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Course Schedule - Fall Semester 2020
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HIST 413 001 (CRN: 15361)
HISTORY OF TRAVEL
Long Title: A HISTORY OF TRAVEL: FROM MEDIEVAL PILGRIMAGE TO THE HIPPIE TRAIL
Department: History
Instructor: Balabanlilar, Lisa
Meeting: 1:30PM - 4:00PM M (24-AUG-2020 - 4-DEC-2020)
Part of Term: Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Course Materials: Rice Campus Store
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Section Max Enrollment: 15
Section Enrolled: 13
Enrollment data as of: 13-DEC-2024 5:44AM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
Final Exam Time:
16-DEC-2020
2:00PM - 5:00PM W
Description: The development of travel and travel narratives from the early medieval period through
the 20th century, identifying why people travel and how those motives change over time.
Examining spiritual journeys; fear and desire; the foreign gaze (east looking west);
fictitious and vicarious travelling; geography/ethnography; antiquarianism; the gendered
path; divine landscapes and the search for the authentic.