HIST 200

Spring 2021 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 2021
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
34112	Online	A	11:00AM -12:20PM	TR	n.a.	Chettiar, T	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Section Info: Topic: Sexual Revolution in Global Perspective Description: This course examines what is stake in the idea of “sexual revolution” both within the context of the post-1960s West and the Global South. Examining such topics as contraception, abortion, the feminist health movement, LGBTQ+ activism, and changing gender roles and values surrounding marriage and extra-marital sex, we will interrogate what the term “sexual revolution” has meant historically and where and when such “revolutions” have occurred. We will begin this class by exploring the key markers of the “sexual revolution” that occurred in the US and Western Europe in the 1960s and 70s, before we move on to consider whether or not the idea of “sexual revolution” aptly describes transformations in sexual norms and practices in non-Western locations since the 1960s. If the concept of “sexual revolution” is indeed transportable, what light does it shed on transformations in society and cultural values globally in the last (roughly) 60 years?
34113	Online	B	2:00PM -3:20PM	TR	n.a.	Fu, P	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Section Info: Topic: Cinematic History of Hong Kong Description: TBD
34114	Online	C	2:00PM -3:20PM	MW	n.a.	Hogarth, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Section Info: Title: The Atlantic World: Slavery, Disease, and Society Topic: This course examines the methods historians use to understand the economic, environmental, and human costs associated with the Atlantic slave system from 1600s to the 1800s. We will focus on how slavery, war, and disease contributed to the development and settlement of North and South America and the West Indies. We will examine how contact between Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans contributed to the development of gendered and racialized identities, and how those identities influenced definitions of health and sickness in the Atlantic World. Moreover, we will examine how experiences with epidemic diseases and the unfamiliar climates of the Americas influenced labor and settlement patterns, as well as conquest and commerce. Students will learn how to craft and critique historical arguments by interpreting historical evidence, framing research questions, and presenting their ideas. This course includes one weekly class discussion, analyses of secondary and primary sources, and a longer, end-of-semester project.
39385	Online	D	10:00AM -11:20AM	MW	n.a.	Jaimes, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Section Info: Topic: Monarchy, From the Middle Ages to the Present Description: This course will examine the institution of monarchy, specifically in the context of European society, but with consideration to some countries outside of the European continent. This course will analyze why monarchy was, and in many cases remains, a predominant form of societal structuring, how monarchs themselves maintain(ed) power, and how everyday people relate(d) to monarchy. In doing so, we will look at how kingship and queenship changed over the centuries, largely in response to significant movements such as the Enlightenment and nationalism and how, even today, monarchs rule over many countries, albeit largely as figureheads. This course is meant to provide students with an introduction to historical analysis by examining both primary and secondary sources, grappling with key terms and concepts, and the construction of an independent project.
39386	Online	E	12:30PM -1:50PM	TR	n.a.	Ramirez, Y	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Section Info: Topic: Latinos, Labor, and Migration Description: This course will introduce students to how historians think about and do history, including the basics of historical research, the process of writing history, the theoretical perspectives used by historians today, and the implications of the digital turn in the researching and writing of history. Most importantly, we will read various types of primary sources, analyzing how historians have utilized them, and we also will do our own careful analyses of primary source texts. Throughout the semester, we will review and practice the methods historians use to illuminate the past.
39387	Online	F	12:30PM -1:50PM	TR	n.a.	Gilbert, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Section Info: Topic: U.S. Cultural History Since 1968 Description: This course examines the history of the United States in the decades following the social upheavals of the late 1960s, through the lens of popular culture. How did U.S. social and political movements -- both left and right -- engage with and shape the world of popular culture? How did key changes in the culture industries -- film, television, sports, music, etc. -- intersect with broader developments in recent U.S. history? How has popular culture shaped the place of the United States in the world over the last fifty years? Over the course of the semester students will learn how to work with a variety of primary and secondary sources, and will have the opportunity to develop their own critical voices as scholars of cultural history.