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Long Teaching Module: Women and Politics in Southeast Asia, 1900-2000

This module examines women’s attempts to negotiate political spaces in the realms of official and unofficial power in Southeast Asia in the 20th century.

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The Catholic Church's role in the Roundtable Talks

In following letter, a Solidarity activist writes to Józef Cardinal Glemp, the head of the Roman Catholic church in Poland, to inform him of difficulties in setting up much-anticipated Round Table talks with the Communist regime.

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Long Teaching Module: North African Women and the French Empire, 1850-2000

From the 18th century on, expanding European imperialism across the globe began to pose acute challenges to states and societies throughout Asia and Africa. These challenges held enormous repercussions for indigenous women of all social classes, religions, and ethno-racial backgrounds.

Thumbnail image of The Secret of England's Greatness painting.
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Long Teaching Module: Women in the British Empire, 1800-2000

This module will help students explore the importance of women—both British women and women from British colonies—to the British Empire, as well as their importance in developing an understanding of Britain as an imperial power to a domestic audience at home.

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Long Teaching Module: Cultural Contact in Southern Africa

The Portuguese explorer Bartholomew Diaz first saw the Cape of Good Hope—the southernmost point in Africa—in 1488. No attempt was made by a European nation to establish a permanent settlement there, however, until 1652, when the Dutch East India Company (VOC) set up a refreshment station.

Photograph of St. Michael's Cathedral, Novorkhangelsk circa 1895
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Russian Church and Native Alaskan Cultures

Supplementing each chapter are as many as 31 digitized images or manuscripts. The exhibit is both informative and thought-provoking.
Title page of witch hunter manual, Malleus Maleficarum
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Long Teaching Module: Women in the Early Modern World, 1500-1800

Talking about an “early modern world” allows us to investigate the interconnectedness of world cultures, as opposed to their isolation.

The ruins of Great Zimbabwe's elliptical building
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Internet African History Sourcebook

The site provides broad chronological and geographic coverage, with a particularly impressive list of sources for ancient Egypt and Greek and Roman Africa. It is a gateway to an abundance of information.
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Long Teaching Module: Women in the Islamic World, 600-1600

From its inception in the early 7th century up to the present day, women have played a vital role in shaping Islamic history.

A close up of the ships outside the port Santo Domingo during a pirate attack
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Vistas: Visual Culture in Spanish America, 1520-1820

Students could speculate on who made the objects, who used them, and how they were used. This would give them a sense of the kind of interpretive work done by historians.