History

Department of History
Conklin Hall, Room 323
Phone: 973/353-5410
Fax:     973/353-1193
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~history

SEE ALSO: HISTORY, AMERICAN

HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION I (3 cr.)
21:510:201:B1:84265
DAY: 5/27-7/3
MTWTh 10:15-12:00
HARRIS         CONKLIN 342

The main developments in history of ideas and institutions from earliest times to the 1700; consideration of historical material serves as a point of departure for discussion of present-day problems.

HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION II (3 cr.)
62:510:202:H6:82090
EVE: 7/7-8/13
TTh 6:00-9:30
COWANS      CONKLIN 3 02

The main developments in history of Western ideas and institutions from 1700 to the present; consideration of historical material serves as a point of departure for discussion of present-day problems.

HISTORY OF MODERN LATIN AMERICA (3 cr.)
21:510:208:B1:82572
DAY: 5/27-7/3
MTWTh 1:00-2:45
ALEGRE         CONKLIN 446

Survey of the history of the nations of Latin America from the wars of independence to the present. Among the topics considered are the nature and consequences of the independence movements, the creation of new political and economic institutions, the development of postcolonial relationships between formerly colonized peoples and their former colonizers, and the implications of the past since independence for the problems of contemporary Latin America.

HISTORY OF AFRICA (3 cr.)
21:510:263:B1:84266
EVE: 5/27-7/3
MTWTh 1:00-2:45
SAMATAR     CONKLIN 342

Political, religious, economic, and social development of the peoples of Africa south of the Sahara from about 500 AD to the present.

TOPICS IN COMPARATIVE HISTORY: MIGRANT CITIES (3 cr.)
62:510:461:B6:84267 (CANCELLED)
EVE: 5/27-7/3
TTh 6:00-9:30
FREUNDSCHUH     CONKLIN 346

The history of migration and urbanization over the past two centuries, focusing on cities such as Paris, New York, London, and LA. How has migration created new urban cultures? How have urban identities conflicted with national identities? How have migrants been welcomed, demonized, or mythologized? How have cities been "laboratories" of integration and assimilation, miracles of co-existence, or sites of ethnic violence? Course materials include music, film, photography, fictions, maps, and written history.

INDIVIDUAL STUDY IN HISTORY (BA cr.)
21:510:499:T1:81451
5/27-8/13
MEETING TIME BY ARRANGEMENT

By permission only.

Historical research on a more systematic level than is normally possible in lecture courses.