( ) Year of initial appointment at Binghamton
Abou-El-Haj, Rifa’at A., Professor, PhD, 1963, Princeton University: Modern Near East, Europe. (1993)
Africa, Thomas, W. Professor Emeritus, PhD, 1959, University of California at Los Angeles: Ancient history, Greece and Rome. (1969)
Appelbaum, Nancy, Assistant Professor, PhD, 1997, University of Wisconsin: Modern Latin America, Colombia.
Arkush, Allan, Associate Professor (joint with Judaic Studies), PhD, 1988, Brandeis University: Modern Jewish intellectual history. (1987)
Brown, Howard G., Associate Professor, Vice Chair and Director of Graduate Studies, PhD, 1990, Oxford University: Early modern Europe, France. (1994)
Chaffee, John, Professor and Director, Asian and Asian American Studies Program, PhD, 1979, University of Chicago: East Asia, Chinese social history. (1980)
Dalfiume, Richard M., Associate Professor, PhD, 1966, University of Missouri: Recent U.S. (1968)
Donnelly, Alton S., Professor Emeritus, PhD, 1960, University of California at Berkeley: 18th-century Europe, Russia, Russia and Asia. (1966)
Dublin, Thomas, Professor, PhD, 1975, Columbia University: U.S. labor and social history. (1988)
Dubofsky, Melvyn, Distinguished Professor, PhD, 1960, University of Rochester: U.S. labor and social history. (1971)
Elbert, Sarah, Associate Professor, PhD, 1973, Cornell University: U.S. cultural and intellectual history, women’s history, 19th and 20th centuries. (1973)
Forcey, Charles, Professor Emeritus, PhD, 1954, University of Wisconsin: U.S. intellectual history, comparative history (U.S., USSR, Western Europe), late 19th- and 20th-century U.S. (1967)
Harcave, Sidney S., Professor Emeritus, PhD, 1943, University of Chicago: Modern Europe, Russia. (1953)
Haver, William, Associate Professor, PhD, 1987, University of Chicago: Japanese history, East Asia. (1988)
Hirsch, Francine, Assistant Professor, PhD, 1998, Princeton University: Modern Russia (late Imperial and Soviet), Germany and East Central Europe.
Kadish, Gerald E., Professor, PhD, 1964, University of Chicago: Ancient history, Egypt. (1963)
Kansteiner, Wulf, Assistant Professor, PhD, 1997, University of California at Los Angeles: Modern Europe, Germany, Holocaust studies. (1999)
López, Adalberto, Associate Professor Emeritus, PhD, 1972, Harvard University: Hispanic America, Spain. (1970)
Mason, Bernard, Professor Emeritus, PhD, 1958, Columbia University: Colonial America, early 19th-century U.S. (1960)
McConville, Brendan, Associate Professor, PhD, 1992, Brown University: U.S. colonial, revolutionary and early national history. (1992)
Muhammad, Akbar, Associate Professor, PhD, 1974, Edinburgh University: Africa, Islam. (1975)
Oggins, Robin S., Associate Professor, PhD, 1967, University of Chicago: Medieval history, England. (1962)
Patterson, Tiffany, Assistant Professor, PhD, 1994, University of Minnesota: African American history, history of African peoples. (1994)
Quataert, Donald, Professor and Chair, PhD, 1973, University of California at Los Angeles: Modern Middle Eastern history, the Ottoman Empire. (1988)
Quataert, Jean H., Professor, PhD, 1974, University of California at Los Angeles: Women’s history, German history, social and labor history. (1986)
Rivlin, Helen B., Professor Emerita, DPhil, 1953, Oxford University: Middle East. (1969)
Selden, Mark, Professor (joint with Sociology), PhD, 1967, Yale University: Revolutionary movements, political economy, East Asia, socialist development. (1979)
Shah, Nayan, Assistant Professor, PhD, 1995, University of Chicago: Asian American history. (1995)
Shefftz, Melvin C., Associate Professor, PhD, 1962, Harvard University: Modern Europe, Britain. (1962)
Sklar, Kathryn Kish, Distinguished Professor, PhD, 1969, University of Michigan: U.S. and comparative women’s history. (1988)
Stein, George H., Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus, PhD, 1964, Columbia University: Modern Europe, Germany. (1966)
Sussman, Lance J., Associate Professor, PhD, 1986, Hebrew Union College: American Jewish history. (1986)
Trexler, Richard C., Distinguished Professor, PhD, 1963, Frankfurt am Main: Renaissance and reformation, Italy, behavioral history. (1978)
Wagar, W. Warren, Distinguished Teaching Professor, PhD, 1959, Yale University: European intellectual history, alternative futures. (1971)
Williman, Daniel, Professor (joint with Classics), PhD, 1973, University of Toronto: Medieval history. (1974)
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The history curriculum promotes inquiry into the origins and development of human society. It also exposes students to the varieties of historical thinking. The program offers a balance between humanistic approaches to the study of the human experience and approaches based on the methods of the social and behavioral sciences.
History Department courses are offered at three levels.
1. Introductory courses: courses on the 100 level; general introductions to and overviews of the history of a particular area or region (e.g., general views of European, United States, Islamic, Far Eastern, African and Latin American history). Open to all students (history majors and minors taking 100-level courses do so before their junior year). May be taken in any sequence.
2. Intermediate courses: courses on the 200 and the 300 levels. Courses on the 200 level are more specialized analyses of eras and themes. Courses on the 300 level are intensive examinations of a particular era or theme. For 300-level courses, the normal prerequisite is sophomore standing.
3. Advanced courses: courses on the 400 level. Courses on the 400 level (with the exception of HIST 498 and 499) are senior seminars in which a research paper is required. For 400-level courses, the normal prerequisite is junior standing.
Students planning to major or minor in history should consult, as early as possible, with the departmental director of undergraduate studies. History majors and minors should visit this office whenever they need advice on their programs. The History Department does not require that majors or minors specialize or concentrate in any area, period or type of history. Some students, however, may wish to create an ad hoc concentration by taking several courses in one field, such as the United States, Europe, the Third World, ancient history, modern history, social and economic history and the like. Those who do may seek advice from the director of undergraduate studies. The department accepts up to two history courses taken at other colleges in fulfillment of the requirements for the minor and up to four history courses taken at another college in fulfillment of the requirements for the major. The department does not accept advanced placement credit, CLEP credit or course credit by examination in fulfillment of the requirements for the major or the minor.
The Department of History requires for the major a minimum of 10 courses distributed as follows:
1. Four courses: one from each of the following areas:
• United States;
• Europe;
• a third area, e.g., Middle East, Asia, Africa, Latin America; and
• world history or interregionally comparative history.
2. At least four 300- or 400-level courses, one of which must be a senior seminar (HIST 400 through 487A-Z) or HIST 492. The senior seminar may not be taken under the Pass/Fail option.
3. At least two other history courses. No 100-level history courses count toward the major when taken by students in their junior and senior years. Furthermore, no more than four 100-level courses (including no more than two numbered 101,102, 103 or 104) may be counted toward the major.
4. No more than one course of HIST 397, Independent Study, may be used to satisfy the total requirements for the major. Only one course taken under the Pass/Fail option is credited to the major. HIST 395 does not count toward the major.
5. The History Department views the grade of D as passing but unsatisfactory. Courses passed with a grade of D do not fulfill requirements for the major.
The director of undergraduate studies administers the honors program offered by the Department of History. Candidates for honors must consult with the director and complete a form kept in the Harpur College undergraduate advising office.
To be eligible to earn honors, a history major:
1. must have a GPA of 3.60 in history, not counting courses taken Pass/Fail;
2. must have taken at least one senior seminar in which the student earned a grade of A or A–.
Both of these conditions must be satisfied by the end of the student’s penultimate semester.
In addition, the student must either write an honors thesis or take a written comprehensive examination. Whichever of these options is chosen, the work must be judged worthy of honors (Honors, High Honors or Highest Honors) by the faculty supervisor and one other member of the department (or a faculty member outside the department approved by the undergraduate director). In case of disagreement between the two readers, a third is designated by the undergraduate director. This work may be completed during the student’s last semester.
The student must arrange with a faculty member in the History Department to supervise the research and writing of a thesis, and with a second member of the department to read the thesis. Students writing an honors thesis may (but are not required to) register for HIST 498 and 499. These courses may not be used to satisfy the history major requirement. For more information, the student should refer to the "Rules Governing the Preparation of Undergraduate Honors Theses," available from the undergraduate director.
Students interested in this option choose a mentor from the faculty of the department and take courses on the advice of the mentor. Normally, students are expected to take at least four history courses in the area to be examined (e.g., ancient history, modern U.S. history or East Asian history). The area is defined jointly by the mentor and the student. The mentor prepares and grades the examination, as does one other member of the department.
The purpose of the history minor is to encourage students to supplement their major in another discipline with a coherent program in history. Each student develops a program to satisfy the minor requirements in consultation with the department’s advisers. The general requirements are:
1. A minimum of six history courses (24 hours).
2. No more than two introductory-level (HIST 101 through 104) and one independent study courses may be counted. Introductory courses taken during the junior or senior year do not count toward the minor. Only one course taken under the Pass/Fail option is credited toward the minor.
3. At least two 300- or 400-level courses, one of which must be a senior seminar (HIST 400 through HIST 487 A-Z) or HIST 492. The senior seminar may not be taken under the Pass/Fail option. HIST 395 does not count toward the minor.
4. At least four of the courses in the history minor program must be in addition to history courses counted toward fulfillment of the student’s major.
5. At least four of the six courses counting toward the minor must be taken at Binghamton.
6. The History Department views the grade of D as passing but unsatisfactory. Courses passed with a grade of D do not fulfill requirements for the minor.
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The department offers programs leading both to the MA and to the PhD degrees. Work toward the doctoral degree emphasizes the development of the high level of professional competence essential to college and university teaching of history and to mature research in the discipline.
At present the History Department offers advanced work in the following fields:
1. United States History
2. Ancient History
3. Medieval History
4. Europe Since 1450
5. Russian and East European History
6. Middle Eastern History
7. History of Women (U.S. or European)
8. East Asian History
9. Latin American History
10. African History
11. Jewish History
With the consultation of appropriate advisers and the approval of the graduate committee, a student may design a special program around departmental course offerings and relevant comparative and interdisciplinary studies. Another option is one of the certificate programs (medieval studies, LACAS or MENA), which may be taken in conjunction with the PhD program in history. For the joint MBA/MA in history program, see the statement of the School of Management. In addition, it is possible, particularly in doctoral work, to develop other programs that integrate the historian’s analytical and conceptual abilities with the demands and expectations of related nonacademic professions.
Applicants for admission to graduate work in history are required to submit their scores in the Graduate Record Examinations, an example of their written work (e.g., a paper submitted in an advanced undergraduate or graduate course) and a statement of their interests and career goals.
Students are advised by staff or a faculty member in their field of concentration during their first semester in the graduate program. Before the beginning of the second semester, the student selects an appropriate member of the faculty as principal adviser (sponsor) and chair of a guidance committee. The student in consultation with the principal adviser solicits two additional faculty members to serve on the guidance committee. The chairperson of the guidance committee, with the assistance of colleagues and the vice chairperson for graduate studies, aids students in their choices of courses, advises them on the fulfillment of other academic requirements and in general guides them through the graduate program. Normally, the guidance committee forms the core of the student’s oral comprehensive examination committee. In most cases, too, a student’s guidance committee eventually serves as a three-person dissertation committee.
Normally, full-time matriculated students take three courses per semester. A student’s coursework should be closely correlated with the proposed major and minor fields, and should include a balance between general colloquia and specialized research seminars. Students are encouraged to work with a number of different professors to broaden their exposure to different historical styles, methods and theories. In addition to the work completed for their courses, students are expected to pursue a coherent program of readings in preparation for their comprehensive examinations. Independent readings courses may be arranged with individual instructors to cover special topics, but must not be used to satisfy more than one-third of a student’s degree requirements.
No faculty member is required to accept a particular student as an advisee. By the same token, a student may, for reasonable cause, petition the vice chairperson for graduate studies for a change of principal adviser or guidance committee.
The master of arts in history is granted on completion of the following requirements.
Thirty-two graduate credit hours, with a B average or better. Specialization in one of the following fields: Europe since 1450, United States history, ancient history, medieval history, Middle Eastern history, Russian and East European history, Latin American history, African history, East Asian history, history of U.S. women, history of European women or Jewish history. In addition, all master’s students are required to take HIST 592 (Historiography) and one 600-level research seminar. Master’s-level students who choose to write a master’s thesis are not required to take the 600-level research seminar for the master’s degree. All master’s students must pass the master’s examination.
Twenty-four of the credits offered must be taken in residence.
Master’s level students in non-U.S. history must meet the language requirement at the master’s level.
With the approval of the guidance committee, a student either elects to write a master’s thesis that demonstrates scholarly ability, or satisfactorily completes up to eight additional credit hours in history or in a related discipline.
The master’s examination is a three-hour written examination in the student’s field of specialization. Examinations are offered once each semester, and should be taken during the semester in which the student completes all other degree requirements.
Admission to the PhD program is determined by the department when the student has completed work for the MA degree or its equivalent. All students who enter the program with an MA degree in history from another institution have their work reviewed by the department at the end of their first semester to confirm their admission to the doctoral program.
At least two semesters must elapse between admission to candidacy and the granting of the degree. Requirements are as follows:
1. Coursework. Not fewer than 56 graduate credits (excluding credit for the dissertation, but including credits earned toward the MA), with an average of B+, as follows:
• Courses in a major field
• Courses in two minor fields
• HIST 592*
• Two 600-level research seminars (one of which must have been taken at the master’s level)
* Students are encouraged to fulfill the requirement of HIST 592, Historiography, early in their program.
2. Languages. All PhD students must demonstrate proficiency in a language other than their native language; the language is determined by the student in consultation with his or her guidance committee. The guidance committee may also require additional languages necessary for scholarship in the student’s field. Quantitative methods or other courses may satisfy the language requirement for students who specialize in anglophone areas, as determined by the student’s guidance committee.
3. Comprehensive Examination. Satisfactory completion of a comprehensive oral examination covering the student’s major and two minor fields. A major field consists of one of the divisions designated below with lowercase letters. The Graduate Committee may approve a special major such as comparative social, intellectual or labor history. Minor fields must be subdivisions (marked with Arabic numerals) of any field other than the major. At present, those fields listed below under "j. Other’’ can be offered only as minor fields. With the approval of the student’s guidance committee, the second minor may be a topical field cutting across chronological and geographical boundaries, or work in another discipline. The distribution of courses between the two minor fields is determined by the student’s guidance committee.
The three-hour oral comprehensive examination tests both the major and the minor fields. Students are expected to take the examination during the semester in which their coursework is completed, and no later than the third year of full-time graduate study.
a. Medieval History
1. Early Middle Ages (300-1050)
2. High and Later Middle Ages (1050-1500)
b. Modern History of Western Europe (including British History)
1. 1450-1648
2. 1600-1815
3. 1789 to present
c. Russian and Eastern European History
1. Early (before 1700)
2. Modern (since 1700)
d. United States History
1. Before 1876
2. Since 1860
e. Middle Eastern History
1. Ancient Near East
2. Islamic World to 1258
3. Islamic World 1258-1789
4. Modern Middle East
f. History of American Women
g. History of European Women
h. Jewish History
1. Medieval (before 1492)
2. Modern (since 1492)
i. East Asian History
j. Other
1. African History
2. Ancient History
3. Latin American History
4. Topical and comparative fields (e.g., popular culture, social theory, social movements, psychohistory, etc.)
4. Dissertation Prospectus. Presentation of an acceptable prospectus is assumed to be part of the PhD oral comprehensive examination. Students may, in consultation with their guidance committees, separate their prospectus presentation from the comprehensive examination; in such cases, they must have a colloquium on the prospectus within three months of the PhD oral comprehensive examination. If necessary, revisions to the prospectus may be made following the comprehensive examination or prospectus colloquium. The final prospectus must in any case be on file in the department within six months of passing the comprehensive examination.
5. PhD Candidacy. Students are officially admitted to candidacy for the PhD degree upon satisfactory completion of the oral comprehensive examination. Candidates for the PhD degree must maintain registration (dissertation or continuous) until all the degree requirements are completed. (See also the Graduate School policy statement.)
The PhD in history is granted, after admission to candidacy, on successful completion of the following requirements:
1. Submission of a dissertation approved by the candidate’s dissertation committee. The dissertation must present a new interpretation of a familiar subject, or an investigation of a subject hitherto neglected, and must be written under the supervision of a member of the graduate faculty.
2. Successful defense of the dissertation in an oral examination.
The department reserves the right to alter these regulations and requirements without notice, pending the publication of the next scheduled issue of this Bulletin.
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NOTE: Unless otherwise noted, all undergraduate courses carry four credits and are offered every year.
HIST 101. FOUNDATIONS OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION
Development of Western ideas and institutions from beginnings of Greek
civilization to Europe of 1500. Significant aspects of culture, society,
politics that have shaped modern world.
HIST 102. THE MAKING OF THE MODERN WORLD
Western civilization traced in its development from 1500 to present times,
with emphasis on Europe, Europeans, their relationships to other peoples.
HIST 103. FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICAN CIVILIZATION
Colonial period to 1877: American historical development in terms of
distribution of power among social classes, dilemmas facing revolutionaries and
reformers, origins of racial oppression, ways by which social changes have
occurred.
HIST 104. MODERN AMERICAN CIVILIZATION
Development of American civilization from latter part of 19th century to
present. Agrarianism, capitalism, industrialism, racism, urbanization,
immigration, colonial imperialism and world power, reform and reaction,
corporate economy and corporate state, modern American expansionism.
HIST 106 (also AAAS 106). INTRODUCTION TO ASIAN CIVILIZATIONS
Introduction to civilizations of China, Japan and Korea — their
geographical settings, historical traditions and cultures — focusing on
problems of interpretation. The idea of East Asia (or the Far East) in Western
and Asian thought. Commonality vs. diversity: the common heritage of Buddhism,
Taoism and Confucianism, of Chinese political thought, of Western imperialism
and of modern industrialization, versus radical national and regional
differences within East Asia.
HIST 121. THE MIDDLE EAST SINCE 1453 2000-01
Great Muslim empires of the Middle East in their heyday and ascendancy over
Europe, in eras of decentralization, of reform and westernization and in period
of their final disintegration, c. 1918. Twentieth-century age of Western
domination, of movements against imperialism and colonialism, and the rise of
Arab, Turkish, Iranian and other nationalisms.
HIST 130. MODERN WORLD HISTORY
A thematic exploration of global history in the period 1500-present and the
ways in which societies and peoples have confronted fundamental issues of the
human condition. The course examines developments in China, India, Africa, the
Middle East, Europe and the Americas. Themes include the impact of the European
conquest of the New World; industrial transformations; subjects and citizens;
revolts and revolutions, nationalisms; wars and decolonization; globalization.
HIST 176. INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN HISTORY
African social, political and economic history from the Pharaonic period to
mid-20th century. Social, political and economic organization; religion and
philosophy; education; women’s roles and achievements; inter-African and
international relations; slavery; internal and external migrations; resistance
to European rule; nationalism; liberation movements; effects of European rule;
problems of independence and post-independence; African peoples’ contributions
to civilization.
HIST 180 A-Z. SPECIAL TOPICS IN U.S. HISTORY
Intensive study of particular themes and problems in U.S. history,
determined in advance. May be repeated for credit if different topic is offered.
HIST 181 A-Z. SPECIAL TOPICS IN EUROPEAN HISTORY
Intensive study of particular themes and problems in European history,
determined in advance. May be repeated for credit if different topic is offered.
HIST 182 A-Z. SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY
Intensive study of particular themes and problems in Latin American history,
determined in advance. May be repeated for credit if different topic is offered.
HIST 183 A-Z. SPECIAL TOPICS IN AFRICAN HISTORY
Intensive study of particular themes and problems in African history,
determined in advance. May be repeated for credit if different topic is offered.
HIST 184 A-Z. SPECIAL TOPICS IN ASIAN HISTORY
Intensive study of particular themes and problems in Asian history,
determined in advance. May be repeated for credit if different topic is offered.
HIST 185 A-Z. SPECIAL TOPICS IN MIDDLE EAST HISTORY
Intensive study of particular themes and problems in European history,
determined in advance. May be repeated for credit if different topic is offered.
HIST 186 A-Z. TOPICS IN WORLD AND COMPARATIVE HISTORY
Topic determined in advance. May be repeated for credit if different topic
offered.
HIST 187 A-Z. SPECIAL TOPICS IN HISTORY
Topic determined in advance. May be repeated for credit if different topic
is offered.
HIST 200. ANCIENT EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION 2000-01
Development of state, society, and culture of ancient Egypt, from beginnings
through absorption of Egypt into Roman Empire. Original source material in
translation.
HIST 201. ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN CIVILIZATION 2000-01
Political, social, economic and cultural history of the civilizations of
ancient Western Asia: Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Hittites, Canaanites,
Israelites, Persians, etc.
HIST 202. THE GREEK WORLD 2001-02
Political, social, intellectual survey of Hellenic and Hellenistic history.
Ancient sources; rise and fall of democracy, class conflict, slavery, religion,
science, women and sexual mores.
HIST 203. THE RISE AND FALL OF ROME 2001-02
Political, social, intellectual survey of Roman history (c. 753 BCE-476 CE).
Ancient sources; imperialism, elites, failure of Republic, authoritarianism,
rise of Christianity, women and sexual mores.
HIST 204. THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES, 180-900 2000-01
Political, cultural, economic survey of early medieval Europe. Decline of
Roman Empire, rise and development of Christianity, origins of medieval Europe,
Carolingian Empire, Vikings, beginnings of feudal society.
HIST 205. THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES, 900-1350 2000-01
Political, cultural, economic survey of later medieval Europe. Reform
movements in Church, Crusades, evolution of universities, 12th-century
Renaissance, growth of national states.
HIST 206. EARLY RENAISSANCE EUROPE, 1300-1500 2000-01
Political and social structure of cultural transformation. Italian
city-states,
their economies, populations, values. Humanism, art, religion, from Dante to
Machiavelli.
HIST 207. REFORMATION AND RENAISSANCE EUROPE, 1500-1650 2000-01
Protestant revolt, Catholic reaction, wars of religion. Renaissance culture
in northern Europe. Science, witchcraft, absolutism, from Luther to Cromwell.
HIST 208. PRIVILEGE AND PROTEST IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE 2000-01
Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries. Politics of social conflict under
absolutism, enlightened despotism and constitutionalism. War as political and
social catalyst. Rationalist critique and Enlightenment challenge; elite and
popular culture; art and literature in history.
HIST 212. EUROPE, 1900-1955 2000-01
Twentieth-century Europe studied through lives of three men: Hitler and
Stalin, totalitarian dictators, and Churchill, a democratic leader. Role of
leaders, both democratic and dictatorial; development of the Socialist
movements, both democratic and communist; end of pre-1914 balance and collapse
of Versailles Treaty; and waging of World Wars I and II.
HIST 213. ENGLAND: PREHISTORY TO THE WAR OF THE ROSES (1485) 2000-01
Long-term processes of English growth to end of Middle Ages; Roman,
Anglo-Saxon, Viking and Norman invasions; rise of kingship and national unity,
law, origin and growth of Parliament.
HIST 215. MODERN BRITAIN, 1714 TO THE PRESENT 2000-01
Economic, social and political change from dominance of landed aristocracy
in 18th century, rise of industrial middle classes in 19th century, concluding
in 1970s with creation, expansion and recent malfunctions of welfare state.
Battle for political democracy, development of two-party system, rise of Labour
Party, end of British rule in Ireland, revolt of Edwardian women, careers of
Gladstone and Churchill, Britain in two World Wars.
HIST 217. FRANCE: RENAISSANCE TO REVOLUTION 2000-01
French history from 15th century to French Revolution. Culture and
counterculture, structure of society and roots of social conflict, evolution of
French government, growth of secularism, role of war, art and literature.
HIST 219. HISTORY OF SPAIN
Spain from Roman times to recent past, emphasis on period since 1700.
HIST 220. HISTORY OF IRELAND
Irish history from prehistoric times through integration of the Irish
Republic into the European Community. Special attention to Ireland’s
contributions to medieval culture, Norman and English invasions, the Great
Famine, struggles for independence and women’s suffrage, literary revival, the
"Troubles" in Northern Ireland.
HIST 221. THE MAKING OF MODERN GERMANY 2001-02
Major political, social, economic, cultural, intellectual developments in
Germany from fall of Napoleon in 1815 to rise of Hitler in 1933, viewed in
larger context of European history. Historical analysis illuminated by insights
gained from other social sciences. Factors that contributed to making Germany
most powerful and most troublesome nation in Europe between 1870 and 1945;
burden of geography, rise of Prussia, Napoleonic legacy, failure of liberal
democracy, impact of belated nationhood, social and political consequences of
rapid industrialization, traditional revolt against modernity, rise of racial
nationalism, legacy of Bismarckian authoritarianism, war and revolution, from
Weimar to Hitler.
HIST 225. RUSSIA 1700-1917 2000-01
Course surveys Russia from reign of Peter the Great to 1917. Focus on
long-term trends and immediate events preceding 1917, evaluating their relative
importance in "causing" February and October revolutions. Themes
include: Russia and the "West," connections between ideas and social
movements, and Russia as multinational empire.
HIST 226. THE SOVIET UNION 1917-1991 2001-02
Course surveys Soviet Union from October Revolution to the dissolution of
Soviet empire. Themes include revolutionary culture, empire building and daily
life.
HIST 230. HISTORY OF THE FUTURE 2001-02
What a study of world history may disclose about the future of humankind.
Alternative world futures as presented in literature, films and the social
sciences.
HIST 232. AFRICA, EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS: 1400-1888 2001-02
The African experience in the Atlantic world. Course begins with study of
African society in 15th century, the encounter with Europe, the emergence of the
transatlantic slave trade and its impact on Africa, Europe and the Americas, and
the formation of "new world" African cultures. Course ends with
examination of transition(s) to freedom and rise of an imperial world order
predicated on race.
HIST 233. AFRICA, EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS: 1830-1968 2000-01
The African experience from end of slavery to mid-20th century. Focus on
development of colonialism in Africa, struggle for freedom and democracy in
Europe and the Americas, and creation of "black" cultures and
identities in Atlantic world. Course ends with examination of independence
movements and struggle for civil society from end of World War II to late
sixties.
HIST 234. RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD 2000-01
An introduction to the field of religious studies focusing on the history,
basic ideas, sacred literatures, ritual practices and interactions of primal,
former and active religious traditions. Special attention is focused on the
Hindu, Buddhist, Confucian, Jewish, Christian and Islamic traditions and their
historical relations with one another. Contemporary global issues include global
secularization, cross-cultural fundamentalism, women’s spirituality, new
religions (particularly in the U.S. and Japan) and the future of religion.
HIST 235. MUSLIM PEOPLES 2001-02
Cross-disciplinary survey of Muslim peoples from seventh to 20th century.
Part I introduces Islam as a religious, ethical, legal, social, political and
economic system. Part II surveys Muslim peoples and communities in Central Asia,
China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia,
South America, Sudan, Swahili-speaking East Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom
and the United States. Topics include ethnicity, gender, relations with the
West, legal and social reforms, internal Muslim/non-Muslim relations and Muslim
perceptions of the future.
HIST 241 (also JUST 241). BIBLICAL HISTORY: HEBREW ORIGINS TO THE EXILE
Contextual approach to study of Ancient Israel from Abraham to Deutero-Isaiah.
Introduction to Biblical criticism and archaeology. Theoretical reconstructions
of early Hebrew history to Exodus. Conquest of Canaan. Tribal League and its
institutions. Kings, prophets and priests. Kingdom of Judah and Deuteronomic
Reformation. Babylonian exile and reinterpretation of Israel’s faith. Original
source material in translation.
HIST 242 (also JUST 242). JEWISH HISTORY: THE SECOND TEMPLE PERIOD
Emergence of Judaism from 535 BCE to 589 CE Restoration under Persian rule.
Accommodation and resistance to Hellenism. Varieties of Diaspora and Judean
Judaism. Historical Jesus and early Christianity. Tanna’im and the
efflorescence of Rabbinic Judaism. Amora’im and completion of Jerusalem and
Babylonian Talmuds. Original source material in translation.
HIST 243 (also JUST 243). MEDIEVAL JEWISH HISTORY
Jewish history from fall of Second Temple to expulsion from Spain. Medieval
Jewish communities within Islamic oikoumene; communities within Byzantine and
Latin Christendom. Economic and social evolution, religious, intellectual,
literary life during period that saw veritable crystallization and formulation
of Judaism.
HIST 244 (also JUST 244). MODERN JEWISH HISTORY
Jewish society and culture from Spanish expulsion in 1492 to present day.
Emphasis on period since 1750 and Eastern and Central European communities.
Zionism, rise of Israel, American Jewish community.
HIST 250. COLONIAL AMERICA, 1607-1776 2000-01
Examines transformation of American society between 1607-1776. Attention is
paid to comparative experiences of European, African and native Americans in
this complex period of transformation. Special emphasis placed on effect of
colonialism on institution of slavery and relationship of Europeans to native
American society.
HIST 251. REVOLUTIONARY AMERICA, 1776-1830 2001-02
Examines the transformation of American society between 1776-1830. Attention
is paid to comparative experiences of European, African and native Americans in
this complex period of transformation. Special emphasis placed on effect of
revolutionary republican ideology on institution of slavery and relationship of
Europeans to native American society, culminating in removal of native peoples
from United States in 1820s.
HIST 253. CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION 2000-01
Course focuses on background to secession; problems of slavery and
emancipation; constitutional and political changes brought by war; struggle over
Reconstruction; changing status of African Americans; and impeachment of Andrew
Johnson.
HIST 254. EMERGENCE OF MODERN AMERICA, 1877-1919 2001-02
Survey of history of United States from end of Reconstruction Era to end of
First World War. Topics studied include transformation of United States into
industrial-urban society, Great Migration of African Americans away from the
South, rise of Jim Crow in South, labor union movement, wars with Native
Americans and America’s accession to ranks of Great Powers after 1917. Special
attention given to relations among European Americans, African Americans, Native
Americans and Asian Americans, and with Spanish-speaking peoples of Southwest
and Puerto Rico.
HIST 255. THE UNITED STATES IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY, 1919-1945 2000-01
How the United States became world’s hegemonic power, despite being a
society divided by class, race, ethnicity and gender. Special emphasis on how
Great Depression, New Deal and World War II affected relations among European
Americans, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans and Native
Americans.
HIST 256. RECENT AND CONTEMPORARY USA, 1945-PRESENT 2000-01
From the politics of consensus and conformity of Cold War U.S. to politics
of identity and multiculturalism of contemporary society. Special attention to
new immigration from Latin America and Asia, rise of African Americans, Mexican
Americans, youth and women’s protest movements.
HIST 257 (ALSO SOC 276). THE AMERICAN WORKING CLASSES SINCE 1877
2001-02
American working classes in industrial era: ethnic, racial, occupational
characteristics, changing quality of life, evolution of organized labor
movement. Labor’s various forms of political action, working class culture,
religion, family structure, recreation.
HIST 264. IMMIGRATION AND ETHNICITY IN THE UNITED STATES 2000-01
Compares and contrasts the experiences of immigrants and African Americans
in the United States from the first arrival of English settlers in early 17th
century to contemporary issues of ethnicity and multiculturalism in the United
States today. Drawing extensively on first-person accounts — letters, diaries,
reminiscences and fiction — the course explores this history from the
perspective of ordinary Americans. Readings trace the experiences and
interactions of Europeans, Africans, Asians and Latin Americans in the United
States over almost four centuries.
HIST 266. U.S. WOMEN IN THE 20TH CENTURY 2000-01
Course focuses on the history of United States women in social movements,
public life and the labor force for past hundred years. Compares different
groups of women, such as African American and white women. Particular emphasis
given to legal changes affecting women’s lives, such as affirmative action and
abortion law.
HIST 267. ASIAN AMERICAN HISTORY
Comparative histories of Asian Americans in the U.S. from 1850 to present.
Asian migration to the Americas; work and labor systems; gender; family and
community formation; Asian Americans in popular culture; Asian American cultural
expression and social organization; racial ideologies and anti-Asian movements;
and nationalism and debates over citizenship.
HIST 268 (also ANTH 256). NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE AND HISTORY 2000-01
Course uses a narrative of U.S. history emphasizing dynamic relationship of
Native American cultures and history to Euro-Americans, African Americans and
Latinos in development of American pluralism. Focus on aboriginal cultures of
North America and social and cultural changes that resulted from interactions
with other ethnic/racial groups in U.S. Comparison and contrast of dynamics and
results of Native American cultures’ interactions with Euro-American, African
American and Latino groups through time. Evaluation of impact of Native American
cultures on global and national processes of change and how that impact altered
over time. Role of Native Americans in American institutions, ideology and
belief.
HIST 270. SPANISH AMERICA TO 1830
An introduction to the history of Spanish America from the arrival of people
in the Americas to the emergence of the Spanish American republics in the first
third of the 19th century. Emphasis on the pre-Hispanic civilizations of Meso-America
and the Andean region and the evolution of colonial society to the beginnings of
the 17th century. Not for students who have taken or are taking HIST 370,
History of Mexico.
HIST 271. JAPAN TO 1600 2001-02
A survey of major political, social, economic and intellectual developments
in Japan, through a reading of major primary sources in translation, from
earliest written records through establishment of Tokugawa hegemony. Topics
include mytho-historical justifications of dominance of Yamato clan, Heian
society and culture, emergence of samurai and the revolution in land tenure, Zen
Buddhist thought and practice.
HIST 272. JAPAN 1600-1945 2000-01
Survey of major political, social, economic and intellectual developments in
Japan from establishment of a precarious hegemony by Tokugawa to the end of
Fifteen Years’ War (i.e., the Second World War). Primary sources read in
translation as much as possible. Topics vary from year to year but often include
considerations of Edo society and culture, peasant uprisings, the Meiji
Restoration, establishment of modern nation-state, Japanese fascism,
agrarianism, pan-Asianism and accounts from Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
HIST 273. CHINESE CIVILIZATION 2001-02
Political, social, economic and cultural survey of Chinese history from
beginnings of Chinese civilization in second millennium BCE to the end of Ming
dynasty. Topics include early formation of Chinese civilization, flowering of
philosophy during the Zhou, impact of Buddhism, impact of alien dynasties,
changes in landholding, southward expansion of Chinese culture and evolution of
examination system. Readings will draw primarily from Chinese historical,
philosophical and literary texts in translation.
HIST 274. MODERN CHINA 2001-02
Survey of Chinese history from beginning of Manchu rule (Qing dynasty) in
1644 to present. Topics include state and society in High Qing; population
pressures, corruption and rebellion in 19th century; Western imperialism and
attempts at reform; revolutionary movements; militarism and warlords;
nationalism, Communism and anti-imperialism; conflict and accomplishment during
the People’s Republic. Readings draw primarily from Chinese writings in
translation, from government documents to novels.
HIST 275. 20TH-CENTURY MIDDLE EAST 2000-01
Course examines contemporary Middle East from perspective of its history in
20th century. Begins by studying period between 1917 and 1952, when Great
Britain and France directly controlled most of region and only Iran, Turkey and
parts of Arabian peninsula were independent, then studies establishment of
independent states and legacy of Great Power influence. Particular attention to
domestic developments in various states, emergence of mobilized peasant and
worker groups and their struggles with existing elites. In given semester, focus
is on several different countries, e.g., Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Lebanon; topics
include Iranian Revolution and collapse of Lebanon since 1975. Also assesses
international politics of region, intra-Arab struggles, Arab-Israeli conflict,
rise of Palestinian activism and emergence of United States-Soviet interests.
HIST 276. MODERN LATIN AMERICA
Overview of 19th- and 20th-century Latin America. Topics include
independence movements and nation formation; export economies; political
ideologies; slavery and emancipation; repression and resistance; revolutions and
social movements; and inter-American relations. Dynamics of race, class and
gender are considered throughout. Students develop skills in analyzing
documentary sources, evaluating scholarly texts and writing essays.
HIST 280 A-Z. SPECIAL TOPICS IN U.S. HISTORY
Intensive study of particular themes and problems in U.S. history,
determined in advance. May be repeated for credit if different topic is offered.
HIST 281 A-Z. SPECIAL TOPICS IN EUROPEAN HISTORY
Intensive study of particular themes and problems in European history,
determined in advance. May be repeated for credit if different topic is offered.
HIST 282 A-Z. SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY
Intensive study of particular themes and problems in Latin American history,
determined in advance. May be repeated for credit if different topic is offered.
HIST 283 A-Z. SPECIAL TOPICS IN AFRICAN HISTORY
Intensive study of particular themes and problems in African history,
determined in advance. May be repeated for credit if different topic is offered.
HIST 284 A-Z. SPECIAL TOPICS IN ASIAN HISTORY
Intensive study of particular themes and problems in Asian history,
determined in advance. May be repeated for credit if different topic is offered.
HIST 285 A-Z. SPECIAL TOPICS IN MIDDLE EAST HISTORY
Intensive study of particular themes and problems in Middle East history,
determined in advance. May be repeated for credit if different topic is offered.
HIST 286 A-Z. SPECIAL TOPICS IN WORLD AND COMPARATIVE HISTORY
Intensive study of particular themes and problems in world and comparative
history, determined in advance. May be repeated for credit if different topic is
offered.
HIST 287A-Z. SPECIAL TOPICS IN HISTORY
Topic determined in advance. May be repeated for credit if different topic
is offered.
HIST 300. ANCIENT LAW AND SOCIETY 2000-01
Origins, character, role and operation of law in societies of ancient Near
East (Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Egyptians, Hittites and Israelites),
Greece, and Rome. Sources of authority and law; legal codes; law and social
norms and values; role of women, children, slaves; constitutions and
legislation; custom and tradition; philosophy
of law.
HIST 301. ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN RELIGIONS 2001-02
Religious experience, narrative and behavior in societies of ancient Near
East: Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Hittites, Israelites, Canaanites,
Egyptians and Persians, from prehistoric times through Hellenistic era. Analysis
of mythologies, symbols, rituals in written and representational sources from
antiquity; study of analytical methods.
HIST 302. EUROPEAN LAW FROM JUSTINIAN TO BLACKSTONE 2000-01
Survey of history of European law from the sixth to the 18th century: Roman
Civil Law, Germanic Customary Law, Christian Canon Law, Medieval Feudal and
Merchant Law and English Common Law. Examines those systems in the context of
their own societies and cultures, relying heavily on the texts of laws and
contemporary and other documents (in translation).
HIST 310. REVOLUTIONARY AND NAPOLEONIC EUROPE 2000-01
Europe from the 1760s to 1820s. Collapse of Old Regime, revolutionary
ideologies and revolutionary waves, Napoleon — savior or dictator? Napoleonic
Europe and the nationalist reaction, classicism and romanticism, a world
restored.
HIST 313. KNIGHTS, PEASANTS AND THE CHURCH: A SOCIAL HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL
ENGLAND 2001-02
How they lived: a look at all classes in medieval English society from great
nobles to outcasts.
HIST 315. HISTORY OF LONDON 2001-02
London from Roman trading center to modern city: physical growth of London
and problems accompanying that growth (e.g., Black Death, Great Fire), London
high life and low life, London during World War II blitz. Extensive use of
slides to illustrate lectures.
HIST 322. HITLER’S EUROPE: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE THIRD REICH
Europe during Hitlerian era, centered on history of Nazi Germany. Origins of
National Socialism, Adolf Hitler, path to dictatorship. Nazi political and
social revolutions, Nazi system of terror and persecution, Hitler’s foreign
policy and Europe’s response, war and Nazi "New Order" in Europe,
turn of the tide and collapse of Third Reich. Legacy of Hitlerian era. Lectures,
discussions, motion pictures.
HIST 331. EUROPEAN SOCIALIST MOVEMENTS 2001-02
Socialist movements in Western Europe, from French Revolution through 1960s;
main emphasis on England, France and Germany. Revolutions of 1848, Marxism,
revisionism, Fabianism, lives of Jaures, Blum and Luxemburg, split between
socialism and communism, first three internationals. French riots and strikes of
1968, achievements and failures of British Labour Party.
HIST 332 WAR: PAST AND FUTURE 2001-02
Overview of the place of wars in world history and examination of how
warfare has been globalized by the evolution of the modern world-system.
Prospects for regional and global wars in the next century. Strategies for war
prevention and the building of a peaceful world order.
HIST 338. HISTORY OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR 2000-01
Changing modes of human communications, intimate and political, from
prehistory to present. Seen in light of current debates on nature of language
and ritual.
HIST 340 (also WOMN 343). SOCIAL AND POLITICAL DIMENSIONS OF THE AIDS
PANDEMIC 2001-02
Social, political and intellectual effects of the global AIDS pandemic. As
the pandemic undergoes a continuing metamorphosis, so too does the course.
Issues of race, gender, class, sexualities, injecting drug use and safer sex;
questions of historicity and sociality. We are most insistently attentive to the
fact that AIDS is most importantly something other than merely an object for
intellectual scrutiny.
HIST 341. CHINA AND THE WEST 2000-01
Study of key junctures in history of direct and indirect relations between
China and Europe from antiquity to mid-19th century. Ancient trade and origins
of Silk Route in antiquity; Ibn Batuta, Marco Polo, William of Rubruck and other
traveler-authors of medieval times; pre-European world trading order; expansion
of Europe and role of Jesuits as cultural intermediaries; opium and coming of
imperialism. Ample attention paid to political and economic patterns of
interaction. Primary focus upon cultural perceptions and (mis)understandings.
Readings include both primary accounts (Chinese and Western) and secondary
studies.
HIST 345 (also JUST 345). THE HOLOCAUST OF THE EUROPEAN JEWS 2000-01
Study of extermination of six million Jews by Nazis and their allies during
World War II. History of anti-Semitism, rise of fascism, political structure of
Nazi rule, nature of pre-war Jewish communities. Jewish resistance and response,
post-war attempts to understand the Holocaust (through literature, films,
theology).
HIST 347 (ALSO JUST 347). REBIRTH OF ISRAEL
Situation of land of Israel, from Ottoman times to present, including rise
of Jewish nationalism (Zionism), World War I diplomacy, British Mandate,
emergence of State of Israel.
HIST 350. U.S. SOCIETY AND CULTURE, 1830-1877 2001-02
Recasting mid-19th-century U.S. society and culture, course studies work of
slavery and King Cotton, winning and losing the West, the Cherokee Removal and
how "Irish became white" in making of democratic national identity.
Struggle of industrial artisans and workers for share of industrial abundance,
men and women in "age of reform" creating utopian communities,
"American" arts and sciences, free schools, abolition societies, women’s
rights, religious revivals and popular cultures. Study of secession, Civil War
as fought on home fronts and moment of Jubilee as transformations of peoples and
nation.
HIST 351. 19TH-CENTURY U.S. HISTORY AND LITERATURE 2000-01
Constructing of American culture and its diverse human identities, including
African Americans, European Americans, Asian Americans and Amerindians through
close readings in 19th-century literature and recent historical studies.
Recasting Civil War period in history and memory, issues familiar to
19th-century America emerge, including romantic and positivist views of
domesticity, childhood, race, slavery/abolition, individualism, rights of man
and woman, progress, frontier, manifest destiny. Sources include Uncle Tom’s
Cabin, Our Nig, Benito Cereno, abolitionist romances.
HIST 352. U.S. CULTURE AND SOCIAL CHANGE: 1880-1920 2001-02
Focus on the transformation from Victorian to modern culture and society.
Topics include the "genteel tradition," and "roughing it":
on the frontiers of the Western United States and emerging modernist phenomena
including the "new man" and "the new woman," eugenics, the
"new negro," Freud in America, consumerism, pragmatism, the
"leisure class" and the "working masses," all part of a
"new empire." Readings include Tarzan of the Apes, The Wonderful
Wizard of Oz, Call of the Wild, Riders of the Purple Sage and Roughing It.
HIST 353. SOCIETY AND THOUGHT IN MODERN AMERICA 2001-02
Aspects of 20th-century American political, economic and social thought,
from radical to conservative. Changes in concepts of individualism, liberty,
equality, progress and nationalism under impact of such forces as industrialism,
urbanism, alienation, feminism, corporate capitalism and American imperialism.
HIST 356. AMERICAN LEGAL HISTORY: THE DEVELOPMENT OF LAW 2001-02
Examines topics in American legal history that illuminate the social,
political and economic influences on the development of the law: the
relationship between the state and individuals; private property rights and the
public interest; the shifting meaning and implementation of due process
rights; and class, race and gender as factors in shaping the law. Examines how
the law dealt with outsiders and "deviants," from the Salem
"witches" through slaves, aliens, dissenters, radicals and such
religious sects as Jehovah’s Witnesses.
HIST 361. SOCIETY AND CULTURE IN CONTEMPORARY U.S. 2000-01
Explores how the American people behaved in an era of affluence and power
from the end of World War II to the present. Social and cultural aspects of the
recent past; how class, race, ethnicity and gender shaped life in an
increasingly suburban mass consumer society. Aspects of high culture and popular
culture and patterns of thought that illustrate consensus and conformity on the
one hand, radicalism and dissent on the other. Probes how a relative decline in
U.S. affluence and power affected society and culture from the 1970s into the
1990s.
HIST 362. THE UNITED STATES IN THE 1960s 2000-01
Development of liberal national consensus for social reform, coupled with
dynamic foreign and national security policies, followed by breakdown of
consensus by decade’s end. Topics include civil rights movement, New Left,
feminism, New Frontier and Great Society, Vietnam, anti-war movement, resurgence
of conservatism.
HIST 366. THE AMERICAN WAR IN VIETNAM 2000-01
Examines America’s longest war and only defeat. Topics include Cold War;
actions of Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon; problems
of defeating guerrilla war; anti-war movement; campaigns of McCarthy and
McGovern; consequences of war and defeat.
HIST 370. HISTORY OF MEXICO
Survey of Mexico’s history from pre-Hispanic to recent past, emphasis on
period after 1824. Pre-Hispanic civilizations; general characteristics of
colonial period; achievement of independence; 19th-century politics and society;
regime of Porfirio Diaz (1876-1910); Mexican Revolution (1910-1920); Mexican
politics and society since 1920.
HIST 374 (also SOC 413). CHINA IN THE 20TH CENTURY 2000-01
China in 20th century. Revolutionary change, imperialism, class formation,
capitalist and socialist development, U.S.-China relations, China’s place in
world. Prerequisites: either SOC 111A or B and lower-level history course.
HIST 375 (also AFST 375). MUSLIM SOCIAL HISTORY TO THE 19TH CENTURY
2000-01
Survey of evolution and development of selected Asian ("Middle
Eastern") and African Muslim societies from seventh to 19th century. Course
deals with social structure, institutions and concepts of Muslim societies.
Prerequisites: at least sophomore standing and preferably completion of basic
course in history, sociology or anthropology.
HIST 377. WEST AFRICAN HISTORY, 16TH-20TH CENTURIES 2000-01
Course divided into two parts. Part I, a survey of West African history,
deals with social-political organization; trade; religion;
kingdoms/empires/states; inter-state and interregional relations; relations with
Asia, Europe and Americas. Part II focuses on Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal, and
deals with servility/slavery; ethnic relations; education; women’s activities;
colonial impact; government; post-independence relations with selected Eastern
and Western states and organizations.
HIST 380 A-Z. SPECIAL TOPICS IN U.S. HISTORY
Intensive study of particular themes and problems in U.S. history,
determined in advance. May be repeated for credit if different topic is offered.
HIST 381 A-Z. SPECIAL TOPICS IN EUROPEAN HISTORY
Intensive study of particular themes and problems in European history,
determined in advance. May be repeated for credit if different topic is offered.
HIST 382 A-Z. SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY
Intensive study of particular themes and problems in Latin American history,
determined in advance. May be repeated for credit if different topic is offered.
HIST 383 A-Z. SPECIAL TOPICS IN AFRICAN HISTORY
Intensive study of particular themes and problems in African history,
determined in advance. May be repeated for credit if different topic is offered.
HIST 384 A-Z. SPECIAL TOPICS IN ASIAN HISTORY
Intensive study of particular themes and problems in Asian history,
determined in advance. May be repeated for credit if different topic offered.
HIST 385 A-Z. SPECIAL TOPICS IN MIDDLE EAST HISTORY
Intensive study of particular themes and problems in Middle East history,
determined in advance. May be repeated for credit if different topic is offered.
HIST 386 A-Z. SPECIAL TOPICS IN WORLD AND COMPARATIVE HISTORY
Intensive study of particular themes and problems in world and comparative
history, determined in advance. May be repeated for credit if different topic is
offered.
HIST 387 A-Z. SPECIAL TOPICS IN HISTORY
Particular themes and problems determined in advance. Open to majors and
non-majors. May be repeated for credit if different topic offered.
HIST 395. INTERNSHIP IN HISTORY
Topic determined by student and faculty member.
HIST 397. INDEPENDENT STUDY
Tutorial or seminar study of special problems that meets needs of advanced
students. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
HIST 404. SENIOR SEMINAR: THE ANCIENT HISTORIANS 2000-01
The idea of history and historical writing in Egypt, the Near East
(including the Bible), Greece and Rome through close reading of ancient
historical records and the works of such writers as Herodotus, Thucydides,
Polybius, Livy, Tacitus and Eusebius.
HIST 413. SENIOR SEMINAR: CHURCHILL AND ENGLAND 2000-01
Life of England’s greatest 20th-century leader, Winston Churchill, who
entered House of Commons in 1900 and left it in 1955. Early years as
aristocratic schoolboy, soldier, journalist. Pre-war successes as cabinet
minister and Liberal social reformer; initial success in World War I as head of
navy. Churchill between wars, as Conservative chancellor of exchequer and as
rebel against Tory policy on India. The great years, as unheeded prophet of Nazi
threat to Europe and as triumphant leader of Britain in World War II. Role of
leadership in a democratic society. Influence of great men.
HIST 414. EUROPEAN HISTORY THROUGH NOVELS 2001-02
Study of a selection of great historical novels to examine how such works
blend historical figures and events with fictional ones to recreate and present
important aspects of the past, difficult to grasp by straightforward historical
works. The course examines some difficult questions about the nature of
historical truth and how we attempt to find it.
HIST 417. SENIOR SEMINAR: VIEWS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION 2000-01
Examination of changing fashions in writing of history by studying histories
and historians of French revolution from classic interpreters of Revolution,
such as de Tocqueville and Aulard, to contemporary historians.
HIST 432. SENIOR SEMINAR: ALTERNATIVE FUTURES 2001-02
Theories and methods of futures studies, research in depth on topics
selected by students, with opportunity for mutual aid and criticism.
HIST 439. SENIOR SEMINAR: NATIONALISMS AND ETHNICITIES 2000-01
The role of the nation-state, socialist alternatives, colonialism and the
ties between national liberation and feminism; contrasting studies of
developments, for example, in Germany, France, Turkey, Iran, India and Australia
in the 19th and 20th centuries.
HIST 450. THREE ANGLO- AMERICAN REVOLUTIONS 2001-02
Examines transformation of Anglo-American political culture from time of
English Civil War (1640s) to American Revolution, focusing on English Civil War,
Glorious Revolution and American Revolution. Special attention paid to changes
in political theory and practice that encouraged use of popular sovereignty.
HIST 454. SENIOR SEMINAR: TAMING THE CALL OF THE WILD 2000-01
The study of popular texts of the period 1900-1945 projecting social issues
such as sexuality, eugenics, the frontier, immigration and fascism onto the
"animal estate." Lad, A Dog, Lassie Come Home, Western heroes and
their horses are read as part of a process in which historical changes are
explained as evolving laws of nature.
HIST 460. AMERICAN JUDAISM 2000-01
Examines transplanting, Americanizing and re-Judaization of Judaism in
colonies and United States. Special emphasis placed on transdenominational
trends and relationship of American Judaism to American culture. Both primary
and historiographical literature are assigned and guidance for original research
is provided.
HIST 461. RELIGION IN AMERICA TO THE CIVIL WAR
This seminar is designed to help students understand the historical
development of religion in the United States, beginning with pre-contact
indigenous traditions, to the Civil War. The remarkable diversity and complex
interactions of the various traditions are emphasized. Special attention focused
on the American tradition of church-state relations and its impact on religious
life in the United States.
HIST 462. RELIGION IN AMERICA SINCE THE CIVIL WAR
This seminar is designed to help students understand the historical
development of religion in the United States since the Civil War. The remarkable
diversity and complex interactions of the various traditions are emphasized.
Special attention focused on the modernist-fundamentalist controversy, religion
and the city, women and religion and the future of religion in America.
HIST 465. U.S. WOMEN AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
Explores women’s participation in social movements through primary
documents. Course focuses on individual student projects. Students construct
original projects by compiling, annotating and interpreting 20 documents.
Projects are designed in class discussion and in tutorial discussions with
instructor and published on course website. No previous knowledge of Internet
technology is required, but a willingness to learn about it is assumed.
HIST 472. SENIOR SEMINAR: CHINESE WOMEN AND THE FAMILY 2000-01
History of Chinese family from its possibly matriarchal origins in Neolithic
times, through imperial period with its male-dominated, family-centered ethic,
to present socialist society of People’s Republic and capitalist society of
Taiwan. Primary attention given to changes in women’s status, sex roles,
occupations and power, to history of women’s movement in 20th century and
debate over women’s liberation and socialist revolution. Readings include
biographies, fiction and historical and sociological studies.
HIST 473 (also AAAS 473). SENIOR SEMINAR: IMPERIALISM IN EAST ASIA 2001-02
Treats three varieties of imperialism in East Asia in modern times: Western
imperialism in 19th-century China, Japanese imperialism in early 20th-century
Korea, Taiwan and China, and French and American imperialism in Vietnam since
World War II.
HIST 480 A-Z. SENIOR SEMINAR IN U.S. HISTORY
Primarily for history majors and minors, dealing with particular themes or
problems in U.S. history. Research paper required. May be repeated for credit if
different topic is offered. Prerequisite: junior or senior standing and a
100-level history course, or consent of the instructor.
HIST 481 A-Z. SENIOR SEMINAR IN EUROPEAN HISTORY
Primarily for history majors and minors, dealing with particular themes or
problems in European history. Research paper required. May be repeated for
credit if different topic is offered. Prerequisite: junior or senior standing
and a 100-level history course, or consent of the instructor.
HIST 482 A-Z. SENIOR SEMINAR IN LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY
Primarily for history majors and minors, dealing with particular themes or
problems in Latin American history. Research paper required. May be repeated for
credit if different topic is offered. Prerequisite: junior or senior standing
and a 100-level history course, or consent of the instructor.
HIST 483 A-Z. SENIOR SEMINAR IN AFRICAN HISTORY
Primarily for history majors and minors, dealing with particular themes or
problems in African history. Research paper required. May be repeated for credit
if different topic is offered. Prerequisite: junior or senior standing and a
100-level history course, or consent of the instructor.
HIST 484 A-Z. SENIOR SEMINAR IN ASIAN HISTORY
Primarily for history majors and minors, dealing with particular themes or
problems in Asian history. Research paper required. May be repeated for credit
if different topic is offered. Prerequisite: junior or senior standing and a
100-level history course, or consent of the instructor.
HIST 485 A-Z. SENIOR SEMINAR IN MIDDLE EAST HISTORY
Primarily for history majors and minors, dealing with particular themes or
problems in Middle East history. Research paper required. May be repeated for
credit if different topic is offered. Prerequisite: junior or senior standing
and a 100-level history course, or consent of the instructor.
HIST 486 A-Z. SENIOR SEMINAR IN WORLD OR COMPARATIVE HISTORY
Primarily for history majors and minors, dealing with particular themes or
problems in world or comparative history. Research paper required. May be
repeated for credit if different topic is offered. Prerequisite: junior or
senior standing and a 100-level history course, or consent of the instructor.
HIST 487 A-Z. SENIOR SEMINAR IN HISTORY
Primarily for history majors and minors, dealing with particular themes or
problems in history. Research paper required. May be repeated for credit if
different topic is offered. Prerequisite: junior or senior standing and a
100-level history course, or consent of instructor.
HIST 492. HISTORIOGRAPHY
History of historical writing, methods and concepts in historical analysis.
Primarily for majors and minors, but open to others.
HIST 498-499. HONORS THESIS
Honors essay for seniors, under supervision of faculty member.
Prerequisites: consent of department director of undergraduate studies and
instructor.
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HIST 590. QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN HISTORY
An introduction to elementary statistics and quantitative methods for use in
historical analysis. By the end of the term, students are able to prepare
historical data for computer analysis and use a computer program, Statistical
Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), to analyze the data. The course helps
students evaluate the quantitative historical work of others as well as carry
out their own work.
HIST 591. THE TEACHING OF COLLEGE HISTORY
Nature of historical profession as academic discipline; problems involved in
teaching history at college level: practical work in organizing courses,
preparing syllabi, leading discussion groups, lecturing. Not for grade credit.
HIST 592. HISTORIOGRAPHY
Comparative and Women's History
HIST 501 A-Z. TOPICS IN COMPARATIVE HISTORY
Topic to be selected.
HIST 511 A-Z. TOPICS IN THE HISTORY OF WOMEN
Topic to be selected.
HIST 512. COLLOQUIUM IN EUROPEAN WOMEN’S HISTORY
HIST 513. COLLOQUIUM IN AMERICAN WOMEN’S HISTORY
HIST 514. HISTORY OF FEMINIST THOUGHT
United States and Latin American History
HIST 520 A-B. COLLOQUIUM IN U.S. HISTORY
A. (1492-1876); B. (1876-1980).
HIST 521 A-Z. TOPICS IN 18TH-CENTURY AMERICAN HISTORY
Topic to be selected.
HIST 522. PATTERNS OF COLONIAL DEVELOPMENT
HIST 523. THE ERA OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
HIST 531 A-Z. TOPICS IN 19TH-CENTURY AMERICAN HISTORY
Topic to be selected.
HIST 532 A-Z. TOPICS IN AMERICAN CULTURAL AND INTELLECTUAL HISTORY
Topic to be selected.
HIST 533 A-Z. TOPICS IN AMERICAN SOCIAL AND LABOR HISTORY
Topic to be selected.
HIST 536 A-Z. TOPICS IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY
Topic to be selected.
HIST 540 A-Z. TOPICS IN 20TH-CENTURY AMERICAN HISTORY
Topic to be selected.
HIST 542 A-Z. TOPICS IN AMERICAN LEGAL HISTORY
Topic to be selected.
HIST 545 A-Z. TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY
Topic to be selected.
HIST 549. COLLOQUIUM IN MODERN EUROPEAN HISTORY
HIST 550 A-Z. TOPICS IN ANCIENT HISTORY
Topic to be selected.
HIST 551 A-Z. TOPICS IN MEDIEVAL HISTORY
Topic to be selected.
HIST 552 A-Z. TOPICS IN EARLY MODERN HISTORY, 1450-1815
Topic to be selected.
HIST 553. CRIME, POVERTY AND REPRESSION IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE
HIST 554. CULTURE AND SOCIETY IN 18TH-CENTURY FRANCE
HIST 555 A-Z. TOPICS IN THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
Topic to be selected.
HIST 556 A-Z. TOPICS IN THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND MEDICINE
Topic to be selected.
HIST 557 A-Z. TOPICS IN EUROPEAN ECONOMIC HISTORY
Topic to be selected.
HIST 559. THEORIES OF IMPERIALISM
HIST 560 A-Z. TOPICS IN MODERN EUROPEAN HISTORY SINCE 1815
Topic to be selected.
HIST 561 A-Z. TOPICS IN MODERN EUROPEAN INTELLECTUAL HISTORY
Topic to be selected.
HIST 565 A-Z. TOPICS IN RUSSIAN HISTORY (TO 1801)
Topic to be selected.
HIST 567 A-Z. TOPICS IN RUSSIAN HISTORY, 1801-1917
Topic to be selected.
HIST 569 A-Z. TOPICS IN SOVIET HISTORY
Topic to be selected.
HIST 572 A-Z. TOPICS IN MIDDLE EASTERN HISTORY
Topic to be selected.
HIST 574 A-Z. TOPICS IN JEWISH HISTORY
Topic to be selected.
HIST 576 A-Z. TOPICS IN EAST ASIAN HISTORY
Topic to be selected.
HIST 578 A-Z. TOPICS IN AFRICAN HISTORY
Topic to be selected.
HIST 579 A-Z. TOPICS IN CANADIAN HISTORY
Topic to be selected.
HIST 601 A-Z. SEMINAR IN AMERICAN HISTORY
Research seminar in American history for advanced graduate students only.
HIST 602 A-Z. SEMINAR IN EUROPEAN HISTORY
Research seminar in European history for advanced graduate students only.
HIST 603 A-Z. SEMINAR IN NON-WESTERN HISTORY
Research seminar in non-Western history for advanced graduate students only.
HIST 604 A-Z. SEMINAR IN WOMEN’S HISTORY
Research seminar in women’s history for advanced graduate students only.
HIST 597. READING COURSE (MA) 1-4 cr.
HIST 599. MASTER’S THESIS 1-8 cr.
HIST 697. INDEPENDENT STUDY (PhD) 1-4 cr.
HIST 698. PRE-DISSERTATION RESEARCH 1-9 cr./sem.
Independent reading and/or research in preparation for comprehensive
examinations for admission to PhD candidacy and/or preparation of dissertation
prospectus. Graded on S/U basis only.
HIST 699. DISSERTATION 1 cr./sem.
Research for and preparation of the dissertation.
HIST 700. CONTINUOUS REGISTRATION 1 cr./sem.
Required for maintenance of matriculated status in graduate program. No
credit toward graduate degree requirements.
HIST 707. RESEARCH SKILLS 1-4 cr.
Development of research skills required within graduate programs. May not be
applied toward course credits for any graduate degree. Prerequisite: approval of
relevant graduate program directors or department chairs.
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