History
Genocide in the Modern World
History
Genocide in the Modern World
This course studies the history of genocide in the 20th and 21st centuries, exploring both the patterns and unique circumstances of this important global issue. Students read and hear from historians, victims and perpetrators. Likely case studies are the...
Humans and the Environment
History
Humans and the Environment
What drives human history? Do the pivotal factors such as climate, geography, ecosystems, and microbes lie beyond human control? This course examines the interactions between people and the natural world over time. In struggling to master an often-hostile...
Modern China
History
Modern China
This course examines China’s dramatic recent history through multiple lenses: historical survey, biography, memoir, film and journalism. We begin by identifying key themes and questions to guide our study. Then we move back in time to the 19th century,...
Modern Latin America
History
Modern Latin America
This course examines how modern social and political institutions developed in the region that includes Central and South America and the Caribbean. We begin by questioning why such diverse places are imagined as a single region. We explore how colonialism...
Modern Asia: Contested Histories
History
Modern Asia: Contested Histories
How and why do different national histories define themselves in competition with those of their neighbors? This course will focus on how recent trends in the writing of history are applied to the context of contemporary Asia including China, India,...
U.S. History 1941 – Present
History
U.S. History 1941 – Present
This course begins with U.S. involvement in World War II. Emphasis is given to the Cold War and rising global involvement of the United States. Other topics include the Civil Rights movement, the social and political turmoil of the 1960s, the dual crises of...
Global Topics: Women, Gender & Society
History
Global Topics: Women, Gender & Society
This course explores the role of gender in shaping humans’ identities and power structures in several 20th-century circumstances around the world. Questions of political and legal rights, including emotional equity, public health and definitions of...
World War & European Society 1890-1945
History
World War & European Society 1890-1945
At the pinnacle of its power and confidence at the start of the 20th century, Europe could not have imagined the crises, mainly of its own making, that it would face between 1914 and 1945. In this course, we examine the era when Europe was shattered by two...
Native Peoples of North America
History
Native Peoples of North America
This course surveys the history of particular Native American groups from their prehistoric entry to North America until the development of the reservation system in the 19th century. A variety of topics will be covered as students gain exposure to...
Europe Since 1945
History
Europe Since 1945
Once the region of geopolitical domination, Europe after World War II was forced to rebuild and redefine its place in a rapidly shifting world. This course examines the change in Europe’s position as it contended with the Cold War’s series of...