Unit One: Theories: Empires and Early Modernity (June 3-June 6)

 

Monday: “Themes and Problems in Early Modern World History” (Timothy Parsons)

            Morning: Presentation

            Afternoon: Discussion/Analysis of Theory and Scholarship

 

Tuesday: “Interactions in Early Modern World History” (Timothy Parsons)

            Morning: Presentation/Discussion

            Afternoon: Independent Research

 

Wednesday: Discussion and Independent Research

Morning: Distillation of Themes; Discussion of Projects (Karamustafa/Parker)

Afternoon: Independent Research

 

Thursday: “Empire Building and Early Modernity” (Karamustafa/Parker)

            Morning: Presentation

            Afternoon: Discussion/Analysis of Scholarship

 

Unit Two: Theme 1: Empires and Economies of Scale (June 7, June 10-June 14)

 

Friday: “The Ming and Qing Empires” (Laura Hostetler)

            Morning: Presentation

            Afternoon: Discussion/Analysis of Sources and Scholarship

 

Monday: “The Ottoman Empire” (Molly Greene)

            Morning: Presentation

            Afternoon: Discussion/Analysis of Sources and Scholarship

 

Tuesday: “Mughal and Safavid Empires” (Rudi Matthee)

            Morning: Presentation

            Afternoon: Discussion/Analysis of Sources and Scholarship

 

Wednesday: Discussion and Independent Research

Morning: Distillation of Themes; Discussion of Projects (Karamustafa/Parker)

Afternoon: Independent Research

 

Thursday: “European Empires in the Atlantic” (Carla Rahn Phillips)

            Morning: Presentation

            Afternoon: Discussion/Analysis of Sources and Scholarship

 

Friday: Discussion and Field Trip

Morning: Distillation of Themes; Discussion of Projects (Karamustafa/Parker)

Afternoon: Field Trip, Saint Louis Art Museum

 

Unit Three: Theme 2: Religious and Biological Interactions (June 17-June 21)

 

Monday: “Islamicization in the Early Modern World” (Richard Bulliet)

            Morning: Presentation

            Afternoon: Discussion/Analysis of Sources

 

Tuesday: “Christianization in the Early Modern World” (Simon Ditchfield)

            Morning: Presentation

            Afternoon: Discussion/Analysis of Sources and Scholarship

 

Wednesday: Discussion and Independent Research

Morning: Distillation of Themes; Discussion of Projects (Karamustafa/Parker)

Afternoon: Independent Research

 

Thursday: “Early Modern Biological Exchanges” (W. George Lovell)

            Morning: Presentation

            Afternoon: Discussion/Analysis of Sources and Scholarship

 

Friday: “Early Modern Biological Exchanges”

            Morning: Field Trip: Bernard Becker Medical Library, Washington

University in St. Louis

            Afternoon: Independent Research

 

Unit Four: Theme 3: Ideas and Connections (June 24-June 28)

 

Monday: “Ideas and Intellectual Exchanges” (Ulrike Strasser)

            Morning: Presentation

            Afternoon: Discussion/Analysis of Sources

 

Tuesday: “Connected Histories and Intellectual Exchanges” (Ulrike Strasser)

            Morning: Presentation/Discussion

            Afternoon: Independent Research

 

Wednesday: Discussion and Independent Research

            Morning: Distillation of Themes; Discussion of Projects (Karamustafa/Parker)

            Afternoon: Independent Research

 

Thursday: Presentation and Discussion of Projects (Karamustafa/Parker)

            Morning: Presentation of Projects

            Afternoon: General Synthesis

 

Friday: Presentation and Discussion of Projects (Karamustafa/Parker)

            Morning: Presentation of Projects

            Afternoon: Summation and Assessment