This class explores the long and contentious relationships between the United States and the Latin American nations. It focuses on the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, analyzing the Spanish-American war, upheaval in Central America in the 1920s, the place of Cuba within the growing informal U.S. empire, trade relations with the South American nations, the impact of the Cold War on the hemisphere, the role of the CIA in destabilizing and overthrowing popularly elected government, and the U.S.

This course explores the history of the Ancient Mediterranean and its multiple influences on the modern world and contemporary contexts. The course asks how we can reimagine the scholarly study of Greece and Rome to engage with contemporary experiences and social transformation in today?s globally interconnected world. Together, we will trace the development of ancient ideas of race and ethnicity, slavery and freedom, gender and sexuality, belonging and hope, fear and oppression, and warfare and peacemaking, encountering others and othering.

The Palestinian resistance against Zionism is one of the remaining Third-World struggles, continuing to shape Middle Eastern history and inspire various Islamic and global justice movements. This survey course will study the modern history of Palestine and Israel in a global context and investigate the transnational ramifications of the Palestinian struggle. We will start in the late Ottoman era and late 19th-century Europe, focusing on anti-Semitism and the emergence of the Zionist nationalist movement in Europe.

The Palestinian resistance against Zionism is one of the remaining Third-World struggles, continuing to shape Middle Eastern history and inspire various Islamic and global justice movements. This survey course will study the modern history of Palestine and Israel in a global context and investigate the transnational ramifications of the Palestinian struggle. We will start in the late Ottoman era and late 19th-century Europe, focusing on anti-Semitism and the emergence of the Zionist nationalist movement in Europe.

Another world is possible! Social movements everywhere have adopted this slogan in recent decades. Activists in the more distant past were often guided by the same belief. As they struggled to survive in the face of tyranny and oppression, many also fought to develop new revolutionary systems based on principles like equity, autonomy, inclusiveness, and environmental sustainability. This course examines some of these struggles and how their protagonists tried to create a better future. Case studies will include Black and Indigenous liberation movements in U.S.

This course will examine the nexus of science, technology, and war in the 20th century United States and Europe. This course will cover topics such as the development and use of chemical and biological warfare; scientific, political, medical, and philosophical implications of nuclear technology; the Manhattan Project and Big Science; Nazi science; Soviet agriculture; Cold War technology and the Space Race; missile technology; and psychological research and the military.

This course will explore the history and development of reproductive rights law in the 20th and 21st century United States, centering primarily on the reading of statutes, court decisions, amicus briefs, and law review articles. We will look at the progression of cases and legal reasoning involving a wide variety of reproductive rights and justice issues, including forced/coerced sterilization, contraception, abortion, forced pregnancy/c-sections, policing pregnancy (through welfare law, employment policies and criminal law), and reproductive technologies.

This course will examine how lawyers, social movements, and everyday people have used litigation to advocate for social justice in the United States. Through reading in-depth studies of important civil and criminal cases, we will explore such questions as: What is the history of social justice lawyering in the United States and how, why and when have social movements turned to litigation to advance their causes? What are the pros and cons of using litigation to achieve social justice, versus other tools like direct action, lobbying for political change, and community organizing?

This course focuses on the U.S. Supreme Court and its rulings regarding sex and sexuality. We will examine several hot button issues confronted by the Supreme Court, such as reproduction (sterilization/contraception/abortion); marriage (polygamous/interracial/same sex); pornography/obscenity; sodomy; sexual assault on college campuses; and sex education in public schools. Some questions we will consider include: What is the constitutionality of government regulation of sexual behavior, sexual material, reproduction, and sexuality and how and why has this changed over time?

A survey of American social/cultural/intellectual history from the post-Civil War period to the recent past. Developments in art, architecture, literature, philosophy, religion; major social themes and trends. Survey course in post-Civil War American history helpful. (Gen.Ed. HS)