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Fall 2020 Honors Classes

For courses listed below, seek enrollment permission from the University Honors Program by e-mailing ksuhonors@ksu.edu unless otherwise noted.

 

Introductory Honors Program Courses 

UHP189 Honors 1st-year Seminar - Top/Reading Old Stuff

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
ASEM163411M9:30-10:20 a.m.C 202Book IconKearns, Sara KNone
Historical and cultural documents provide insight into the world we live in today and the future. But what if we can’t read them? During this class, we will explore historical documents including newspaper articles, handwritten letters, photographs, and maps in order to make sense of them from a practical standpoint (What is that word?) and a research perspective (Why did that happen? What questions do I have now?) By the end of the course, students will be able to apply their experience reading cultural documents to future research in any discipline.

 

UHP189 Honors 1st-year Seminar - Top/Making Celebrity: From Autofiction to Instagram -- CANCELLED

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
BSEM163421M12:30-1:20 p.m.BH 123Book IconAntonioli, KathleenNone
Is "Instagram versus reality" more than a meme? This course explores the self-creation of modern celebrity through the lens of auto-fiction, a French concept that defines the mixing of autobiography and fiction. We will look at excerpts of French texts that defined this term, alongside American celebrity versions of the concept, from Instagram to the Kardashians. All texts will be in ENGLISH, knowledge of French is not necessary.

 

UHP189 Honors 1st-year Seminar - Top/Breaking the Art/Science Divide

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
CSEM163431T1:05-1:55 p.m.EH 223Book IconLuly, SaraNone

We often think of the arts (for example, literature) as the opposite of science. But what happens if you use literature to understand mental illness? Read a medical case file as a work of literature? Study bio-chemical responses to art? This CAT community looks at the intersection of the arts and science.

How does science shape our understanding of the arts? What can literature and art teach us about science?This section is exclusively for students enrolled in the "Breaking the Art/Science Divide" CAT Community.  See "CAT Community" section below for full details.

 

UHP189 Honors 1st-year Seminar - Top/Public Health & Sherlock

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
DSEM163441F11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m.BH 123Book IconKastner, JustinNone
Nineteenth-century discoveries in microbiology, epidemiology, and public health science coincided with enduring (and still-talked-about-today) literary innovations (e.g., Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes) and real-life dramas (including the alarm and anxiety connected to crimes committed by Jack the Ripper). Three of Britain’s Victorian-era cities—namely, Edinburgh, Liverpool, and London—provided colorful contexts in which public health and international trade actors (including physicians, veterinarians, and medical officers of health) began to sort out (and even set aside) scientific and professional differences for larger societal goals. This course, designed primarily (but not exclusively) for pre-medicine, pre-veterinary, and other pre-health-profession honors students, will follow the growth of these inter-professional partnerships. Through lectures, readings, and in-class observation of primary-source materials, students will learn about memorable figures who had a hand in late 19th-century advancements in human medicine, veterinary public health, and food safety regulation. This course also provides an orientation to the University Honors Program (UHP) and will direct you to key resources for monitoring your progress.

 

UHP189 Honors 1st-year Seminar - Top/Bees, Plato & Who knows What

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
ESEM163451W3:30-4:20 p.m.LS 001Book IconMarshall, JeremyNone
What is knowledge? We are told it is the cornerstone of a University education, but does it really exist? Does it somehow depend on certain individuals or groups? If so, does this mean that truth is relative and thus absolute truths don't exist? Do organisms other than Humans, say Bees, have knowledge? Is perception an important part of gaining knowledge? If so, do different perceptions lead to different knowledge? Does this mean that every individual and every organism has a different set of things that they consider are knowledge? We will explore these questions, and more, as we think about how we should approach a University education and the value that different perspectives, courses, and modes of thinking can have on our ability to solve the complex problems of the 21st Century.

 

UHP189 Honors 1st-year Seminar - Top/Pathways and Pitfalls

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
FSEM163461W12:30-1:20 p.m.CW 130Book IconMiddendorf, B JanNone
Efforts to ‘do good’ in the world - improve access to food, education, preserving our environment, and more – can be complicated.  Through exploring real-time case studies in international development, students will explore the challenges and opportunities of making a difference -- what works, what doesn’t, and why – using an interdisciplinary perspective. Applying the principles and key considerations of working towards long-term sustainable solutions, students will chart a pathway to avoid pitfalls and make progress in their own quest to save the world.

 

UHP189 Honors 1st-year Seminar - Top/Expanding Your Horizons

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
GSEM163471F1:30-2:20 p.m.BH 123Book IconLhuiller, StaceyNone
This course will open the doors to resources and connections to expand the horizons for student development and training. In addition to references to the KSU Freshman book, students will navigate various methods to optimize opportunities that surround them. Students will gain insight into capitalizing on these resources and connections to facilitate a growth mindset as specified by the Honors Program.

 

UHP189 Honors 1st-year Seminar - Top/Visual World

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
HSEM 163481W2:30-3:20 p.m. CW 120Book Icon

Seaton, Schlageck

None
Want a better understanding our increasingly visual society? This seminar uses the exhibitions and collections of the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art to discuss art as a form of communication, a path to learning about cultures, a way to make connections between different subject areas, and a means of developing critical thinking and evidence-based reasoning skills. The course is based on active learning and requires no previous art experience. The museum's fall 2020 exhibitions focus on intersections between art and science and address topics such as alternative forms of energy, early human artifacts, and the search for extraterrestrial beings.

 

UHP189 Honors 1st-year Seminar - Top/K-State History

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
ISEM 163491U1:05-2:20 p.m. EH 223Book Icon

Leimkuehler, Ryan

None
This class will engage with various topics and locations across campus to see how university memory has developed over time. We will explore topics like the origins of the Wabash Cannonball, the legacy of fires on campus, and famous visitors to campus. Primary sources are the pieces of evidence that we use to learn about the people, events, and everyday life on and off campus. These are not limited to just books and documents; students will also explore different types of sources through visiting various campus locations such as the university archives, beach museum, and costume and textile museum. By the conclusion of the course, students from every background will be able to critically apply the use of primary sources to their studies and lifelong professions.

 

UHP189 Honors 1st-year Seminar - Top/Gaming and Learning

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
JSEM 163501W8:30-9:20 a.m. EH 226Book Icon

Burenheide, Brad

None
One of the oldest activities of man is the concept of play and games. This course encourages participants to experience different ways of learning through participating in a cooperative role-playing setting that will immerse participants in collaboration, socialization, and working with others in the class. By virtue of gaming, participants will be exposed to ludological concepts as well as critical thinking, metacognition, and creativity.

 

Honors Program Courses 

AGEC 121 Honors Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
ALEC125063T U9:30-10:45 a.m.WAX104Book IconBergtold, JasonEmpirical and Quantitative Reasoning Social Sciences

 

ANTH 210 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Honors*

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
ASEM143843M W F9:30-10:20 a.m.WA 350Book IconFalcone, JessicaGlobal Issues and Perspectives Social Sciences

*First-Year Seminar section.  First-year students only.   

 

BIOL365 Practicum in Biology - Human Body - Cadaver

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
DPRC147402Appointment Book IconRhodes, Ashley
Nelson, Caroline
None

 

BIOL461 Phage Hunters I

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
ALEC180013T U9:30-11:20 a.m.AK 121Book Icon

Smith Caldas, Martha

Herren, Christopher David

None

Note: The social distance capacity of the room assigned to this section is 11. The number of students in this classroom at any time cannot exceed the social distance capacity of 11.

 

CHM220 Honors Chemistry 1

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
ALEC106445MTWU8:30-9:20 a.m.KG 004Book IconAakeroy, ChristerNatural and Physical Science Empirical and Quantitative Reasoning
01RREC10645 F8:30-9:20 a.m.KG 004Book IconAakeroy, ChristerNone
01BLAB10646 T2:30-5:20 p.m.CBC 236Book IconHinton, MichaelNone
03BLAB12720 W2:30-5:20 p.m.CBC 236Book IconHinton, MichaelNone
04BLAB12994 W11:30 a.m.-2:20 p.m.CBC 236Book IconHinton, MichaelNone

 

COMM109 Honors Public Speaking

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
ALEC127383T U11:30 a.m. -12:45 p.m.K 210Book IconBrown, CraigNone

 

DAS300 The Great Conversation: Primary Text Certificate Core Course

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
ALEC126543T U1:05-2:20 p.m.C 317Book IconJohnson, LaurieHistorical Perspectives  

 

EDCI318 Educational Technology for Teaching and Learning

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
DLEC126581M2:30-4:20 p.m.BH106Book IconKuhn, CynthiaNone  

 

ENGL210 Honors English - Top/Espionage Lit

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
AREC127433T U11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m.ECS 231Book IconCrosby, MarkNone
In June 2010, the presence of a clandestine network of Russian agents operating on US soil was reported to the world. While the discovery of these spies seemed a throwback to the cold war era and the novels of John Le Carré and Robert Ludlum, the shadowy world of espionage, or what Rudyard Kipling referred to as ‘the Great Game,’ continues to captivate the popular imagination. TV shows like Alias, 24, and FX’s The Americans, Hollywood movies such as the James Bond, Jason Bourne, and Mission Impossible series and Salt – an Angelina Jolie thriller about a network of Russian sleeper agents infiltrating the White House that was, coincidently, released in 2010 – evince our cultural fascination with spies. Indeed, this fascination has only increased since revelations about Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election came to light. In this course, we will focus on literary representations of spies and the ethical and psychological implications of spying. As literary scholars, we are familiar with some of the terms and practices associated with spying: we decipher and decode texts and collect information from indirect and typically unreliable sources. We will read texts that cover a broad range of literary styles, from non-fiction news reports and memoirs, and fiction in the form of novels and short stories. These texts will allow us to examine the formal and ethical strategies used by individual authors. Our goals include the development of techniques of literary analysis and the translation of these techniques into writing skills. During the semester, you will write and revise three essays and several shorter assignments.

 

ENGL210 Honors English - Close Encounters of the Literary Kind

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
BREC170283M W F11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m.W 025Book IconShirley TungNone
The literary critic Edward Said defines education in the Humanities as "a sustained encounter with the actualities of reading and interpretation." This course asks students to question what it means to be a reader encountering a text. What kind of expectations do we carry? How do texts reinforce or subvert these expectations? And, paraphrasing the Renaissance poet, Ben Jonson, how do we "read [texts] well: that is, to understand"?

In this course, we will focus on literary classics continually referenced by popular culture, like the countless adaptations of Frankenstein in film, TV, and theater. How are our encounters with texts shaped, for better or worse, by the cultural consciousness? What is it about these texts that make them popular and relevant? How do allusions to other works operate meaningfully within the texts we encounter? In addition, we will consider how encounters are portrayed (in the more traditional sense) in books like Gulliver's Travels and The Tempest and films such as Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and Arrival (2016). These works not only chronicle travel to foreign lands and/or contact with the "other," but also attempt to destabilize the familiar, blurring the boundaries between the natural and supernatural, alien and terrestrial, ancient and modern, moral and immoral, and society and self, thus calling into question what it means to be human. Course requirements: active class participation, weekly online discussion board posts, writing workshop assignments, and three papers.

  

ENGL297 Honors Introduction to the Humanities 1

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
AREC112133T U9:30-10:45 a.m.ECS 121Book IconCrosby, MarkNone
This course may be taken independently OR taken in conjunction with the "Breaking the Art/Science Divide" CAT Community.  See "CAT Community" section below for full details.

 

LEAD251 Honors Leadership I

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
ALEC146843M W F1:30-2:20 p.m.LSP 114Book IconTolar, Maryhd 

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MC110 
Mass Communication in Society

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
BLEC129373T U8:05-9:20 a.m.K 007Book IconGlasscock, KellyHistorical Perspectives

 

Research Topic and Proposal Development: Conducting Honors Researc*  -- CANCELLED

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
GENAG 396LEC152231M3:30-4:20 p.m.JU 226Book IconWashburn, ShannonNone
DHE 399SEM126461M3:30-4:20 p.m.JU 226Book Icon Jordan, Shawna None

*This course has been cancelled for Fall 2020.  Students who had planned to take the course should consult with the Honors program at ksuhonors@ksu.edu.  We apologize for any inconvenience. 

 

Honors CAT Community Option -- Breaking the Art/Science Divide

We often think of the arts (for example, literature) as the opposite of science. But what happens if you use literature to understand mental illness or read a medical case file as a work of literature? What if you analyze bio-chemical responses to art? Together we will explore the intersection of the arts and science so we can begin to understand how science shapes our understanding of the arts and the ways in which literature and art teach us about science.  Students in the Honors CAT Community enroll in the following: 

ENGL 297 Honors Introduction to the Humanities #11213 -- TU 9:30 - 10:45) and
UHP 189 Honors First-Year Seminar: Bridging the Art/Science Divide (Section C - #16343 -- T 1:05)

+ one of the following:

BIOL 198 Principles of Biology (#10438 -- TU 3:30 - 5:20) or
PSYCH 110 General Psychology (#12371 -- TU 2:30 - 3:45)

Note: BIOL 198 and PSYCH 110 are NOT Honors sections (only UHP 189 and ENGL 297 are designated as Honors credit). 

K-State First enrolls students in CAT Communities; contact them at kstatefirst@k-state.edu or call (785) 532-6057 (during June O&E).  You can also call their main office at (785) 532-1501.

Honors Program Specialty Courses

GENAG020 University Honors Program

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
AREC114020Appointment Book Icon  None
Only for College of Agriculture Honors Program students

 

CIS115 Introduction to Computing Science

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
SLEC134503U1:05-2:55 p.m.DUE1116Book IconWeese, JoshuaNone 
All seats in Section S are reserved for CS Scholars Group.

 

CIS200 Programming Fundamentals

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
SLAB126694F10:30 a.m. -12:20 p.m.DUE1117Book IconLang, DennisEmpirical and Quantitative Reasoning
02LLEC13678 M W10:30-11:45 a.m.DUE1117Book Icon Lang, DennisNone
All seats in Section S are reserved for CS Scholars Group.

 

CIS400 Object-Oriented Design, Implementation, and Testing

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
SREC168703T U1:00-3:50 p.m.DUE1117Book IconBean, NathanNone 
All seats in Section S are reserved for CS Scholars Group.

  

GENBA110 Business Foundations

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
ELEC133963M W F11:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.BB2100Book IconLhuiller, StaceyNone 

 

MC200 News Reporting and Writing Across Platforms

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
BREC119633T U9:30-11:20 a.m.K220Book IconBressers, BonnieNone 

MC 200, Section B: Laptop Computer required.

 

MC385 Honors Practicum

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
EPRC153841Appointment  Book IconBressers, BonnieNone 

Courses Available by Pre-Established Contract for Honors Credit

No UHP permission required to enroll in pre-contract options. Simply enroll in the course and then follow the Pre-Contract Instructions to sign onto the contract.

ANTH314 Introduction to the World's Religions

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
ALEC163973M W F9:30-10:20 a.m.DUR1063Book IconWesch, Michael Aesthetic Interpretation Social Sciences

 

ANTH515 Creativity and Culture

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
ALEC171883M W F10:30-11:20 a.m.WA350Book IconFalcone, Jessica Aesthetic Interpretation 

 

ASI561 Undergraduate Research in Animal Sciences & Industry

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
AIND146140-3Appointment  Book IconJones, Cassandra None 

 

ASI561 Undergrad Res/ASI - Top/Meats

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
ELEC160842M 10:30-11:20 a.m. CL 205Book IconJones, Cassandra None 

 

ASI561 Undergrad Res/ASI - Top/Beef

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
FRSH168132F 2:30-4:20 p.m. WB 123Book IconJones, Cassandra None 
FRSH168132M10:30-11:20 a.m.CL 205Book IconJones, CassandraNone


BIOL450 
Modern Genetics --- Contract Option Cancelled for Fall 2020 due to COVID-related concerns.

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
ALEC104564M W F8:30-9:20 a.m.AK 120Book IconAsano, Katsura
Schrick, Kathrin
 Natural and Physical Science Empirical and Quantitative Reasoning
01RREC10455 T8:30-9:20 a.m.AK 221 Book Icon Asano, Katsura
Schrick, Kathrin
 None
02RREC10454 T9:30-10:20 a.m.AK 231 Book IconAsano, Katsura
Schrick, Kathrin
 None
 03R REC 10453  T 1:30-2:20 p.m.AK 231 Book IconAsano, Katsura
Schrick, Kathrin
None

 

CLSCS 501 Classical Literature in Translation

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
AREC176163TU11:30-12:45 p.m.EH211 McCloskey, Benjamin Aesthetic Interpretation Historical Perspectives

This class will investigate how Greek and Roman authors use the mythological stories about gods, heroes, and the past to position themselves (and all humans) in relationship to the universe. Some authors use the supernatural to establish rules for human behavior (don’t murder!); some to explore pain and trauma (the consequences of war – Homer’s Odyssey); some to argue for atheism (the gods aren’t real!! –Xenophanes) and others for religion (the gods are real!! –Hesiod’s Theogony); others, to tell an outlandish story (How great would it be if you started rooming with a sexy god who was maybe kinda into you?? –Philostratus’ Heroikos). This course, by reading Homer’s Odyssey, Hesiod’s Theogony, Sophocles’ Oedipus plays, and several stories about Herakles’ Twelve Labors, will explore the various ways that ancient Greeks and Romans used the gods to explore the border of humanity—and beyond. The readings are in translation: no prior knowledge of classical literature or languages is expected.

Classics 501 can also count as ENGL 501

 

ENTRP 340 Intro/Entrepreneurship*

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
AREC167353TU8:05-9:20 a.m.BB 4001 Marcia Hornung

err Empirical and Quantitative Reasoning

*This section is restricted to Menards Family Scholars Program participants only

 

Fundamentals of Global Food Systems

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
GENAG 225LEC183193M W F9:30-10:20 a.m.LSP 123 Siefers, Mary Kay Global Issues and Perspectives
GENAG 225LEC157293T U2:30-3:45 p.m.LSP 126Book IconSiefers, Mary Kay; Gragg, Sara Elizabeth Global Issues and Perspectives 
LEAD 225LEC182503T U2:30-3:45 p.m.LSP 126 Siefers, Mary Kay; Gragg, Sara Elizabeth Global Issues and Perspectives
LEAD 225LEC157023M W F9:30-10:20 a.m.LSP 123 Book IconSiefers, Mary Kay Global Issues and Perspectives

 

GRMN 521 Introductory Topics in German Literature and Culture of the 18th and 19th Century

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
AREC115053TU9:30-10:45 a.m.EH 227Book IconSara LulyAesthetic Interpretation Historical Perspectives

 

LATIN 101 Latin I

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
ASTD159795MTWU9:30-10:20 a.m.EH 211Book IconMcCloskey, BenjaminAesthetic Interpretation Global Issues and Perspectives
This course serves as an introduction to the grammar, syntax, vocabulary and structure of the Latin language. This course teaches Latin not as a spoken language but as a language that is read and written. This class combines introductory vocabulary and grammar with readings in Latin and discussions that contextualize the language in the culture and literature of Rome.

 

LATIN 301 intermediate Latin-Prose.

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
ASTD160013M W F10:30-11:20 a.m.EH 212Book IconMcCloskey, BenjaminAesthetic Interpretation Global Issues and Perspectives

 

MANGT 420 Principles of Management

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
DLEC142823M W F11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m.BB 1070Book IconLaw-Delrosso, OliviaSocial Sciences
ELEC152043M W F12:30-1:20 p.m.BB 1070Book IconLaw-Delrosso, OliviaSocial Sciences
FLEC152073M W F1:30-2:20 p.m.BB 1070Book IconLaw-Delrosso, OliviaSocial Sciences

 

MKGT 400 Introduction to Marketing

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
FLEC148403T U8:05-9:20 a.m.BB 1078Book IconBrotton, JenniferSocial Sciences
GLEC143933T U9:30-10:45 a.m.BB 1078Book IconBrotton, JenniferSocial Sciences
HLEC148413T U1:05-2:20 p.m.BB 1070Book IconBrotton, JenniferSocial Sciences
ILEC151273T U2:30-3:45 p.m.BB 1070Book IconBrotton, JenniferSocial Sciences

 

THTRE 270 Introduction to Theatre

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
ALEC124783M W F10:30-11:20 a.m.WS 106 Skelton, Shannon Blake Aesthetic Interpretation Historical Perspectives

 

THTRE 573 History of Theatre 2

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
ALEC124933M W F1:30-2:20 p.m.N 127 Skelton, Shannon Blake  Historical Perspectives