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GERM 199DRPO - German: Directed Readings
CrsNo GERM199DRPO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): Staff
Directed Readings. Syllabus reflects workload of a standard course in the department or program. Examinations or papers equivalent to a standard course. Regular interaction with the faculty supervisor. Weekly meetings are the norm. Available for full- or half-course credit.
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GERM 199IRPO - German: Independent Research
CrsNo GERM199IRPO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): Staff
Independent Research or Creative Project. A substantial and significant piece of original research or creative product produced. Pre-requisite course work required. Available for full- or half-course credit.
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GERM 199RAPO - German: Research Assistantship
CrsNo GERM199RAPO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): Staff
Research Assistantship. Lab notebook, research summary or other product appropriate to the discipline is required. Half-course credit only.
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GRMT 130 PO - Topics in Public German Discourse
CrsNo GRMT130 PO
When Offered: Spring 2012, every third semester.
Instructor(s): Staff
Topics in Public German Discourse. Explores current and emerging topics regarding the German-speaking countries in the European and transatlantic context. Topics may range from media and communication to literature, commemoration and education to ecology, policy, and globalism. Course provides an up-to-date and comprehensive, yet focused, inquiry into specific developments relevant for contemporary society. Prerequisite: 44 for GERM130; none for GRMT130.
(German in Translation)
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GRMT 162 PO - Rich, Pretty, Orderly - Swiss?
CrsNo GRMT162 PO
When Offered: Spring 2012, alternate years.
Instructor(s): H. Rindisbacher
Rich, Pretty, and Orderly? – What Makes Switzerland Tick. The doughnut hole of Europe - in the middle but largely unfamiliar. This cultural studies course fills the knowledge gap about Switzerland through a comprehensive account of the country’s role in the European and global cultural and political frameworks via (literary) texts, films, historical and economic sources and indepth analysis of this successful multicultural county’s political system, its neutrality and significant international presence.
(German in Translation)
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GRMT 170 PO - Culture of Nature: Green Movts
CrsNo GRMT170 PO
When Offered: Last offered spring 2011.
Instructor(s): H. Rindisbacher
Historical, cultural and political emergence of nature and green movements in their European and American contexts. Course traces their roots from Protestantism to Romanticism into the 21st-century global environmental crisis. Readings from history, politics, literature and the social sciences, with a special view to framing discourses and green aesthetics.
(German in Translation)
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HIST 005 PO - European Civilizations to 1350
CrsNo HIST005 PO
When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered fall 2012.
Instructor(s): R. Woods
A survey of the ancient and medieval worlds of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome and Western Europe stressing the interactions of civilizations and peoples, the rise and fall of ancient empires, innovation and technology, the sharing of religions and intellectual achievements. (Ancient and Medieval Mediterranean)
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HIST 006 PO - Euro Civilizations 1350-present
CrsNo HIST006 PO
When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2012.
Instructor(s): R. Woods
A survey of early-modern and modern European society, emphasizing the shaping of common cultural communities and their interactions with others, the growth of capitalist institutions, technological innovations, colonization and empire and the shaping of modern Europe. (Europe Since the Renaissance)
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HIST 010 PO - The Ancient Mediterranean
CrsNo HIST010 PO
A survey of ancient Near Eastern, Egyptian, Greek and Roman history to 300 C.E. Emphasis on emergence of different civilizations around Mediterranean basin and in Europe and their cultural interactions. (Core course, Ancient and Medieval Mediterranean)
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HIST 011 PO - Medieval Mediterranean
CrsNo HIST011 PO
When Offered: Each spring.
Instructor(s): K. Wolf
A survey of Mediterranean history from the first through the fourteenth centuries, focusing on the close interaction between the Latin, Greek, and Arabic worlds. Special attention will be paid to how Jewish, Christian, and Muslims scholars dealt with the legacy of ancient Greek and Roman political ideas. Letter grade only. (Core course, Ancient and Medieval Mediterranean)
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HIST 012 PO - Saints and Society
CrsNo HIST012 PO
Saints and Society. A history of the idea of Christian sanctity from the first to the thirteenth centures. The readings - primarily saints’ lives - will help us appreciate the process by which Christian communities constructed their distinctive sense of virtue and how such ideals evolved over time in response to changing historical circumstances. (Ancient and medieval Mediterranean) Letter grade only.
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HIST 013 PO - Crusade and Jihad
CrsNo HIST013 PO
Crusade and Jihad. A history of the idea of holy war in the Mediterranean world from Constantine in the fourth century to Saladin in the twelfth. Primary source readings will be supplemented by scholarly studies of Jewish, Christian and Muslim attitudes toward war as they pertain to the late antique and medieval periods. Letter grade only.
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HIST 016 PZ - Environmental History
CrsNo HIST016 PZ
See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
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HIST 017 CH - Chicano/Latino History
CrsNo HIST017 CH
See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
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HIST 017 PZ - History and Political Economy of Natural Resources
CrsNo HIS017 PZ
See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
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HIST 020 PO - The United States from the Colonial Era to the Gilded Age
CrsNo HIST020 PO
When Offered: Each fall.
Instructor(s): H. Wall
Development of the United States from colonial times to the late 19th century, emphasizing the social, political and socioeconomic conflicts that shaped that development. (Core course, United States)
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HIST 020 PZ - Greece and Rome
CrsNo HIST020 PZ
See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
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HIST 021 PO - US Since the Civil War
CrsNo HIST021 PO
When Offered: Spring 2012.
Instructor(s): V. Silverman
The US Since the Civil War. Mr. Silverman. History 21 introduces the study of the modern US. Emphasizes historical techniques in the study of diverse aspects of four key moments: the aftermath of the Civil War, the rise of industrial capitalism, the triumph the New Deal order, and its dismantling at the hands of neoliberalism in recent decades. (Core Course: United States)
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HIST 025 CH - All Power to the People
CrsNo HIST025 CH
See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
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HIST 031 CH - Colonial Latin American History
CrsNo HIST031 CH
See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
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HIST 032 CH - Latin America Since Independence
CrsNo HIST032 CH
See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
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HIST 035 PO - The Caribbean: Crucible of Modernity
CrsNo HIST035 PO
When Offered: Fall 2012.
Instructor(s): A. Mayes
Modernity began in the Caribbean and this class examines how the peoples, economies and histories of small places influenced the construction of the modern world. The class focuses particular attention on the French-, English- and Spanish-speaking Caribbean. (Latin America and the Caribbean)
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HIST 036 PO - Women of Honor, Women of Shame: Women’s Lives in Latin America and the Spanish-Speaking Caribbean, 1300-1900
CrsNo HIST036 PO
When Offered: Spring 2012.
Instructor(s): A. Mayes
Overview of the life chances, economic opportunities and social expectations for European, indigenous and women of African descent during and after colonial rule in Latin America and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean. (Latin America and the Caribbean)
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HIST 040 AF - History of Africa to 1800
CrsNo HIST040 AF
When Offered: Each fall.
Instructor(s): S. Lemelle
History of Africa from the earliest times to the beginning of the 19th century. Attention given to the methodology and theoretical framework used by the Africanist, the development of early African civilizations and current debates and trends in the historiography of Africa. (Core course, Africa, African Diaspora and Middle East)
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HIST 041 AF - History of Africa from 1800
CrsNo HIST041 AF
When Offered: Each spring.
Instructor(s): S. Lemelle
History of Africa from the 19th century to recent times. Attention given to political and economic aspects of Africa’s development process. Methodological and theoretical frameworks utilized by Africanists, as well as current debates and trends in African historiography are covered. (Core course, Africa, African Diaspora and Middle East)
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HIST 042 PO - Worlds of Islam
CrsNo HIST042 PO
When Offered: Fall 2011.
Instructor(s): A. Khazeni
A global history of the Islamic World since the fourteenth-century, examining the period when Islam became a world religion. Approaches the integrated histories of the Asian, African and Indian Ocean worlds. (Africa, African Diaspora and Middle East)
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HIST 043 PO - Middle East and North Africa 1500-
CrsNo HIST043 PO
When Offered: Spring 2012.
Instructor(s): A. Khazeni
Survey of the social, political and cultural history of the Middle East and North Africa since 1500, examining the transition from the age of empires to the emergence of nation-building projects in the region. Subjects include state and society under early modern Islamic empires; Western colonialism and imperialism; the integration of the region into the world economy; and the emergence of the nation state system in the Middle East and North Africa. ( Africa, African Diaspora and Middle East)
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HIST 047 SC - Church of the Poor in Latin America
CrsNo HIST047 SC
See the Scripps College catalog for a description of this course.
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HIST 050A AF - African Diaspora in U.S. to 1877
CrsNo HIST050A AF
When Offered: Offered alternate years.
Instructor(s): R. Roberts
This course examines the diverse and complex experiences of people of African ancestry in the United States beginning with pre-European contact in West and Central Africa to the end of the Reconstruction era. Working from a Diasporic focus, parallels will be drawn between specific cultural expressions, forms of nationalism and other types of protest in the United States and in other parts of the Americas.
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HIST 050B AF - African Diaspora in U.S. since 1877
CrsNo HIST050B AF
When Offered: Offered annually
Instructor(s): R. Roberts
Recognizing the diverse voices and experiences of people of African descent in the United States, this course introduces students to key issues engaging African Americans from Reconstruction to the late 20th century. Points of discussion include national identity; distinct political, economic and social approaches; continuing class and gender differences; urbanization; the State; and international influences.
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HIST 060 PO - Asian Traditions
CrsNo HIST060 PO
When Offered: Each fall.
Instructor(s): S. Yamashita
Historical introduction to the civilizations of China, India, Korea and Japan. Examines major institutional, social and cultural developments from pre-history to 1500: the advent of sedentary agriculture, urbanization, the emergence of the first states, class relations, important religious and philosophical changes and the formation of distinctive cultural identities. (Core course, Asian)
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HIST 061 CM - The New Asia: China, Japan, India and Indonesia in the Modern Era
CrsNo HIST061 CM
See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
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HIST 062 PO - Modern East Asia: China, Japan and Korea in 20th Century
CrsNo HIST062 PO
When Offered: Each spring.
Instructor(s): A. Chin
History of China, Japan and Korea from the late 19th century to the late 20th century. Focuses on transnational themes, such as revolution, colonialism and modernity that have shaped the politics and identities of East Asians in recent times. (Core course, Asian)
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HIST 070 PO - Early Modern Europe, 1347-1795
CrsNo HIST070 PO
When Offered: Each fall.
Instructor(s): R. Woods
Survey of European culture, society and politics from Renaissance to French Revolution. Examines turbulent centuries that shaped modern world. Topics include rediscovery of antiquity, conquest of the Americas, religious upheaval, the Enlightenment, scientific and political revolutions. (Core course, Europe Since the Renaissance)
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HIST 070A SC - United States History to 1865
CrsNo HIST070A SC
See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
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HIST 070B SC - Introduction to Modern U.S. History
CrsNo HIST070B SC
See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
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HIST 071 PO - Modern Europe Since 1789
CrsNo HIST071 PO
When Offered: Each spring.
Instructor(s): G. Kates
Modern Europe Since 1789. Introduction to the major economic, political and social developments in European society since the French Revolution, including the Industrial Revolution, Nationalism, Marxism, the Russian Revolution, political and economic imperialism, World Wars I and II, the Great Depression, the Holocaust and the development of the European Union. (Core course, Europe Since the Renaissance).
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HIST 089E PO - Economic History of Europe: 1000-1800
CrsNo HIST089E PO
When Offered: Fall 2011, offered occasionally.
Instructor(s): R. Woods
Economic History of Europe: 1000-1800. A survey of the economic history of Europe emphasizing its cultural and social context from the feudal to the modern, Topics include the transformation of agrarian society, formation of proto-capitalist economic institutions, market innovations, technological/knowledge-based social development, population disorientations, and “revolutions” in business, finance, agriculture, manufacture, and industry. Lecture and discussion.
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HIST 100ACPO - East Asian Popular Culture
CrsNo HIST100ACPO
When Offered: Fall 2014.
Instructor(s): A. Chin
Examines the historical development of Chinese and Japanese popular culture in the 20th century. Topics include war mobilization, East Asian globalization, fandom, gender and race representations, transnational dissemination of culture. Prerequisite: one prior course on China or Japan. (Asian)
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HIST 100AKPO - Gunpowder Empires
CrsNo HIST100AKPO
When Offered: Spring 2013.
Instructor(s): A. Khazeni
The history of the interregional Islamic “gunpowder empires” of the early modern period: the Ottomans, Safavids and Mughals. Examines the ways in which Muslim empires ruled heterogeneous populations and expansive frontiers in the period between c. 1400-1800. (Africa, African Diaspora and Middle East)
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HIST 100B PO - Colonialism and Modernities in East Asia
CrsNo HIST100B PO
When Offered: Spring 2013.
Instructor(s): A. Chin
A remapping of modern East Asian history through examining how colonialism was manifested. Investigates the cultural construction of colonialism and the problems of building modern states in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Attention to political and intellectual responses to colonialism and their entanglements with changing visions of modernity. (Asian)
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HIST 100C CH - Chicana/Latina Histories
CrsNo HIST100C CH
When Offered: Each spring.
Instructor(s): T. Summers Sandoval
Reading seminar analyzing the historical experiences of Chicanas and Latinas. Foregrounds gender, race, class and sexuality, examining these women’s responses to conquest, capitalism, racism and patriarchy. Investigates their struggles for justice, connections to other “Third World” women and formations of feminist theory and practice. Letter grade only. (United States)
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HIST 100D PO - Political Protest and Social Movements in Latin America
CrsNo HIST100D PO
When Offered: Fall 2012.
Instructor(s): M. Tinker Salas
The political landscape in Latin America has changed dramatically since the 1980s when neo-liberal policy predominated. The backlash to these policies has transformed the political landscape in most countries where the rise of mass movements and popular discontent has produced the election of reformers, progressives and even socialists. The seminar seeks to contextualize the emergence of new social and political movements throughout Latin America. (Latin American and Caribbean History)
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HIST 100F PO - Food, Culture and Power in Asia and the Pacific
CrsNo HIST100F PO
When Offered: Each spring.
Instructor(s): S. Yamashita
Food, Culture and Power in Asia and the Pacific. This seminar will explore some of the ways that scholars are now interpreting the food and foodways of Asia and the Pacific. We will begin with the earliest food production in the Asia-Pacific region and then consider in turn the advent of royal cuisines, the emergence of popular food cultures in towns and cities, the impact of Euro-American imperialism on indigenous culinary practices, and the contemporary food situation in an era of globalization. And as we explore these topics, we will consider the most important issues in food studies today, including the survival of traditional food practices, environmental exploitation, sustainability, and open and fair access to the scarce food resources. Letter grade only.
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HIST 100G PO - California
CrsNo HIST100G PO
When Offered: Spring 2012.
Instructor(s): V. Silverman
Why is California such a mess? How did such a beautiful place come to its present predicament? From the European conquest to the current stalemated government, Californians have contended with a series of upheavals-often at a great human cost. This seminar offers students a chance to learn the current scholarship about this tarnished golden state.
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HIST 100I CH - Race, Culture and Identity in Latin America
CrsNo HIST100I CH
When Offered: Offered alternate years.
Instructor(s): T. Summers Sandoval
Latin America incorporates indigenous, European, African and Asian traditions. Examines the interplay between race, identity, culture, gender and nationalism; the multifaceted process of ethnicity and race relations; challenges to elite preferences; alternative cultural identities such as Indigenismo and Negritude; impact of immigration and current state of nationalism. (Latin America and the Caribbean)
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HIST 100K PO - History/Biography/Autobiography
CrsNo HIST100K PO
When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2012.
Instructor(s): H. Wall
Study of American history using biographies, autobiographies and biographical fiction. Accounts of individual lives used to explore lives of “ordinary” Americans, as well as prominent social and political issues. Topics include Vietnam War; civil rights movement; political and social dissent; industrialization; ethnic, racial, religious and gender conflicts; slavery; continental expansion; and creation of the American republic. (United States)
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HIST 100L PO - U.S. Labor & Working-Class History
CrsNo HIST100L PO
When Offered: Fall 2012
A seminar examining the experiences of working people from the early 19th century to the present at work, at home and in politics. Introduces competing interpretations of trade-union ideology and politics, as well as working-class cultures and social experiences. Special emphasis on the roles of race and gender in the making of the American working class.”
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HIST 100M PO - Rethinking Modern Asian History
CrsNo HIST100M PO
When Offered: Spring 2013.
Instructor(s): S. Yamashita
Examines the various ways in which historians are now writing the history of modern China and Japan. Readings include conflicting accounts of the Rape of Nanking, a complex new narrative of the Boxer Rebellion, social histories of women and innovative analysis of Asian historical topics. (Asian)
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HIST 100N CH - Mexico-United States Border
CrsNo HIST100N CH
When Offered: Offered alternate years.
Instructor(s): M. Tinker Salas
Examines transformation of the Mexico-U.S. border from an internal frontier to an international boundary. The “border” penetrates deep into both Mexico and United States and influences the politics, economy and culture in both countries. Focuses on changes that Mexicans, U.S. and indigenous peoples experience as a result of border interaction. (Latin America and the Caribbean)
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HIST 100NBCH - U.S. and Latin American Relations
CrsNo HIST100NBCH
When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered fall 2011.
Instructor(s): A. Mayes
Examines U.S. foreign policy in Latin America from the 19th century to the present, with an emphasis on the cultural and political ideologies that have shaped how policy makers, intellectuals, journalists and ordinary people in the United States perceive Latin America and the actions that the U.S. government, its citizens and corporations have taken in Latin America. (Latin America and the Caribbean)
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HIST 100Q CH - Social Movements in 20th-Century Mexico
CrsNo HIST100Q CH
When Offered: Last offered spring 2009.
Instructor(s): C. Miller
Examines major mobilizations beginning with the Revolution of 1910. Focuses on labor, peasant, guerrilla and indigenous movements. Seeks to uncover history of Mexico’s armed left and to draw links with contemporary groups. Will look at how today’s Zapatistas draw on a tradition of legal and clandestine mobilizations. (Latin America and the Caribbean)
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HIST 100R CH - American Inequality
CrsNo HIST100R CH
When Offered: Spring 2011.
Instructor(s): T. Summers Sandoval
Reading seminar investigating the role of race in 20th-century United States history. Analysis centers around the lives of African American, Chicano and Latino, Asian American and Filipino populations, as well as their migrations and adaptations; encounters with racial ideologies and structures; and struggles for equality. Letter grade only. (United States)
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HIST 100U AF - Pan-Africanism and Black Radical Traditions
CrsNo HIST100U AF
When Offered: Each spring.
Instructor(s): S. Lemelle
Examination of the historical evolution of the Pan-African concept and its political, social and economic implications for the world generally and for Black people in particular. Discussion of 20th century writers of Pan-Africanism in terms of the contemporary problems of African Americans. Prerequisites: a lower-division Africana studies (AF) course and permission of instructor. ( Africa, African Diaspora and Middle East; United States)
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HIST 100V PO - Modern Feminisms in East Asia
CrsNo HIST100V PO
When Offered: Fall 2012.
Instructor(s): A. Chin
Examination of the historical and transnational contexts that have shaped the conceptualization of feminism in Asia. Topics to be explored include the feminist interpretations and critiques of women’s status and inequality articulated by 20th-century activists and theorists, nationalism, war crimes, sexuality and political crises. (Asian)
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HIST 100VEPO - Venezuela; Democracy to Republic
CrsNo HIST100VEPO
When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered fall 2012.
Instructor(s): M. Tinker Salas
This course will examine the transformation of Venezuela from a coffee producing country, to the rise of the oil industry, and trace political and economic changes in the twentieth century. Specifically, the course will examine the transition from dictatorship to a pacted democracy and the conditions that gave rise to the Bolivarian Revolution in 1998. Letter grade only.
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HIST 100W PO - The American Political Tradition
CrsNo HIST100W PO
When Offered: Spring 2012.
Instructor(s): H. Wall
Major political debates, issues, ideas and conflicts from the American Revolution to Reconstruction. Includes the framing of the Constitution, Indian removal, women’s rights, slavery and anti-slavery, sectionalism and the coming of the Civil War. Emphasis on primary sources. (United States)
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HIST 100WCPO - Early Christian Views of Islam
CrsNo HIST100WCPO
When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2011.
Instructor(s): K. Wolf
Over the course of the century following Muhammad’s death in 632, Muslim armies dominated the eastern, southern, and western shores of the Mediterranean, areas that, up until then, had been in Christian hands. How Christian commentators came to terms with this religio-political transformation of their world is the subject of this seminar. A combination of primary sources from Greek, Syriac, Arabic and Latin Christians will be supplemented by the works of modern scholars. Letter grade only. (Ancient and Medieval Mediterranean)
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HIST 100WHPO - Heresy & Church in Middle Ages
CrsNo HIST100WHPO
When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2012.
Instructor(s): K. Wolf
Heresy, a natural by-product of the Catholic church’s insistence on religious conformity, has been a part of Christian history from the beginning. This research seminar focuses on the history of religious dissent in Europe from the eleventh through the thirteenth centuries, using it as a way to understand changes in medieval religiosity as well as the evolution of ecclesiastical responses to these changes. Letter grade only. (Ancient and Medieval Mediterranean)
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HIST 100WRPO - Religious Tolerance Med Spain
CrsNo HIST100WRPO
When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered fall 2012.
Instructor(s): K. Wolf
Religious Tolerance in Medieval Spain? It is widely noted that Christians, Muslims and Jews lived together (that is, experienced convivencia) in relative harmony for significant periods of medieval Spanish history and in the process benefited materially and culturally from their interrelationship. In this course, we will take a critical and nuanced look at the idea of convivencia and how it relates to the historical realities of medieval Spain and, by extension, to those of the modern world. Letter grade only. (Ancient and Medieval Mediterranean)
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HIST 100X PO - Modern Caribbean Pro-Seminar
CrsNo HIST100X PO
When Offered: Spring 2013.
Instructor(s): A. Mayes
This seminar examines U.S. and European imperialism in the Caribbean by paying attention to how images of the Caribbean’s environment, along with ideas about the sexual behavior and racial “character” of Caribbean people, informed imperialist and neo-imperialist policies in the region. (Latin America and the Caribbean).
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HIST 100Y PO - Smith/Rousseau
CrsNo HIST100Y PO
When Offered: Fall 2011.
Instructor(s): G. Kates
A comparison of the major writings of Adam Smith and Jean Jacques Rousseau, focusing on their seminal contributions to the development of political economy and differing attitudes towards capitalism. Readings include Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiments and Wealth of Nations and Rousseau’s discourses, Emile and Social Contract. Letter grade only.
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HIST 100Z PO - Doing History
CrsNo HIST100Z PO
When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered fall 2012.
Instructor(s): H. Wall
(United States)
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HIST 101 PO - Ancient Greece
CrsNo HIST101 PO
This course will examine the political, military, and cultural history of Ancient Greece during the Homeric, Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic eras (ca. 1200-146 B.C.). There will be a strong emphasis on critical engagement with the entire range of primary sources, including the Homeric epics, the histories of Herodotus and Thucydides, the biographies of Plutarch, and the ancient material and archaeological remains.
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HIST 105 PO - Saints and Society
CrsNo HIST105 PO
When Offered: Each fall.
Instructor(s): K. Wolf
A history of the idea of Christian sanctity from the first to the thirteenth centuries. The readings—primarily saints’ lives—will help us appreciate the process by which Christian communities constructed their sense of virtue and how such ideals evolved over time in response to changing historical circumstances. Letter grade only. (Ancient and Medieval Mediterranean)
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HIST 110E PO - Renaiss/Reformation:1350-1648
CrsNo HIST110E PO
When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered fall 2012.
Instructor(s): R. Woods
The origins and development of a cultural, political and economic effervescence in Europe. Relations between artistic achievements and social transformations. Social, intellectual, religious and political restructuring attendant on the Reformation and Counterreformation. (Europe Since the Renaissance)
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HIST 110H PO - American Society, 1500-1900
CrsNo HIST110H PO
When Offered: Spring 2012, alternate years.
Instructor(s): H. Wall
American Society, 1500-1900. Research seminar culminating in a research paper substantially based on primary sources dealing with any aspect of American history up to 1900. Letter grade only.
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HIST 110J PO - State, Citizen, Subject Modern Japan
CrsNo HIST110J PO
When Offered: Fall 2012.
Instructor(s): S. Yamashita
Examines modern Japanese representations of themselves, the “other,” the past and official Japanese government descriptions of selected topics and popular reception of these formulations. Readings include relevant theoretical literature and selections from school textbooks, personal correspondence, diaries, memoirs, fiction and oral history. (Asian)
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HIST 110R PO - History of the U.S. Right
CrsNo HIST110R PO
Instructor(s): V. Silverman
Examines the history of the right and far-right in U.S. politics, culture and foreign policy. Focuses on racist movements from the 19th-century Ku Klux Klan to white supremacists today; ideology and practice of counter-subversion and counter-terrorism. (United States)
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HIST 110S CH - Latino/a Oral Histories
CrsNo HIST110S CH
When Offered: Offered occasionally; next offered Fall 2011.
Instructor(s): T. Summers Sandoval
This course explores use of oral histories in historical research of marginalized communities, investigating issues such as memory and the “body as archive.” Provides overview of oral history theory, practice and ethical concerns. Students apply course knowledge in research project incorporating Latino/a oral histories. Letter grade only. (United States)
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HIST 110T CH - Betwn Borders: Dev of Mex Hist
CrsNo HIST110T CH
When Offered: Last offered spring 2009.
Instructor(s): Staff
This reading seminar is an exploration of the construction of gender identities and general relations on the US-Mexico border. We will examine pioneering works in Chicana/o historiography as well as recent studies on gender from the period of the Spanish borderlands to the present.
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HIST 110U CH - From Tropics to Borderlands
CrsNo HIST110U CH
When Offered: Last offered spring 2009.
Instructor(s): Staff
This course examines the history of Central American migration through an interdisciplinary lens, introducing theories and debates in immigration studies in the 20th Century. Themes include US-Central American relations; history of sending countries; gender, race/ethnicity, and class as factors in migration and settlement; labor and community networks; and identity and culture.
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HIST 111A AF - African Diaspora in US to 1877
CrsNo HIST111A AF
This course examines the diverse and complex experiences of people of African ancestry in the United States beginning with pre-European contact in West and Central Africa to the end of the Reconstruction era. Working from a Diasporic focus, parallels will be drawn between specific cultural expressions, forms of nationalism and other types of protest in the United States and in other parts of the Americas. R. Roberts.
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HIST 111B AF - African Diaspora US since 1877
CrsNo HIST111B AF
Recognizing the diverse voices and experiences of people of African descent in the United States, this course introduces students to key issues engaging African Americans from Reconstruction to the late twentieth century. Points of discussion include national identity, distinct political, economic and social approaches; continuing class and gender differences; urbanization; the State, and international influences. R. Roberts.
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HIST 112 SC - Nuns, Saints and Mystics
CrsNo HIST112 SC
See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
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HIST 114 AF - Slave Women in Antebellum America
CrsNo HIST114 AF
Mainly through primary and secondary readings this course examines the role of power and race in the lives and experiences of slave women in the antebellum United States. Topics include gender and labor distinctions, the slave family, significance of the internal slave trade, and regional differences among slave women’s experiences. The course ends with slave women’s responses during the Civil War.
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HIST 117A SC - Latin America Before 1800
CrsNo HIST117A SC
See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
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HIST 117B SC - Contemporary Latin America and the Caribbean
CrsNo HIST117B SC
See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
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HIST 118 SC - Queering the Renaissance
CrsNo HIST118 SC
See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
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HIST 121 PO - Early America
CrsNo HIST121 PO
When Offered: Fall 2011.
Instructor(s): H. Wall
The social, political, cultural and economic development of North America from settlement to the Great Awakening. Emphasis on issues of colonial identity, race, conquest and social change. (United States)
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HIST 122 AF - Black Intellectuals & Polit Race
CrsNo HIST122 AF
This course explores the varied ways in which scientific racism functioned against African Americans in the United States from the mid-19th to mid-20th centuries and addresses African American intellectuals’ response to biological racism through explicit racial theories and less explicit means such as slave narratives, novels, essays and films.
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