This class will explore a compilation of primary sources that presents dozens of striking accounts of the exotic customs and fierce deeds of those considered barbarians by eyewitness writers from throughout history. In this class, we will give voices – and due credits – to the “other,” the “conquered,” the “barbarians,” and the “enemies” who launched epic struggles that would help to shape the future.

This course explores the U.S.’ dramatic leap to preeminence and the nature of its global order. It introduces students to primary sources and competing interpretations of momentous events in US foreign relations from the nineteenth century through the present.

This class explores cross-cultural encounters in the early modern & modern world. Global interactions have shaped the dynamics of our modern world. The arrival of Spanish conquistadors to the Americas, Christian missionaries to Asia, and merchant sailors, geographers, soldiers, and settlers forever altered the societies that they encountered.

Anthropology is typically associated with the study of faraway places and of “exotic,” “traditional” cultures, but, in fact, anthropologists have long studied “modern” life both in the West and elsewhere around the world. This gives anthropology a great deal to say about problems and predicaments facing people in the world today.

Turmoil, crisis & the creation of states. From the sophisticated society of Central Asia to the horrors of the Black Death, the Middle Ages were a period of massive social change, burgeoning nationalism, international conflict, climate change, rebellion, resistance & renaissance.

This class focuses on guiding students through creative problem-solving and on teaching them to apply their knowledge in a wide variety of scenarios rather than rote memorization of mathematical facts. It is aimed at, but not limited to, high-performing students and goes further in-depth and teaches new concepts not otherwise taught in traditional public schools. The class is structured to inspire the learner to explore and develop new ideas.