Knox College Moodle: Courses

This site on the historic Swedish colony of Bishop Hill was created by Jon Wagner (Knox College Professor of Anthropology) for the benefit of Knox faculty, staff and students interested in this important site in Henry County, 25 miles from the Knox campus. It features basic information, images, basic readings on the colony, and links to additional information.

An exploration of intentional communities and utopian social experiments in the United States from colonial times to the present, with special attention to their patterns of development, their social dynamics, and their worlds of cultural meaning

Who we are, how we got here, and where we are going.

An exploration of the diversity of Native cultures in Mexico and North America from prehistoric times to the present, with an emphasis on the dynamic processes of adaptation and identity-formation.

Using readings from professional journals and scientific reports, this course will engage students in the dynamic process of dialogue, critique and interpretation that undergirds the modern cross-disciplinary study of human evolution.