This course analyzes the underpinnings of three of China's great 20th century revolutions: the 1911 Republican revolution, the 1919 literary revolution, and the 1949 Communist revolution. The course outlines key events while focusing on specific themes. These include campaigns to incorporate the masses into a new polity; accommodations between Chinese and "Western" knowledge; and the […]
Examines government policy, public attitudes and the immigrant life in Canada before and after the Second World War, as well as the refugee question and multiculturalism.
This course studies the history of Roman Britain from Julius Caesar’s invasions of Britain in 55 and 54 BC until the end of Roman rule in the 5th century AD.
This course uses a diverse range of materials and approaches to examine the development of the modern European city in the contemporary world. It uses cultural sources such as film, photography, literature and music to see how the experience of the modern European city has been represented from the nineteenth century to the present day. […]
This course examines the diverse gender and sexual regimes, regulations, and experiences across the Middle East from a historical and comparative perspective. Students will study how major cultural, economic, political and social processes, from the 19th century to the present day, have impacted gender roles, and in particular women's experiences in diverse Middle Eastern societies. […]
We have been shaped by our families' histories. This hands-on workshop explores the choices, limitations and opportunities of one or more person from each student's past - a parent, grandparent, or anyone else the student deemed worthy of researching - through genealogical research, and links these intimate realities with the global and Canadian histories of […]
This course examines the histories of gender and sexuality in India from the late19th century to the present, with a particular focus on how wider social, political and economic developments have impacted and in turn, been shaped by the changing dynamics of gender. It traces transformations in gender norms and experiences and concurrent shifts in […]
Approaching economic crises from an interdisciplinary perspective, this course explores the economic, social, and cultural history of episodes such as the Dutch tulipmania of the late 17th century, the South Sea Bubble of 1720, the 'long' crisis of 1873-1896, the Great Crash of 1929, sovereign debt crises from Latin America to the Eurozone, and the […]
Explores the key themes, critical questions, and entrenched conflicts about the place of religion during the long and varied history of American civic and cultural life. It analyzes Native-Newcomer religious tensions, disestablishment, uniquely American religions, and the intersections of religion with war, nationalism, immigration, race, science, expansion, urbanization, gender, counterculture, and new media. Cross-listed with: […]
A study of Athens in the fifth century BC, concentrating on social and economic structures and institutions. The course concerns itself with topics appropriate to a pre-industrial society, such as peasants, slaves and the development and function of the early state. Course credit exclusions: None. Prior TO FALL 2009: Course credit exclusions: AS/HIST 3120 6.00, […]