HIST 502

Fall 2015 All Classes

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Prob in Comparative History

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Credit: 4 hours.

Intensive comparative examinations of particular issues in the histories of multiple countries, cultures or periods; emphasizes methodology, the discipline of comparative history, and the nature of historiography in a cross-cultural and interdisciplinary context.

May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours.

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

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HIST 502 class schedule data for fall 2015
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	41021	Discussion/ Recitation	A	1:00PM -2:50PM	M	318 Gregory Hall	Cuno, K	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/15-12/09/15 Section Title: Women & Fam, Law, Colonial Mod Section Info: Topic: Women and the Family, Law, and Colonial Modernity in South Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa. Description: The history of "the family" has emerged as an important field of investigation in studies of colonial and post-colonial South Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa (SAMENA). The premises of this course are, first, that contemporary debates in the three regions on human rights, family law, gender, and sexuality can be understood better in light of the re-imagining of "family" in modern times and the efforts of states, through legislation, to realize a modern family ideal. The second premise is that we can multiply our insights into this history through a comparative approach to SAMENA that will enable us to identify transnational patterns of change that may also be applicable to other regions. Modern social constructions of the family in SAMENA have been entangled with constructions (or reconstructions) of the nation and gender. Legal systems were reformed to bring them into conformity with European norms, literally resulting in the creation of "family law," which has become an arena in which conflicts over the roles of woman and the family are fought. We will begin with big-picture comparative and foundational works, and work our way through a series of topics. Chronologically, we will range from the pre-modern era to recent developments in family laws in selected SAMENA countries. Area content will be at least 25% African, 25% Middle Eastern, and 25% South Asian. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
	32515	Discussion/ Recitation	B	3:00PM -4:50PM	T	321 Gregory Hall	Chaplin, T Mumford, K	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/15-12/09/15 Section Title: Global Sexualities Section Info: Topic: Global Sexualities. Description: In The History of Sexuality: Volume I, Michel Foucault posited a distinction between what he called scientia sexualis and ars erotica in order to articulate a difference between Western and Eastern discourses of desire. This team-taught graduate course on Global Sexualities will explore this hypothesis and attempt to come to grips with how sexuality has been theorized, practiced, regulated, and contested around the world. Since the eighteenth century, the social regulation of sexual practices has become increasingly central to politics, economies, and identities. Empire, race, and disease have likewise shaped sexual discourses and laws. Advocates of secularization have battled the faithful to wrest control of sexual behavior from religion, and sexual desire has become a motor of the worldwide consumer economy. Sexuality has been medicalized, psychologized, normalized, and demonized as people from around the world have debated the parameters and meanings of the sexual realm. The purpose of this course is to read, discuss, and write about the history of sexuality in global perspective. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.