HIST 200

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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 2020
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
34112	Lecture-Discussion	A	12:00PM -1:20PM	MW	331 Gregory Hall	Mumford, K	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/20-05/06/20 Section Info: Topic: 1970s Description: In this introductory course to research methods and non-fiction writing, participants will work in traditional fields of historical inquiry-- social, cultural, and political history in the United States—but also focus on the ways in which scholarship, research practices, and outside artistic or collective interventions have influenced public representations of the past. The course work will center questions of race, class, gender, sexuality, and other differences, to understand the fundamental dynamics of oppression and resistance at play in popular consumption of historical narratives. Students will work on the core problem of how to collect, preserve, and present historical materials to a larger general audience. The course looks at the impact on society of monuments and memorials, museums and displays, as well as entertainment and community-based archives. For the final project, students will conduct original research in a pre-approved archival site, chosen in consultation with the instructor, to construct a sample installation that will contribute to an accurate and accessible exhibit for the general public.
34113	Lecture-Discussion	B	1:00PM -2:20PM	MW	221 Gregory Hall	Rabin, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/20-05/06/20 Section Info: Topic: Gender and Crime in the Early Modern World Description: What can the study of crime and punishment tell us about the past and about our present? This course will explore the range of behavior considered criminal in the early modern world (1450-1815) and set it beside a study of gender to examine the ways in which definitions of crime intersected, shaped, and were shaped by notions of femininity and masculinity. We will consider the importance of legal codes to early modern conceptions of order and lawfulness and study how different legal systems enforced the law. The class will also examine systems of punishment. Using a comparative approach we will study crime and gender in early modern Europe, colonial America, the Caribbean, the near east, and Asia. The readings include primary sources like trial transcripts, newspapers, and pamphlets as well as historical scholarship on crime. Assignments include a mid-term examination, a research paper, and a poster presentation.
34114	Lecture-Discussion	C	3:30PM -4:50PM	TR	315 Gregory Hall	Chaplin, T	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/20-05/06/20 Section Info: Title: Queer Sexualities Topic: This course is an introduction to the history of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people from the nineteenth century to the present. We’ll be looking comparatively at how the concept of sexual identity emerged in the modern era and will study how it is shaped by diverse forces, from race, class, and gender, to politics, religion, and social practice. Topics may include the “invention” of homosexuality, butch/femme, sexual policing, queer sexualities in film and television, the homophile revolution, the Gay and Lesbian liberation movement, the AIDS crisis, queer activism, same-sex prostitution, queer Muslim identities in contemporary Europe, and transsexuality. The course will focus primarily on the West but will also incorporate material from around the globe. Our goal is to understand how both normative and non-normative ideas about sexuality and gender are actually specific to time and place. Students will write a research paper on a theme related to this course.
39385	Lecture-Discussion	D	2:00PM -3:20PM	MW	219 Gregory Hall	Barnes, T	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/20-05/06/20 Section Info: Title: Nelson Mandela, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and apartheid in South Africa. Description: This course will use autobiographies, memoirs, letters and oral histories to explore the tangled lives and relationships of South Africa's most famous political couple. How did they experience and decide to fight back against the suite of oppressive laws and cultural norms known as apartheid? Has Nelson Mandela's halo faded, and if so, why? How did Winnie Mandela become simultaneously one of the most hated and one of the most loved figures in South African history? How are the stories of these two icons remembered and told in conflicting ways?