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101. Medieval and Early Modern European History 3 hours 3SS First Semester. An introductory level survey course extending from the fall of Rome through the "modernization" of medieval Europe during the 16th and 17th centuries. Topics will include the political and religious order in the early Middle Ages, conflict between Church and Empire, the urbanization of Europe, the culture of the High Middle Ages, the growth of secular monarchies, the Black Death, the Italian Renaissance, the Protestant Reformation, and the Scientific Revolution. Enrollment Limit: open. Mr. Miller 102. Modern European History 3 hours 3SS Second Semester. This introductory survey covers the histories of the peoples of Europe from the Old Regime to the present. Students are introduced to the methods of studying history as well as the subject matter proper. Particular topics include: the decline of the society of orders, the French Revolution and its aftershocks through the 19th century, liberalism, socialism, imperialism, fascism, and the rise and fall of the Cold War. Enrollment Limit: 60. Mr. Smith 103. American History to 1877: Major Problems of Interpretation 3 hours 3SS, CD Next offered 2004-2005. 104. American History, 1877 to the Present: 3 hours Major Problems of Interpretation 3SS, CD Second Semester. An in-depth exploration of central issues in American society, politics, and culture from the post-Civil War era to the present. Emphasis on historical methods and the use of primary sources; differing modes of historical analysis and interpretation; enduring and emergent scholarly controversies. Analytic themes include race; ethnicity and immigration; gender; and the role of the state. Enrollment Limit: 50. Ms. Lasser 105. Chinese Civilization 3-4 hours 3-4SS, WR (4th hour option), CD First Semester. An introduction to the history of China from the archaeological origins of Chinese civilization to the period of the mature imperial state in the 17th century. The diverse origins of China's civilization are stressed as topics in political, social, and economic history are explored, as well as developments in religion and thought, language and literature, and art. The course is the normal introduction to further study of Chinese history and culture and, in particular, provides a valuable context for themes treated in Modern China. Identical to EAST 121. Enrollment Limit: 50. Mr. Kelley 106. Modern China 3-4 hours 3-4SS, CD, WR (4th hour option) Second Semester. This history of China from the founding of the Manchu Qing (Ch'ing) dynasty in 1644 takes a China-centered perspective. Along with political and institutional developments, long-term changes in the society and economy of China are stressed, and the indigenous bases for those changes are explored so that China's twentieth-century revolutionary upheaval will be seen to be more than a "response to the Western impact" or an "emergence into modernity." Identical to EAST 122. Enrollment Limit: 50. Mr. Kelley 107. Russian History I 3 hours 3SS, CD, WR Next offered 2004-2005. 108. Russian History II 3 hours 3SS, CD, WR Next offered 2004-2005. 109. Latin American History: Conquest and Colony 3 hours 3SS, CD First Semester. An introductory survey of Latin American history centering on the imposition, maintenance, and decline of Spanish and Portuguese colonial rule in Latin America. Emphasis is placed on understanding pre-conquest native societies, the material and cultural basis of colonialism, the complex human mosaic fashioned in colonial Latin America after 1492, issues of gender in preconquest and colonial Latin America, and the nature and development of resistance within the colonial world. Enrollment Limit: 60. Mr. Volk 110. Latin American History: State and Nation Since Independence 3 hours 3SS, CD Second Semester. This course provides an introductory survey of Latin American history from the wars of independence in the early 19th century to the independent nations' struggle to cope with the monumental issues of political legitimacy, economic growth, and social order throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. Particular emphasis will be placed on understanding the material, political, class, cultural, and gender structures which shaped Latin America's independent states. Enrollment Limit: 60. Mr. Volk 131. Jewish History From Biblical Antiquity to 1492 3 hours 3SS, CD, WR First Semester. Survey of Jewish history from biblical origins through the medieval period in Christian and Islamic realms until 1492. Covers biblical society and its literary expression; Hellenistic and Roman rule; the emergence and development of rabbinic Judaism; Jewish sects, including early Christianity; religious and political attitudes and behavior toward non-Jews; the Jewish community and family; the Crusades; the Spanish and other expulsions; medieval Jew-hatred; and Jewish responses. Identical to JWST 131. Enrollment Limit: 45. Ms. Magnus 132. Jewish History from the Spanish Expulsion to the Present 3 hours 3SS, CD, WR Second Semester. Survey of Jewish history from 1492 to the present, focusing on the challenges of modernity and Jewish responses. Covers the shattering of traditional society and the emergence of Jewish modernity in the experience of Marranos, mystics, secular Jews, and religious reformers, Hasidism and neo-traditionalists; the struggle for 'emancipation;' socio-economic transformation of the Jews; assimilation and cultural re-grouping; modern anti-semitism and Jewish responses; Zionism and other forms of Jewish nationalism; Jewish socialism; the Shoah; State of Israel; and American Jewry. Identical to JWST 132. Enrollment Limit: 45. Ms. Magnus 159. Traditional Japan to 1868 3 hours 3SS, CD, WR First Semester. A thematic investigation of traditional Japanese civilization to 1868. Attention will be given to the early process of Sinicization, the rise of the warrior class, the isolationism of the Tokugawa Period, and the initial confrontation with the West in the 19th century. In addition to political and international developments, treatment of aesthetics and religion will also be featured. Identical to EAST 131. Enrollment Limit: 70. Mr. DiCenzo 160. Modern Japan, 1868 to Present 3 hours 3SS, CD, WR Second Semester. From the collapse of the Tokugawa regime and the Meiji Restoration to the present. The focus will be the modern Western challenge and the Japanese response. Attention will be given to political, international, intellectual, and artistic/aesthetic aspects. Identical to EAST 132. Enrollment Limit: 90. Mr. DiCenzo 162. Cultures and Peoples of Ancient India 3 hours 3SS, CD First Semester.Surveys the development of South Asian civilization from its origins to the beginnings of the European conquest (c. 2500 B.C.E.-1700 C.E.). The course has as its fundamental concerns the several competing social, religious, and political institutions within Indian civilization including those of the aboriginal, Vedic-Hindu, Buddhist, and Islamic traditions. We explore the interactions among linguistic, gender, ethnic, religious, "caste," and class identities. Enrollment Limit: 50. Mr. Fisher 163. Modern South Asia: From British Imperialism to the Present 3-4 hours 3-4SS, CD Second Semester. Introduction to South Asian civilization from the European conquest through the colonial period to post-colonial nationhood. Discusses developments within Indian and British-Indian society concerning religion, gender, "caste," and class. Using largely indigenous (primary) sources, we explore issues of British imperialism, nationalism, and anti-colonial political mobilization. We conclude with an assessment of the current conditions in South Asia. Enrollment Limit: 55. Mr. Fisher
112. The Bourgeoisie and the Making of Modern Europe 3 hours 3SS, CD Second Semester. For the description, please see "Colloquia for First- and Second-Year Students" in this catalog. Note: Restricted to first and second year students. Enrollment Limit: 12. Ms. Chin 113. The French Revolution and the Origins of Modern Europe 3 hours 3SS, WRi Next offered 2004-2005. 117. National Schizophrenia in Japan and Sub-Saharan Africa 3 hours 3SS, CD, WR First Semester. For the description, please see "Colloquia for First- and Second-Year Students" in this catalog. Enrollment Limit: 12 first-year students. Mr. DiCenzo 141. The Gilded Age 3 hours 3SS, WRi Next offered 2004-2005. 149. Approaches to World History 3 hours 3SS, CD, WR Second Semester. For the description, please see "Colloquia for First- and Second-Year Students" in this catalog. Note: Restricted to first- and second-year students. Enrollment Limit: 15. Mr. Kelley
FYSP 120. The Collision of Cultures in North America, 1492-1700 3 hours 3SS, CD, WRi First Semester. For the description, please see "First-Year Seminar Program" in this catalog. Mr. Kornblith FYSP 132. The Body in Environmental History 3 hours 3SS, WRi First Semester. For the description, please see "First-Year Seminar Program" in this catalog. Ms. Stroud FYSP 140. Religion, Politics, and Ethnicity in South Asian History 3 hours 3SS, CD, WR First Semester. For the description, please see "First-Year Seminar Program" in this catalog. Mr. Fisher FYSP 145. Diversity and Cultural Interaction in Medieval Spain 3 hours 3SS, CD, WR Second Semester. For the description, please see "First-Year Seminar Program" in this catalog. Mr. Miller FYSP 159. Historical Perspectives on Contemporary Central Asia: Great Games and Silk Roads 3 hours 3SS, CD, WRi Second Semester. For the description, please see "First-Year Seminar Program" in this catalog. Ms. Hogan FYSP 166. America's Concentration Camps 3 hours 3SS, CD, WRi First Semester. For the description, please see "First-Year Seminar Program" in this catalog. Mr. Maeda FYSP 167. Who Was a Jew: Boundaries of Identity 3 hours 3SS, CD, WRi First Semester. For the description, please see "First-Year Seminar Program" in this catalog. Ms. Magnus FYSP 173. Europe in Revolution: 1848 3 hours 3SS, WRi First Semester. For the description, please see "First-Year Seminar Program" in this catalog. Mr. Smith FYSP 175. How Images Matter: Latin America Through U.S. Eyes 3 hours 3SS, CD, WRi First Semester. For the description, please see "First-Year Seminar Program" in this catalog. Mr. Volk
Topical Courses in European History 201. History of Science from Antiquity through the Scientific Revolution 3 hours 3SS, WR First Semester. This is a survey course tracing the development of scientific thinking and conceptions of nature in classical antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the early modern period. Special attention will be given to the development of scientific methods and to connections to broader cultural and intellectual institutions. Topics will include the relationship between nature and logic, the Aristotelian system, Hellenistic science and ethical philosophy; twelfth-century naturalism; scholastic science; Renaissance conceptions of nature; Copernicanism, mechanistic conceptions of nature. Enrollment Limit: 35. Mr. Miller 202. The Making of Early Modern Europe 3 hours 3SS Second Semester. A survey course focusing on the end of the Middle Ages and the beginnings of Early Modern Europe. Topics will include the culture and politics of the Italian Renaissance, Humanism in northern Europe, the Reformation and late medieval religion, the Catholic reformation, new forms of disciplining and spirituality, the voyages of discovery, the wars of religion, and the emergence of the modern state system. Enrollment Limit: 35. Mr. Miller 204. Medieval Intellectual History 3 hours 3SS, WR Next offered 2004-2005. 205. Theology, Science and the Secularization of Europe (1200-1800) 3 hours 1.5HU, 1.5SS, WR Next offered 2004-2005. 208. History of Modern Science 3 hours 3SS, WR Second Semester. This is a survey of the history of science from the 18th through the 20th centuries. We will examine the formation of modern scientific theories in the physical and biological sciences, with particular emphasis on both the institutions and cultural practices, and the intellectual and philosophical themes that have characterized modern scientific investigation. Topics will include the chemical revolution; Darwin and evolution; classical physics; Einstein and relativity; 'Big Science'; the emergence of molecular biology. Enrollment Limit: 35. Mr. Sepkoski 212. Golden Age Spain 3 hours 3SS First Semester. How, as historians, can we make sense of the rise and fall of national powers? In the 16th and 17th centuries Spain was at the height of global power, a society that marshaled its military and religious forces to create a global empire while simultaneously achieving a level of artistic and intellectual creativity that it has yet to repeat. But the accomplishments of this so-called Golden Age occurred against a backdrop of violence and repression that was directed both outward, toward its colonized peoples, and inward, toward the "heretics" in its midst. In this course we will explore the contradictions of Golden Age Spain, with an eye to what made Spain a great power, as well as what eventually destroyed that power. Enrollment Limit: 30. Ms. Abend 223. Ethnic Minorities in Central Europe 3 hours 3SS, CD Second Semester. This course explores the interactions between German-speaking peoples and those perceived as "foreign" from the 18th to the 20th century. Considers minority populations such as Jews, Poles and Turks in Germany, as well as the numerous ethnic groups within the Austro-Hungarian empire, examining specific moments-including the 1848 revolution, the Third Reich, and Reunification-in which Germans defined who would be included and excluded as part of the "nation." Lecture and discussion format. Enrollment Limit: 40. Ms. Chin 224. Twentieth Century Europe, I: 1900-1945 3 hours 3SS Next offered 2004-2005. 225. Twentieth Century Europe, II: 1945-Present 3 hours 3SS First Semester. The course explores the methodological problems of relatively recent history, and combines lectures and discussion. Particular topics include: the rise and fall of Cold War Europe; decolonization and the origins of multi-racial European societies; European integration; and the Revolutions of 1989. Prerequisites: History 102 or 224. Enrollment Limit: 40. Ms. Chin 226. World War II and the Making of the 20th Century 3 hours 3SS, CD First Semester. A comparative overview of how World War II transformed nations, groups, and individuals. The course endeavors to pay equal attention to the two regional wars in Asia and in Europe that joined to become "World War II" only in 1941. Particular topics include conventional military, political, and diplomatic history, the "totalization" of war as it became global, gender, and the cultural history of military experience. Recommended preparation: one course in European, Asian, or United States history, or appropriate AP credit. Enrollment Limit: 60. Mr. Smith 227. The Spanish Civil War 3 hours 3SS First Semester. As one of the defining events of the twentieth century, the Spanish Civil War is frequently described as a "dress rehearsal" for World War Two. In this course we will not only consider the Spanish war as a stage upon which Europeans and Americans of different political affiliations projected their ideals and agendas, but will go beyond the international influences of the Spanish Civil War to focus on how the conflict permanently defined the Spanish nation itself. Beginning our study in the 1930's, we will use examples from film, literature, and the visual arts to trace the unique combination of political, social, and cultural tensions that exploded in the war and then shaped the forty-year dictatorship that followed. Enrollment Limit: 30. Ms. Abend 233. Jewish Memoirs and Memory: Writing the Self in Jewish Society 3-4 hours 3-4SS, CD, WR Next offered 2004-2005. 234. Good & Evil: Decision-Making in the Holocaust 3-4 hours 3-4SS, CD, WR Next offered 2004-2005. 235. East European Jewry: 1772-1939 3-4 hours 3-4SS, CD, WR Next offered 2004-2005. 237. Women in Jewish Society, Antiquity to Modernity 3 hours 3SS CD, WR Second Semester. Selected topics in Jewish women's history from antiquity to the 20th century, examining "normative" constructions of women's roles as well as social and cultural realities. Uses biblical and rabbinic materials, medieval communal and personal (divorce, prenuptial) documents, women's letters, memoirs and rituals to explore gender roles and power relations between Jewish women and men, women and religion, women's economic and communal functions, literacy, sexuality, responses to persecution, and feminism. Identical to JWST 237. Enrollment Limit: 30. Ms. Magnus Topical Courses in American History 252. American Environmental History 3 hours 3SS, WR First Semester. This course will consider the major themes of U.S. Environmental History, examining changes in the American landscape, the development of ideas about nature in the United States, and the history of U.S. environmental activism. Throughout the course, we will be exploring definitions of nature, environment, and environmental history. Enrollment Limit: 35. Ms. Stroud 253. Recent America: The United States Since World War II 3 hours 3SS, WR Second Semester. In this course, we will focus on the themes of reform and reaction as we examine changes in American culture, politics, and landscapes since World War II. Through discussions of the Cold War, the Civil Rights movement, environmental activism, surburbanization, and the rise of conservatism, we will consider the ways in which Americans changed their lives, homes and institutions in the second half of the 20th century. Enrollment Limit: 35. Ms. Stroud 258. Industrial Revolution in America 3 hours 3SS, WR Second Semester. The development of industrial capitalism in the United States between ca. 1790 and 1890. Among the topics covered: preconditions of economic growth, the expansion and mechanization of manufacturing, labor radicalism and working-class consciousness, the impact of immigration, and the rise of big business and corporate organization. Students will undertake original research projects in primary sources. Enrollment Limit: 25. Mr. Kornblith 259. Revolutionary America and the Early Republic 4 hours 4SS, CD, WR Next offered 2004-2005. 260. Asian American History 3 hours 3SS, CD, WR First Semester. This course is an introduction to the history of peoples of Asian ancestry in the United States and the construction of an Asian American collectivity. Major themes will include the place of Asian Americans in the American imagination, migrations, labor, communities, and responses to social and legal discrimination. The categories of race, ethnicity, gender, class and sexuality will figure prominently as we explore similarities and differences among Asian American experiences. Enrollment Limit: 40. Mr. Maeda 261. Race and Radicalism in the 1960s 3 hours 3SS, CD, WR Second Semester. Throughout the 1960s, people of color in the United States struggled for rights and power. This course examines social movements by African Americans, Asian Americans, Chicano/Latinos, and Native Americans during this period. We will examine the various goals sought, strategies used, and understandings of race and nation deployed. Enrollment Limit: 35. Mr. Maeda 263. American Civil War and Reconstruction 4 hours 4SS, CD, WR First Semester. A critical examination of the causes, dynamics, and consequences of the Civil War. Topics include slavery and the development of the sectional crisis; antislavery politics and the emergence of the Republican party; secession; the military experience; the meaning of emancipation; and the dilemmas of Reconstruction. Emphasis on primary sources and recent scholarship in social and political history. Lectures, discussions, videos, and considerable use of educational technology. Recommended preparation: HIST 103 or its equivalent. Enrollment Limit: 30. Mr. Kornblith 265. American Sexualities 3 hours 3SS, CD, WR Next offered 2004-2005. 267. Gender, Ethnicity, and Race in 19th Century America 3 hours 3SS, CD First Semester. This course explores the social, political and economic histories of different racial, ethnic, religious and cultural groups of women to develop an understanding of the varieties of womanhood in nineteenth-century America. Topics addressed include: colonization, slavery, the differential impact of industrialization, the ideologies of woman's sphere, education, activism, and power. Enrollment Limit: 35. Ms. Lasser 268. Oberlin History as American History 3-4 hours 3-4SS, CD First Semester. Explores episodes in Oberlin's history as a multicultural community within the larger context of American history and introduces methods for use in primary research. Topics include abolition, civil rights, religion, education, women's rights, and civic improvement. Students may collaborate on local history projects in the Oberlin public schools. Enrollment Limit: 25, no first-year students. Ms. Lasser 270. Latina/Latino Survey 3 hours 3SS, CD, WR First Semester. What historical forces have brought together diverse groups including Chicanos from Los Angeles, Cubans from Miami, and Dominicans and Puerto Ricans from New York City? From the 16th century to the present, we map the varied terrains of Latina/o history. Major themes include conquest and resistance, immigration, work, and the creation of racial and sexual differences within and between Latino/a communities. We survey Latina/o writers from Cabeza de Baca to José Martí to Gloria Anzaldúa. Enrollment Limit: 40. Staff Topical Courses in Asian History 282. The Invention of Asia 3 hours 3SS, CD First Semester. Examines the contact Europeans and Americans have had with Asian societies and peoples from antiquity to modern times and how they 'invented' a variety of Asias. Key questions include: How do these conceptions of Asia reflect on Westerners' changing attitudes toward their own societies and on historical and intellectual developments in the modern West? How have they mediated Western contact with Asians and Asian societies? Enrollment Limit: 25. Mr. Kelley 285. Intellectual History of the Meiji Period (1886-1912) 3 hours 3SS, CD, WR Next offered 2004-2005. 287. Islamic South Asia: Roots and Emergence 3 hours of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh 3SS, CD, WR First Semester. In-depth examination of the origins, nature, and forms of social and cultural expression of Islam in South Asia. This course deals with two non-western civilizations (Islamic and Indian) as they interact and change over time. Its continuing concerns are the various social, religious, and political institutions of the Islamic tradition in South Asia including social class and gender. Given the regional diversity within the South Asia Muslim community, differences of language, ethnicity, and religious practice are salient. Enrollment Limit: 40. Mr. Fisher Topical Courses in Latin American History 293. Dirty Wars and Democracy 3 hours 3SS, CD, WR Next offered 2004-05. 294. The United States and Latin America 3 hours 3SS, CD, WR First Semester. A critical evaluation of U.S. foreign policy toward Latin America, as well as other aspects of the interaction between the United States and Latin America, from the Monroe Doctrine to the present. Besides formal aspects of U.S. policy making, students will also consider the manner in which Latin America and Latin Americans are represented in the United States and cultural influences on policy making. Lecture and discussion format with opportunity for original research. Recommended preparation: HIST 110. Enrollment Limit: 40. Mr. Volk Topical Courses in Russian History 296. Russia Before Peter the Great 3 hours 3SS, CD First Semester. This course examines the history of Russia from the ninth until the late 17th century, with attention to the interaction of Eastern Slavs with the peoples of the steppe, the nature of the early Kievan Rus' and Muscovite state, and the particularities of the developing social structure. Topics include the Mongol overlordship, women in the pre-Petrine period and the formation of a multi-ethnic empire. Lecture and discussion. Enrollment Limit: 30. Ms. Hogan
European History Colloquia 300. Science and History from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century 3 hours 3SS, WR Next offered 2004-2005. 303. Historical Consciousness in Medieval and Early Modern Europe 3 hours 3SS, WR Second Semester. The course will examine the ways in which medieval and early modern Europeans conceptualized and used history. Emphasis will be placed on reading primary sources to explore attitudes toward the past, different conceptual frameworks used to organize history, ideas about progress, historical development, and primitivism, and the polemical, theological and intellectual contexts that shaped pre-modern historical consciousness. We will also examine the influence that early historical ideas have had on modern historical consciousness. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 15. Mr. Miller 306. Germans and Jews 3 hours 3-4SS, CD, WR Next offered 2004-2005. 308. Heresy and Orthodoxy in Medieval Europe 3 hours 3SS, WRi Next offered 2004-2005. 309. Enlightenment Intellectual History 3 hours 3SS, WR First Semester. Examines the philosophical, political, and scientific basis of the so-called Enlightenment in 18th century European intellectual history. This period has long been celebrated by historians as a crucial step in the formation of 'modern' western identity, but its authors have also been targeted by 20th century postmodernist critics for precisely the same reason. We will examine the basic precepts of Enlightenment thought through extensive primary readings of authors including Locke, Hume, Kant, Rousseau, and others. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 15. Mr. Sepkoski 310. Marx and Nietzsche 3 hours 3SS, WRi Second Semester. This seminar examines the ideas of two important 19th-century intellectuals, who formulated the most potent and enduring critiques of European bourgeois-Christian culture. Concentrates on close readings of the writings of Marx and Nietzsche, but also places these figures in their intellectual and historical contexts. Explores their legacies for 20th-century philosophy and cultural criticism. Prerequisite: HIST 102 or equivalent. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 12. Ms. Chin 313. The French Empire: Colonizers and Colonized 3 hours 3SS, CD, WR Next offered in 2004-2005. 314. Cultural Reactions to Modernization 3 hours 3SS, WR Next offered 2004-2005. 319. Women in Transnational Europe 3 hours 3SS, CD First Semester. This course examines women in the context of a modern Europe deeply engaged in transnational projects, relations, and contacts. It looks at a variety of women's roles in the 19th and 20th centuries, including the missionary, colonial settler, philanthropist, colonized native, feminist, guest worker, minority intellectual, etc. It also makes comparisons with European masculinities and considers how gender, more generally, served as a central arena for making claims about European civilization. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 12. Ms. Chin American History Colloquia 322. Women and Power in Nineteenth-Century America 3 hours 3SS, CD Next offered 2004-2005. 323. Liberty and Power, Democracy and Slavery in Jacksonian America 4 hours 4SS, CD, WR Next offered 2004-2005. 325. Native American History, ca. 1450-1900 4 hours 4SS, CD, WR Second Semester. Explorations in the "new Indian history" that approaches Native American experience from a sympathetic yet unromantic cultural perspective. Topics include social diversity in North America on the eve of European invasion; dynamics of early Indian-European encounters; causes of massive demographic decline among Native Americans; accommodation and resistance to Euro-American expansion; relations with African Americans; assimilation, adaptation, and rejection of Euro-American values and behavioral norms. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 12. Mr. Kornblith 327. Borderlands 3 hours 3SS, CD, WRi Next offered 2004-2005. 328. American Mixed Blood 3 hours 3SS, WR, CD Next offered 2004-2005. 330. Unbearable Whiteness: The Social Construction of a Racial Category 3 hours 3SS, WR, CD First Semester. Throughout the history of the U.S., people deemed to be 'white' have accrued social, legal, and economic privileges at the expense of others deemed non-white. But the boundaries of whiteness have shifted over time. This course examines the emergence of whiteness as a socially constructed racial identity, especially in relation to ethnicity, class, and the nation. By critically focusing on whiteness, it explores the plasticity of racial categories and the articulation of skin color with power. Consent of the instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 12. Mr. Maeda 331. Asian American Cultural History 3 hours 3SS, CD Second Semester. Throughout Asian American history, culture has provided Asian Americans with an arena in which to protest injustice, express their needs and desires, and tackle issues of race, ethnicity, nation, class, gender, and sexuality. This course explores not only how Asian American cultural productions (including poems, novels, drama, films, and everyday social practices) have responded to their social contexts, but also how culture has produced Asian American communities. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 12. Mr. Maeda 338. Colloquium in U.S. Urban Environmental History 3 hours 3SS, WRi Second Semester. In this course, we will be looking at changing urban environments, environmental influences on cities, the environmental impact of urban places, and the concerns and influence of urban environmental activists in the United States. We will be questioning the anti-urban bias of much environmental history, and interrogating definitions of "nature" and "culture" that place people and their habitats outside of the "natural" world. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 12. Ms. Stroud Asian History Colloquia 340. China's Path to Revolution 3 hours 3SS, CD, WR Next offered 2004-2005 344. Gender, Marriage, and Kinship in China 3-4 hours 3-4 SS, WR CD First Semester. A colloquium exploring the construction of gender, varieties of marriage, and conceptions of family in China from imperial times to the present. Special attention will be paid to the state's attempts to shape ideals and enforce norms in these areas, along with the response of various groups in the society to those efforts. Suggested preparation: HIST 105, HIST 106, or equivalent. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 12. Mr. Kelley 350. Women in Modern Japan, 1868 to the Present 3 hours 3SS, CD First Semester. A chronological approach to the quest for gender equality in Japan during the period 1868 to the present. Sources will include literary and historical texts written by both Japanese and American authors. Prerequisites: HIST 160/EAST 132. Identical to GAWS 350. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 10. Mr. DiCenzo 351. National Schizophrenia and the Modern Japanese Novel 3 hours 3SS, CD, WR Next offered 2004-2005. 356. The British Empire in Asia and Africa 3 hours 3SS, CD, WR Next offered 2004-2005. 357. Non-Violent Opposition to British Imperialism: M. Gandhi 3 hours 3SS, CD, WR Second Semester. This colloquium concentrates on, but is not limited to, the life of Mohandas Gandhi. Parallel to our study of Gandhi's life in India, England, and South Africa, we analyze indigenous Indian and European notions about issues like non-violent activism and moral and secular law. Students, through research papers, compare and contrast M. Gandhi's conception and practice of non-violence with the strategies of other nationalists or social reformers. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 15. Mr. Fisher 358. British Empire in England 3 hours 3SS, CD, WR Next offered 2004-2005. 359. Colonialism, Race, Sex and Gender 3 hours 3SS, WRi Second Semester. This course explores historical episodes in which categories of race, gender and inevitably, sexuality have interacted and shifted as a result of colonial encounters from the 18th to the 20th centuries. Guided by recent theoretical insights, the course covers four extended episodes in Australia, India, Africa and Southeast Asia, in which encounters between expanding imperial cultures and indigenous cultures combined to produce societies with racial and gender hierarchies, and in which sex was a site of colonial anxiety, exploitation and regulation. The four episodes show how these mutually constitutive categories have played out across time and geographical boundaries, and at once how they shifted. Suggested preparation: History 102 or one course in Gender and Women's Studies. Consent of the instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 12. Ms. Woollacott Latin American History Colloquia 365. Peasants, State, and Rebellion in Latin America 3 hours 3SS, CD, WR Next offered 2004-2005. Russian History Colloquia 371. The Russian Intelligentsia in the Late Imperial Period 3 hours 3SS First Semester. This course examines the social and cultural construction of the Russian intelligentsia, its self-identity, and its intellectual products. We will read some of the great works of social, political and literary commentary on such topics as the Slavophile-Westernizer debates, nihilism and populism, Social Democracy and the "worker question", liberalism, the crisis of values at the turn of the century, and the question of Russia's "Eurasian" identity. Readings will include works by Turgenev, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Lenin. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 12. Ms. Hogan 377. Russia in Asia 3 hours 3SS, CD, WRi Next offered 2004-2005. 379. Stalinism 3-4 hours 3-4SS, CD, WRi Next offered 2004-2005. Methodology Colloquia 312. Museums and the Shaping of Knowledge 3 hours 3SS, WR Next offered 2004-2005. 316. The Body as Historical Subject 3 hours 3SS, CD, WR Next offered in 2004-2005. 367. Narrating the Nation: Historical and Literary Approaches to Nationalism 4 hours 2HU, 2SS, CD, WR Second Semester. This course offers an analysis of the narratives through which nationalisms acquire credibility and authority. This discussion-centered class will examine the nationalisms of Latin America, the Caribbean, and South Asia with particular reference to those of Argentina, Mexico, Chile, Haiti, and India. Narrative theories as deployed in and by the disciplines of History and English literary studies provide the overarching critical methodologies for interdisciplinary analysis. Identical to ENG 386. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 25. Mr. Volk, Ms. Needham 395. Method in Modern European History 3 hours 3SS, WR Next offered in 2004-2005.
442. Democracy and Human Rights in China 3-4 hours 3-4SS, CD, WR Nest offered in 2004-2005. 453. Research Seminar in Post-1945 Japanese History 3 hours 3SS, CD, WR Second Semester. This seminar will provide students with the opportunity to produce a major piece of written work (20-25 pages) on a topic of interest in post-1945 Japan's domestic and international history. Prerequisite: HIST 160/EAST 132. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 8. Mr. DiCenzo
501, 502. Senior Honors 1-4 hours 1-4SS Students wishing to do Honors in History during their final year should consult their Major Advisor and the Chair of History, submitting an Honors Proposal by the established deadline the semester prior to their final year. Consent of Department required. 995. Private Reading 1-3 hours 1-3SS Independent study of a subject beyond the range of catalog course offerings. Consent of instructor required. Private readings will be sponsored by Mr. Baumann, Ms. Chin, Mr. DiCenzo, Ms. Dye, Mr. Fisher, Ms. Hogan, Mr. Kelley, Mr. Koppes, Mr. Kornblith, Ms. Lasser, Mr. Maeda , Ms. Magnus, Mr. Miller, Mr. Smith, Ms. Stroud, and Mr. Volk. Private readings and Honors information is on the History web site at www.oberlin.edu/history or the Registrar's page at www.oberlin.edu/regist. Available faculty members are listed on these sites. |
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