printer friendly pageHISTORY 332G: When Worlds Collide: The Trial of Galileo
Gateway course for History of Science and Medicine track. The 1633 condemnation by the Catholic Church of Galileo for believing the sun to be the center of the Universe, and its 1992 admission that Galileo was right. What do these events reveal about the relationship between science and religion? Why has the Galileo affair been one of the most discussed episodes in Italian history and the history of science? Documents from Galileo's life and trial and related literature on Renaissance Italy. Historians' interpretations of the trial in relation to its documentation.
Last offered: Spring 2007
HISTORY 333: Reformation, Political Culture, and the Origins of the English Civil War (HISTORY 233)
English political and religious culture from the end of the Wars of the Roses to the Civil War of the 1640s. Themes include the growth of the size and power of the state, Reformation, creation of a Protestant regime, transformation of the political culture of the ruling elite, emergence of Puritanism, and causes of the Civil War.
Last offered: Spring 2009
HISTORY 333C: Two British Revolutions (HISTORY 233C)
Current scholarship on Britain,1640-1700, focusing on political and religious history. Topics include: causes and consequences of the English civil war and revolution; rise and fall of revolutionary Puritanism; the Restoration; popular politics in the late 17th century; changing contours of religious life; the crisis leading to the Glorious Revolution; and the new order that emerged after the deposing of James II.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4-5
Instructors:
Como, D. (PI)
HISTORY 333K: The Invention of the Modern Republic (HISTORY 233K)
Examines the history of republican thinking in the Atlantic World from the Renaissance to the French Revolution.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4-5
Instructors:
Baker, K. (PI)
HISTORY 334: Enlightenment Seminar (HUMNTIES 324)
The Enlightenment as a philosophical, literary, and political movement. Themes include the nature and limits of philosophy, the grounds for critical intellectual engagement, the institution of society and the public, and freedom, equality and human progress. Authors include Voltaire, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Hume, Diderot, and Condorcet.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-5
Instructors:
Riskin, J. (PI)
HISTORY 334C: Counterinsurgency in History (HISTORY 234C)
Classic texts and case studies of insurgency and counterinsurgency from the 19th century to the present.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4-5
Instructors:
Sheehan, J. (PI)
HISTORY 335: History of European Law, Medieval to Contemporary (HISTORY 135)
From the fall of the Roman Empire to the establishment of the EU. How law changed over time. Sources and nature of law, organization of legal systems, and relationships between law and society, law and lawmaker, law and the legal professions.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4-5
Instructors:
Herzog, T. (PI)
HISTORY 336A: European Nationalism, 1600 to the Present (HISTORY 236A)
Theory and practice of nationalism from its genesis. What is the nation and how is it built? What is its relationship to the state? How do national movements adapt to changing ideological and geopolitical contexts? Focus is on Europe; attention to other parts of the world as required by theory studies.
HISTORY 336B: The Idea of Society (HISTORY 236B)
Classic texts in social theory from the seventeenth century to the present. Readings include Locke, Smith, Hegel, Comte, and Durkheim, and Weber.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4-5
Instructors:
Baker, K. (PI)
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Sheehan, J. (PI)
HISTORY 336C: Reordering Europe, 1917-1923 (HISTORY 236C)
The struggle to craft a new European order after the disaster of the First World War. Topics: Wilsonian versus Leninist visions for Europe, Paris Peace Conference, early Weimar Germany, state-building in Yugoslavia, Greek-Turkish population exchanges, Polish-Soviet War, and Fascist rise to power in Italy. Major component of course involves student presentations and research with primary sources.
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