Workman This course will take an interdisciplinary look at the disease and its effects in Europe from 1348 until 1700. We will consider topics such as the disease itself, its social and economic effects, early modern public health attempts to deal with the disease, and cultural responses such as flagellation, apocalypticism, and witchcraft. Assignments will include synthetic essays, and a bibliographic essay for graduate students. This course is a social history of the enlightenment, stressing marginal groups such as women and peasants. Some topics include the reaction to church authority and circulation of ideas.
Evaluation includes written and oral reports.
This course combines lecture and discussion to explore the evolution of the Southeast Asian city-state located on the Straits of Melaka. Western cultural and political values. Students will write four short analytical papers and a final essay examination. This course will introduce students to the history and evolution of North American architecture, with an emphasis on 19th and early 20th century architecture in the Midwest. Emphasizing the concept of historic context, the course also will define and clarify some of the social and cultural origins of American architecture.