1 UGC 112G World Civilization II Professor McGuire 112 Norton M W 12:00-12:50 Reg. # (recitation section) Using the Ottoman Turks as a point of departure, this course will trace some of the ways in which human history has progressed (and regressed?) in the past 500 years, drawing on a number of nations and regions, individuals and groups, technologies and movements to shape our exploration. Along the way we will return frequently to the places where political, artistic, structural and spiritual issues intersect, from Topkapi Palace to Versailles to the Forbidden City to Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. While UGC 111 (World Civ I) is not a prerequisite, the stuff of earlier history will never be far from reach, as I enjoy looking at many of the ways in which we constantly reinvent the past as a way of shaping the present and the future (didn't Orwell have a good line about this in 1984??). We will also look at and think about the ways in which personal and popular histories sometimes conflict with and sometimes complement national and imperial histories, and how the ever increasing array of private and individual voices enhances our understanding of the more recent past. Two tests, frequent (easy) quizzes and a final paper project, along with the expectation that you show up on a steady basis. Recitation sections: (registration in a recitation section gives automatic registration in the lecture) G1 T 10:00-10:50 Reg. #10581 (106 Clemens) G8 W 1:00- 1:50 Reg. 10497 (105 Baldy) G2 T 11:00-11:50 Reg. #10491 (148 Park) G9 W 11:00-11:50 Reg. 10498 (19 Clemens) G3 F 10:00-10:50 Reg. #10492 (113 Baldy) G10 F 1:00- 1:50 Reg. #10100 (111 Baldy) G4 M 2:00- 2:50 Reg. #10493 (206 Clemens) G11 T 1:00- 1:50 Reg. #10101 (152 Park) G5 R 11:00-11:50 Reg. #10494 (250 Park) G12 R 9:30- 10:20 Reg. #10102 (113 Baldy) G6 R 12:00-12:50 Reg. #10495 (215 Clemens) G13 F 11:00 -11:50 Reg. #10103 (123 Clemens) G7 M 10:00-10:50 Reg. #10496 (102 Clemens) UGC 112N World Civilization II Professor Vardi 112 Norton T R 1:30-2:20 Reg. # (recitation section) The course will follow the trail of European trade and exploration from the fifteenth century onward, focusing on the changing nature of European relations with, and perceptions of, the rest of the world. Class lectures will describe shifts in the world balance of power, the role of science and technology, the rise of revolutionary and nationalist ideologies, consumerism, work, and gender relations. Assignments will require reading and commenting on Paul Freedman’s Out of the East: Spices and the Medieval Imagination, and the Spanish film Even the Rain (2010); for the nineteenth century, She by H. Rider Haggard and the film The Man Who Would be King, based on Rudyard Kipling stories. Finally, we will look at oppression through Maxim Gorky’s autobiographical novel My Childhood (Russia in the 1870s) and Maus on the Holocaust and the aftermath of genocide. The textbook for the course: Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, The World, A History, Penguin Academic Edition, volume 2. Besides the recitation assignments worth 50%, there will also be two class tests based on lectures and readings. Recitation sections: (registration in a recitation section gives automatic registration in the lecture) N1 R 9:00- 9:50 Reg. #10403 (107 Clemens) N8 F 3:00- 3:50 Reg. #10410 (111 Baldy) N2 W 2:00- 2:50 Reg. #10404 (206 Clemons) N9 F 10:00-10:50 Reg. #10411 (209 O’Brian) N3 W 3:00- 3:50 Reg. #10405 (106 Clemens) N10 M 1:00- 1:50 Reg. #10138 (250 Park) N4 T 4:00- 4:50 Reg. #10406 (102 Clemens) N11 M 2:00- 2:50 Reg. #10139 (250 Park) N5 M 12:00-12:50 Reg. #10407 (107 Clemens) N12 R 10:00- 10:50 Reg. #10140 (123 Clemens) N6 R 3:00- 3:50 Reg. #10408 (106 Clemens N13 W 11:00- 11:50 Reg. #10141 (102 Clemens) N7 F 1:00- 1:50 Reg. #10409 (212 O’Brian)2 UGC 112 World Civilization II Professor Wise M W 2:00-2:50 Reg. # (recitation section) Course Description: The UB Undergraduate Catalog states that this course “concerns the peoples, forces and ideas that have shaped the way individuals have experienced (and still do experience) the world. The course’s perspective is global and focuses on the origins and development, geographical context, and interactions of world cultures. All sections of the course share common goals. Different sections emphasize different themes and perspectives.” After completion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Identify key events and developments in modern world history. 2. Explain how events in history are the result of multiple and integrated causes. 3. Analyze and synthesize data from a variety of written and visual sources. 4. Evaluate the meaning of secondary and primary sources. 5. Display proficiency in written skills in paper assignments and essay exam questions. 6. Display proficiency in oral communication skills through recitation discussions. Required Reading: 1) Robert Tignor, et al., Worlds Together, Worlds Apart. Vol. 2 (3rd edition); and 2) Kevin Reilly, Worlds of History: A Comparative Reader. Vol. 2 (4th edition). !Recitation sections: (registration in a recitation section gives automatic registration in the lecture) 1 Reg. # () 8 Reg. # () 2 Reg. # () 9 Reg. # () 3 Reg. # () 10 Reg. # () 4 Reg. # () 11 Reg. # () 5 Reg. # () 12 Reg. # () 6 Reg. # () 13 Reg. # () 7 Reg. # () HIS 162 U.S. History II Professor Radford 20 Knox M W 1:00-1:50 Reg. # (recitation section) This course is a survey of the history of the United States from Reconstruction to the present. The focus will be on national politics, the economy, race relations, and foreign policy. USH Recitation sections: (registration in a recitation section gives automatic registration in the lecture) C1 F 2:00- 2:50 Reg. #10513 (440 Park) C6 F 9:00- 9:50 Reg. #10521 (112 O’Brian) C2 F 12:00-12:50 Reg. #10517 (14 Knox) C7 F 9:00- 9:50 Reg. #10522 (214 O’Brian) C3 F 3:00- 3:50 Reg. #10518 (146 Park) C8 F 10:00-10:50 Reg. #10523 (213 O’Brian) C4 F 8:00- 8:50 Reg. #10519 (214 O’Brian) C9 F 11:00-11:50 Reg. #10524 (209 O’Brian) C5 F 8:00- 8:50 Reg. #10520 (146 Park) C10 F 12:00-12:50 Reg. #10086 (101 Baldy) HIS 162 U.S. History II: History of the U.S. since