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...History of American Capitalism,” previously History 1651, is a newcomer to the top of the list. When it was last offered in Fall 2003, only 77 undergraduates enrolled in the course, and before that, 30. Its unprecedented popularity this semester forced Professor of History Sven Beckert and his teaching staff to relocate the course to Lowell Lecture Hall after students swarmed Sever 113 on the first day of class. However, space is still an issue, according to Robert C. Spang III ’09. “It took them a long time to move...
...topics that one would expect the class to focus on (the American Revolution, perhaps?) rarely come up.Fudging the “completed historical event” label is Historical Studies B-49, “History of American Capitalism,” which will be taught by Professor Sven Beckert, a nineteenth century Americanist with a predilection for nakedly Marxist historiography. Keep a lookout for B-45, a new course on the Darwinian Revolution, as the department’s few core offerings grow increasingly controversial and relevant.Then for the twentieth century: the most violent events in human history, represented...
This year’s theme, crafted by Professor of History Sven Beckert, is the “American Empire in Global Perspective,” and features speeches from the perspective of three foreigners, Hobsbawm, who is from England, Jayati Ghosh, from India, and Carlos Monsivais, from Mexico...
Gone are First Team All-Ivy members Jesseka Bartholomew and Laura Beckert. Well, not exactly. While both have graduated, Beckert has joined the Bulldog coaching staff as a volunteer assistant while she studies for her MBA at Yale. Still, the Bulldogs are not despairing, with senior First Team All-Ivy shortstop Leah Kelley and a pair of Second Team All-Ivy members coming back. Sophomore Beth Pavlicek can both pitch and hit, and led the Bulldogs in ERA (1.50), strikeouts (71), and home runs (three). Junior catcher Kristy Kwiatkowski matched Pavlicek’s home run total and also threw...
...real following among students,” Dunwalke Associate Professor of American History Sven Beckert said. “He always had time...