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Examines worldwide encounters of people and the exchanges of goods and ideas since 1450. Analyzes how peoples in Africa, the Americas, Asia and Europe have understood one another and adapted to their coexistence. Highlights little-known individual actors in world history - the traveler, the explorer, the immigrant - searching for adventure and new opportunities. Interprets primary and secondary historical sources. Employs Orientalist, globalization, and feminist theories to demonstrate how globa...

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A survey that examines nationalism, imperialism, revolutions, urban history, the rise of the middle class, high and mass cultures and gender relations in Europe and its colonies.

Read more about HIST-3130 : Europe 1800-1914: Politics, Society and Culture

Examination of the causes of WWI, the impact on European society, the Russian revolution, and the rise of Fascism. WWII and the Holocaust.

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A historical survey of human interaction with the environment. Topics include images of nature, case studies in human modification of the environment, social conflicts over land and resource use, and the emergence of the environmental movement in the 20th century.

Read more about HIST-3510 : Environmental History

This course will survey one of the oldest and most dynamic regions of the world. Our focus will be on political, socio-economic, and cultural complexities and transformations in the Middle East from the late-eighteenth century to the present. We will draw from a combination of primary and secondary sources to interrogate the ways in which revolution, religion, colonialism, the arts, war, nationalism, oil, gender roles, and other factors have effected change and helped to shape what it means to b...

Read more about HIST-3560 : Modern Middle East

Debates over the status of Middle Eastern women have been at the center of political struggles for centuries, and they continue to be flash points for controversy in the present day. To begin unpacking these debates, this course will take an historical and thematic look at evolving roles of women in Arab, Turkish, and Persian societies, comparing rhetoric to some of the realities of women's lives. The first part of the course will take a chronological survey from the pre-Islamic era to the twent...

Read more about HIST-3570 : Women & Gender in Middle East

This course will examine such themes as European colonialism, the Atlantic slave trade, plantation societies, race relations, labor, migration, independence, national identity, and culture in the history of the Caribbean region.

Read more about HIST-3750 : History of the Caribbean

This course traces the development of political institutions from the ancient world through the Renaissance. Significant attention is given to issues of religious identity (the position of Jews, Muslims and other religious groups in Christian Europe) and political rights. Debates about representation of various social groups in government decision-making as well as investigations of gender shaped political power will also be examined. The course concludes with a look at Renaissance Humanism and ...

Read more about HONR-1220 : From Polis to Citizen

Medieval Europe was a complex, diverse, and sophisticated society composed of dozens of ethnicities speaking different languages and practicing at least four religions. Over the course of a millennium, it spanned a wide geography that ranged from Ireland to Russia and from North Africa to Scandinavia. This course begins with the origins and development of societies after the dissolution of the Roman Empire and is both a macroscopic and microscopic study of European society. We work with primary ...

Read more about HONR-1230 : The Worlds of Medieval Europe

This seminar provides a case study of a major debate or set of major questions that have informed the development of civilization from ancient times through the Renaissance. It asks students to analyze the historical roots of this debate from a disciplinary perspective and examines its long-term effects. The topic for this seminar will change each year, in accordance with the specialty of the professor teaching

Read more about HONR-1450 : Major Debates