HIST 108: Soccer!: A Global History of Sport and Politics

Department
School
College Liberal Arts/Sciences
Credits 4
Degree Attributes
CLAS: (D) Historical Studies,
AU: Global Perspective,
CoB: Humanities,
SoAD: Humanities
This course follows the beautiful game from the nineteenth century to the present. We explore how soccer has changed, but also how soccer has impacted war and peace, colonialism and imperialism, authoritarianism and state terror, and questions of citizenship, race, gender, and inclusion.