HIST0720 - Strife: A History of the Greeks

Status
A
Activity
REC
Section number integer
404
Title (text only)
Strife: A History of the Greeks
Term
2024C
Subject area
HIST
Section number only
404
Section ID
HIST0720404
Course number integer
720
Meeting times
F 12:00 PM-12:59 PM
Level
undergraduate
Description
The Greeks enjoy a special place in the construction of western culture and identity, and yet many of us have only the vaguest notion of what their culture was like. A few Greek myths at bedtime when we are kids, maybe a Greek tragedy like Sophokles' Oidipous when we are at school: these are often the only contact we have with the world of the ancient Mediterranean. The story of the Greeks, however, deserves a wider audience, because so much of what we esteem in our own culture derives from them: democracy, epic poetry, lyric poetry, tragedy, history writing, philosophy, aesthetic taste, all of these and many other features of cultural life enter the West from Greece. The oracle of Apollo at Delphi had inscribed over the temple, "Know Thyself." For us, that also means knowing the Greeks. We will cover the period from the Late Bronze Age, c. 1500 BC, down to the time of Alexander the Great, concentrating on the two hundred year interval from 600-400 BC.
Course number only
0720
Cross listings
ANCH0101404, CLST0101404
Fulfills
History & Tradition Sector
Cross Cultural Analysis
Use local description
No
LPS Course
false

HIST0720 - Strife: A History of the Greeks

Status
A
Activity
REC
Section number integer
403
Title (text only)
Strife: A History of the Greeks
Term
2024C
Subject area
HIST
Section number only
403
Section ID
HIST0720403
Course number integer
720
Meeting times
F 10:15 AM-11:14 AM
Level
undergraduate
Description
The Greeks enjoy a special place in the construction of western culture and identity, and yet many of us have only the vaguest notion of what their culture was like. A few Greek myths at bedtime when we are kids, maybe a Greek tragedy like Sophokles' Oidipous when we are at school: these are often the only contact we have with the world of the ancient Mediterranean. The story of the Greeks, however, deserves a wider audience, because so much of what we esteem in our own culture derives from them: democracy, epic poetry, lyric poetry, tragedy, history writing, philosophy, aesthetic taste, all of these and many other features of cultural life enter the West from Greece. The oracle of Apollo at Delphi had inscribed over the temple, "Know Thyself." For us, that also means knowing the Greeks. We will cover the period from the Late Bronze Age, c. 1500 BC, down to the time of Alexander the Great, concentrating on the two hundred year interval from 600-400 BC.
Course number only
0720
Cross listings
ANCH0101403, CLST0101403
Fulfills
History & Tradition Sector
Cross Cultural Analysis
Use local description
No
LPS Course
false

HIST0720 - Strife: A History of the Greeks

Status
A
Activity
REC
Section number integer
402
Title (text only)
Strife: A History of the Greeks
Term
2024C
Subject area
HIST
Section number only
402
Section ID
HIST0720402
Course number integer
720
Meeting times
R 12:00 PM-12:59 PM
Level
undergraduate
Description
The Greeks enjoy a special place in the construction of western culture and identity, and yet many of us have only the vaguest notion of what their culture was like. A few Greek myths at bedtime when we are kids, maybe a Greek tragedy like Sophokles' Oidipous when we are at school: these are often the only contact we have with the world of the ancient Mediterranean. The story of the Greeks, however, deserves a wider audience, because so much of what we esteem in our own culture derives from them: democracy, epic poetry, lyric poetry, tragedy, history writing, philosophy, aesthetic taste, all of these and many other features of cultural life enter the West from Greece. The oracle of Apollo at Delphi had inscribed over the temple, "Know Thyself." For us, that also means knowing the Greeks. We will cover the period from the Late Bronze Age, c. 1500 BC, down to the time of Alexander the Great, concentrating on the two hundred year interval from 600-400 BC.
Course number only
0720
Cross listings
ANCH0101402, CLST0101402
Fulfills
Cross Cultural Analysis
History & Tradition Sector
Use local description
No
LPS Course
false

HIST0720 - Strife: A History of the Greeks

Status
A
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Strife: A History of the Greeks
Term
2024C
Subject area
HIST
Section number only
401
Section ID
HIST0720401
Course number integer
720
Meeting times
MW 12:00 PM-12:59 PM
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Gwyneth Marion Fletcher
Lantian Jing
Jeremy James Mcinerney
Daniel Qin
Description
The Greeks enjoy a special place in the construction of western culture and identity, and yet many of us have only the vaguest notion of what their culture was like. A few Greek myths at bedtime when we are kids, maybe a Greek tragedy like Sophokles' Oidipous when we are at school: these are often the only contact we have with the world of the ancient Mediterranean. The story of the Greeks, however, deserves a wider audience, because so much of what we esteem in our own culture derives from them: democracy, epic poetry, lyric poetry, tragedy, history writing, philosophy, aesthetic taste, all of these and many other features of cultural life enter the West from Greece. The oracle of Apollo at Delphi had inscribed over the temple, "Know Thyself." For us, that also means knowing the Greeks. We will cover the period from the Late Bronze Age, c. 1500 BC, down to the time of Alexander the Great, concentrating on the two hundred year interval from 600-400 BC.
Course number only
0720
Cross listings
ANCH0101401, CLST0101401
Fulfills
Cross Cultural Analysis
History & Tradition Sector
Use local description
No
LPS Course
false
Major Concentrations
Major/Minor Requirements Fulfilled

HIST0718 - Black Women’s Activism in the United States

Status
A
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Black Women’s Activism in the United States
Term
2024C
Syllabus URL
Subject area
HIST
Section number only
401
Section ID
HIST0718401
Course number integer
718
Meeting times
MW 12:00 PM-1:29 PM
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Marcia Chatelain
Description
This advanced undergraduate course examines African-American women’s history in the U.S., with an emphasis on social activism, politics, and cultural production. This course will use first-hand narratives as well as monographs to provide an overview of African-American women’s lives from slavery to the contemporary period. Through writing assignments, students will have an opportunity to strengthen their expository writing, as well as their primary and secondary research skills.
Course number only
0718
Cross listings
AFRC2548401
Use local description
No
LPS Course
false
Major Concentrations
Major/Minor Requirements Fulfilled

HIST0550 - History of Modern China

Status
A
Activity
REC
Section number integer
407
Title (text only)
History of Modern China
Term
2024C
Subject area
HIST
Section number only
407
Section ID
HIST0550407
Course number integer
550
Meeting times
R 5:15 PM-6:14 PM
Level
undergraduate
Description
From an empire to a republic, from communism to socialist-style capitalism, few countries have ever witnessed so much change in a hundred year period as China during the twentieth century. How are we to make sense out of this seeming chaos? This course will offer an overview of the upheavals that China has experienced from the late Qing to the Post-Mao era, interspersed with personal perspectives revealed in primary source readings such as memoirs, novels, and oral accounts. We will start with an analysis of the painful transition from the last empire, the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), to a modern nation state, followed by exploration of a century-long tale of incessant reform and revolution. The survey will focus on three main themes: 1) the repositioning of China in the new East Asian and world orders; 2) the emergence of a modern Chinese state and nationalistic identity shaped and reshaped by a series of cultural crises; and finally, 3) the development and transformation of Chinese modernity. Major historical developments include: the Opium War and drug trade in the age of imperialism, reform and revolution, the Nationalist regime, Mao's China, the Cultural Revolution, and the ongoing efforts of post-Mao China to move beyond Communism. We will conclude with a critical review of the concept of "Greater China" that takes into account Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the Chinese diaspora in order to attain a more comprehensive understanding of modern China, however defined, at the end of the last century.
Course number only
0550
Cross listings
EALC0730407
Fulfills
History & Tradition Sector
Cross Cultural Analysis
Use local description
No
LPS Course
false

HIST0550 - History of Modern China

Status
A
Activity
REC
Section number integer
406
Title (text only)
History of Modern China
Term
2024C
Subject area
HIST
Section number only
406
Section ID
HIST0550406
Course number integer
550
Meeting times
R 5:15 PM-6:14 PM
Level
undergraduate
Description
From an empire to a republic, from communism to socialist-style capitalism, few countries have ever witnessed so much change in a hundred year period as China during the twentieth century. How are we to make sense out of this seeming chaos? This course will offer an overview of the upheavals that China has experienced from the late Qing to the Post-Mao era, interspersed with personal perspectives revealed in primary source readings such as memoirs, novels, and oral accounts. We will start with an analysis of the painful transition from the last empire, the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), to a modern nation state, followed by exploration of a century-long tale of incessant reform and revolution. The survey will focus on three main themes: 1) the repositioning of China in the new East Asian and world orders; 2) the emergence of a modern Chinese state and nationalistic identity shaped and reshaped by a series of cultural crises; and finally, 3) the development and transformation of Chinese modernity. Major historical developments include: the Opium War and drug trade in the age of imperialism, reform and revolution, the Nationalist regime, Mao's China, the Cultural Revolution, and the ongoing efforts of post-Mao China to move beyond Communism. We will conclude with a critical review of the concept of "Greater China" that takes into account Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the Chinese diaspora in order to attain a more comprehensive understanding of modern China, however defined, at the end of the last century.
Course number only
0550
Cross listings
EALC0730406
Fulfills
History & Tradition Sector
Cross Cultural Analysis
Use local description
No
LPS Course
false

HIST0550 - History of Modern China

Status
A
Activity
REC
Section number integer
405
Title (text only)
History of Modern China
Term
2024C
Subject area
HIST
Section number only
405
Section ID
HIST0550405
Course number integer
550
Meeting times
F 1:45 PM-2:44 PM
Level
undergraduate
Description
From an empire to a republic, from communism to socialist-style capitalism, few countries have ever witnessed so much change in a hundred year period as China during the twentieth century. How are we to make sense out of this seeming chaos? This course will offer an overview of the upheavals that China has experienced from the late Qing to the Post-Mao era, interspersed with personal perspectives revealed in primary source readings such as memoirs, novels, and oral accounts. We will start with an analysis of the painful transition from the last empire, the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), to a modern nation state, followed by exploration of a century-long tale of incessant reform and revolution. The survey will focus on three main themes: 1) the repositioning of China in the new East Asian and world orders; 2) the emergence of a modern Chinese state and nationalistic identity shaped and reshaped by a series of cultural crises; and finally, 3) the development and transformation of Chinese modernity. Major historical developments include: the Opium War and drug trade in the age of imperialism, reform and revolution, the Nationalist regime, Mao's China, the Cultural Revolution, and the ongoing efforts of post-Mao China to move beyond Communism. We will conclude with a critical review of the concept of "Greater China" that takes into account Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the Chinese diaspora in order to attain a more comprehensive understanding of modern China, however defined, at the end of the last century.
Course number only
0550
Cross listings
EALC0730405
Fulfills
History & Tradition Sector
Cross Cultural Analysis
Use local description
No
LPS Course
false

HIST0550 - History of Modern China

Status
A
Activity
REC
Section number integer
404
Title (text only)
History of Modern China
Term
2024C
Subject area
HIST
Section number only
404
Section ID
HIST0550404
Course number integer
550
Meeting times
F 1:45 PM-2:44 PM
Level
undergraduate
Description
From an empire to a republic, from communism to socialist-style capitalism, few countries have ever witnessed so much change in a hundred year period as China during the twentieth century. How are we to make sense out of this seeming chaos? This course will offer an overview of the upheavals that China has experienced from the late Qing to the Post-Mao era, interspersed with personal perspectives revealed in primary source readings such as memoirs, novels, and oral accounts. We will start with an analysis of the painful transition from the last empire, the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), to a modern nation state, followed by exploration of a century-long tale of incessant reform and revolution. The survey will focus on three main themes: 1) the repositioning of China in the new East Asian and world orders; 2) the emergence of a modern Chinese state and nationalistic identity shaped and reshaped by a series of cultural crises; and finally, 3) the development and transformation of Chinese modernity. Major historical developments include: the Opium War and drug trade in the age of imperialism, reform and revolution, the Nationalist regime, Mao's China, the Cultural Revolution, and the ongoing efforts of post-Mao China to move beyond Communism. We will conclude with a critical review of the concept of "Greater China" that takes into account Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the Chinese diaspora in order to attain a more comprehensive understanding of modern China, however defined, at the end of the last century.
Course number only
0550
Cross listings
EALC0730404
Fulfills
Cross Cultural Analysis
History & Tradition Sector
Use local description
No
LPS Course
false

HIST0550 - History of Modern China

Status
A
Activity
REC
Section number integer
403
Title (text only)
History of Modern China
Term
2024C
Subject area
HIST
Section number only
403
Section ID
HIST0550403
Course number integer
550
Meeting times
F 12:00 PM-12:59 PM
Level
undergraduate
Description
From an empire to a republic, from communism to socialist-style capitalism, few countries have ever witnessed so much change in a hundred year period as China during the twentieth century. How are we to make sense out of this seeming chaos? This course will offer an overview of the upheavals that China has experienced from the late Qing to the Post-Mao era, interspersed with personal perspectives revealed in primary source readings such as memoirs, novels, and oral accounts. We will start with an analysis of the painful transition from the last empire, the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), to a modern nation state, followed by exploration of a century-long tale of incessant reform and revolution. The survey will focus on three main themes: 1) the repositioning of China in the new East Asian and world orders; 2) the emergence of a modern Chinese state and nationalistic identity shaped and reshaped by a series of cultural crises; and finally, 3) the development and transformation of Chinese modernity. Major historical developments include: the Opium War and drug trade in the age of imperialism, reform and revolution, the Nationalist regime, Mao's China, the Cultural Revolution, and the ongoing efforts of post-Mao China to move beyond Communism. We will conclude with a critical review of the concept of "Greater China" that takes into account Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the Chinese diaspora in order to attain a more comprehensive understanding of modern China, however defined, at the end of the last century.
Course number only
0550
Cross listings
EALC0730403
Fulfills
Cross Cultural Analysis
History & Tradition Sector
Use local description
No
LPS Course
false