History
Academic Department Introduction
历史系的课程几乎涵盖了人类过去的每个地区和时代. 学生们学会以广泛的人文主义方式思考诸如政府之类的问题, war, culture, race, and economics. In gaining historical knowledge, 学生将社会发展和矛盾理解为具有根深蒂固根源的长期过程的一部分. Our faculty study and teach a wide range of subjects. 将我们的工作结合在一起的是一个严格的共享方法. We closely analyze primary sources, engage in dialogue with existing scholarship, 并在各种媒体上分享我们的发现和想法, including scholarly journals, academic conference papers, public lectures, and podcasts.
Learning goals
- Understand the process of change over time.
- 展示对一系列文化和时间顺序的历史的熟悉程度.
- 获得有关选定地区或跨越不同文化和时代的问题的专业知识.
Programs of study
International relations – history major
这个跨学科的领域研究过去和现在的全球互动. 在外交政策等领域的学习中，学生们会接触到广泛的观点和方法, war, security, international political economy, development, and human rights.
Course highlights
本课程考察地中海历史，从第四和第五世纪罗马帝国的解体，到十一和十二世纪圣地的拉丁十字军东征, with a focus on the religious, political, 以及中世纪地中海文化多样性与基督教之间的关系, Muslim, and Jewish communities. Topics of discussion include warfare and empire, 基督教和伊斯兰教的出现和发展, 禁欲主义与宗教与哲学的关系, Christian and Muslim concepts of holy war, conversion and the status of religious minorities, 从基督教和穆斯林的角度来看十字军东征.
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《追求幸福:革命时代的美国
HIST260
调查了美国历史上最不可能发生的事件之一:美国独立战争的起源和后果. 是什么促使殖民者突然反抗英国? 以及战后的社会斗争? 我们将探索普通美国人的经历, including women and slaves; examine the material culture of Revolutionary America; trace the intellectual histories of the founders; and witness the creation of a national identity and constitution. Those who lived through the rebellion left behind plenty of material: letters; pamphlets; teapots; runaway slave advertisements; diaries. We will consider these and more. 参观波士顿历史遗迹将带你穿越时空，回到被围困的年代, volatile city that led the colonies into war. -
没有哪一段历史能反映"拉丁美洲"国家发展医疗和公共卫生国家基础设施的多种路径. 19世纪拉丁美洲新的公共卫生项目改变了皇冠体育民族文化的争论, the state, and the role of the environment, 种族和疾病在实现现代化和进步中的作用. Among others, this course examines: the professionalization of medical practices; how foreign immigration and internal migration shaped health-related institutions and understandings of disease, race and modernity; the role of local innovative research in parasitology, herpetology, and tropical disorders in countering assumptions about racial and cultural inferiority; how a foreign funding institution (i.e. Rockefeller Foundation) and U.S. health officials facilitated U.S. intervention; how Cuba’s national health system today exports scientists, doctors, and epidemiologists to a world in crisis.
Research highlights
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Professor Guy M. Rogers’ book 为了锡安的自由:犹太人反抗罗马人的大起义，公元66-74年 (耶鲁大学出版社，2022)被评选为2022年度杰出学术称号.
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瓦莱丽·拉姆塞耶教授为这本即将出版的书贡献了一章 Brill Companion to the Beneventan Zone. 这一章考察了中世纪意大利南部/西西里岛作为一个流动的地方, diversity, and international connections, 并考虑了一些在意大利历史研究中被视为边缘的群体，比如穆斯林, Jews, Africans, 和斯拉夫人——作为该地区历史发展的中心.
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In 2023, Professor Nikhil Rao was on sabbatical in Mumbai, India, 作为美国印第安研究所的高级研究员. He was researching his new book project, 它关注的是独立后孟买的合作住房企业，以及这种企业对财产和城市公民观念的影响.
Beyond Wellesley
Beyond Wellesley
历史的研究为广泛的职业生涯提供了很好的准备. 我们的许多毕业生在新闻、出版、法律、商业、金融和教育领域工作.
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Department of History
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