The Struggle for Identity in Mod Ag (HIST 2165)
Term: Academic Year 2021-2022 Spring
Schedule
Tue-Thu, 10:40 AM - 12:00 PM (1/18/2022 - 5/20/2022) Location: MAIN CLASS 110
Description
This course will invite students to probe the complexity of modern identity and approach more consciously their place in the modern world. Orthodox Christianity will be used as a reference point and students will be invited to offer comparative perspectives and reflect on their own identity. The course will explore the intellectual history and philosophical components of major modern ideologies and examine their impact and interplay in concrete contexts. Students will delve into the roots of modern Hellenism from the Ottoman yoke to the Greek diaspora. The course will culminate in a research paper on identity in the Modern Age, which will leave room for students to choose their specific focus in order to probe issues of intellectual or personal interest.