School of Historical and European Studies
North American Studies
A number of History subjects are offered in the North American area including:
- the intellectual and cultural history of the United States from the revolution to the Depression
- American's war in Vietnam
- the politics and popular culture of the United States from 1945 to the present
- the Civil Rights movement and its historical significance.
Students may also take a North American Studies major. This consists of the requisite number of subjects chosen from a selected list of subjects offered in Art History, Cinema Studies, English, History, Legal Studies and Politics. North American issues are also covered in some Latin American subjects.
First year subjects
| Subject Code |
Subject Name |
Lecturer |
Available in 2009 |
Campus |
ANT1CAG
|
Culture and globalisation: introduction to anthropology |
Dr Alberto Gomes |
Semester 1 |
Bundoora |
ARH1ARW
|
Art from Renaissance to Impressionism |
Dr Lisa Beaven |
Semester 1 |
Bundoora |
| Ms Margaret Leddin |
Semester 2 |
Albury-Wodonga |
| POL1EEH |
Economy, environment and human rights; world in transition |
Dr Nick Bisley |
Semester 2 |
Bundoora |
| POL1SNS |
States, nations and security: world in transition |
Dr Anthony Jarvis |
Semester 1 |
Bundoora |
Second and third year subjects
| Subject Code |
Subject Name |
Lecturer |
Available in 2009 |
Campus |
| CST2/3CFI |
Contemporary world cinema |
Ms Anna Dzenis |
No |
Bundoora |
| CST2/3CLH |
Hollywood cinema |
Dr Felicity Collins |
No |
Bundoora |
| CST2/3FNO |
Film noir: alienation and darkness in the cinema |
Dr Geoff Mayer |
No |
Bundoora |
| CST2/3GES |
Genre studies: the western film |
Dr Gabrielle Murray |
No |
Bundoora |
| ENG2/3ALT |
American literature of 20th century |
Dr Alison Ravenscroft |
Semester 1 |
Bundoora |
| HIS2/3AWA |
Andy Warhol's America : Pop Art, Politics and Popular Culture |
Dr Diane Kirkby |
Semester 1 |
Bundoora,Albury Wodonga |
| HIS2/3CWU |
Civil War to Civil Rights in the USA |
Dr Tim Minchin |
Semester 1 |
Bundoora |
| HIS2/3MAM |
Making America: From Pocahontas to Prohibition |
Dr Diane Kirkby |
No |
Bundoora |
| HIS2/3NAE |
Native American Endurance |
Dr Claudia Haake |
Semester 1 |
Bundoora, Mildura |
| HIS2/3UCR |
US Civil Rights Movement 1954-1968 |
Dr Timothy Minchin |
Semester 2 |
Bundoora, Mildura |
| POL2/3INR |
International relations: the Cold War and the great powers |
Dr John Chiddick |
No |
Bundoora |
| POL2/3IAP |
Introduction to American politics |
Prof Dennis Altman |
Semester 1 |
Bundoora |
North American Studies Coordinator
Dr Diane Kirkby
Tel: 61 3 9479 2379
Email: diane.kirkby@latrobe.edu.au
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