seminar emphasizing topics in African American history and changes over the past 400 years and examining for comparative purposes, the experiences of Jewish immigrants to the U.S. of the late 19th, early 20th centuries. Readings in primary and secondary sources, and historical, sociological, and psychological perspectives to bear on the issues of race and ethnicity in America. Stameshkin
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3.00 Credits
Exploration of the experiences of European men and women in the First and Second World Wars. Through literature, film, propaganda, and other primary sources, the course examines the shifts in masculine and feminine identities occasioned by total war. Mitchell
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3.00 Credits
The history of western Europe from the decline of the Roman Empire to the beginning of the 16th century. Emphasizes traditional themes such as monasticism, the development of feudal relations, and the conflict between church and state as well as other topics, including popular religion, the impact of disease, and the life of the peasantry. McRee
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3.00 Credits
First semester traces the development of Renaissance ideas and political institutions, followed by a consideration of the religious and social changes in western Europe down to 1648. Topics explored include Renaissance humanism, the growth of monarchical power, and the Protestant Reformation. Second semester focuses on the period of French predominance and the causes and results of the French Revolution, and ends with a consideration of the Era of Napoleon. McRee
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3.00 Credits
First semester covers the development of centralized states, the Enlightenment, the-French and Industrial revolutions-on European society, nationalism, Liberalism, socialism, the emergence of gendered spheres, modern racism, and the dynamics of imperial conquest. Second semester covers the decline of the liberal synthesis female emancipation, communism, fascism, the two world wars, the Holocaust, decolonization, the Cold War, 1968, and Europe since 1989. Mitchell, Schrader, Staff
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3.00 Credits
First semester examines Russian history from Muscovite period through early 20th century, emphasizing interaction of state and society, and how social, political, economic, and cultural events influenced tsarist policies, imperial expansion, and efforts to reform and revolutionize Russian life. Second semester covers major historical developments in Russia and the Soviet Union from revolutionary era of 1905 to the present. Traces evolution of new political, social, and cultural identities, and re-formulation and dismantling of old ones during the Soviet era and beyond. Schrader
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