printer friendly pageHISTORY 204G: War and Society (HISTORY 304G)
How Western societies and cultures have responded to modern warfare. The relationship between its destructive capacity and effects on those who produce, are subject to, and must come to terms with its aftermath. Literary representations of WW I; destructive psychological effects of modern warfare including those who take pleasure in killing; changes in relations between the genders; consequences of genocidal ideology and racial prejudice; the theory of just war and its practical implementation; and how wars are commemorated.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
Instructors:
Weiner, A. (PI)
HISTORY 205F: Digital History
Students will study the development of the relationship between the discipline of history and computing tools through a combination of theoretical and hands-on activities, and readings. Students will read leading critical works, examine seminal digital projects, and examine the works of leading digital humanities scholars. The end product of the course will be a beta version of a born-digital scholarly product.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
HISTORY 206: History and Geography of Contemporary Global Issues
The historical background and geographical context of contemporary global issues and events. Texts are a world atlas and regular reading of
The New York Times and
The Economist. Topics vary according to what is happening in the world. Student presentations.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
Instructors:
Lewis, M. (PI)
HISTORY 206A: City, Society, Literature- 19th Century Histories (HISTORY 306A, URBANST 106)
This course examines the rise of modern cities through an analysis of urban society and the imaginative literature of the 1800s.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
Instructors:
Frank, Z. (PI)
HISTORY 207: Biography and History (HISTORY 308)
The relationship between biographical and historical writing, primarily in Europe and America. Problems of methodology, evidence, dispassion, and empathy. Texts: biographies, critical literature on biographical work, and novels (A. S. Byatt's
Possession, Bernard Malamud's
Dubin's Lives) that illuminate the intellectual underpinnings of biographical labor.
Last offered: Spring 2010
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum
HISTORY 207C: The Global Early Modern (HISTORY 307C)
In what sense can we speak of "globalization" before modernity? What are the characteristics and origins of the economic system we know as "capitalism"? When and why did European economies begin to diverge from those of other Eurasian societies? With these big questions in mind, the primary focus will be on the history of Europe and European empires, but substantial readings deal with other parts of the world, particularly China and the Indian Ocean.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4-5
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI, WAY-EDP
Instructors:
Como, D. (PI)
HISTORY 207F: Heavenly Bodies: Saints' Bodies, Relics and Miracles in Late Antique and Medieval Europe (HISTORY 307F, RELIGST 237, RELIGST 337)
This seminar will use both written and visual sources to explore how the body mattered in the creation of saintly tropes and cults in late antique and medieval Europe. We will begin by reading the diary of an early Christian martyr to consider how a good death set the terms for an ideal Christian life. We will then explore a number of medieval vitae or saints' lives to uncover narrative devices used to describe an exemplary life and consider the role self-denial, bodily and otherwise, played in constructing those portraits. We will conclude by considering the power medieval people ascribed to the remains of saints' bodies and look at the cult of relics as well as miracle accounts describing the bodily healings and transformations ascribed to saints.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4-5
Instructors:
Doyno, M. (PI)
HISTORY 208: Private Lives, Public Stories: Autobiography in Women's History
Changing contexts of women's lives and how women's actions have shaped and responded to those contexts.
Last offered: Winter 2010
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-Gender
HISTORY 208A: Science and Law in History (HISTORY 308A)
How the intertwined modern fields of science and law, since the early modern period, together developed central notions of fact, evidence, experiment, demonstration, objectivity, and proof.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-A-II, WAY-SI
Instructors:
Riskin, J. (PI)
HISTORY 208B: Women Activists' Response to War (HISTORY 308B)
Theoretical issues, historical origins, changing forms of women's activism in response to war throughout the 20th century, and contemporary cases, such as the Russian Committee of Soldiers Mothers, Bosnian Mothers of Srebrenica, Serbian Women in Black, and the American Cindy Sheehan. Focus is on the U.S. and Eastern Europe, with attention to Israel, England, and Argentina.
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-Gender
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