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Death, Dying and Bereavement

USEM 1570 001
T 3:30-5:00 PM Lower West Oval Room 102
Richard Steeves

This course is an exploration of thinking about dying, death and bereavement. Although western culture and American culture in particular has a reputation for being death denying, we do in fact confront images of and talk about death on almost a daily basis. This course will not be a study about death and dying in the news and popular media, rather it will about those who have thought about our mortality seriously and extensively.

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A Diversity of Voices: Seeking Truth in Research

USEM 1570 002
W 12:00-1:50 PM Clemons 320
Meredith Wolnick and Bethany Mickel

This course will explore the role of diverse voices in research through topics such as social justice, community engagement, and the impact of bias in an increasingly divided society. By understanding how to navigate a free market of information where dissemination is open to all, students will learn how to successfully generate high quality research; analyze the creation process; leverage their knowledge to craft strong lines of inquiry; and understand and protect their own contributions to scholarship.

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Educating Girls and Young Women

USEM 1570 003
W 9:00-10:50 AM Dell 1 104
Eleanor Wilson

This course is designed to explore a variety of issues affecting girls and young women in education today.   The course will include an introduction to the history of girls’ education in America, then continue with examining the impact of pivotal research on educational policies and practices related to gender differences in schools today, and concludes with observations of an all-girls middle school and regular classrooms locally. The course applies a theoretically grounded and practical approach to examine the role gender plays in elementary and secondary classrooms and beyond. 

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Nurses and Global Disasters

USEM 1570 004
T 9:30-11:20 AM Claude Moore Nursing Education Building 3020
Barbra Wall and Arlene Keeling

Using a global, historical perspective, this course introduces the student to nurses’ and other health workers‘ responses at local, national, and international levels to man-made and natural disasters that occurred from the late 19th century to the present. It analyzes the nurses’ role as part of a larger medical and public health response, situating the response in the context of race, class, and gender and within larger social, political, and economic contexts. A combination of lectures, small group discussions, and written assignments will be used during weekly sessions. Specific readings for each session will be required and will be posted on Collab. The course also introduces students to the use of primary source data in historical research.

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Co-Create UVA: Reimagining Learning and Teaching Together

USEM 1570 005
W 2:00-3:50 PM Dell 1 104
Dorothe Bach

In this highly interactive University Seminar you will connect with peers interested in helping UVA professors create more equitable, engaging and rich academic experiences for students. We will partner with UVA’s Center for Teaching Excellence and with UVA Acts to develop opportunities for faculty and students to re-imagine teaching and learning and co-create educational experiences together. In the process, you will become a skillful observer of your own academic experience, learn about effective, inclusive teaching practices, and develop inner resources and practical strategies to create with others and for yourself a meaningful journey through college. All this will unfold within a context of the strong class community that we will build together; a community in which we can share our authentic selves and support each other’s growth and well-being.

For more information visit the Collab website.

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The Urgency of Now & the Relevance of Then: An Introduction to Community-engaged Archiving

USEM 1570 006
Th 3:00-4:50 PM Shannon House 108
Sony Prosper

The purpose of this course is to introduce, examine, and understand core components, concepts, and methods of archiving, particularly community-engaged archiving. The course seeks to explore basic theoretical issues and archival principles, as well as provide insight into their practical application. It attempts to strike a balance between theory and practice, so that students will learn how to perform archival functions as well as understand the principles underlying these functions. Students will gain an overall understanding of archiving, particularly community-engaged archiving, and will help process records at the Luther Porter Jackson Black Cultural Center. Class discussion will focus on the assigned readings, the changing nature of recordkeeping, and the broader influence of records on social and cultural memory.

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Post-Soviet Political Challenges: Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict, Separatism and Irredentish – Focus on the Caucasus

USEM 1570 008
M 3:30-6:00 PM Cocke Hall 101
Yuri Urbanovich

This course is a response to the end of the Cold War which coincided with a wave of national revivals that spread across Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, and became one of the notable consequences of the collapse of communist regimes. It will focus specifically on the origins of nationalism, separatism, secessions, and irredentist claims in the Russian Federation and other former Soviet republics. The first third of the course will be devoted to major theoretical approaches to nationalism and ethnicity in political science, the treatment of the “nationalities question” in Marxist-Leninist theory, and the history of Soviet federalism and “nationalities policy.” We will then investigate the role of nationalism in the confounding of Gorbachev’s plans for reforming the Soviet system and the dynamics behind the dissolution of the USSR in December 1991. Finally, we will address the contemporary role of nationalism in the successor states, with particular emphasis on problems of nation and state building in the post-communist era, the conflicting logics of state sovereignty, national selfdetermination, and regional as well as cultural autonomy. We will also consider case studies of various post-communist “irredentist” and “secessionist” struggles, particularly between Armenia and Azerbaijan over a disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, the Chechnya conflict, the Georgian-Abkhazian and Georgian-South Ossetian conflicts, and the Five-Day War between Russia and Georgia in August 2008.We will make sense of the present through an understanding of the history, politics, and culture on which it builds.

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The Silk Road, Old and New

USEM 1580 001
W 3:30-5:20 PM Fayerweather Hall 206
Dorothy Wong

Stretching some 8,000 kilometers from east to west, the Silk Road is a network of trade routes that connected the east and the west. Between the 1st and 14th centuries, the Silk Road flourished as a commercial and at times military highway. It was a channel for the transmission of ideas, religions, technologies, and artistic forms and styles, with far-reaching impact beyond China and the Mediterranean world. More recently, China’s emergence as a world economic power led to the launching of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). In this course we will learn about the history and cultures of the Old Silk Road. We will also explore why in the 21st century China is reviving the paradigm of the Silk Road for its geopolitical and economic policies. We will compare the historical Silk Road with the new model that China envisions, and assess whether China might be successful or not in realizing this “dream.” Multidisciplinary in nature, the course covers materials found in disciplines ranging from history, politics, religious studies, art history, cultural studies, economics, and in current news coverage.

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Australia

USEM 1580 002
Th 4:00-5:50 PM Shannon House 109
Mark Thomas

This course will look at the history, culture and society of the land ‘down under.’ Australia is a land of opportunity and paradox. It began as a penal colony and became the richest country in the world within a hundred years. It is a country that has been independent of Britain for a century, yet still has the Queen as head of state. It is a vast continent of only 15 million inhabitants, yet has remarkable regional diversity. It has long been among the most urbanized of global societies, yet its cultural identity is largely shaped by rural idealism.

To understand contemporary Australia, one must understand its past, both as myth and reality.  This course will look closely at some of the major events in Australian history, from the voyages of Captain Cook and the landing of the First Fleet at Botany Bay, through the excitements of the continental exploration and Ned Kelly, to the traumas of Gallipoli and the Great Depression.  We will use both traditional and non-traditional means to understand these events, applying the realist perspective of the historian, the subjective perceptions of the diarist and novelist, and the powerful imagery of the artist and the film-maker.  We will be careful to look both at white and black Australia.  The course will end by asking how Australians view their own past, through the prism of centennial celebrations, and how these perceptions have changed over time. 

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