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History, Race, and Survivor — HIS2217.01

Instructor: Alexander Jin
Days & Time: WE 4:10pm-6:00pm & TH 3:40pm-5:30pm
Credits: 4

In 2006, the long-running reality television show Survivor decided to do something novel for its thirteenth season: they split contestants into tribes based on race. Controversy immediately followed. Advertisers pulled out and elected officials lobbied CBS not to air the season. But CBS stuck to their guns and released Survivor: Cook Islands.

Gender, Sexuality, and U.S. Empire — HIS4117.01

Instructor: Alexander Jin
Days & Time: TH 8:30am-12:10pm
Credits: 4

This course examines the entangled histories of race, gender, and sexuality within the expansion and maintenance of U.S. Empire. We will explore histories ranging from the selective exclusion of nineteenth century migrants, America鈥檚 global war on sex work in the early twentieth century, to the gendered dimensions of twentieth century warmaking.