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The discipline of history through the study of questions, sources, methods, and controversies.  Includes case studies of key turning points in world history to examine what historians do and why it matters.

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Thematically-organized topics will explore global aspects of human experience across time. Each section will examine a single theme.

State Intervention and International Law in World History

States have intervened in the affairs of other states for as long as there have been states. The overseas expansion of European states in the 15th century, however, changed the terms of intervention, leading to what we know as international law today. This course tracks that development through a series of case studies, starting with the Spanish intervention in the Americas in 1493 and ending with the use of drones by the United States in the Middle East starting in 2004. Imperialism, in other words, has been the driver of international law.

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This course surveys the rise and decline of empires from the late-nineteenth century until the late twentieth century, focusing both on imperial systems and the voices and actions of people who struggled against them. Topics include colonialism, imperial nationalism, commodities, war, international relations, race, and sexuality. As a first-year course and as part of the Coordinated Arts Program, it seeks to introduce students to the discipline of history and to the university in general.

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Thematically-organized topics will explore global aspects of human experience across time. Each section will examine a single theme.

Section 101 of HIST 104B (Cheek):  Topic: Communism and After

Traces the rise, florescence, and failing of Bolshevik state socialism in the 20th century, as well as the experience of post-socialist societies and today’s later socialist societies in Asia. The Communist moment world-wide provides a useful comparative context for a global history of the 20th century. Case studies will include the progenitor, the Soviet Union, the largest and longest lasting, the People’s Republic of China, satellite communisms in Eastern Europe, and the unusual cases of Cuba and North Korea. Our focus will be on both geopolitics and local experience. In the end, what does the world’s experience with Communism tell us?