Timothy Walker

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.

Continuation of World Civilization; the study of World Civilizations from 1400 to the present.

Continuation of World Civilization; the study of World Civilizations from 1400 to the present.

Exploration of slavery, resistance, and Underground Railroad history through specialized readings, lectures, and images. Enslavement of human beings in the Americas began long before 1619, and efforts to resist andundermine slave trade systems date to the earliest European voyages of colonization. This introductory course explores four centuries of action taken by people of African and Native American descent to resist or escape enslavement, and to sabotage legal slaveholding in the United States, Spanish Florida, Brazil, Cuba, Haiti, Bolivia, Mexico, and Canada.  

A critical analysis of selected topics or issues in European history which are not otherwise offered in the standard catalog courses.