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Course Schedule - Fall Semester 2022
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HIST 358 001 (CRN: 14014)
HUMANITARIANISM FROM 19TH C.
Long Title: HUMANITARIANISM FROM THE 19TH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT
Department: History
Instructor: Cohen, Daniel
Meeting: 2:30PM - 3:45PM TR (22-AUG-2022 - 2-DEC-2022)
Part of Term: Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
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: 20
Section Enrolled: 12
Enrollment data as of: 20-APR-2024 7:16AM
Final Exam: Take-Home Exam
Final Exam Time:
9-DEC-2022
7:00PM - 10:00PM F
Description: This course surveys the history of humanitarian sentiment and practices in the West form the 19th Century to the present. It is conceived as a critical investigation of the humanitarian movement and examines various patterns of Western interventions on behalf of "suffering humanity." Topics covered are evangelicalism, abolitionism, colonialism and war humanitarianism, as well as United Nations humanitarianism since 1945.