HIST 200

Spring 2023 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 17-May 3

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 2023
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
34112	Lecture-Discussion	A	1:00PM -2:20PM	MW	1062 Lincoln Hall	Barrett, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23 Section Info: Topic: A 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. HIST 200 is a seminar required of all History majors. Students must earn a C or higher to be considered a History major in good standing.
34113	Lecture-Discussion	B	11:00AM -12:20PM	TR	315 Gregory Hall	Nobili, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23 Section Info: Description: The fabled city of Timbuktu, located in today’s Republic of Mali (West Africa), evokes in Western imagination exotic images of an African Eldorado, of a remote and inaccessible place. However, Timbuktu is a real place with its own history – and outstanding one of early urban development, local and long-distance commerce, Islamic literate culture, and independent political institutions. But most importantly, Timbuktu is home of a uniquely extensive corpus of internally produced written sources with no rival in sub-Saharan Africa that documents its history. This course will explore the past of this African metropolis from its foundation to the early-colonial period (1100-1900) to address crucial issues of African history such as urbanization, the rise of Islam, trade, race, and slavery. Via the history of Timbuktu, students will learn how to approach scholarly, analyze primary sources, and will produce a longer paper based on original research.
34114	Lecture-Discussion	C	12:30PM -1:50PM	TR	147 Altgeld Hall	Micale, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23 Section Info: Title: Colloquium for Majors Topic: The purpose of this course is to introduce majors in history to methods of historical analysis, historiography, and research. The key historical theme is post-1960s America. We talk about the success of the major movements (civil rights, women’s and gay liberation, student, and anti-war) by tracing their fate into the 1970s, as well as rethinking how the 1960s-1970s resulted in the election of Ronald Reagan and the New Right. The course objectives include learning to converse and think critically about evidence, interpretation, and narrative, and chronology; to review articles and books; to make bibliographical and historiographical essays; to design an original and doable research plan; draft a substantial (if reasonably short) research essay; give presentations on your writing; and work on editing and critically evaluating your own work and that of your classmates. The breakdown of the course grade is: Attendance and Participation: 25%; Book Review: 25%; Synthesis/Proposal: 15%; Final Project: 35%
39385	Lecture-Discussion	D	10:00AM -11:20AM	MW	164 Noyes Laboratory	Jaimes, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23 Section Info: Title: Nationalism in Theory and History Description: This course will examine the role of nationalism in history, focusing heavily on the 19th century but examining precedents from earlier time periods as well as its more recent impact. We will analyze how nationalism became a predominant ideology, contributing to the collapse of empires, the formation of nation-states, and the creation of contemporary society. In doing so, we will look at specific cases, exploring the foundations of nationalism across the world and its influence on everyday life. This course is meant to provide students with an introduction to historical analysis through the examination of both primary and secondary sources, engagement with key terms and concepts, and the construction of an independent project.