History
HIST 1215: Origins of Today: Historical Roots of Contemporary Issues
Lecture - 4 credits
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- Focuses on the historical roots of four pressing contemporary issues with global implications.
- Our world has grown increasingly complex and interconnected, and the planet’s diverse peoples are facing common problems that have tremendous impact on the immediate future.
- They are (1) globalization, from its origins in the sixteenth century to the present; (2) the potential for global pandemics to alter the course of history, from bubonic plague in the fifth century to H1N1; (3) racial inequality, from religious interpretations in the early modern period to science in the modern era; and (4) gender inequality, from the agricultural revolution forward.
- For each issue, studies cases and locations spread across the world, examines the links between past and present, and attempts to identify ways forward.
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