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The
political, cross-cultural, and social development of the Indian subcontinent
from the classical civilizations of late antiquity to the beginnings of
colonial rule in the eighteenth century. The artistic and architectural
achievements of Indo-Islamic civilization; the Mughal Empire and regional
polities; religious and cultural syncretism; the influence of contact
with the West. Special emphasis on the historical antecedents
of contemporary debates about South Asia's regional and
religious identities, state formation and fragmentation, and
the origins of colonial rule.
Prerequisite: None
Taught: Alternate years, 4 semester credits |
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The social,
economic, and political history of the Indian subcontinent from
the eighteenth century to the present. The cultural foundations
of Indian society; the East India Company and the expansion of British
power; the experience of Indians under the British Raj; Gandhi and
the rise of Indian nationalism; Independence and Partition; Postcolonial
South Asian developments in politics, economy, and culture. Thematic
emphasis on the causes and consequences of Western imperialism,
religious and cultural identities, and competing historical interpretations.
Prerequisite: None
Taught: Alternate years, 4 semester credits |
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The development
of the British Isles from the late medieval period to the Glorious
Revolution. The church and state in late medieval Britain; the English
and Scottish Reformations; Elizabeth and her realm; the evolution
of monarchical and aristocratic power under the Tudors and Stuarts;
Shakespeare, Milton, and the English literary renaissance; the conquest
and settlement of Ireland; Cromwell, the Puritans, and the English
Civil War; life in the villages and the growth of the mercantile
economy; the Glorious Revolution and the shaping of constitutional
monarchy.
Prerequisite: None; HIST 120 recommended
Taught: Alternate years, 4 semester credits |
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The history
of Britain and its people from the Glorious Revolution to the end
of the Napoleonic War. The end of absolutism and the rise of the
constitutional monarchy; the Augustan Age: arts, letters, and religion;
the Atlantic world and British overseas expansion; the Enlightenment
and Scientific Revolution; the American Revolution and its aftermath;
Union with Scotland and Ireland and the creation of the British
national identity; the revolution in France and the wars against
Napoleon; the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution.
Prerequisite: None; HIST 121 recommended
Taught: Alternate years, 4 semester credits |
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----Nicholas Pocock, HMS Victory at anchor, 1807 © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
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The history
of Britain from the Industrial Revolution to the present. Industrialization
and its social consequences; the shaping of Victorian society; the
rise and fall of the British Empire; the Irish question and the
emancipation of women; political reform and the rise of mass politics;
the age of total war; popular culture, immigration, and
multi-cultural society. Themes include the growth
of the social and economic class structure, the shaping of national
and regional identities, and the consequences of imperialism.
Extensive use of primary sources, literature, and music.
Prerequisite: None; HIST 121 recommended
Taught: Alternate years, 4 semester credits |
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An interdisciplinary approach to the study of Ireland from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.
Literary study focuses on the works of Yeats, Joyce, Shaw, Synge,
Kavanagh, and O'Casey along with contemporary authors Heaney and Doyle. Historical
topics include famine and emigration; home rule, republicanism, and unionism;
the war for independence, the Irish Civil War, and the "Troubles" in Northern Ireland;
religion, politics, and civil society in the Irish Republic. This course is
team-taught with Prof. John Callahan and counts towards the English major.
Prerequisite: None; HIST 121 recommended
Taught: Spring 2011 (possibly repeated), 4 semester credits |
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The colonial and postcolonial development of East Africa from the mid-nineteenth
century to the present. European exploration, missionary activity, and interaction between
indigenous African societies and settler populations; the formation of the colonial
state and economy; technological and agrarian development and its consequences;
African nationalism, independence, and regional integration; the postcolonial politics,
culture, and economy of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. This is a required course in the
2008 East Africa Program and is taught in Kenya and Tanzania.
Prerequisite: Participation in the 2008 LC East Africa Program
Taught: Fall 2008 (possibly repeated), 4 semester credits |
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----Baroness Karen Blixen-Finecke, Portrait of a Kikuyu girl, 1924 © Karen Blixen Museum, Nairobi, Kenya
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The history of British overseas expansion from the early seventeenth
century to the end of the twentieth century. Theories of imperialism;
Britain's Atlantic trade network; the Victorian empire in war and
peace; collaboration and resistance among colonized people; India
under the British Raj; Africa and economic imperialism; the effects
of empire on British society; the creation of the British Commonwealth;
the rise of nationalism in India, Africa, and the Middle East; decolonization
and postcolonial perspectives. This course counts toward the International Affairs
major.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of the instructor; HIST 121, 222, or 224 recommended.
Taught: Alternate years, 4 semester credits |
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This reading-intensive
course focuses on the steady dismantling of Europe's overseas empires
during the latter half of the twentieth century, primarily in Asia and
Africa. It offers a critical and comparative analysis of such examples
as India/Pakistan, Kenya, Congo, Algeria, Vietnam, and Jordan as well as a
focus on postcolonial literature and theory. Course readings are drawn
from a wide range of historical scholarship that addresses the political,
cultural, social, and economic dimensions of decolonization and its legacies
in our own time.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of the instructor; HIST 121, 224, or 328 recommended.
Taught: Alternate years, 4 semester credits |
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----Union Jack lowered after the death of King Fuad, Cairo Citadel, 1936 © Getty Images
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A comparative
and critical analysis of the political and social development of
Ireland from the late eighteenth century to the present. The birth of Irish republicanism; the role of the Catholic
Church and the Protestant Ascendancy; the Famine and the Irish diaspora;
the Irish literary renaissance; the Home Rule campaigns and rise
of Ulster Unionism; the Easter Rising and the war for independence;
contemporary politics with emphasis on the "Troubles" in Northern
Ireland. Competing interpretations of history and the shaping
and reshaping of Irish identities.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of the instructor; HIST 121, 222, or 224 recommended.
Taught: Alternate years, 4 semester credits |
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This seminar traces, chronologically and thematically, the various
and often competing strands of British control over the Indian subcontinent
from the Revolt of 1857 until the independence
of India and Pakistan in 1947. The scope of the readings and discussions
will include the ideological, political, technological, social,
psychological and cultural dimensions of the British Raj. The aim
of the course is the completion of a major research paper.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of the instructor; HIST 300 required; HIST 217, 224, or 328 recommended.
Taught: Alternate years, 4 semester credits |
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----Sir Humphrey Trevelyan and Maharaja Bhawani Singh, 1942 © Private Collection of Lady Trevelyan
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This seminar focuses on the transformation of Britain and its empire from
the coronation of Queen Victoria in 1837 to her death in 1901. Readings
and discussions will provide thematic emphasis on the development of class
society, urbanization, science and technology, religious and intellectual
history, imperial expansion, and biographical study of key figures. The
aim of the course is the completion of a major research paper.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of the instructor; HIST 300 required; HIST 121, 224, or 328 recommended.
Taught: Alternate years, 4 semester credits |
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The materials and craft of historical research. Bibliographic method; documentary
editing and annotating; use of specialized libraries, manuscripts, government records,
oral interviews, photographs, maps and nautical charts, newspapers and periodicals,
art and architecture, and physical artifacts; career options in history. Through in-class
exercises and individual editing projects students gain skills in library research,
editing, writing, analysis of sources, and historical judgment.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing; preference given to history majors and minors
Taught: Alternate years, 4 semester credits |
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