This course introduces a selection of the most important moments, events, or transformations in human history. The course, shepherded and managed by a Course Director who will oversee the curriculum, assignments and tutorials to ensure coherence and continuity, features guest faculty members from the History department, each of whom delivers a 3-week module on a […]
This course uses a diverse range of materials and approaches to examine the development of the modern European city in the contemporary world. It uses cultural sources such as film, photography, literature and music to see how the experience of the modern European city has been represented from the nineteenth century to the present day. […]
Through a series of case studies concerning the social history of ancient Rome, this course introduces students to the written texts and other media that are used to understand human societies of all periods. Special emphasis will be given to the diverse interpretative approaches that one can bring to such texts and artefacts. Note: This […]
Cross-listed with AP/IT 1791 6.00 Responsible Unit: Department of HistoryPlease contact the responsible unit for all inquiries This course investigates the effects North American culture and language has on the lives of Italian immigrants and their descendants.PRIOR TO FALL 2014: Course credit exclusions: AP/IT 2791 9.00, AP/SOSC 2960 9.00.
Explores 12 distinct but interrelated questions about money, that elusive substance with which all of us are preoccupied, but to which few us have brought great amounts of critical intellectual attention. The course examines money from a range of disciplinary perspectives, including anthropology, archaeology, economics, history, literature, political science, psychology, religious studies, and sociology, devoting […]
Through examining the broad contours of historical contact and focusing on a series of case studies concerning European imperialism and modern nationalism in Asia, this course introduces students to the primary, secondary, and tertiary sources that form colonial and postcolonial discourses. It also introduces to students historical debates that ground and shape international relations in […]
Cross-listed with: AP/ADMS 1777 6.00 Volcanoes, earthquakes, floods, and droughts have the capacity to uproot and disrupt human lives. So too do financial crises, engineering failures, and disease outbreaks. Disasters are as much a product of culture as they are of nature. They are shaped by political, social, economic, and environmental context. This course uses […]
Cross-listed with: AP/HUMA 1880 6.0 Responsible Unit: HumanitiesPlease contact the responsible unit for all inquiries An examination of the interaction of Jews and gentiles in selected periods from antiquity through the 20th century. A case study in ethnic adaptation, the course seeks to understand how Jews sometimes adapted their lives to the world around them, […]