printer friendly pageHISTORY 346: The Dynamics of Change in Africa (AFRICAST 301A)
Crossdisciplinary colloquium; required for the M.A. degree in African Studies. Addresses critical issues in African Studies by exploring intersections of the organization of power, structure of the economy, and patterns of social stratification. Interpretive debates on Africa's engagement with the slave trade, impact of colonialism, decolonization, democratization and civil wars, health and society, and Africa's engagement with globalization. The process of knowledge production and its social location, and the current state of knowledge.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4-5
Instructors:
Roberts, R. (PI)
HISTORY 348: Islam in Africa (HISTORY 248)
Relations between African Muslims and the broader Islamic tradition over the last 1200 years. The roots of the Islamic tradition, its adoption, endogenization, and elaboration by African Muslims. The interplay of religion, politics, culture and society, and how tradition exercises influence even while being transformed. The worldviews and lives of African Muslims; how and why those worldviews and experiences changed.
Instructors:
Hanretta, S. (PI)
HISTORY 351B: Core in American History, Part II
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4-5
Instructors:
Winterer, C. (PI)
HISTORY 351F: Core in American History, Part VI
Required of all first-year Ph.D. students in U.S. History.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4-5
Instructors:
Chang, G. (PI)
HISTORY 352B: History of American Law
(Same as
LAW 318.) Modern history of American law, legal thought, legal institutions and the legal profession. Topics include law and regulation of corporate organizations and labor relations in the age of enterprise, law of race relations in the South and North, development of classical legalism, critiques of classical legalism, modern administrative state, organized legal profession, New Deal legal thought and legislation, legal order of the 50s, expansion of enterprise liability, civil rights movements from 1940, rights revolution of the Warren Court and Great Society.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Friedman, L. (PI)
HISTORY 353D: Approaches to American Legal History
(Same as
LAW 651.) Legal history may once have been primarily devoted to exploring legal doctrines and key judicial opinions, and thus to be of interest mainly to legal scholars and lawyers. Now, the best writing in legal history resembles historical writing more generally, and the study of legal ideas and practices is increasingly integrated with social, intellectual, cultural, and political history. Examines recent writings in American legal history, ranging broadly across time and space to ask how the field reflects developments in historical writing more generally, and how the use of legal materials affects our understanding of major aspects of American history.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4-5
Instructors:
Rakove, J. (PI)
HISTORY 355D: Racial Identity in the American Imagination (AFRICAAM 255, HISTORY 255D)
Major historical transformations shaping the understanding of racial identity and how it has been experienced, represented, and contested in American history. Topics include: racial passing and racial performance; migration, immigration, and racial identity in the urban context; the interplay between racial identity and American identity; the problems of class, gender, and sexuality in the construction of racial identity. Sources include historical and legal texts, memoirs, photography, literature, film, and music.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4-5
Instructors:
Hobbs, A. (PI)
HISTORY 356: U.S.-China Relations: From the Opium War to Tiananmen (HISTORY 256)
The history of turbulent relations, military conflict, and cultural clashes between the U.S. and China, and the implications for the domestic lives of these increasingly interconnected countries. Diplomatic, political, social, cultural, and military themes from early contact to the recent past. WIM
Terms: Win
| Units: 4-5
Instructors:
Chang, G. (PI)
HISTORY 358: History of Sexuality in the U.S. (HISTORY 258)
(Formerly 265A.) Priority to History and Feminist Studies majors; a limited number of graduate students may be admitted. Recent historical interpretations of sexual violence, emphasizing the intersections of gender and race in the construction of rape in early America and in Canada, the racialization of rape in the U.S., lynching and anti-lynching in the U.S., and feminist responses to sexual violence. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Last offered: Spring 2009
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