Fall 2018 - IS 265 D100

Global History from the Revolutionary Age to the Present (3)

Class Number: 8091

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2018: Fri, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Exam Times + Location:

    Dec 8, 2018
    Sat, 3:30–6:30 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Instructor:

    Stuart Parker

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

An introduction to Global History, beginning in the 1780s and ending in the present day. Key topics include the first Age of Revolution (US, Haiti, Latin America), the post-colonial experience, and the modern world economy. Students with credit for HIST 265 may not take this course for further credit. Breadth-Humanities.

COURSE DETAILS:

This second-year course introduces students to the themes, issues and analytical frames for understanding the history of what we term the Modern (as distinct from Early Modern) period in history. Modern history is typically associated with five interconnected developments, a set of intellectual and social movements called “the Enlightenment,” the global energy revolution brought about by the harnessing of fossil fuels, the refocusing of imperial and colonial systems away from the Western Hemisphere and towards the Eastern Hemisphere into Africa, South and East Asia, liberal and, later, socialist revolutions and, finally, the rise of the modern bureaucratic nation-state.

This course seeks to acquaint students with the major events of world history since the end of the Seven Years War, a major geopolitical realignment that placed English-speaking states where they have remained, at the top of the global imperial hierarchy. It also seeks to acquaint students with the major historiographic traditions for studying the major developments of the Modern period and to explore some of the causes for the apparent decline or end of this period in the twenty-first century.

Grading

  • Attendance and Informed Participation 20%
  • Midterm Quiz 20%
  • Book Review 15%
  • Moment Essay 20%
  • Final Exam 25%

NOTES:

Students will be required to submit their written assignments to Turnitin.com in order to receive credit for the assignments and for the course.

The School for International Studies strictly enforces the University's policies regarding plagiarism and other forms of academic dishonesty. Information about these policies can be found at: http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/teaching.html.

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origins and Spread of Nationalism, 2006

Brian C. Black, Crude Reality: Petroleum in World History, 2012

Samuel Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, 1993

Additional readings will be posted online via the Canvas site.


Registrar Notes:

SFU’s Academic Integrity web site http://students.sfu.ca/academicintegrity.html is filled with information on what is meant by academic dishonesty, where you can find resources to help with your studies and the consequences of cheating.  Check out the site for more information and videos that help explain the issues in plain English.

Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the University community.  Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the University. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the University. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html

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