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Dec 07, 2025
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Academic Bulletin 2025-2026
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HIST 221 - War and Memory
Credits: 4
A study of monuments to casualties of war in the US and Europe, beginning in antiquity and continuing to the present, contextualized within broader memorial trends, ancient and modern. The course begins with the ancient Greeks, and proceeds to compare monuments, speeches and poems for the dead from classical Athens, the American Civil War and the World Wars, culminating in an analysis of how modern adaptions recast ancient models as contemporary war memorials. Students study how monuments turn from the promotion of ongoing war to peace and healing.
Distribution Requirements: HE, IP.
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