EMPIRES AND DIASPORA (HIS 305)

Term: Fall 2011

Faculty

	Karen Elizabeth HuberShow MyInfo popup for Karen Elizabeth Huber
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Schedule

Tue-Thu, 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM (8/24/2011 - 12/14/2011) Location: MAIN TATE 117

Description

305: Empires and Diaspora.
Goal: To familiarize students with the history and long-ranging results of European overseas empires during the modern period.
Content: In this interdisciplinary seminar, students will learn about the major events that led, during the modern period, to the establishment of vast European overseas empires, the results of European domination in these empires, and the process of and lingering problems caused by decolonization. Students will engage with traditional historical sources, as well as with film, political theory, and literature. Special attention will be paid to current theories of nationalism, subalternity, and post-coloniality. After an overview of earlier European colonial encounters, the primary focus of the course will be on the European empires of the 19th century and their 20th and 21st century legacies.
Taught: Alternate years.
Prerequisite: None.
Gen. Ed. Category: Synthesizing.
Credit: 3 hours.