This course explores the last 500 years of world history. China and Japan Through Film and Ethnography . This course will use documentaries and feature films as ethnographic sources for exploring the cultures of China and Japan. It will juxtapose the examination of historical and anthropological material with films and recent film criticism. Includes weekly film screenings.
Enrollment is limited.
Women of the Historic American West . The course investigates the roles and experiences of women during European migration into the western United States. Relying in part on primary materials such as diaries and personal accounts, we will consider especially Native American women as well as immigrants. We will discuss women in such settings as the fur trade, the Oregon Trail, early forts and mining camps, reservations and homesteads. Enrollment is limited.