History 450 - JYW Seminar in History

This seminar trains students in historical research techniques and the writing of history, and fulfills the University's Junior Writing requirement. See the History Department course description guide for various sectional sub-titles and descriptions.

Open to juniors and seniors only. Open to Seniors and Juniors in History, Middle East and Judaic majors only.
Topic: Dictators in History

The course is about dictators from ancient Rome to the present. Julius Caesar, Louis XIV, Napoleon, Bolivar, Lincoln, Mussolini, Hitler, Mao, and others. Focus will be on the dictators' ideas and writings and how these writings illustrate relationships between dictatorship and revolution, and dictatorship and democracy. 100-120 pages of reading per week. 20 page paper required per guidelines for all Junior Year Writing Seminars.