HIST 200

Spring 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 spring 2014
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
34112	Lecture-Discussion	A	10:00AM -11:20AM	MW	Gregory Hall	Ali, T	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/14-05/07/14 Section Info: Topic: Commodities, Capital, Empire. Description: The production, circulation, and consumption of commodities links disparate regions of the globe, connects cocoa farms in Ghana, coffee plantations in Jamaica, sugar-cane producers in Brazil, the Espresso Royale in the library, and the student at the University of Illinois. To understand the production, exchange, flows, and consumption of commodities allows us to think of an inter-connected world, where our everyday forms of consumption connect us with farms and plantations, factories, and workers across the world, from Latin America and the Caribbean to Africa to Asia and to the USA. In this course, we will learn to think historically about commodities we consume, examining how the twinned forces of imperialism and capitalism forged connections between disparate regions of the globe through the production, consumption and circulation of commodities like gold, silver, sugar, cotton, pork, timber, and corn.
34113	Lecture-Discussion	B	11:00AM -12:20PM	TR	Gregory Hall	Mathisen, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/14-05/07/14 Section Info: Topic: World of Late Antiquity. Description: This course will examine the nature of the historical period known as "Late Antiquity," which lasted from about 250 to 750 CE. This period saw the development of many concepts crucially important for the modern day, including the preservation of classical culture, the rise of the Christian and Muslim religions, the barbarian invasions and the initial formation of the European nations, and the establishment of the concept of Rule by Law.
34114	Lecture-Discussion	C	2:00PM -3:20PM	TR	Gregory Hall	Seawell, S Attig, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/14-05/07/14 Section Info: Topic: History of Emotions. Description: How do we tell the history of emotions? In what ways can primary sources be read as evidence for building an archive of emotions? How do our perspectives on political, intellectual, social, and economic developments shift when examined through the historical lens of emotions? This course will examine how emotions have undergone historical transformations. We will consider the changing experiences of a range of emotions such as love, jealousy, fear, anger, sadness, pride, and shame. Through a focus on American culture from the 1880s until the 1960s, we will examine the place and development of emotions in relationship to socialist and feminist movements, consumer culture, medicine, the rise of psychology, the changing definitions of marriage and family, imperialism, scientific research, and environmental ethics. One of the central themes of this course is to consider the politics of emotions along the lines of race, class, gender, and sexuality. We will analyze a range of primary sources such as diaries, speeches, films, photographs, novels, political treatises, marriage and parenting manuals, advertisements, and periodicals. Our examination of secondary sources will focus on how historians have defined emotions as a category of historical analysis.
39385	Lecture-Discussion	D	9:30AM -10:50AM	TR	Gregory Hall	Hogarth, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/14-05/07/14 Section Info: Topic: The Atlantic World: Slavery, Disease, and Society. Description: This course examines the various methods historians use to understand the economic, environmental, and human costs associated with the Atlantic slave system from 1600 to 1800. We will focus on how slavery, war, and disease contributed to the development of Atlantic World societies in North America and the West Indies. We will examine how contact between Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans contributed to the development of gendered and racialized identities, as well as the ways in which race and gender influenced perceptions of health and sickness. Moreover, we will examine how experiences with epidemic diseases and the unfamiliar climates of the Americas influenced labor and settlement patterns. Finally, we will examine how commerce, war, and the slave trade functioned as conduits of disease in the Atlantic World landscape. Students will learn about the craft of writing and critiquing historical arguments by analyzing primary sources, interpreting historical data, framing research questions, and presenting their ideas. This course will include in class discussion as well as written analyses of secondary and primary sources, book reviews, and a longer, end-of-semester project.