HIS 544 Citizenship, Culture, and Difference in West Modernity

This course will introduce the student to a broad thematic approach to conceptions of citizenship. Modern western notions of citizenship are products of the Enlightenment and soon found both application and justification in the emergent republics of the Americas and Europe. Initially defined by and for educated European males of property, citizenship was both imagined and applied on the basis of foundational exclusions. In this course, there will be an exploration of the languages, practices, and appropriations of modern citizenship in different contexts of reform, resistance, and revolution, and consideration of the various ways it has been contested and reworked by groups and individuals seeking greater rights and freedoms.

Credits

3