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REL 524.001

Past and Present

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PRH 210

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Discussions of the past, whether of ancient history or an event last week, involve present interests. This seminar considers critical theory related to historical and ethnographic descriptions and develops creative strategies, informed by literature and historiography, to describe the past that incorporate insights about the role of the present in the past.

Steven Ramey

  • Office hours: 

    Tuesday, 11-12 noon PRH 211 and by appointment.

    Email for an in-person appointment or a Zoom meeting if another time is needed.

  • (205) 348-5271
  • steven.ramey@ua.edu

Readings

cover of novel Trinity

Hall, Louisa
Trinity
Ecco, 2018
978-0062851970

Book cover of The Atlas of Reds and Blues

Laskar, Devi
Atlas of Reds and Blues
Penguin 2020
978-1640093416

Routine Violence book cover

Pandey, Gyanendra
Routine Violence: Nations, Fragments, Histories
Stanford University Press, 2005
978-0804752640

Books are available at the SUPe Store and online through vendors such as amazon.com.

Online Readings

Blackboard Other texts will be available through the Blackboard course site.