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Historical Controversies 
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Historical Controversies
 at 
Harvard University 
Overview

This course describes, discusses, and analyzes a number of controversies that are vexing present-day historical scholarship and generating both emotional heat and intellectual light.

Total fee

2,040

Mode of learning

Online

Difficulty level

Beginner

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Course Level

UG Certificate

Historical Controversies
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Harvard University 
Highlights

  • Earn a certificate after completion of the course
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Historical Controversies
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Harvard University 
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  • This course describes, discusses, and analyzes a number of controversies that are vexing present-day historical scholarship and generating both emotional heat and intellectual light
  • Such hot topics motivate scholars to dig deeper for more evidence and better arguments, but they also often expose the weaknesses within scholarship
  • In the process of studying these controversies, students learn about specific issues in historical study, the nature of historical research in general, and the difference between a historical controversy and a conspiracy theory
  • Controversies covered include origins of agriculture and the state; the Piltdown hoax and who perpetrated it; what the Harappan civilization was; the significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls; the fall of the Roman Empire, the Classical Maya, and Cahokia; reasons for Galileo's recantation and house arrest; the legacy of slavery in the United States; the origins of the French revolution; the rise of National Socialism; and the cold war.
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Historical Controversies
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Harvard University 
Curriculum

History

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Historical Controversies
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Harvard University 
Faculty details

Donald Ostrowski
Designation : Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University

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