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 fall 2023
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
32494	Lecture-Discussion	A	11:00AM -12:20PM	MW	315 Gregory Hall	Koslofsky, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/21/23-12/06/23 Section Info: Description: The surface of the human body has a deep history. In this course we will study the transition from medieval to modern ideas about skin, focusing on skin color, race, and many forms of dermal marking, such as tattoo. We will read and discuss recent scholarship on a wide range of topics, including the history of • the skin in everyday life: diseases, scars, beauty, blushing, and cosmetics • knowing skin through religion, medicine, and science • skin color and the formation of ideas about race • specific practices on the skin, including tattooing, branding, and scarification • the global circulation of tattooing • the sense of touch. By connecting fields including 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 an in-class midterm, a research paper, and a take-home final exam.
32497	Lecture-Discussion	B	12:30PM -1:50PM	TR	131 English Building	Barrett, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/21/23-12/06/23 Section Info: Topic: Twentieth Century U.S. Political History Description: This course introduces students to historical interpretation through an examination of the political, social, and cultural changes that occurred in the United States after the New Deal. Emphasis will be given to topics such as the New Deal consensus, postwar prosperity, inequality, the conservative turn, urban renewal, social movements, and partisan politics. Students will also assess historians’ efforts to understand and characterize the unprecedented prosperity the United States experienced after World War II. Over the course of the semester, students will improve their research skills and writing practices as they conduct their own research and produce a final research project.
32500	Lecture-Discussion	C	12:30PM -1:50PM	TR	1128 Literatures, Cultures, & Ling	Reagan, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/21/23-12/06/23 Section Info: Topic: Gender, Sexuality, and Law (U.S.) Description: We will use several major U.S. Supreme Court cases to investigate the histories of gender, sexuality, racial hierarchies, family, and more. Research projects will aim to understand society, behaviors, law, and change at the local level—in people's daily lives—rather than focusing on Supreme Court justices or judicial thought. The course focuses on learning about the discipline of history, how to locate primary sources, and historical interpretation.
39271	Lecture-Discussion	D	10:00AM -11:20AM	MW	1068 Lincoln Hall	Jaimes, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/21/23-12/06/23 Section Info: Topic: Monarchy, 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.
43324	Lecture-Discussion	E	9:30AM -10:50AM	TR	322 David Kinley Hall	Mumford, K	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/21/23-12/06/23 Section Info: Topic: The 1970's Description: This course focuses on the 1970s to study a range of historical methods and writing practices. We ask: What made the 1970s as significant in some ways as more famous 1960s? How about a gender revolution of Second Wave feminism, gay liberation, pornography. A racial revolution of black power radicals and black elected officials. The flowering of Democratic liberalism but also the emergence of the New Right conservative movement. A generation whose protests and votes intervened in the war in Vietnam ends the decade by electing one of the most conservative presidents of the twentieth century. The other purpose of this course is to work in the methods of history: secondary literatures, archival and other primary sources, developing research plans, nonfiction writing, editing, polishing, and re-writing. Finally, we present a short research paper for the final project.