{"id":2121,"date":"2020-12-08T15:23:14","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T20:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/?p=2121"},"modified":"2025-05-26T11:14:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T15:14:04","slug":"spring-2021-courses-focus-on-the-struggle-for-racial-justice-and-equality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/2020\/12\/08\/spring-2021-courses-focus-on-the-struggle-for-racial-justice-and-equality\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring 2021 Courses Focus on the Struggle for Racial Justice and Equity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">***<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Spring 2021 Courses Focus on the Struggle for Racial Justice and Equity<\/span><\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>The <a href=\"https:\/\/new.utc.edu\/arts-and-sciences\/history\">Department of History<\/a> will be offering a range of interesting classes in the Spring of 2021.\u00a0 Many of those classes relate to the curricular theme adopted for the semester, which is <span style=\"color: #800000\">The Struggle for Racial Justice and Equity<\/span>.\u00a0 The full list of spring classes appears below, with classes pertaining to that theme in <span style=\"color: #800000\">red<\/span>, and courses fulfilling General Education requirements followed by an asterisk (*).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">To explore spring classes by region or modality, please click<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/new.utc.edu\/arts-and-sciences\/history\/curriculum\/courses#spring-2021\">here<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000\">.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #999999\">***<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/new.utc.edu\/arts-and-sciences\/history\/curriculum\/courses#HIST1110WorldHistoryfromOriginsto1400\">HIST 1110 &#8211; World History from Origins to 1400 *<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">This course will introduce students to human achievements in Eurasia, Africa, and\u00a0the Americas from the origins of civilization to about the year 1400. Rather than\u00a0taking a strictly chronological approach to civilizations and cultures, it will\u00a0emphasize emerging cultures, traditions, and religions both as expressions of their\u00a0time and place and as meaningful in our modern world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Satisfies the following General Education requirements: \u00a0Historical Understanding; Non-Western; and Thoughts, Values, and Beliefs<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">See sections, instructors, and modalities<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/new.utc.edu\/arts-and-sciences\/history\/curriculum\/courses#HIST1110WorldHistoryfromOriginsto1400\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/new.utc.edu\/arts-and-sciences\/history\/curriculum\/courses#HIST1120WorldHistoryfrom1400tothePresent\">HIST 1120 &#8211; World History from 1400 to the Present *<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">This course will focus on the evolution of multiple, autonomous cultural centers\u00a0within Africa, Eurasia, and the Americas prior to 1400 to an interconnected global\u00a0system in the present. Topics covered include exploration, colonialism, responses\u00a0to industrialization, the spread of the nation-state, the rise of modern science, the\u00a0impact of a global economy, ethnicity and nationalism, migration, and mass\u00a0culture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Satisfies the following General Education Requirements: \u00a0Historical Understanding; Non-Western Cultures<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">See sections, instructors, and modalities<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/new.utc.edu\/arts-and-sciences\/history\/curriculum\/courses#HIST1120WorldHistoryfrom1400tothePresent\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/new.utc.edu\/arts-and-sciences\/history\/curriculum\/courses#HIST2010UnitedStatesto1865\">HIST 2010 &#8211;\u00a0United States to 1865 *<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">A survey of American History from the age of discovery to the present, with\u00a0special attention to the peoples, ideas, and cultures that created the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Satisfies the following General Education Requirement: \u00a0Historical Understanding<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">See sections, instructors, and modalities<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/new.utc.edu\/arts-and-sciences\/history\/curriculum\/courses#HIST2010UnitedStatesto1865\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/new.utc.edu\/arts-and-sciences\/history\/curriculum\/courses#HIST2020UnitedStatessince1865\">HIST 2020 &#8211;\u00a0United States since 1865 *<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">A survey of American History from the age of discovery to the present, with\u00a0special attention to the peoples, ideas, and cultures that created the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Satisfies the following General Education Requirement: \u00a0Historical Understanding<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">See sections, instructors, and modalities<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/new.utc.edu\/arts-and-sciences\/history\/curriculum\/courses#HIST2020UnitedStatessince1865\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/new.utc.edu\/arts-and-sciences\/history\/curriculum\/courses#HIST2030HistoryofTennessee\">HIST 2030 &#8211;\u00a0History of Tennessee *<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">A study of the political, economic, social, and cultural development of the state\u00a0from the days of the Indians to the present.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Satisfies the following General Education Requirement: \u00a0Historical Understanding<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Instructor:\u00a0\u00a0Kelli Nelson<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Sections and modalities:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">21524\u00a0\/ Online Asynchronous<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">22542\u00a0\/ Online Asynchronous<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/new.utc.edu\/arts-and-sciences\/history\/curriculum\/courses#HIST2100RhetoricandWritinginHistory\">HIST 2100 &#8211;\u00a0Rhetoric and Writing in History *<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Introduction to principles and practices of historical research and writing.\u00a0Emphasizes research methods and techniques, analysis of source material,\u00a0construction of historical arguments, and effective written presentation of material\u00a0in multiple contexts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Satisfies the following General Education Requirement: \u00a0Rhetoric &amp; Writing\/Composition II<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Sections, instructors, and modalities:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">21004\u00a0\/\u00a0Cummiskey\u00a0\/ Online Synchronous (TR 10:50-12:05)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">21005 \/\u00a0Cummiskey\u00a0\/ Online Synchronous (TR 1:40-2:55)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">21246\u00a0\/\u00a0Wheeler\u00a0\/ Online Synchronous (MWF 10:00-10:50<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/new.utc.edu\/arts-and-sciences\/history\/curriculum\/courses#HIST2210MedievalEuropec3001500\">HIST 2210 &#8211; Medieval Europe, c. 300-1500 *<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">This course covers the history of the medieval period from the transformation of the Roman era through the end of the fifteenth century. This class will focus on themes like religious growth and change, the development of medieval social structures and institutions, and cultural interactions between Europe and its neighbors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Satisfies the following General Education Requirement: \u00a0Historical Understanding<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Instructor:\u00a0\u00a0Kira Robison<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Section:\u00a0\u00a023432<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Modality:\u00a0 Online Asynchronous<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/new.utc.edu\/arts-and-sciences\/history\/curriculum\/courses#HIST2880HistoryoftheModernMiddleEast\">HIST 2880 &#8211;\u00a0History of the Modern Middle East *<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Background and setting of the modern Middle East; factors influencing Great Power strategy; Islam; rise and decline of the Ottoman Empire; imperialism and the breakup of the Ottoman Empire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Satisfies the following General Education Requirements: \u00a0Historical Understanding; Non-Western Cultures<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Instructor:\u00a0\u00a0Annie Tracy Samuel<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Section:\u00a0 23433<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Modality:\u00a0 Online Asynchronous<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/new.utc.edu\/arts-and-sciences\/history\/curriculum\/courses#HIST3120AncientRome\">HIST 3120 &#8211;\u00a0Ancient Rome<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">This course provides a broad survey of the political, cultural, and social history of Ancient Rome from its founding to its transformation in the fifth century C.E. Topics covered include art, philosophy, and literature; the rise of bureaucratic government; the Roman economy; and life under the emperors. May be registered as CLAS 3120. Credit not allowed in both HIST 3120 and CLAS 3120.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Instructor:\u00a0\u00a0Kira Robison<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Section:\u00a0 23434<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Modality:\u00a0 Online Synchronous (MW 3:25-4:40)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/new.utc.edu\/arts-and-sciences\/history\/curriculum\/courses#HIST3280TheHolocaustPerpetratorsVictimsandBystanders\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000\">HIST 3280 &#8211;\u00a0The Holocaust: Perpetrators, Victims, and Bystanders<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">This course is about the genocide of the Second World War known as the Holocaust. The focus will be on the people involved: the perpetrators, victims, and bystanders. We will look at the origins of the tragedy and try to understand how it came about. The course will also include discussions concerning how people involved and affected by what happened have come to terms with the mass murder of Jews, Roma, and others during the war.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Instructor:\u00a0\u00a0John Swanson<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Section:\u00a0 23423<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Modality:\u00a0 Face-to-Face (T 2:00-4:30)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/new.utc.edu\/arts-and-sciences\/history\/curriculum\/courses#HIST3920RTopicsUrbanSlaveryandAntislavery\"><span style=\"color: #800000\">HIST 3920R &#8211; Topics: Urban Slavery and Antislavery<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">The institution of racial slavery is widely regarded as America\u2019s greatest national sin and paradox. How could an independent republic forged in principles of virtue, freedom, liberty, and the self-evident truth \u201cthat all men are created equal\u201d also be established on a foundation of inhuman bondage? How could early national leaders Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both write in the 1780s of creating an \u201cempire of liberty\u201d even as the transatlantic slave trade flourished and the enslaved population in the United States surpassed half a million? Then in the first half of the nineteenth century, why did the \u201cpeculiar institution\u201d grow and spread westward across the American landscape at the same time an invigorated antislavery movement emerged? And how, within the deliberately violent and destructive crucible of bondage, did enslaved persons create such vibrant and lasting cultural traditions?\u00a0This course will examine major topics and themes in the history of slavery and antislavery in its various times, places, forms, perspectives, and interpretation, and consider\u2014through reading, discussion, research, and writing\u2014the persisting legacies and consequences of American greatness, prosperity, and exceptionalism being built upon nearly 250 years of Black bondage. Special emphasis, however, will be placed on urban enslavement, and the core questions of how slavery in American cities was both similar to and different from the more common rural plantation environment, and whether slavery and cities were compatible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Instructor:\u00a0\u00a0Michael Thompson<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Section:\u00a0 21530<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Modality:\u00a0\u00a0Face-to-Face (TR 12:15-1:30)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/new.utc.edu\/arts-and-sciences\/history\/curriculum\/courses#HIST3920RTopicsAmericanPublicHistory\">HIST 3920R &#8211; Topics: American Public History<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">A thematic or comparative course that centers on the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Instructor:\u00a0\u00a0Kelli Nelson<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Section:\u00a0 21531<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Modality:\u00a0 Online Synchronous (M 2:00-4:30)<strong><a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/new.utc.edu\/arts-and-sciences\/history\/curriculum\/courses#HIST3920RTopicsHistoryofWhiteRage\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/new.utc.edu\/arts-and-sciences\/history\/curriculum\/courses#HIST3920RTopicsHistoryofWhiteRage\"><span style=\"color: #800000\">HIST 3920R &#8211; Topics: History of White Rage<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">A thematic or comparative course that centers on the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Instructor:\u00a0\u00a0Susan Eckelmann Berghel<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Section:\u00a0 22536<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Modality:\u00a0 Online Synchronous (TR 1:40-2:55)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/new.utc.edu\/arts-and-sciences\/history\/curriculum\/courses#HIST3930RTopicsCivilizationandCapitalism15001800\">HIST 3930R &#8211; Topics:\u00a0Civilization and Capitalism, 1500-1800<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">A close reading and discussion of three great classic texts in the social sciences that focus on the history of the early modern West\u2014Adam Smith\u2019s\u00a0<em>Wealth of Nations<\/em>\u00a0(Books i, iii-iv), Max Weber\u2019s\u00a0<em>Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism<\/em>, and Norbert Elias\u2019s\u00a0<em>Civilizing Process<\/em>. Topics likely to be discussed in this interdisciplinary class include the transition from feudalism to capitalism in Europe, state formation, mercantilism, and colonialism, the division of labor, the \u201ccivilizing\u201d of manners and personality in the West and the long-term decline of violence, secularization and disenchantment, the rise of the bourgeois values, and the economic ethics of the world religions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Instructor:\u00a0\u00a0James Guilfoyle<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Section:\u00a0 22537<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Modality:\u00a0 Online Synchronous (TR 12:15-1:30)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/new.utc.edu\/arts-and-sciences\/history\/curriculum\/courses#HIST3940RTopicsGlobalEnvironmentalHistory\">HIST 3940R &#8211; Topics:\u00a0Global Environmental History<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">A thematic or comparative course that centers on a global area in Latin America, the Middle East, East Asia, or Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Instructor:\u00a0\u00a0Carey McCormack<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Section:\u00a0\u00a022535<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Modality:\u00a0\u00a0Face-to-Face (TR 3:05-4:20)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/new.utc.edu\/arts-and-sciences\/history\/curriculum\/courses#HIST3940RTopicsTheLifeandPostlifeofEvaPeron\"><br \/>\nHIST 3940R &#8211; Topics:\u00a0The Life and Postlife of Eva Peron<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">This class explores the history of twentieth-century Argentina by examining the life of one of its most famous (or infamous) characters, Eva Per\u00f3n. From her origins as an illegitimate child of a wealthy provincial landowner to her career as a radio star and through her meteoric rise as one of the most savvy and charismatic female politicians of the 1900s, Evita inspired both enduring loyalty and vehement hatred. In this class, we will use historical analysis, fiction, and film to make sense of her complex and contradictory life and legacy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Instructor:\u00a0\u00a0Eddie Brudney<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Section:\u00a0\u00a021534<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Modality:\u00a0\u00a0Online Synchronous\u00a0(MW 3:25-4:40)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/new.utc.edu\/arts-and-sciences\/history\/curriculum\/courses#HIST3950RHistoryofEpidemicsandSociety\">HIST 3950R &#8211;\u00a0History of Epidemics and Society<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">A course on the history of epidemics in world history, from the ancient world to the present. The course will explore the ways different epidemic diseases reflected social, political, and cultural aspects of human society; how different knowledge, values, and belief systems shaped human responses to epidemic disease; and how epidemic diseases reshaped human society. Topics will include the plague, smallpox, yellow fever, tuberculosis, malaria, cholera, HIV, Zika forest virus, Ebola, and COVID-19.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Instructor:\u00a0\u00a0Julia Cummiskey<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Section:\u00a0\u00a023435<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Modality:\u00a0\u00a0Online Synchronous\u00a0(MW 2:00-3:15)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/new.utc.edu\/arts-and-sciences\/history\/curriculum\/courses#HIST4020TheHistoriansCraftCapstoneinHistory\"><span style=\"color: #800000\">HIST 4020 &#8211;\u00a0The Historian\u2019s Craft:\u00a0Capstone\u00a0in History<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">A seminar primarily intended for advanced majors in history or a related field.\u00a0Focusing on specific topics in American, European, or World history, the course\u00a0will help students master topics such as historiographical debate, analysis of\u00a0historical evidence, and current historical methodologies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Topic for\u00a0Spring 2021:\u00a0\u00a0The Struggle for Racial Justice and Equity<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Instructor:\u00a0\u00a0Mark Johnson<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Section:\u00a0\u00a021007<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Modality:\u00a0 Face-to-Face (TR 10:50-12:05)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/new.utc.edu\/arts-and-sciences\/history\/curriculum\/courses#HIST4150EuropeanWomensHistoryto1800\">HIST 4150 &#8211; European Women&#8217;s History to 1800<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">A survey of the history of European women in the medieval and early modern eras. Topics covered will include pre-modern ideas about gender and women; women&#8217;s role in and relationship to religion; women&#8217;s work; women&#8217;s position within the household; the effect of class, marital status, and urban vs. rural residence on women; the emergence of women&#8217;s rights; and the effect of historical changes such as the Reformation and capitalism on the condition of women.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Instructor:\u00a0\u00a0Michelle White<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Section:\u00a0\u00a023436<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Modality:\u00a0 Online Synchronous (TR 3:05-4:20)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/new.utc.edu\/arts-and-sciences\/history\/curriculum\/courses#HIST4500RRaceandSexualityintheAgeofJimCrow\"><span style=\"color: #800000\">HIST 4500R &#8211;\u00a0Race and Sexuality in the Age of Jim Crow<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">This course will explore public anxieties over race and sexuality in the United States during the Jim Crow Era, or the long period of legal segregation following Reconstruction. Focusing primarily on the 1890s-1940s, we will study a variety of topics to investigate how these two identity categories have historically intersected. Themes will include interracial intimacy, eugenics, the lynching epidemic, \u201cwhite slavery\u201d panics, prostitution reform, Black respectability politics, racial passing, and queer cultures in the early twentieth century.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Instructor:\u00a0\u00a0William Kuby<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Section:\u00a0\u00a021536<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Modality:\u00a0 Online Synchronous (MW 5:00-6:15)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/new.utc.edu\/arts-and-sciences\/history\/curriculum\/courses#HIST4500RRaceandGenderintheJapaneseEmpire\"><span style=\"color: #800000\">HIST\u00a04500R &#8211;\u00a0Race and Gender in the Japanese Empire<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">This course examines the\u00a0intersectionality of race\/ethnicity and gender in the Japanese empire from the mid-nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century. It seeks to understand how constructions of race\/ethnicity and gender were essential to the creation and maintenance of the Japanese empire. The course will begin with the origins of Japanese nationalism in the metropole in the early Meiji period (1868-1912) as Japan faced Western encroachment. This course will explore how Japanese leaders viewed, represented, and treated, the people of Ezo (Hokkaido), Ryukyu Kingdom (Okinawa), Formosa (Taiwan), Korea, and Manchuria\/Manchukuo, internal and external colonies of Japan from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. This course seeks to answer the following questions: How did Japan\u2019s vision of itself and other people it encountered shaped its conceptualizations of race\/ethnicity and gender? How did Euro-American imperialism influence Japanese leadership? How did Japan\u2019s vision of the colonized populations shaped how the colonized people viewed themselves? How did race\/ethnicity and gender become essential tools for Japanese colonists to control their colonies?<\/span><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Instructor:\u00a0\u00a0Fang Yu Hu<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Section:\u00a0\u00a022539<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Modality:\u00a0 Online Synchronous (TR 12:15-1:30)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/new.utc.edu\/arts-and-sciences\/history\/curriculum\/courses#HIST4920RInternshipsinHistory\">HIST 4920R &#8211; Internships in History<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Designed to provide practical experience with the materials and problems encountered by history professionals outside the traditional academic setting. 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