History
HIST 3350: Leaders and Leadership in History
Seminar - 4 credits
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- Explores the classic historical question of whether leaders make history or history makes leaders.
- Some leaders are considered unquestionable successes, while others are deemed partial or abject failures.
- Examines how certain men and women arrived at leadership positions, considering personal charisma and historical contingency.
- Studies the choices leaders made in difficult situations, and analyzes leaders' successes and failures through historical notions of ethics and justice.
- Also examines the question of legacy, to understand why some leaders stand out (for better or worse) and other leaders recede from historical narratives.
- Case studies from around the world include national leaders and unsung heroes, from the early modern period through the present.
- Sources include historical scholarship, archive documents, and cultural renderings.
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