CAS HI 100. History Writing Seminar Focusing on provocative themes and dramatic moments, these seminars introduce the art of historical writing while cultivating practical skills. Students will learn how to analyze historical literature and debates as well as primary sources ranging from memoirs to buildings. Freshmen only, carries Writing Program credit (CAS WR 100). Course last taught in fall 2003.
CAS HI 101. The Dawn of Europe: Antiquity to the Renaissance Covers the origins and rise of Europe, with emphasis on Greek and Roman antiquity, medieval institutions, the Renaissance city-state, religious reform. Typical readings may include Thucydides' Peloponnesian War, The Bible, Machiavelli's The Prince, Luther's Christian Liberty. Course last taught in fall 2007.
CAS HI 102. The Emergence of Modern Europe: Renaissance to the Present Political and religious change; Enlightenment and Revolution; industrialization and the nation state; modernity, the World Wars, and their consequences. Typical readings may include Rousseau's Social Contract, Marx and Engels' Communist Manifesto, and Silone's Bread and Wine. Course last taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 150. History Writing and Research Seminar These seminars bring students out of the classroom and into the archive and library. Students will hone their detective skills by learning how historians investigate the past through primary sources, including diaries, novels, government documents, and scientific treatises. Freshmen only, carries Writing Program credit (CAS WR 150). Course last taught in fall 2007.
CAS HI 151. The Emerging United States to 1865 Colonial society and the roots of the American Revolution; federalism, nationalism, Jeffersonian democracy; Jackson and democratic capitalism; expansion and imperialism; slavery and civil war. Course last taught in fall 2007.
CAS HI 152. The United States Since 1865 Reconstruction, industrialism, and recent social movements; labor and populism, imperial expansion and progressive politics, World War I, 1920s prosperity and the Great Depression, the New Deal, World War II, and the Cold War. Course last taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 175. World History I: Origins of Humanity to c. 1500 Interrelationships among major world civilizations of Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Europe to 1500. Course last taught in fall 2007.
CAS HI 176. World History II: 1500 to the Present Interrelationships among major world civilizations of Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Europe from 1500 to the present. Course last taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 200. The Historian's Craft Required introductory course for concentrators, normally taken in their sophomore year. Intended to develop critical reading and analytical skills in history. Works examined will be drawn from different fields and periods. Weekly written exercises, oral reports, and class discussions. Course to be taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 203. History of Medieval Europe Traces the evolution of medieval civilization from the fourth to the fourteenth centuries. Emphasis is placed on three main themes: the political and social development of western Europe, the evolution of Latin Christianity, and the role of popular culture. Course last taught in fall 2007.
CAS HI 204. Europe between Renaissance and Revolution Surveys the key movements that transformed European culture, politics, and intellectual life between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries: the Renaissance, Protestant and Catholic Reformations, new age of science and exploration, absolutism and constitutional monarchy, Enlightenment, and French Revolution. Course last taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 210. The Age of Discoveries European discovery, colonization, and exploitation of the non-European world from the fifteenth century to the seventeenth: Material, political, and religious factors, Columbus and his legacy, the importance of European events to overseas developments, the rise of the Protestant maritime powers. Course last taught in fall 2006.
CAS HI 215. Political and Cultural Revolution in the Contemporary World Basic aim is to make today's experience more meaningful in the broad problem area of revolutionary change. Starting point of discussion for each problem will be contemporary revolutionary upheaval and cultural changes illumined by analysis of historical parallels and antecedents. Course last taught in fall 2004.
CAS HI 216. Women and Gender in European History An overview of women's public and private roles and the attitudes that have shaped these roles from the Middle Ages to the present. The cultural construction of femininity and its social, economic, and political consequences for European women. Course last taught in fall 2006.
CAS HI 223. Jews in the Modern World The Jewish nation in the Ottoman Empire; social and economic effects of European emancipation; rise of modern antisemitism; intra-European and cross-Atlantic immigration patterns; the Holocaust; the state of Israel and modern Jewish identity. Course last taught in spring 2006.
CAS HI 231. History of Europe, 1815-1914 Survey of Europe from the Congress of Vienna to World War I. Development of liberalism, nationalism, socialism, democracy, science, and technology; their conflict and accommodation with traditionalism and conservatism. Industrial revolution and economic growth. Increasing complexity of international relations leading to world war. Course last taught in fall 2003.
CAS HI 232. History of Contemporary Europe, 1900-Present Narrative and interpretive account of twentieth-century Europe. Stress on sociopolitical and cultural aspects of the topic, the impact of World War I, the Communist and Fascist revolutions, the loss of European significance after World War II, and the emergence of the European Common Market. Course last taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 248. Catastrophe and Cultural Memory Examines the ways in which catastrophes--both natural and social--enter into cultural memory. Goal is to understand how events that seem to defy comprehension are represented in works of at and given a place in the memory of a culture. Course last taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 255. The Navy and American History The role the U.S. Navy has played in the nation's history, both in peace and war; the Navy, a military and political institution, as an element in the shaping of the national consciousness and sense of purpose. Course last taught in spring 2002.
CAS HI 259. Colonial Society from Settlement to Revolution Examines central themes of change in European, Native American, and African populations in North America from the time of the European settlement to the outbreak of the American Revolution. Topics include southern plantations, New England Puritanism, and pluralism in the middle colonies. Course last taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 261. The Peopling of America The history of the diverse ethnic and racial composition of the American nation: the intersection of individual lives with the public policies of governments; the creation of a pluralistic society including immigrants and the native-born, free and unfree populations. Course last taught in spring 2004.
CAS HI 262. Asian American History Historically follows experiences of Asian and Pacific Islander groups from circumstances of departure to arrival and adjustment to the United States. Covers themes such as similarities and dissimilarities, images and stereotypes, discrimination and oppression, resistance and adaptation, community and family. Course last taught in spring 2003.
CAS HI 275. Science and Technology in World History Surveys developments in the history of science and technology in world history from the invention of agriculture to 21st-century globalization. Examines how science and technology grow and the ways in which they interact in the ambient culture. Course last taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 277. Modern Armenian History and Literature Introduction to modern Armenian history and literature from the nineteenth-century "cultural renaissance" to the upheavals of the twentieth century--genocide, independence, and Sovietization--and the literatures of Soviet Armenia and the diaspora. Course last taught in fall 2007.
CAS HI 280. The History of Israel: An Introduction Beginning with Israel's creation in 1948, this course covers the political and military history of Israel, including the 1956 War with Egypt, the 1967 War, and the State's development to the present day. It also covers immigration and the Palestinian question. Course last taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 281. Introduction to Latin American History Analysis and discussion of the historical and cultural antecedents of Latin America; the influence of geographic, cultural, and economic forces on the land, people, and patterns of social change during the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Course last taught in fall 2000.
CAS HI 290. Alcohol in History Analysis of the changing relationships between mankind and alcohol in selected European, African, and American societies. Topics concerning agricultural organization, commerce, social control and proletarianization, and prohibition. Course last taught in fall 1997.
CAS HI 291. Reconstructing the African Past Discusses the uses of archaeological evidence and oral tradition, as well as primary and secondary documentation, in the study of precolonial African history: early states and empires, kinship, cosmology and social order, slavery and the slave trade, origins of racial conflict in southern Africa. Course last taught in fall 2007.
CAS HI 292. Colonialism in Africa: Impact and Aftermath Uses case studies of particular African societies or nations to examine patterns of European conquest and African resistance; forms of colonial administration and socioeconomic consequences of colonial rule; decolonization and contemporary African liberation movements; economic and political developments since independence; and contemporary social and cultural change. Course last taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 304. Honor-Shame: Middle Ages, Modern World Considers the dynamics of "honor-shame" cultures generally, then examines their role in the European Middle Ages and the contemporary world. Attempts to understand how other cultures can emphasize significantly different values and social interactions from Western ones. Course last taught in spring 2006.
CAS HI 305. Medieval Intellectual History: The Latin West Examines the major authors and issues in philosophy, science, and political theory in the medieval Latin West, fourth to fifteenth centuries. Prior knowledge of medieval history is recommended. Course last taught in spring 2005.
CAS HI 306. Magic, Science, and Religion from Plato to Voltaire Boundaries and relationships between magic, science, and religion from late antiquity through the European Enlightenment. Topics include transformation of pagan traditions, distinctions between learned and popular traditions, and changing assumptions about God and Nature. Course last taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 307. History of War Survey of warfare from early modern times. Topics include siege warfare and the rise of mass infantry armies, war at sea, battle histories that illustrate the transition to gunpowder technology and the revolution in military affairs. and the advent of total war. Course last taught in fall 2007.
CAS HI 308. History of the Crusades The origin and development of the Crusade movement in Western Christendom: the first four Crusades, their cause and results; crusader finance, preaching, and military recruitment; changing focus of Crusade movements from the Holy Land to other areas. Course last taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 309. Millenarian Expectations in Western History, Year 1-2000 The role of millenarian expectations (belief in an imminent, radical transformation of the world) in the development of the modern West. Apocalyptic expectations and millenarian groups, secularization of millenarian hopes, and disappointed expectations in the emergence of modern industrial society. Course last taught in spring 2005.
CAS HI 310. Heresy & Persecution in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries Around the millennium radical Christian movements appeared in and outside the Church, which, despite sharing ideals, became mutually antagonistic. The course studies multiple sources of the conflict and traces the emergence of Crusade and Inquisition to combat this "popular heresy." Course last taught in fall 2007.
CAS HI 311. Renaissance Europe The main political, socioeconomic, intellectual, and artistic currents in Italy (c. 1350-1530) and northwestern Europe (c. 1500-1560); emphasis on leading thinkers (Petrarch, Bruni, Machiavelli, Erasmus, More, Montaigne) as creators of the modern Western mind. Course last taught in fall 2007.
CAS HI 312. The Reformation Era: Sixteenth-Century Europe Religious change in the sixteenth century; the origins and causes of the Protestant Reformation; the Catholic Reformation; the resulting civil wars in the Germanies, France, and the Netherlands; pertinent aspects of Tudor England. Course last taught in fall 2006.
CAS HI 313. Early Modern Europe, 1600-1715 Seventeenth-century western and central Europe. Growth of the modern state and its social justification and its impact on culture and society; decline of dynastic empire and rise of national communities; the mid-century rebellions; the scientific and intellectual revolutions. Course last taught in fall 1998.
CAS HI 314. The European Enlightenment A survey of the intellectual and social transformation of Europe from the 1680s to the French Revolution. Readings draw on both eighteenth-century sources (including Voltaire, Diderot, Condorcet, Lessing, Smith, and Hume) and recent work by historians. Course last taught in fall 2007.
CAS HI 315. Intellectual History of Europe in the Nineteenth Century Major figures and movements from 1799 to 1890. Topics include the impact of the French Revolution, romanticism, social utopias, the rise of nationalism, the artistic avant-garde, conflicts between science and religion, technology and urban planning, the aesthetic ideal. Course last taught in spring 2000.
CAS HI 316. Intellectual History of Europe in the Twentieth Century Major figures and movements from 1890 to the present. Topics include the critique of positivism, the exploration of the unconscious, modern styles in art, reshaping Marxist theory, advances in sociology, the impact of war on modern literature and ethics. Course last taught in spring 2004.
CAS HI 318. England in the Middle Ages England's development from the Celtic Age to the Tudor dynasty. Emphasizes social and religious/intellectual changes within the broader context of England's unique political evolution from a strife-torn backwater to a leading European power. Course last taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 319. Tudor England, 1485-1603 A survey of that turbulent and volatile century that witnessed the apprenticeship of England for a role of world importance. Special attention will be given to the development of state power, the growth of religious diversity, the major economic and social transformations as well as the resulting cultural development. Course last taught in spring 2007.
CAS HI 321. The Making of Modern Britain Political, social, and intellectual developments; emphasis on evolution of cabinet government and the party system; the industrial revolution and social problems; political reform and the emergence of democracy. Course last taught in fall 2007.
CAS HI 322. Twentieth-Century Britain A political, social, and cultural history of England with emphasis on the impact of the two world wars, the emergence of the welfare state, the loss of empire, and Britain's relations with Europe. Course last taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 325. History of Ireland An introduction to the history of Ireland, including mythological and religious formations and foreign occupations. Emphasis on major modern experiences of union, famine, immigration, war of independence and civil war, and the continued struggle for national and international identity. Course last taught in spring 2006.
CAS HI 327. Early Medieval Spain History of Spain from the fifth through thirteenth centuries: late Roman Spain, Visigoths, Islamic conquest, society and culture of Islamic Spain, rise of Christian kingdoms; conquest and settlement of Andalusia, social relations and cultural exchange among Christians, Muslims, and Jews. Course last taught in fall 2003.
CAS HI 330. Modern Italian History From Unification (1860-1870) to the founding of the Republic. Enlightenment, Restoration, the Risorgimento; nation-building and the liberal parliamentary government; the Great War; Fascism; Resistance; fall of the monarchy; founding of the Republic. Course last taught in fall 2005.
CAS HI 331. French Feudal Society: 496-1339 A new society based on landholding and personal loyalties developed after the barbarian invasions. Examination of its social tensions and warfare, the role of women, chivalry, the growth of towns and universities, and the centralism of Capetian and Valois kings. Course last taught in fall 2005.
CAS HI 332. Early Modern France Principal political, social, and cultural developments from 1500 to 1789. The Renaissance, Wars of Religion, Age of Louis XIV, and the end of the Old Regime. Course last taught in spring 2002.
CAS HI 333. French Revolution and Napoleon Origins of the revolution; principal events in terms of political, social, and cultural impact on France and Europe; Napoleon's restructuring of France and Europe; the settlements of 1815. Course last taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 334. Nineteenth-Century France Political, economic, social, and cultural developments of France, 1814-1914. Themes will include the enduring legacy of the Revolution in French politics, romanticism, industrialization, impressionism and the avant-garde, nationalism, the Dreyfus affair. Course last taught in spring 2001.
CAS HI 337. Germany, 1848-1914 German history from the Revolution of 1848 to the outbreak of World War I. Emphasis on political and social developments leading to the failure of Germany to establish a parliamentary government and the later unification under the regime of Prussia. Course last taught in fall 1998.
CAS HI 338. Germany, 1914 to the Present German history from the beginning of World War I to the present with emphasis on the politico-social developments, the Nazi attempt to control Europe, the growing division of Germany, the integration of West and East Germany into power blocs, and German reunification. Course last taught in fall 2007.
CAS HI 339. Cities and Cultures Examines the relationship between cultural expression and political, social, and economic change by focusing on cities such as Florence, Amsterdam, Paris, London, and Vienna during times of intense creativity and upheaval. Course last taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 340. History of Modern Diplomacy: Institutions, Practices, and Principles, 1400-1919 Surveys the evolution of the institutions, practices, and principles of diplomacy in European interstate relations from 1400 to 1919. Special attention to the balance of power concept and its critics and to alternative theories and measures for managing international relations. Course last taught in fall 2003.
CAS HI 341. Central Europe Intellectual, cultural, political, diplomatic, and military history of the region between Germany and Russia, from the end of the Middle Ages to the present. Course last taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 344. The Great Powers and the Eastern Mediterranean Looks at the Eastern Mediterranean as a center of Great Power confrontation and considers its impact on wider international relations; the domestic political results; the role of sea power; and the origins, conduct, and resolution of wars. Course last taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 345. History of Russia, 1689-1917 Political, socioeconomic, diplomatic, cultural, and intellectual history of Russia from the reign of Peter the Great through the revolutions of 1905 and 1917. Course last taught in fall 2006.
CAS HI 346. History of the Soviet Union and Post-Communist Russia, 1917-Present Evolution of Soviet Russia from the outbreak of World War I to the present. Course last taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 348. Communications Revolutions from Language to Cyberspace History of communications revolutions from origin of language through writing to current global revolutions. Focus on the socio-political matrix of communications technology, implications for both cognitive and social relations, and dilemmas created for cultures by the increased flow of information. Course last taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 349. History of International Relations, 1900-1945 The causes and consequences of the First World War; the search for postwar reconstruction and stability during the twenties; economic collapse, revolutionary nationalism, and fascism during the 1930s; the Second World War and the advent of the bipolar world. Course last taught in fall 2007.
CAS HI 350. History of International Relations Since 1945 The causes and consequences of the Soviet-American Cold War from its origins in Europe to its extension to Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The rise of the multipolar international system, the emergence of the non-aligned blocs, and inter- and intra-alliance conflicts. Course last taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 351. Special Topics in American History Special topics in American social, political, cultural, and economic history. Subjects vary and may include such topics as Manhood in the American Past. Course last taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 354. Religious Thought in America This course surveys many of the strategies that American religious thinkers have adopted for interpreting the cosmos, the social order, and human experience and examines the interaction of those strategies with broader currents of American culture. Course last taught in fall 2007.
CAS HI 356. The American Revolution, 1750-1800 The political, economic, and ideological causes of the American War for Independence; the construction of a new political system amid the passions of a revolutionary upheaval; and the gradual emergence of a new economic and cultural order in the United States. Course last taught in fall 2007.
CAS HI 361. The Civil War Era Examines the Civil War experience in a broad social and cultural context, looking at Northern and Southern society in antebellum, war-time, and post-war years. Emphasizes issues of slavery, race, and emancipation, as well as political crises of the era. Course last taught in fall 2007.
CAS HI 362. The Gilded Age, 1877-1914 Known as a period of obscene ostentation, this period also reveals considerable tension between a society seething with social conflict and a culture creeping toward nationalization. Emphasis will be on social conflict, regional differences, and new cultural pursuits. Course last taught in fall 2006.
CAS HI 363. Twentieth-Century United States, 1900-1945 Industrialization; progressivism; science; religion; expansion and World War I, immigration; the women's movement; Jim Crow; the Great Depression and New Deal; World War II, politics, culture, and diplomacy. Course last taught in spring 2006.
CAS HI 364. 20th-Century United States, 1945-1968 Origins and development of Cold War; McCarthyism, Eisenhower era; civil rights; Great Society; Vietnam; New Left and Counter-culture; feminism; rise of conservatism, religion, culture, and politics. Course last taught in fall 2007.
CAS HI 365. United States Since 1968 Recent political, economic, social, and cultural history. Includes Nixon, Carter, and Reagan presidencies; stagflation; Watergate; "Me Decade"; end of the Cold War. Course last taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 366. History of American Foreign Relations Since 1898 Analysis of the history of American foreign policy from the perspective of the changing world and regional international systems; emphasis on the effect of these systems and the impact of America on the creation and operation of international systems. Course last taught in fall 2007.
CAS HI 367. Americans in the World: United States History in Transnational Perspective Examines how political, cultural, and social movements in the United States have connected with people and developments around the world. Topics include views of American society by outside observers, Americans' activities abroad, and their part in shaping global integration. Course last taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 368. Science and American Culture From the colonial period to the present. Such topics as the American reception of Copernicus and Newton, scientific exploration, the interaction of science and religion, the impact of science on social theory, the rise of "big science," and contemporary "science wars." Course last taught in fall 2006.
CAS HI 369. Science and Christianity in Europe and North America Since 1500 Examines the relationship between science and the Christian tradition in Europe and North America since 1500. Considers the epistemological and metaphysical foundations of both science and Christian thought as they have evolved over time. Course last taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 370. The American Military Experience Introduction to American military history from the colonial period to the role of military force in contemporary U.S. statecraft. Examines the character of the armed services, the American style of waging war, and the relationship between the military and society. Course last taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 371. African American History The history of African-Americans from African origins to present time; consideration of slavery, reconstruction, and ethnic relations from the colonial era to our own time. Course last taught in fall 2007.
CAS HI 372. The Twentieth-Century American Presidency Focus on the alterations in the institution of the presidency during the twentieth century. Consideration of Theodore Roosevelt and Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson, Nixon, and Reagan. Course last taught in fall 2007.
CAS HI 373. Intellectual History of the United States, 1776 to 1900 Major thinkers and movements in intellectual and cultural history from the Revolution to 1900. Topics include Revolutionary republicanism, evangelical theology and democratic theory, Transcendentalism and Romantic culture, antislavery and nationality, Victorian realism, liberal Protestantism and Darwinism, and evolutionary social science. Course last taught in fall 2007.
CAS HI 374. Intellectual History of the United States, 1900 to the Present Major thinkers and movements in intellectual and cultural history since 1900. Topics include pragmatism and progressivism; ethnic and cultural pluralism; Marxism and liberalism; Cold War ideology and neoconservatism; artistic modernism; psychoanalysis and modernization theory; the New Left, multiculturalism, and postmodernism. Course last taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 375. A History of Women in the United States This course examines the ideas and experiences of women in the United States from the 1600s through the late twentieth century. The course considers the common factors that shaped women's lives as well as women's diverse class, ethnic, and regional experiences. Course last taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 376. American Foreign Policy Since 1945 Traces the course of US foreign policy since the end of World War II, with particular emphasis on the origins and conduct of the Cold War, the failure of U.S. policy in Vietnam, the pattern of U.S. interventionism in Latin America, and the evolution of U.S. policy in the Middle East. Course last taught in fall 2007.
CAS HI 377. Economic History of the United States Analysis of American economic development; role of factory and frontier; changes in economic structure and institutions; parts played by government and business enterprise in development. Influence of economic conditions and occupation groupings on political alignments and on public policy. Course last taught in fall 2007.
CAS HI 378. American Business History Evolution of the American business system, stressing the growth of large-scale enterprise since 1840. Course last taught in spring 2002.
CAS HI 379. Modern American Cultural History Examines Americans' beliefs and the cultural forms used to convey their experiences since the late nineteenth century. Includes challenges to the Victorian order, growth of commercial entertainments, new rules and reactions to modern life, and changing understandings of the self. Course last taught in fall 2007.
CAS HI 380. Modern American Cultural History Examines Americans' beliefs and the cultural forms used to convey their experiences since the late nineteenth century. Includes challenges to the Victorian order, growth of commercial entertainments, new rules and reactions to modern life, and changing understandings of the self. Course last taught in fall 2006.
CAS HI 381. Economic History of the World Comparative economic history and the rise of industrial nations and consideration of why the whole world isn't industrialized. Emphasis on Britain and Europe during the past five hundred years as well as on Italy, Japan, and the United States. Course last taught in fall 1998.
CAS HI 385. History of the Atlantic World, 1500-1825 Examines the various interactions that shaped the Atlantic World, connecting Europe, Africa, and the Americas between 1500 and 1800. After defining the political interaction, there is special emphasis on cultural exchange, religious conversion, and the revolutionary era. Course last taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 386. Modern Latin America Political, economic, and cultural evolution of Latin American republics. Nineteenth-century conflicts over "civilization" vs "barbarism," liberalism vs conservatism, and slavery. Democracy and military rule in the twentieth century and efforts to create new forms of politics and citizenship. Course last taught in spring 2007.
CAS HI 388. A History of the Pacific Rim The history of the Pacific Rim and the interaction between its countries and outside powers from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the present. Consideration of cultural and economic factors as well as political developments. Course last taught in spring 2000.
CAS HI 389. Introduction to Early Chinese History The development of Chinese civilization through the traditional, medieval, and early modern periods; emphasis on intellectual history and political, social, and economic institutions. Course last taught in fall 2007.
CAS HI 390. Introduction to Modern Chinese History History of China from the Opium War through the Chinese revolution to the post-Mao era. Analysis of the traditional continuities and political, economic, social, and intellectual changes stimulated by modernization and revolution. Course last taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 391. Introduction to Modern Japanese History Developments from late Tokugawa Japan and the Meiji Restoration (1868) to the present. Focus is on Japan's economic, political, and social adjustment to modern times, the evolution of twentieth-century Japanese imperialism, and Japan's growth after World War II. Course last taught in fall 2002.
CAS HI 392. Introduction to the Middle East General introduction to the history, culture, and current development in the Middle East. Objective is to introduce students to a specific geographical and historical experience as well as to acquaint them with some of the literature in the field. Course last taught in fall 2007.
CAS HI 393. Americans and the Middle East Examines the intersecting histories of America and the Middle East from the late eighteenth century to the present, focusing first on American missionary and educational efforts in the region and then on American political and military involvement after World War II. New course to be taught spring 2009.
CAS HI 394. Environmental History of Africa Focus on the African environment and ecological systems over the past 150 years. Topics include climatic change, hydrography, agriculture, deforestation, soil erosion, disease, conservation, famine, and the role of colonialism and government policy in environmental change. Course last taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 395. Power, Leadership, and Governance in Africa and the Caribbean [in approval process]. Haitian Revolution; British Caribbean; leadership, governance, and power in Africa during the period of legitimate trade; visionaries, dictators, and nationalist politics in the Caribbean; chiefs, western elites, and nationalism in colonial Africa; road to governance in post-colonial Caribbean and Africa. New course to be taught spring 2009.
CAS HI 396. State and Commerce in Atlantic Africa, 1450-1850 Examines--both by region and across the larger Atlantic area--the ways that overseas commerce, in particular the slave trade, interacted with and was shaped by African politics and economic variables. Course last taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 397. History of Modern Iran, 1900-Present Geographical/historical background; social structure, ethnic, religious, and linguistic diversities; Anglo-Russian interventions; consequences of tobacco concession; constitutional revolution and reform; Qajar legacy; centralization, secularization, modernization under Pahlavis; oil and Mossadeg; autocracy and revolution; liberals, communists, fundamentalists, and Islamic revolution. Course last taught in spring 2007.
CAS HI 398. Turko-Persia in the Twentieth Century This course covers the twentieth-century history of the non-Arab Muslim Middle East, i.e., Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, and Central Asia. The constitutional revolutions in Turkey and Iran, Kemalism, the Islamic revolution in Iran, and communism in the Soviet Union and Afghanistan will be analyzed. Course last taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 399. Modern History and Geopolitics of the Caucasus Surveys history of the Caucasus with a focus on Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, from the early nineteenth century to the post-Soviet period. Explores advantages and problems of modernization, nationalism, and major power geopolitics within the context of international political economy. Course last taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 405. Comparative Medieval Studies Examination of the ruling ideas and institutions of medieval Christian and Islamic societies; emphasis on the organization of society, cultural and economic interaction, archetypal figures in the societies, the place of women in society, and each society's views of people and their relation to God. Course last taught in fall 1999.
CAS HI 406. Monks, Friars, and Saints Examines various aspects of the concept of holiness in medieval society. Principal focus on the monastic and mendicant orders, tracing the changing ideals of Christian sanctity and the impact of those ideals on social movements, economic developments, and state policies. Course last taught in fall 2007.
CAS HI 407. Topics in Medieval Religious Culture Religious Cultures in Contact and Conflict: Jewish-Christian Encounter. Focuses on varieties of interaction through an examination of social relations, economic ties, intellectual and cultural exchanges, expulsion and violence. Explores coexistence, toleration, and its limits in medieval context. Course last taught in fall 2006.
CAS HI 409. Medieval Science and Technology Introduction to medieval science and technology, including the Greek and Roman inheritance, the transmission of Greek science to Europe by the Arabs, and medieval developments leading to the Scientific Revolution. Course last taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 412. Popular Culture in Medieval and Early Modern Europe An exploration of the various expressions of culture among the commoners of Europe, ca. 400-1600. Topics include religion, story-telling, material life, social and political organization, law and justice, gender roles, witchcraft and popular crusades, the impact of the printing press. Course last taught in fall 2007.
CAS HI 414. Society and Culture in Early Modern Europe Selected topics in the social history of Europe between the Renaissance and the Age of Revolution: family and society; urban history; elites, social protest and popular rebellion. Course last taught in fall 2007.
CAS HI 417. England from Reformation to Revolution Transformation of English society in the period between 1520 and 1660 and the origins of England's global expansion in the seventeenth century. Topics include the English Reformation, the Elizabethan settlement, the reign of James I and Charles I, civil war. Course last taught in fall 2006.
CAS HI 420. European Private Lives A history of the private relationships between individuals in Western Europe from the Roman Empire until the twentieth century. Themes will include both enduring and changing attitudes of society to childhood, marriage and divorce, love, sexual conduct, and death. Course last taught in spring 1998.
CAS HI 423. History of the European Union, 1945 to the Present Analysis of the road to European unity, wartime plans for federalism, significance of the Cold War, failure of political union and success of economic cooperation, "Gaullism" vs. "Atlanticism," history of the "subsidiarity principle," the Treaty of Maastricht. Course last taught in spring 2000.
CAS HI 424. European Socialism, 1789-1989 Explores the social origins and theoretical traditions of European socialism, including conceptions of social justice and economic organization, women's rights and internationalism. Investigates the Russian Revolution, Marxism in the West, Eastern European communism after 1945, and communism's collapse in 1989. Course last taught in spring 2006.
CAS HI 426. Music and Ideas from Mozart to the Jazz Age Studies musical masterworks in historical context. Critical essays, literature, and philosophy from the period illuminate each work's setting, and recent scholarship provides varied approaches for understanding the influences affecting each work. Course last taught in fall 2007.
CAS HI 428. Postwar European Culture Selected topics in western European culture since 1945, including the legacy of war, the impact of economic recovery, the press, colonialism and its critics, new departures in literature and film, the decline of Marxism, attitudes toward America. Course last taught in fall 1998.
CAS HI 430. Comparative European Fascism Analysis of the fascist phenomenon stressing its comparative and cross-cultural aspects. Delineation of characteristics of fascist movements in Italy, Germany, England, France, southeastern Europe, and the Iberian Peninsula. Course last taught in fall 2006.
CAS HI 431. Collaboration and Resistance During the Nazi Occupation of Europe, 1935-1945 In-depth analysis of the motivation, forms, and results of both collaboration and resistance during World War II. Through independent research reports and in-class discussion, students will examine the problem of dealing with the occupation policies of a totalitarian regime. Course last taught in fall 1998.
CAS HI 433. History of Ireland and Northern Ireland Since 1916 Selected topics in the history of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland since 1916 with emphasis on political and economic development and the crisis in Northern Ireland. Course last taught in fall 2005.
CAS HI 434. War and Society in Modern Britain Social and cultural impact of the two World Wars on Britain. Literature, films, and primary sources used to analyze such topics as the myth of war experience, women and work, social reform, literary responses, military and civilian life. Course last taught in spring 2003.
CAS HI 436. The Great War and the Fragile Peace Exploration of the military, political, social, economic, and cultural consequences of the First World War and the peace conference of 1919. Focuses on technological innovations, the expanded role of the state, and the long-range impact of the Versailles settlement. Course last taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 440. Refugee Intellectuals (1933-1950) Examination of the flight of intellectuals (including Mann, Adorno, Schoenberg) from Europe to the United States in the wake of Hitler's rise to power, drawing on accounts by the exiles themselves, their works, and subsequent studies by historians of the period. Course last taught in fall 2006.
CAS HI 441. Weimar Germany Themes include the development and attempted resolution of social tensions, the ferment of ideologies, the creation of a particular artistic sensibility, acceptance or rejection of "modernism," and the role of science and technology. Course last taught in spring 2000.
CAS HI 443. Jews in Modern German History Explores the history of Jews in Germany from the Enlightenment until today, focusing on emancipation, the social and economic transformation of German Jews, minority identity formation, new religious expressions and cultural contributions, antisemitism, Zionism, and responses to the Holocaust. Course last taught in fall 2007.
CAS HI 445. Introduction to Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Russian Intellectual History Critical evaluation of the Russian revolutionary movement from the 1880s to 1917. Particular attention to Russian populism and Marxism and to the works of such socialists as Herzen, Plekhanov, and Lenin. Course last taught in fall 2001.
CAS HI 446. The Russian Revolution Examination of the 1917 revolution in the broad political, cultural, socioeconomic, and psychological context of Russian history. Topics include the downfall of the Romanov dynasty, Lenin and his rivals, the Bolshevik takeover and early policies, Sovietization of Russian society. Course last taught in spring 2007.
CAS HI 448. Science and Modern Culture: Darwin, Freud, and Einstein Development of scientific theories of Darwin, Freud, and Einstein; impact of those ideas in different national cultures and their influence on literature, art, religion, and politics of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Course last taught in spring 2007.
CAS HI 453. Three Revolutions Examines the rise of a distinctive Anglo-American political culture in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Focus on the effects of the English civil wars, the Glorious Revolution, and the American Revolution on political thought, institutions, and behavior in America and Britain. Course last taught in fall 2007.
CAS HI 454. War and American Society, 1607-1973 Examines the American experience with war between the time of the initial European settlement in the seventeenth century and the end of the Vietnam war. Attention to theoretical and institutional change as well as events. Course last taught in spring 2006.
CAS HI 455. Early American History and Culture Selected topics in the social and cultural history of America during the colonial and revolutionary eras. Emphasis on the exploration and colonization of New England and the transition from a pre-industrial to an industrializing society. Course last taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 456. Religion and American Culture Selected topics on the interaction of religion and American history from the colonial period to the present. Course last taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 457. Boston's Public Past Hands-on seminar in public history in Boston, with visits to museums, monuments, and parks. Tools and methods of public history, including maps, photographs, material culture, and oral history. Course last taught in fall 1998.
CAS HI 458. Jacksonian America Selected topics such as the nature of Jacksonian democracy, Jackson and the bank, and Indian removal. Course last taught in spring 2000.
CAS HI 461. The Civil War in American Memory This class is a research colloquium in American history, examining the ways in which Americans have thought about the experiences of the Civil War, from the immediate postwar period through the later years of the twentieth century. Course last taught in fall 2007.
CAS HI 462. History of the American South The South in American history from the period of colonial settlement through the Civil Rights movement of the twentieth century. Through readings and discussion the course will consider whether or not there has been a distinctive Southern identity in American history. Course last taught in fall 2001.
CAS HI 464. America and the Interwar Period, 1919-1941 The relationships of the U.S. to other powers and their interaction. The nature of American isolationism and the ways in which the U.S. faced the European and Far Eastern crises of the 1930s is the focal point, but attention is also given to those domestic developments that affected American responses. Course last taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 465. The United States and the Cold War Examination of U.S. Cold War foreign policy from its origins at the end of World War II to the collapse of the Berlin Wall and of the Soviet Union. Course last taught in spring 2007.
CAS HI 467. Postwar America: Issues in Political, Cultural, and Social History, 1945-1969 Topics include Cold War, McCarthyism, fifties ideology, War on Poverty, civil rights movement, Vietnam, New Left, counterculture, rise and decline of liberalism. Course last taught in fall 2007.
CAS HI 468. American Society Since 1970: Issues in Domestic Political, Cultural, and Social History A historical investigation of the United States at the end of the American century, including Watergate and the imperial presidency, stagflation, the "New Politics" and the "Me Decade," conservatism, feminism, race relations, religion, politics, culture, community and family life. Course last taught in fall 2007.
CAS HI 472. Wars of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries Examines the origins, conduct, and consequences of major conflicts of the past century, beginning with the Boer War and ending with the US conflict in Iraq. Course last taught in fall 2007.
CAS HI 474. Twentieth-Century American Social History: Role and Conflict Analysis and explorations of significant themes in American social history from 1900 to the present, including radical and protest movements, mass media, ethnic movements and conflict, urban disorders, and attitudes and role conflict. Course last taught in spring 1999.
CAS HI 475. American Consumer History The history of consumerism in modern America. Topics include origins and critiques of the culture of consumption; the development of national markets; advertising and commercial amusements; and the relationship of consumer society to religion, gender, ethnicity, and class. Course last taught in spring 2006.
CAS HI 476. Technology in American Society Technology and American society from the colonial era to World War II. Topics include industrialization, scientific management, household technologies, and the auto age. Course last taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 478. American Intellectual History in the Nineteenth Century Course last taught in fall 2001.
CAS HI 479. Impact of Darwin Influence of Darwinian evolution on various human activities. Genesis of Darwin's theory; intellectual and social climate for reception of Darwinism in different societies; its impact on natural and social sciences; conflict between evolution and religion. Course last taught in spring 2000.
CAS HI 481. Blacks in Modern Europe Readings from recent scholarly books on Blacks in Britain, France, Germany, and Russia, as well as related primary materials revealing the evolving image of Blacks in European history, folklore, religion, art, and literature. Course last taught in fall 2003.
CAS HI 484. Revolutionary Change in North Africa and the Middle East Analysis of problems of revolutionary change and development theories as they apply to North Africa and the Middle East. Course last taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 485. Selected Problems in the Modern Middle East Major events in recent history of the Middle East: emergence of nationalism and intellectual awakening of the Ottoman Empire; impact of western economic penetration; effect of partition; seeds of conflict and Egyptian transformation under Nasser. Course last taught in spring 2007.
CAS HI 486. Islamic History Examination of major historical forces that determined the growth and character of Islamic civilization from beginnings to modern times. Course last taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 487. Continuity and Change in Late Imperial and Modern China Examines late imperial China, including political institutions, ethnic classifications, family and gender relations, cultural trends, and military traditions and their persistence into the Republican and Communist eras. Explores revolution and change and Chinese adaptation of ideas and institutions from abroad. Course last taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 488. Interwar Japan and the Pacific War An examination of the cultural, social, and political impact of World War I on Japanese society, the nature of Taisho liberalism, 1930s militaristic nationalism, with emphasis on the role of the United States leading into and beyond World War II. Course last taught in spring 2003.
CAS HI 489. The African Diaspora in the Americas Uses historical studies, autobiographical and fictional texts, films, and music by and about Africans for a thematic and chronological exploration of the origin and transformation of African Diaspora communities in the Americas from the period of the Atlantic slave trade to the present. Course last taught in spring 2007.
CAS HI 490. Blacks and Asians: Encounters Through Time and Space Exploration of historical encounters between Africans and people of African descent and Asians and people of Asian descent. How such people imagined themselves, interacted with each other, viewed each other, influenced each other, and borrowed from each other. Course last taught in spring 2001.
CAS HI 493. History of Science Course last taught in spring 2007.
CAS HI 494. Histories for the New South Africa Critical reading of new histories of South Africa (covering the history of the region from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries). New historiographical perspectives on the transformations in South African society. Course last taught in spring 2006.
CAS HI 495. Readings in the History of U.S., Japan, and Asia in the Twentieth Century Critically analyzes readings on aspects of relationships between U.S., Japan, and Asia in the twentieth century such as domestic politics, economics, ideologies, race, culture, and perceptions as well as realpolitik conceptions of international relations and national self-interest. Course last taught in fall 2001.
CAS HI 496. Ideology and Conflict in World History Connects the ideas of European Enlightenment and Romanticism with imperialism, nationalism, fascism, liberalism, communism, and socialism and analyzes the spread of these ideas to Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Course last taught in fall 2007.
CAS HI 502. Development of Historical Thinking II Development of historical conception and influence of extradisciplinary techniques on historical outlook in nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Course last taught in spring 2002.
CAS HI 503. Psychohistory Addresses the "Whys?" of history and focuses on the application of Freudian analysis and other psychological models to interpret past individual and group behavior. Emphasizes two key subfields: psychobiography and group psychohistory. Course last taught in fall 2006.
CAS HI 512. Spanish and Portuguese Conquests in the Seventeenth Century This course considers the nature of the ancient societies before 1492 in the Caribbean, Mexico, Peru, and Brazil and why they were conquered by the Spaniards and the Portuguese, whose motives are also examined. Knowledge of Spanish/Portuguese is helpful. Course last taught in fall 1997.
CAS HI 513. The Culture of Politics in Early Modern Europe Course last taught in spring 1999.
CAS HI 514. Enlightenment and Its Critics Explores how eighteenth-century criticisms of the Enlightenment have been taken up by twentieth-century thinkers such as Heidegger, Horkeimer, Adorno, Gadamer, and Foucault; discusses recent defenses of Enlightenment ideals of reason, critique, and autonomy by Habermas and others. Course last taught in spring 2006.
CAS HI 515. The Conquest of Mexico Topics include the heritage of ancient Mexico, its religion and art; the Spanish conquest of the Caribbean; Cort�s in Mexico, 1519-21; the aftermath of the conquest, including effects in Europe. Reading knowledge of Spanish required. Course last taught in fall 1998.
CAS HI 537. World War II: Causes, Course, Consequences Begins with the origins of World War II in Asia and Europe, follows its major campaigns, and ends with its main consequences. Topics include diplomacy, grand strategy, command decisions, conditions of battle, and civilians in occupation and resistance. Course last taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 538. France, Europe, and the World: The History of French Foreign Relations in Modern Times An advanced research colloquium restricted to history and international relations undergraduate concentrators and graduate students that will explore the evolution of France's position in Europe and the world from the beginning of the First World War to the present. Course last taught in spring 2006.
CAS HI 540. Committing to Defend Europe: The U.S. and the U.K. Parallel history of twentieth-century US and UK departures from isolationism. Emphasis on three instances of overcoming reluctance to commit forces to the Continent: World War I, World War II, and the creation of NATO. Attention to current NATO policies and questions about its future. Course last taught in spring 2000.
CAS HI 547. The Intellectuals and the Powers Intellectuals are the priestly class of many secular saocieties, ascribing significance to events and frequently offering visions of revolutionary redemption. This course examines the history of their emergence and their influence on European nations, particularly in shaping twentieth-century authoritarian regimes. Course last taught in spring 2000.
CAS HI 549. Nationalism in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Nationalism as a major force in modern history. Origins of modern nationalism in Europe, with case studies concentrating on Eastern Europe. Special attention to the varieties of modern Jewish nationalism (Zionism, diaspora nationalism). Course last taught in spring 2003.
CAS HI 550. Jews in Modern Culture This course examines the role and impact of Jews as producers and brokers of modern culture. Focusing on fields ranging from psychoanalysis to movies, it considers whether Jews' cultural activities were distinctive and, if so, how and why. Course last taught in spring 2003.
CAS HI 551. Modern Jewry and the Arts Ways in which central issues in modern Jewish history--nationalism, antisemitism, integration, socialism, religious life--can be illuminated through the study of the arts (painting, sculpture, architecture, music). The role of Jews in European and American culture. Course last taught in fall 2002.
CAS HI 552. Topics in Jewish History Examines various aspects of Jewish culture, politics, and society. Topics vary from year to year and may include Jews in Poland and Jews on the Left. Course last taught in fall 2005.
CAS HI 566. Ideas and American Foreign Policy Examines the intellectual foundations of U.S. foreign policy from the founding of the republic to the present. Course last taught in fall 2006.
CAS HI 570. American Social Thought Course last taught in fall 2007.
CAS HI 574. Making Citizens: History of Education and the State The development of state-controlled educational systems in Europe and the United States since the eighteenth century, with particular emphasis upon the use of elementary schooling to form national identity and civic participation among peasants, urban workers, immigrants, and minority groups. Course last taught in spring 2004.
CAS HI 579. Race and the South: Questions of Interpretation in History and Literature Methodological colloquium for English or History concentrators. Examines theories and examples of interdisciplinary analysis based on historical and literary interpretation. Focus on problem of race in the U.S. South, 1880-1940. Course last taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 580. The History of Racial Thought Study of racial thinking and feeling in Europe and the United States since the fifteenth century. Racial thinking in the context of Western encounters with non-European people and Jews; its relation to social, economic, cultural, and political trends. Course last taught in fall 2007.
CAS HI 581. African American and Afro-Caribbean Intellectuals on World Affairs Exploration of the ideas of twentieth-century African American and Afro-Caribbean intellectuals on the nature of global affairs, examining how their particular perspectives as people of African and mixed descent affected their ideas about global order. Course last taught in spring 2002.
CAS HI 582. Social Movements in Twentieth-Century Latin America Examination of the origins, actions, and effects of social movements in twentieth-century Latin America, with particular attention to the relationship between the cultures of everyday life and pathways of political action and change. Course last taught in fall 2006.
CAS HI 583. Black Radical Thought Black radical thought in America, Europe, and Africa since the eighteenth century through writings of abolitionists, leaders of revolutions and liberation movements, Black nationalists, and Black socialists. Emphasizes the global nature of the "Black World" and its role in world history. Course last taught in fall 2006.
CAS HI 584. Comparative Slavery The institution of slavery in history with a special focus on slavery and the slave trade in Africa and the Americas in the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries. Attention to cultural and political issues as well as economic and social aspects of slavery. Course last taught in fall 2007.
CAS HI 585. The Afro-Russian Experience This course seeks to broaden the student's perception of the scope of Black history by highlighting the Black experience in Russia in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This will also heighten awareness of the interaction between world cultures in general. Course last taught in spring 2002.
CAS HI 586. African Americans Abroad To develop an awareness of the global nature of the African American experience. Looks at the involvement of Blacks in world development besides the African slave trade, slavery in the U.S., and the Civil Rights movement. Readings for the course will be focused primarily on Europe and the Americas, but some attention will also be given to Africa and Asia. Course last taught in spring 2007.
CAS HI 587. U.S.-Mexican Borders This course examines the geographic border, as well as political and cultural boundaries inside Mexico and the U.S., from 1848 to the present. Topics include the Chicano movement, maquiladora assembly plants, the Zapatista rebellion, youth gangs, free trade, and music and art. Course last taught in spring 2006.
CAS HI 588. Women, Power, and Culture in Africa Understanding the role of women in African history. Topics include the Atlantic slave trade, power, religion, the economy, resistance movements, health, the state, and kinship. Emphasis on the period before independence. Course last taught in spring 2006.
CAS HI 589. Nature's Past: Histories of Environment and Society Historians' approaches to environmental history, including human elements of technology, demography, local knowledge, political ecology, social organization. Geographical foci include North America, Atlantic World, Asia, and Africa. New course to be taught fall 2008.
CAS HI 590. The World and the West This course explores relations between the West and the Third World from 1850, focusing on national and cultural movements in the Third World. It places the African American struggle for freedom in the United States in global and comparative perspective. Course last taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 591. The Making of the Modern Middle East Examines the modern Middle East, with its new and old states and its current contested frontiers, as a product of European rivalries in the region in war and peace, 1798-1922. Course last taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 592. The Birth of a State: Israel 1945-1955 Establishment of the State of Israel, 1945-1955. Immediate context following World War II and the Holocaust, out of which the State of Israel was created. Will consider the War of Independence and relations with Israel's Arab neighbors and internal political developments. Course last taught in fall 2007.
CAS HI 593. Youth on the Agenda: Roles and Images of Young People in the Jewish Nation Youth in modern revolutionary movements, including Zionism and the creation of the State of Israel. What it means to grow up in a Jewish state, to consider the military experience, and to deal with the influence of American and other foreign cultures. Course last taught in spring 2008.
CAS HI 594. The Armenian Genocide Examines the emergence of the Armenian Question in the Ottoman Empire as a national and international issue. Analysis of Armenian-Turkish relations after the Young Turk revolution in 1908. Focuses on the processes of the genocide, survivor memory, and international responses. Course last taught in fall 2007.
CAS HI 595. Morocco: History on the Cusp of Three Continents Explores the range and limits of social mixture--cultural, political, economic--as three civilizations met at the northwest corner of Africa and influenced one another from the eighth to the twenty-first centuries. New course to be taught fall 2008.
CAS HI 660. The South in History and Literature Team-taught course. Explores the experience and culture of the U.S. South by focusing on its history and literature to understand how and why the South continues to be seen as a unique component of the larger American experience. Course last taught in spring 2004.
GRS HI 700. European Historiography Examines changes in European historical thought and practice from the early nineteenth century to the present. Course last taught in fall 2007.
GRS HI 701. The Historian's Craft Intensive training in the best practices of historical research, writing, publication, and oral presentation. Culminates in the production of a publishable journal article. Course last taught in spring 2008.
GRS HI 707. Topics in Medieval Religious Culture Topic for 2006-07: Religious Cultures in Contact and Conflict: Jewish-Christian Encounter. Focuses on varieties of interaction through an examination of social relations, economic ties, intellectual and cultural exchanges, expulsion and violence. Explores coexistence, toleration, and its limits in medieval context. Course last taught in fall 2006.
GRS HI 714. Medieval History Course last taught in fall 2001.
GRS HI 719. Readings in European History Course last taught in spring 2006.
GRS HI 731. Topics in Modern France Course last taught in spring 2002.
GRS HI 745. Readings in Early American History Course last taught in fall 2001.
GRS HI 749. United States History, 1850-1900 Course last taught in fall 2006.
GRS HI 750. American Historiography Examines the methodological and professional development of American historians since the 1880s, changes in the field since the founding period, and new directions in U.S. history. Course last taught in spring 2008.
GRS HI 751. Recent American History Course last taught in fall 2007.
GRS HI 752. Readings in American Political History Introduces students to the field of U.S. political history. Readings are divided into four primary areas of scholarship: government institutions, public policy, social movements, and political culture. Course last taught in spring 2005.
GRS HI 755. American Immigration History The experience of immigrants to the United States during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Topics include premigration cultures, theories of adaptation, perspectives on race ethnicity, sojourner migrants, and the persistence of ethnic enclaves in the urban environment. Course last taught in fall 2006.
GRS HI 756. American Civilization Course last taught in fall 1999.
GRS HI 757. Topics in American Cultural History Readings seminar focusing on American culture, broadly defined, in various periods of American history. Readings consist of both primary documents and secondary sources relevant to the specific topic. Course last taught in spring 2007.
GRS HI 763. American Intellectual History Course last taught in fall 2007.
GRS HI 770. African Historiography Examines historical writing on the African continent through key trends in the study of themes and regional historiographies. Also highlights recent important works in the field. Course last taught in fall 2007.
GRS HI 776. American Foreign Policy Since 1945: Substance and Process The history of substance and process of American foreign policy from the emergence of containment after World War II to current efforts to devise a conceptual framework for the 90s. Course last taught in fall 1999.
GRS HI 777. Problems in African History Course last taught in fall 2006.
GRS HI 780. The History of Food A comparative perspective on issues of human subsistence through time. Changing patterns of nutrition and health, agricultural production, methods of coping with famine and organizing feasts, origins and impact of culinary and dietary innovations. Course last taught in fall 2005.
GRS HI 781. Readings in Food History Survey of food history: how food influences, and is influenced by, politics, economics, climate, geography, technology, and culture. Considers the ways food history interconnects with other disciplines and raises important issues for an era of globalized food production, processing, and consumption. Course last taught in fall 2007.
GRS HI 808. History of the Crusades The origin and development of the Crusade movement in Western Christendom: the first four Crusades, their causes and results; crusader finance, preaching, and military recruitment; changing focus of Crusade movements from the Holy Land to other areas. Course last taught in spring 2004.
GRS HI 810. Heresy & Persecution in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries Around the millennium radical Christian movements appeared in and outside the Church, which, despite sharing ideals, became mutually antagonistic. The course studies multiple sources of the conflict and traces the emergence of Crusade and Inquisition to combat this "popular heresy." Course last taught in fall 2007.
GRS HI 811. Renaissance Europe The main political, socioeconomic, intellectual, and artistic currents in Italy (c. 1350-1530) and northwestern Europe (c. 1500-1560); emphasis on leading thinkers (Petrarch, Bruni, Machiavelli, Erasmus, More, Montaigne) as creators of the modern Western mind. Course last taught in fall 2007.
GRS HI 812. The Reformation Era: Sixteenth-Century Europe Religious change in the sixteenth century; the origins and causes of the Protestant Reformation; the Catholic Reformation; the resulting civil wars in the Germanies, France, and the Netherlands; pertinent aspects of Tudor England. Course last taught in fall 2006.
GRS HI 813. Early Modern Europe, 1600-1715 Seventeenth-century western and central Europe. Growth of the modern state and its social justification and its impact on culture and society; decline of dynastic empire and rise of national communities; the mid-century rebellions; the scientific and intellectual revolutions. Course last taught in fall 1998.
GRS HI 814. The European Enlightenment A survey of the intellectual and social transformation of Europe from the 1680s to the French Revolution. Readings draw on both eighteen-century sources (including Voltaire, Diderot, Condorcet, Lessing, Smith, and Hume) and recent work by historians. Course last taught in spring 2006.
GRS HI 815. Intellectual History of Europe in the Nineteenth Century Major figures and movements from 1799 to 1890. Topics include the impact of the French Revolution, romanticism, social utopias, the rise of nationalism, the artistic avant-garde, conflicts between science and religion, technology and urban planning, the aesthetic ideal. Course last taught in spring 2000.
GRS HI 816. Intellectual History of Europe in the Twentieth Century Major figures and movements from 1890 to the present. Topics include the critique of positivism, the exploration of the unconscious, modern styles in art, reshaping Marxist theory, advances in sociology, the impact of war on modern literature and ethics. Course last taught in spring 2004.
GRS HI 818. England in the Middle Ages England's development from the Celtic Age to the Tudor dynasty. Emphasizes social and religious/intellectual changes within the broader context of England's unique political evolution from a strife-torn backwater to a leading European power. Course last taught in spring 2005.
GRS HI 819. Tudor England, 1485-1603 A survey of that turbulent and volatile century that witnessed the apprenticeship of England for a role of world importance. Special attention will be given to the development of state power, the growth of religious diversity, the major economic and social transformations as well as the resulting culturaldevelopment. Course last taught in spring 2001.
GRS HI 821. The Making of Modern Britain Political, social, and intellectual developments; emphasis on evolution of cabinet government and the party system; the industrial revolution and social problems; political reform and the emergence of democracy. Course last taught in fall 2002.
GRS HI 822. Twentieth-Century Britain A political, social, and cultural history of England with emphasis on the impact of the two world wars, the emergence of the welfare state, the loss of empire, and Britain's relations with Europe. Course last taught in fall 2003.
GRS HI 825. History of Ireland An introduction to the history of Ireland, including mythological and religious formations and foreign occupations. Emphasis on major modern experiences of union, famine, immigration, war of independence and civil war, and the continued struggle for national and international identity. Course last taught in spring 2002.
GRS HI 827. Early Medieval Spain History of Spain from the fifth through thirteenth centuries: late Roman Spain, Visigoths, Islamic conquest, society and culture of Islamic Spain, rise of Christian kingdoms; conquest and settlement of Andalusia, social relations and cultural exchange among Christians, Muslims, and Jews. Course last taught in fall 2003.
GRS HI 831. French Feudal Society: 496-1339 A new society based on landholding and personal loyalties developed after the barbarian invasions. Examination of its social tensions and warfare, the role of women, chivalry, the growth of towns and universities, and the centralism of Capetian and Valois kings. Course last taught in fall 2005.
GRS HI 832. Early Modern France Principal political, social, and cultural developments from 1500 to 1789. The Renaissance, Wars of Religion, Age of Louis XIV, and the end of the Old Regime. Course last taught in spring 2002.
GRS HI 833. French Revolution and Napoleon Origins of the revolution; principal events in terms of political, social, and cultural impact on France and Europe; Napoleon's restructuring of France and Europe; the settlements of 1815. Course last taught in spring 2007.
GRS HI 834. Nineteenth-Century France Political, economic, social, and cultural developments of France, 1814-1914. Themes will include the enduring legacy of the Revolution in French politics, romanticism, industrialization, impressionism and the avant-garde, nationalism, the Dreyfus affair. Course last taught in spring 2001.
GRS HI 837. Germany, 1848-1914 German history from the Revolution of 1848 to the outbreak of World War I. Emphasis on political and social developments leading to the failure of Germany to establish a parliamentary government and the later unification under the regime of Prussia. Course last taught in fall 1998.
GRS HI 838. Germany, 1914 to the Present German history from the beginning of World War I to the present with emphasis on the politico-social developments, the Nazi attempt to control Europe, the growing division of Germany, the integration of West and East Germany into power blocs, and German reunification. Course last taught in fall 2007.
GRS HI 845. History of Russia, 1689-1917 Political, socioeconomic, diplomatic, cultural, and intellectual history of Russia from the reign of Peter the Great through the revolutions of 1905 and 1917. Course last taught in fall 2006.
GRS HI 846. History of the Soviet Union and Post-Communist Russia Evolution of Soviet Russia from the outbreak of World War I to the present. Course last taught in spring 2007.
GRS HI 848. Communications Revolutions from Language to Cyberspace History of communications revolutions from origin of language through writing to current global revolutions. Focus on the socio-political matrix of communications technology, implications for both cognitive and social relations, and dilemmas created for cultures by the increased flow of information. Course last taught in spring 2008.
GRS HI 849. History of International Relations, 1900-1945 The causes and consequences of the First World War; the search for postwar reconstruction and stability during the twenties; economic collapse, revolutionary nationalism, and fascism during the 1930s; the Second World War and the advent of the bipolar world. Course last taught in fall 2005.
GRS HI 850. History of International Relations Since 1945 The causes and consequences of the Soviet-American Cold War from its origins in Europe to its extension to Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The rise of the multipolar international system, the emergence of the non-aligned blocs, and inter- and intra-alliance conflicts. Course last taught in spring 2006.
GRS HI 854. Religious Thought in America This course surveys many of the strategies that American religious thinkers have adopted for interpreting the cosmos, the social order, and human experience and examines the interaction of those strategies with broader currents of American culture. Course last taught in fall 2007.
GRS HI 856. The American Revolution, 1750-1800 The political, economic, and ideological causes of the American War for Independence; the construction of a new political system amid the passions of a revolutionary upheaval; and the gradual emergence of a new economic and cultural order in the United States. Course last taught in fall 2005.
GRS HI 861. The Civil War Era Examines the Civil War experience in a broad social and cultural context, looking at Northern and Southern society in antebellum, war-time, and post-war years. Emphasizes issues of slavery, race, and emancipation, as well as political crises of the era. Course last taught in fall 2005.
GRS HI 862. The Gilded Age, 1877-1914 Known as a period of obscene ostentation, this period also reveals considerable tension between a society seething with social conflict and a culture creeping toward nationalization. Emphasis will be on social conflict, regional differences, and new cultural pursuits. Course last taught in fall 2003.
GRS HI 863. Twentieth-Century United States, 1900-1945 Industrialization; progressivism; science; religion; expansion and World War I, immigration; the women's movement; Jim Crow; the Great Depression and New Deal; World War II, politics, culture, and diplomacy. Course last taught in spring 2006.
GRS HI 864. 20th-Century United States, 1945-1968 Origins and development of Cold War; McCarthyism, Eisenhower era; civil rights; Great Society; Vietnam; New Left and Counter-culture; feminism; rise of conservatism, religion, culture, and politics. Course last taught in fall 2004.
GRS HI 865. United States Since 1968 Recent political, economic, social, and cultural history. Includes Nixon, Carter, and Reagan presidencies; stagflation; Watergate; "Me Decade"; end of the Cold War. Course last taught in spring 2006.
GRS HI 866. History of American Foreign Relations Since 1898 Analysis of the history of American foreign policy from the perspective of the changing world and regional international systems; emphasis on the effect of these systems and the impact of America on the creation and operation of international systems. Course last taught in fall 2005.
GRS HI 868. Science and American Culture History of the interaction between science and American culture from the colonial period to the present. Course will include such topics as the American reception of Copernicus and Newton, scientific exploration, the interaction of science and religion, the impact of science on social theory, the rise of "big science," and the contemporary "science wars." Course last taught in fall 2006.
GRS HI 869. Science and Christianity in Europe and North America Since 1500 Examines the relationship between science and the Christian tradition in Europe and North America since 1500. Considers the epistemological and metaphysical foundations of both science and Christian thought as they have evolved over time. Course last taught in spring 2008.
GRS HI 871. African American History The history of African-Americans from African origins to present time; consideration of slavery, reconstruction, and ethnic relations from the colonial era to our own time. Course last taught in fall 2007.
GRS HI 872. The Twentieth-Century American Presidency Focus on the alterations in the institution of the presidency during the twentieth century. Consideration of Theodore Roosevelt and Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson, Nixon, and Reagan. Course last taught in fall 2005.
GRS HI 873. Intellectual History of the United States, 1776 to 1900 Major thinkers and movements in intellectual and cultural history from the Revolution to 1900. Topics include Revolutionary republicanism, evangelical theology and democratic theory, Transcendentalism and Romantic culture, antislavery and nationality, Victorian realism, liberal Protestantism and Darwinism, and evolutionary social science. Course last taught in fall 2007.
GRS HI 874. Intellectual History of the United States, 1900 to the Present Major thinkers and movements in intellectual and cultural history since 1900. Topics include pragmatism and progressivism; ethnic and cultural pluralism; Marxism and liberalism; Cold War ideology and neoconservatism; artistic modernism; psychoanalysis and modernization theory; the New Left, multiculturalism, and postmodernism. Course last taught in spring 2008.
GRS HI 875. A History of Women in the United States This course examines the ideas and experiences of women in the United States from the 1600s through the late twentieth century. The course considers the common factors that shaped women's lives as well as women's diverse class, ethnic, and regional experiences. Course last taught in spring 2006.
GRS HI 877. Economic History of the United States Analysis of American economic development; role of factory and frontier; changes in economic structure and institutions; parts played by government and business enterprise in development. Influence of economic conditions and occupation groupings on political alignments and on public policy. Course last taught in spring 2004.
GRS HI 878. American Business History Evolution of the American business system, stressing the growth of large-scale enterprise since 1840. Course last taught in spring 2002.
GRS HI 881. Economic History of the World Comparative economic history and the rise of industrial nations and consideration of why the whole world isn't industrialized. Emphasis on Britain and Europe during the past five hundred years as well as on Italy, Japan, and the United States. Course last taught in fall 1998.
GRS HI 885. History of the Atlantic World, 1500-1825 Examines the various interactions that shaped the Atlantic World, connecting Europe, Africa, and the Americas between 1500 and 1800. After defining the political interaction, there is special emphasis on cultural exchange, religious conversion, and the revolutionary era. Course last taught in spring 2008.
GRS HI 886. Modern Latin America Political, economic, and cultural evolution of Latin American republics. Nineteenth-century conflicts over "civilization" vs "barbarism," liberalism vs conservatism, and slavery. Democracy and military rule in the twentieth century and efforts to create new forms of politics and citizenship. Course last taught in spring 2006.
GRS HI 888. A History of the Pacific Rim The history of the Pacific Rim and the interaction between its countries and outside powers from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the present. Consideration of cultural and economic factors as well as political developments. Course last taught in spring 2000.
GRS HI 889. Early Chinese History The development of Chinese civilization through the traditional, medieval, and early modern periods; emphasis on intellectual history and political, social, and economic institutions. Course last taught in fall 2005.
GRS HI 890. Modern Chinese History History of China from the Opium War through the Chinese revolution to the post-Mao era. Analysis of the traditional continuities and political, economic, social, and intellectual changes stimulated by modernization and revolution. Course last taught in spring 2006.
GRS HI 891. Modern Japanese History Developments from late Tokugawa Japan and the Meiji Restoration (1868) to the present. Focus is on Japan's economic, political, and social adjustment to modern times, the evolution of twentieth-century Japanese imperialism, and Japan's growth after World War II. Course last taught in fall 2002.
GRS HI 892. The Middle East General introduction to the history, culture, and current development in the Middle East. Objective is to introduce students to a specific geographical and historical experience as well as to acquaint them with some of the literature in the field. Course last taught in fall 2005.
GRS HI 894. Environmental History of Africa Focus on the African environment and ecological systems over the past 150 years. Topics include climatic change, hydrography, agriculture, deforestation, soil erosion, disease, conservation, famine, and the role of colonialism and government policy in environmental change. Course last taught in spring 2007.
GRS HI 977. Directed Research in Islamic History Course last taught in spring 2008.
