Associated course analysesThe United States Since 1974 S 2017-2018The United States Since 1974 S 2017-2018
HIS292
This course covers the history of science and its interactions with broader society and culture from the death of Isaac Newton (1727) to the establishment of the modern science system (circa 1970). We will trace developments in various sciences, with
HIS344
In lectures, to provide my interpretation (and a conspectus of differing interpretations) of the civilization of Western Europe, 11th-14th century; by the readings, to introduce students to the variety of surviving sources; through the paper, to give students a taste
HIS322
The course provides a general introduction to Japanese history from 1890 to the present, with emphasis on Japan’s rise as the modern world’s first non-Western power, imperialism, industrialization, social change, gender relations, democracy, World War II, the U. S. Occupation,
HIS241
This course offers a chronological and topical overview of one of the world’s most diverse and contested spaces. Sketching the deep linkages between East Africa, the Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, short focused readings and in-depth precepts will highlight such issues
HIS211
This course shows how Greeks and Romans, Jews and Christians, nobles and merchants built the civilization of the west. Associated course analysesEurope from Antiquity to 1700 F 2015
HIS393-AAS364
From “Chinese opium” to Oxycontin, and from cocaine and “crack” to BiDil, drug controversies reflect enduring debates about the role of medicine, the law, the policing of ethnic identity, and racial difference. This course explores the history of controversial substances