Americans Abroad: Mapping Nineteenth-Century Travel Narratives
AMST 312
Spring 2025
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In this course, we will explore international travel in the long 19th century. We will focus on narratives published by Americans who had the opportunity to travel beyond the United States. Through individual and collective activities, we will survey the trajectories of activists, diplomats, doctors, entertainers, entrepreneurs, journalists, missionaries, sailors, scientists, soldiers, students, teachers, tourists, and many others who engaged with foreign societies. By analyzing travel narratives, we will delve into a globalizing new order of expanding empires and integrating capitalist economies.
The main product of this course will be digital humanities projects. Throughout the semester, we will conceptualize, design, build, and improve StoryMaps. Each student will develop their own individual project focusing on a set of travel narratives. Classes will alternate between historical and conceptual discussions about travel in the 19th century and technical matters related to digital humanities. Our goal is to reflect on the broad history of American foreign relations and the use of new technology to produce and communicate knowledge about the past. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS AMST |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (AMST) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 50% - 74% |
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Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Firsthand accounts produced by travelers and secondary sources written by authors such as Ussama Makdisi, Nancy Shoemaker, Nemata Bliden, Julie Greene, and John Soluri.
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Examinations and Assignments:
ArcGIS StoryMaps based on individual research |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
N/A |
| Instructor(s): Saba,Roberto Times: ..T.... 07:10PM-10:00PM; Location: CAMS 1; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 14 | | SR major: 4 | JR major: 4 | | |
| Seats Available: 0 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: 2 | FR: 0 |
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