This course examines the intersections between daily interactions (especially those involving kinship, race, ethnicity, and class) and politics on the national and imperial scale. It covers the period 1350-2000 in the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking regions of the Americas.This course is restricted to History or Latin American and Caribbean Studies Honours majors and minors who have […]
This study abroad course brings together topics and methods from social and environmental history to immerse students in the field-based study of the history of ecological conservation in southern Costa Rica. Course readings and discussions, field trips, and guest speakers introduce students to diverse perspectives on the successes and trade-offs of environmental protections in the […]
This study abroad course analyzes some of the major developments in the history of globalization throughout history with a focus on the nineteenth and twentieth century. Special attention will be given to the role played by port cities in the development of an interconnected world from the medieval period to the present. Based in Hamburg, […]
HIST 3538 examines the diverse and distinct experiences of Black women in Canada from the 17th century to the 21st century. It will emphasize the history and the intersectionality of race, gender, and class in Canadian society. It will examine concepts of transnationalism, migration, and diaspora in Canada, the themes of family, work, sexuality, and […]
This course examines the historical development of the Caribbean from its aboriginal occupation to 20th century socio-political developments. It explores similarities and differences in social and political structures and cultural characteristics of various parts of the region.Course credit exclusions: None.
This course examines the modern African American experience through an analysis of film culture, broadly defined as the production, dissemination, and reception of motion pictures by the wider American public. Film was and remains a primary medium of cultural norms, mores and attitudes regarding race -specifically blackness- in America. From the emergence of the medium […]
This course examines Africa's urban past. It first concentrates on precolonial cities as centres of political organization, religious learning, regional and long-distance trade and, thereafter, on urban health, crime, women, crowds, squatters, workers and political movements during the colonial and post-independence eras.Prerequisites: AP/HIST 2750 6.00 or AP/HIST 3780 6.00 or AP/SOSC 2480 9.00 or AP/HIST […]
This course explores major themes in the formation of Canadian society through a critical examination of issues and debates aired in recent historical scholarship. Three periods pre-industrial, industrial and post-Second World War provide a temporal framework for analyzing recurrent issues.Note: Priority is given to History, Canadian Studies, Children's Studies, Gender and Women's Studies, Social & […]
This course is a legal history of indigenous people in Canada and the United States from 1713 to 1886. The course examines the history of treaty making, the process by which indigenous people were dispossessed of their lands, and the extension of the common law into their communities. Specific murder cases are examined to illustrate […]
Explores the stages of the developing Christian church from its origins in apostolic times to the late Middle Ages. Topics include personalities, institutional structure, leadership and rules, thought, education, liturgical and spiritual life, pastoral care, and the church in the secular world. Course credit exclusions: AP/HIST 3811 3.0, AP/HUMA 3811 3.00, AP/HIST 3812 3.00, AP/HUMA […]