European History: 2007 - 2008

114 Goddesses, Heroes, Sages and Statesmen: An Introduction to. Prerequisite: FYE Course, Freshmen Only. (Not offered 2007-08.) 1 unit.

116 Greek History and Philosophy. Aegean and Greek archeological, historical, literary, and philosophical texts, with emphasis on those ideas formative in shaping Western culture. The development and transformations of these ideas as reflected in selected texts from the early Christian era, the Enlightenment or the Modern Age. The rise of individualism and its conflicts with community, ritual relationships to nature vs. separation and exploitation, the relation of theology to the ordering of experience, and how psyche both forms and is formed by its relationships to community, nature, and god(s). (Meets the Critical Perspectives: The West in Time requirement.) (Not offered 2007-08.) 2 units.

130 The Reinvention of the Greeks: Identity, Empire and Diaspora. Prerequisite: FYE Course. 1st Years Only. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: The West in Time requirement.) 2 units. – FitzGibbon, Cramer

211 Crime & Punishment. This course explores the ways the state, church, and the people dealt with crime and viewed justice in Renaissance, early modern, and modern Europe . Attention to topics such as heresy, the witch craze, and treason and to what ordinary and great trials reveal about changing attitudes toward criminal justice. (Not offered 2007-08.) 1 unit - Ashley.

213 Foundations of Classical Culture. Athenian Democracy. The Greeks with Near Eastern and Indo-European background. Panhellenic epic and religion, the polis, philosophy, history, tragedy and comedy. Attention throughout to Greek and Latin literary forms, but no knowledge of ancient languages required. Prerequisite: Completion of CP:W required. (Also listed as Classics 250.) 1 unit — Cramer.

216 Foundations of Classical Culture. The Romans. Hellenism in Italy , the conquest of the Mediterranean area, rise of Christianity, and end of Antiquity. Attention throughout to Greek and Latin literary forms, but no knowledge of ancient languages required. Prerequisite: Completion of CP:W required. (Also listed as Classics 216.) 1 unit — FitzGibbon.

227 Roman Topics: Individual and Family in Ancient Rome . Focus on how conservative Roman republican ideals were reconciled in an increasingly Hellenized empire dominated by an imperial dynasty. Topics include the changing status of traditional gender types and established class systems, the role of rulers, women and freedmen in Tacitus, Juvenal, Martial, Suetonius, Seneca, Apuleius, Lucian, Plutarch, Aristides, Dio Chrysostom and Claudian. Attention will also be given to representations of women and imperial families in art and statuary. (Also listed as Classics 226 and Feminist and Gender Studies 225.) (Not offered 2007-08.) 1 unit – FitzGibbon.

249 Women, Children & Men: Families in Historical Perspective. This course treats gender roles and family life throughout the European past, with comparative attention to families of other historical cultures and to relationships within non-human primate communities. It emphasizes the historical agency of women and children generally elided from traditional master narratives of Western Civilization, demonstrating how feminist and ethnohistorical approaches can reveal their experience. Course materials will include historiographical and anthropological literature as well as primary documents, literary works and visual sources. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Diverse Cultures and Critiques requirement.) (Also listed as Feminist and Gender Studies 247.) (Not offered 2007-08.) 1 unit – Neel.

252 The Origins of Modern Science. The history of science from the ancient world through Newton , with emphasis on the relationships of scientific developments to social patterns and philosophical and theological models of the universe. (Not offered 2007-08.) 1 unit - Neel

255 Nature & Society. The course examines the interaction between Europeans and the natural world from the Renaissance to the present. It looks at how nature shaped the ways Europeans lived and worked and how, in turn, they thought about and behaved toward nature. In particular, it explores the impact of the Scientific Revolution, industrialization, and mass culture on the changing interplay between nature, society, and culture. (Also listed as EV 275.) (Not offered 2007-08.) 1 unit – Ashley.

256 Education in the West. Educational institutions and their relationship to society from the Renaissance to the present. The rise of mass education and its impact on the structure and purpose of the educational system. Prerequisite: Completion of CP:W or consent of instructor. 1 unit — Johnson, Showalter.

266 Rogues and Renegades. A study of infamous rogues and rebels in modern Europe , including, for example, anarchists, social bandits, and individuals such as Jack the Riper. It pays particular attention to their impact on public opinion and popular memory. The course also examines the social factors which shaped their unconventional actions and which determined the public response to them. (January Half-Block.) (Not offered 2007 – 08.) .5 unit – Ashley.

271 History of Sex: Traditions. The course analyzes sexual roles and sexual practices in the world before the concept of "sexual identity" emerged in the late nineteenth century. It examines how different religious traditions, such as Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Christianity, and Buddhism, viewed sex, and explores a wide variety of topics, including pornography, prostitution, and same-sex sexual behavior, throughout the pre-modern world. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Diverse Cultures and Critiques requirement.) (Also listed as Feminist and Gender Studies 271.) (Not offered 2007-08.) 1 unit - Ragan

272 History of Sex: Modernity. The course begins with an examination of the birth of "sexuality" in late nineteenth-century Europe and then explores the acceptance of and resistance to this new conceptual model throughout the world. Topics include heterosexuality and homosexuality, intersexuality, and "perversion." The course concludes with an analysis of the contemporary cultural wars over sexuality in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North and South America . (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Diverse Cultures and Critiques requirement.) (Also listed as Feminist and Gender Studies 272.) 1 unit — Ragan.

274 The Middle Ages: The Making of Europe . The transition from Mediterranean-centered ancient to European-centered medieval civilization. Major cultural developments within the Christian West through the 13th century. Prerequisite: Completion of CP:W requirement. 1 unit — Neel, Romano.

275 The Renaissance and the Reformation: Crisis and Dissent. Scientific, religious and artistic achievements of the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries. 1 unit – Ashley, Neel, Ragan, Romano.

277 Early Modern Europe , 1660-1789. Louis XIV and the Balance of Power; Locke, Voltaire, and the Enlightenment; Frederick the Great and Enlightened Despotism; Wilkes, Jefferson and the beginning of the Democratic Revolutions. (Not offered 2007-08.) 1 unit - Ragan

278 Europe from 1789 to 1848. The French Revolution and Napoleon; the Industrial Revolution and its effect on society; Romanticism; the age of democratic revolution. (Not offered 2007-08.) 1 unit – Ashley.

279 Europe from 1848 to 1914. Liberalism and democracy; nationalism and imperialism; industrialism and technology. The Concert of Europe, the balance of power, and the coming of World War I. 1 unit — Showalter.

280 20th Century Europe . The roots and impact of total war, the rise and triumph of Fascism, Reconstruction, the Cold War, European Unification, and the fall of the Berlin Wall. Attention to the development of mass culture and consumer society and to the prospects of democracy throughout Europe . (Not offered 2007-08.) 2 units – Ashley.

283 The Jews in Modern Europe . The Jews of Poland, Western Europe , and the Islamic world during the 17th century. The Impact of Enlightenment and Assimilation. Hassidism and reform. Anti-Semitism, Zionism, and the American experience. World War I and its consequences: the changing Middle Eastern framework, Communism, Nazism , Israel , and its neighbors, and the world. 1 unit - Showalter.

286 War and Society since the Middle Ages. The experience of war in Western contexts compared to other major military cultures. Administrative, technical, and ideological contexts of war's evolution as the ultimate test of the cohesion of societies and the viability of nations. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: The West in Time requirement.) (Not offered 2007-08.) 2 units – Showalter.

287 Enlightenment Culture. The course analyzes the origins of "modernity" in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Beginning with the Scientific Revolution, it then looks at the social and political environment that made the " Republic of Letters " possible. A wide variety of primary-source texts, including social and political criticism, novels and poetry, painting and sculpture, will be examined. (Not offered 2007-08.) 1 unit – Ragan.

288 Intellectual History of Modern Europe : Changes in European thought in the 19th and 20th centuries examined through the works of representative writers, philosophers, political theorists, scientists and artists (Hegel, Marx, Darwin, Nietzsche, Freud, V. Woolf, Sartre, Foucault, and others). The relationships between these changes and social developments. (Not offered 2007-08.) 2 units - Ashley

302 The Invention of History. Herodotus, sometimes called the "father of lies," and Thucydides, sometimes called the first political scientist, treated as the first historians. Study of the ways of conceiving history and its relation to the peoples and periods explored. No Greek or Latin required. (Also listed as Classics 221.) 1 unit — Cramer.

303 The Uses of the Past: Studies in Philosophy and History. Critical issues in the philosophy of history and historical methodology as seen from the standpoint of the historian and the philosopher. (Offered by individual arrangement.) (Not offered 2007-08.) 1 unit - Neel

304 Studies in European Social History: Selected topics in the study of social and ethnic history. Subjects include, for example, ethnic divisions, women, the family, childhood. Specific content and emphasis to be determined by the instructor. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. 1 unit — Salinas .

305 Studies in American Social History. Selected topics in the study of social and ethnic history. Subjects include, for example, ethnic divisions, women, the family, childhood. Specific content and emphasis determined by the instructor. Prerequisite: Consent of department. (Not offered 2007-08.) 1 unit.

312 Faith, Reason and Medieval Society. Intellectual history in its cultural context from Augustine to Thomas Kempis. Philosophical, theological and historiographical texts. 1 unit — Neel, Romano.

317 Modern Central and Eastern Europe . This course will examine the rise, fall, and legacy of the modern German, Austro-Hungarian, Ottoman, and Russian Empires in the lands of Central and Eastern Europe . Important themes will be the struggles over historical memory and national identity within or against continental and imperial paradigms, the complex patterns of resistance and adaptation to foreign domination, and the struggles for national independence. Prerequisite: History 218 or consent of instructor. (Not offered 2007-08.) 1 unit.

344 Modern France and Italy : Fascism, War and Resistance. An examination of the effect of total war, extremism, and economic crisis on politics and society, with special attention to fascism, the resistance, post World War II revival, and to cultural movements such as the avantgarde, futurism, and existentialism. (Not offered 2007-08.) 1 unit - Ashley.

376 England : The Age of Kings. English history from the beginnings to 1485. The quest for political security as revealed in feudalism, the common law, the rise of parliament and the experience of domestic revolt and foreign conflict. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing. (Not offered 2007-08.) 1 unit.

377 England : Reformation and Revolution, 1485-1714. The Reformation; Elizabethan elegance; social crisis and revolution; the struggle for political stability. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing. (Not offered 2007-08.) 1 unit.

392 Germany from 1715 to 1918: From the Rise of Prussia to the Fall of the Second Empire . The Rise of Prussia and the impact of the French Revolution. The German unification movement. Nationalism and liberalism. The emergence of Bismarck and the rise of the German Empire as the Dominant power in Europe . William II. World War I and its aftermath. Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor. (Not offered 2007 – 08.) 1 unit - Showalter

393 Germany since 1918: Dissolution and Reunification. From Empire to Republic. Weimar : promise and fulfillment. Left and Right in postwar Germany . The use of National Socialism. The Twelve-Year Reich. Defeat, reorganization and reunification: two Germanys , then one. 1 unit — Showalter.