The course centers on how Indian history has been represented in popular Hindi films since 1947 and the social and cultural dynamics that both shape and are, in turn, produced by these representations. It introduces students to major political, economic and social transformations in 20th century India, and analyses how these developments are reflected in […]
This course studies, in a comparative fashion, the rise, consolidation and decline of the three major early modern Islamic empires (the Ottoman Turks, the Safavids of Persia and the Mughals of India) between 1500 to 1800.Course credit exclusions: None. PRIOR TO FALL 2009: Course credit exclusion: AS/HIST 3791 6.00.
Examines the post-Revolutionary period in Mexico. Through a study of a period of single-party rule, this course emphasizes rapid demographic, economic, social and cultural change in a time of apparent political stasis.
This course examines the history of major US Supreme Court rulings dealing with equal rights. The focus is on decisions dealing with economic, ethnoracial, sex/gender, and sexual equality, as well as the rights of immigrants, in the 20th century.Course credit exclusions: None.
HIST 3537 examines the history of African Canadians from the turn of the twentieth century. It will trace the presence of people of African descent through the themes of migration, diaspora, slavery and freedom, settlement, community and family, religion, the law and justice system, education, employment, citizenship, and Black resistance.Course Credit Exclusion: AP/HIST 3535 6.00
This course examines the depiction of the civilizations of the Ancient Near East, Greece, and Rome in film from the birth of cinema to the present. Students are introduced to the historical societies and events (mis)represented in the films studied. A major focus is how modern concerns about gender, race, religion, empire, and nation impinge […]
This course examines the depiction of the civilizations of the Ancient Near East, Greece, and Rome in film from the birth of cinema to the present. Students are introduced to the historical societies and events (mis)represented in the films studied. A major focus is how modern concerns about gender, race, religion, empire, and nation impinge […]
This course examines how ancient civilizations have been and continue to be used in the modern world to provide support for ideological movements. The course focuses on how groups such as nationalists, fascists, colonialists, and the contemporary alt-right have appropriated the histories of the Ancient Near East, Greece, and Rome. It probes the epistemic strategies […]
This course explores the histories of health and healing in diverse historical eras and across diverse global cultures. The course introduces students to how historians of nursing, medicine and allied health professions analyze the meaning of health and healing across time and place; the cultural, scientific and technological events that transformed how health care was […]
This course introduces a selection of the most important moments, events, or transformations in human history. The course, shepherded and managed by a Course Director who will oversee the curriculum, assignments and tutorials to ensure coherence and continuity, features guest faculty members from the History department, each of whom delivers a 3-week module on a […]