| SES # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to Class and Requirements | |
| 2 | Transatlantic Contacts and Indian Ocean Encounters Discussion: Letter from Columbus | |
| 3 | Indian Ocean Encounters; Conquest in the New World | |
| 4 | Discussion: Catalina de Erauso, Lieutenant Nun | |
| 5 | Racism I: New World Slavery | |
| 6 | Discussion: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Equiano | |
| 7 | The Ottoman Empire; Absolutism in Europe | First paper due |
| 8 | Revolution in France | |
| 9 | Discussion: Abbé Sieyés; Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen, and other documents from L. Hunt, The French Revolution and Human Rights | |
| 10 | Revolution in Haiti Discussion: Readings and documents on Toussant L'Overture (from Liberty, Equality, Fraternity) | |
| 11 | European Industrialization Discussion: The World that Trade Created | |
| 12 | Social Implications of Industrialization Discussion: Documents on child labor and social conditions of industrialization, Smiles, Self-Help and Communist Manifesto | |
| 13 | The (Mis)Measure of Man: Culture of Technology and Race "Science" | |
| 14 | From the Opium Wars to the Boxer Uprising in the Far East | Second paper due |
| 15 | The New Imperialism and the Scramble for Africa | |
| 16 | Discussion of Chinua Achebe's, Things Fall Apart | |
| 17 | Cultural Transformation & Economic Genocide | |
| 18 | The Modern Metropolis and the Origins of Mass Culture | |
| 19 | Discussion: Advertising: The Magic System, and "From Salvation to Self-Realization" | |
| 20 | The First World War | Third paper due |
| 21 | Socialism in the Soviet Union and China | |
| 22 | World War II | |
| 23 | Discussion: Heda Kovaly, Under a Cruel Star | |
| 24 | Decolonization Discussion: Short Excerpt from The Wretched of the Earth | |
| 25 | The Cold War | Fourth paper due |
| 26 | "Globalization"? | |
| Final Exam |