printer friendly pageHISTORY 472: The Caribbean
This course will examine the social history of the Caribbean.
Terms: Aut
| 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 repeated for credit
Terms: Win
| Units: 4-5
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 10 units total)
Instructors:
Yaycioglu, A. (PI)
HISTORY 486A: Graduate Research Seminar in Jewish History (JEWISHST 486A)
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4-5
Instructors:
Rodrigue, A. (PI)
HISTORY 486B: Graduate Research Seminar in Jewish History (JEWISHST 486B)
Prerequisite:
HISTORY 486A.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 4-5
HISTORY 491A: 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.
Last offered: Spring 2016
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.
Last offered: Winter 2014
HISTORY 492B: Origins of Technical Medicine in the Han Dynasty
How medicine as a technical, text-based art monopolized by specialists was established under the Han Dynasty in competition with practices aimed at nourishing life and securing longevity.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4-5
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Lewis, M. (PI)
HISTORY 493: Research Seminar on Political Thought (HISTORY 293A)
A series of texts and documents that form the heart of what Marx and Engels called "the colonial question". Discussions center on specific themes relating to each student's research topic and/or interests. The seminar will be organized around a set of core common readings and weekly discussions, supplemented by a designed list of secondary texts and primary materials. Themes include: secularism, religion, state, capital, empire, anticolonialism, gender, democracy, textual and print cultures, cinema, political and legal theory, and history of economic thought. 400-level options allows students to do a two-quarter sequence, with the Spring devoted to writing up the research paper.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4-5
Instructors:
Kumar, A. (PI)
HISTORY 496A: Research Seminar in Chinese History
First part of a two part sequence. Primary sources and research methods to be used in the study of modern Chinese history.
Last offered: Winter 2016
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