Course Director: Prof. W. Wicken - wwicken@yorku.ca This is a research course, which examines the social history of homicide in Ontario from 1815 to 1982. Each student is required to write a major research paper on a homicide occurring within the Province of Ontario. This paper is based principally on printed and archival sources. In […]
An overview of the United States from pre-colonization to the present. First term examines Native/European encounters, American Revolution, slavery, westward expansion, and Civil War. Second term traces the rise of the US. as an economic and military superpower, and the struggle for civil rights. Themes include race, immigration, religion, federal power, gender and the impact […]
This Study Abroad course analyzes some of the major developments in European and world history during the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century and then explains how those momentous changes were experienced in one country: Greece. Based on Athens but also taking trips for on site teaching the course provides in-depth understanding of major developments in recent […]
The 1960s have influenced the collective memory of Canadians. Although this course focuses on Canadian society, the international context is taken into account. This course is intended to provide students with an opportunity to study an era in Canadian history -- the decade of the 1960s-- by analyzing its cultural, economic, ideological, political, and social […]
An examination of selected themes in British history during the 20th century.
While examining the causes and nature of the Spanish Civil War, this course also considers the place of the conflict in European politics and culture.
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 […]