Introduction to French Literature

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Humanities
Literature
Language
International Literature
French

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description:
This course is a study of major French literary genres and an introduction to methods of literary analysis. This semester, students will serve on the jury for the Goncourt Prize USA. "Le Goncourt" is the most prestigious literary prize in France. Students will study and rank books on the Goncourt shortlist. They will elect a representative to present their selection at the Villa Albertine in New York and choose the winner along with students from Princeton, Duke, Yale, Harvard, Columbia, and the University of Virginia. Meanwhile, the other students will prepare a press article to present their experience as a jury!

Special attention is devoted to the improvement of French language skills. The course is taught in French.

About the instructor: Bruno Perreau is the Cynthia L. Reed Professor of French Studies at MIT and Director of MIT’s Center of Excellence in French Studies. He is also an Affiliate Faculty at the Center for European Studies, Harvard University.

Perreau recently published *The Politics of Adoption: Gender and the Making of French Citizenship* (MIT Press, 2014), *Queer Theory: The French Response* (Stanford University Press, 2016), *Les Défis de la République* (ed. with Joan W. Scott, Presses de Sciences Po, 2017), *Qui a peur de la théorie queer ?* (Presses de Sciences Po, 2018), and *Sphères d'injustice. Pour un universalisme minoritaire* (La Découverte, 2023).

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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addressLocality: Cambridge

addressRegion: Massachusetts

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Bruno Perreau

honorificPrefix: Prof.

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de: Geisteswissenschaften

uk: Гуманітарні науки

en: Humanities

description: This course studies the transformation of childhood and youth since the 18th century in France, as well as the development of sentimentality within the family in a francophone context. Students will examine the personification of children, both as a source of inspiration for artistic creation and a political ideal aimed at protecting future generations, and consider various representations of childhood and youth in literature (e.g., Pagnol, Proust, Sarraute, Lave, Morgievre), movies (e.g., Truffaut), and songs (e.g., Brel, Barbara). This course is taught entirely in French.

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name: Childhood and Youth in French and Francophone Cultures

cs: Kurz

de: Kurs

fi: Kurssi

uk: Курс

en: Course

fr: Cours

da: Kursus

nl: Cursus

es: Curso


keywords:
Humanities
Literature
Language
Social Science
Anthropology
International Literature
Cultural Anthropology
French

de: Anthropologie (Humanbiologie)

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

en: Anthropology (Human Biology)

de: Sozialwissenschaften/Soziologie

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

en: Social Sciences/Sociology

uk: Гуманітарні науки

de: Mathematik, Naturwissenschaften

uk: Математика, природничі науки

en: Mathematics, Natural Sciences

de: Rechts-, Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

en: Law, Economics and Social Sciences

de: Biologie

uk: Біологія

en: Biology

description:
This course studies the transformation of childhood and youth since the 18th century in France and the development of sentimentality within the family in a francophone context. We will examine the personification of children as a source of inspiration for artistic creation and a political ideal aimed at protecting future generations, and consider various representations of childhood and youth in literature, movies, and songs.

The course is taught entirely in French.

About the instructor: Bruno Perreau is the Cynthia L. Reed Professor of French Studies at MIT and Director of MIT’s Center of Excellence in French Studies. He is also an Affiliate Faculty at the Center for European Studies, Harvard University.

Perreau recently published *The Politics of Adoption: Gender and the Making of French Citizenship* (MIT Press, 2014), *Queer Theory: The French Response* (Stanford University Press, 2016), *Les Défis de la République* (ed. with Joan W. Scott, Presses de Sciences Po, 2017), *Qui a peur de la théorie queer ?* (Presses de Sciences Po, 2018), and *Sphères d’injustice. Pour un universalisme minoritaire* (La Découverte, 2023).

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Frenchness in an Era of Globalization

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description:
This course approaches the question of what constitutes Frenchness in today's era of globalization through issues of memory, belonging, and cultural production. It explores the role of timeless traditions – common technologies, an internationally-spoken language, monuments open to the world, and foods such as wine and cheese – that remain quintessentially French. The course also covers recent scandals about France's role in the world, such as its colonial identity and Dominique Strauss-Kahn's New York debacle.

Taught in French.

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New Culture of Gender: Queer France

keywords:
Humanities
Literature
Language
Social Science
Media Studies
Fine Arts
Society
Anthropology
Gender Studies
Social Anthropology
International Literature
French

de: Bildende Kunst

uk: Образотворче мистецтво

en: Fine Arts

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

de: Medienwissenschaft

uk: Медіазнавство

en: Media Science

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

uk: Медіазнавство

de: Kunst, Kunstwissenschaft

uk: Мистецтво, мистецтвознавство

en: Art, Art Theory

description: This course addresses the place of contemporary queer identities in French discourse and discusses the new generation of queer authors and their principal concerns. Class discussions and readings will introduce students to the main classical references of queer subcultures, from Proust and Vivien to Hocquenghem and Wittig. Throughout the course, students will examines current debates on post-colonial and globalized queer identities through essays, songs, movies, and novels. Authors covered include Didier Eribon, Anne Garréta, Abdellah Taïa, Anne Scott, and Nina Bouraoui. This class is taught in French.

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keywords:
Humanities
Literature
Language
Visual Arts
Fine Arts
Society
European and Russian Studies
Film and Video
International Literature
French

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Образотворче мистецтво

uk: Мистецтво, мистецтвознавство

description: This course covers issues in contemporary French society as expressed through movies made in the 2000s. Topics include France's national self-image, the women's movement, sexuality and gender, family life and class structure, post-colonialism and immigration, and American cultural imperialism. Films by Lelouch, Audiard, Doillon, Denis, Klapisch, Resnais, Rouan, Balasko, Collard, Dridi, Kassovitz, and others. Readings from French periodicals. Films shown with English subtitles. Taught in French.

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name: Contemporary French Film and Social Issues


North America through French Eyes

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description:
The course offers an analysis of the keen interest shown by France and the French in North American cultures since the 18th century. Not only did France contribute to the construction of both Canadian and American nations, but it has also constantly delineated its identity by way of praising or criticizing North American cultures. Using materials drawn from literature, comics, TV shows, and series as well as political debates, the course will historically trace this ambivalent relation exploring various themes such as liberalism, entertainment and the media, trade and cultural goods, transatlantic intellectual encounters, and translation.

The course is taught entirely in French.

About the instructor: Bruno Perreau is the Cynthia L. Reed Associate Professor of French Studies at MIT. He is also an Affiliate Faculty at the Center for European Studies, Harvard. Perreau recently published *The Politics of Adoption: Gender and the Making of French Citizenship* (MIT Press, 2014), *Queer Theory: The French Response* (Stanford University Press, 2016), *Les Défis de la République* (ed. with Joan W. Scott, Presses de Sciences Po, 2017), *Qui a peur de la théorie queer ?* (Presses de Sciences Po, 2018), *Sphères d’injustice. Pour un universalisme minoritaire* (La Découverte, 2023).

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keywords:
Humanities
Literature
Language
Criticism
International Literature
French

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This course investigates Paris's oversized status as a global capital by looking at the events, transformations, cultures, and arts for which the city is known to help us better understand Paris and its place in French and global cultures today. Taught in French.

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name: Topics in Modern French Literature and Culture: Global Paris


uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This course offers an analysis of the keen interest shown by France and the French in North American cultures since the eighteenth century. Not only did France contribute to the construction of both Canadian and American nations but also it has constantly delineated its identity by way of praising or criticizing North American cultures. Taught in French.

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name: Topics in Modern French Literature and Culture: North America Through French Eyes


keywords:
Humanities
Literature
Language
Fiction
International Literature
French

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: Students in this course will examine short stories and short novels published in France during the past 20 years, with emphasis on texts related to the dominant social and cultural trends. Themes include the legacy of France's colonial experience, the re-examination of its wartime past, memory and the Holocaust, the specter of AIDS, changing gender relationships, new families, the quest for personal identity, and immigration narratives. This course is taught in French.

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name: Contemporary Short French Fiction: Social and Literary Trends since 1990


German I

keywords:
Humanities
Language
Society
European and Russian Studies
German

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This course gives an introduction to German language and culture. The focus is on acquisition of vocabulary and grammatical concepts through active communication. Audio, video, and printed materials provide direct exposure to authentic German language and culture. A self-paced language lab program is fully coordinated with the textbook/workbook. The first semester covers the development of effective basic communication skills.

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German II

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: In this course students are exposed to history and culture of German-speaking countries through audio, video, and Web materials. It focuses on the expansion of basic communication skills and further development of linguistic competency, and includes the review and completion of basic grammar, building of vocabulary, and practice in writing short essays. Students will also read short literary texts.

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German III

keywords:
Humanities
Literature
Language
International Literature
German

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This course expands skills in speaking, reading, listening, and writing. Students develop analytic and interpretative skills through the reading of a full-length drama as well as short prose and poetry (Biermann, Brecht, Dürrenmatt, Tawada and others) and through media selections on contemporary issues in German-speaking cultures. Coursework includes discussions and compositions based on these texts, and review of grammar and development of vocabulary-building strategies. It is recommended for students with two years of high school German.

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German IV

keywords:
Humanities
Literature
Language
Media Studies
Fine Arts
Society
European and Russian Studies
International Literature
German

uk: Медіазнавство

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Образотворче мистецтво

uk: Медіазнавство

uk: Мистецтво, мистецтвознавство

description: This course focuses on development of interpretive skills, using literary texts (B. Brecht, S. Zweig) and contemporary media texts (film, TV broadcasts, Web materials). The emphasis is on discussion and exploration of cultural topics in their current social, political, and historical context via hypermedia documentaries. It also covers further refinement of oral and written expression and expansion of communicative competence in practical everyday situations.

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Vokabelarbeit

uk: Медіазнавство

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Образотворче мистецтво

uk: Медіазнавство

uk: Мистецтво, мистецтвознавство

description: Vocabulary assignment.

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cs: Cvičení

de: Übung

fi: Harjoitus

uk: Практика

en: Drill and Practice

fr: Apprentissage par Répétition

da: Øvelse

nl: Oefenen

es: Práctica


Vokabelsaetze 21-25

uk: Медіазнавство

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Образотворче мистецтво

uk: Медіазнавство

uk: Мистецтво, мистецтвознавство

description: Student prepared vocabulary list for class study.

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Vokabeltest -sample

uk: Медіазнавство

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Образотворче мистецтво

uk: Медіазнавство

uk: Мистецтво, мистецтвознавство

description: Sample vocabulary test.

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keywords:
Humanities
Language
Social Science
Media Studies
Fine Arts
Society
Anthropology
European and Russian Studies
Cultural Anthropology
German

uk: Образотворче мистецтво

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Медіазнавство

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

uk: Медіазнавство

uk: Мистецтво, мистецтвознавство

description: Prepares students for working and living in German-speaking countries. Focus on current political, social, and cultural issues, using newspapers, journals, TV, radio broadcasts, and Web sources from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Emphasis on speaking, writing, and reading skills for professional contexts. Activities include: oral presentations, group discussions, guest lectures, and interviews with German speakers. No listeners.

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name: Germany Today: Intensive Study of German Language and Culture


keywords:
Humanities
Language
Economics
Social Science
International Development
German

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

de: Volkswirtschaftslehre

uk: Економіка

en: Economics

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

de: Wirtschaftswissenschaften

uk: Бізнес та економіка

en: Business and Economics

description: This course exposes students to current issues and language use in German technology, business, and international industrial relations, and discusses ramifications of these issues in a larger social and cultural context. We seek to prepare students who wish to work or study in a German-speaking country by focusing on specialized vocabulary and systematic training in speaking and writing skills to improve fluency and style and emphasizing communicative strategies that are crucial in a working environment. Discussion and analysis of newspaper and magazine articles, modern expository prose, and extensive use of online material are included. Taught in German.

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name: Advanced German: Professional Communication


keywords:
Humanities
Literature
Language
Criticism
Comparative Literature
German

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This course provides the opportunity to discuss, orally and in writing, cultural, ethical, and social issues on a stylistically sophisticated level. It explores representative and influential works from the nineteenth century to the present, through literary texts (prose, drama, poetry), radio plays, art, film, and architecture, as well as investigates topics such as the human and the machine, science and ethics, representation of memory, and issues of good and evil. Taught in German.

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name: Advanced German Literature & Culture: Madness, Murder, Mysteries


keywords:
Humanities
Literature
Language
Social Science
Society
Anthropology
European and Russian Studies
International Literature
Cultural Anthropology
German

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: In diesem Kurs erhalten Sie einen Überblick über einige wichtige literarische Texte, Tendenzen und Themen aus der deutschsprachigen Literatur- und Kulturszene. Wir werden literarische Texte, Gedichte, Theaterstücke und Essays untersuchen, sowie andere ästhetische Formen besprechen, wie Film und Architektur. Da alle Texte gleichzeitig in ihrem spezifischen kulturellen Kontext gelesen werden, tragen sie zu einem Verständnis von verschiedenen historischen Aspekten bei. Unter anderen werden folgende Themen und Fragestellungen besprochen: Technologie und deren Einfluss auf die Gesellschaft, Fragen der Ethik bei wissenschaftlicher Arbeit, Konstruktion von nationaler Geschichte und kollektivem Gedächtnis.

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name: Texts, Topics, and Times in German Literature


German Culture, Media, and Society

Kurt Fendt

honorificPrefix: Dr.

keywords:
Humanities
Language
Social Science
Visual Arts
Media Studies
Fine Arts
Society
Anthropology
European and Russian Studies
Film and Video
Cultural Anthropology
German

uk: Образотворче мистецтво

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Медіазнавство

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

uk: Медіазнавство

uk: Мистецтво, мистецтвознавство

description: The topic for Fall 2006 is short film and radio plays. This course investigates current trends and topics in German literary, theater, film, television, radio, and other media arts productions. Students analyze media texts in the context of their production, reception, and distribution as well as the public debates initiated by these works. The topic for Fall 2006 is German Short Film, a popular format that represents most recent trends in film production, and German Radio Art, a striving genre that includes experimental radio plays, sound art, and audio installations. Special attention will be given to the representation of German minorities, contrasted by their own artistic expressions reflecting changes in identity and a new political voice. Students have the opportunity to discuss course topics with a writer, filmmaker, and/or media artist from Germany. The course is taught in German.

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Japanese I

keywords: Humanities Language Japanese

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This course is designed for students with no previous knowledge of the language, providing opportunities to acquire basic skills for conversation, reading, and writing in Japanese. The program emphasizes active command of Japanese, not passive knowledge. Your goal is not simply to study the grammar and vocabulary, but to gain skills necessary to use them in a linguistically and culturally appropriate way.

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Japanese II

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This course covers Genki I Lessons 7 through 12 that will enhance the basic skills for conversation, reading, and writing in Japenese. The program emphasizes active command of the language rather than passive knowledge. By the end of the semester, you will be able to carry on a conversation in Japanese. You will also learn approximately 90 kanji characters.

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Japanese III

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: Students further develop their skills in Japanese speaking, listening, reading, and writing in this intermediate language course. This course involves continued vocabulary and kanji building.

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Japanese IV

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: The main objective of this course is to build up basic skills of communication in Japanese using appropriate speech levels in both writing and speaking for various social settings. This course covers Lessons 19 through 23 in the textbook _Genki: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese II_.

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Spanish I

keywords: Humanities Language Spanish

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description:
Spanish I is very different from other classes at MIT. The central component of the text and workbook is a series of 26 half-hour video episodes. The videos allow students to learn authentic Spanish and experience its cultural diversity while following a good story full of surprises and human emotions. Students also listen to an audio-only program integrated with the text and workbook.

In the classroom, students do a variety of activities and exercises, which include talking in Spanish about the video program, practicing pronunciation and grammar, and interacting in Spanish with classmates in pairs and small groups. The class is conducted in Spanish as much as possible, but English is used where necessary for clarity and efficiency. This course deals with all basic language skills: aural comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. This class assumes no previous knowledge of Spanish.

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Spanish II

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: Spanish II continues to develop students' listening, speaking, reading and writing skills using the second part of the video-based program, _Destinos_, begun in Spanish I. _Destinos_ is a soap opera that allows students to learn Spanish and experience its cultural diversity while following a good story full of surprises and human emotions. Spanish II also includes additional materials, such as Spanish films and other media, various types of reading selections and online resources.

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Spanish III

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This course is the first intermediate-level course in Spanish, with a focus on grammar review, additional vocabulary, writing of essays in Spanish and enhancement of cultural awareness. Group activities and projects, and conversation are emphasized. There are detailed simulation activities, readings about literature and art from Latin America and Spain, activities with music videos and interviews, and viewings of recent films such as _El espinazo del diablo_, _Juana la loca_, and _María llena eres de gracia_. Students also participate in the MITUPV Exchange [project](/courses/21g-703-spanish-iii-spring-2006/pages/projects), a multimedia-centered Web site that deals with university life at MIT, the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia in Spain, and other universities.

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Spanish IV

name: Español IV - Primavera 2005- Material para el Examen #1

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description:
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Spanish IV aims at developing and improving student's oral and written communication through the continued study of the language, literature and culture of Spain, Latin America and Hispanic communities in the United States. It also seeks to improve students' ability to read and appreciate literary and non-literary texts in Spanish, deepening this way students' awareness and understanding of the cultural diversity of the Spanish-speaking world. The course is organized by themes based on contemporary social, political and cultural issues of Spanish-speaking societies such as: cultural identity, the changing roles of women and family, economic development and its effects on cultural heritage and environment, and the individual's rights in the political system.

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uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This resource includes information about Material, Vocabulario de las lecturas, Gram?tica, Tipos de ejercicios.

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Español IV- Examen 2

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This resource includes information about Gram?tica, Lecturas, Pel?cula and Vocabulario.

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Español IV Material para el examen 4

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This resource includes information about Gram?tica, Materiales discutidos and Vocabulario que debes conocer.

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Oral Communication in Spanish

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: A second-year intermediate course that includes vocabulary enhancement and limited review of selected points of grammar. Focuses on listening comprehension and speaking, with group activities, discussions and individual oral reports based on readings, films, music and art.

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keywords:
Communication
Humanities
Language
Social Science
Society
European and Russian Studies
Spanish

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: En este curso el estudiante perfeccionará su comunicación oral y escrita mediante el estudio y la discusión de temas relacionados al impacto social y cultural de la ciencia y la tecnología en ciertas sociedades hispanas. Algunos de los temas a tratar son los efectos de los cambios tecnológicos en la estructura familiar y comunitaria, en las relaciones entre los sexos, en la identidad personal y cultural, en el mundo natural y en los sistemas de valores, la religión, la educación y el trabajo. También se examinan y discuten diversas actitudes hacia la innovación tecnológica y científica así como las ramificaciones éticas de las decisiones tecnológicas.

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name: Advanced Spanish Conversation and Composition


Spanish Conversation and Composition

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: A third-year intermediate course designed to improve speaking and writing, with opportunities for vocabulary acquisition, listening comprehension and reading practice as well. Uses literary and cultural readings, films, and group activities. Students give oral reports and participate in discussions and group projects.

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Spanish for Bilingual Students

keywords: Humanities Literature Language Spanish

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: Spanish for Bilingual Students is an intermediate course designed principally for heritage learners, but which includes other students interested  in specific content areas, such as US Latino immigration, identity, ethnicity, education and representation in the media. Linguistic goals include vocabulary acquisition, improvement in writing, and enhancement of formal communicative skills.

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keywords:
Humanities
Literature
Language
International Literature
Spanish

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This course studies representative twentieth and twenty-first-century texts and films from Hispanic America and Spain. Emphasis is on developing strategies for analyzing the genres of the novel, the short story, the poem, the fictional film, and the theatrical script. The novels read this semester are Magali García Ramis's _Felices días_, _Tío Sergio_ (1986, Puerto Rico) and Javier Cercas's _Soldados de Salamina_ (2001, Spain). We will study Lorca's play "La casa de Bernarda Alba" (1936, Spain), films from Spain, México, and Cuba, poems by Darío (Nicaragua), Machado (Spain), Lorca (Spain), Hernández (Spain), Vallejo (Perú), Cernuda (Spain), and Luis Palés Matos (Puerto Rico), and short stories from México (by an exiled Spanish writer), Chile, Argentina, and Cuba. Thematic emphasis is on the Spanish Civil War, changing attitudes toward gender, the Spanish-speaking Caribbean, and the history of race in the Americas.

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name: Introduction to Contemporary Hispanic Literature


uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This course studies important twentieth century texts from Spain and Latin America. The readings include short stories, theatre, the novel and poetry. This subject is conducted in Spanish and all reading and writing for the course is also done in Spanish.

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Introduction to Spanish Culture

keywords:
Social Science
Society
Anthropology
European and Russian Studies
Ethnography
Cultural Anthropology

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This course has several purposes. The major concern will be the examination of Spanish culture including Spain's history, architecture, art, literature and film, to determine if there is a uniquely Spanish manner of seeing and understanding the world - one which emerges as clearly distinct from our own and that of other Western European nations.

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keywords:
Humanities
Literature
History
Language
Society
Latin and Caribbean Studies
Classics
International Literature
Comparative Literature
Spanish
Poetry
Latin American History

de: Geschichte

uk: Історія

en: History

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This course explores artistic achievement in a culture that over the past century has engaged in constant and intense imaginative self-renewal. The class studies film, narrative (e.g., Márquez's _One Hundred Years of Solitude_), and poetry. Conducted in Spanish.

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name: Hispanic America: One Hundred Years of Literature and Film


keywords:
Humanities
History
Visual Arts
Fine Arts
Society
European and Russian Studies
Film and Video
European History
Latin American History

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Образотворче мистецтво

uk: Мистецтво, мистецтвознавство

description:
This course considers films spanning the entire career of pioneering Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel (1900–1983), from his silent surrealist classic of 1929, _Un perro andaluz_, to his last film, _Ese oscuro objeto del deseo_ (1977). We pay special attention to his Mexican period, in exile, and the films he made in, and about, Spain, including his work in documentary. It explores Buñuel's early friendship with painter Salvador Dalí and poet Federico García Lorca, surrealist aesthetics, the influence of Freud's ideas on dreams and sexuality, and the director's corrosive criticism of bourgeois society and the Catholic church. We will focus on historical contexts and relevant film criticism.

About This Course on OpenCourseWare
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The instructor of this course, Elizabeth Garrels, is a Professor Emeritus at MIT. She retired in 2014 after 35 years at the Institute. Professor Garrels taught this course for over 15 years, and it evolved over this time period. Normally, a course on OCW represents the version of a course taught during a specific semester and year. However, for this course we hope to represent the evolution of the course during the main years it was taught. The materials you see here are not from a particular iteration of the course, but are drawn from all of the years the course was taught.

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name: Advanced Topics in Hispanic Literature and Film: The Films of Luis Buñuel


Portuguese I

keywords:
Humanities
Language
Social Science
Society
Anthropology
Latin and Caribbean Studies
Cultural Anthropology
Portuguese

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This course provides an introduction to the language and culture of the Portuguese-speaking world, with special attention to Brazilian Portuguese. This course focuses are on basic oral expression, listening comprehension, and elementary reading and writing. Students develop their vocabulary and understanding of grammatical concepts through active communication. This is a coordinated language lab program and is designed for students with no knowledge of Portuguese. Class is conducted entirely in Portuguese.

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Portuguese II

keywords: Humanities Language Portuguese

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This course is a continuation of 21G.801. It focuses on expanding communication skills and further development of linguistic competency using a variety of authentic sources, such as the Internet, audio, video, and printed materials, to help develop cultural awareness and linguistic proficiency. This course is conducted entirely in Portuguese.

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keywords:
Humanities
Language
Society
European and Russian Studies
Latin and Caribbean Studies
Portuguese

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This is an advanced course that aims to build vocabulary competence and improve oral communication through the study and discussion of topics related to cultural aspects in Lusophone societies, primarily from current issues in Brazil. It is designed to give students extensive experience in Portuguese and emphasizes skill development and refinement in the area of critical reading and writing in Portuguese.

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name: Portuguese Advanced Conversation and Composition


keywords:
Humanities
History
Music
Language
Fine Arts
Society
Latin and Caribbean Studies
Portuguese
Music History
Latin American History

uk: Образотворче мистецтво

de: Musikwissenschaft/-geschichte

uk: Музикознавство/Історія музики

en: Musicology/History of Music

de: Musik, Musikwissenschaft

uk: Музика, музикознавство

en: Music, Musicology

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Мистецтво, мистецтвознавство

description: This course will present students with an overview of Brazilian popular music, from the late nineteenth century to the present day. Considered an advanced course, it aims to build vocabulary competence and improve oral communication through the study and discussion of topics about cultural aspects and current issues in Brazil. It is designed to give students extensive experience in Portuguese and emphasizes skill development and refinement in the area of critical reading and writing in Portuguese.

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name: The Beat of Brazil: Brazilian Society Through Its Music


keywords:
Humanities
Language
Society
Latin and Caribbean Studies
Portuguese

de: Geisteswissenschaften

uk: Гуманітарні науки

en: Humanities

description: Accelerated Introductory Portuguese for Spanish Speakers covers the basics of Portuguese grammar and presents selected cultural aspects of the Lusophone world, with special emphasis on Brazil. Designed as an intensive introductory course equivalent to Portuguese I and II, it is a Portuguese course for native speakers of Spanish or speakers of other languages who have a native-like command of Spanish.

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keywords:
Humanities
Literature
History
Language
Visual Arts
Fine Arts
Society
Latin and Caribbean Studies
International Literature
Spanish
Latin American History

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Образотворче мистецтво

uk: Мистецтво, мистецтвознавство

description: The goal of this course is to offer a general introduction to 20th and 21st century literature and cultural production about Modern Mexico. Emphasis will be placed on the way intellectuals and artists have presented the changes in Mexico City's urban life, and how these representations question themes and trends in national identity, state control, globalization, and immigration.

de: keine Anmeldung erforderlich

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en: no login required

name: Modern Mexico: Representations of Mexico City's Urban Life


Japanese V

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This is an experimental version of 21G.505, which offers a combination of in-person and synchronous remote instruction. It aims to achieve simultaneous progression of four skills—listening, speaking, reading, and writing. It immerses students in various aspects of Japanese culture through authentic everyday Japanese media.

uk: вхід без авторизації

de: Kurs

en: Course


Japanese VI

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This is an experimental version of 21G.506, which offers a combination of in-person and synchronous remote instruction. It aims to achieve simultaneous progression of four skills—listening, speaking, reading, and writing. It immerses students in various aspects of Japanese culture through authentic everyday Japanese media.

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Lesson 6 Part 1

uk: Гуманітарні науки

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cs: Video

de: Video

fi: Video

uk: Відео

en: Video

fr: Vidéo

da: Video

nl: Video

es: Video


Lesson 6 Part 2

uk: Гуманітарні науки

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Lesson 7 Part 1

uk: Гуманітарні науки

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Lesson 7 Part 2

uk: Гуманітарні науки

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Lesson 8 Part 1

uk: Гуманітарні науки

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Lesson 8 Part 2

uk: Гуманітарні науки

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Lesson 9 Part 1

uk: Гуманітарні науки

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Lesson 9 Part 2

uk: Гуманітарні науки

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Lesson 10 Part 1

uk: Гуманітарні науки

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Lesson 10 Part 2

uk: Гуманітарні науки

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How to Stage a Revolution

keywords:
Humanities
History
American History
Modern History
Middle Eastern History

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This course explores fundamental questions about the causes and nature of revolutions by looking at how people overthrow their rulers and establish new governments. Considers a set of major political transformations throughout the world and across centuries to understand the meaning of revolution and evaluate its impact. Examines how revolutionaries have attempted to establish their ideals and realize their goals. Asks whether radical upheavals require bloodshed, violence, or even terror. Seeks to explain why some revolutions succeed and others fail. Materials include the writings of revolutionaries, declarations and constitutions, music, films, art, novels, memoirs, and newspapers.

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keywords:
Humanities
History
European History
Ancient History

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This course is an investigation of the Roman empire of Augustus, the Frankish empire of Charlemagne, and the English empire in the age of the Hundred Years War. Students examine different types of evidence, read across a variety of disciplines, and develop skills to identify continuities and changes in ancient and medieval societies. Each term this course is different, looking at different materials from a variety of domains to explore ancient and mideveal studies. This version is a capture of the course as it was taught in 2012, and does not reflect how it is taught currently.

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name: Empire: Introduction to Ancient and Medieval Studies


The World: 1400-Present

keywords:
Humanities
History
World History

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This course surveys the increasing interaction between communities, as the barrier of distance succumbed to both curiosity and new transport technologies. It explores Western Europe and the United States' rise to world dominance, as well as the great divergence in material, political, and technological development between Western Europe and East Asia post–1750, and its impact on the rest of the world. It examines a series of evolving relationships, including human beings and their physical environment; religious and political systems; and sub-groups within communities, sorted by race, class, and gender. It introduces historical and other interpretive methodologies using both primary and secondary source materials.

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American History to 1865

keywords:
Humanities
History
American History

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This course provides a basic history of American social, economic, and political development from the colonial period through the Civil War. It examines the colonial heritages of Spanish and British America; the American Revolution and its impact; the establishment and growth of the new nation; and the Civil War, its background, character, and impact. Readings include writings of the period by J. Winthrop, T. Paine, T. Jefferson, J. Madison, W. H. Garrison, G. Fitzhugh, H. B. Stowe, and A. Lincoln.

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American History Since 1865

keywords:
Humanities
History
American History
Modern History

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This course examines the social, cultural, political, and economic history of the United States, from the Civil War to the present. It uses secondary analysis and primary documents, such as court cases, personal accounts, photographs, and films, to examine some of the key issues in the shaping of modern America, including industrialization and urbanization, immigration, the rise of a mass consumer society, the emergence of the US as a global power, and the development of civil rights activism and other major social movements.

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keywords:
Humanities
History
Philosophy
American History
Political Philosophy

de: Philosophie

uk: Філософія

en: Philosophy

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This course uses readings and discussions to focus on a series of short-term events that shed light on American politics, culture, and social organization. It emphasizes finding ways to make sense of these complicated, highly traumatic events, and on using them to understand larger processes of change in American history. The class also gives students experience with primary documentation research through a term paper assignment.

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name: Riots, Strikes, and Conspiracies in American History


American Classics

keywords:
Humanities
Literature
History
Social Science
Anthropology
Social Anthropology
American History
Classics
Cultural Anthropology

de: Anthropologie (Humanbiologie)

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

en: Anthropology (Human Biology)

de: Sozialwissenschaften/Soziologie

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

en: Social Sciences/Sociology

uk: Гуманітарні науки

de: Mathematik, Naturwissenschaften

uk: Математика, природничі науки

en: Mathematics, Natural Sciences

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: "What then is the American, this new man?" asked J. Hector St-John de Crèvecoeur in his _Letters from an American Farmer_ in 1782. This subject takes Crèvecoeur's question as the starting point for an examination of the changing meanings of national identity in the American past. We will consider a diverse collection of classic texts in American history to see how Americans have defined themselves and their nation in politics, literature, art, and popular culture. As a communications-intensive subject, students will be expected to engage intensively with the material through frequent oral and written exercises.

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uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

de: Rechts-, Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

en: Law, Economics and Social Sciences

de: Biologie

en: Biology

description: This subject is devoted to reading and discussing basic American historical texts that are often cited but often remain unread, understanding their meaning, and assessing their continuing significance in American culture. Since it is a "Communications Intensive" subject, 21H.105 is also dedicated to improving students' capacities to write and speak well. It requires a substantial amount of writing, participation in discussions, and individual presentations to the class.

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The American Revolution

keywords:
Humanities
History
Social Science
Political Science
Philosophy
American History
Political Philosophy
American Politics

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This course is concerned primarily with the revolutionary origins of American government. Topics covered include: English and American backgrounds of the Revolution; issues and arguments in the Anglo-American conflict; colonial resistance and the beginnings of republicanism; the Revolutionary War; constitution writing for the states and nation; and effects of the American Revolution. Readings emphasize documents from the period--pamphlets, correspondence, the minutes or resolutions of resistance organizations, constitutional documents and debates.

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The Civil War and Reconstruction

keywords:
Humanities
History
Social Science
Public Administration
Philosophy
American History
Political Philosophy
Military Studies
Military History

de: Verwaltungswissenschaften

uk: Управління та адміністрування

en: Administrative Sciences

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description:
Although attention will be devoted to the causes and long-term consequences of the Civil War, this class will focus primarily on the war years (1861-1865) with special emphasis on the military and technological aspects of the conflict. Four questions, long debated by historians, will receive close scrutiny:

1.  What caused the war?
2.  Why did the North win the war?
3.  Could the South have won?
4.  To what extent is the Civil War America's "defining moment"?

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The Ancient World: Rome

keywords:
Humanities
Literature
History
Classics
European History
Ancient History

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This course covers the history of Rome from its humble beginnings to the 5th century A.D. The first half covers Kingship to Republican form; the conquest of Italy; Roman expansion: Pyrrhus, Punic Wars and provinces; classes, courts, and the Roman revolution; Augustus and the formation of empire. The second half covers Virgil to the Vandals; major social, economic, political and religious trends at Rome and in the provinces. There is an emphasis on the use of primary sources in translation.

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keywords:
Humanities
History
European History
Asian History
Medieval History
Comparative History

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This course will survey the conditions of material life and changing social and economic conditions in medieval Europe with reference to the comparative context of contemporary Islamic, Chinese, and central Asian experiences. Subject covers the emergence and decline of feudal institutions, the transformation of peasant agriculture, living standards and the course of epidemic disease, and the ebb and flow of long-distance trade across the Eurasian system. Particular emphasis will be placed on the study of those factors, both institutional and technological, which have contributed to the emergence of capitalist organization and economic growth in Western Europe in contrast to the trajectories followed by the other major medieval economies.

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name: Medieval Economic History in Comparative Perspective


keywords:
Humanities
History
Philosophy
European History
Political Philosophy
History of Science and Technology
Religion

de: Religionswissenschaft

uk: Релігієзнавство

en: Religious Studies

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This course provides an introduction to major political, social, cultural and intellectual changes in Europe from the beginnings of the Renaissance in Italy around 1300 to the outbreak of the French Revolution at the end of the 1700s. It focuses on the porous boundaries between categories of theology, magic and science, as well as print. It examines how developments in these areas altered European political institutions, social structures, and cultural practices. It also studies men and women, nobles and commoners, as well as Europeans and some non-Europeans with whom they came into contact.

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name: Renaissance To Revolution: Europe, 1300-1800


Modern China

keywords:
Humanities
History
World History
Asian History
Modern History

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This course discusses China's emergence as a global power, which has arisen out of two centuries of significant change. It explores those transformations from 1800 to the present by examining the advent of foreign imperialism in the nineteenth century, the collapse of the last imperial dynasty in 1911, China's debilitating war against Japan, the communist revolution, and the tumultuous history of the People's Republic of China from 1949. Also, this course addresses the historical transformations that have shaped contemporary Chinese politics, ethnicity, gender, environment, economics, and international relations.

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Race and Gender in Asian America

keywords:
Humanities
History
Social Science
Society
Anthropology
Asian Studies
Gender Studies
Ethnography
American History
Cultural Anthropology

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: In this seminar we will examine various issues related to the intersection of race and gender in Asian America, starting with the nineteenth century, but focusing on contemporary issues. Topics to be covered may include racial and gender discourse, the stereotyping of Asian American women and men in the media, Asian American masculinity, Asian American feminisms and their relation to mainstream American feminism, the debate between feminism and ethnic nationalism, gay and lesbian identity, class and labor issues, domestic violence, interracial dating and marriage, and multiracial identity.

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Inventing the Samurai

keywords:
Humanities
History
Asian History
Ancient History

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description:
This course explores the historical origins of the Japanese warrior class as well as its reinvention throughout the archipelago's history, with a special focus on the pre-modern era (200–1600 CE). It highlights key historical contexts including the rise of the imperial court, interactions with the broader world, and the establishment of a warrior-dominated state. It also considers the modern imaginations and uses of the warrior figure.

Note: This course is taught in English with a project that requires research in Japanese.

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Modern Japan: 1868 to Present

keywords:
Humanities
History
Social Science
Political Science
International Relations
Asian History
Modern History
Military History

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This course surveys Japanese history from the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603 to the present and explores the local and global nature of modernity in Japan. It highlights key themes, including the emergence of a modern nation-state, the rise and fall of the Japanese Empire, the development of mass consumer culture and the middle class, and the continued importance of historical memory in Japan today.

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The Middle East in the 20th Century

keywords:
Humanities
History
Modern History
Middle Eastern History

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This course surveys the history of the Middle East, from the end of the 19th century to the present. It examines major political, social, intellectual and cultural issues and practices. It also focuses on important events, movements, and ideas that prevailed during the last century and affect its current realities.

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Modern African History

keywords:
Humanities
History
European History
Asian History
African History

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This course surveys the history of 19th and 20th century Africa. It focuses on the European conquest of Africa and the dynamics of colonial rule, especially its socioeconomic and cultural consequences. It looks at how the rising tide of African nationalism, in the form of labor strikes and guerrilla wars, ushered out colonialism. It also examines the postcolonial states, focusing on the politics of development, recent civil wars in countries like Rwanda and Liberia, the AIDS epidemic, and the history of apartheid in South Africa up to 1994. Finally, it surveys the entrepreneurship in the post-colonial period and China's recent involvement in Africa.

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Libertarianism in History

keywords:
Humanities
History
Social Science
Political Science
American History
American Politics

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This course explores the history of the ideal of personal freedom with an eye towards contemporary debates over the pros and cons of the regulatory state. The first part of the course surveys the sociological and theological sources of the concepts of freedom and civil society, and introduces liberty's leading relatives or competitors: property, equality, community, and republicanism. The second part consists of a series of case studies in the rise of modern liberty and libertarianism: the abolition of slavery, the struggle for religious freedom, and the twentieth-century American civil liberties movement. In the last part of the course, we take up debates over the role of libertarianism vs. the regulatory state in a variety of contexts: counter-terrorism, health care, the financial markets, and the Internet.

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American Consumer Culture

keywords:
Humanities
History
Social Science
Anthropology
Philosophy
Social Anthropology
American History
Political Philosophy
Cultural Anthropology

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This class examines how and why twentieth-century Americans came to define the "good life" through consumption, leisure, and material abundance. We will explore how such things as department stores, nationally advertised brand-name goods, mass-produced cars, and suburbs transformed the American economy, society, and politics. The course is organized both thematically and chronologically. Each period deals with a new development in the history of consumer culture. Throughout we explore both celebrations and critiques of mass consumption and abundance.

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The Energy Crisis: Past and Present

keywords:
Humanities
History
Social Science
Public Administration
Energy
American History
Science and Technology Policy
Modern History
Fossil Fuels
Environmental Policy

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Управління та адміністрування

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This course will explore how Americans have confronted energy challenges since the end of World War II. Beginning in the 1970s, Americans worried about the supply of energy. As American production of oil declined, would the US be able to secure enough fuel to sustain their high consumption lifestyles? At the same time, Americans also began to fear the environmental side affects of energy use. Even if the US had enough fossil fuel, would its consumption be detrimental to health and safety? This class examines how Americans thought about these questions in the last half-century. We will consider the political, diplomatic, economic, cultural, and technological aspects of the energy crisis. Topics include nuclear power, suburbanization and the new car culture, the environmental movement and the challenges of clean energy, the Middle East and supply of oil, the energy crisis of the 1970s, and global warming.

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America in Depression and War

keywords:
Humanities
History
Social Science
Political Science
Anthropology
Philosophy
American History
Political Philosophy
American Politics
Cultural Anthropology
Military History

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This course focuses on the Great Depression and World War II and how they led to a major reordering of American politics and society. We will examine how ordinary people experienced these crises and how those experiences changed their outlook on politics and the world around them.

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The United States in the Nuclear Age

keywords:
Humanities
History
American History
History of Science and Technology

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This subject examines the unique culture that developed in the United States after World War II. The dawn of the nuclear age and the ensuing Cold War fundamentally altered American politics and social life. It also led to a flowering of technological experimentation and rapid innovation in the sciences. Over the course of the term, students will explore how Americans responded to these changes, and how those responses continue to shape life in the US today.

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keywords:
Humanities
History
Social Science
Anthropology
Ethnography
American History

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This course examines the history of the United States as a "nation of immigrants" within a broader global context. It considers migration from the mid-19th century to the present through case studies of such places as New York's Lower East Side, South Texas, Florida, and San Francisco's Chinatown. It also examines the role of memory, media, and popular culture in shaping ideas about migration. The course includes optional field trip to New York City.

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name: The Places of Migration in United States History


War & American Society

keywords:
Humanities
History
Social Science
Anthropology
Social Anthropology
American History
Cultural Anthropology
Military History

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: Writing in the wake of the Civil War, poet Walt Whitman insisted that "the real war will never get in the books." Throughout American history, the experience of war has fundamentally shaped the ways that Americans think about themselves, their fellow Americans, and the meanings of national citizenship. War has also posed challenges of representation, both for those who fought as well as those who did not. This subject examines how Americans have told the stories of modern war in history, literature, and popular culture, and interprets them in terms of changing ideas about American national identity.

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Law and Society in US History

keywords:
Humanities
History
Social Science
Anthropology
Philosophy
Legal Studies
American History
Political Philosophy
Cultural Anthropology

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: As events of the last few years have shown, the Supreme Court has played a crucial role in American political life. There is practically no issue of social significance in the American past that did not at some point end up in the nation's courtrooms, yet much of the workings of the constitution remain obscure. This subject is designed to introduce students to the main themes and events of American constitutional law since 1787. It introduces terms and concepts of law and legal history, focusing on three recurring themes in American public life: liberty, equality, and property. Readings consist mostly of original court cases, especially from the U.S. Supreme Court, but the focus of the class is on the historical connections between those cases and broader social, political, and cultural trends.

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Gender and the Law in U.S. History

keywords:
Humanities
History
Social Science
Society
Philosophy
Legal Studies
Gender Studies
American History
Political Philosophy

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This subject explores the legal history of the United States as a gendered system. It examines how women have shaped the meanings of American citizenship through pursuit of political rights such as suffrage, jury duty, and military service, how those political struggles have varied for across race, religion, and class, as well as how the legal system has shaped gender relations for both women and men through regulation of such issues as marriage, divorce, work, reproduction, and the family. The course readings will draw from primary and secondary materials in American history, as well as some court cases. However, the focus of the class is on the broader relationship between law and society, and no technical legal knowledge is required or assumed.

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Downtown

keywords:
Humanities
History
Architecture
Social Science
Fine Arts
Urban Studies
Environmental Design
American History

de: Architektur, Innenarchitektur

uk: Архітектура, дизайн інтер'єру

en: Architecture, Interior Architecture

de: Bildende Kunst

uk: Образотворче мистецтво

en: Fine Arts

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

cs: Technické vědy

de: Ingenieurwissenschaften

fi: tekniikka

uk: Інженерія

en: Engineering Sciences

fr: Ingénierie

da: Ingeniørvidenskab

es: Ingeniería

nl: Engineering

de: Kunst, Kunstwissenschaft

uk: Мистецтво, мистецтвознавство

en: Art, Art Theory

description: This seminar focuses on downtowns in U.S. cities from the late nineteenth century to the late twentieth century. Emphasis will be placed on downtown as an idea, place, and cluster of interests; on the changing character of downtown; and on recent efforts to rebuild it. Subjects to be considered will include subways, skyscrapers, highways, urban renewal, and retail centers. The focus will be on readings, discussions, and individual research projects.

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Metropolis: History of New York City

keywords:
Humanities
History
Social Science
Urban Studies
Anthropology
American History
Cultural Anthropology

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

de: Geschichte

en: History

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description:
> Hitherto it had gone by the original Indian name Manna-hatta, or as some still have it, 'The Manhattoes'; but this was now decried as savage and heathenish... At length, when the council was almost in despair, a burgher, remarkable for the size and squareness of his head, proposed that they should call it New-Amsterdam. The proposition took every body by surprise; it was so striking, so apposite, so ingenious. The name was adopted by acclamation, and New-Amsterdam the metropolis was thenceforth called.
>
> —Washington Irving, 1808

In less tongue-in-cheek style, this course examines the evolution of New York City from 1607 to the present. The readings focus on the city's social and physical histories, and the class discussions compare New York's development to patterns in other cities.

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keywords:
Humanities
Literature
History
Architecture
Fine Arts
Architectural Design
Classics
European History
Ancient History

uk: Архітектура, дизайн інтер'єру

de: Geisteswissenschaften

uk: Гуманітарні науки

en: Humanities

uk: Образотворче мистецтво

uk: Мистецтво, мистецтвознавство

description: This course investigates the relationship between urban architecture and political, social, and cultural history of Athens in the 5th and 4th centuries BC. It surveys and analyzes archeological and literary evidence, including the sanctuary of Athena on the Acropolis, the Agora, Greek houses, the histories of Herodotus and Thucydides, plays of Sophocles and Aristophanes, and the panhellenic sanctuaries of Delphi and Olympia.

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name: The City of Athens in the Age of Pericles


keywords:
Humanities
History
European History
Asian History

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This course analyzes Russia's social, cultural, and political heritage in the 18th and 19th centuries, up to and including the Russian Revolution of 1917. It compares reforming and revolutionary impulses in the context of serfdom, the rise of the intelligentsia, and debates over capitalism, while focusing on historical and literary texts, especially the intersections between the two.

de: keine Anmeldung erforderlich

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en: no login required

name: Imperial and Revolutionary Russia: Culture and Politics, 1700-1917


keywords:
Humanities
History
Society
European and Russian Studies
European History
Military History

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This course explores the political and historical evolution of the Soviet state and society from the 1917 Revolution to the present. It covers the creation of a revolutionary regime, causes and nature of the Stalin revolution, post-Stalinist efforts to achieve political and social reform, and causes of the Soviet collapse. It also examines current developments in Russia in light of Soviet history.

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name: Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society, 1917 to the Present

de: Kurs

en: Course


Apartheid and South Africa

keywords:
Humanities
History
African History

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This course introduces students to the spatial, legal, economic, social and political structures that created apartheid in South Africa, and to the factors that led to the collapse of the racist order. We will examine the many forms of Black oppression and, also, the various forms of resistance to apartheid. Some of the themes we will explore include industrialization and the formation of the Black working classes; the constructions of race, ethnicities, and sexualities; land alienation and rural struggles; township poverty and violence; Black education; the African National Congress; and the Black Consciousness Movement.

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The Ancient World: Greece

keywords:
Humanities
Literature
History
Classics
European History
Ancient History

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This course elaborates the history of Ancient Greece from the Bronze Age to the death of Alexander. It covers major social, economic, political, and religious trends. It also includes discussions on Homer, heroism, and the Greek identity; the hoplite revolution and the rise of the city-state; Herodotus, Persia, and the (re)birth of history; Empire, Thucydidean rationalism, and the Peloponnesian War; Platonic constructs; Aristotle, Macedonia, and Hellenism. Emphasis is on use of primary sources in translation.

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The Emergence of Europe: 500-1300

keywords:
Humanities
History
Social Science
Anthropology
Philosophy
European History
Political Philosophy
Medieval History
Cultural Anthropology

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This course surveys the social, cultural, and political development of western Europe between 500 and 1350. A number of topics are incorporated into the broad chronological sweep of the course, including: the Germanic conquest of the ancient Mediterranean world; the rise of a distinct northern culture and the Carolingian Renaissance; the emergence of feudalism and the breakdown of political order; contact with the Byzantine and Islamic East and the Crusading movement; the quality of religious life; the vitality of the high medieval economy and culture; and the catastrophes of the fourteenth century.

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Final Exam Review Questions

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: Sample review and test questions for the final exam.

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de: Übung

en: Drill and Practice


Mid-term exam

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

de: Philosophie

en: Philosophy

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: Midterm exam on the emergence of Europe.

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The Renaissance, 1300-1600

keywords:
Humanities
History
Social Science
Anthropology
European History
Cultural Anthropology
Intellectual History

de: Anthropologie (Humanbiologie)

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

en: Anthropology (Human Biology)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: The "Renaissance" as a phenomenon in European history is best understood as a series of social, political, and cultural responses to an intellectual trend which began in Italy in the fourteenth century. This intellectual tendency, known as humanism, or the _studia humanitatis_, was at the heart of developments in literature, the arts, the sciences, religion, and government for almost three hundred years. In this class, we will highlight the history of humanism, but we will also study religious reformations, high politics, the agrarian world, and European conquest and expansion abroad in the period.

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uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

de: Sozialwissenschaften/Soziologie

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

en: Social Sciences/Sociology

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: The woodcut reproduced below circulated in print in the 1520s. The head on the top is that of a Cardinal in the Catholic church; that on the bottom represents a fool.

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keywords:
Humanities
History
Social Science
Public Administration
Political Science
Society
Sociology
Legal Studies
African American Studies
Social Justice
American History
American Politics
Modern History
Public Policy
Security Studies

uk: Управління та адміністрування

de: Soziologie

uk: Соціологія

en: Sociology

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This seminar looks at key issues in the historical development and current state of modern American criminal justice, with an emphasis on its relationship to citizenship, nationhood, and race/ethnicity. We begin with a range of perspectives on the rise of what is often called "mass incarceration": how did our current system of criminal punishment take shape, and what role did race play in that process? Part Two takes up a series of case studies, including racial disparities in the administration of the death penalty, enforcement of the drug laws, and the regulation of police investigations. The third and final part of the seminar looks at national security policing: the development of a constitutional law governing the intersection of ethnicity, religion, and counter-terrorism, and the impact of counter-terrorism policy on domestic police practices.

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name: Race, Crime, and Citizenship in American Law


keywords:
Humanities
History
Social Science
Society
Anthropology
Philosophy
European and Russian Studies
European History
Political Philosophy
Asian History
Cultural Anthropology

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

de: Mathematik, Naturwissenschaften

uk: Математика, природничі науки

en: Mathematics, Natural Sciences

de: Rechts-, Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

en: Law, Economics and Social Sciences

description: Medieval and early modern Russia stood at the crossroads of Europe and Asia. In this course we will examine some of the native developments and foreign influences which most affected the course of Russian history. Particular topics include the rise of the Kievan State, the Mongol Yoke, the rise of Muscovy, Ivan the Terrible, Peter the Great, relations with Western Europe. How did foreigners perceive Russia? How did those living in the Russian lands perceive foreigners? What social relations were developing between nobility and peasantry, town and country, women and men? What were the relations of each of these groups to the state? How did state formation come about in Kievan and Muscovite Russia? What were the political, religious, economic, and social factors affecting relations between state and society? In examining these questions we will consider a variety of sources including contemporary accounts (both domestic and foreign), legal and political documents, historical monographs and interpretive essays.

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name: The Making of Russia in the Worlds of Byzantium, Mongolia, and Europe


keywords:
Humanities
History
European History
Ancient History

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This course explores the political, social, and economic factors commonly offered to explain the fall of the Roman Republic: growth of the territorial empire, increased intensity of aristocratic competition, transformation of the Italian economy, growth of the city of Rome and dependence of the urban plebs, changes in military recruitment and dependence of soldiers on their generals. There is an emphasis on the reading of ancient sources in translation, including Cicero, Sallust, Caesar, Augustus, Appian, Plutarch, and Suetonius.

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name: Julius Caesar and the Fall of the Roman Republic


The Making of a Roman Emperor

keywords:
Humanities
History
Ancient History

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: Through close examination of the emperor Augustus and his Julio-Claudian successors, this subject investigates how Roman emperors used art, architecture, coinage, and other media to create and project an image of themselves, how the surviving literary sources from the Roman period reinforced or subverted that image, and how both phenomena have contributed to post-classical perceptions of Roman emperors. It also considers works of Suetonius and Tacitus as well as modern representations of the emperors such as those found in the films *I, Claudius*, *Quo Vadis*, and HBO's *Rome* series.

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The Royal Family

keywords:
Humanities
History
Social Science
Political Science
Society
Anthropology
European and Russian Studies
European History
Cultural Anthropology

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

de: Biologie

en: Biology

description: This course is an an exploration of British culture and politics, focusing on the changing role of the monarchy from the accession of the House of Hanover (later Windsor) in 1714 to the present. The dynasty has encountered a series of crises, in which the personal and the political have been inextricably combined: for example, George III's mental illness; the scandalous behavior of his son, George IV; Victoria's withdrawal from public life after the death of Prince Albert; the abdication of Edward VIII; and the public antagonism sparked by sympathy for Diana, Princess of Wales.

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Making Books: The Renaissance and Today

keywords:
Humanities
Literature
History
European History
History of Science and Technology
International Literature

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description:
This course explores the impact of new technology on the recording and distribution of words and images at three different times: The invention of the printing press ca. 1450; the adaptation of electricity to communication technology in the 19th century (telegraph, telephone, phonograph); and the emergence of digital media today. Assignments include essays and online projects. Students also participate in the design and construction of a hand-set printing press.

This course is also part of the [Concourse](http://concourse.mit.edu/) program at MIT.

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keywords:
Humanities
History
Social Science
Anthropology
Philosophy
European History
Political Philosophy
Cultural Anthropology

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This course covers French politics, culture, and society from Louis XIV to Napoleon Bonaparte. Attention is given to the growth of the central state, the beginnings of a modern consumer society, the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, including its origins, and the rise and fall of Napoleon.

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name: France, 1660-1815: Enlightenment, Revolution, Napoleon


South Asian Migrations

keywords:
Humanities
History
American History
World History
Asian History
Modern History

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This course provides a global history of South Asians and introduces students to the cultural, social, economic, and political experiences of immigrants who traveled across the world. It studies how and why South Asians, who have migrated to America, Europe, Africa, the Caribbean and the Middle East, are considered a model minority in some countries and unwanted strangers in others. Through literature, memoirs, films, music, and historical writing, it follows South Asian migrants as they discovered the world beyond India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.

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keywords:
Humanities
History
Social Science
Society
Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology
Modern History
Middle Eastern History
Middle Eastern Studies

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This seminar considers "difference" and "sameness" as they have been conceived, experienced, and regulated by peoples of the Middle East, with a focus on the 19th and 20th centuries. The first half discusses the Ottoman Empire by exploring how this multiethnic, polyglot empire survived for several relatively peaceful centuries and what happened when its formula for existence was challenged by politics based on mono-ethnic states. The second half of the course focuses on post-Ottoman nation-states, such as Turkey and Egypt, and Western-mandated Arab states, such as Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, and Iraq. Finally, the course concludes with a case analysis of Israel.

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name: Cultural Pluralism in Modern Middle East


People and Other Animals

keywords:
Humanities
History
Social Science
Anthropology
History of Science and Technology
Cultural Anthropology
Intellectual History

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This course is a historical exploration of the ways that people have interacted with their closest animal relatives, for example: hunting, domestication of livestock, exploitation of animal labor, scientific study of animals, display of exotic and performing animals, and pet-keeping. Themes include changing ideas about animal agency and intelligence, our moral obligations to animals, and the limits imposed on the use of animals. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments.

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Women and War in the 20th Century

keywords:
Humanities
History
Society
Gender Studies
Women's Studies
World History

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This seminar examines women's experiences during and after war, revolution, and genocide. The focus of the course is mostly on the 20th century and on North America, Europe and the Middle East.

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Capitalism in the Age of Revolution

keywords:
Humanities
History
American History
World History
European History

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: The decades leading up to the Atlantic revolutions of the late eighteenth century were formative moments in the rise of capitalism. The novel instruments of credit, debt, and investment fashioned during this period proved to be enduring sources of financial innovation, but they also generated a great deal of political conflict, particularly during the revolutionary era itself.  This seminar examines the debates surrounding large-scale financial and trading corporations and considers the eighteenth century as a period of recurring financial crisis in which corporate power came into sustained and direct contact with emerging republican norms. The seminar ends with a look at the relationship between slavery and the rise of “modern” or “industrial” capitalism in the nineteenth century, as well as some of the critiques of capitalism that emerged out of that experience.

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keywords:
Humanities
History
American History
World History
Medieval History
African History

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This seminar examines the global history of the last millennium, including technological change, commodity exchange, systems of production, and economic growth. Students engage with economic history, medieval and early modern origins of modern systems of production, consumption and global exchange. Topics include the long pre-history of modern economic development; medieval world systems; the age of discovery; the global crisis of the 17th century; demographic systems; global population movements; the industrial revolution; the rise of the modern consumer; colonialism and empire building; patterns of inequality, within and across states; the curse of natural resources fate of Africa; and the threat of climate change to modern economic systems. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments.

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name: Technology and the Global Economy, 1000-2000


keywords:
Humanities
History
Historical Methods

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This course examines the distinctive ways in which historians in different parts of the world have approached the task of writing history. It explores methodologies used, such as political, social, economic, cultural, and popular histories through the reading and discussion of relevant and innovative texts. It introduces a variety of sources (archival documents, statistical data, film, fiction, memoirs, artifacts, and images) and the ways they can be used to research, interpret, and present the past. Assignments include an original research paper. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments.

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name: Theories and Methods in the Study of History


The Making of a Roman Emperor

keywords:
Humanities
History
Media Studies
Fine Arts
Art History
European History
Ancient History

de: Medienwissenschaft

uk: Медіазнавство

en: Media Science

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Образотворче мистецтво

uk: Медіазнавство

uk: Мистецтво, мистецтвознавство

description: Focusing on the emperors Augustus and Nero, this course investigates the ways in which Roman emperors used art, architecture, coinage and other media to create and project an image of themselves, the ways in which the surviving literary sources from the Roman period reinforced or subverted that image, and the ways in which both phenomena have contributed to post-classical perceptions of Roman emperors. Material studied will include the art, architecture, and coinage of Augustan and Neronian Rome, the works of Suetonius and Tacitus, and modern representations of the emperors such as those found in _I, Claudius_ and _Quo Vadis_.

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The Ancient City

keywords:
Humanities
History
Architecture
Social Science
Fine Arts
Urban Studies
Architectural History and Criticism
Archaeology
Ancient History

de: Architektur, Innenarchitektur

uk: Архітектура, дизайн інтер'єру

en: Architecture, Interior Architecture

uk: Образотворче мистецтво

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

de: Archäologie

uk: Археологія

en: Archaeology

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

uk: Мистецтво, мистецтвознавство

description: This course focuses on the archaeology of the Greek and Roman city. It investigates the relationship between urban architecture and the political, social, and economic role of cities in the Greek and Roman world, by analyzing a range of archaeological and literary evidence relevant to the use of space in Greek and Roman cities (e.g. Athens, Paestum, Rome, Pompeii) and a range of theoretical frameworks for the study of ancient urbanism.

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History of Western Thought, 500-1300

keywords:
Humanities
History
European History
Medieval History
Religion
Intellectual History

de: Religionswissenschaft

uk: Релігієзнавство

en: Religious Studies

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This course examines the development of the western intellectual tradition from the fall of the Roman Empire through the High Middle Ages. Our basic premise will be that the triumph of Christianity in the west was not the inevitable outcome it might appear from hindsight. Our attention will therefore be focused not only on the development of Christian thought and practice, but on its challengers as well. The core themes of the course include the emergence of a uniform Christian orthodoxy in late antiquity; the development of monastic practice and its attendant intellectual traditions; and the geographical spread of Christian beliefs. Working in opposition to those trends were other forces, which we will also address in our readings. In particular, we will consider the persistence of northern paganism; the rise of Islam; the solidification of a separate Byzantine orthodoxy; indigenous heretical movements; and the ambiguous position of Jews in all of European society.

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keywords:
Humanities
History
Media Studies
Fine Arts
Digital Media
History of Science and Technology
Intellectual History

uk: Медіазнавство

uk: Гуманітарні науки

de: Bildende Kunst

uk: Образотворче мистецтво

en: Fine Arts

uk: Медіазнавство

de: Kunst, Kunstwissenschaft

uk: Мистецтво, мистецтвознавство

en: Art, Art Theory

description: There has been much discussion in recent years, on this campus and elsewhere, about the death of the book. Digitization and various forms of electronic media, some critics say, are rendering the printed text as obsolete as the writing quill. In this subject, we will examine the claims for and against the demise of the book, but we will also supplement these arguments with an historical perspective they lack: we will examine texts, printing technologies, and reading communities from roughly 1450 to the present. We will begin with the theoretical and historical overviews of Walter Ong and Elizabeth Eisenstein, after which we will study specific cases such as English chapbooks, Inkan knotted and dyed strings, late nineteenth-century recording devices, and newspapers online today. We will also visit a rare book library and make a poster on a hand-set printing press.

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name: From Print to Digital: Technologies of the Word, 1450-Present


Introduction to Environmental History

keywords:
Science
Humanities
History
Earth Science
Biology
Environmental Science
Climate Studies
Modern History
Ecology

de: Geowissenschaften (ohne Geographie)

uk: Науки про Землю(крім географії)

en: Geosciences (excl. Geography)

de: Geschichte

en: History

de: Geisteswissenschaften

uk: Гуманітарні науки

en: Humanities

uk: Математика, природничі науки

description: Focusing primarily on the period since 1500, explores the influence of climate, topography, plants, animals, and microorganisms on human history and the reciprocal influence of people on the environment. Topics include the European encounter with the Americas, the impact of modern technology, and the historical roots of the current environmental crisis.

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keywords:
Humanities
History
European History
History of Science and Technology
Intellectual History

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This course asks students to consider the ways in which social theorists, institutional reformers, and political revolutionaries in the 17th through 19th centuries seized upon insights developed in the natural sciences and mathematics to change themselves and the society in which they lived. Students study trials, art, literature and music to understand developments in Europe and its colonies in these two centuries. Covers works by Newton, Locke, Voltaire, Rousseau, Marx, and Darwin.

de: keine Anmeldung erforderlich

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en: no login required

name: The Age of Reason: Europe from the 17th to the Early 19th Centuries

de: Kurs

en: Course


keywords:
Humanities
History
Business
Globalization
Philosophy
European History
Political Philosophy
Modern History

de: Philosophie

en: Philosophy

de: Betriebswirtschaftslehre

uk: Бізнес-адміністрування

en: Business Administration

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

de: Wirtschaftswissenschaften

uk: Бізнес та економіка

en: Business and Economics

description: From pineapples grown in Hawaii to English-speaking call centers outsourced to India, the legacy of the "Age of Imperialism" appears everywhere in our modern world. This class explores the history of European imperialism in its political, economic, and cultural dimensions from the 1840s through the 1960s.

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name: European Imperialism in the 19th and 20th Centuries


Nazi Germany and the Holocaust

keywords:
Humanities
History
Social Science
Political Science
Anthropology
European History
Cultural Anthropology
Modern History

de: Anthropologie (Humanbiologie)

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

en: Anthropology (Human Biology)

de: Sozialwissenschaften/Soziologie

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

en: Social Sciences/Sociology

uk: Гуманітарні науки

de: Mathematik, Naturwissenschaften

uk: Математика, природничі науки

en: Mathematics, Natural Sciences

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: The rise and fall of National Socialism is one of the most intensively-studied topics in European history. Nevertheless, after more than half a century, popular views of Nazism in the media and among the public remain simplistic-essentialized by equal parts fascination and horror. Adolf Hitler, for instance, is often portrayed as an evil genius of supernatural ability; while the Nazi state is similarly imagined to have held absolute power over every aspect of its subjects' lives. Such characterizations allow ordinary Germans to be portrayed as helpless victims of Nazism, ensnared or coerced into submission by forces beyond their control. Another popular characterization is that German culture itself is fundamentally flawed - that all Germans were basically Nazis at heart. This schema conveniently erases the manifestations of fascism in other Western nations, and allows Americans and other Westerners to reassure themselves that the horrors of Nazism could never emerge in their own enlightened national cultures.

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East Asia in the World

keywords:
Humanities
History
Social Science
Political Science
Society
Business
Globalization
Asian Studies
International Relations
Asian History

uk: Бізнес-адміністрування

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

de: Rechts-, Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

en: Law, Economics and Social Sciences

uk: Бізнес та економіка

description: This subject examines the interactions of East Asia with the rest of the world and the relationships of each of the East Asian countries with each other, from ca. 1500 to 2000 A.D. Primary focus on China and Japan, with some reference to Korea, Vietnam, and Central Asia. Asks how international diplomatic, commercial, military, religious, and cultural relationships joined with internal processes to direct the development of East Asian societies. Subject addresses perceptions and misperceptions among East Asians and foreigners.

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keywords:
Humanities
History
Social Science
Visual Arts
Fine Arts
Society
Anthropology
Asian Studies
Film and Video
Asian History
Medieval History
Cultural Anthropology

uk: Образотворче мистецтво

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

de: Biologie

en: Biology

uk: Мистецтво, мистецтвознавство

description: This course covers medieval Japanese society and culture from the twelfth to the nineteenth centuries, when political power rested largely in the hands of feudal warriors. Topics include religion (especially Zen Buddhism); changing concepts of "the way of the warrior;" women under feudalism; popular culture; and protest and rebellion. Presentations include weekly feature films. Assigned readings include many literary writings in translation.

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name: Japan in the Age of the Samurai:  History and Film


keywords:
Humanities
History
Social Science
Society
Anthropology
Asian Studies
Social Anthropology
Asian History

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This subject examines the experiences of ordinary Chinese people as they lived through the tumultuous changes of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. We look at personal narratives, primary sources, films alongside a textbook to think about how individual and family lives connect with the broader processes of change in modern China. In the readings and discussions, you should focus on how major political events have an impact on the characters' daily lives, and how the decisions they make cause large-scale social transformation.

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name: Smashing the Iron Rice Bowl: Chinese East Asia


The Making of Modern South Asia

keywords:
Humanities
History
Society
Asian Studies
Asian History

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: Survey of Indian civilization from 2500 BC to present-day. Traces major political events as well as economic, social, ecological, and cultural developments. Primary and secondary readings enhance understanding of this unique civilization, and shape and improve understanding in analyzing and interpreting historical data. Examines major thematic debates in Indian history through class discussion.

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keywords:
Humanities
History
Social Science
Society
Anthropology
Asian Studies
Gender Studies
Women's Studies
Social Anthropology
Asian History

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This course is designed to introduce and help students understand the changes and continuities in the lives of women in South Asia from a historical perspective. Using gender as a lens of examining the past, we will examine how politics of race, class, caste and religion affected and continue to impact women in South Asian countries, primarily in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. We will reflect upon current debates within South Asian women's history in order to examine some of the issues and problems that arise in re-writing the past from a gendered perspective and these are found in primary documents, secondary readings, films, newspaper articles, and the Internet.

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name: Women in South Asia from 1800 to Present


keywords:
Humanities
History
Society
Asian Studies
European and Russian Studies
Asian History
Ancient History

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This subject examines interactions across the Eurasian continent between Russians, Chinese, Mongolian nomads, and Turkic oasis dwellers during the last millennium and a half. As empires rose and fell, religions, trade, and war flowed back and forth continuously across this vast space. Today, the fall of the Soviet Union and China's reforms have opened up new opportunities for cultural interaction.

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name: From the Silk Road to the Great Game: China, Russia, and Central Eurasia


geographyquiz.pdf

uk: Гуманітарні науки

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de: Übung

en: Drill and Practice


Islam, the Middle East, and the West

keywords:
Humanities
History
Society
World History
Middle Eastern History
Middle Eastern Studies

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This course aims to provide students with a general overview of basic themes and issues in Middle Eastern history from the rise of Islam to the present, with an emphasis on the encounters and exchanges between the "Middle East" (Southwest Asia and North Africa) and the "West" (Europe and the United States).

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uk: Гуманітарні науки

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uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: Exam sheet.

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uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: Exam handout.

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keywords:
Humanities
History
Social Science
Society
Anthropology
Latin and Caribbean Studies
Cultural Anthropology
Modern History
Latin American History

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This class is a selective survey of Latin American history from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present. Issues studied include Latin America in the global economy, relations between Latin America and the U.S., dictatorships and democracies in the twentieth century, African and Indigenous cultures, feminism and gender, cultural politics, revolution in Mexico, Cuba, and Central America, and Latin American identity.

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name: Modern Latin America, 1808-Present: Revolution, Dictatorship, Democracy


Trials in History

keywords:
Humanities
History
Social Science
Sociology
Legal Studies
Social Justice
American History
European History

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

de: Soziologie

en: Sociology

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This seminar examines a number of famous trials in European and American history. It considers the salient issues (political, social, cultural) of several trials, the ways in which each trial was constructed and covered in public discussions at the time, the ways in which legal reasoning and storytelling interacted in each trial and in the later retellings of the trial, and the ways in which trials serve as both spectacle and a forum for moral and political reasoning. Students have an opportunity to study one trial in depth and present their findings to the class.

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