printer friendly pageHISTORY 383: The New Global Economy, Oil and Origins of the Arab Spring (HISTORY 283)
This class uses the methods of political economy to study the trajectory of global capitalism from the end of World War II to the current phase of neoliberal globalization. The argument is that the role of oil, and its primary repository " the Middle East " has been central in the global capitalist order and that neoliberalism and the oil economy are closely linked to the eruption of the Arab uprisings of 2011.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4-5
Instructors:
Beinin, J. (PI)
HISTORY 384F: Empires, Markets and Networks: Early Modern Islamic World and Beyond, 1500-1800 (HISTORY 284F)
Focuses on political regimes, economic interactions and sociocultural formations in the early modern Balkans and Middle East to Central and South Asia. Topics include complex political systems of the Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal empires; experiences of various Muslim, Christian, Jewish and Hindu, as well as urban, rural and nomadic communities; consolidation of transregional commerce and cultural exchange; incorporation of the Islamic world in the global economy; transimperial networks of the Muslim and Non-Muslim merchants, scholars and sufis.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4-5
Instructors:
Yaycioglu, A. (PI)
HISTORY 385A: Core Colloquium in Jewish History, 17th-19th Centuries (JEWISHST 385A)
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4-5
Instructors:
Rodrigue, A. (PI)
HISTORY 385B: Core in Jewish History, 20th Century (JEWISHST 385B)
Instructor consent required.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4-5
Instructors:
Zipperstein, S. (PI)
HISTORY 386: Jews Among Muslims in Modern Times (HISTORY 286, JEWISHST 286, JEWISHST 386)
The history of Jewish communities in the lands of Islam and their relations with the surrounding Muslim populations from the time of Muhammad to the 20th century. Topics: the place of Jews in Muslim societies, Jewish communal life, variation in the experience of communities in different Muslim lands, the impact of the West in the Modern period, the rise of nationalisms, and the end of Jewish life in Muslim countries.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4-5
Instructors:
Rodrigue, A. (PI)
HISTORY 391: East Asia in the Early Buddhist Age
Evolution of cities in imperial China through early imperial, medieval, and early modern periods. Topics include physical structure, social order, cultural forms, economic roles, relations to rural hinterlands, and the contrast between imperial capitals and other cities. Comparative examination of cases from European history.
HISTORY 391B: The City in Imperial China
The evolution of cities in the early imperial, medieval, and early modern periods. Topics include physical structure, social order, cultural forms, economic roles, relations to rural hinterlands, and the contrast between imperial capitals and other cities. Comparative cases from European history. Readings include primary and secondary sources, and visual materials.
Last offered: Spring 2014
HISTORY 392B: Law and Society in Late Imperial China (CHINLIT 392B)
(Same as
LAW 773.) Connections between legal and social history. Ideology and practice, center and periphery, and state-society tensions and interactions. Readings introduce the work of major historians on concepts and problems in Ming-Qing history.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4-5
Instructors:
Sommer, M. (PI)
HISTORY 392D: Japan in Asia, Asia in Japan (HISTORY 292D)
How Japan and Asia mutually shaped each other in the late 19th and 20th centuries. Focus is on Japanese imperialism in Asia and its postwar legacies. Topics include: pan-Asianism and orientalism; colonial modernization in Korea and Taiwan; collaboration and resistance; popular imperialism in Manchuria; total war and empire; comfort women and the politics of apology; the issue of resident Koreans; and economic and cultural integration of postwar Asia.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4-5
Instructors:
Uchida, J. (PI)
HISTORY 392F: Culture and Religions in Korean History (HISTORY 292F)
This colloquium explores the major themes of Korean history before 1800 and the role of culture and religions in shaping the everyday life of Chosôn-dynasty Koreans. Themes include the aristocracy and military in the Koryô dynasty, Buddhism and Confucianism in the making of Chosôn Korea, kingship and court culture, slavery and women, family and rituals, death and punishment, and the Korean alphabet (Hangûl) and print culture.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4-5
Instructors:
Moon, Y. (PI)
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