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300-Level Courses and Above are for Juniors and Seniors
408(430). Byzantine Empire, 284-867. (3). (Excl).
A lecture course which provides a survey of the history of the later Roman Empire from the reforms of Diocletian that paved the way out of the crisis of the third century, through Constantine's move east and the conversion to Christianity (entering the Byzantine period), Justinian, Heraclius on through the Amorion Dynasty which came to a close with the murder of Michael the Sot in 867. The course will stress political history, giving considerable attention as well to religious history (conversion to Christianity, the great theological disputes over the relationship between God the Father and the son as well as the relationship between the human and divine natures in Christ culminating in the Church councils of Nicea and Chalcedon, the rise of monasticism and Iconoclasm), administrative reforms (Diocletian's and Constantine's reforms, the reforms of the seventh century culminating in the Theme system), demographic changes and foreign relations (Goths, the Slavic and Bulgar invasions, relations with the Bulgars, relations with the Persians and Arabs in the East and later with the Franks and Charlemagne). No background is assumed. Requirements: a midterm written hour-exam. One ten page paper and a final examination. Paper topics are tailored to individual interests. (J. Fine)
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417. Intellectual History of Europe from 1900 to the Present. (3). (Excl).
This course will present a survey of the principal European intellectual movements of the twentieth century. We shall begin by delineating the legacy of the nineteenth century, concentrating on the shaping of intellectual life by Marxism, by the discovery of the unconscious with Freud, and by the critique of reason by Nietzsche. We shall then describe the unfolding of these intellectual strains with the complex, and often calamitous, events of the 20th century. We shall examine the interplay of political and cultural movements, and pay consistent attention to the difficulty of self-definition of the intellectual within rapidly changing social and cultural contexts. Topics to be covered include Socialism, Liberalism, Fascism, Surrealism, Existentialism, Cultural Marxism, Structuralism, Feminism, and Post-structuralism. There will be one coursepack, available at Accucopy, and four books, available at the Shaman Drum Bookshop. (Wolfe)
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440/ACABS 413/Anthro. 442. Ancient Mesopotamia. Junior standing. (3). (HU).
See Ancient Civilizations and Biblical Studies 413. (Yoffee)
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442/AAPTIS 461. The First Millennium of the Islamic Near East. Junior standing. (3). (Excl).
See AAPTIS 461. (Bonner/Lindner)
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444. Inner Asia, Russia, and China. One course in Russian, Chinese, or Near Eastern history. (3). (Excl).
A survey of Inner Asian history and its connections with the wider world. Inner Asian affairs have impinged and imposed upon the histories of the Near East, East Asia, and Russia. Besides the present importance of this vast area, the past importance of nomads in the history of Eurasia justifies a course focusing on the history of nomadism from the nomad's point of view. Among the topics to be covered are: the rise of nomadism and the nature of nomadic politics; the great nomadic enterprises: Scythians, Hsuing-Nu, Huns, Turks, and Mongols; the conflict of religions in Inner Asia; the spread of Tibetan Buddhism and the decline of nomadism; the expansion of the Russian and Ching empires; the "Great Game" and the erection of buffer states in Asia; the communist impact on Inner Asia; the problems and promise of independence. (Lindner)
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446/CAAS 446. Africa to 1850. (3). (SS).
Section 001 - Cycles of Exchange in African Kingdoms. Examines major themes in African history including the following: the origins of humans in Africa, the relationship between ancient Egypt and West African civilizations; connections between iron-making cultures and new forms of gender relations; the rise of African kingdoms in relation to trans-Saharan trade; the classic Epics of West African oral histories; and the impact of slavery and the slave trade on 17th to 19th-century African kingdoms and states. Emphasis will be given to the cultural expressions of religious, social, and political organization within pre-colonial kingdoms and societies. The influences of the Islamic world through trans-Saharan and Indian Ocean contact and European commerce and Christianity through the Atlantic world are discussed from the standpoint of African institutions and trading systems. (Scarnecchia)
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456. Mughal India. (3). (Excl).
Section 001 - Mughal India in the Wider World. This course covers the region of South Asia from about 1500 to 1800, that is the centuries preceding the British conquest of India, and the transition to British rule. We will begin with a comparative Ottoman-Safavid introduction, that will place the Mughal empire in the context of state-building in the Islamic world, and proceed to a survey of historiography from Sir Jadunath Sarkar to the "Aligarh school" of the 1960s. We will cover various political, ideological and economic themes, including the nature of the fiscal regime, the issue of the degree of centralisation of the empire, forms of legitimation and the vocabulary of political discourse, as well as relations between religious groups (e.g., the Sufi orders) and the imperial structure. We will also address recent work by Simon Digby, Muzaffar Alam, the instructor, and others on cultural questions: travel accounts and other first-person accounts, the relations between Persian and the vernaculars, the character and meanings of court-patronised art and architecture. The impact of European (Portuguese, Dutch, English) presence will be analyzed, as will the question of the possible existence of forms of "proto-Orientalism." Readings will include: Irfan Habib and Tapan Raychaudhuri (eds.) The Cambridge Economic History of India, vol. I; J.F. Richards, The Mughal Empire (The New Cambridge History of India, vol. I.5); Muzaffar Alam and Sanjay Subrahmanyam (eds.), The Mughal State, 1526-1750; Kate Teltscher, India Inscribed. Students will be expected to write a research paper, and a short book review or comment on a published text of the period (e.g., The Embassy of Sir Thomas Roe, or The Memoirs of Jahangir). (Subrahmanyam)
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466. The United States, 1901-1933. (4). (SS).
The course is concerned with the progressive era, the era of World War I, the 1920's, and the Great Depression. The emphasis is on political history and foreign relations, but considerable attention is given to social, cultural, and economic factors and to the position of minority groups and women in American society. There is no textbook for the course, but several paperbacks are assigned. Course requirements include a midterm, a final examination, and a paper. History 466 is a lecture/discussion course. Undergraduates electing this course must register for Section 001 and one discussion section. Cost:3 WL:1-3 (S. Fine)
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476/Anthro. 416. Latin America: The Colonial Period. (4). (SS).
This course will examine the colonial period in Latin American history from the initial Spanish and Portuguese contact and conquest to the nineteenth-century wars of independence. It will focus on the process of interaction between Indians and Europeans, tracing the evolution of a range of colonial societies in the New World. Thus we will examine the indigenous background to conquest as well as the nature of the settler community. We will also look at the shifting uses of land and labor, and at the importance of class, race, gender, and ethnicity. The method of instruction is lecture and discussion. Each student will write a short critical review and a final paper of approximately 10 to 12 pages. There will be a midterm and a final. (Frye)
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486(509). Social History of Early Modern England. Hist. 220 and junior standing are recommended. (3). (Excl).
This course surveys the social history of England from the later Middle Ages until the Industrial Revolution. Its principal concern is with the course of social change and its effects on the behavior and attitudes of men and women of all social classes. It will explain how population rise, inflation and the Reformation led to increasing social and cultural polarization, and also examine institutions that experienced comparatively little change, such as the family, and explore why. A great deal of attention will be given to the fundamental social hierarchies of the period - status, gender, and age - so that the values of the period are understandable. The political events that affected social relations, most notably the English Revolution of 1640-1660, will be discussed. (MacDonald)
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494/Econ. 494. Topics in Economic History. Econ. 101 and 102. (3). (Excl).
See Economics 494. (Gill)
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A course number in the 500s does not indicate a more difficult or advanced course than one in the 400s.
531/AAPTIS 587. Studies in Pahlavi and Middle Persian. (3). (Excl).
See AAPTIS 587. (Windfuhr)
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546/AAPTIS 495/WS 471/Religion 496. Gender and Politics in Early Modern Islamdom. Students should preferably have had one course in Islamic Studies. (3). (Excl).
See AAPTIS 495. (Babayan)
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551. Social and Intellectual History of Modern China. (3). (Excl).
In this course we will treat a selected set of major aspects of Chinese history from the 18th century to the present. A central task will be to sort out the roots, processes, and consequences of the Chinese revolution. We shall examine the testimony of conservatives as well as revolutionaries, of Confucians as well as Marxists. Among the topics will be: secret societies and religious cults; trends in Confucian thought and the role of popular culture; Christian missions and imperialism; nationalism and ethnicity; women's liberation; cultural iconoclasm and neotraditionalism; Marxism and the Chinese peasant, Maoism and its debunking. Previous familiarity with the broad outline of events will be useful but is not required. Readings will be drawn from analytical literature and translated documents. Participants will be asked to write two papers and take a final exam. Cost:3 WL:4 (Young)
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582. History of Criminal Law in England and America. (3). (Excl).
This year the course will mainly trace the history of criminal justice in America. It will give only very brief attention to the English background. It deals with political and social theories regarding the institutions and ideas of the criminal law and with the relationship between society and legal norms. Among the subjects included in the scheme of the course are: the history of the criminal trial jury, its relationship to other institutions of the criminal law and its role with respect to the interaction of social attitudes and the formal processes of the criminal law; the use of the criminal law for counteracting disintegration of basic social institutions; political trials; theories of punishment; the development in the United States of constitutionally protected rights of defendants in criminal cases. This course is intended for students interested in Anglo-American history, for those interested in government and law, for those interested in the history of the relationship between social institutions and theories of criminal sanctions, and for those interested in the origins and development of the central ideas and institutions of American constitutional and legal history. Course requirements: twelve-pg., take-home, midterm essay based in part on documents, and a final examination. (Green)
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587. History of History I. (3). (Excl).
Section 001 - Time and Space. For Fall Term, 1998, this section is offered jointly with Anthropology 458.002. (Verdery/Cohen)
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592. Topics in Asian History. Upper-class standing. (3). (Excl). May be elected for credit twice.
Section 001 - History of Burma. This course examines the history of Burma, now Myanmar, from earliest times to the present day. It is structured largely in terms of historiographic debates or problems for which alternative interpretations are available: What was the nature of classical civilization? Why did the classical civilization of Pagan decline? What was the role of maritime trade in subsequent development? Why was the colonial era so traumatic for Burma, and why did the Burmese fare so poorly in the modern economy? What are the sources of the army's strength - conversely why has the democracy movement been emasculated - and what does the future hold? Two research papers, regular participation in discussions, no formal exams. Open to any students with at least one course in Asian history. Cost:2 WL:3 (Lieberman)
Section 002 - Let the Shadow Warrior Speak. Picked up at an execution ground, the deceased overlord's look-alike was fitted into the role of 'kagemusha' ("Shadow Warrior"). Now the pillar of the Takeda house and a guardian of its strength and honor, the former thief viewed the world from new heights. We will see the film, KAGEMUSHA, and explore the historical time and place in which the Shadow Warrior might have found himself. The course investigates the social and political meanings of the "Country-at-War," Japan's age of turmoil (16th century) which continues to stimulate the creative imagination of film directors and novelists. Issues to be explored include: the [real] history of the samurai, technology and social meaning of wars and battles, economic development and classes, the role of peasants, gender relations, and the samurai-sponsored arts. The class combines lectures and discussion. Grades are based on class participation and papers. Graduate students write an additional paper. No prerequisites. Cost:2 WL:4 (Tonomura)
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