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Four Cornell faculty members have received Kendall S. Carpenter Memorial Advising Awards, which recognize sustained and distinguished contributions of professorial faculty and senior lecturers to undergraduate advising.
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Three new faculty program directors join the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies this fall, providing leadership for the center’s regional programs on Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe and Southeast Asia.
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A new episode of The Humanities Pod podcast, “Tweets of the Un-Mastered Class: Exploring the Freedom on the Move Database with Edward Baptist,” discusses the stories of self-liberated fugitives from American slavery through the lens of over 30,000 original documents depicting their escapes.
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HIST 1511 The Making of Modern Europe, 1500 to the present (HB) (HA-AS, HST-AS) (HEU)Monday and Wednesday: 10:10-11:00 plus discussionProfessor Nicholas MulderHow do we make sense of the Brexit vote in Great-Britain, the rise of political Islam and the “veil” debates in France, the anti-globalization movements in Spain and Greece, the...
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HIST 1540 American Capitalism (also AMST 1540, ILRST 1845) (HA-AS, HST-AS, SCD-AS) (HNA)Tuesday and Thursday: 9:40-10:55 plus discussionDr. Teal ArcadiThis course studies the history of American capitalism. It helps you to answer these questions: What is capitalism? Is the U.S. more capitalist than other countries? How has capitalism shaped...
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HIST 1622 The World of Modern Japan (also ASIAN 2222, CAPS 1622, GOVT 1623) (GB) (HA-AS, GLC-AS, HST-AS) (HAN)Monday and Wednesday: 7:30-8:45 plus Optional DiscussionProfessor Kristin RoebuckIn 1868, samurai revolutionaries and their allies seized the reins of power and established a new capital they called Tokyo. Against all odds, this...
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HIST 1740 Imperial China (also ASIAN 1174, CAPS 1740, MEDVL 1740) (GHB) (HA-AS, HST-AS, SCD-AS) (HPE, HAN)Tuesday and Thursday: 2:45-4:00Professor TJ HinrichsThis course explores the history of imperial China between the 3rd century B.C.E. and the 16th century C.E. with a focus on the following questions: How did imperial Chinese states go...
/news/hist-1740-imperial-chinaHIST 1820 US Borders, North & South (also AMST 1820, LSP 1820) (HNA)Monday and Wednesday: 10:10-11:00 plus DiscussionProfessors Maria Cristina Garcia and Jon ParmenterThe borders that separate the United States from Canada and Mexico are among the longest in the world. The southern border with Mexico receives a disproportionate amount...
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HIST 1951 Foreign Policy as Subversion (also AMST 1951, LATA 1951) (GB) (HA-AS, HST-AS) (EC-SEAP) (HTR)Tuesday and Thursday: 1:00-2:15Professors Raymond Craib and Tamara LoosTo what extent does the ideal of the US as a vanguard for democracy and freedom in the world match up with other aspects—military, economic, and humanitarian—of US...
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HIST 2025 Apartheid's Afterlife (HGS)Monday and Wednesday: 2:45-4:00Dr. Abikal BorahApartheid was a brutal system of segregating every aspect of life for different racial groups in South Africa. This notorious system of racial oppression survived for four and a half decades before it officially came to an end with South Africa’s first...
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