Critical evaluation of categories of analysisperiods, cultures, geographical spacescurrently employed by world historians. What is lost and what is gained by a global approach to historical problems. Ms. Wilson

This course will examine modern Brazil from 1800 to the present, concentrating on the making of the nation given its massive geographical size and diverse population. Topics studied include Brazil's status as the world's largest slave holding society in the nineteenth century, and twentieth-century attempts to establish democracy.

Russian history in the 20th century. Course covers the fall of the tsarist monarchy, the revolution of 1917, and the rise, development, and collapse of Soviet communism. Communist ideology, economic development, political terror, dictatorship, and the non-Russian minorities.

This course covers the history of South Asia. It traces politics, caste, religions, and empires from the earlier period to the emergence of modern India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. (HSG)

Focus on major world religions and their history, teachings, and role today in Islam, Judaism, and Christianity; the interrelations of religion and culture in the modern world. (Gen.Ed. I, G)

Focus on major world religions and their history, teachings, and role today in Islam, Judaism, and Christianity; the interrelations of religion and culture in the modern world. (Gen.Ed. I, G)

Focus on major world religions and their history, teachings, and role today in Islam, Judaism, and Christianity; the interrelations of religion and culture in the modern world. (Gen.Ed. I, G)

Focus on major world religions and their history, teachings, and role today in Islam, Judaism, and Christianity; the interrelations of religion and culture in the modern world. (Gen.Ed. I, G)

Focus on major world religions and their history, teachings, and role today in Islam, Judaism, and Christianity; the interrelations of religion and culture in the modern world. (Gen.Ed. I, G)

Focus on major world religions and their history, teachings, and role today in Islam, Judaism, and Christianity; the interrelations of religion and culture in the modern world. (Gen.Ed. I, G)