All courses numbered 500 and above are graduate courses.
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HIST 620 Early Modern European Empires
Taught as schedule allows (consult the Course Directory)
This one-semester seminar on early modern European imperialism is designed to give students interested in the history of early modern Europe, the Atlantic world, the history of Africa and colonial Latin America a general understanding of early modern ideologies and institutions that enabled Europe to colonize parts of Africa and the Americas. Throughout the semester we will examine several important topics: medieval precedents of early modern imperialism; theories of empire and monarchy; ideologies of conquest and colonization; models of conquest and colonial exploitation; and the relevance of race and slavery in understanding European influence in Africa and the Americas.
