Provisional lecture topics
1 Tues 7 Sept
Indian and Environment – Native resource usages past and present
2 Tues 14 Sept
From Smallpox to Dutch Elm Disease – An ecological history of colonization
3 Tues 21 Sept
Sacred Journeys – Religion and migration, Pilgrims, Mormons and modern cults
4 Tues 28 Sept
Savages One and All – Indian violence as viewed by European-Americans;
Shunning the Civilized World – Preferring Indian country
5 Tues 5 Oct
South of the Rio Grande – A history of Mexican–American relations
6 Tues 12 Oct
The Great Unwashed – The immigrant experience and xenophobia in the melting pot
7 Tues 19 Oct
From Barnyard to Pet Spa – The evolution of human–animal relations in the US
8 Tues 2 Nov
Guest Lecture: Susanna Mäkinen (slave papers)
9 Tues 9 Nov
South–North Migration in the 20th Century – From postbellum to post-suburbia
10 Tues 16 Nov
Race, Racism and Race Riots in American Cities – Detroit as a case study
11 Tues 23 Nov
Curious Ally, Formidable Foe – A history of the modern American media
12 Tues 30 Nov
In Sickness and in Health – Health and Healthcare in American history
1 Tues 7 Sept
Indian and Environment – Native resource usages past and present
2 Tues 14 Sept
From Smallpox to Dutch Elm Disease – An ecological history of colonization
3 Tues 21 Sept
Sacred Journeys – Religion and migration, Pilgrims, Mormons and modern cults
4 Tues 28 Sept
Savages One and All – Indian violence as viewed by European-Americans;
Shunning the Civilized World – Preferring Indian country
5 Tues 5 Oct
South of the Rio Grande – A history of Mexican–American relations
6 Tues 12 Oct
The Great Unwashed – The immigrant experience and xenophobia in the melting pot
7 Tues 19 Oct
From Barnyard to Pet Spa – The evolution of human–animal relations in the US
8 Tues 2 Nov
Guest Lecture: Susanna Mäkinen (slave papers)
9 Tues 9 Nov
South–North Migration in the 20th Century – From postbellum to post-suburbia
10 Tues 16 Nov
Race, Racism and Race Riots in American Cities – Detroit as a case study
11 Tues 23 Nov
Curious Ally, Formidable Foe – A history of the modern American media
12 Tues 30 Nov
In Sickness and in Health – Health and Healthcare in American history
- Opettaja: Andrew Pattison