Global History: Early Modern to Modern Transition (250-1-20)

Instructors

Haley Elisabeth Bowen

Meeting Info

Harris Hall 107: Tues, Thurs 11:00AM - 12:20PM

Overview of class

This course provides an introductory survey to prominent themes in early modern global history from roughly 1450-1800. Topics covered will include: the rise of early colonial empires; global trade and material culture; religious missions; technologies of navigation; early ideologies of race and gender; and currents of intellectual exchange.

Learning Objectives

In this class, students will: explore the causes and consequences of key developments in global history between 1450 and 1800; learn how to read primary source texts "slowly" by summarizing, analyzing, and synthesizing them to create persuasive historical arguments; consider how historical events from the early modern period - from the creation of colonial empires to intellectual movements like the Enlightenment - continue to shape our contemporary world.

Evaluation Method

Exams, papers

Class Notes

Concentration: Americas, European, Asia/Middle East, Africa/Middle East, Global

Class Attributes

Historical Studies Foundational Discipline
Historical Studies Distro Area
Global Perspectives on Power, Justice, and Equity

Associated Classes

DIS - University Hall 312: Thurs 2:00PM - 2:50PM

DIS - Parkes Hall 213: Thurs 3:00PM - 3:50PM

DIS - Locy Hall 213: Thurs 4:00PM - 4:50PM

DIS - University Hall 318: Fri 11:00AM - 11:50AM

DIS - Harris Hall L04: Fri 11:00AM - 11:50AM

DIS - University Hall 412: Fri 1:00PM - 1:50PM

DIS - Harris Hall L05: Fri 1:00PM - 1:50PM

DIS - Harris Hall L04: Fri 2:00PM - 2:50PM

DIS - University Hall 112: Fri 2:00PM - 2:50PM