This course offers readings and discussions in social and cultural historians dealing with dissident sexualities in the Christian West from the sixteenth century to the present. The first term covers time up to 1900 approximately, and the second term deals with twentieth-century developments. This course presents an in-depth examination of medieval historical issues. Content depends on instructor. The course will explore the history of Polish Jews from the Partitions of Poland to the present, concentrating on the late 19th and first half of the 20th centuries.
Materials are in English.
Primary sources in translation as well as secondary sources representing diverse interpretation and points of view will be analyzed. This course looks at the impact of the Cold War on life in the West through a study of selected popular culture themes and modes of production that helped shape the era. 07543961 Description forthcoming. Students are expected to prepare class reports and write a major essay. This is an in-depth examination of topics relating to how the various peoples of Eastern Europe tried to organize their domestic affairs, and in what international context they sought to operate in order to survive as national entities and later to preserve their newly won independence and territorial integrity.