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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. The history of disease is a history of massive population change, cultural shocks, and globalization. Aims to grasp the complex and reciprocal relationship between society and disease. Analyzes how cultures, states, and individuals shape the spread of contagious disease, and how disease affects societies.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): none. Introduces the history of witchcraft beliefs and witchhunting in colonial America. Explores witchcraft in its many dimensions: religious, cultural, psychological, political, legal, social, and economic. Students read original documents and study recent scholarly interpretations of early American events and attitudes.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Interdisciplinary study of contemporary and historic Native American efforts to resist colonialism, with a strong emphasis on land matters, identity issues, and religious forms. Promotes critical reflection on historic and contemporary culture and politics. Cross-listed with RLST 024.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): none. Examines North American Indian history from 1491 through Handsome Lake's Revitalization Movement, highlighting the experiences of selected Native groups during the colonial era. Special attention is given to the importance of Native American perspectives of historical issues and events.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): none. Examines North American Indian history during the nineteenth century from Jefferson's administration to McKinley's administration.Explores government policies, native agency, and the interface of multiple cultures. Emphasizes Native American historical interpretations.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): none. Examines North American Indian history during the twentieth century and early twenty-first century. Topics include allotment, the Indian New Deal, World War II, termination, self-determination, and tribal sovereignty. Students read original documents, study new interpretations, and learn about contemporary Native people.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Examination of the Maya of Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras from the rise of civilization to the present day. Topics to be discussed include the nature of Maya civilization; the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic Maya; the Spanish conquest; the Maya under Spanish colonialism; the impact of liberal policies in the nineteenth century; revolution and repression in the twentieth century. Videos and slides used to illustrate important themes and concepts.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Considers some of the different ways the Chinese regarded-and still regard-gods, ghosts, and ancestors. Nearly all the readings are primary sources spanning almost four thousand years of Chinese history and include texts on oracle bones, philosophical arguments for and against the existence of spirits, tomb contracts for the dead, a sutra promoting the goddess Guanyin as Giver of Sons, ghost stories, and eyewitness accounts of funeral rituals. Cross-listed with RLST 044.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; consultation, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): none. An introduction to regional histories and cultures of Asia. E. Premodern China and Japan; F. Contemporary China; G. India in the Western Imagination. Cross-listed with AST 045 (E-Z).
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Introduces major themes and events in Southeast Asian history, beginning with pre-history and ending with contemporary events in the region. Aims to develop basic historical approaches to understanding contemporary trends, such as the spread of world religions, regional differences and connections, trading patterns, cultural forms, and historically important sites.
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