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January 17, 2003

Media Contacts: Pat JaCoby, (858) 534-7404

UCSD TO OFFER ABBREVIATED WORLD CIVILIZATION SURVEY COURSE IN WEEKLY LECTURES FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC BEGINNING FEB. 5

A global mini-tour of trends and events from the Age of Enlightenment in 18th century Europe to the rise of radical religious movements in contemporary times will be offered in a free lecture series at the University of California, San Diego, beginning Feb. 5.

The series is based on the distinguished “The Making of the Modern World” sequence, which is a must-take course for Eleanor Roosevelt College students at UCSD. For the first time UCSD is offering this abridged version in five weekly lectures which are free and open to the public.

The two-year college course begins with pre-human history and ends with the present time. The shortened version offered to the public in this new series will cover the last 250 years and will include global trends and events from 18th Century Europe to contemporary times.

Lecturers are members of UCSD’s Making of the Modern World faculty, and the lectures will be given from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Copley International Conference Center at the Institute of the Americas on the UCSD campus.

The dates, titles, and speakers are as follows:

• Feb. 5, The Enlightenment in 18th Century Europe, Stanley Chodorow, UCSD professor emeritus and former dean of Arts and Humanities.
• Feb. 12, Revolutions and Ideology in 19th Century Europe, Thomas Cardoza, UCSD lecturer, Making of the Modern World.
• Feb. 19, Imperialism and Phase-One Globalization in Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries, Steven Cassedy, UCSD professor of literature and director, Making of the Modern World program.
• Feb. 26, War, Genocide, and Totalitarianism on a Global Scale in First Half of the 20th Century, Patrick Patterson, UCSD lecturer and assistant director of the Writing Program, Making of the Modern World.
• March 5, The Cold War and Phase-Two Globalization in the Last Half Century, Timothy McDaniel, UCSD professor of sociology and former director, Making of the Modern World.

The lectures are sponsored by the Center for the Humanities and Eleanor Roosevelt College.

Persons interested may attend the full five lecture course or focus on specific topics of interest to them. For further information call (858) 534-0999.