[Histmaj] "The Global Middle Ages" now open for Autumn 2025 registration

[HISTORY UNDERGRADUATE ADVISORS via Histmaj]

Good morning-
We had mentioned that we would be opening a third HSTRY 388 (History major Junior Seminar) in Autumn 2025.  If you are interested in this Junior Seminar, the way to get into the class is to: email histadv at uw.edu<mailto:histadv at uw.edu> to ask for an add code for the class.  When you email, please remember to include your full name, and your UW student number, and also be clear about the class for which you are asking.
The Topic of the course is: "The Global Middle Ages", taught by the Costigan lecturer Prof. Christopher Bonura.  Meeting MW 1030-1220PM in Autumn 2025 (sln: 16528).
When people think of the Middle Ages, they often imagine isolated peasants, or formidable castles meant to keep outsiders at bay; in reality, however, the period saw a great deal of travel, exploration, and encounter between various peoples. This seminar will focus on global contacts and connections in the Middle Ages (roughly 500 to 1500 CE). It will seek to help students understand and explore connections between Northern Europe, the Mediterranean, the Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa, and East Asia across the medieval millennium, by studying a wide range of literature, including histories, poems and epics, and travel narratives. Through these, we will examine strategies and challenges in dealing with medieval sources that students can apply to texts in a wide range of languages and cultures. Students will develop research projects exploring cross-cultural interaction through trade, travel, and/or interreligious coexistence and conflict.
Cheers,
Mark and Tracy
Mark Weitzenkamp and Tracy Maschman Morrissey
History Undergraduate Advising
University of Washington
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Box 353560
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