Global 45 Syllabus - Alan Karass PDF

Preview

Summary

Alan Karass...

Description

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY GLOBAL 45 SURVEY OF WORLD HISTORY Prof. Gottreich Spring 2020 Lecture: Tuesdays and Thursdays 11am–12:30pm Dwinelle 145

Office Hours: Thursdays 3:00-4:30 340 Stephens Hall

This course introduces students to major changes and continuities in world history from the origins of human cultures to the present. From a global, planetary perspective, we will trace five themes and their protagonists across time and space: (1) the environment and nature; (2) society and its workers; (3) the economy and its merchants; (4) politics and its soldiers; (5) culture and its sages. 1 World history is the story of transformations within human communities and their internal structures, and also the story of the interaction of different communities with each other. Mobility and exchange will serve as key concepts for our consideration of the ways in which the world has come together into an integrated political and economic whole, but also the ways in which it has disintegrated and fallen apart. World history is most definitely not a series of local or regional histories, i.e. a sum of its parts; instead, we will seek to understand global phenomena, connections, flows, and entanglements, using select events and actors as evidence for these larger concerns. The semester’s themes are divided into four chronological segments: (1) World history themes from Mesopotamia to the Mongols; (2) the Emergence of global exchange; (3) Industry & empire in the (long) 19 th century; and (4) Nations & globalization in the (short) 20th century and beyond. Two enduring questions should always be kept in mind as we proceed through these four segments: How do human communities in different times and places integrate their members and define their rights, roles, and responsibilities? What is the changing nature, source, scope, and epicenter of global power through the ages? The purpose of this course is to teach you to think both critically and historically about the past and its connection to the present and future so that you can become more aware of your place in the world. 1

In this course you should only use Chicago Manual Style footnotes for your research paper as demonstrated in this footnote. Four of the five protagonists around whom this course is built have their roots in David Priestland’s imaginative reinterpretation of world history, Merchant, Soldier, Sage: A History of the World in Three Castes (New York: Penguin, 2012), 5.

1

LECTURES Lectures will start on time so please arrive on time. Questions will be entertained (and hopefully entertaining) at various junctures during the lecture and after, when there is time. Please do not pack up until you have been excused so that everyone can get their questions answered. I will be using powerpoint to structure and illustrate the lectures. Some (not all) powerpoints will be shared on Bcourses, especially those that are text heavy. SECTIONS In addition to two weekly lectures, this course also includes one discussion section each week led by an expert Graduate Student Instructor (GSI). Your GSI will provide you with a set of basic guidelines for section participation. GSIs will also hold weekly office hours. Each GSI also has a special area of responsibility for the whole course, so feel free to check in with them about any matters pertaining to their area. GSI Angus Nicholson Lily Cook Dean Velentzsas Rachel Pennington

Contact Sections [email protected] 103, 108 [email protected] 105, 106 [email protected] 104, 107 [email protected] 101, 102

Additional Area DSP Sources World Events Inquizitive

READING The following books are available for purchase at the campus bookstore. A copy of each will also be placed on reserve at Moffitt Library: ● Pollard et al., Worlds Together, Worlds Apart (One Volume, Chapters 1-21). WTWA on syllabus. The 3-hole punch loose leaf version will be available at the university bookstore. If you prefer to purchase the ebook version, please order through digital.wwnorton.com/worldscon2. ISBN: 978-0-393-66847-6. Hardback also available on Norton website. ● Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Nathan the Wise ● Ngugi Wa Thiong’o, The River Between ● Kushwant Singh, Train to Pakistan ● Jamaica Kincaid, A Small Place There is also a Course Reader available for purchase at University Copy, located in the garage at 2425 Channing Way, less than a block from Telegraph. Selections that can be found in the Reader are marked with an asterisk * on the syllabus. WORLD EVENTS IN THE NEWS In order to understand the relevance of world history to the present, students must subscribe either to The Economist or the New York Times. You will be asked to read and present articles from these sources in your weekly section. To subscribe, see www.nytimes.com/CollegeRate and/or www.economist.com/products/subscribe. You will also be required to attend one extracurricular lecture or event at one of the International and Area Studies Centers or Institutes on campus (see list here: https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/international/institutes-and-centers/international-and-areastudies) and present a short report on it in section. A weekly list of relevant campus events will be made available on bcourses. See the GSI assigned to World Events with any questions. 2

ATTENDANCE IS REQUIRED FOR EVERY STUDENT, WHETHER ENROLLED OR ON THE WAITLIST, FOR THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF THE SEMESTER. STUDENTS WHO DO NOT ATTEND LECTURE DURING THAT TIME OR MISS ATTENDANCE WILL BE DROPPED. NOTE THAT ATTENDANCE MAY BE TAKEN AT ANY TIME DURING THE LECTURE. REGULAR ATTENDANCE IS REQUIRED BUT NOT VERIFIED THEREAFTER, AND IS THE ONLY MEANS YOU WILL HAVE OF GRASPING THE FULL NARRATIVE OF THE COURSE AND GETTING A GOOD GRADE.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS 1. Religious Creed: Requests to accommodate a student's religious creed by scheduling examinations at alternative times must be made by the second week of the semester. 2. Extracurricular Activities are just that: extracurricular. If you have a request to make, make it in the first two weeks. We MIGHT be able to accommodate it, but please note that we will not do anything that might provide one student any advantage over another. There will be NO exams given on the road. 3. RRR Week. No new material will be presented between the last meeting of class (30 April 2020) and the final exam (May 14, 2020). 4. DSP: Accommodation letters should be submitted as early as possible. No accommodation will be made without such a letter. Students with accommodations allowing for laptop use or recording should sit in front three rows. Please see GSI assigned to DSP with any issues or concerns. 5. Laptop/ipad/Tablet/Mobile Phone. These are NOT allowed during the lectures, with the exception of the librarian’s visit. You must turn them OFF (not on silent or vibrate) and put them AWAY (not on laps). After the first day, students caught using their electronic devices during lecture may be asked to leave. There are many reasons for this, but you all know what they are by now. Lectures should be a distraction free environment—for everyone. GSIs will be monitoring the classroom for any breach of this strict rule. 6. Respect and Civility. In this class, we will operate according to the Berkeley Principles of Community (found here: http://berkeley.edu/about/principles.shtml). The professor and GSIs will treat students with respect and will expect the same in return. Please do not eat, sleep, read, do work for other classes, or chat with your neighbor during lecture.

akee pplag lag ia iarrism very sser er erio io iousl usl uslyy i n this co couu rse. 7. Special note on plagiarism and cheating: We tak Stu Studd e n ts ffou ou ound nd to bbee pla lagg ia iarrizin izingg ( a s def defin in ined ed by tth he C Cen en ente te terr ffo or SSttudent Co Conduct) nduct) wi ll receiv eceivee a n a u tom a ti c z er ero o oon n tth h e aassig ssig nm nment ent a n d be repo eporrt ed tto o tth h e rrel el elev ev evaa nt uuniv niv niver er ersity sity offic icia ia ials ls ffo or ffuu rther iinv nv nves es esti ti tigg a tio tion n a nd po ssible s a nc nctio tio tion. n. 8. Section Syllabi will be provided by the GSIs in section. All assignments will be turned inyou’re your GSI’s individual portal on bcourses. The final paper must be turned in both in hard copy at the beginning of class and via bcourses. 3

9. Inquisitive Exercises for Extra Credit: To ensure your comprehension of the WTWA textbook, you are invited to complete as many “Inquisitive Exercises” as you can. You can earn up to 2% of extra credit for the course by completing these exercises, one half point for every three chapters you complete at 100%. The deadline for completing Inquizitive assignments is the last day of RRR week. 10. Grading: Your semester grade will be calculated according to the following formula. Despite what the percentages may imply, you must complete all four requirements in order to pass the course: 1. Midterm examination 20% 2. Final examination 30% 3. 7-10 page paper 30% 4. Section Participation (including all smaller assignments) 20% We use a standard grading schema. All assignment grades and final grades will be calculated based on the following point system: 93-100 90-92 86-89

A AB+

83-85 B 80-82 B76-79 C+

73-75 C 70-73 C60-69 D range (and so on).

Grade Disputes. In the interest of promoting and maintaining fairness, we will not re-grade assignments nor entertain queries about specific grades unless students have a very good reason to believe that their grades have been incorrectly calculated or otherwise unfairly assessed. If you think that your work has been graded unfairly (after a careful review of the assessment standards and GSI comments) and you wish to challenge the grade, you must do so in writing no sooner than 48 hours after, but within one week of the assignment’s return. Any dispute must outline very specifically why you think there is an error, and it must respond to each comment made by the GSI. It should not contain information about what grades you usually get, how long you spent on the assignment, or reference to another student’s work. Please note that grades may be raised or lowered after review of the assignment in question. 11. Reading. We know it is a lot! You will be expected to learn how to read things quickly in order to ascertain the most important questions and meanings for the course, and for your own interests. Efficient reading is a skill that the course is designed to teach. 12. Deadlines to add or drop classes without petition for Dean’s approval: 12 February 2020. Deadline to change grading option: 3 April 2020 13. Research Paper: Every student is required to write an 8-10 page research paper based on a close reading of at least one primary source. You must also consult at least two secondary sources. The paper is due on April 23, with related section assignments leading up to it. You will receive further instructions on how to write the paper and conduct research for it over the course of the semester, including a class visit by a research librarian. Your citations should use Chicago Manual Style for footnotes as demonstrated on the first page of this syllabus. GSIs cannot modify deadlines so please do not ask them. No late papers will be accepted under any circumstances. 4

14. Final Examination. The final examination for this course will take place on THURSDAY MAY 14, 2020 from 11:00-2:00. NO EARLY AND NO LATE FINAL EXAMINATIONS will be offered, and no examinations can be taken on the road. Nor will there be negotiations about this. If you think you might have a conflict, drop the course now and take it another semester. The following schedule of lectures is a fair approximation of present intentions. Revisions are certainly possible. New schedules will be announced and posted on bcourses as appropriate. SCHEDULE OF LECTURES AND READING Part I: World History Themes from Mesopotamia to the Mongols 1. How does the ancient world resemble our own and how is it fundamentally different environmentally, socially, economically, politically, and culturally? 2. What were the principle sources of power, influence, and legitimacy at home, and what drove expansion abroad, for the earliest imperial powers? Lecture #1 (1/21) Lecture #2 (1/23) Discussion:

Course Introduction: Globalization, or the Tower of Babel? Environment & “Civilization”: the Mesopotamian World Read: *Selections from Gilgamesh, Hammurabi; WTWA 2, 3 (Ch. 1 & 4 recommended but not required)

Due in 1st section meeting:

1-PAGE ESSAY DUE: Eric Hobsbawm on Crucial Events

Write a one-page (single-spaced) response to the following question, based on your reading of pages 2-5 of Eric Hobsbawm’s The Age of Extremes, which is available on bCourses in a folder titled “Readings” (the entire chapter is included for those who want to read on). Submit a hard copy at section. Include your preferred name, its pronunciation and your preferred pronouns. Please embed a photo of yourself; doing so will help your GSI learn your name. This paper will not be graded nor returned – it is intended to form the basis of an initial conversation. If this essay is not turned in at your first section meeting, you will be dropped from the class. What, according to Hobsbawm, is a “crucial event?” What is the crucial public event of your lifetime? How has that event shaped your view of the world?

Lecture #3 (1/28) Lecture #4 (1/30) Discussion:

City, Citizen, & State: the Mediterranean World Pax Romana, Pax Indica, Pax Sinica: Early Empires in World History Read: *Selections from Plato, Thucydides, Confucius; WTWA 5, 7 (Ch. 6 recommended not required)

Lecture #5 (2/4) Lecture #6 (2/6) Discussion:

Monotheism and Empire in World History “Medieval” Religion, Knowledge, and Trade Read: *Selections from the Qur’an; WTWA primary source 3.3 (pp. 115-116); WTWA 8, 9

5

February 6

1-PAGE ESSAY DUE: What—according to Gilgamesh, Hammurabi, the ancient Hebrews, Plato, Thucydides, Confucius, and the Qur’an—makes a good society?

Part II: The Emergence of Global Exchange 1. What environmental, social, economic, political, and cultural factors promoted and obstructed globalizing networks of exchange between 1200 and 1800? 2. Why did “Christendom”, and not China or the Islamic Empire, integrate the two hemispheres? 3. What role did Sages—priests, scientists, and other scholars—play in the making of a new world? Lecture #7 (2/11) Lecture #8 (2/13) Discussion:

Crusaders, Mongols, & Ottomans: Integrating Afro-Eurasia Research Librarian Visit (laptops allowed); mini lecture: Worlds Apart in 1492: Afro-Eurasia & The Americas Read: *Diaz, The Conquest of New Spain (excerpts); *Las Casas & Sepulveda excerpts; WTWA 10, 11

Lecture #9 (2/18) Lecture #10 (2/20) Discussion:

Worlds Together: The Making of a New World Silver, Commerce, & Conversion Read: *Vassa, The Life of Equiano (excerpts); WTWA 12

February 20

PRIMARY SOURCE SELECTION FOR PAPER DUE

Lecture #11 (2/25) Lecture #12 (2/27) Discussion:

Sugar & Slavery in the Atlantic World Muslims, Christians, & Jews in Enlightenment Ideology Read: *Wu Jingzi, The Scholars; *Kant, “What Is Enlightenment?”; WTWA 13

Lecture #13 (3/3) Lecture #14 (3/5) Discussion:

Atlantic Revolutions in English, Spanish, & Portuguese Atlantic Revolutions in French: Haiti as a Microcosm of the World Read: Lessing, Nathan the Wise; WTWA 14

March 5

PAPER TOPIC DUE

Midterm Review (3/10) Discussion:

World History Jeopardy! Read: *Documents from the American, French, & Haitian Revolutions; WTWA 15 (up to page 546 only)

March 12

***MIDTERM EXAMINATION*** Part III: Industry & Empire in the (Long) 19th Century 1. Did industry drive empire, or did empire drive industry? 2. How did religion respond to modern ideologies (e.g. liberalism, socialism, nationalism)? 3. How did the revolutions of the long nineteenth century transform the world?

Lecture #15 (3/17)

From the Industrial Revolution to the Communist Manifesto 6

Lecture #16 (3/29) Discussion:

“Opium for the Masses”: Industry & Empire in Britain, India, China Read: WTWA 15 (pp. 546–566 only), 16, *Marx, Communist Manifesto

March 23-27

***SPRING BREAK ***

Lecture #17 (3/31) Lecture #18 (4/2) Discussion:

Jewels in the Crown: British India & French Algeria Scrambles for Africa & Asia Read: Thiong’o, The River Between; *Orwell, “Shooting an Elephant”; WTWA 17

Part IV: Nations & Globalization in the (Short) 20th Century & Beyond 1. Did the conflicts of the twentieth century have their origins in ideology or political economy? 2. Did the twentieth century witness the triumph of states or markets? 3. How has the relationship between nationalism and globalization changed since the early 20th century? Lecture #19 (4/7) Lecture #20 (4/9) Discussion

April 9

Total War & Unequal Peace Empires and Nation-States, 1848–1948 Read: WTWA 19; *Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Vietnam; *General Syrian Congress; *Gandhi, Indian Home Rule THESIS PARAGRAPH AND BIBLIOGRAPHY DUE

Lecture #21 (4/14) Lecture #22 (4/16) Discussion:

War & Revolution: Fascism & Communism Decolonization: The Empire Strikes Back? Read: WTWA 20; WTWA primary sources 20.1-20.4 (pp. 756-758); *Emiliano Zapata & the “Plan de Ayala” (1911)

Film screening (4/21) Lecture #23 (4/23) Discussion:

Battle of Algiers The Global Cold War & the Making of the “Third World” Read: WTWA 21; Singh, Train to Pakistan

April 23

***FINAL PAPER DUE***

Lecture #24 (4/28) Final Review (4/30) Discussion: No Class (5/5 & 5/7)

Globalization & Its Towers of Babel Epilogue: Fact & Fiction in World History Read: Kincaid, A Small Place RRR Week FINAL EXAM: May 14th, 2020: 11:00-2:00

7...