Fall Quarter 2018

HIEU 161/261. Topics in Roman History

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HIEU 164/264. Topics in Roman History

How do we think about racial and ethnic difference? What is the relationship between religious identity and ethnic or racial identity? Can historical case studies help us to address these questions? This course will examine the construction of religious and ethnic difference in Spain, Portugal, and their overseas possessions, from the thirteenth century up to the seventeenth century.

Beginning with the Middle Ages, HIEU 164/264 will explore the relationships among Jews, Muslims, and Christians in the Kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula (modern Spain and Portugal). From here, we will move south and west to examine the earliest interactions between Europeans and a variety of peoples inhabiting the southern latitudes of the globe: first the Canary Islanders (1300s), then West Africans (1400s) and, after 1492, the American Indians.

Students in HIEU 164/264 will read a variety of primary and secondary sources that elucidate shifting European constructions of religious and racial difference across the pivotal thirteenth through seventeenth centuries, in both Mediterranean and Atlantic World contexts, helping to shed light on a period that ushered in modern categories of racial and ethnic constructs. Readings will address the Iberian Peninsula in the context of Spain and Portugal’s global empires, and will examine Spanish and Portuguese efforts to come to terms with their own Islamic past even as the Crowns propagated increasingly exclusionary statements of Catholic identity.

HIUS 183/283 Topics in African American History

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HITO 87. Why Do Europeans Love and Hate America?

"Americanization" and "McDonaldization" in Europe spark controversy and even violent protests. Many treat imports of American culture with disgust. Yet the US is also admired, even loved, and demand for American things remains strong. We will study key forms of and resistance to Americanization.

HITO 87. Sun, Sea, Sand & Sex: What Do Tourism and Tourists Really Do?

Major issues and hot topics relating to the impact of tourism and tourists in the contemporary world, including environmental impacts, sex tourism, economic development and underdevelopment, "cultural imperialism," sustainability.

HITO 192. Photographing Atrocities in the 20th Century

How has photography shaped the way we talk about the past? This class will examine some of the most famous images of the twentieth century, looking at the context and impact of each. We will read theory, history, and most importantly, look at a wide array of photographs and documentary films in order to understand how images are framed.