HIST 200

Spring 2017 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 spring 2017
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
34112	Lecture-Discussion	A	9:30AM -10:50AM	TR	219 Gregory Hall	Ali, T	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/17-05/03/17 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. In this course, we will learn to think historically about commodities we consume, examining how the twinned forces if imperialism and capitalism forged connections between disparate regions of the globe through the production, consumption and circulation of commodities.
34113	Lecture-Discussion	B	9:00AM -10:20AM	MW	219 Gregory Hall	Brosseder, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/17-05/03/17 Section Info: Topic: The Versatile History of Indians in Latin America. Description: How can we write the history of the indigenous people of Latin America from the colonial period to the modern era? This question has vexed generations of historians and they have found different ways of writing about the origins of Indians from Meso- and South America, their cultures, and their adaptations to new cultural influences. By reading the most outstanding of these historians, we want to analyze how Western concepts of indegenes have changed over time. Whenever we can, we also consult native peoples' own historiographies. By doing so, we are induced to reflect our own historical methods. How do we construct objectivities? How do we interpret the history of indigenous societies? This class will thus introduce you to both: Latin American historiographies with a particular focus on native people as well as a discussion about our own historical methods.
34114	Lecture-Discussion	C	2:00PM -3:20PM	TR	219 Gregory Hall	Mumford, K	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/17-05/03/17 Section Info: Title: The 1970s Topic: What made the 1970s as historically significant as the valorized Sixities? A gender revolution of gay liberation, pornography and feminism. A racial revolution of prison riots and black elected officials. The flowering of Democratic liberalism but also the emergence of the New Right conservative movement. A generation whose protests intervenend in the war in Vietnam ends the decade by electing perhaps the most conservative president of the twentieth century. This course shows how research into primary sources about this fascinating period sheds new light on the cultural and political struggles of our own times.
39385	Lecture-Discussion	D	11:00AM -11:50AM	MWF	G18 Foreign Languages Building	Riebeling, Z	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/17-05/03/17 Section Info: Topic: Film and Historical Narrative Description: This course uses films to explore important ideas and debates regarding historical narration. We will engage with a wide range of films, from classics such as Roshomon to modern features like Hero, and consider how they shed light on the perspectives and plot forms that shape historical writing. Alongside these films, we will read a selection of important theoretical texts that examine the connections between history and other forms of storytelling. Throughout, we will contemplate how the histories that we write are shaped by our own contested values and beliefs.