History

This course offers a critical study of the conditions of cultural production, its formalization as a changing ideological foundation, and the mechanisms of selection, transmission, and reception throughout various historical periods. It explores how classical ideas were preserved and transformed in medieval and Renaissance Europe. This course also discusses the role of gender, education, and politics in shaping culture, from cathedral schools and early universities to humanist learning. It examines how culture was produced and shared and how intellectuals connected knowledge, power, and creativity across the centuries. 

Pre-requisites: Culture in Its Historical Dimension 

This course offers a study of Spain’s history during the Modern Age, from the late Middle Ages to the Enlightenment. It explores political, social, and cultural transformations that shaped Spain’s rise and decline as an empire. This course focuses on the reigns of the Catholic Monarchs and the Habsburgs, Golden Age culture, and Bourbon reformism. It also discusses Spain’s global legacy and its lasting impact on today’s society. 

This course examines the historical evolution of communication technologies and their impact on society. It explores topics such as the internet, mobile communication, digital inequality, privacy, and artificial intelligence. This course focuses on developing critical and ethical perspectives toward the use of digital media and understanding the social, economic, and educational effects of digitalization. 

This course surveys the broad history of Japan from the Meiji Restoration until the postwar period. It examines the transformation of Japan from a predominantly agricultural semi-feudal society to an industrialized nation state and regional power in East Asia. Focusing on key topics, this course explores the emergence of the Japanese nation state within an increasingly globalized society, in a time period marked by imperialism, technological innovation, and economic growth. It highlights the transformation of Japanese society from embracing the institutional, technological, and cultural changes in conjunction with Western modernity, while building its own national traditions drawing on premodern legacies. By the end of the course, the class is expected to possess a deeper understanding of the key social, economic, intellectual, and global changes that have shaped Japan over the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. 

This course offers a study of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome from 3700 BCE to 476 CE. It focuses on the historical evolution of political institutions, the global influence of actors, institutions, and processes, the socio-political context of the economic systems in these societies, and how social movements changed social structures. This course also analyzes changes in cultural expressions (art, literature, religion) and their link to historical and political processes.

This course examines the historical and cultural development of the United Kingdom and the United States, focusing on key institutions, social changes, and political events. Topics include the British monarchy, empire, and industrialization, as well as U.S. colonization, independence, civil war, and global influence. Emphasis is placed on understanding each country's evolution within its sociopolitical context.

This introductory course explores the historical evolution of political institutions and ideas from antiquity to the present. It analyzes power, legitimacy, and governance through key political theories, systems, and actors at both national and international levels. Students practice critical research methods, comparative analysis, and effective communication of historical and political arguments. 

This course examines the relationship between humans and animals during the Middle Ages. Beginning with a historical introduction to the medieval worldview, it explores how animals were represented in religion, literature, art, and science. Through readings, discussions, and visual analysis, this course investigates themes such as the influence of classical zoology, Christian symbolism, medieval bestiaries, and the cultural legacy of these representations in later traditions.  

This course offers a historical and conceptual journey through the evolution of electronics from the first discoveries of static electricity to today’s digital and quantum technologies. It explores how humanity has “tamed the electron”, examining key inventions like the telegraph and microprocessor, as well as the social, economic, and environmental impacts of modern electronics. This course concludes with a focus on the future of computing, artificial intelligence, and quantum devices. 

Through the study of this course, students can grasp the important historical context of the financial development in Europe and America, and analyze major historical events.

We should systematically understand and grasp the main aspects of the history of financia development, as the financial development in Europe and the United States basicall represents the history and direction of the world's financial development. This course focuse on history, not rigidly bound to history, and tries to integrate history, current situation and futur for analysis, so as to train students to have a general pattern of thinking problems, rather than just rigidl bound to the narrow vision of professional courses.

The basic contents of the course include: currency, monetary system, international monetary system; Early banking; The development of banking industry; Financial crisis; Financial supervision, etc. Look for its development law and forecast its development trend from the historical development track of finance; We should draw lessons from it and learn from history.