{"id":386,"date":"2016-04-19T14:43:30","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T21:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.uci.edu\/empire\/?page_id=386"},"modified":"2026-03-29T15:34:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T22:34:27","slug":"history-and-archives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/core.humanities.uci.edu\/index.php\/history-and-archives\/","title":{"rendered":"History and Archives"},"content":{"rendered":"

Celebrating over 50 years of a UCI tradition<\/em><\/h1>\n

“UC Irvine, the eighth campus in the University of California system, opened its doors in 1965. The Humanities Core Course was implemented in 1970. The academic excellence of the program was so strong in rigor and concept that many of the other deans on campus made enrollment in the course a high priority for their students. To this day, students rank the course among the best on campus.” (School of Humanities History<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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\"Image WORLDBUILDING (2022-2025), directed by Prof. Jonathan Alexander.<\/strong>
\nSyllabi and Assignment Prompts: Fall 2022-Spring 2023<\/a> | Fall 2023-Spring 2024<\/a> | Fall 2024-Spring 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"PantherANIMALS, PEOPLE, AND POWER (2019-2022), directed by Prof. Nasrin Rahimieh (Comparative Literature).<\/strong>
\nWebpages by quarter: Fall 2019<\/a> | Winter 2020<\/a> | Spring 2020<\/a> | Fall 2020<\/a> | Winter 2021<\/a> | Spring 2021<\/a> | Fall 2021<\/a> | Winter 2022<\/a> | Spring 2022<\/a>
\nWriting and Research Prompts<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"ThomasEMPIRE AND ITS RUINS (2016-2019), directed by Prof. Rodrigo Lazo (English).<\/strong>
\nWebpages by quarter: Fall 2016<\/a> | Winter 2017<\/a> | Spring 2017<\/a> | Fall 2017<\/a> | Winter 2018<\/a> | Spring 2018<\/a>\u00a0| Fall 2018<\/a> | Winter 2019<\/a> | Spring 2019<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"War\"WAR (2013-2016), directed by Prof. Carol Burke (English).\u00a0 <\/strong>
\nWays in which people have represented, rationalized, memorialized, and found\u00a0meaning in the human activity of war.
\nWebsites by year:\u00a02015-2016<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 2014-2015<\/a>\u00a0 | \u00a02013-2014<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"HumanAndItsOthers\"<\/strong>
\nTHE HUMAN AND ITS OTHERS (2010-2013), directed by Prof. David Pan (German). <\/strong>
\nWays in which human beings conceptualize the “Other” as or in divinity, society, and nature.
\nWebsites by year:\u00a02012-2013<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 2011-2012<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a02010-2011<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"ThinkingMakingDoing2\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

THINKING | MAKING | DOING (2007-2010), directed by Prof. Julia R. Lupton (English).\u00a0<\/strong> Three forms of human activity: philosophy, creating art and artifacts, and social theories and actions.
\nWebsites by year:\u00a02009-2010<\/a> \u00a0| \u00a02008-2009<\/a> \u00a0| \u00a02007-2008<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"AssociationsDissociations\"ASSOCIATIONS AND DISSOCIATIONS: THE SOCIAL INSTINCT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES (2004-2007), directed by Prof.\u00a0 Gail Hart (German). <\/strong> Family and State, Nation and Empire, Globalization and Society.
\nWebsites by year:\u00a02006-2007<\/a> \u00a0| 2005-2006<\/a> \u00a0| \u00a02004-2005<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"LawsandOrders\"LAWS AND ORDERS: Humanities and the Regulation of Society (2001-2004), directed by Prof. Gail Hart (German).\u00a0<\/strong>
\nLaws and Language, Legal Cases, Law and the Social Order.
\nWebsite 2003-2004<\/a>
\nSyllabus:\u00a0Laws and Orders<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"ExplorationAndDiscovery\"EXPLORATION AND DISCOVERY<\/strong> (1998-2001), directed by Prof<\/strong>. Michael P. Clark (English). <\/strong>
\nIntellectual Discovery, Journeys of Discovery, Cultural Contact.
\nWebsite 2000-2001, 1999-2000<\/a>
\nSyllabus: Exploration and Discovery<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"SirenPainterIDEAS IN DISPUTE (1995-1998), directed by Prof. John H. Smith (German).\u00a0<\/strong>
\nNature and Culture, Identity and Community, Authority and Subversion.
\nSyllabus: Ideas in Dispute<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"ExpulsionfromRRCarWESTERN CIVILIZATIONS AND THEIR DISCONTENTS (1992-95), directed by Prof. Brook Thomas (English).
\n<\/strong>Rationality and Rhetoric, Politics and Ethics, Race and Gender.
\nSyllabus: Western Civilizations<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"RRWorkersCONFRONTING\u00a0 CULTURAL DIFFERENCES (1989-1992),\u00a0 directed by Prof. Spencer Olin (History).\u00a0<\/strong>
\nRepresentations of difference in race, in belief systems, in gender.
\nSyllabus: Confronting Cultural Differences<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Whitman\"LOVE, THE SELF, AND FAMILY (1986-1989), directed by Prof. Guy Sircello (Philosophy).<\/strong>
\nSome themes on love, the self and family.
\nSyllabus: Love, the Self, and Family<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Liberty_Leading_the_People\"<\/strong>THE HUMAN CONDITION<\/strong> (1982-85), directed by Prof. Keith Nelson (History).<\/strong>
\nKnowledge and choice, the middle class in the nineteenth century, violence: domestic, racial, imperial.
\nSyllabus: The Human Condition<\/a><\/p>\n

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