I think it would be worthwhile to ask Austin Kerr to add the syllabi of a
few alcohol history courses (current and no longer taught) to the web page
which he provides at Ohio State for the ATHG.  This would be the kind of
material useful to faculty not easily extracted from listserv logs, old
issues of the SHAR, etc.

>Before I retired from Boston U a year ago I taught a course called Alcohol
>in History for several years.  It drew from 75 to 100 students, and
>generated a lot of interest among students interested in social and
>economic themes.  It didn't hurt that it ran from 3:30 to 5 in the
>afternoon.  The less acute students came because of the time and the word
>alcohol.  It was a good teaching experience for me and enjoyable for most
>of the students.
>
>Norman Bennett
>>Hi all
>>As I mentioned in an earlier posting, I have been preparing a history of
>>alcohol course proposal for the history department at Brock University.  I
>>am currently interested in the level of interest others who have operated
>>such courses have seen from students at their institutions.  Has it been a
>>popular course?  What sort of preconcieved notions have students had about
>>the course, and how did that affect how you ran the course (if at all)?
>>
>>Cheers,
>>
>>Dan
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