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HIST 289 - Topics in Asian or African History


FDR: HU, GE4b
Credits: 3
A course offered from time to time depending on student interest and staff availability, on a selected topic or problem in Asian or African history. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.

Topic for Winter, 2010:

HIST 289: Japanese Political History Since 1945 (3). This course provides a historical survey of postwar Japanese domestic politics, with special emphasis on social and cultural perspectives. The first half of the course focuses on the period between 1945 and 1993, and examines the historical development of domestic political systems during the postwar period. In the second half, the focus shifts to the problems that plagued the regime after 1993, and examines how particular historical events transformed Japanese politics. (HU, GE4b) Yamamoto

Topics for Fall, 2009:

HIST 289A: East Africa: A Thousand Years. An in-depth study of East Africa (the area today occupied by Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda) during the past millennium. Topics include: Swahili city-states of the coast; farming and herding societies of the Rift Valley savannas; kingdoms of the Great Lakes; the Sultanate of Zanzibar; British and German colonial conquest and administration; and the successes and failures of modern nation-states. For each of these topics, we examine East Africa on its own terms and as an interlinked part of a larger world history. (HU, GE4b) Jennings

 

HIST 289B: Problems of Modernity in Islamic Societies. An intensive study of the political, social, economic, and intellectual history of Muslim-majority nations from the 18th century to the present. Some coverage of the earlier Islamic religious and historical context enables a rational discussion of long-term currents and trends. Students reflect on and discuss the Orientalist, and what remains of the colonial perspective on Muslim history. Examples are drawn from Iran, Turkey, Egypt, South Asia, and Central Asia (including Pakistan and Afghanistan). (HU, GE4b) Sheiban






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