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1.00 - 9.00 Credits
(Not offered 2008-09.) 1 unit.
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1.00 - 9.00 Credits
Intellectual history in its cultural context from Augustine to Thomas Kempis. Philosophical, theological and historiographical texts. (Not offered 2008-09.) 1 unit.
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1.00 - 9.00 Credits
An examination of the relationships, both similarities and differences, of history and literature. Using selected theoretical texts from Aristotle to the present, traditional narrative historical texts, experimental histories, fictions based on imagined thoughts and actions of historical figures, and comparisons of historical/biographical texts and historical novels, the course explores the different and/or similar purposes and functions of historical writing and literary writing, and the truth claims of each as forms of narrative and knowledge. In addition, we will read history literally and literature historically in order to interrogate the uses and limitations of both forms of writing. (Not offered 2008-09.) 1 unit.
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine the rise, fall, and legacy of the modern German, Austro-Hungarian, Ottoman, and Russian Empires in the lands of Central and Eastern Europe. Important themes will be the struggles over historical memory and national identity within or against continental and imperial paradigms, the complex patterns of resistance and adaptation to foreign domination, and the struggles for national independence. Prerequisite: History 218 or consent of instructor. (Not offered 2008-09.) 1 unit.
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3.00 Credits
This course will focus on more advanced study of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and the Soviet successor states in the 20th century. Topics will include the collapse of the Empire during the First World War, the attempted "building of socialism" in the Soviet period, the crisis of the Soviet system, and how Soviet conceptions of the relation between ethnicity and nationality shaped political and cultural identities before and after 1991. Prerequisite: History 218 or consent of instructor. 1 unit - Showalter.
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3.00 Credits
This course will focus on those regions that stand at the crossroads of European and Asian history, and that are often neglected in traditionally bounded survey courses. Topics will include the patterns of conquest, trade, technological diffusion, and religious conversion across these regions; the effects of Ottoman, Persian, Russian, Chinese, Soviet and Japanese colonialism; and the emergence of independent nations in the 20th century. Prerequisite: History 218 or consent of instructor. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Diverse Cultures and Critiques requirement.) (Not offered 2008-09.) 1 unit.
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3.00 Credits
This course will follow the turbulent history and politics of China from the Boxer Rebellion of 1900 through the post-Mao reforms. Using primary documents, personal accounts, and scholarly studies, students will assess China's political and cultural changes and continuities in historical context. Prerequisite: History 228, Asian Studies 104 or consent of instructor. (Not offered 2008-09.) 1 unit.
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3.00 Credits
This course will trace the social, political, and cultural developments in Japan from the first Parliamentary elections in 1890 to the current fiscal crisis in the 1990s. Using a wide range of sources, students will explore major themes in Japan's empire, World War, economic miracle, and troubled role as Asian leader. Major themes will include cross-cultural contact, world systems, and women's history. Prerequisite: History 228 or Asian Studies 104 or consent of instructor. (Not offered 2008-09.) 1 unit.
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3.00 Credits
A junior seminar organized around comparative analysis of a common theme or topic, employing both historical and political science approaches to analysis and research. Designed principally for History/Political Science majors, but others may be admitted with consent of instructors. Prerequisite: HY/PS Major or consent of instructor. (Also listed as Political Science 330.) 1 unit - Lee, Murphy.
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1.00 Credits
Portuguese colonization, political independence in a neo-colonial economy, the Brazilian Empire, the Republic. The emergence of modern Brazil: populism, corporatism, and militarism. The institution of slavery and its legacy. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Diverse Cultures and Critiques requirement.) 1 unit - Blasenheim.
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