HIST 498

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Research and Writing Seminar

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Credit: 3 hours.

Capstone course required of all majors. Students will make history by researching and writing a work of original scholarship. Several of these seminars are offered each term and each focuses on a special topic, thus allowing students with similar interests to work through the process of gathering, interpreting, and organizing historical evidence under the direction of an expert in the field. The topics on offer each semester will be listed in the Class Schedule and described in the department's course guide at http://www.history.illinois.edu.

3 undergraduate hours. No graduate credit. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 hours.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

Advanced Composition

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HIST 498 class schedule data for spring 2020
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
32175	Discussion/ Recitation	A	3:30PM -5:20PM	T	221 Gregory Hall	Gilbert, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/20-05/06/20 Degree Notes: Advanced Composition course. Section Title: U.S. Work Class Section Info: Title: US Work Class Topic: This course will examine the history of work and working people in the United States. Major themes will include the labor politics of gender, race, and immigration, and the impact of workers’ movements on the history of U.S. popular culture. Readings will include landmark texts in labor history as well as examples of emerging new scholarship in the field. Students will have the opportunity to work with a range of primary sources, including materials from our campus library’s extraordinary collections in U.S. labor history. The course will culminate in a major research paper. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
32178	Discussion/ Recitation	B	12:30PM -2:20PM	R	111 Gregory Hall	Chettiar, T	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/20-05/06/20 Degree Notes: Advanced Composition course. Section Title: Sex and Sciences Section Info: Topic: Sex and Science Description: In this seminar, we will examine how modern science and medicine have shaped understandings and experiences of bodily sex difference, gender, and sexuality in modern Europe (and, to some extent, beyond). We will also explore how social, cultural, and political expressions and issues of gender and sexuality have influenced biomedical and public health knowledge and practices. We will interrogate how broadly scientific medical and psychological traditions have differently understood male and female bodies and minds, and how modern medicine has defined and often policed erotic relationships. Thematic areas for discussion will include hermaphroditism, homosexuality, prostitution, sex education, hysteria, eugenics, gender reassignment practices, the AIDS crisis, and the politics of family planning in the postcolonial world. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
43311	Discussion/ Recitation	C	2:00PM -3:50PM	T	219 Gregory Hall	Klopfenstein, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/20-05/06/20 Degree Notes: Advanced Composition course. Section Title: Popular Cult in a Glblzng Wrld Section Info: Topic: Popular Culture in a Globalizing World Description: The period from 1870 to 1945 was an era of imperialism, nation-building, industrialization, and increasing connectivity between places around the world. It was also marked by new forms of culture and entertainment: recorded sound, film, spectator sports, and new styles of dance, music, and dress. This course will connect these developments as we explore several questions: What is popular culture and what role has it played historically in processes of cultural exchange and globalization? What does popular culture reveal about the experience of being modern in a world of increasing connections and interactions? What are the political stakes of the various forms and spaces of popular culture? To answer these questions we will focus on a range of places spanning the world, including China, Brazil, Japan, the United States, Russia, and India, as well as a variety of forms of culture (music, dance, film, sports, fashion) from this era. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
32180	Discussion/ Recitation	D	12:00PM -1:50PM	M	135 English Building	Nobili, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/20-05/06/20 Degree Notes: Advanced Composition course. Section Info: Topic: African History Description: This course provides a survey of African history, or rather African ‘histories’, and covers a lengthy span of time, from the early civilizations to the 21st century to allow students to focus on a specific case study. The core of the course will thus be the development of a research paper based original analysis of of primary sources. This paper will be planned, developed, and completed through presentations and feedback on written drafts. The students will study African history, but at the same time, develop research skills through a combination of activities that also includes work with the library. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.