faculty
Cristina Mehrtens
Professor
History
Contact
508-999-8303
508-999-8809
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Liberal Arts 331
Teaching
Programs
Programs
Teaching
Online and Continuing Education Courses
An exploration of the lives of ordinary women and men in relation to their place in the fabric of global history. The course fosters understanding of the world's infinite variety of cultures by examining what particular constructions of gender tell us about those societies and our own. The main strategy focuses on biography as a tool weaving through gender, class, race, and ethnicity in particular historical periods.
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Topics will be determined by the faculty member and will therefore vary.
Introduces students to historical method and perspective through comparative study of human societies and cultures. The concept of "civilization" is examined in varied contexts through comparisons of social, economic, and political institutions, as well as systems of thought and religion, from pre-history to around 1400.
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