Fall 2023 | HIST 8900 Section 001: Topics in European/Medieval History -- Conversion & Identity: Late Antiquity, Middle Ages (33095)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 20 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Wed 02:30PM - 04:30PMUMTC, West BankWalter W Heller Hall 1229
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (6 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics not covered in regular courses.
- Class Notes:
- TOPIC: "Conversion and Identity: Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages" Description: This seminar will examine processes connected with the concept of "conversion" across Afroeurasia in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. In recent decades, the notion of religious conversion as a single transformative act has come to be challenged as historically and socially constructed; conversion is more often considered within a broader framework of social and political transition. In this seminar we will study the multiplicity and mutability of religious identities along a continuum of change. We will engage with some major issues in premodern history including christianization and the spread of Islam; language and ethnic identity; kingdoms and communities; and the archaeology of religious identities. Although we will focus on the spread of Christianity, we will also consider mission and conversion in Judaism and Islam. The seminar will entail substantive weekly readings and discussion, usually led by students. The last few weeks of class will focus on case studies based on students' particular interests. The seminar is intended for graduate students but is open to advanced undergraduates with permission of the instructor. Students will be expected to use foreign language sources when appropriate.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33095/1239
Fall 2020 | HIST 8900 Section 001: Topics in European/Medieval History -- Religion and Violence in the Premodern World (34234)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 20 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Tue 01:25PM - 03:20PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (12 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics not covered in regular courses.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34234/1209
Spring 2020 | HIST 8900 Section 001: Topics in European/Medieval History -- Premodern Urban History: Europe & Mediterranean (67066)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Tue 03:35PM - 05:30PMUMTC, West BankWalter W Heller Hall 1229
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (4 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics not covered in regular courses.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67066/1203
Fall 2018 | HIST 8900 Section 001: Topics in European/Medieval History -- Mission, Conversion, Christianization: 100-1000 (34713)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Wed 03:35PM - 05:30PMUMTC, West BankWalter W Heller Hall 1210B
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (10 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics not covered in regular courses.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34713/1189
Fall 2018 | HIST 8900 Section 002: Topics in European/Medieval History -- Europe & the World: Power and Culture, 1400-1789 (34715)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Tue 03:35PM - 05:30PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 184
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (9 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics not covered in regular courses.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34715/1189
Spring 2018 | HIST 8900 Section 090: Topics in European/Medieval History -- Urban History of Premodern Europe & Mediterranean (51317)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Tue 02:30PM - 04:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 415
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (7 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics not covered in regular courses.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51317/1183
Fall 2017 | HIST 8900 Section 001: Topics in European/Medieval History -- Gender in Medieval Culture (35310)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Tue 03:35PM - 05:30PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 15
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics not covered in regular courses.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35310/1179
Spring 2017 | HIST 8900 Section 090: Topics in European/Medieval History (52024)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Meets With:
- HIST 5900 Section 090
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Tue 03:35PM - 05:30PMUMTC, West BankWalter W Heller Hall 1229
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics not covered in regular courses.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?sterk+HIST8900+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52024/1173
Fall 2016 | HIST 8900 Section 001: Topics in European/Medieval History -- Reformation Europe and the World (34857)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Meets With:
- HIST 5900 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Mon 04:00PM - 05:55PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 115
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics not covered in regular courses.
- Class Notes:
- Reformation World http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hlouthan+HIST8900+Fall2016
- Class Description:
Reformation Europe and the World
This course is intended to expose the student to a broad range of readings (both primary and secondary) in the field of early modern religion, primarily in the European context but also with attention to global developments. Chronologically we will be moving from the fifteenth through the early eighteenth century. Though our primary focus will of course be religion, the course is intended to introduce students to a broad range of themes in the study of early modern world. Throughout the course students will be encouraged to use their language skills both for the weekly seminars and in the research of specific paper topics.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34857/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 April 2016
Spring 2016 | HIST 8900 Section 090: Topics in European/Medieval History -- Modern European Revolutions in a Global Framework (57949)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Meets With:
- HIST 5900 Section 090
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Wed 06:05PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankWalter W Heller Hall 1229
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics not covered in regular courses.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?mayne001+HIST8900+Spring2016
- Class Description:
HIST 5/8900 Topics in European History: "Modern Political Revolutions:
Political Contention and Global Historical Transformations"
With the publication in 1962 of The Age of Revolution: 1789-1848 Eric Hobsbawm took the history of revolutions in new directions by connecting political revolutions with economic transformation. Hobsbawm also anticipated more recent developments in global history by suggesting connections between revolutionary ideas and events in Europe and contemporaneous or subsequent revolutions elsewhere in the world - in the Americas and beyond. Starting with a global reframing of "the age of revolutions" this course will focus on select revolutionary moments from the late-18th century to the early-21st century that hold particular significance in terms of global dynamics. We examine a continuum of political movements and processes that resulted in transfers of power over states, such as the French Revolution and the Russian Revolution. But we will not limit ourselves to "successful" revolutions; we will also include cases where revolutionary situations did not result directly in regime change, such as the 1848-49 revolts in Europe. We will do common readings on particular cases and also examine various theoretical/conceptual frameworks and methodological approaches for analyzing revolutions. In addition, each student will undertake a project addressing selected dimensions of a particular revolution or revolutions
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/57949/1163
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 13 January 2016
Fall 2015 | HIST 8900 Section 001: Topics in European/Medieval History -- Byzantine World (22457)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- HIST 5900 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Wed 02:30PM - 04:25PMUMTC, West BankWalter W Heller Hall 1229
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics not covered in regular courses.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/22457/1159
Fall 2015 | HIST 8900 Section 090: Topics in European/Medieval History -- Nationalism, Unity & Diversity in Recent Europe (34892)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- HIST 5900 Section 090
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Tue 04:45PM - 06:40PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 278
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics not covered in regular courses.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Grading:
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34892/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 16 November 2015
Spring 2015 | HIST 8900 Section 001: Topics in European/Medieval History -- Sexuality in Modern Europe (59120)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Meets With:
- HIST 5900 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Wed 03:35PM - 05:30PMUMTC, West BankCarlson School of Management 1-122
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics not covered in regular courses.
- Class Description:
- Sexuality is one of the most intriguing topics in modern history and critical studies. This class will use sexuality in modern Europe as a jumping off point to explore debates about how to understand sexuality in the past, and indeed how to write history. Although the focus is Europe, we will consider the interactions of Europeans and colonized people in the context of imperialism: sexuality was a flashpoint in these intimate clashes, such as the conquest of Mexico by the Spanish, and the response of Arab and Persian nationalists to Western orientalism and modernity. We will also consider moments at which historians argue that sexuality became modern: was it the 18th century, with changes in biological ideas of gender, and indeed orgasm? Was it the late nineteenth century, with the invention of "homosexuality" and "heterosexuality"? This class will also explore the times when sexuality became intertwined in the great issues of the twentieth century, such as socialism and fascism. Students will mainly write short essays and a long historiographical paper, but they can choose to write a research paper instead for the long paper.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/59120/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2014
Spring 2015 | HIST 8900 Section 002: Topics in European/Medieval History (69887)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1-4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- HIST 5614 Section 001MEST 5610 Section 001MEST 8110 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Tue 01:25PM - 03:20PMUMTC, West BankCarlson School of Management 1-122
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics not covered in regular courses.
- Class Notes:
- SEMINAR TITLE: The Medieval Church
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/69887/1153
Fall 2014 | HIST 8900 Section 001: Topics in European/Medieval History -- Crusades: Islam, Christianity in Mediterranean (23970)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Meets With:
- HIST 5900 Section 001MEST 5610 Section 001MEST 8110 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Tue 01:25PM - 03:20PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 110
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics not covered in regular courses.
- Class Description:
- In this seminar we will explore the crucial role of the crusades in the development of Muslim-Christian relations and Mediterranean societies. While the crusades are often studied solely as an aspect of European history, we will attempt instead to open up a broader perspective on a movement that brought peoples from Iceland to Inner Asia together in complex sets of relations that crossed multiple borders of pre-modern belief and belonging. Pursuing this new approach will entail serious engagement with non-European perspectives and with fields of inquiry -- such as Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies -- that traditionally have stood outside the purview of crusades history. Particular areas of focus will include: the multi-confessional and multi-ethnic Middle East in the age of the crusades; the development of ideologies of religious difference in the Muslim, Christian, and Jewish traditions, with special reference to holy war; and the legacy of the crusades in modern inter-religious relations, from the nineteenth-century European colonial period to the present. Class meetings will alternate between group discussions of common readings and in-class presentations of individually assigned readings.
- Grading:
- 50% Reports/Papers
30% In-class Presentations
20% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 10% Lecture
50% Discussion
40% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 100-150 Pages Reading Per Week
20-25 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s)
2 Presentation(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/23970/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 April 2014
Spring 2014 | HIST 8900 Section 001: Topics in European/Medieval History -- Urban Medieval History (65123)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Meets With:
- HIST 5900 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Thu 01:25PM - 03:20PMUMTC, West BankWalter W Heller Hall 1229
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics not covered in regular courses.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65123/1143
Fall 2013 | HIST 8900 Section 001: Topics in European/Medieval History -- Gender in Medieval/Early Modern Culture (30848)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Meets With:
- EMS 8250 Section 001ENGL 8110 Section 001HIST 5900 Section 001MEST 8110 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Tue 01:25PM - 03:20PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 110
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics not covered in regular courses.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/30848/1139
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