SHUM 6724

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  • Schedule of Classes - October 15, 2026 7:07PM EDT

SHUM 6724
Après le Déluge: History and Disaster

Course information provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.

When disaster strikes – war, earthquake, epidemic, nuclear fallout – how do people survive and rebuild? This course explores the history and aftermath of natural disasters and man-made catastrophes. Such disasters often overlap, as when hydroengineering leads to catastrophic flooding; government, military, or industrial policy foster famine or disease; and tsunami bring a nuclear facility to meltdown. Disasters destroy, but they also spark creativity: new scientific paradigms, art forms, communities, politics, and profits. One man’s disaster is another man’s opportunity, as when bombs and earthquakes clear the way for urban planners or spark investment in research and reconstruction. Survivors, scientists, activists, artists, and politicians compete over how to remember past disasters and prepare for – or avoid – a reprise. At stake is the future opened up by disaster.


Enrollment Information Enrollment limited to: graduate students.

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 4424, SHUM 4724

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8497 SHUM 6724   SEM 101

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    • R
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027

    • Roebuck, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person