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First-Year Courses in HistoryThis page was created at 6:53 PM on Mon, Jan 21, 2002. Winter Academic Term, 2002 (January 7 - April 26)Open courses in History Wolverine Access Subject listing for HISTORY Winter Academic Term '02 Time Schedule for History. HISTORY 111. Modern Europe.
European History from Ancient to Modern TimesSection 001.Instructor(s): Jonathan Marwil (jmarwil@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: Hist. 110 is recommended as prerequisite. (4). (SS). Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. Had Europeans in 1700 had access to a time-machine they might have felt more comfortable visiting their Roman ancestors than coming to see their descendants today. This course will try to demonstrate why. We will survey the transformations in European society and culture in the last 300 years, examining not only familiar agents of change (war, revolution, technology) but some that are less often discussed (novels, photography, film). We will examine as well how Europeans tried to shape the lives of peoples in other parts of the world and how in turn those peoples returned the favor. Finally, we will consider the very notion of "Europe" and "Europeans," and how they evolved over an era of shifting alligiances and identities.
HISTORY 122 / ASIAN 122. Modern East Asia.Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle EastSection 001.Instructor(s): Sidney DeVere BrownPrerequisites & Distribution: (4). (SS).
Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This course is an introduction to modern China, Korea, and Japan from 1800 to the present. It covers the following topics: (1) China's progressive decline and rejuvenation, the impact of imperialism, the rise and development of the People's Republic; (2) the struggles of Korea, its colonization by Japan, liberation, division into two Koreas, and the rising economic status of the South; and (3) the end of feudalism in Japan, the building of a modern state and economy, Japanese imperialism, postwar recovery, and rise to super-power status. Taking a broad comparative perspective on East Asia, the course explores the interrelations between political economy, society, and culture in each country within an emerging modern world system. This is a continuation of Asian Studies 121; however, that course is not a prerequisite and no previous background on the subject is required. Two lectures and one discussion section each week. Two exams and a final. PurchaseTextbooks at Shaman Drum, 311-315 South State Street, Tel: (734) 662-7407. You can order textbooks online at: www.shamandrum.com and pick them up on the first floor – thus avoiding the long lines. The course packs required for this course are:
HISTORY 160. United States to 1865.
U.S. HistorySection 001.Instructor(s): Philip J Deloria (pdeloria@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (SS). Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This course will trace the formation and development of the United States from precontact American Indian societies through the Civil War. We will pay particular attention to intercultural contact, ecology and economy, cultural production and consumption, the importance of war, and the role of ideas, among other key themes.
HISTORY 161. United States, 1865 to the Present.
U.S. HistorySection 001.Instructor(s): David R Smith (davidsm@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (SS). Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This course will examine the main narrative of events that have shaped the American nation since 1865 by studying the extent to which the nation's rhetoric about "democracy," "liberty," "rights," "independence," and "freedom" has been a reality in the United States. In particular, it will explore how the nation has been transformed by the rise of industry, immigration, urbanization, social protest, racial conflict, war, and other major events. While in many regards concepts like "democracy," "liberty," "rights," "independence," and "freedom" have been embraced and championed by the American nation, not all groups within the United States have equally shared in the rewards of these ideas. Over time, numerous attempts have been made to challenge the established power structures that have prevented various groups from having full access to the rights afforded all citizens by the evolving meaning of the U.S. Constitution. Through a range of readings, this course will examine this central idea about the shaping of modern America: since the end of the Civil War to what extent have the institutions – legal, social, economic, and political – of the United States protected "life, liberty, and property" equally for the citizens of the U.S.? Embedded within this discussion of the internal divisions and conflicts that have shaped the American nation, this course also will explore the ways in which these factors have given shape to the rising power of the United States on an international level. That is, what dominant issues and groups have played the critical role in shaping the policies that led the United States increasingly into a position of world power? As an introductory survey course, the class will examine the many key events that are critical to broadening our collective understanding of modern America and its position in the world today.
HISTORY 196. First-Year Seminar.Section 001 – Epidemics: Deadly Disease in American History.Instructor(s): Martin S Pernick (mpernick@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: Only first-year students, including those with sophomore standing, may pre-register for First-Year Seminars. All others need permission of instructor. (3). (SS). First-Year Seminar Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. From smallpox to AIDS, dramatic disease outbreaks both shaped and were shaped by American culture. This course explores how medicine and culture intersected to influence the causes, experiences of, and responses to epidemics in America; and it uses epidemics to illuminate the history of American society from colonization to the present. Lectures introduce new topics and summarize discussions. Discussions will explore past perceptions and compare past and present; we will not discuss the present apart from the past. Readings (4 to 5 hours weekly) include modern histories, plus old newspapers, films, and medical journals. Written assignments are two five-page book review papers, a short weekly journal, and an individual research project with parts due throughout the term. They will introduce you to the medical, graduate, and undergraduate libraries. Readings available only for purchase cost about $30; other required readings available on reserve or for purchase cost about $130 more.
HISTORY 196. First-Year Seminar.Section 002 – Asian Amer& Civil Rights Movement. Meets with American Culture 102.001.Instructor(s): Scott Kurashige (kurashig@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: Only first-year students, including those with sophomore standing, may pre-register for First-Year Seminars. All others need permission of instructor. (3). (SS). First-Year Seminar Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
HISTORY 196. First-Year Seminar.Section 003 – Medieval Geographies.Instructor(s): Diane Owen Hughes (dohughes@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: Only first-year students, including those with sophomore standing, may pre-register for First-Year Seminars. All others need permission of instructor. (3). (SS). First-Year Seminar Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. How did the inhabitants of Europe envision their world in the millennium between the fall of Rome in the fifth century and the discovery of new continents in the fifteenth? In this course we will consider the order of the medieval Christian cosmos which placed the Earth rather than the Sun at the center of the universe; we will study ways in which the geography of that Earth was mapped and the ways in which boundaries were established and territorial space given meaning; and we will consider also the ways in which people perceived those who lived beyond their own territorial boundaries, how, for example, the English viewed the Welsh or Europeans, the Mongols. Finally, we will give some consideration to the ways the understanding and representation of the world changed in the fifteenth century. Texts for the course will be largely original sources from the period, including descriptive histories and travel accounts as well as maps of the Earth and plans of the universe.
HISTORY 196. First-Year Seminar.Section 004 – Criminal Responsibility in Anglo-American History. (Honors)Instructor(s): Thomas A Green (tagreen@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: Only first-year students, including those with sophomore standing, may pre-register for First-Year Seminars. All others need permission of instructor. (3). (SS). First-Year Seminar Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This seminar deals with several fundamental issues in western civilization as they have manifested themselves in the Anglo-American past: the requisites for criminal guilt; the means of determining whether one possesses those requisites (typically, the criminal trial); and the most common justifications for imposition of punishment (retribution, deterrence, and reform). We shall study these matters in relation to two central ideas of freedom: political liberty and human free will. Special attention will be given to: the history of the jury as a "buffer" between the state and the individual or the community; the manner in which challenges to the presumption that humans possess the ability freely to control their behavior have shaped the institutions and ideas of Anglo-American criminal justice. Students will analyze and discuss primary sources and recent historical writings and will write several short papers.
HISTORY 197. First-Year Seminar.Section 001 – Travels in History.Instructor(s): Helmut Puff (puffh@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: Only first-year students, including those with sophomore standing, may pre-register for First-Year Seminars. All others need permission of instructor. (3). (HU). First-Year Seminar Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This course will focus on the changing experiences and representations of travelling in European history. Travels and travel accounts generate information and it is this creation of knowledge through travelling which interests us primarily. For Herodotus, one of the "fathers of history," forays into the unknown served to collect data on foreign regions, their inhabitants, and their history. In medieval and early modern Europe, routes to the east, west, and south conjured up a wealth of images, mapped by religious beliefs, textual traditions, and vague notions of the distant foreign. Our main focus will be the period of 1200 to 1600, an age of increasing mobility as well as an age of European discoveries and nascent empire-building overseas. We will reflect on travelling through the lens of famous travellers like Marco Polo or Christopher Columbus. We will study different types of travels, expeditions and imaginary travels, pilgrimages and tourist trips. At the same time, we will work towards an awareness of what it means to travel in today's world of global interconnectedness.
HISTORY 197. First-Year Seminar.Section 002 – Vienna, Berlin, and Paris: 1890-1930.Instructor(s): Rudi P Lindner (rpl@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: Only first-year students, including those with sophomore standing, may pre-register for First-Year Seminars. All others need permission of instructor. (3). (HU). First-Year Seminar Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. When, where, and how does our age begin? Before Vienna the unconscious was an object of wonder; before Berlin the cinema was a charming toy; before Paris music and art made sense. Within the orbits of these great cities, before, during, and after World War I, our world was created at the hands of extraordinary men and women. This seminar explores the literature, art, music, cinema, – the culture of an age in a flurry of creation and destruction, using the similarities and differences of the cities as center. Students will work on projects of their own choosing: some examples from the past have included the self-portraits of Picasso, the war in the air, Hollywood as an outpost of Europe, women's work in wartime, sports photography as a social indicator, – there are many possibilities. Required Readings:
HISTORY 287 / ARMENIAN 287. Armenian History from Prehistoric Times to the Present.
European History from Ancient to Modern TimesSection 001.Instructor(s): Gerard J LibaridianPrerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl). Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This course explores the role of dynastic families and the nobility as well as intellectual elites and the Church in the rise and fall of different forms of Armenian statehood, from ancient and medieval kingdoms to the republics in the twentieth century. The course will cover successive political and economic systems throughout Armenian history, the debates on foreign policy choices and their relationship to political elites and the Armenian Diaspora.
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