In the early modern period (c. 1400 to 1700), European powers encountered cultures in Asia, Africa, and the Americas in the contexts of trade, war, colonization, and Christian missions. This seminar explores the impact of the new knowledge and questions generated in these interactions on visual and m...
Professor Bockman works in globalization studies, economic sociology, urban studies, and East European Studies. Her book Markets in the Name of Socialism: The Left-Wing Origins of Neoliberalism was published by Stanford University Press. In her research and teaching, Bockman uses comparative and hist...
We tend to think of globalization as something relatively recent, the result of technological innovations and new forms of economic activity and cultural expression. But globalization—the forging of networks that link different parts of the world and the impacts of those networks on individuals, comm...
Strategically located for trade, rich in resources and containing a surprising variety of cultural traditions, the civilizations of mainland and island Southeast Asia are among the most dynamic and diverse in the world. This course will examine the various cultural and artistic traditions of ancient ...
This course is about the history of Spanish and Portuguese America from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, although we will begin with pre-colonial Indigenous polities. The bulk of the course focuses on Spanish and Portuguese colonialism, ending with independence in the early 19th century. We...
This course is an introduction to some of the major themes in the history of East Asia from the late-eighteenth through the mid-twentieth centuries (1750s-1950s). Although conceived of as a regional history, the primary focus of this course will be on China and Japan with some attention paid to Korea...
The Introduction to World History course is a comprehensive exploration of the historical events, individuals, and intricate social, political, and cultural changes that have shaped the contemporary global world. This course takes students on a journey from the great civilizations of Ancient Middle E...
This course explores the global connections of the world around 1300 to the present. Through examining major events and themes in world history, we will analyze how our perception of the past has transformed today’s modern world. Focusing on the early global economy, trans-Atlantic slave trade, and t...
