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HIST 387-DL2: Race and Slavery in the Islamic World

Spring 2024 -  Sumaiya A. Hamdani  Huseyin Yilmaz   -  Section Syllabus

We are finding ourselves in a historical moment, questioning not only racism but also its connection to slavery in our nation’s past.  Both issues complicate the pasts and present of many other societies, including those of the Islamic world.  This course will explore the issues of race and slavery i...

HIST 387-002: Sport History and Film

Fall 2024 -  Christopher C Elzey 

Explores the intersection of sport history and film and how feature movies, documentaries, shorts, and newsreels can be used to study U.S. history as well as global history. Among the subjects examined are sport and early filmmaking; global issues of race, class, ethnicity, gender, doping, and identi...

HIST 535-DL1: The Black Atlantic World

Spring 2024 -  Christy L Pichichero   -  Section Syllabus

What is the “Black Atlantic” and how does it constitute a unique world within the context of global history? This class investigates the Black Atlantic as a theoretical construct and as a living political, economic, and socio-cultural space produced by the evolving relationship between Africa, Europe...

Spring 2017

Spring 2017 HIST 535: Problems in Comparative World History (3 Credits) HIST 575: Approaches to Middle East and Islamic History (3 Credits) RELI 591: Special Topics in Religious Studies (3 Credits) HIST 610: The Study and Writing of History (3 Credits) ANTH 650: Methods in Anthropology (3 Credit...

What Next? States, Conflicts & Policy in the MidEast

What Next? States, Conflicts & Policy in the MidEast

What Next?  States, Conflicts, and Policy in the Middle East     A One-Day Symposium Wednesday, 2 May, 12 pm - 5 pm Founders Hall 113, Mason Square Campus [Event streamed to Fairfax Campus  Via JC 3rd Floor, Room G] GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY     Limited Space Register/RSVP here meis@gmu.ed...