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4
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76822
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Lecture-Discussion
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G4
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11:00AM
-12:20PM
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TR
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385 Education Building
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Fritzsche, P
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- Availability:
- CrossListOpen (Restricted)
- Part of Term:
- 1
- Date Range:
- 08/24/26-12/09/26
- Credit:
- 4 hours
- Section Info:
- Topic: The Vietnam War Description: Vietnam was the crossroads of post-1945 global history: a French colony, a war of national liberation and national unification, a Communist revolution, an anti-Communist struggle, and American intervention which ended both defeating and dividing the United States. The course will examine the period 1945-1975 to focus on American policies and their consequences for Vietnam and the United States and on Vietnamese military and political ambitions. The course will cover Hanoi, Saigon, and Washington D.C., and the terrific brew of idealism and cynicism in the military build-up on all sides in the early 1960s, the doctrine of counter-insurgency, and anti-war protests, as well as the rapid resolution in 1975. We will examine policy documents, memoirs, and novels (and movies)--and the music.
- Restriction(s):
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Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
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4
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66993
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Lecture-Discussion
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GR
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9:30AM
-10:50AM
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TR
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203 Transportation Building
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Strakhova, A
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- Availability:
- CrossListOpen (Restricted)
- Part of Term:
- 1
- Date Range:
- 08/24/26-12/09/26
- Credit:
- 4 hours
- Section Info:
- Topic: Making of the Jewish Nation. Description:Building on theories of Anthony Smith and Eric Hobsbawm, this class traces the development of different forms of Jewish nationalism (diaspora nationalism, Zionism, territorialism, etc.) and the origins of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We will explore what Jan Rybak describes as “everyday Zionism”: how Zionist ideas permeated different spheres of the daily lives of Jews in fin-de-siècle Eastern Europe, including school education and youth organizations. Then, we will discuss elements of nation-building in pre-Mandate and Mandate Palestine and how they affected Arab-Jewish relations. This includes: the revival of Hebrew, the construction of Tel Aviv as the first Hebrew city, the founding of the Hebrew University, the revival of the Masada myth as a symbol of the nation’s perseverance, and so on.
- Restriction(s):
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Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
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2
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76821
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Lecture-Discussion
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U3
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11:00AM
-12:20PM
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TR
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385 Education Building
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Fritzsche, P
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- Availability:
- CrossListOpen
- Part of Term:
- 1
- Date Range:
- 08/24/26-12/09/26
- Credit:
- 3 hours
- Section Info:
- Topic: The Vietnam War Description: Vietnam was the crossroads of post-1945 global history: a French colony, a war of national liberation and national unification, a Communist revolution, an anti-Communist struggle, and American intervention which ended both defeating and dividing the United States. The course will examine the period 1945-1975 to focus on American policies and their consequences for Vietnam and the United States and on Vietnamese military and political ambitions. The course will cover Hanoi, Saigon, and Washington D.C., and the terrific brew of idealism and cynicism in the military build-up on all sides in the early 1960s, the doctrine of counter-insurgency, and anti-war protests, as well as the rapid resolution in 1975. We will examine policy documents, memoirs, and novels (and movies)--and the music.
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2
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30374
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Lecture-Discussion
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UG
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9:30AM
-10:50AM
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TR
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203 Transportation Building
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Strakhova, A
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- Availability:
- CrossListOpen
- Part of Term:
- 1
- Date Range:
- 08/24/26-12/09/26
- Credit:
- 3 hours
- Section Info:
- Topic: Making of the Jewish Nation. Description:Building on theories of Anthony Smith and Eric Hobsbawm, this class traces the development of different forms of Jewish nationalism (diaspora nationalism, Zionism, territorialism, etc.) and the origins of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We will explore what Jan Rybak describes as “everyday Zionism”: how Zionist ideas permeated different spheres of the daily lives of Jews in fin-de-siècle Eastern Europe, including school education and youth organizations. Then, we will discuss elements of nation-building in pre-Mandate and Mandate Palestine and how they affected Arab-Jewish relations. This includes: the revival of Hebrew, the construction of Tel Aviv as the first Hebrew city, the founding of the Hebrew University, the revival of the Masada myth as a symbol of the nation’s perseverance, and so on.
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