printer friendly pageHISTORY 469A: Graduate Research Seminar: American Capitalism
Graduate students are invited to write a research paper on the history of American capitalism, broadly defined. Methodologies may include but are not limited to cultural, economic, intellectual, or social history.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4-5
Instructors:
Burns, J. (PI)
HISTORY 469B: Graduate Research Seminar: American Capitalism
Prerequisite:
HISTORY 469A. Graduate students are invited to write a research paper on the history of American capitalism, broadly defined. Methodologies may include but are not limited to cultural, economic, intellectual, or social history.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4-5
Instructors:
Burns, J. (PI)
HISTORY 471A: Environmental History of Latin America
What role did the natural environment play in the emergence of Latin America as a distinct geographical and socio-cultural world region? How do we analyze the historical relationship between the regions rich and seemingly abundant natural resources and its status as underdeveloped? What historical consequences did this relationship have and what alternative, more sustainable developmental paths can we envision for the future in light of the past that we will study? In this course, students will become familiar with the historiography on Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Cuba and Honduras that has explored these questions through a variety of approaches, methodologies and points of view.
Last offered: Autumn 2013
HISTORY 471B: Environmental History of Latin America
What role did the natural environment play in the emergence of Latin America as a distinct geographical and socio-cultural world region? How do we analyze the historical relationship between the region's rich and seemingly abundant natural resources and its status as 'underdeveloped'? What historical consequences did this relationship have and what alternative, more sustainable developmental paths can we envision for the future in light of the past that we will study? In this course, students will become familiar with the historiography on Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Cuba and Honduras that has explored these questions through a variety of approaches, methodologies and points of view.
Last offered: Winter 2014
HISTORY 477: Graduate Research Seminar: Migration (FEMGEN 477)
The course explores the major trends in Latin American migration to the United States. At the end, students will write a publishable research paper on any topic related to migration worldwide.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4-5
Instructors:
Minian Andjel, A. (PI)
HISTORY 477B: Graduate Research Seminar: Migration
Prerequisite:
History 477. The course explores the major trends in Latin American migration to the United States. At the end, students will write a publishable research paper on any topic related to migration worldwide.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4-5
Instructors:
Minian Andjel, A. (PI)
HISTORY 478: The Ethical Challenges of Climate Change (HISTORY 278S)
This course explores the ethical challenges of climate change from historical, social, economic, political, cultural and scientific perspectives. These include the discovery of global warming over two centuries, the rise of secular and religious denialism and skepticism toward the scientific consensus on it, the dispute between developed and developing countries over how to forge a binding global agreement to mitigate it, and the "role morality" of various actors (scientists, politicians, fossil fuel companies, the media and ordinary individuals) in the US in assessing ethical responsibility for the problem and its solutions.
Last offered: Winter 2015
HISTORY 481: Research Seminar in Middle East History (JEWISHST 287S, JEWISHST 481)
Student-selected research topics. May be repeat for credit
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4-5
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 10 units total)
Instructors:
Yaycioglu, A. (PI)
HISTORY 481A: Research Seminar in Middle East History
Terms: Sum
| Units: 4-5
Instructors:
Yaycioglu, A. (PI)
HISTORY 486A: Graduate Research Seminar in Jewish History (JEWISHST 486A)
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4-5
Instructors:
Zipperstein, S. (PI)
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