1 HIST 4907 The Radical Sixties Alhelí Alvarado Columbia University ada2003@columbia.edu The Sixties in Global Perspective: Intellectual Origins, Cultural History and Political Legacies will examine the lives of key militant leaders, social and cultural movements, and intellectual figures that defined the identity of the radical 1960s at a global level. This seminar course will cover a period beginning in 1945 and concluding in 2011, from the end of the Second World War to the formation of the Occupy Wall Street movement. The seminar will explore key geographic areas affected by the political and cultural effervescence of the times: North America (the United States), Western Europe (France/Italy/West Germany), North Africa (Algeria), Asia (China/Vietnam) and Latin America (Cuba/Mexico). The course will require attentive study of primary sources (manifestos, documents, original texts, visual material and film excerpts) in combination with assigned chapters from selected secondary sources. Students will learn about the cultural, political and philosophical manifestations of the radical sixties, as well as reflect on the ongoing legacies of the historical period. Objectives This course will enrich the existent curriculum in the field of international history, intellectual and cultural history, and international politics. The course is contributing to a global analysis of the historical period in question, emphasizing the connections between different world regions, as well as different fields of human activity and production. Students will explore the relations between activism and