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America in the Sixties, can ‘ya dig it Part I 

This course will look at the sixties in the United States. We’ll start with the election of 1960, and then examine JFK’s presidency, including the Bay ...  View More

Class Section Number: 261SHIS2781A

Start date: 07/09/25

End date: 08/13/25

Fee: $89.00

6 sessions.

Location: KSU Center Location : 
  KSU Center.

Room :  174

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America in the Sixties, can ‘ya dig it Part II 

This course will continue to look at the wild decade of the 1960s. The British Invasion will be examined as well as the Space Race, the weapons race a ...  View More

Class Section Number: 262SHIS2782A

Start date: 10/01/25

End date: 11/05/25

Fee: $89.00

6 sessions.

Location: KSU Center Location : 
  KSU Center.

Room :  174

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Chinese Revolutions: 20th Century Crises, Upheaval, and Renewal 

With over 3500 years of written record, China, the “Middle Kingdom,” has the longest continuous history of any country in the world. Yet until the ear ...  View More

Class Section Number: 254SHIS2777A

Start date: 06/17/25

End date: 07/08/25

Fee: $49.00

4 sessions.

Location: KSU Center Location : 
  KSU Center.

Room :  248

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Iron Maidens: Iron Warships of the South 

The course covers the development and building of the 50-plus iron armored warships built for the Confederacy, which approximately 22 saw active servi ...  View More

Class Section Number: 261SHIS2784A

Start date: 07/08/25

End date: 08/26/25

Fee: $99.00

8 sessions.

Location: KSU Center Location : 
  KSU Center.

Room :  123

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The Middle East Today: A Land of Strife and Sorrow 

For thousands of years, the area we know today as the Middle East has witnessed the growth and fall of many civilizations and the founding of three ma ...  View More

Class Section Number: 262SHIS2752A

Start date: 10/01/25

End date: 11/19/25

Fee: $99.00

8 sessions.

Location: KSU Center Location : 
  KSU Center.

Room :  174

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The United States and the Holocaust 

This course examines the United States' response to the Holocaust during World War II. It explores the parallels between U.S. and Nazi racial ideologi ...  View More

Class Section Number: 261SHIS2787A

Start date: 07/21/25

End date: 09/15/25

Fee: $119.00

8 sessions.

Location: KSU Center Location : 
  KSU Center.

Room :  174

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The Warsaw Ghetto 

This course will focus on the history of the Warsaw Ghetto. It will explore the experiences of Jewish residents, including the daily struggles for sur ...  View More

Class Section Number: 262SHIS2788A

Start date: 10/06/25

End date: 11/17/25

Fee: $109.00

7 sessions.

Location: KSU Center Location : 
  KSU Center.

Room :  182

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Tiny Kingdom, Mighty Empire: Portugal and Brazil (to 1826) 

How, from 1500, did the tiny Atlantic-facing kingdom of Portugal come to be a mighty, global empire? How did its crown colony, Brazil become a kingdom ...  View More

Class Section Number: 261SHIS2748A

Start date: 08/05/25

End date: 08/26/25

Fee: $49.00

4 sessions.

Location: KSU Center Location : 
  KSU Center.

Room :  182

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What’s for Sale - A Commercial History of the World (to 1900) 

How did trade in spice, sugar, and other sought-after goods shape the world as we know it today? Over the centuries, commerce in luxury items—many of ...  View More

Class Section Number: 261SHIS2735A

Start date: 09/09/25

End date: 11/04/25

Fee: $99.00

8 sessions.

Location: KSU Center Location : 
  KSU Center.

Room :  182

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What’s for Sale? A Commercial History of the 20th Century 

This second installment of What’s for Sale? A Commercial History of the World explores how the trade in specific commodities drove local, regional, an ...  View More

Class Section Number: 262SHIS2790A

Start date: 11/18/25

End date: 12/16/25

Fee: $49.00

4 sessions.

Location: KSU Center Location : 
  KSU Center.

Room :  174

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Women in Modern World History: The Creatives 

In this course, we will study history through the experiences of Maria Sibylla Meriam (1647-1717), German naturalist and who crossed the Atlantic, at ...  View More

Class Section Number: 261SHIS2789A

Start date: 09/11/25

End date: 10/02/25

Fee: $49.00

4 sessions.

Location: KSU Center Location : 
  KSU Center.

Room :  174

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World War II in the Mideast and Africa 

In this course, we will explore the lesser-known but critical theaters of World War II and discuss the campaigns of 1940 – 1942 across Libya, Lebanon, ...  View More

Class Section Number: 261SHIS2785A

Start date: 08/07/25

End date: 09/25/25

Fee: $99.00

8 sessions.

Location: KSU Center Location : 
  KSU Center.

Room :  123

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