UGA Bulletin

Course Description

Focuses on mobility in the early modern world (1500-1800), including the circulation of people, knowledge, and capital. Looking at the edges of empire demonstrates the limits of empire building and state authority. As circulation increased, cosmopolitanism emerged. At least one-half of the course concentrates on the Caribbean.

Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate students will complete additional requirements in three areas. Graduate students will engage in two additional research projects. The first involves mastering the existing scholarship in a chosen topic in the transnational history of mobility, in order to compare the varying perspectives that modern historians have brought to questions such as the limits of imperial authority, the nature of subjugation, and cross- cultural encounters. The second is a research project on a primary source or primary sources, to develop the students' ability to work with the raw materials of history. These research projects will lead to two additional writing requirements, a study of the 'state of the question' of modern historical research on the chosen topic, and an extensive research paper analyzing primary sources. Graduate students will develop these projects in conjunction with the professor through additional meetings.

Athena Title

Pirates of the Caribbean

Prerequisite

Any HIST course or ENGL 1101 or ENGL 1101E or ENGL 1101S or ENGL 1102 or ENGL 1102E or ENGL 1102S or POLS 1101 or POLS 1101E or POLS 1101H or POLS 1101S

Grading System

A - F (Traditional)

Student Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to arrive at conclusions about the history of piracy in the Caribbean by gathering and weighing evidence, logical argument, and listening to counter argument.
By the end of this course, students will be able to write stylistically appropriate papers and essays. Students will be able to analyze ideas and evidence, organize their thoughts, and revise and edit their finished essays.
By the end of this course, students will be able to identify how the history of piracy in the Caribbean shaped social and cultural identities and attitudes toward politics, economy, and gender, encouraging them to understand diverse worldviews and experiences.
By the end of this course, students will be able to apply appropriate methodological approaches to their analysis of primary sources and to organize their evidence to show historical continuities and discontinuities.
By the end of this course, students will be able to generate their own research question or topic, locate suitable primary and secondary sources, and synthesize their ideas in novel ways.
By the end of this course, students will be able to initiate, manage, complete, and evaluate their independent research projects in stages and to give and receive constructive feedback through the peer review process.

Topical Outline

1. Pirates and Politics
2. Pirates and the Economy
3. Pirates and Culture
4. Pirates and Gender
5. Captives and Politics
6. Captives and the Economy
7. Captives and Culture
8. Captives and Gender
9. Travelers and Politics
10. Travelers and the Economy
11. Travelers and Culture
12. Captives and Gender
13. Popular Representations of Pirates, Captives, and Travelers

Institutional Competencies

Analytical Thinking

The ability to reason, interpret, analyze, and solve problems from a wide array of authentic contexts.

Communication

The ability to effectively develop, express, and exchange ideas in written, oral, interpersonal, or visual form.

Critical Thinking

The ability to pursue and comprehensively evaluate information before accepting or establishing a conclusion, decision, or action.

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