HISTORY 711 A & B

Texts and Contexts

Please note: this is archived course information from 2024 for HISTORY 711.

Description

Takes a broad view of the histories of culture and of communication. It links aspects of the history of ideas (historical, political, religious, scientific, legal, cultural) to the modes of their transmission (objects, performances, languages, spoken, manuscript and printed texts). It relates a wide variety of texts to the historical circumstances of their generation and reception.

For full course information see the Digital Course Outline.

Digital Course Outlines are refreshed in November for the following year. Digital Course Outlines for courses to be offered for the first time may be published slightly later.

Availability 2024

Not offered in 2024; planned for 2025

Lecturer(s)

Coordinator(s) Professor Jonathan Scott

Points

HISTORY 711A: 15 points

HISTORY 711B: 15 points