This course is designed to engage students in conversations about particular perspectives on the history of a selected nation, region, people, culture, institution, or historical phenomenon as specified by the respective instructor. By taking this course, students will come to understand, and develop an appreciation for, some combination of: the origins and evolution of the people, cultures, and/or political, economic, and/or social institutions of a particular region(s) of the world. They may also explore how human encounters shaped individual and collective identities and the complex political, economic, and social orders of the region/nation/communities under study. Instructors and subject will vary.

Learning how to listen to others (living and dead, in person and in print), how to read, and how to write are hardly self-evident tasks. This course explores pressing concerns in an increasingly interconnected world, also how best to articulate one's own ideas while addressing others' experiences and insights. Grappling with rival notions of the common good and hurdles to promoting it, while honing our ability to write clear and forceful prose, is a form of political engagement likely not only to improve our own lives but also those of others in this era of rising global tensions.

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