"Yesterday, this day's madness did prepare"
-- Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, trans. Edward FitzGerald
(Edvard Munch - The Scream, 1895 [detail])
(Department of History, Villanova University)
"Yesterday, this day's madness did prepare"
-- Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, trans. Edward FitzGerald
Courses - descriptions, syllabi, assignments:
(note: most of the more recent course materials & reading assignments are accessible only through the "my classroom" sites of WebCT; however, I will periodically update the course listings, syllabi, and descriptions on this site. For an overview of my current research, teaching & publications see my departmental website - JAJ)
SPRING 2005:
HIS 3230-001 (Modern Germany, CRN 40259): course description & syllabus
HIS 4528-001 (Women in Modern Science & Technology, CRN 40281): course description & syllabus
HIS 8241-001 (European Nationalism 1815-1870, CRN 40299): course description & syllabus
FALL 2004:
HIS 4520-001 (World in the 20th Century 1, CRN 24860): course description & syllabus
HIS 4526-001 (Science, Art & Invention 1790-1970, CRN 25167): course description & syllabus
HIS 4527-100 (Frankenstein to . . . Artificial Life, CRN 24863): course description & syllabus
SUMMER 2004:
HIS 8275-01 (European Imperialism in the 19th-20th Centuries): course description & syllabus
SPRING 2004 (click on the underlined phrases for links; see appropriate sections below for course syllabi):
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
World History (HIS 1050): this I taught with Prof. Paul Rosier; we focused on coercion & forced labor as in Fall 2003. See the next section for detailed information about the course in the syllabus, as well as for some of the on-line readings.
Cultural History of Time (HON 4050-01): course description (syllabus will be posted below)
Science, Technology and Modern Culture (VU course no. HIS 8642-T01, Temple course no. HIS 403, sect. 403): course description
SYLLABI & SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS
THEMES IN MODERN WORLD HISTORY
For lecture 3/15 & discussion 3/19: (Herbert Spencer, The Man versus the State, 1884 (excerpts) AND: Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels, Communist Manifesto, 1848), Parts I-II
For lecture 3/31 & discussion 4/2: Gandhi, Hind Swaraj, chs. VII & XVI
SHORT ESSAY ASSIGNMENTS FOR DISCUSSION SECTIONS (tba):
CULTURAL EVENT REPORTS for Spring 2004:
STUDY GUIDES (to be posted before the in-class essay examinations):
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS, other courses taught Fall 2003:
HIS 4527 - From Frankenstein to Biomedical Engineering: The Origins of Artificial Life [will be little changed from this description, based on the version taught in Spring 2002, though we will of course discuss the most recent developments in cloning, genetic engineering, etc.]
Seminar in Historical Methodology (HIS 5501-001, restricted to history majors)
SUMMER 2003 (Session III):
HIS 8202-031 (graduate seminar) - Modern Germany 1848-1949
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS, Spring 2003 (click on the appropriate titles; see appropriate sections below for course syllabi):
Women in Science & Technology (HIS 4528) - undergraduate elective, DIV 2
The Age of Enlightenment (HIS 8225) - graduate seminar
World History: HIS 1050 (the History Department's core course, taught every semester)
Older versions:
Course description from Spring 2003: HIS 1050 - Themes in Modern World History (Spring 2003)
Syllabus from Spring 2002 (focusing on Science, Technology & Medicine in the modern world):
Elective courses:
Spring 2004:
HON 4050-001: Cultural History of Time
SUPPLEMENTARY READING for 3/15 (Darwinian time) [see also a slightly abridged Word file for Huxley's paper and another copy of this Kelvin file on WebCT]
T. H. Huxley, 'Time and Life: Mr. Darwin's "Origin of Species"' (1859) [link]
SUPPLEMENTARY READING for 4/28 (Eternal time?):
Scientific American: The Myth of the Beginning of Time [ COSMOLOGY ]
String theory suggests that the big bang was not the origin of the universe but
simply the outcome of a preexisting state
Fall 2003:
HIS 4527 - From Frankenstein to . . . Artificial Life: Guidelines for Take-home paper
HIS 4527 - From Frankenstein to . . . Artificial Life: Select Bibliography for Take-home paper (HTM) (click for on-line information)
Spring 2003:
Syllabus for HIS 4528-001: Women in Modern Science & Technology
Fall 2002:
Course descriptions (click on a course number for its description and meeting times):
HIS 4256: Science, Art & Invention since 1790)
HIS 3995-02: Topics in European History: European Imperialism in the 19th-20th Centuries
Course materials:
Syllabus for HIS 3995-02 European Imperialism in the 19th-20th centuries
Readings for Wed., Nov. 20, 2002, in HIS 3995-02: The First World War and European Imperialism in the Middle East (selected documents & interpretations)
Summer 2002:
Course description: HIS 3230-02: Modern Germany
Syllabus for HIS 3230-02 (Modern Germany)
Spring 2002:
Course descriptions:
HIS 4527 - From Frankenstein to Biomedical Engineering: The Origins of Artificial Life [note: this is a somewhat revised version of the HIS 3325 course taught in Spring 2001, but with a new number and a slightly different reading list]
COURSEWORK:
HIS 4527 - From Frankenstein to . . . Artificial Life: Readings for the discussion on April 10, 2002 [this file has all the links to the basic readings.]
Fall 2001:
Course descriptions:
- HIS 3351 - 19th Century European Culture & Society
- HIS 3995-001 - Topics: Women in Modern Science and Technology
- Syllabi & Coursework (fall 2001):
- HIS 3995-001 - Topics: Women in Modern Science and Technology (copy with active links to some on-line readings)
Spring 2001:
Course descriptions (click on a course number for its description):
His 8225-001 - The Age of Enlightenment (course description for Spring 2003 - see top of page)
HIS 8295 - European Historiography (course description for Spring 2002)
HIS 8202 - European Imperialism in the 19th-20th Centuries (course description from Fall 2000)
Useful links to other web sites:
The White House -- our fearless
leaders
National Archives
National
Library of Medicine
Virtual Library for the History of Science,
Technology & Medicine
History of Science Society
- Society for History of Technology
GDCh - Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker:
Fachgruppe Geschichte der Chemie (the German history of chemistry interest group)Return to Prof. Johnson's departmental website (with research & publications)