MSVU History Courses Winter 2021

A HISTORY OF CANADA WITH INSTRUCTOR COREY SLUMKOSKI

“The Death of General Wolfe”, B. West, 1770

HIST 1121

Canoes and Colonialism A History of Canada to Confederation

FALL 2020

MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS, 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

HIST 1122

Consolidation and Conflict A History of Canada from Confederation

WINTER 2021

MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS, 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Examine the establishment of European settlements in Canada, the imperial rivalry between France and Britain, and the consolidation of the Canadian nation and the construction of a Canadian identity, revealing how these developments impacted First Nations, African Canadians, and women.

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WORLD HISTORY

WITH INSTRUCTOR JONATHAN ROBERTS

L. Prang & Co.,Boston, U.S.A. : Published by the Prang Educational Co., 1893

HIST 1131 World History: Early Civilizations in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas FALL 2020

TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

HIST 1132

World History: Colonization and Commodities

WINTER 2021

TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Explore the convergence of the regional cultures of Europe, the Middle East, South Asia, China, Africa and the Americas, and the development of global commerce along the Silk Road and via Oceanic trading systems. Some topics include the travels of Marco Polo, Chinese voyages of exploration, the Columbian exchange, world systems theory, the little ice age, the rise of the West, the globalization of disease, and the spread of world religions Learn more at msvu.ca/history

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EUROPE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY WITH INSTRUCTOR RONI GECHTMAN

Otto Dix “Flanders” 1936

HIST 2208

From Optimism to Destruction: Europe 1890-1933

FALL 2020

TUESDAY & THURSDAY, 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

HIST 2209

Catastrophe and Rebirth: Europe 1933-1989

WINTER 2021

TUESDAY & THURSDAY, 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

In these two independent but related courses, you will become familiar with the variety of peoples and cultures that make up the European continent. We will consider the extent to which many of the dilemmas faced by today’s Western societies were issues of public concern and causes of conflict in many European countries in the twentieth century.

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THE ENLIGHTENMENT

WITH INSTRUCTOR ADRIANA BENZAQUÉN

Joseph Wright of Derby “An Experiment on a Bird in an Air Pump”, 1768

HIST 2220 Reason and Light: The Enlightenment in Europe WINTER 2021 SEMESTER:

MONDAY & WEDNESDAY, 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Explore how, in eighteenth-century Europe, the Enlightenment philosophers tried to bring the light of reason and apply the scientific method to the study of the human world. In so doing, they claimed, it would be possible to defeat ignorance, superstition and intolerance and to inaugurate an age of political, economic and social progress.

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CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY

WITH INSTRUCTOR COREY SLUMKOSKI

Imperial Leduc No. 1 oil well, Leduc, Alberta, 1947, Provincial Archives of Alberta, P2721 https://www.flickr.com/photos/alberta_archives/34748205822

HIST 2225

Canadian Environmental History

WINTER 2021

MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS, 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

An introduction to the developing field of Canadian Environmental History.

Survey the Canadian environment prior to Native-European encounter and discuss current environmental issues through the topics of the “pristine wilderness,” the Columbian exchange, the “civilization of the wilderness” by European settlers, the foundation of such preservationist institutions, the rise of the environmental movement, the growth of automobile culture, and the commodification of nature.

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HISTORY OF THE ATLANTIC COLONIES “www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/

HIST 2230

History of Atlantic Colonies to Confederation

FALL 2020

MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS, 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

HIST 2231

History of the Atlantic Provinces

WINTER 2021

TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM

Explore how individuals struggled to wrest a living from sea, land and forest and, in the process, established distinctive communities through a study of the formation and growth of colonies in the Atlantic region.

Discuss the provincial economies, politics and cultures of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland to the present day.

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LOVE, SEXUALITY AND THE BODY WITH INSTRUCTOR ADRIANA BENZAQUÉN

Adam and Eve, Painting , by Jan Gossaert, c. 1520

HIST 2285

Love, Sexuality and the Body in European History

WINTER 2021

MONDAY & WEDNESDAY, 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Explore the changing views, attitudes, practices and regulations regarding love, sexuality and the body in European history from antiquity to the late twentieth century. Consider how the history of love and sexuality intersects with other historical developments in European political, intellectual, social and cultural history.

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“Women, Go into the Cooperatives,” (1918), by Ignatiĭ Ignat’evich Nivinskiĭ, photo by Digital Collections, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lennox, and Tilden Foundation http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-4082-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

THE SOVIET EXPERIMENT WITH INSTRUCTOR RONI GECHTMAN

HIST 2288 The Soviet Experiment: Russia and the USSR in the Twentieth Century WINTER 2021

TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Witness the history of Russia and the Soviet Union, explore the political, social and intellectual conditions that caused the revolutions of 1905 and 1917. Follow with an indepth look at the establishment and development of the communist regime and its fall, leading to the new Russian Federation.

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MODERN CANADA

WITH INSTRUCTOR COREY SLUMKOSKI

The Avro CF-105 Arrow RL201 in flight [photograph], 1958, Avro Canada https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/_/QwGJSN7bMQnXPg

HIST 3329

Modern Canada

WINTER 2021

MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS, 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM

An introduction to the history of Modern Canada.

A survey the Keynesian welfare state era: beginning with the impact of the Great Depression and Second World War on Canadian society; to the changes in that society through the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s; ending with a discussion of neo-liberalism in the 1980s and 1990s.

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HISTORY OF ATHEISM WITH INSTRUCTOR ARTHUR MCCALLA

Atheist Propaganda, By SoylentDave, http://soylentdave.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/atheist-propaganda.jpg

HIST 3370/RELS 3380 History of Atheism WINTER 2021

TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Unbelief is the shadow image of religion.

Consider atheism as a historical phenomenon that allows us to think in a focused, disciplined way about interconnected intellectual, social, and political developments in European history. Examine transformations in the meaning and valuation of atheism across Antiquity, early modern Europe, Enlightenment and nineteenth-century Europe, and modern society.

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HISTORIOGRAPHY

WITH INSTRUCTOR ARTHUR MCCALLA

Screen shot of Herodotos taken by Arthur McCalla from the video game Assassin’s Creed Odyssey [video game], Ubisoft, 2018

HIST 3390

Historiography

WINTER 2021

WEDNESDAYS, 4:30 PM - 7:00 PM

An introduction to basic theories, practices, and problems of historical writing and inquiry—what is called historiography.

Examine important milestones in the development of history as a field of study, assess theories that have influenced the writing of history, and consider how historians know and represent the past and how this knowledge and this representation have shifted over time.

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which have shaped the society you live in today.