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HIST 298 - Death: from Medieval Relics to Forensic Science


From CSI: Crime Scene Investigation to Ghost Busters to murder mysteries, western society finds death and dead bodies both fascinating and horrifying.  This course considers the history of death from medieval Christian relics to early modern body snatching and dissection to murder and forensic science in the twentieth century.

Credits 1