This course introduces the historical study of culture and culture industries in the Americas since 1820, analyzing how cultural change both created and was created by transformations in politics, economics, and societies.Course credit exclusions: None. Prior TO FALL 2009: Course credit exclusion: AS/HIST 1083 6.00.
Cross-listed with: AP/CLST 4132 6.00 Course Director: Prof. B. Kelly - benkelly@yorku.ca Roman emperors have traditionally been studied from the point of view of the political decisions that they made. Until recently, less emphasis has been given to the household or court of which they formed the centre. In this course, we examine the new […]
This course introduces students to the video game industry and the development of video games as a social and technological phenomenon since the 1970s. It analyzes genre, narratives, themes, the use of History, and the depiction of class, gender, and race in video games. It also pays attention to the impact of video games on […]
This course focuses on the integration of Ukrainians into the Habsburg and Russian empires, socio-economic change, cultural and ideological development and the emergence of a modern Ukrainian nation. Other topics include the Revolution of 1917-1921, Soviet and Western Ukraine between the wars, the impact of the Second World War and developments in Soviet Ukraine in […]
The course provides an introduction to the history, theory and methodology of Classical Greek and Roman Archaeology. It examines key archaeological excavations in the Graeco-Roman world to explore the history of Greek and Roman archaeology, circa 1700 to the present. Introducing students to the formation processes of the archaeological record, it also examines modern archaeological […]
Cross-listed with: AP/ADMS 1777 6.00 Volcanoes, earthquakes, floods, and droughts have the capacity to uproot and disrupt human lives. So too do financial crises, engineering failures, and disease outbreaks. Disasters are as much a product of culture as they are of nature. They are shaped by political, social, economic, and environmental context. This course uses […]
An examination of political, economic and social developments in the leading states; the balance of power and World War I; democracy and totalitarianism between the wars; World War II and its aftermath.
Fourth-year students who have an average in their major of B+ or better may be allowed to register in some 5000-level courses in the Graduate Programme in History. As with 4000-level courses, admission is at the course director’s discretion. Undergraduates in such courses will have the same workload as their graduate classmates. The History Department […]
Fourth-year students who have an average in their major of B+ or better may be allowed to register in some 5000-level courses in the Graduate Programme in History. As with 4000-level courses, admission is at the course director’s discretion. Undergraduates in such courses will have the same workload as their graduate classmates. The History Department […]
This seminar focuses on the history of medieval Baghdad from its establishment as the capital of the Islamic Caliphate in 762 to its destruction in 1258 and subsequent decline. Political, economic, social and cultural developments will receive equal treatment. This course is restricted to History Honours majors and minors who have successfully completed at least […]