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Department of History / Undergraduate Program / Courses / Course Description Archive / Spring 2021

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FEATURED COURSES FOR SPRING 2021

This seminar explores the enduring problem of organized crime in modern Italian history – a problem that has generated great interest in popular culture but remains poorly understood in historical perspective. We will approach our subject by way of Italian cinema and its representations of the Sicilian Mafia (otherwise known as Cosa Nostra) from 1945 to the present day. Italian cinema offers valuable insights into the nature, evolution, and persistence of this notorious crime syndicate. Unlike their counterparts in Hollywood, who have long romanticized the Sicilian Mafia for purposes of entertainment (The Godfather, etc.), Italian filmmakers have grappled with the problem of organized crime in more politically conscious, socially committed, and cinematically diverse ways.

100 Level Courses

Course Title Instructor Day/Time Location
HIST 101 D100 Canada to Confederation Lindsay Pattison
Jan 11 – Apr 16, 2021: Thu, 12:30–2:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 102W D100 Canada since Confederation Mark Leier
Jan 11 – Apr 16, 2021: Tue, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 106 D900 The Making of Modern Europe Evdoxios Doxiadis
Jan 11 – Apr 16, 2021: Fri, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 151 D900 The Modern Middle East Thomas Kuehn
Jan 11 – Apr 16, 2021: Tue, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 185 D100 Studies in History (Foodways in Global History) Sarah Walshaw
Jan 11 – Apr 16, 2021: Mon, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 185 D200 Studies in History (Settler Colonialism) Aaron Windel
Jan 11 – Apr 16, 2021: Thu, 2:30–3:20 p.m.
Burnaby

200 Level Courses

Course Title Instructor Day/Time Location
HIST 200 D100 Making History: Introduction to Historical Research Hilmar Pabel
Jan 11 – Apr 16, 2021: Tue, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 204 D100 The Social History of Canada Cody Groat
TBA
Burnaby
HIST 206 D100 Imperial Japan (ca. 1868-1952) Janice Matsumura
Jan 11 – Apr 16, 2021: Mon, 2:30–4:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 213 D100 The United States Since 1877 Joseph Taylor
Jan 11 – Apr 16, 2021: Tue, 8:30–10:20 a.m.
Burnaby
HIST 215 D100 The Making of the British Isles John Craig
TBA
Location: TBA
HIST 225 D100 20th Century Europe Ilya Vinkovetsky
Jan 11 – Apr 16, 2021: Mon, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 243 D100 A Brief History of Modern India - from British Colony to Independent Republic Bidisha Ray
Jan 11 – Apr 16, 2021: Fri, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 249 D100 Classical Islamic Civilization AR Rezamand
Jan 11 – Apr 16, 2021: Thu, 11:30 a.m.–2:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 255 D100 China since 1800 Rui Zhang
Jan 11 – Apr 16, 2021: Fri, 12:30–2:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 277 OL01 History of Greek Civilization Aleksandar Jovanovic
Online

300 Level Courses

Course Title Instructor Day/Time Location
HIST 304 C100 Alexander the Great and the Quest for World Empire Distance Education
HIST 326 D100 History of Aboriginal Peoples of North America Since 1850 Cody Groat
TBA
Burnaby
HIST 330W D100 Controversies in Canadian History (Capitalism, Culture, and Cops: Canada) John-Henry Harter
Jan 11 – Apr 16, 2021: Thu, 2:30–4:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 332 D100 Politics and Culture in Modern Germany Lauren Rossi
Jan 11 – Apr 16, 2021: Wed, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 335 D100 The Soviet Project Ilya Vinkovetsky
Jan 11 – Apr 16, 2021: Mon, 2:30–4:20 p.m.
Jan 11 – Apr 16, 2021: Wed, 2:30–3:20 p.m.
Burnaby
Burnaby
HIST 338 OL01 World War II Lauren Rossi
Online
HIST 355 D100 The Arab Middle East in the Twentieth Century Paul Sedra
Jan 11 – Apr 16, 2021: Mon, 11:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 362 D100 Ireland from the Penal Era to Partition Willeen Keough
TBA
Location: TBA
HIST 372 D100 City Life Nicolas Kenny
Jan 11 – Apr 16, 2021: Thu, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby

400 Level Courses

Course Title Instructor Day/Time Location
HIST 402 D100 Renaissance Italy Emily O'Brien
Jan 11 – Apr 16, 2021: Mon, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 404 D100 Problems in Early Modern England (Reformation London) John Craig
Jan 11 – Apr 16, 2021: Wed, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 417W D100 Problems in Modern French History (The Paris Commune-150th Anniversary Edition) Roxanne Panchasi
Jan 11 – Apr 16, 2021: Wed, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 425W D100 Gender and History Bidisha Ray
Jan 11 – Apr 16, 2021: Tue, 11:30 a.m.–2:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 430 F100 French Americas Nicolas Kenny
Jan 11 – Apr 16, 2021: Mon, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 432 D100 Problems in Environmental History (EnvironHistModernDiseases) Joseph Taylor
Jan 11 – Apr 16, 2021: Tue, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 433W D100 Italian Films, Italian Histories (Sicilian Mafia) Paul Garfinkel
Jan 11 – Apr 16, 2021: Tue, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 438W D100 Problems in the History of the British Empire (Decolonization) Aaron Windel
Jan 11 – Apr 16, 2021: Wed, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 440 D100 Selected Topics in US History (Myths and Realities of Martin L.King & MalcolmX) Karen Ferguson
Jan 11 – Apr 16, 2021: Fri, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 464 D100 Problems in Modern Asian History (Propaganda Mod Japan) Janice Matsumura
Jan 11 – Apr 16, 2021: Tue, 4:30–8:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 465 D100 The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict Paul Sedra
Jan 11 – Apr 16, 2021: Tue, 11:30 a.m.–2:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 472W D100 Problems in World History (Religion&Rebellion: EarlyModChina) Samuel Bass
Jan 11 – Apr 16, 2021: Mon, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 476 D100 History of Modern Greece Evdoxios Doxiadis
Jan 11 – Apr 16, 2021: Tue, 2:30–6:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 479W D100 Contentious Problems in Modern Chinese History (Sensitive Topics in Recent Chinese History) Jeremy Brown
Jan 11 – Apr 16, 2021: Wed, 4:30–8:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 489 D100 Studies in History TBA
Burnaby
HIST 489 D200 Studies in History TBA
Location: TBA
HIST 489 D300 Studies in History TBA
Burnaby
HIST 490 D100 Studies in History TBA
Location: TBA
HIST 494 D100 Honours Seminar Sarah Walshaw
Jan 11 – Apr 16, 2021: Fri, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Vancouver
HIST 498 D100 Honours Essay TBA
Location: TBA
HIST 498 D200 Honours Essay TBA
Location: TBA
HIST 498 D300 Honours Essay TBA
Location: TBA
HIST 498 D400 Honours Essay TBA
Location: TBA
HIST 498 D500 Honours Essay TBA
Location: TBA
HIST 498 D600 Honours Essay TBA
Location: TBA
HIST 498 D700 Honours Essay TBA
Location: TBA

Legend

HC = Harbour Centre
SUR = Surrey
DE = Distance Ed
SI = Sessional Instructor TBA
F = French language course
STT = Special Temporary Topics course
TBD =  to be determined

TBA = Course is being delivered asynchronously

C900 = New online format

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