HIST4257 · History
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
This course studies the Long Eighteenth-Century (c.1688-1822) from the perspective of the Irish diaspora. How did diasporic Irish people both contribute to and challenge the major events in this Age of Reason and Revolution? Necessarily, this means our class will investigate the entangled histories of colonialism and capitalism, religion and rationalism, slavery and racism, nationalism and universalism, patriarchy and feminism, science and magic, empire and revolution. As we do, we will listen to the echoes of this distant past to ask ourselves why and how these histories matter today in our present moment.
Course experience
Averages use the original five-point historical evaluation scale.
Organization
4.4 / 5
How well the course was organized
Challenge
4.6 / 5
How intellectually challenging students found it
Attendance
4.8 / 5
How necessary attendance was
Assignments
4.1 / 5
How helpful assignments were
Weekly effort
~3
hours per week
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Across time
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Spring 2024
1 section