History

 

Professors:  Brodkin, Forster, Paxton, Queen, Wilson; Associate Professors:  Canton, Garofalo; Assistant Professors:  Davis, Downs, Kane, Manion; Visiting Instructor:  Fuller; Professor Stock, chair

 

The Major in History

 

The major consists of ten or more history courses.  At least seven of these courses must be above the introductory level, including three or more at the 300 or 400 level, and at least one at the 400 level.  As an introduction to the department's broad offerings, students must take one course in the history of four of the five main geographical areas treated by the department.  This distribution requirement will normally be satisfied by three introductory courses selected from Course 103 (Africa), Course 113 or 115 or 116 (Asia), Course 107 (Europe), and Course 114 (Latin America and the Caribbean), Course 105 (United States), and by one course above the introductory level.  A First Year Seminar taught by a department professor can be substituted for one of these requirements.  Not all courses satisfy this requirement and selections must be made in consultation with a departmental adviser.  Introductory courses should be completed as early as possible and not later than the end of the junior year.

            The major must also include a track of at least five courses above the introductory level selected in consultation with a departmental adviser.  The track may be planned in one of three ways:

 

    1.  Students may choose a thematic track from the list below:

 

·   Globalizations:  203, 212, 216, 226, 237, 249, 255, 259, 278, 301, 324, 325, 411, 413, 421, 422, 425, 465.

·   Imperialisms and Nationalisms:  201, 203, 204, 212, 213, 216, 226, 231, 232, 237, 250, 259, 262, 272, 301, 305, 313, 324, 325, 412, 413, 423, 424, 425, 441, 465.

·   The Pre-Modern World:  203, 204, 212, 220, 224, 231, 232, 237, 238, 239, 240, 249, 278, 440, 441, 461, 463.

·   Race, Class, and Gender:  201, 212, 213, 216, 220, 225, 227, 269, 272, 301, 304, 313, 410, 424, 440, 450, 460, 464.

·   Reforms, Reformations, and Revolutions:  204, 216, 219, 238, 239, 259, 262, 424, 425, 441, 460, 462.

·   The World of Thought:  212, 220, 224, 238, 239, 240, 278, 307, 420, 421, 422, 442, 443, 461, 463.

 

2.  Students may choose a track from the department's courses in one of the geographical areas taught (Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, United States).

 

3.  Students may design their own track from among the department's courses according to a thematic, methodological or other suitable principle.  Students who design their own track must do so in consultation with their adviser.

 

Interdisciplinary work and languages:  The History Department encourages language competency and interdisciplinary work.  Students may count one upper-level language course, chosen in consultation with their adviser, toward the three 300- and 400-level courses in the History major (although a language course may not substitute for the one required 400-level course).  Students are also encouraged to take at least two additional courses in other disciplines that enhance their track in History.  In exceptional cases, with the approval of the department, such courses from other departments and programs may be substituted for history courses in meeting the requirements of the major.

            Advanced Placement:  AP scores of 4 or 5 allow students to place out of appropriate introductory courses, but AP credits do not count toward the completion of the major.  See page 337-338 of this catalog for general information about Advanced Placement credit.

            Majors are strongly encouraged to undertake independent work in Individual Study courses or Honors Study.  No student may receive credit for more than 16 history courses.

 

Advisers:  E.I. Brodkin, D. Canton, A. M. David, J. Downs, M. Forster, L. Garofalo, E. Kane, F. Paxton, S. Queen, C. Stock, L. Wilson

 

The Minor in History

 

The minor consists of four history courses in one of the five areas of focus (United States, Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean), at least one of which must be at the 300 or 400 level, and no more than one at the introductory level.  One additional course must be in a second area of focus.

 

Courses

 

Introductory Courses

 

HISTORY  101  BIG HISTORY:  THE BIG BANG TO THE PRESENT  History on the largest scale:  the origins of the universe to the present.  An astronomer, geologist, biologist, and historian trace the fundamental forces shaping change and continuity across time, with an eye to how history and the historical sciences learn about the past.  From the Big Bang to the evolution of humanity and our unfolding story.

                Open to freshman and sophomores.  Enrollment limited to 40 students.  This course satisfies General Education Area 7.  F. Paxton

 

HISTORY  103  AN INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN HISTORY  A survey of the forces that have shaped African societies, religions, politics, and thought.

                Offered both semesters.  Enrollment limited to 40 students.  This course satisfies General Education Area 7.  Staff

 

HISTORY  105  AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF THE U.S.  The U.S. from its colonial origins to the present.  Emphasis on the American Revolution, the Civil War and Reconstruction, the end of isolation, social reform, the welfare state, the Cold War, and the 1960s.

                This course is a prerequisite for intermediate and advanced courses in the history of the United States.  Offered both semesters.  Enrollment limited to 40 students.  D. Canton, J. Downs, C. Stock, L. Wilson

 

HISTORY  107  AN INTRODUCTION TO EUROPEAN HISTORY  The development of the dominant ideas and institutions of Europe.

                This course is a prerequisite for intermediate and advanced courses in European history.  Offered both semesters.  Enrollment limited to 40 students.  This course satisfies General Education Area 7.  M. Forster, F. Paxton

 

HISTORY  113  AN INTRODUCTION TO INDIAN CIVILIZATION  An examination of Indian thought, politics, religion, and society from the earliest times to the present.

                Offered both semesters.  Enrollment limited to 40 students.  This course satisfies General Education Area 7.  E. I. Brodkin

 

HISTORY  114  AN INTRODUCTION TO LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN HISTORY  Amerindian cultures, invasion and settlement by Iberians and West Africans, and colonialism and independence.  Central themes include the roots of indigenous civilizations; conquest and the creation of new societies; colonial social and economic structures; and the dynamics of race, occupation, and gender.

                Enrollment limited to 40 students.  This course satisfies General Education Area 7.  L. Garofalo

 

HISTORY  115  AN INTRODUCTION TO CHINESE CIVILIZATION:  IMAGINING THE CHINESE EMPIRE  An examination of the major religious, political, and philosophical movements that have shaped Chinese civilization in the past and present.

                Enrollment limited to 40 students.  This course satisfies General Education Area 7.  S. Queen

 

HISTORY  116  AN INTRODUCTION TO JAPANESE CIVILIZATION  Japanese political, cultural, and economic transformations from 600 C.E. to the present.

                Enrollment limited to 40 students.  This course satisfies General Education Area 7.  Staff

 

Intermediate Courses

 

HISTORY  201  INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN STUDIES  This is the same course as American Studies 201D/201S.  Refer to the American Studies listing for a course description.

 

HISTORY  202  EMPIRE AND EXPANSION IN EAST ASIA, 1840s-1950s  A consideration of colonial expansion in East Asia from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century.  The course explores the competition for imperial status among major world powers, including Great Britain, France, the U.S., Netherlands, and Japan, within the contexts of industrialization, nationalism, new imperialism, and world war.  This is the same course as East Asian Studies 202.

                Enrollment limited to 30 students.  This course satisfies General Education Area 7.  A. M. Davis

 

HISTORY  203  THE COLONIAL HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICA  A study of Native peoples, African captives, and Europeans in the Atlantic world context.  Emphasis on cultural encounters, both peaceful and violent.

                Enrollment limited to 30 students.  L. Wilson

 

HISTORY  204  THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY ERA  An examination of the origins, character, and interpretations of the American revolution.  Topics include the Great Awakening, domestic problems and imperial crisis, collapse of the old order, the revolutionary mentality and the mobilization of citizens, Articles of Confederation and the Critical Period, the federal constitution, and the new conception of society and politics.

                Enrollment limited to 30 students.  L. Wilson

 

HISTORY  205  HISTORY OF THE SOUTH  An investigation of the history of politics, society, and economics in the U.S. South from the seventeenth-century to the mid-twentieth century.  Topics include settlement and the Native Americans; slavery and emancipation; the planter class and the yeomanry; populism and industrialization; the New South and Jim Crow; civil rights and the rise of the conservative right.

                Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  J. Downs

 

HISTORY  206  THE CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION  Political and social history of the years 1831 to 1877, with emphasis on the growth of sectionalism, slavery, abolition, the course and consequence of the war, and Reconstruction.

                Enrollment limited to 30 students.  J. Downs

 

HISTORY  207  INSURGENCY AND COUNTERINSURGENCY:  HISTORY AND POLITICS  This is the same course as Government 207.  Refer to the Government listing for a course description.

 

HISTORY  208  THE VIKINGS  An examination of the reputation of the Vikings—were they ruthless marauders or much-maligned tourists?  One goal is to question the reliability of various sources:  sagas, poetry, annals, and material culture.  The course considers the breadth of Viking influence, from North America to Byzantium.

                Enrollment limited to 30 students.  This course satisfies General Education Area 7.  M. Mullane

 

HISTORY  212  “RACE” IN COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA  This course explores how concepts of "race" and enduring systems of discrimination emerged from Spain and Portugal's imperial projects.  Long before scientific racism, the Spanish and Portuguese colonizers and architects of the Atlantic slave trade developed ways to mark difference and organize America's indigenous, Iberian, and African societies according to hierarchies of ethnicity, honor, gender, and religious purity.

                Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors; and to freshmen who have taken Course 114.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  This course satisfies General Education Area 7.  L. Garofalo

 

HISTORY  213  THE AMERICAN WEST  The exploration, settlement, and the political, social, and cultural development of the trans-Mississippi West from 1803 to 1890.

                Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  C. Stock

 

HISTORY  214  POLITICS AND CULTURE IN THE UNITED STATES SINCE 1917  An examination of political and cultural developments in the U.S. since the end of World War I, including the Great Depression and New Deal, World War II, the creation of the military-industrial state, suburbanization, the freedom movements of the 1960s, and conservative resurgence of the 1980s.  This is the same course as American Studies 214.

                Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  C. Stock

 

HISTORY  216  MODERN LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY  Latin America after independence, 1800s to the present.  Covers the struggles over citizenship, slavery, European immigration, racial and gendered exclusion, and models of development and progress.  Focus on the Andes, Brazil, Mexico, Haiti, and the Spanish Caribbean.  Course 216 may include an optional section that will meet for an additional hour each week to discuss supplemental readings in Spanish.  Students participating in the foreign language section will receive one additional credit hour, pass/not passed marking.

                Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors; and to freshmen who have taken Course 114.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  This course satisfies General Education Area 7.  L. Garofalo

 

HISTORY  216f  MODERN LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY (In Spanish)  This optional section of History 216 will meet for an additional hour each week to discuss supplemental readings in Spanish.  Students participating in the foreign language section will receive one additional credit hour, pass/not passed marking.  Students electing Course 216f must concurrently enroll in History 216.  L. Garofalo

 

HISTORY  217  SAME-SEX SEXUALITY IN WORLD HISTORY  An examination of the history of same-sex love and sexuality in Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America, and North America from ancient times to the twentieth century.  Topics include the changing nature and understanding of same-sex love, desire, and sexual acts; the relationship between legal, religious, and social views of same-sex sexuality; the way other cultural norms and social categories shaped attitudes towards same-sex sex.  This is the same course as American Studies/Gender and Women’s Studies 217.

                Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  This course satisfies General Education Area 7.  J. Manion

 

HISTORY  219  REBELLION AND REVOLUTIONS IN LATIN AMERICA  Rebellions and revolutions from the 1780s to the present in Mexico, Cuba and Haiti, and the Andes.  What motivated men and women to rebel, or to launch peaceful social movements?  How did ideologies regarding elections and economic models guide revolutionaries—armed or not—to transform all aspects of life including gender roles, religion, and race relations?

                Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors; and to freshmen who have taken Course 114.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  This course satisfies General Education Area 7.  L. Garofalo

 

HISTORY  220  HISTORY OF GENDER IN THE ANDES AND MEXICO  An exploration of sexual difference and gender ideologies in Peru and Mexico at key historical moments, from men and women's roles in Amerindian civilizations to women's revolutionary leadership and sexual politics today.  This is the same course as Gender and Women's Studies 222.

                Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors; and to freshmen who have taken Course 114.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  This course satisfies General Education Area 7.  L. Garofalo

 

HISTORY  224  CONFUCIAN TRADITIONS  A history from Confucius to contemporary times focusing on philosophical and religious dimensions of the tradition in comparative perspective.  This is the same course as Philosophy 213/Religious Studies 208.  Course 224 may include an optional section that will meet for an additional hour each week to discuss supplemental readings in Chinese.  Students participating in the foreign language section will receive one additional credit hour, pass/not passed marking.

                Open to juniors and seniors; and to freshmen and sophomores who have taken Course 115; and to others with permission of the instructor.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  This course satisfies General Education Area 7.  S. Queen

 

HISTORY  224f  CONFUCIAN TRADITIONS  (In Chinese)  This optional section of History 224/Philosophy 213/Religious Studies 208 will meet for an additional hour each week to discuss supplemental readings in Chinese.  Students participating in the foreign language section will receive one additional credit hour, pass/not passed marking.  Students electing History 224f must concurrently enroll in History 224/Philosophy 213/Religious Studies 208.  S. Queen

 

HISTORY  225  AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY 1865-PRESENT  An examination of the development of the African American community in the United States from the end of slavery to the present.  Emphasis on the political, social, and economic impact of racism, sexism, and classism.  Themes include reconstruction, segregation, the great migration, black protest, black leadership, and the modern civil rights movement.  This is the same course as American Studies 225.

                Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors; and to freshmen who have taken Course 105.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  D. Canton

 

HISTORY  226  MODERN INDIA  A study of India during the 19th and 20th centuries.  Topics include the first war of Indian independence; the Hindu rediscovery of a nation; and contemporary Indian thought, politics, and society.

                Open to juniors and seniors, and to others who have taken Course 113.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  This course satisfies General Education Area 7.  E. I. Brodkin

 

HISTORY  227  AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY 1619-1865  An examination of the development of the African American community in the United States from pre-colonial West Africa to 1865.  Themes include slavery, slave communities, African cultural retention and synthesis, slave resistance, free black communities, black leadership, and the construction of race in North America.  Emphasis on the political, social, and economic impact of racism, sexism, and classism.  This is the same course as American Studies 227.

                Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors; and to freshmen who have taken Course 105.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  D. Canton

 

History  229  PROPAGANDA AND TRUTH IN THE AGE OF AUGUSTUS  This is the same course as Classics 229.  Refer to the Classics listing for a course description.

 

HISTORY  230  ROMAN IMPERIALISM AND ITS CRITICS  This is the same course as Classics 230.  Refer to the Classics listing for a course description.

 

HISTORY  231  LATE ANTIQUITY AND THE BIRTH OF EUROPE  The transformation of the classical world of Mediterranean antiquity and the emergence of Christian Europe:  Romans, Barbarians and Christians.

                Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  This course satisfies General Education Area 7.  F. Paxton

 

HISTORY  232  MEDIEVAL EUROPE  The Christian society of the Middle Ages in the West; Crusades, heresy, popes, and emperors; merchants and theologians.  Emergence of France and England; the Papal Monarchy; chivalry and courtly society.  The crisis of the 14th century and its aftermath.

Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors; and to freshmen who have taken Course 107.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  This course satisfies General Education Area 7.  F. Paxton

 

HISTORY  234  MODERN EUROPE, 1790s-1990s  An introduction to the major political, social, cultural, and intellectual trends in Europe during this 200-year period.  The course focuses on three themes – imperialism, revolution, and gender – and emphasizes the historical experience of Jews and Muslims in Europe.

                Enrollment limited to 30 students.  This course satisfies General Education Area 7.  E. Kane

 

HISTORY  237  EARLY MODERN EUROPE, 1500-1750  The social, economic, political, and cultural transformations of Europe between the Reformation and the French Revolution; the rise of centralized states; developments in agrarian societies; and the growth of commercial capitalism.  Course 237 may include an optional section that will meet for an additional hour each week to discuss supplemental readings in German.  Students participating in the foreign language section will receive one additional credit hour, pass/not passed marking.

Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors; and to freshmen who have taken Course 107.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  This course satisfies General Education Area 7.  M. Forster

 

HISTORY  237f  EARLY MODERN EUROPE, 1500-1750  (In German)  This optional section of Course 237 will meet for an additional hour each week to discuss supplemental texts in German.  Students participating in the foreign language section will receive one additional credit hour, pass/not passed marking.  Students electing Course 237f must concurrently register for Course 237.  M. Forster

 

HISTORY  238  THE RENAISSANCE  The cultural transformation of Europe between the 14th and 16th centuries, with emphasis on the social and political contexts of the Italian Renaissance; the spread of the Renaissance to the rest of Europe and its long-term impact.

                Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors; and to freshmen who have taken Course 107.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  This course satisfies General Education Area 7.  M. Forster

 

HISTORY  239  REFORMATION AND COUNTER-REFORMATION  The causes and impact of the Protestant and Catholic Reformations across Europe.  The consequences of religious reform for religious belief and practice, politics, and society.  The theologies of Luther, Zwingli, Calvin, and Loyola; religious conflict; and the long-term results of the Reformation.  Course 239 may include an optional section that will meet for an additional hour each week to discuss supplemental readings in German.  Students participating in the foreign language section will receive one additional credit hour, pass/not passed marking.

                Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors; and to freshmen who have taken Course 107.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  This course satisfies General Education Area 7.  M. Forster

 

HISTORY  239f  REFORMATION AND COUNTER-REFORMATION  (In German)  This optional section of Course 239 will meet for an additional hour each week to discuss supplemental texts in German.  Students participating in the foreign language section will receive one additional credit hour, pass/not passed marking.  Students electing Course 239f must concurrently register for Course 239.  M. Forster

 

HISTORY  242  The History of Women and Gender in The United States  History of Asian, African American, Euro American, Latina, and Native American women in the United States.  Topics include race and gender, comparative gender roles in diverse cultures, and their development in the United States.  This is the same course as American Studies/Gender and Women's Studies 242.

Enrollment limited to 30 students.  Formerly History 464; cannot receive credit for both courses.  L. Wilson

 

HISTORY  243  A DIFFICULT PAST:  GERMAN HISTORY, 1850-2000  An examination of German history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries focusing on the uses and abuses of the study of the past.  The nationalist narrative of German history, the centrality of Hitler, Nazism, and the Holocaust, and the nature of political and cultural division in the Cold War era.  This is the same course as German Studies 243.  This course is not open to students who have received credit for Freshman Seminar 101.  Course 243 may include an optional section that will meet for an additional hour each week to discuss supplemental readings in German.  Students participating in the foreign language section will receive one additional credit hour, pass/not passed marking.

                Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors; and to freshmen who have taken Course 107.  This course satisfies General Education Area 7.  M. Forster

 

HISTORY  243f  A DIFFICULT PAST:  GERMAN HISTORY, 1850-2000 (In German)  This optional section of German Studies/History 243 will meet for an additional hour each week to discuss supplemental readings in German.  Students participating in the foreign language section will receive one additional credit hour, pass/not passed marking.  Students electing Course 243f must concurrently enroll in German Studies/History 243.  This is the same course as German Studies 243f.  M. Forster

 

HISTORY  246  THE INTELLECTUAL HISTORY OF RUSSIA  This is the same course as Slavic Studies 256.  Refer to the Slavic Studies listing for a course description.

 

HISTORY  247  THE USSR:  1917 TO THE PRESENT  A study of the improbable rise of the Soviet Union in 1917, its disintegration in the 1990s, and the enduring legacies of Soviet politics, power, and culture to the present day.  Emphasis on the USSR’s ethnic and religious diversity, World War II, and the post-Soviet period.  This is the same course as Slavic Studies 247.

                Enrollment limited to 30 students.  This course satisfies General Education Area 7.  E. Kane

 

HISTORY  248  NARRATIVES OF ILLNESS  An introduction to the history of medicine and public health.  The course considers how the meaning of illness changes over time and varies by place, examining two distinct intersections:  the dialogue between patient and doctor and the relationship between the medical profession and the state.  This is the same course as American Studies 248.

                Enrollment limited to 30 students.  J. Downs

 

HISTORY  249  EARLY ISLAMIC HISTORY  The rise of Islam and the transformation of the Middle East into an Islamic Society.  From Muhammad to the Mongols.

                Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  This course satisfies General Education Area 7.  F. Paxton

 

HISTORY  250  ISSUES IN THE HISTORY OF MODERN AFRICA, 1884 TO THE PRESENT  Early imperial policies and African responses to them; the impact of the economic depression of the 1930s, the rise of anticolonialism and nationalism, emergence of new nations, and problems associated with independence.

                Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors; and to freshmen who have taken Course 103.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  This course satisfies General Education Area 7.  Staff

 

HISTORY  251  INTERNATIONAL HISTORY OF AFRICA:  1884 TO THE PRESENT  A study of Africa’s accelerated immersion in international affairs, from the 1884-85 "Scramble for Africa" to today.  Topics include the impact of European colonialism; the Great Depression; the World Wars; the Cold War; Africa and the U.S., U.S.S.R., and China; the United Nations in Africa; the African Diaspora; globalization; and the internationalization of African politics and cultures.

                Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors; and to freshmen with permission of the instructor or department chair.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  This course satisfies General Education Area 7.  H. Fuller

 

HISTORY  254  CONFRONTING IMAGES OF MODERN JAPAN  Samurai, geisha, and Godzilla:  such iconic images of modern Japan and their antecedents will be examined through texts and visual materials, traditional as well as popular, including manga and anime.  The course considers how these representations fit into their historical milieu both in the West and in Japan.  In questioning these images, students will confront entrenched conceptualizations of east and west, modernity, gender, and race.  This is the same course as East Asian Studies 254.  Course 254 may include an optional section that will meet for an additional hour each week to discuss supplemental readings in Japanese.  Students participating in the foreign language section will receive one additional credit hour, pass/not passed marking.

                Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors; and to freshmen with permission of the instructor.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  This course satisfies General Education Area 7.  T. Watanabe

 

HISTORY  254f  CONFRONTING IMAGES OF MODERN JAPAN  (In Japanese)  This optional section of East Asian Studies/History 254 will meet for an additional hour each week to discuss supplemental readings in Japanese.  Students participating in the foreign language section will receive one additional credit hour, pass/not passed marking.  Students electing East Asian Studies/History 254f must concurrently enroll in East Asian Studies/History 254.  This is the same course as East Asian Studies 254f.  T. Watanabe

 

HISTORY  255  AFRICA IN THE NEW WORLD:  AN EXCURSION INTO CULTURAL HISTORY  The history of emergent African Americanism:  The African impact on North America, the Caribbean, and South America.

                Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors; and to freshmen who have taken Course 103.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  This course satisfies General Education Area 7.  Staff

 

HISTORY  262  MODERN CHINA:  CHANGING NATIONAL IDENTITIES IN A TRANSNATIONAL EAST ASIA  The collapse of the old empire and the reforms, rebellions, and revolutions that have shaped China's efforts to construct a new social and political order.

                Open to juniors and seniors, and to others who have taken Course 115, Course 224/Philosophy 213, or Course 278/Philosophy 214.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  This course satisfies General Education Area 7.  S. Queen

 

HISTORY  264  THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE, 1700-1920s  An exploration of the history of the Russian Empire from the beginning of the eighteenth century until the consolidation of Soviet rule in the 1920s.  The course considers a set of questions focused on the empire itself:  How was it made?  How did it get to be so large?  Why did it keep expanding?  Who lived in it?  When did it end?  This is the same course as Slavic Studies 264.

                Enrollment limited to 30 students.  This course satisfies General Education Area 7.  E. Kane

 

HISTORY  269  IMMIGRATION TO THE U.S. SINCE 1820  An overview of immigration to the United States in three periods, 1820-1860, 1890-1924, and 1965-Present.

                Enrollment limited to 30 students.  C. Stock

 

HISTORY  272  BERLIN  This interdisciplinary team-taught course will examine the history, culture, and architecture of the city of Berlin since the 18th century.  Readings in history, literature, and urban studies will focus on the Berlin of old Prussia and Bismarck through the Weimar era and the Nazi dictatorship up to the divided city of the Cold War and the Berlin of Reunification.  This is the same course as German Studies 272.  Course 272 may include an optional section that will meet for an additional hour each week to discuss supplemental readings in German.  Students participating in the foreign language section will receive one additional credit hour, pass/not passed marking.

Enrollment limited to 35 students.  G. Atherton, M. Forster

HISTORY  272f  BERLIN  (In German)  This optional section of History/German Studies 272 will meet for an additional hour each week to discuss supplemental texts in German.  Students participating in the foreign language section will receive one additional credit hour, pass/not passed marking.  Students electing Course 272f must concurrently register for History/German Studies 272.  This is the same course as German Studies 272f.  G. Atherton, M. Forster

 

HISTORY  275  HISTORY OF WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC  Witchcraft and magic in relation to the history of religion, the phenomena of crime, deviance, and demographic change, and the history of women in Europe and America.  Witchcraft beliefs and practices in several cultures, the witch craze in Salem, Massachusetts, and the function of the occult in modern times.  This is the same course as American Studies/Gender and Women's Studies 275.

                Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  This course satisfies General Education Area 7.  J. Manion

 

History  276  Maritime Culture in Early America  An exploration of early American maritime culture along the Atlantic coast.  North American connections with Africa, Europe, and the Caribbean, particularly in relation to economic, political, and social developments, including colonialism, slavery, free labor, trade, political revolutions, and gender roles.

                Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  J. Manion

 

HISTORY  278  DAOIST TRADITIONS  A history from Laozi to contemporary times focusing on the philosophical and mystical aspects of the tradition in comparative perspective.  This is the same course as Philosophy 214/Religious Studies 209.

                Open to juniors and seniors; and to freshmen and sophomores who have taken Course 115 or Course 224/Philososphy 213; and to others with permission of the instructor.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  This course satisfies General Education Area 7.  S. Queen

 

Advanced Courses

 

HISTORY  304  THE HISTORY OF HIP HOP MUSIC AND CULTURE IN POST INDUSTRIAL AMERICA 1973-PRESENT  This course explores the political, social, and cultural impact of Hip Hop Music and Culture in American society and the world including the different forms of rap music (pop, social conscious, and southern) and explores the tensions between authenticity and mass appeal.  The course also examines the impact that deindustrialization, Reaganomics, and the dot.com boom had on the artists and the industry.

                Open to juniors and seniors, and to sophomores with permission of the instructor.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  D. Canton

 

HISTORY  305  AFRICA SINCE WORLD WAR II  The process of decolonialization and the legacies of the imperial experience in politics, economics, and society.  Issues include neocolonialism, the fragility of states, democratization and the role of the military, racism and the apartheid regimes, famine and refugees, and other issues facing contemporary Africa.

                Open to juniors and seniors, and to others with permission of instructor.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  Staff

 

HISTORY  309  THE HISTORY OF SLAVERY AND EMANCIPATION IN THE AMERICAS  This course will examine the origins of slavery in the Americas focusing on the United States, but also considering the slavery in the Caribbean and Latin America.  Topics include the slave trade, the organization of labor, gender and family relations, resistance and rebellion, slave culture, and emancipation.

                Open to juniors and seniors, and to others with permission of instructor.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  J. Downs

 

HISTORY  313  THE AMERICAN WEST IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY  A readings course that explores the history of the American West in the post-frontier era.  Topics include Dust Bowl and New Deal, World War II, the rise of the Red Power and Chicano rights movements, urbanization, the conservation movement, and the nuclear industry.

                Open to juniors and seniors; and to freshmen and sophomores who have taken Course 105; and to others with permission of the instructor.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  C. Stock

 

History  314  Greco-Roman HistoRIOgraphy  This is the same course as Classics 314.  Refer to the Classics listing for a course description.

 

HISTORY  317  EARLY GREECE AND WESTERN CIVILIZATION:  A DISPUTED LEGACY  This is the same course as Classics 317.  Refer to the Classics listing for a course description.

 

History  318  Representations of War and Disaster in japan, 1000–1945  How does one record what is seemingly unrecordable in its unfathomable horror?  This course examines representations in Japanese visual and textual materials dealing with epidemics, war, and disasters from the 11th to the 20th centuries.  This is the same course as East Asian Studies 318.  Course 318 may include an optional section that will meet for an additional hour each week to discuss supplemental readings in Japanese.  Students participating in the foreign language section will receive one additional credit hour, pass/not passed marking.

                Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.  Prerequisite:  One of the following:  Art History 225, East Asian Studies 101, History 115, 116, 222, 259, or 472.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  T. Watanabe

 

History  318f  Representations of War and Disaster in japan, 1000–1945  (In Japanese)  This optional section of East Asian Studies/History 318 will meet for an additional hour each week to discuss supplemental readings in Japanese.  Students participating in the foreign language section will receive one additional credit hour, pass/not passed marking.  Students electing East Asian Studies/History 318f must concurrently enroll in East Asian Studies/History 318.  This is the same course as East Asian Studies 318f.  T. Watanabe

 

History  320  The Japanese Tea Ceremony:  warriors, Merchants, and Monks, 1350–2008  With roots in Zen monastic practice and samurai culture, the Japanese tea ceremony represents a microcosm of medieval society during the Warring States period.  We will explore the changing nature of tea as a cultural practice to examine post-war Japanese society.  This is the same course as Art History/East Asian Studies 320.  Course 320 may include an optional section that will meet for an additional hour each week to discuss supplemental readings in Japanese.  Students participating in the foreign language section will receive one additional credit hour, pass/not passed marking.

Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.  Prerequisite:  One of the following:  Art History 225, East Asian Studies 101, History 115, 116, 222, 259, or 472.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  T. Watanabe

 

HISTORY  320f  THE JAPANESE TEA CEREMONY:  WARRIORS, MERCHANTS, AND MONKS, 1350-2008  (In Japanese)  This optional section of Art History/East Asian Studies/History 320 will meet for an additional hour each week to discuss supplemental readings in Japanese.  Students participating in the foreign language section will receive one additional credit hour, pass/not passed marking.  Students electing Course 320f must concurrently enroll in Art History/East Asian Studies/History 320.  This is the same course as Art History/East Asian Studies 320f.  T. Watanabe

 

HISTORY  324  DISSENT AND DEMOCRATIZATION IN EAST ASIA  Literary and political protest in modern China, focusing on the voices of China's students and intellectuals.  Emphasis on the relationship between dissent and democratic reform in the modern period.

                Prerequisite:  Course 262, Course 224/Philosophy 213, or Course 278/Philosophy 214, or permission of the instructor.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  S. Queen

 

HISTORY  325  COMPETING NATIONALISMS IN EAST ASIA:  THE CASE OF CHINA AND TIBET  An exploration of ongoing debates over moral universalism and cultural diversity through an examination of the “Asian values” that have shaped Confucian culture in China and East Asia.

                Enrollment limited to 30 students.  S. Queen

 

HISTORY  326  ETHNOHISTORY OF MINORITY COMMUNITIES IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND  This is the same course as American Studies/Anthropology 325.  Refer to the Anthropology listing for a course description.

 

HISTORY  328  CHINA IN THE WESTERN IMAGINATION  An examination of the many positive and negative images of China, from Marco Polo’s Cathay to Chairman Mao’s Cultural Revolution and beyond.  Emphasis on how Western views of China may also be projections of contemporary hopes, aspirations, and anxieties.

                Prerequisite:  One of the following:  Course 107, 115, East Asian Studies 101, or any course in Chinese or European history.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  J. Major

 

History  330  MEDITATIONS ON THE  HISTORY OF  THE AMERICAN SOUTH  Using an interdisciplinary approach, this course will explore the history of the southeastern United States from the colonial period to the present by investigating how various writers, artists, and historians have represented and defined the meaning of  "The South."  This is the same course as American Studies 330.

                Prerequisite:  Course 105.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  J. Downs

 

HISTORY  340  APPROACHES TO WORLD HISTORY  Is a planetary history possible?  Readings, analysis, and discussion of exemplary primary and secondary texts in World History.

                Open to junior and senior history majors, and to others with permission of the instructor.  This course is not open to students who have received credit for History 470.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  F. Paxton

 

HISTORY  341  CRIME AND PUNISHMENT IN U.S. HISTORY  An examination of the changing philosophies and practices of crime and punishment from the Enlightenment to modern times.  Topics include moral attitudes toward criminality, the birth of the penitentiary, gender and crime, prison reform work, criminal classification, systemic race and racism, social control and poverty, institutional heterosexism, and the prison industrial complex.  This is the same course as American Studies/Gender and Women's Studies 341.

                Open to juniors and seniors, and to sophomores with permission of the instructor.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  J. Manion

 

HISTORY  342  MUSLIM EUROPE SINCE 1945  An exploration of the changing perceptions of Islam and the varieties of Muslim experience throughout Europe from the end of World War II to the present day.  Sources include novels, memoirs, films, investigative journalism, and recent historical scholarship.

                Prerequisite:  Course 107 or 234, or permission of the instructor.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  E. Kane

 

HISTORY  344  CROSSING THE SEA:  TRANSATLANTIC DIALOGUE BETWEEN SPAIN AND THE AMERICAS  An interdisciplinary exploration of the permanent, problematic, and enriching dialogue between Spain and the Americas.  This transatlantic interaction began in 1492, reached a breaking point with the 19th century revolutions, and continues to shape the conflicts of our global moment.  Through the analysis of historical texts, literary artifacts, and films, the course considers key issues such as conquest, slavery, modernity, post-colonialism, and immigration.  Sources include Las Casas, Carlos Fuentes, Bolívar, Martí, and Guillermo del Toro.  This is the same course as Hispanic Studies 344.  Course 344 may include an optional section that will meet for an additional hour each week to discuss supplemental readings in Spanish.  Students participating in the foreign language section will receive one additional credit hour, pass/not passed marking.

                Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors; and to freshmen with permission of the instructors.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  L. Garofalo and L. González

 

HISTORY  344f  CROSSING THE SEA:  TRANSATLANTIC DIALOGUE BETWEEN SPAIN AND THE AMERICAS (In Spanish)  This optional section of Hispanic Studies/History 344 will meet for an additional hour each week to discuss supplemental readings in Spanish.  Students participating in the foreign language section will receive one additional credit hour, pass/not passed marking.  Students electing Hispanic Studies/History 344f must concurrently enroll in Hispanic Studies/History 344.  This is the same course as Hispanic Studies 344f.  L. Garofalo and L. González

 

HISTORY  353  MEXICAN HISTORY  A team-taught and interdisciplinary examination of key moments and trends in Mexican history that shape contemporary society and education in Mexico, as well as the status of women, native peoples, and social movements.  The course requires a service-learning internship conducted in Spanish to help students develop a deeper knowledge of selected themes.  Students will receive one additional credit hour, pass/not passed marking.  This course is taught in the SATA Oaxaca program only.  This is the same course as Education 353.

                Enrollment limited to 30 students.  This is a designated Writing course.  L. Garofalo and M. James

 

HISTORY  353f  MEXICAN HISTORY  A service-learning internship conducted in Spanish as a required part of Education/History 353.  Students will receive one additional credit hour, pass/not passed marking.  This course is taught in the SATA Oaxaca program only.  This is the same course as Education 353f.  L. Garofalo and M. James

 

HISTORY  371  NATIONS WITHIN:  INDIGENOUS HISTORIES AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE  A comparison of the histories of indigenous peoples in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand.  Themes include the gendered nature of colonial encounters and imposition of European sovereignty, social positions of native peoples in the twentieth century, the formation of indigenous movements, land claims, and cultural redress.  This is the same course as American Studies/Gender and Women's Studies 371.

Prerequisite:  Open to junior and senior majors and minors in History, American Studies, or Gender and Women's Studies; and to others with permission of the instructor.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  C. Locke

 

HISTORY  400  LEVEL SEMINARS

Advanced research and reading courses on designated topics.  Unless otherwise stated, open to junior and senior history majors without prerequisite and to others with permission of the instructor.  Enrollment in each seminar limited to 16 students.

 

HISTORY  410  READINGS IN THE HISTORY OF AFRICAN WOMEN  An examination of the contributions of African women to African history, especially in the 19th and 20th centuries, with some background on their role through the ages.  Texts vary depending on new publications.  Staff

 

HISTORY  411  THE AFRICAN DIASPORA IN THE AMERICAS—A STUDY IN COMPARATIVE HISTORY  The African experience in terms of concept, origins, and evolution; African Diaspora in the Americas induced through the slave trade and slavery and its impact in terms of education, politics, and culture.

                Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.  Prerequisite:  Course 103, 105, or 256.  Staff

 

HISTORY  412  THE HORN OF AFRICA:  A HUNDRED YEARS OF CONFLICT  Diplomacy, nationalism, and legacies affecting borders, boundaries, and refugees.  Centrifugal tendencies, external intervention, and the challenge of Islam.  Staff

 

HISTORY  413  PAN-AFRICANISM  The evolution of Pan-Africanism from its genesis in slavery, imperialism, and racism through the post-independence and contemporary periods.

                Prerequisite:  Course 103 or permission of the instructor.  Staff

 

HISTORY  414  GHANA IN WORLD HISTORY  This seminar situates Ghana as the “gateway” for encounters between Africa and the rest of the world from the 15th century to the present.  Topics include Ancient Ghana; European traders and missionaries in Ghana; the Asante Empire; British colonialism; Ghanaian nationalism and Pan-Africanism; Kwame Nkrumah; the World Wars/Cold War and Ghana; Ghana and globalization.

                Prerequisite:  One of the following:  Course 103, 250, 251, or any other African history course; or permission of the instructor.  H. Fuller

 

HISTORY  420  CHINA'S CONFUCIAN LEGACY  Confucian ethics in its traditional setting and its modern transformation.  Emphasis on the ways in which Confucianism has transformed and been transformed by the forces of modernization in East Asia.

                Prerequisite:  Course 224/Philosophy 213 or Course 278/Philosophy 214, or permission of the instructor.  S. Queen

 

HISTORY  421  CHINA'S DAOIST LEGACY  An in-depth study of a Daoist text or theme in Daoist history.

                Prerequisite:  Course 224/Philosophy 213 or Course 278/Philosophy 214, or permission of the instructor.  S. Queen

 

HISTORY  423  TERRORISM AND THE THREAT OF NUCLEAR WAR IN SOUTH ASIA  A study of escalated tensions in south Asia.  Topics include Hindu-Muslim tensions, the birth of Pakistan, Islamists, the Hindu resurgence, terrorism, and the threat of nuclear war.

                Open to juniors and seniors who have taken one course in Indian history, and to others with permission of the instructor.  E. I. Brodkin

 

HISTORY  424  DIVERSITY IN INDIA  The evolution of caste, communalism, and regionalism in India, and their application to everyday life.

                Prerequisite:  Course 113 or 226, or permission of the instructor.  E. I. Brodkin

 

HISTORY  425  ON BLEEDING THE RAJ:  FORMS OF REBELLION IN MODERN INDIA  E. I. Brodkin

 

HISTORY  426  HISTORY OF GENDER AND SEXUALITY IN JAPAN, 1850s-1980s  An examination of ways in which gender and sexuality have shaped modern and contemporary Japanese history.  Topics include discourses of sexuality, technologies of reproduction, sexual divisions of labor, and the family.  This is the same course as Gender and Women’s Studies 426.

                Prerequisite:  One of the following:  Course 116, East Asian Studies 101, or Gender and Women’s Studies 103; or permission of the instructor.  A. M. Davis

 

HISTORY  440  POPULAR CULTURE IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE  The attempt of European elites to discipline and suppress popular and traditional festivities, rituals, and beliefs.  The significance of the witch craze, popular religion, and popular forms of protest and resistance.

Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.  M. Forster

 

HISTORY  441  THE FRENCH REVOLUTION  The causes, course, and consequences of the French Revolution from 1789 through the Napoleonic Era.  Focus on the collapse of the monarchy, the Reign of Terror, and the rise of Napoleon.

Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.  M. Forster

 

HISTORY  443  DEATH, DYING, AND THE DEAD  Common readings and directed research in the history of responses to death and dying, images of the afterlife, and relations between the living and the dead in the Western tradition:  ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia to the present.

                Open to senior history majors, and to others with a strong background in Near Eastern or Western civilizations.  F. Paxton

 

History  446  The Russian Revolution and Its consequences  Causes and consequences of the overthrow of the tsarist empire and the establishment of the Soviet regime following the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917.  The Revolution as a transformative event for Russian history—the source of the ideology behind Soviet totalitarianism, societal change, and the establishment of a "Russia in exile."

                Prerequisite:  Course 107 or Slavic Studies 105.  Staff

 

History  447  Islam in Russia:  Sources, Approaches, Debates  An examination of Russia's unique position as part of the Muslim world, with an emphasis on the modern era (1700 to the present).  Topics include connections between Islam and Russian imperialism, cross-border Islamic networks, and the variety of Muslim experiences under Russian rule.  Focus on recent historiographical and methodological debates.  This is the same course as Slavic Studies 447.  E. Kane

 

HISTORY  448  HUMAN TRAFFICKING:  PROSTITUTION AND SEX-SLAVERY IN NORTHEAST ASIA, WESTERN EUROPE, AND THE U.S. SINCE 1850  An examination of recent public debates regarding human trafficking within an historical context.  The course explores socio-political relationships between sex trafficking, public health polities, and the projects of modern nation- and empire-building.  This analysis is limited to sexual exploitation and (usually non-voluntary) prostitution.  This is the same course as Gender and Women’s Studies 448.

Open to junior and senior majors in History, East Asian Studies, and Gender and Women’s Studies; and to others with permission of the instructor.  A. M. Davis

 

HISTORY  449  J.R.R. TOLKIEN:  PHILOLOGIST, MEDIEVALIST, CATHOLIC HUMANIST  An examination of Tolkien’s professional life, personal experiences, and scholarly and popular writings.  Emphasis on how his service during World War I, profound spirituality, and love of and desire to

(re-)create language and myth shaped his literary production, from his critical essay on Beowulf to the Lord of the Rings.  M. Mullane

 

HISTORY  450  LATIN AMERICAN IMMIGRATION AND MIGRATION  The movement of people within Latin America and of Latin Americans abroad.  Topics include Iberian colonization; the African Diaspora; Asian, German and Jewish immigrants; rural-to-urban migration; and Latin Americans in the United States and Connecticut, including migrant labor, bilingual education, gender roles, racism, and transnational identity.  Includes an oral history project.  An optional one credit FLAC section in Spanish will be offered.  This is the same course as American Studies 450. 

Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.  L. Garofalo

 

HISTORY  450f  LATIN AMERICAN IMMIGRATION AND MIGRATION  (In Spanish)  This optional section of History 450f will meet for additional hour each week to discuss supplemental texts in Spanish.  Students participating in the foreign language section will receive one additional credit hour, pass/not passed marking.  Students electing Course 450f must concurrently register for Course 450 or for the Freshman Seminar “Castro, Che Guevara, and Fifty Years of the Cuban Revolution.”  L. Garofalo

 

HISTORY  452  SWEATSHOP WARRIORS AND GLOBAL CAPITALISM  This is the same course as American Studies/Gender and Women's Studies 452.  Refer to the Gender and Women's Studies listing for a course description.

 

HISTORY  453  HISTORY OF SEXUALITY IN THE U.S.  Through social history and queer theory, the course will chart the idea that sex has a history and examine how the study of sexuality connects with larger themes in U.S. social, political, and cultural history.  Topics include reproduction, birth control, prostitution, sexual health and disease, interracial sexualities, same-sex relationships, and heterosexuality.  This is the same course as American Studies/Gender and Women's Studies 453.

Open to junior and senior majors in History and American Studies, and to others with permission of the instructor.  J. Manion

 

HISTORY  454  THE REAGAN REVOLUTION:  AMERICAN CONSERVATISM, 1940-1990  To understand the rise of Ronald Reagan and his ongoing legacy -- indeed, to make sense of ongoing debates about the nature of conservatism -- this seminar explores broader historical questions about progressivism, conservatism, the welfare state, the cold war, popular culture, the media, and the presidency.  This is the same course as American Studies 454.

                Open to juniors and seniors who have taken a course in United States history.  G. Heefner

 

HISTORY  455  THE CUBAN REVOLUTION:  HISTORY, MEMORY, AND MYTH  A research seminar introducing students to the main events of Cuban history from the 1959 revolution to the present, examining various historiographical approaches, such as diplomatic, cultural, and social history.  Students will also be exposed to primary sources and will undertake their own primary research.

                Open to junior and senior majors in History, American Studies, or Latin American Studies; and to others with permission of the chair.  M. Chase

 

HISTORY  456  IMMIGRATION AND MIGRATION IN MEXICO  An examination of how gender, race, and economics shape Mexico’s internal migration and international immigration experiences, including the displacements and emigration of indigenous peoples.  Uses oral history and covers the origins of Mexico’s black, Jewish, and Chinese populations.  This course is taught in the SATA Oaxaca program only. 

                Open to juniors and seniors.  This is a designated Writing course.  L. Garofalo

 

History  458  South of Canada is the Mason-Dixon Line:  The Civil Rights Movement in the North, 1925-1975  This course examines the civil rights struggle in the North and the Black Power Movement.  Students explore the role played by local black professionals and members of the working class, who participated in local movements and fought to eradicate de facto segregation in housing, education, employment, and public accommodations.  This is the same course as American Studies 458.

                Open to juniors and seniors.  D. Canton

 

History  459  environmental history of the U.S. South  The history of the ecology and climate of the southern United States.  Particular emphasis on the interaction between environmental factors and labor production, migration, disease, urbanization, natural disaster, agriculture, political activism, and tourism.  This is the same course as Environmental Studies 493J, 494J. 

Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.  J. Downs

 

HISTORY  460  THE BLACK FREEDOM STRUGGLE 1946-1968  This seminar examines the history of the modern civil rights movement.  In addition to traditional leaders such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., this course explores the contributions of lesser-known figures such as Ella Baker, and the impact of local movements.  This course studies civil rights activity in northern cities, and examines the tensions of class, "black middle-class respectability," and gender in the black community.  D. Canton

 

HISTORY  461  19TH CENTURY AFRICAN AMERICAN POLITICAL AND SOCIAL THOUGHT  An examination of the writings and speeches of major 19th century African American leaders, including Douglass, Stewart, DuBois, Crummell, and Wells.  Themes include emigration, black nationalism, black conservatism, black capitalism, and civil rights agitation.  This course investigates proactive and reactive tendencies in 19th century African American thought.  D. Canton

 

HISTORY  463  PURITAN NEW ENGLAND  A study of early New England society.  Topics include Puritan religious practices, democracy and town meetings, the seafaring and merchant economy, family patterns and sexual mores, and modern legacies of this tradition.

                Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.  L. Wilson

 

HISTORY  465  THE GLOBALIZATION OF AMERICAN CULTURE SINCE 1945  This is the same course as American Studies 465.  Refer to the American Studies listing for a course description. 

 

HISTORY  467  THE HISTORY AND POLITICS OF RACISM AND PUBLIC HEALTH  The relationship between racism and public health and medicine from slavery through the 20th century.  Topics include racism and the construction of epidemics; the Tuskegee experiments; tuberculosis and urban life; gender, sexuality and AIDS; reproductive rights and poverty; and the origin of black people's systems of health care and support.  J. Downs

 

HISTORY  472  APOLOGIZING FOR HISTORY  This course examines the late twentieth century transnational phenomenon of state apology for historical events.  The focus revolves around debates in Japan, Germany, and the United States.  Comparisons to other regions will be made as well.  Staff

 

HISTORY  473  THE COLD WAR IN THE THIRD WORLD  An examination of intervention by superpowers in the Third World during the Cold War.  The course considers the following questions:  Why did the developing world become the focus of Cold War rivalries and what did the superpowers hope to gain?  How did nations and leaders in the Third World affect this process?  What are the legacies of American involvement in the developing world?  This is the same course as American Studies 473.

            Open to junior and senior American studies and history majors, and to others with permission of the instructor.  G. Heefner

 

HISTORY  474  THE ATOMIC AGE  An exploration of the global nuclear age from 1945 to the present.  The course considers the ways in which people and governments have responded to the threat of nuclear war and global extinction, as well as the dangers of nuclear proliferation and issues associated with nuclear energy.  This is the same course as American Studies 474.

                Open to junior and senior history and American studies majors, and to others with permission of the instructor.  G. Heefner

 

HISTORY  491, 492  INDIVIDUAL STUDY

 

HISTORY  495  HONORS STUDY (see description under Course 497)

 

HISTORY  497-498  HONORS STUDY

 

HISTORY  497  HONORS STUDY  (SEMINAR)  A seminar in research techniques, historiography, and historical methodology.  Students who successfully complete the seminar may enroll the following semester in Course 498 and complete an honors thesis.  Students who successfully complete the seminar but who do not enroll in Course 498 will receive credit for Course 495.  Course 497 is required of all first-semester honors students in history.

                Permission of the instructor is required.  Enrollment limited to senior history majors.

 

HISTORY  498  HONORS STUDY

Course 497 is prerequisite to Course 498.