HIST 200

Fall 2024 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Aug 26-Dec 11

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 2024
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
32494	Lecture-Discussion	A	12:00PM -1:20PM	MW	English Building	Diaz, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/24-12/11/24 Section Info: Topic: TBD Description: TBD
32497	Lecture-Discussion	B	11:00AM -12:20PM	TR	Gregory Hall	Micale, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/24-12/11/24 Section Info: Topic: Paris, Capital of the Nineteenth Century Description: This course will study in depth one of the great cities and centuries in world history. After a concise overview of the complicated political history of France in the 1800s, the course will explore a wide spectrum of subjects in the political, social, economic, military, and cultural history of the period. Topics include: Napoleon’s Paris legacy; the revolutions of 1830 and 1848; bourgeois lifestyles; the Parisian musical world; Americans in Paris; medical Paris; the architectural transformation of the city in the 1850s and 1860s; the grandes boulevards; the Paris Commune of 1871; French Impressionist painting; café culture; the Parisian working classes; the building of the Eiffel Tower; the electrification of the city; and Paris on the eve of World War One.
32500	Lecture-Discussion	C	2:00PM -3:20PM	TR	Gregory Hall	Hoganson, K	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/24-12/11/24 Section Info: Topic: Ecological footprints: The United States in the Americas Description: This course will approach the topic of the United States in world context, with a focus on the Americas, through the theme of ecological footprints. As a foundational course for the major and minor, its main goal is to develop your understanding of the historian’s craft. We will start by analyzing scholarship on topics such as resource extraction, dispossession, consumption, and waste disposal, with a particular eye on method. With these examples in mind, you will hone the research and writing skills fundamental to historical practice by embarking on a guided research paper related to the course theme.
39271	Lecture-Discussion	D	3:30PM -4:50PM	TR	Armory	Barrett, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/24-12/11/24 Section Info: Topic: 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.
43324	Lecture-Discussion	E	12:30PM -1:50PM	TR	Gregory Hall	Jaimes, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/24-12/11/24 Section Info: Topic: 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.
43325	Lecture-Discussion	F	2:00PM -3:20PM	MW	David Kinley Hall	Nobili, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/24-12/11/24 Section Info: Topic: Nationalism 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.