- The Muse of History: Global History through Museum Studies

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This course looks at the major trends – political, social, and economic – from the 1500’s to the present. It begins with the Early Modern period, when the voyages of discovery linked world trade routes, and transformed human encounters and civilizations, and moves through Renaissance Europe, the Industrial Revolution, and the creation of a capitalist economic system. This course concludes with an examination of the way old values and modern demands continue to be negotiated on the global stage in a multi-polar world. Through a museum approach, students analyze art, architecture and material culture to illuminate and test hypotheses to understand the past and the present.