How can we understand the events, ideas, and conflicts that have featured in the news cycle during the past year? “The History of 2024” offers historically informed reflections on this year’s momentous events, providing an opportunity to understand our world in its historic context. Each week will feature a different History faculty member speaking on a major news topic of the year, showing what we can learn by approaching it from a historical perspective. The course is open to all students (newcomers and history veterans alike) who want to reflect on the challenges and opportunities of 2024, and who are curious to consider how studying history can offer a deeper and richer understanding of tumultuous times.
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Course Coordinator:
Professor Anne Twitty
Details:
- 1 unit, Credit/No Credit
- One lecture every week
- Attendance required
- Short readings may be posted in conjunction with some lectures
- Tuesdays, 9:30-10:20 AM
- Lane History Corner (Building 200), Room 002
Speakers and Topics:
September 24 Jonathan Gienapp
Why Does the U.S. Have the Electoral College?
October 1 Gili Kliger
The Past and Future of Reparations
October 8 Amir Weiner
Israel 2024: Domestic and External Challenges
October 15 James Campbell
The Struggle for Voting Rights
October 22 David Como
Electoral Politics: A Deep History
October 29 Mikael Wolfe
The Origins of the Climate Crisis and What's at Stake in the 2024 Presidential Election
November 5 No Class - Democracy Day: Day of Civic Service
November 12 Jennifer Burns
The Evolution of American Conservatism
November 19 Joel Beinin
Understanding October 7, 2023 and Israel’s War on the Gaza Strip
November 26 No Class - Thanksgiving Recess
December 3 Ali Yaycıoğlu
A Global Election Year - The Dawn of a New Global Landscape
