HIST 200

Fall 2016 All Classes

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Intro Hist Interpretation

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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.

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 2016
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
32494	Lecture-Discussion	A	12:30PM -1:50PM	MW	146 Armory	Wisnosky, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/22/16-12/07/16 Section Info: Topic: Einstein, Relativity and Quantum Mechanics Description: This course will cover some of the major scientific accomplishments in the 20th century by focusing on scientists, technologies, their ideas and the social and political context in which they arose. Readings will include the original research articles as well as secondary materials.
32497	Lecture-Discussion	B	3:30PM -4:50PM	TR	127 English Building	Asaka, I	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/22/16-12/07/16 Section Info: Topic: African American History and Culture Description: This course explores important themes in African American history up to the abolition of slavery as it teaches the basic skills of historical scholarship. Students will learn how to engage secondary sources, interpret primary documents, organize information, and write in clear prose. Historical topics covered in this class include the Atlantic slave trade, black abolitionism diverse forms of resistance, gender relations and community formations among enslaved people.
32500	Lecture-Discussion	C	10:00AM -11:20AM	MW	370 Armory	Koslofsky, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/22/16-12/07/16 Section Info: Topic: A History of Human Skin from Middle Ages to the Present Description: The surface 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 Western anatomy and medicine; skin and beauty, blushing, cosmetics, and tanning; skin color and the formation fo 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 fieds 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.
39271	Lecture-Discussion	D	1:00PM -2:20PM	TR	386 Armory	Liebersohn, H	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/22/16-12/07/16 Section Info: Topic: Music in History Description: This course will examine the changing political uses of music in the modern era. Nationalists have mobilized music to define national communities, while globalization has furthered a counter-movement of musical cultures that overlap and borrow from each other. The phonograph, the two World Wars, the end of colonialism and the internet have also changed the role of music in public life. We will study these themes through music from many different times and places including classical, jazz, music from India and China, klezmer, and today's world music.