Winter/Spring 2012 noncredit class catalogHistoryContact: Kim
Seymour, kseymour@dcs.wisc.edu See additional subject information www.dcs.wisc.edu/lsa/history.
NEW Art and architecture of BerlinNowhere else is the tumultuous history of Germany as present as it is in Berlin. We explore the political struggles and social forces and their relationship to the art and architecture of Germany’s largest city. Our investigation demonstrates how the history of a particular place can be read through its appearance and its representation in the arts. Instructor: Annie Krieg NEW Ancient civilizations of PeruPeru is the cradle of complex societies in the Americas. This three-part course investigates its ancient civilizations, including the Caral-Supe culture, the Moche of the north coast, the Nasca, and the Inca. Among sites visited: Caral, the oldest urban center in the Americas; Sipan’s gold-filled tombs; the mysterious Nasca Lines and Geogylphs; Cusco, the Inca capital; and Machu Picchu. Instructor: Robert Birmingham History and mystery: the deadly decade of the 1920sUsing the crime novel, we explore the Jazz Age. We begin in France with Barbara Cleverly’s Tug of War, meet an Australian flapper in Kerry Greenwood’s Cocaine Blues, move on to Prohibition bootleggers in Craig Holden’s The Jazz Bird, and end in Weimar Germany with Jonathan Rabb’s Shadow and Light. Recommended background: Only Yesterday by Frederick Lewis Allen. Instructor: Helene Androski NEW History of country music: 1922-1953See Music. NEW A little Piece of Norway: from Vikings to the 21st centuryWorld attention focused on Norway during last summer’s tragic events. Examining key historical events from the Viking period to its development as a social democratic nation, we focus on why Norway has been named the world’s most livable country. Glimpses of Norwegian art, literature, music and folklore, as well as modern issues of immigration and globalization, help us explore the Norwegian identity. Instructor: Peggy Hager Maritime topics This three-part illustrated lecture series focuses on: the history of maritime navigation as the ability to circumnavigate the entire world became a reality; 67 years of daring rescues by the men of the Coast Guard’s predecessor, the U.S. Life- Instructor: Hank Whipple The medieval landscapeThis three-part illustrated series focuses on the medieval town and countryside, the bourgeoisie and peasantry. Topics include: organization of the medieval manor and field systems, the development of the city, daily life, the household, occupations, guilds, public and domestic space, streets, bridges, hospitals, pollution, and sanitation and health. Instructor: Jane Schulenburg NEW Medieval popular religionFrequently described as an Age of Faith, the Middle Ages saw the church involved in all areas of life. This four-part illustrated course explores a few aspects of the lived religion of medieval Europe: the beliefs, practices, and piety of ordinary Christians. It looks at the important and fascinating roles of popular saints, devils, relics, miracles, pilgrimage, and concepts of heaven and hell. Instructor: Jane Schulenburg The medieval worldSection 3: Medieval Burgundy Chazen Museum, 800 University Ave, 7:30-8:45 pm, 0.4 CEU, Program #5704 Section 3 Instructor:Jane Schulenburg Th, Nov 3-Dec 1 (no class Nov 24), $48 NEW A mystery tour of the Dordogne Examine the culture, history, and art of the Dordogne region of France through the lens of a mystery, Murder in Lascaux (UW Press, 2011), and a memoir, A Castle in the Backyard (UW Press, 2006). The coauthors explore the region’s prehistoric art, the medieval sect of the Cathars, and the war years, while also discussing the process of transforming personal experience Instructor: Betsy Draine, Michael Hinden NEW The other Europe: sorting out the Slavic dimensionsThe conventional picture of Europe normally ignores its eastward dimensions, among widely dispersed and diverse Slavic peoples. This course traces their origins and varied evolutions. Topics include: migrations and divisions, the south Slavs (Balkans), the west Slavs (Central Europe), and the east Slavs (eastern Europe and Russia). Instructor: John W. Barker NEW The patron saints of Ireland: Patrick, Brigid, and ColumbaWhile Patrick is a prominent and much celebrated figure, two other equally fascinating and legendary early Celtic Christian saints have left their mark on Ireland’s rich religious and cultural heritage: Brigid and Columba. Follow in the footsteps of these early religious leaders as we examine the myths, reality, and enduring legacy of the three great patron saints of Ireland. Instructor: Mary Magray NEW Rome caput mundi and pilgrimage site: ancient, medieval, and modern This richly illustrated lecture series examines the Eternal City, both as the center of the civilized world for millennia and as a destination for pilgrims over the centuries. In particular we investigate the importance of Rome for Dante and Petrarch, each of whom visited the city on pilgrimages of very different sorts, and for Instructor: Christopher Kleinhenz NEW Study war some more: the human face of the American Civil WarIn this class, the first of a new series, we use fiction to study war as experienced by the men and women involved. We begin with the American Civil War, examining Shelby Foote’s Shiloh, Michael Shaara’s Killer Angels, E.L. Doctorow’s The March, and Charles Frazier’s Cold Mountain for their historical content and as novels. James McPherson’s Battle Cry of Freedom is recommended for background. Instructor: Helene Androski NEW When God went mod: post-World War 2 churches of WisconsinPostwar architects revolutionized ecclesiastical design, as many faiths replaced their traditional churches with wild, flamboyant, and strikingly modern buildings. This series of illustrated lectures explores the social, cultural, technological, and aesthetic roots of mid-century church architecture in Wisconsin. This series is aimed at the amateur history buff and requires no previous knowledge of architectural history. Instructor: James Draeger
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