Special Topics Courses for SPRING 2009:
12857
US HIST 210.001
ST: Civil Rights Movement (3)
10-10:50 MWF 317
Powers
The course focuses on the modern civil rights movement and the way it shaped recent American history. Beginning with the opening decades of the 20 th-century attention is devoted to the earliest civil rights organizations; the impact of the New Deal, the Second World War and Cold War will all be considered as they created context for the civil rights struggle. The movement’s key leaders, their organizational successes and failures, the transformation of the movement and the rise of Black Power and modern African American politics will also be examined.

12859
Modern
HIST 241.001
ST: Women, 1500-1800 (3)
TR 3:05-4:20 304
Delay
This course examines women and gender in Europe from approximately 1500 to 1800. Through an analysis of social, economic, political, religious, and cultural developments, we will assess how women shaped the European past and how ideas about gender have been central to daily life throughout history. Topics covered include politics, work, feminism, women’s writing, crime and disorder, religion, marriage, motherhood, and sexuality. Our focus will be primarily on Western Europe and on social history.

13143
Modern
HIST 241.002
ST: Religion & Society in Modern Europe since 1715
!0:50-12:05 TR BELL 414
Pierce, S.
This class will study the role of religion in Europe since the Enlightenment, which challenged many traditional religious beliefs and began the transition toward secular society. Rather than presenting a history of religious institutions, we will emphasize the relationship between religion and society, focusing on how religion affected people's everyday lives. Topics will include secularism, religious orthodoxy and popular faith, the impact of industrialization on religion, mass religious experience, and the role of religion in politics.

12860
Transnational
250.001
ST: France in North America
TR 12:15-1:30 302
Boucher
This course will survey the history of the French presence in North America to 1763. Among other things, it will examine: the roots of French colonialism in the New World; the composition of the migrant population and the reasons for their relocation; the socio-political structure of colonial communities; and the nature of French foreign relations with Native Americans as well as neighboring European powers.

13144
Transnational
250.002
ST: Technology & Culture in History: A Comparative Approach
MWF 11-11:50 222
Van Meer
Imagine life without the technologies you rely on daily: Cell phones, cars, internet, and eletricity. From such a list we may easily conclude that technology is an essential component ot "civilized," modern" life". But has this historically been the case? Why or why not? In this class you will study examples from different time periods and from regions as diverse as the U.S., Europe, Soviet Union, Africa, Middle East, and China to analyze and explain the ways in which "technology" and "culture" have hsitorically shaped one another from the time of Leonardo de Vinci to our present computerized days.

12861
PreModern
HIST 270.001
ST: European Witch Hunts (3)
MW 2:00-3:15 302
Coy
This intermediate-level course will examine the great witch-hunts that swept Europe during the early modern period, analyzing the intersection of power, religiosity, and magical beliefs that fueled the trials. By discussing recent historical interpretations concerning witchcraft alongside primary sources pertaining to folk magic, learned conceptions of malevolent sorcery and demonology, and criminal proceedings, we will attempt to understand the witch-hunts within the context of early modern culture and society.

131451
PreModern
HIST 270.002
ST: Medieval Europe, 1000-1450
9:25-10:40 TR 210
Moran, M.
- This class will examine the development of Europe in the High and Late Middle Ages (1000-1450) during a period of growth, change, and turmoil. The class will concentrate on social, cultural, and religious themes by examining connections with cultures outside of Europe as well as the experiences of marginalized groups within Europe. The class will investigate how popular religious, social, and cultural practices of men and women in everyday life intersected with the larger affairs of kings, popes, and intellectuals. Students will focus on reading a variety of primary source materials and secondary scholarly works.

12879
US
320.090
ST: Victorian Charleston
Stockton
T 7-9:45 302
Victorian Charleston? A contradiction in terms? Weren’t we too poverty-stricken to have any history between 1865 and 1900? “Too poor to paint and too proud to whitewash?” Think again. Recent research indicates that political and social realignments, new cultural and religious movements, industrial development, and natural disasters left their mark during the Victorian era. At the same time, much remained the same, the genealogical elite remained in power, and Charleston was preserved as an architectural gem. How? Why? Enroll now for answers.

13146
HIST 350.001
ST: A History of the Body: From Classical Times to the Present Day
1:40-2:55 TR Davis, C. 322
This class is a transnational and comparative history of the human body with a focus on Europe from the classical period until the present day. We will study the body as a historical artifact whose physical appearance and social and cultural meanings changed over time in accordance with transformative developments in European society, like the rise of Christianity, the decline of the divine right of kings, the acquisition of overseas colonies, and the creation of fascist states. We will pay close attention to issues of sexuality, gender, class, and race.

12865
AALA 361.001
ST: Cold War in Asia 1:00-1:50 MWF 306
GAO 306
At the same time the Cold War unfolded in Europe, it began to take shape in Asia. The Korean and Vietnam conflicts were two "hot" battles of the Cold War fought on East Asian soil. East Asia served as a substitute battlefield for the superpowers, a buffer zone between the Soviet Union and the United States, and an area of conflict between Communist China, Soviet Russia, and America. This course will emphasize the Asian political, social, and diplomatic context in which the Cold War was waged.