历史十一:1500年以来的世界历史
Dr. 罗伊·罗布森
你对“大”了解多少, 改变世界的问题,比如殖民化, 工业革命, 民族主义, 第二次世界大战? You can study these topics and much more in this fast-paced, asynchronous Canvas-based course.
HIST 20第002和721节:美国文明至1877年
Dr. Stephen Nepa
这门课追溯美利坚合众国的历史根源. 我们的故事从前哥伦布时代开始, 描绘了殖民地农业和城市生活的发展, 各帝国对土地和人民的竞争, 跨大西洋奴隶贸易的起源, 内战与重建, 以及帝国野心的扩张. By 1776, 美国是在自由的承诺下形成的, 平等, 产权, 和宽容. 但是谁会受益呢?? 谁来统治? 工业化, 奴隶制的巩固, 农业专业化, 向西扩张, 以及对改革和民主的要求, made these questions ever more vexed and led to a Civil War and a flawed attempt to reconstitute the Union by the turn of the twentieth century. 通过艺术的运用, 音乐, 文学, 电影, 以及其他媒体, 学生将了解美国历史的复杂性.
HIST 21-001: 1877年以来的美国文明
Dr. 大卫·露丝
In this class we explore major develop男人ts in American history since the late 1800s: 工业化 and labor strife; the rise of the U.S. as a world 权力; mass immigration and efforts to restrict it; struggles over rights for 少数种族, 女性, and many others; multiple wars; the creation of a stronger, more active federal govern男人t and conservative efforts to limit it; astonishing changes in values, 家庭, and daily life; and much more. 去理解这个无限复杂的故事, 我们反复回到一个关键问题:美国人是如何理解的, 有经验的, 为自由的意义而斗争?
HIST 109:介绍美国.S. 环境的历史
Dr. Stephen Nepa
This course introduces environ男人tal history not only as a field of study but also a multifaceted approach to understanding the American past. 从殖民时期开始,一直延续到二战后的几十年, 我们将研究诸如制图之类的主题, 野生动物保护, 工业化和城市化, 武装冲突, 污染, 以及现代环保运动的兴起. 通过艺术的运用, 音乐, 文学, 电影, 以及其他媒体, students will gain an understanding of how the human and nonhuman worlds have shaped one another over nearly four centuries of American history.
HIST 124:西方医学史
Dr. 朱丽叶Larkin-Gilmore
如果你的医生给了你诊断,但你感觉很好,你是不是“生病了”? 如果你感觉不舒服,但你的医生说你的化验结果正常,你是“健康的”吗? Who decides when we are “healthy” and when we are “sick”—and how has that changed over time?
在HIST124, we will answer these and other questions about the history of medical practice in Europe and the United States. We will t比赛 how one way of seeing the body (through a microscope) came to dominate over others and focus on the themes of diagnosis (when is someone “sick” and why?),治疗(我们如何知道他们被“治愈”了??),以及正义(多么种族 & ethnicity, language, 性别, sexuality, class, and disability affect access to healthcare). We will also explore who has benefitted and who has suffered under Western medical practices and why it matters that we understand the past. 主题将包括古希腊医学, 放血, 流行, 抗生素和疫苗接种, 医学实验, 健康行动主义.
历史学家178:到1820年的拉丁美洲历史
Dr. 曼努埃尔·莫拉莱斯·丰塔尼拉
在本课程中, 我们将向社会作自我介绍, 文化, 经济, and political history of Colonial Latin America from pre-contact to about 1826 when independence from Spain consolidated. 这门课是对三个世纪的概览, so we will focus on the contributions that major 文化 groups (Indigenous Americans, 非洲人, 和欧洲人)在殖民地社会形成的过程中, studying significant historical processes from a local and trans-imperial perspective. 我们也会思考历史之间的交集, 权力, and memory and how that affects the way in which we understand “historical truth” today. 直到1820年的拉丁美洲历史, we will expose ourselves to colonial-era docu男人ts produced by or about the people who lived in the region, including Spaniards and Portuguese; African slaves and free blacks; Mayas, 纳瓦人/阿芝特克人, and Incas; mixed 比赛 peoples called castas; wealthy and poor; and 女性, 男人, 和孩子. 我们也会使用当代历史, 社会学, 人类学文献集中在与课程相关的主题上.
HIST 302W / ASIA 405Y / BMH 490 / RLST 497: Asian Studies Research Seminar: Chinese Medicine and Healing Traditions
Dr. 皮尔斯Salguero
亚洲研究研讨会每学期举行一次, 为学生提供亚洲研究课程, 历史, 健康的人文, and Religious Studies with the one of the most comprehensive trainings in research and writing available at 阿宾顿 College. Students in this class learn critical humanities skills while developing a research project from an initial topic to a formal scholarly paper. This course provides an excellent opportunity to produce a writing sample for graduate school or employ男人t applications, 在我的指导下走好每一步. For the Spring 2024 semester, our topic will be "Chinese Medicine and Healing Traditions.” Students will be able to focus their research their preferred facet of this topic, 从针灸, 草药, 从流行病到武术, 宗教治疗仪式, 和更多的.
HIST 404:高级公共历史
Dr. 尼古拉斯·邦
在当今一些高需求领域寻找实际经验? 准备从事编程、医学、商业、法律或教育方面的职业? 如果“是的,是你对这两个问题的回答, 那么“高级公共历史”(HIST 404)是一个完美的适合你. Join us as we learn about some of the diverse ways in which non-profit organizations interact with the public and then pick your own path of specialized study. 你的专业是计算机科学还是信息技术? 你可以在互动网站上与编程人员一起工作. 你觉得医学有前途吗? 你可以和医学历史学家一起追踪过去的流行病. 对娱乐行业感兴趣? 也许播客或纪录片项目更适合你. 或者你可能会在市场营销、商业管理或教育领域找到工作? 我们在社交媒体管理方面有机会, 小型企业/非营利性管理, 课程开发. These opportunities 和更多的 are available at museums and other institutions in Montgomery County, 在附近的费城, 甚至在网上.
HIST 424:体育和政治的比较历史
Dr. 曼努埃尔·莫拉莱斯·丰塔尼拉
Sports are a tool that can help us answer important questions about the past and the present. 它们在塑造和破坏社会结构方面发挥了关键作用, 政治管理者, 集体身份, 统治模式, 以及抵抗的过程. Analyzing the political and historical importance of sport from a global and comparative perspective can provide us with a more comprehensive understanding of the human experience. 在HIST 424, 我们将集中讨论体育与资本主义之间的联系, 工业化, 城市化, 殖民主义, 从19世纪到现在的帝国主义. 我们还将探讨运动之间的关系, 比赛, class, 性别, 用来自世界各地的具体例子来说明. This approach aims to show sport’s centrality in contemporary popular culture and its importance for globalization processes. 我们将使用第一手资料(文本), 图片, 歌曲, material culture) and interdisciplinary academic scholarship on the topics pertinent to the class.
HIST 434:苏联和后苏联时期俄罗斯的历史
Dr. 罗伊·罗布森
苏联的历史是戏剧性的和不可预测的. 我们将学习政治, 经济, 文化, 以及从1917年到1991年的苏联社会史. Then we will take a deep dive to understand the calamitous invasion of Ukraine by Russia.
HIST 445:现代美国的出现
Dr. 大卫·露丝
We explore the transformative period in American life from the end of Reconstruction to the immediate aftermath of World War I. People from every background confronted a host of challenges and opportunities arising from the develop男人t of a modern industrial society. We focus on how Americans responded to those challenges and opportunities: coming together in large cities; fighting to expand or restrict the rights of 女性, 移民, 少数种族, 产业工人, and many others; building a dynamic new mass culture; arguing about the proper roles of govern男人t; and debating America’s role in the world. 在整个课程中, we ask how Americans’ ideas and actions in those years continue to shape our lives today.
HIST497:专题:死亡和临终的历史
Dr. 朱丽叶Larkin-Gilmore
什么是“善”死? 我们应该如何纪念死者? 关于生活,死亡能教会我们什么? The answers to these morbid questions can tell us a lot about a society and its culture. 在本课程中, 我们将研究死亡, 死亡实践, 以及在世界各地和各个时期对尸体的使用. Our goal is to provide a framework for how humans have understood death across time and space, 尤其是帮助我们在COVID时代理解我们的生活. 使用鬼故事, 摄影, 工件, 电影, 诗歌, 科幻小说, 儿童书籍, and academic texts we will explore topics including funerals and the funeral business, 悲伤, 器官捐献, 博物馆里的人类遗骸, 死刑, 大规模死亡的管理, 安乐死, 人类与动物/植物生命的价值, 以及对死者的纪念.
这些只是提供的一些历史课程.