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Session: A Term

Course mode: online

Class number: 17854

Course description:This online, five-week courseÌýwill examine European history through the rise and fall of empires, the fires of revolution, and the cataclysm of global war. From the mid-fifteenth century onward, Europeans busied themselves with world-spanning empires built through commerce, cooperation, coercion,Ìýand exploitation. Imperial rule bred discontent within Europe, while at the same time energizing Europeans with new tools to understand their world. The result was religious conflict, the rise of scientific thinking, and deep convictions about the natural, inalienable, and sacred 'Rights of Man.' Revolutionary violence promised to forge a better world but rapidly cloaked itself in the familiar clothes of empire. The outcome was the rise of political ideologies that still shape our world: nationalism, liberalism, conservatism, radicalism, and fascism. Taking advantage of the online mode of learning, this class will make use of online databases, digitized primary sources, films, songs, and discussion threads, we will trace six centuries of European history.

Session: A Term

Course mode: online

Class number: 17856

Course description: From silent films to jazz to Superman to Taylor Swift, all facets of American popular culture draw from interwoven histories of the past and have bearing on our future. In this five-week asynchronous course, we will explore the origins of four main media types – print, music, film, and television—as they relate to American popular culture and will then connect those developments back to broader trends in U.S. history. By engaging directly with multimedia sources like Casablanca, I Love Lucy,ÌýBeatles music, Marvel movies, and more, this course will demonstrate how popular culture as a whole is a negotiation of our individual identities, of our relationship to broader cultural movements, and of our understanding of what it means to be an American.

Session: A Term

Course mode: online

Class number: 17864

Course description: Coming soon