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2009 Summer Session Course Listings
Note: Northwestern day school students need permission from the dean of their school to enroll in School of Continuing Studies courses. SCS courses are indicated by a -CN after the course number (example: ACCOUNT 204-CN Sec. 28). The majority of Summer Session courses do not need dean approval.
History
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
HISTORY 201-2 Sec. 28
European Civilization: Mid-Eighteenth Century to the Present
CAESAR Class Number: 42759
8 weeks,
EVAN,
6/23 - 8/13
TuTh 2 - 3:45pm
Shawn Clybor
This course will be held in Kresge Hall room 2435.
This course surveys the history of Europe from the origins of the 1789 French Revolution to the outcomes of the 1989 revolutions in East Europe. During this period the European "continent" experienced transformations and crises, unprecedented in human history, which have come to define our conception of the modern world. The goal of the course is to focus on the revolutions--political, economic, intellectual, social, and cultural--that define this period of modernity. Topics include the industrial revolution, the rise of the nation-state, the development of mass ideologies, the rise and fall of 19th- and 20th-century overseas empires, the causes and consequences of the two World Wars, the development of the Cold War, and the rise of the European Union. This course counts toward the Weinberg College historical studies distribution requirement, Area IV.
HISTORY 210-1 Sec. 28 
History of the United States: Pre-Colonial to the Civil War
CAESAR Class Number: 42758
8 weeks,
EVAN,
6/23 - 8/13
TuTh 6 - 7:45pm
Kathryn Burns-Howard
This course will be held in Kresge Hall room 2435.
This course surveys the history of what was to become the United States-from the earliest interactions of Native Americans, Africans, and Europeans through the conclusion of the Civil War. It focuses on how individual choices, political struggles, and collective actions determined the development of the American nation. We will also highlight the ongoing tension between "freedom" and "unfreedom" in the early years of American history. Topics to be covered include: "new world" cultural contacts; the emergence of American slavery; the roles class, race, gender, and religion played in defining early American communities; Revolutionary mobilization and postwar political forces; industrialization and the growth of a market-oriented economy; sectional conflict; the rise of antebellum reform; and Civil War. The goal of the course is to provide students with the interpretive tools necessary to understand how men and women both influenced and were affected by the vast social and political changes of early America. This course counts toward the Weinberg College historical studies distribution requirement, Area IV.
HISTORY 210-2 Sec. 26
History of the United States: Reconstruction to the Present
CAESAR Class Number: 40670
6 weeks,
EVAN,
6/22 - 7/29
MW 2 - 4:30pm
Charlotte Cahill
This course will be held in Kresge Hall room 4310.
This introductory course surveys the history of the United States from the period of Reconstruction that followed the Civil War to the beginning of the 21st century. The themes and topics covered will include the creation of the Jim Crow South, urbanization and industrialization, immigration and ethnicity, war, globalization, the role of the U.S. in the world, and the growth of social movements, including labor, feminism, and civil rights. Course readings will draw heavily on primary sources; students will be encouraged to read these documents critically and to formulate their own arguments and interpretations of history. This course counts toward the Weinberg College historical studies distribution requirement, Area IV.
HISTORY 255-3 Sec. 26
Background to African civilization and culture: 1900 to present
CAESAR Class Number: 40676
6 weeks,
EVAN,
6/23 - 7/30
TuTh 1 - 3:30pm
Jeffrey Rice
This course will be held in 620 Library Place room Conference Room.
This class will explore Africa in the 20th century. Due to the extensive time period to be covered, our approach will be more comparative than chronological. We will cover essential topics which, when assembled will provide a series of more detailed pictures of how a continent and its history unfolded since 1900. The overarching themes of this course begin with the issues of continuity and discontinuity from pre-colonial to postcolonial times. Africa was not a tabula rasa when the Europeans arrived; nor were they without agency during the six decades or so of colonialism. In the postcolonial period the legacy of colonialism has shaped the options available to African governments etc. This course counts toward the Weinberg College historical studies distribution requirement, Area IV.
HISTORY 391-Z Sec. 26 
City and Civilization in the Eastern Mediterranean World
CAESAR Class Number: 40490
6 weeks,
Off Campus,
7/5 - 8/14
Days and times are TBA
Staff
This course is taught in Istanbul; for more information, please call the Center for International and Comparative Studies at 847-467-1152. This course highlights the socioeconomic, political, cultural, and physical continuities and changes of Istanbul from Byzantine times to the present, emphasizing the themes of space, state power, and economic structures. After tracing the transformation of the Byzantine imperial center into an Ottoman capital city and the development of Ottoman imperial culture, the class focuses on the political and socioeconomic relations between the Ottoman state and the diverse communities of the capital city. The challenge of modernizing Istanbul during the late Ottoman and Republic periods is likewise examined. The course ends with discussion of the socioeconomic and cultural impact of globalization on the sprawling metropolis. Never colonized yet clearly under the increasing influence of the West, Ottoman Istanbul provides a fascinating locus for understanding the interchange between Islamic and Christian European societies. Modern Turkish society and culture are examined as they reflect the syntheses and tensions between traditional Ottoman Islamic and Western institutions and cultural traditions. Late Roman, Byzantine, Ottoman, and Turkish Republican art and architecture are viewed throughout the course.
HISTORY 391-Z Sec. 26
The Rise and Fall of Yugoslavia
CAESAR Class Number: 40492
6 weeks,
Off Campus,
6/22 - 7/31
Days and times are TBA
Staff
This course is taught in Croatia; for more information, please call the Center for International and Comparative Studies at 847-467-1152. This course is a survey of southeast European history and society from the early medieval period to the dissolution of Yugoslavia. Topics include implications of Ottoman and Habsburg rule, nationalisms and wars of independence, European-wide crises leading to the Sarajevo assassination, the interwar national question, the occupation, Communist revolution, and contemporary politics with an emphasis on security and human rights. Specific focus is paid to the dissolution of former Yugoslavia.
HISTORY 391-Z Sec. 26
Milestones of Czech History and Civilization
CAESAR Class Number: 40494
6 weeks,
Off Campus,
6/15 - 7/31
Days and times are TBA
Staff
This course is taught in Prague; for more information, please call the Center for International and Comparative Studies at 847-467-1152. This course provides an introduction to cultural aspects of the Czech and central European environment in a broader sense. It concentrates on major historical events and processes that have shaped developments in the area and contributed to Czech national identity. Cultural awareness is acquired through readings and lectures and developed through discussions. Visits to historically important sites in Prague and the Czech Republic are an integral part of the course. Participants are expected to gain background knowledge of the region's history and civilization and to understand and examine the effects of social changes on the social fabric of the nation. The course is complemented with reading and analysis of important fiction from the relevant time periods.
HISTORY 392-0 Sec. 28
19th Century American Popular Culture: Highbrow and Lowbrow
CAESAR Class Number: 40536
8 weeks,
EVAN,
6/22 - 8/10
M 6 - 9:15pm
Kathryn Burns-Howard
This course will be held in University Hall room 118.
To say that the nineteenth century was a time of transformation for the United States is an understatement. A new-and potentially unifying-"mass" popular culture arose; simultaneously, however, divisive subcultures based on race, class, gender, and religion were becoming further entrenched. In this seminar course, students will address problems including: How did American cultures respond to powerful forces of change-such as war, emancipation, immigration, urbanization, and industrialization? How & why did elite culture draw away from the culture of the masses? How did some Americans forge group identities through cultural means? How did the forms of popular culture both reproduce and challenge social norms and political realities? Our investigations will expand the definition of popular culture and illuminate the everyday experiences and underlying structures of "Victorian" society. The newly revised syllabus features targeted historical readings as well as political cartoons, crime literature and a popular novel; lectures will provide the necessary theoretical and historical background. There are no prerequisites: this course is appropriate for history majors as well as enthusiastic students from other departments.
HISTORY 392-0 Sec. 36
The Vietnam Wars
CAESAR Class Number: 40538
6 weeks,
EVAN,
6/22 - 7/29
MW 6:30 - 9pm
Charlotte Cahill
This course will be held in Kresge Hall room 4335.
Although more than 30 years have passed since the end of the conflict, policymakers are still attempting to define the "lessons of Vietnam," while ordinary citizens, both American and Vietnamese, struggle to understand the impact of the conflict on their lives. There is little agreement about seemingly simple questions: When did the war begin? What was the war about? Why did the United States become involved? How did the war end? We will use novels, memoirs, films, and other primary source documents, as well as scholarly texts, to explore these questions and consider both Vietnamese and American perspectives on the conflict.
HISTORY 392-0 Sec. 48
Modern East Europe History
CAESAR Class Number: 42744
8 weeks,
EVAN,
6/23 - 8/13
TuTh 10 - 11:45am
Shawn Clybor
This course will be held in Parkes Hall room 222.
The history of East Europe is troubled and complex, defined by numerous fluctuations in borders, sovereignties and ethnicities. The "other Europe" is most known most notoriously for the brutality of communist rule after 1945, but political instability and violence are hallmark features of the region before and after communism-from ethnic cleansing during WWII to the Yugoslav wars in the 1990s. But what is East Europe? Can we define it as a region, and if so, what makes it such? This course will attempt to answer these questions by stressing the historical importance of diversity in the region and the concomitant tensions caused by this diversity. It will focus most heavily on the historical development of the territories of modern Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and the former states of Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. It will also consider, when relevant, modern-day Austria and the former German Democratic Republic.
HISTORY 392-0 Sec. 58
American Historical Fiction in Film
CAESAR Class Number: 42745
8 weeks,
EVAN,
6/26 - 8/14
F 1 - 4:30pm
James Coltrain
This course will be held in Kresge Hall room 2435.
This course will examine the meanings and messages of films depicting key events and eras in American history. Students will concentrate on the question of accuracy, reading primary historical documents from the periods in question to evaluate depictions by their detail, spirit, and subject matter. Selections will range from independent films like Werner Herzog's Aguirre, The Wrath of God to big budget studio titles like Roland Emmerich's The Patriot and Martin Scorcese's Gangs of New York. Other issues will include the role of film in defining the popular historical memory, how stylistic filmmaking choices may subtly affect accuracy, and the use of common historical icons and stereotypes.
HISTORY 392-0 Sec. 68
Cancelled
The Imagery of New World Empires: Britain, France and Spain
CAESAR Class Number: 42746
8 weeks,
EVAN,
6/25 - 8/13
Th 9am - 12:30pm
James Coltrain
This course will be held in Kresge Hall room 4335.
This course will examine how images characterized the new world empires of Britain, France, and Spain. What were the goals of each European power in crafting their imperial image, and how successfully did their overseas agents achieve those goals? How important were the propaganda attacks of each empire upon the others? How did native cultures and aesthetics compete with or transform the images of empire? What reoccurring images ultimately came to represent each of the imperial powers in the popular imagination? Students will study historical documents and artifacts to reconstruct the visual culture of the 17th and 18th centuries. Materials will include paintings, engravings, pamphlets, religious tracts, architecture, clothing, consumer goods, and archeological excavations. Themes will include nationalism, militarism, religious identity, public opinion, and visual culture.
HISTORY 392-0 Sec. 76
Europe of the Dictators: Hitler and Stalin
CAESAR Class Number: 42747
6 weeks,
EVAN,
6/23 - 7/30
TuTh 6 - 8:30pm
Meghann Pytka
This course will be held in Kresge Hall room 4335.
In the wake of the First World War, a crisis of democracy swept Europe. With authoritarian regimes mushrooming across the continent, two of history's most fearsome dictators seized power: Adolf Hitler in Germany and Josef Stalin in Soviet Russia. This course seeks to chart the rise, rule, and decline of these two, ruthless dictators. Operating within a comparative framework, this course will identify the relationships shared between the two regimes, by examining their ideological, situational, economic, and political similarities. Divided into four parts, this course poses the following questions: How did Hitler and Stalin come to power? How did each rule? How did those governed by Hitler and Stalin experience these regimes? What stand as Hitler and Stalin's most enduring legacies? This chronological approach emphasizes certain themes crucial to the rise and maintenance of Hitler and Stalin's respective power, including repression, collaboration, terror, socialism, nationalism, and genocide. By engaging with a variety of primary sources, including polemics, political tracts, visual art, and film, along with the pertinent secondary literature, this course will provide students the opportunity to think critically about two of the most bloodthirsty regimes Europe has ever known.
HISTORY 392-0 Sec. 86
From Nationalism to Ethnic Cleansing
CAESAR Class Number: 40346
6 weeks,
EVAN,
6/23 - 7/30
TuTh 6:30 - 9pm
Jeff Rice
This course will be held in University Hall room 118.
This seminar will address the issues of nationalism, ethnic identity, civil war, genocide, and international response to the above (from intervention to trials). We will use three case studies: Rwanda, Bosnia, and Darfur. Our methodology will, therefore, be comparative in nature such that each case will provide part of the platform for the overall investigation. We will begin with a general discussion of nationalism and then move on to a very brief history of early genocides in both Western and non-Western history. After that we will go into depth with Rwanda, Bosnia, and Darfur.
Indicates an Evening Course.
Indicates a Study Abroad Course.
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