HIST 200

Fall 2014 All Classes

All Classes

Intro Hist Interpretation

Credit: 3 hours.

Through the careful examination of a specific topic or theme, this course provides a thorough introduction to historical interpretation. Particular attention will be devoted to research strategies, writing practices, handling primary and secondary sources, and the analysis of historiography.

May be repeated to a maximum of 6 hours with permission of the Director of Undergraduate Studies. Prerequisite: A 100-level course in history or consent of instructor.

Topics will be listed in the department's course guide at http://www.history.illinois.edu.

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HIST 200 class schedule data for fall 2014
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
32494	Lecture-Discussion	A	10:00AM -11:20AM	MW	331 Gregory Hall	Koslofsky, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/14-12/10/14 Section Info: Topic: The History of Human Skin from the Middle Ages to the Present. Description: The surface of the human body has a deep history. In this course we will study the transition from medieval to modern ideas about skin, especially in relation to human difference and identity. We will read and discuss recent scholarship on a wide range of topics, including the history of the skin in European anatomy and medicine; skin diseases, especially leprosy and smallpox; skin and beauty, blushing, and cosmetics; skin color and the formation of racial ideologies in early modern culture; specific European and Mediterranean practices on the skin, including surgery, penal branding, and (among Jews and Muslims) circumcision; scarification and "country marks" in West African cultures and in the Atlantic world; and the global circulation of tattooing. By encompassing diverse fields such as the history of medicine, art history, cultural history, legal history, the history of race and slavery, and the history of religion, this course provides a broad introduction to historical interpretation. Assignments include short essays, a midterm exam, and a research paper.
32500	Lecture-Discussion	C	11:00AM -12:20PM	MW	307 David Kinley Hall	Nobili, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/14-12/10/14 Section Info: Topic: Islam in Africa. Description: Less than ten years after the death of the Prophet Muhammad in 632 CE, Islam 'overflowed' from the Arabian peninsula into the African continent; today one Muslim in the world out of four is from Africa and one out of two Africans is Muslim. This course focuses on the history and historiography of Muslim societies in Africa until the end of the colonial period. What were the dynamics of the spread of Islam in Africa? Is there a uniform 'Islamic experience' in the continent? Is Islam in Africa different from the other areas of the Islamic world? What is the image in Western scholarship of Islam in Africa? This course will provide students with the knowledge and skills they need to understand this central phenomenon in modern world history.
39271	Lecture-Discussion	D	11:00AM -12:20PM	TR	331 Gregory Hall	Asaka, I	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/14-12/10/14 Section Info: Topic: African American History and Culture. Description: This course examines a wide range of primary documents from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Our main goal is to hear the voices of African Americans not only through their own textual productions but also through the archives of elite men and women, including slaveholders. Students will learn how to both read primary documents skillfully and interpret them critically.
43324	Lecture-Discussion	E	1:00PM -2:20PM	MW	331 Gregory Hall	Cuno, K	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/14-12/10/14 Section Info: Topic: Family, Gender, and Law: Transitions, East and West. Description: The past two centuries have witnessed multiple changes in the way families are formed and dissolved, the way families are idealized, and the way law regulates family life - around the world. This course takes a comparative approach to some of these changes in Europe, America, the Middle East and Asia.