2015-02-09

Early Modern England with Keith E. Wrightson at Yale University (Fall 2009)

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Early Modern England: Politics, Religion, and Society under the Tudors and Stuarts (HIST 251)
This course is intended to provide an up-to-date introduction to the development of English society between the late fifteenth and the early eighteenth centuries. Particular issues addressed in the lectures will include: the changing social structure; households; local communities; gender roles; economic development; urbanization; religious change from the Reformation to the Act of Toleration; the Tudor and Stuart monarchies; rebellion, popular protest and civil war; witchcraft; education, literacy and print culture; crime and the law; poverty and social welfare; the changing structures and dynamics of political participation and the emergence of parliamentary government. Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses

1. General Introduction 36:09
2. "The Tree of Commonwealth": The Social Order in the Sixteenth Century 43:37
3. Households: Structures, Priorities, Strategies, Roles 46:05
4. Communities: Key Institutions and Relationships 45:58
5. "Countries" and Nation: Social and Economic Networks and the Urban System 45:46
6. The Structures of Power 51:43
7. Late Medieval Religion and Its Critics 45:52
8. Reformation and Division, 1530-1558 50:02
9. "Commodity" and "Commonweal": Economic and Social Problems, 1520-1560 46:42
10. The Elizabethan Confessional State: Conformity, Papists and Puritans 51:43
11. The Elizabethan "Monarchical Republic": Political Participation 44:14
12. Economic Expansion, 1560-1640 50:58
13. A Polarizing Society, 1560-1640 47:01
14. Witchcraft and Magic 46:35
15. Crime and the Law 46:32
16. Popular Protest 46:29
17. Education and Literacy 49:45
18. Street Wars of Religion: Puritans and Arminians 45:18
19. Crown and Political Nation, 1604-1640 43:54
20. Constitutional Revolution and Civil War, 1640-1646 49:47
21. Regicide and Republic, 1647-1660 47:12
22. An Unsettled Settlement: The Restoration Era, 1660-1688 48:08
23. England, Britain, and the World: Economic Development, 1660-1720 46:36
24. Refashioning the State, 1688-1714 46:52
25. Concluding Discussion and Advice on Examination 18:43
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Epidemics in Western Society Since 1600 with Frank Snowden at Yale University (Spring 2010)

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Epidemics in Western Society Since 1600 (HIST 234)
This course consists of an international analysis of the impact of epidemic diseases on western society and culture from the bubonic plague to HIV/AIDS and the recent experience of SARS and swine flu. Leading themes include: infectious disease and its impact on society; the development of public health measures; the role of medical ethics; the genre of plague literature; the social reactions of mass hysteria and violence; the rise of the germ theory of disease; the development of tropical medicine; a comparison of the social, cultural, and historical impact of major infectious diseases; and the issue of emerging and re-emerging diseases. Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses

1. Introduction to the Course 28:43
2. Classical Views of Disease: Hippocrates, Galen, and Humoralism 48:12
3. Plague (I): Pestilence as Disease 48:51
4. Plague (II): Responses and Measures 50:12
5. Plague (III): Illustrations and Conclusions 44:12
6. Smallpox (I): 'The Speckled Monster' 47:07
7. Smallpox (II): Jenner, Vaccination, and Eradication 50:34
8. Nineteenth-Century Medicine: The Paris School of Medicine 49:12
9. Asiatic Cholera (I): Personal Reflections 49:30
10. Asiatic Cholera (II): Five Pandemics 50:46
11. The Sanitary Movement and the 'Filth Theory of Disease' 48:57
12. Syphilis: From the "Great Pox" to the Modern Version 49:18
13. Contagionism versus Anticontagionsim 49:23
14. The Germ Theory of Disease 49:13
15. Tropical Medicine as a Discipline 46:08
16. Malaria (I): The Case of Italy 49:48
17. Malaria (II): The Global Challenge 46:39
18. Tuberculosis (I): The Era of Consumption 48:58
19. Tuberculosis (II): After Robert Koch 49:11
20. Pandemic Influenza 50:54
21. The Tuskegee Experiment 51:06
22. AIDS (I) 51:26
23. AIDS (II) 49:25
24. Poliomyelitis: Problems of Eradication 51:46
25. SARS, Avian Inluenza, and Swine Flu: Lessons and Prospects 40:48
26. Final Q&A 50:36
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The American Revolution with Joanne B. Freeman at Yale University (Spring 2010)

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The American Revolution (HIST 116)
The American Revolution entailed some remarkable transformations--converting British colonists into American revolutionaries, and a cluster of colonies into a confederation of states with a common cause -- but it was far more complex and enduring then the fighting of a war. As John Adams put it, "The Revolution was in the Minds of the people... before a drop of blood was drawn at Lexington"--and it continued long past America's victory at Yorktown. This course will examine the Revolution from this broad perspective, tracing the participants' shifting sense of themselves as British subjects, colonial settlers, revolutionaries, and Americans. Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses

1. Introduction: Freeman's Top Five Tips for Studying the Revolution 40:23
2. Being a British Colonist 39:30
3. Being a British American 40:15
4. "Ever at Variance and Foolishly Jealous": Intercolonial Relations 41:39
5. Outraged Colonials: The Stamp Act Crisis 41:10
6. Resistance or Rebellion? (Or, What the Heck is Happening in Boston?) 46:44
7. Being a Revolutionary 46:05
8. The Logic of Resistance 47:45
9. Who Were the Loyalists? 45:51
10. Common Sense 43:09
11. Independence 41:56
12. Civil War 43:30
13. Organizing a War 49:01
14. Heroes and Villains 48:59
15. Citizens and Choices: Experiencing the Revolution in New Haven 43:00
16. The Importance of George Washington 44:40
17. The Logic of a Campaign (or, How in the World Did We Win?) 46:50
18. Fighting the Revolution: The Big Picture 46:14
19. War and Society 43:20
20. Confederation 43:26
21. A Union Without Power 47:05
22. The Road to a Constitutional Convention 44:21
23. Creating a Constitution 46:00
24. Creating a Nation 40:56
25. Being an American: The Legacy of the Revolution 41:19
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Environmental Politics and Law with John Wargo at Yale University (Spring 2010)

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Environmental Politics and Law (EVST 255)
Can law change human behavior to be less environmentally damaging? Law will be examined through case histories including: environmental effects of national security, pesticides, air pollution, consumer products, plastics, parks and protected area management, land use, urban growth and sprawl, public/private transit, drinking water standards, food safety, and hazardous site restoration. In each case we will review the structure of law and evaluate its strengths and weaknesses. Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses

1. Introduction to the Course 45:02
2. Principles & Strategies in Environmental Law 50:21
3. Nuclear Experiments 46:42
4. Nuclear Secrecy and Ecology 42:49
5. Preparing for War: NEPA 51:40
6. Marine Food-Chains: Mercury 48:23
7. Site Restoration Law 48:16
8. Chemically Dependent Agriculture 49:00
9. Risk and Law: Pesticide Paradigm 49:35
10. Safe Drinking Water: Science and Law 48:11
11. Safety Claims and Free Speech: Preemption and Defamation 45:49
12. Air Quality Law: Margins of Safety 45:14
13. Vehicle Emissions and Public Transit 47:04
14. The Quiet Revolution in Plastics 52:03
15. The Tobacco Paradigm 43:41
16. Evolution of Tobacco Law 47:20
17. Land Use and Conservation Law: The Adirondack History 47:41
18. Property Rights and Public Lands Management 43:15
19. Land Use Law and Property Rights 50:24
20. Managing Coastal Resources in an Era of Climate Change 43:43
21. Certification: Design and Green Architecture 49:58
22. Past and Future of Nuclear Power 45:36
23. Renewable Energy Policies 49:34
24. Reflection and Lessons 50:02
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Financial Theory with John Geanakoplos at Yale University (Fall 2009)

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Financial Theory (ECON 251)
This course attempts to explain the role and the importance of the financial system in the global economy. Rather than separating off the financial world from the rest of the economy, financial equilibrium is studied as an extension of economic equilibrium. The course also gives a picture of the kind of thinking and analysis done by hedge funds. Complete course materials are available at the Yale Online website: online.yale.edu

1. Why Finance? 1:14:17
2. Utilities, Endowments, and Equilibrium 1:12:17
3. Computing Equilibrium 1:14:32
4. Efficiency, Assets, and Time 1:11:29
5. Present Value Prices and the Real Rate of Interest 1:14:14
6. Irving Fisher's Impatience Theory of Interest 1:10:57
7. Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice and Collateral, Present Value and the Vocabulary of Finance 1:18:35
8. How a Long-Lived Institution Figures an Annual Budget. Yield 1:16:12
9. Yield Curve Arbitrage 1:15:08
10. Dynamic Present Value 1:09:38
11. Social Security 1:12:21
12. Overlapping Generations Models of the Economy 1:12:34
13. Demography and Asset Pricing: Will the Stock Market Decline when the Baby Boomers Retire? 1:12:22
14. Quantifying Uncertainty and Risk 1:04:10
15. Uncertainty and the Rational Expectations Hypothesis 1:16:10
16. Backward Induction and Optimal Stopping Times 1:19:14
17. Callable Bonds and the Mortgage Prepayment Option 1:12:14
18. Modeling Mortgage Prepayments and Valuing Mortgages 1:12:06
19. History of the Mortgage Market: A Personal Narrative 1:19:18
20. Dynamic Hedging 1:12:30
21. Dynamic Hedging and Average Life 1:13:42
22. Risk Aversion and the Capital Asset Pricing Theorem 1:16:07
23. The Mutual Fund Theorem and Covariance Pricing Theorems 1:16:05
24. Risk, Return, and Social Security 1:14:10
25. The Leverage Cycle and the Subprime Mortgage Crisis 1:16:31
26. The Leverage Cycle and Crashes 1:10:12
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Dante in Translation with Giuseppe Mazzotta at Yale University (Fall 2008)

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Dante in Translation (ITAL 310)
The course is an introduction to Dante and his cultural milieu through a critical reading of the Divine Comedy and selected minor works (Vita nuova, Convivio, De vulgari eloquentia, Epistle to Cangrande). An analysis of Dante's autobiography, the Vita nuova, establishes the poetic and political circumstances of the Comedy's composition. Readings of Inferno, Purgatory and Paradise seek to situate Dante's work within the intellectual and social context of the late Middle Ages, with special attention paid to political, philosophical and theological concerns. Topics in the Divine Comedy explored over the course of the semester include the relationship between ethics and aesthetics; love and knowledge; and exile and history. Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses

1. Introduction 18:46
2. Vita Nuova 1:09:11
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Principles of Evolution, Ecology and Behavior by Stephen C. Stearns at Yale University (Spring 2009)

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Principles of Evolution, Ecology and Behavior (EEB 122)
This course presents the principles of evolution, ecology, and behavior for students beginning their study of biology and of the environment. It discusses major ideas and results in a manner accessible to all Yale College undergraduates. Recent advances have energized these fields with results that have implications well beyond their boundaries: ideas, mechanisms, and processes that should form part of the toolkit of all biologists and educated citizens. Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://oyc.yale.edu/ecology-and-evolutionary-biology/eeb-122

1. The Nature of Evolution: Selection, Inheritance, and History 43:06
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Global Problems of Population Growth with Robert Wyman at Yale University (Spring 2009)

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Global Problems of Population Growth (MCDB 150)
This survey course introduces students to the important and basic material on human fertility, population growth, the demographic transition and population policy. Topics include: the human and environmental dimensions of population pressure, demographic history; economic and cultural causes of demographic change, environmental carrying capacity and sustainability. Political, religious and ethical issues surrounding fertility: infanticide, abortion, contraception, son preference, government coercion, migration and the status of women. The lectures and readings attempt to balance theoretical and demographic scale analyses with studies of individual humans and communities. The perspective is global with both developed and developing countries included. Controversies on the causes, cures and effects of rapid population growth are also addressed. Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses

1. Evolution of Sex and Reproductive Strategies 1:06:29
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