Course descriptions for our seminars, special topics courses, and other non-regular catalog offerings for Summer 2009 are listed below. Students looking for course descriptions for our regular catalog courses should consult the course listings in the PSU Bulletin, located on our website at www.history.pdx.edu/docs/catalog.pdf. HST 099: Top: The Dead Sea Scrolls (non-credit option; fee $100) HST 410/510: Top: The Dead Sea Scrolls (1 credit only) MTWR 10:30-12:50, June 15-18 Prof. Cargill This course provides an intensive introduction to the most important archaeological discovery of the twentieth century—the library of documents discovered in caves on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea— and explores how the contents of these manuscripts influence our understanding of ancient and modern Judaism and Christianity. This course surveys significant scrolls, the sectarian concepts discussed within them, and their historical context. Note that this course is being offered under non-credit, undergraduate credit, and graduate credit sections. Students should take care to register for the appropriate section. HST 099: Jerusalem in Antiquity (non-credit option; fee $150) HST 410/510: Jerusalem in Antiquity (2 credits only) MW 8:00-10:20, June 22-July 15 Prof. Sivan From the mythic founding of the city by King David through the golden Dome of the Rock, the history of Jerusalem in antiquity provides unique insights into ideals and ideology, the formation of monotheistic religions and the sanctification of space. We will look at the history of the city, beginning with its biblical phase, through the Babylonian and Persian domination, the Hellenistic period, the state of the Hasmonaeans, Herod in Jerusalem, the Romans in Jerusalem, and finally the Muslims in Jerusalem, down to the 7th century CE. We will be using a plethora of primary sources as well as engaging modern analysis of the complex history of this famous city. Note that this course is being offered under non-credit, undergraduate credit, and graduate credit sections. Students should take care to register for the appropriate section. HST 407/507: Seminar: Modern Iraq MTWR 3:30-5:50, June 22-July 16 Prof. Mandaville A review of the history and historiography of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Iraq under the Ottomans, the British Empire, and the United States. The nature of modern empires. Prerequisite: HST 300 or consent of the instructor. Students who have not completed HST 300 will be unable to register for this course via web registration. HST 407/507: Seminar: Medieval Church and Reform MTWR 1:00-3:20, July 20-August 14 Prof. Ott Course description pending from instructor. Prerequisite: HST 300 or consent of the instructor. Students who have not completed HST 300 will be unable to register for this course via web registration. HST 407/507: Seminar: Spain and American Imaginings MTWR 10:30-12:50, July 20-August 14 Prof. Schechter Course description pending from instructor. Prerequisite: HST 300 or consent of the instructor. Students who have not completed HST 300 will be unable to register for this course via web registration. HST 429: Topics in U.S. Cultural History: The 1930s MTWR 10:30-12:50, June 22-July 16 Prof. Uris An intense Popular Culture (movies, still images and music) driven examination of the 1930s. From the Crash through labor struggles, Fascism, the Dust Bowl and FDR to World War II. HST 429: Topics in U.S. Cultural History: The 1960s MTWR 3:30-5:50, June 22-July 16 Prof. Uris Wild in the Streets - Vietnam, Civil Rights, rising radicalism, sex, drugs and rock & roll. An intense Popular Culture driven look at the 1960s from someone who was there. HST 497/597: Film and History: Hitler and Nazi Germany MTWR 3:30-5:50, June 22-July 16 Prof. Hoppes-Fischer This course examines the changing image of the enemy in German cinema from 1919 to 1945. Topics will include the political functions of German film during the Weimar and Nazi eras. Special attention will be given to the role of German cinema in building and questioning Nazi identity, to the ways in which films of the Third Reich became powerful weapons in disseminating fascist ideology. We will explore anti- semitism, xenophobia, jingoism, misogyny, and fascism as well as changes in the public perception of the enemy that contributed to World War II and the Holocaust. Films by directors such as Lang, Riefenstahl, Hippler, and Harlan will be seen. All films are subtitled or translated. HST 497/597: Film and History: Contemporary Chinese Society MTWR 10:30-12:50, July 20-August 14 Prof. Zhan Examination of the transformation in Chinese culture and society in the last quarter of the 20th century and up through the present, beginning with the period of economic modernization in the late 1970s under Deng Xiaoping. The course traces the social and cultural expressions associated with the implementation of a market economy and the political ramifications of increased Western influence. Films, art, and literature are used to portray the dramatic changes in post-Mao China. Taught by international visiting professor Tianxiang Zhan, professor of history at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China.