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This lecture/discussion course examines America’s war on terror, both domestic and foreign, from the early 1800s to the present. Topics include Jeffer ...  View More

This lecture/discussion course continues the study of America’s war on terror from 1978 to the present. Topics include the Unabomber, the roots of 9/1 ...  View More

This course explores the Trans-Mississippi Department, which encompassed the Confederate states of Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, and western Louisiana, a ...  View More

This course traces the seventeenth-century global conflict between the Dutch and the Portuguese. We’ll examine how myth and chance spurred diverse peo ...  View More

How, why, and to what end did a single German mother traverse the Atlantic to study and paint insects? This session examines the life and times of sev ...  View More

American Revolution naval operations involved the British Navy, Continental and State Navies, Privateers, and French Navy. The course will cover block ...  View More

The twentieth century is often referred to as the century of genocide. This course will examine the predominant themes of genocides through case studi ...  View More

More than five centuries ago, Marco Polo’s adventures sparked the imagination of Christopher Columbus to the point where he used the printed tale to a ...  View More

Besides the official services provided by the founders of the United States, there is the rest of the story that allows us to see them as individuals. ...  View More

This second installment of What’s for Sale? A Commercial History of the Modern World explores how the trade in steel, oil, coffee, and more drove loca ...  View More

This course explores the Holocaust through the experiences of women as victims, perpetrators, rescuers, and resistors. Participants will examine how N ...  View More