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HISTORY 443A: Human Origins: History, Evidence, and Controversy (HISTORY 243S)
Research seminar. Debates and controversies include: theories of human origins; interpretations of fossils, early art, and the oldest tools; the origin and fate of the Neanderthals; evolutionary themes in literature and film; visual rhetoric and cliché in anthropological dioramas and phyletic diagrams; the significance of hunting, gathering, and grandmothering; climatological theories and neocatastrophic geologies; molecular anthropology; the impact of racial theories on human origins discourse. Background in human evolution not required.
HISTORY 444C: The History of the Body in Science, Medicine, and Culture (HISTORY 244C)
The human body as a natural and cultural object, historicized. The crosscultural history of the body from the 18th century to the present. Topics include: sciences of sex and race; medical discovery of particular body parts; human experimentation, foot binding, veiling, and other bodily coverings; thinness and obesity; notions of the body politic.
HISTORY 445A: Research Seminar in African History
Primary sources such as government records and missionary archives. Students present work in progress. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Instructors:
Hanretta, S. (PI)
HISTORY 445B: Research Seminar in African History
Primary sources such as government records and missionary archives. Students present work in progress. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Instructors:
Hanretta, S. (PI)
HISTORY 461A: Research Seminar on the Histories of Women, the Family, and Sexuality
Research design, research methods, and historical writing on topics in the histories of women, the family, or sexuality in the U.S. Prepares graduate students for dissertation work. Workshop model involves exchanging preliminary prospectus, outline, writing sample, and draft for peer responses. Article-length original paper based on primary sources, to be completed by the end of Spring Quarter.
HISTORY 461B: Research Seminar on the Histories of Women, the Family, and Sexuality, Part II
Prerequisite: 461A.
HISTORY 464E: Research in History and Social Science Education (EDUC 496)
For doctoral students. Literature on historical learning and teaching and corresponding social sciences research designs, assessment, and curriculum evaluation.
HISTORY 470: Graduate Colloquium: Explorations in Latin American Social History
How to use primary sources such as government records, estate inventories, and parish records for social history.
HISTORY 491B: Modern Korea Research Seminar
This graduate seminar prepares students to undertake research using Korean-language sources on a variety of themes in modern Korea. Students will identify characteristics of major online and offline archives in Korean studies, learn essential skills in investigating primary sources, and analyze selected sample documents in class.
Instructors:
Moon, Y. (PI)
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