HIST 635: Problems in European History

HIST 635-B02: Becoming Modern
(Summer 2021)

07:20 PM to 10:00 PM TR

Online

Section Information for Summer 2021

This readings-based seminar will use the framework of a long nineteenth century to explore the history of ideas within the modern Atlantic World. The class will focus on intellectual and cultural responses to the revolutionary changes occurring in society during this period. Some topics include romanticism, conservatism, liberalism, Marxism, the neo-enlightenment, ideas of progress, and Darwinism by reading works such as, A Hideous Monster of the Mind, American Enlightenments, and Organizing Enlightenment. Students will read a diverse set of scholarship and will complete an independent final project. The course is intended to serve students with a general interest in the above period as well as those with particular interest in political and cultural history.

HIST 635 B02 is a distance education section that meets synchronously. Students should expect to meet on the days and time scheduled.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Investigates selected problems. Readings, discussions, development of bibliographies. Primary sources used where possible. Notes: May be repeated for credit when topic is different. May be repeated within the term.
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Registration Restrictions:

Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.

Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.

Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.

Schedule Type: Lec/Sem #1, Lec/Sem #2, Lec/Sem #3, Lec/Sem #4, Lec/Sem #5, Lec/Sem #6, Lec/Sem #7, Lec/Sem #8, Lec/Sem #9, Lecture, Sem/Lec #10, Sem/Lec #11, Sem/Lec #12, Sem/Lec #13, Sem/Lec #14, Sem/Lec #15, Sem/Lec #16, Sem/Lec #17, Sem/Lec #18
Grading:
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.

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