HIST1732 · Complex Problems and Enduring Questions
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
This is an Enduring Question course and is open to FRESHMEN only. You must take both HIST1732 and ENGL1744. What is the value of tradition in the modern world? What insights can we find in local vernacular knowledge that address global concerns about excesses of scientific-technological innovation, postcolonial injustices, geopolitical conflicts, and environmental crises? These paired courses uncover the many ways in which traditional knowledge and oral storytelling continues to inform and contribute to our understanding of the past and the present. Bringing history and anthropology in dialogue with literature and environmental humanities, these courses critically examine traditions and customs from around the world, with a special interest in the folklore of Ireland.
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