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History (HIST) courses satisfy Area 3 of the Breadth of Study Requirements.
Parentheses at the end of each course description indicate the field or fields to which a course pertains. A numerical list of courses arranged by fields follows the course descriptions.

5. Making European Civilizations I: To 1350.
Mr. Woods. A survey of Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Greek, Roman and Medieval civilizations. Primary focus on developments in government and governance, innovation and technology, and relationships between individuals and their communities. Fall 2007; offered alternate years. (Ancient and Medieval Mediterranean.)

6. Making European Civilizations II: Since 1350. Mr. Woods. A survey of early-modern and modern European society. Emphasis on shaping of community life and politics, high intellectual and artistic expression, and economic and capitalist institutions. Spring 2008; offered alternate years. (Europe Since the Renaissance)

10. The Ancient Mediterranean. Staff. A survey of ancient Near Eastern, Egyptian, Greek and Roman history to 300 C.E. Emphasis on emergence of different civilizations around Mediterranean basin and in Europe and their cultural interactions. Offered in 2008-09. (Core course, Ancient and Medieval Mediterranean)

11. Medieval Europe and the Mediterranean. Mr. Eldevik. A survey of the major historical developments in Europe and the Mediterranean basin from Late Antiquity to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Emphasizes cross-cultural contact, conflict and interaction between the Latin European, Greek Byzantine and Islamic worlds, such as the Crusades, the growth of commercial trade, and the transmission of Classical learning and philosophy from Islamic schools to Latin Europe. Spring 2008.

16. The Crusades. Mr. Eldevik. This course explores the origins and history of conflict between medieval Christian Europe and the Muslim powers of North Africa and the Near East. Through readings of both contemporary texts and modern scholarship, we will examine the evolution of ideologies of holy war in Islam and Christianity, as well as the social, political and cultural contexts of the Crusades and their legacy in both Europe and the Muslim world. Fall 2007. (Ancient and Medieval Mediterranean)

17 CH. Chicano/a History. Mr. Summers Sandoval. Examines Chicana/o and Latina/o historical experiences across the span of several centuries using the lens of “empire.” Analyzes migration and settlement; the forces shaping community and identity formations; and the roles of race, gender, class and sexuality in shaping social, labor and political histories. Fall 2007. (Core course, United States)

20. The United States from the Colonial Era to the Gilded Age. Ms. Wall. Development of the United States from colonial times to the late 19th century, emphasizing the social, political and socioeconomic conflicts that shaped that development. Spring 2008. (Core course, United States)

21. The United States Since the Civil War. Mr. Silverman. This course begins with contemporary problems then works backwards to understand the genealogies and archaeologies of the present. Particular emphasis will be placed on the lived reality of the big forces of historical change such as freedom, war, industrialization, mass migration, world power, segregation, the evolution of gender roles, and political and cultural conflict. Offered 2008-09. (Core course, United States)

25 CH. All Power to the People! Social Movements for Justice. Mr. Summers Sandoval. A survey of 20th-century movements for change, with a focus on those created by and for communities of color. Examines issues of race, gender and class in U.S. society while investigating modern debates surrounding equity, equality and social justice. Spring 2008. (United States)

27. Cities by Nature: Time, Space, and Place. Mr. Miller. A cross-cultural, multi-continental examination of urbanization from the ancient world to the present, exploring the changing nature of urban life and its rituals and the impact urban development has had upon environmental systems, and political, social and economic structures. Fall 2007.

31. Latin America Before Independence (Colonial Latin America). Ms. Mayes. Examines the rise of the Aztec and Incan Empires, the Spanish conquest and settlement of the Americas, the evolution and consolidation of colonial institutions, and the significance of race, gender and sexuality in shaping the culture of the colonial society from the perspectives of Indigenous, European and African peoples. Explores the settlement of Brazil and the impact of the Age of Revolution, especially the Haitian Revolution on the process of independence. Fall 2007. (Core course, Latin America and the Caribbean)

32. Latin America Since Independence. Mr. Tinker Salas. The history of Latin America from 1820s to the present, including the complex process of national consolidation, the character of new societies, the integration of Latin American nations into the world market, the dilemma of mono-export economies, political alternatives to the traditional order and relations with the United States. Spring 2007. (Core course, Latin America and the Caribbean)

35. The Caribbean: Crucible of Modernity. Ms. Mayes. One-semester survey of Caribbean histories and cultures from the 15th century to the present. Focuses on the historical processes, such as colonialism, slavery, plantation economies and transnational migration that have unified the peoples of the Spanish-, English- and French-speaking Caribbean. Fall 2008. (Latin America and the Caribbean)

36. Women of Honor, Women of Shame: Women’s Lives in Latin America and the Spanish-Speaking Caribbean, 1300-1900. Ms. Mayes. Overview of the life chances, economic opportunities and social expectations for European, indigenous and women of African descent during and after colonial rule in Latin America and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean. Spring 2008. (Latin America and the Caribbean)

40 BK. History of Africa to 1800. Mr. Lemelle. History of Africa from the earliest times to the beginning of the 19th century. Attention given to the methodology and theoretical framework used by the Africanist, the development of early African civilizations and current debates and trends in the historiography of Africa. Fall 2007. (Core course, Africa and the African Diaspora)

41 BK. History of Africa, 1800 to Present. Mr. Lemelle. History of Africa from the 19th century to recent times. Attention given to political and economic aspects of Africa’s development process. Methodological and theoretical frameworks utilized by Africanists, as well as current debates and trends in African historiography are covered. Spring 2008. (Core course, Africa and the African Diaspora)

60. Asian Traditions. Mr. Yamashita. Historical introduction to the civilizations of China, India, Korea and Japan. Examines major institutional, social and cultural developments from prehistory to 1500: the advent of sedentary agriculture, urbanization, the emergence of the first states, class relations, important religious and philosophical changes, and the formation of distinctive cultural identities. Spring 2008. (Core course, Asian)

70. The Making of Modern Europe. Mr. Woods. Survey of European culture, society and politics from Renaissance to French Revolution. Examines turbulent centuries that shaped modern world. Topics include rediscovery of antiquity, conquest of Americas, religious upheaval, Enlightenment, scientific and political revolutions. Fall 2007. (Core course, Europe Since the Renaissance)

71. Modern Europe: Since 1789. Staff. Introduction to the major topics of modern European history, including democratic revolutions, industrialization and bourgeois society, nations and empires, and the 20th-century wars. Themes include the making of modern Europe, the contradictions of modern democracy, the relationship between public and private, and between Europe and the wider world. Spring 2008. (Core course, Europe Since the Renaissance)

100A-Z. Seminars in History. Staff. Intensive investigation of a variety of topics, each focusing on such historical problems as bibliography, sources and interpretations. Introductory or survey courses in the general area from which the topic is taken recommended.

100B. Colonialism and Modernities in East Asia. Ms. Chin. A remapping of modern East Asian history through examining how colonialism was manifested in different regions. Investigates the cultural construction of colonialism and the problems of building modern states in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Attention to political and intellectual responses to colonialism and their entanglements with changing visions of modernity. Spring 2008. (Asia)

100C CH. Chicana/Latina Feminist Histories. Mr. Summers Sandoval. Reading seminar analyzing the historical experiences of Chicanas and Latinas. Foregrounds gender, race, class and sexuality, examining these women’s responses to conquest, capitalism, racism, and patriarchy. Investigates their struggles for justice, connections to other “Third World” women, and formations of feminist theory and practice. Spring 2008. (United States)

100CM. Crisis Management: National Forests and American Culture. Mr. Miller. This seminar assesses the history of public-lands in the U.S. since the late 19th century, and the environmental, legal, political and cultural forces that have shaped the Forest Service’s often controversial management of the National Forests. Topics will include the agency’s intellectual origins, political history, fire-management practices, the emergence of eco-forestry, the ‘sagebrush rebellions’, among others. Fall 2008. (United States)

100D. Social and Economic History of South America. Mr. Tinker Salas. Examines critical issues in the history of South America since 1820, including the role of caudillos, politics, regional disputes, the military, social classes, culture, economic relations, the rise of political parties, the Left, gender and the United States. Particular attention to the forging of the nation state, theories of economic development and political movements. Fall 2007; offered alternate years. (Latin America and the Caribbean)

100I CH. Race, Culture and Identity in Latin America. Mr. Tinker Salas. Latin America incorporates indigenous, European, African and Asian traditions. Examines the interplay between race, identity, culture, gender and nationalism; the multifaceted process of ethnicity and race relations; challenges to elite preferences; alternative cultural identities such as Indigenismo and Negritude; impact of immigration and current state of nationalism. Fall 2007. (Latin America and the Caribbean)

100J. Seminar: State and Citizen in Modern Japan. Mr. Yamashita. Examines modern Japanese representations of themselves, the “other,” the past and official Japanese government descriptions of selected topics and popular reception of these formulations. Readings include relevant theoretical literature and selections from school textbooks, personal correspondence, diaries, memoirs, fiction and oral history. Fall 2007. (Asian)

100K. History, Biography and Autobiography. Ms. Wall. Study of American history using biographies, autobiographies and biographical fiction. Accounts of individual lives used to explore lives of “ordinary” Americans as well as prominent social and political issues. Topics include Vietnam War; civil rights movement; political and social dissent; industrialization; ethnic, racial, religious and gender conflicts; slavery; continental expansion; and creation of American republic. Fall 2008. (United States)

100I. The Sacred and Profane in the Medieval World. Mr. Eldevik. The evolution of political theory in the Middle Ages, with particular focus on how medieval theologians, jurists and historians grappled with the relationship between religious and secular foundations of political and social order. Readings will include selections from authors such as St. Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Marsilius of Padua and William of Ockham. Spring 2008. (Ancient and Medieval Mediterranean)

100Q CH. Social Movements in 20th Century Mexico. Mr. Tinker Salas. Examines major mobilizations beginning with the Revolution of 1910. Focuses on labor, peasant, guerilla and indigenous movements. Seeks to uncover history of Mexico’s armed left and to draw links with contemporary groups. Will look at how today’s Zapatistas draw on a tradition of legal and clandestine mobilizations. Fall 2008. (Latin America and the Caribbean)

100Q. Water in the West. Mr. Miller. Seminar explores how communities, states and the federal government developed the legal precedents, physical infrastructure, financial mechanisms, environmental engineering, political will and social desire for the construction of a hydraulic empire in the Trans-Mississippi West. Topics will include Los Angeles’ water grabs; the plumbing of the Colorado River; how irrigation settled the west; and contemporary urban water woes. Spring 2008. (United States)

100M. Rethinking Modern Asian History. Mr. Yamashita. Examines the various ways in which historians are now writing the history of modern China and Japan. Readings include conflicting accounts of the Rape of Nanking, a complex new narrative of the Boxer Rebellion, social histories of women and innovative analysis of Asian historical topics. Spring 2008. (Asian)

100N CH. The Mexico-United States Border. Mr. Tinker Salas. Examines transformation of the Mexican-U.S. border from an internal frontier to an international boundary. The “border” penetrates deep into Mexico and United States and influences the politics, economy and culture in both countries. Focuses on changes that Mexicans, U.S. and indigenous peoples experience as a result of border interaction. Spring 2008. (Latin America and the Caribbean)

100NB CH. U.S. and Latin American Relations. Ms. Mayes. Examines U.S. foreign policy in Latin America from the 19th century until the present, with an emphasis on the cultural and political ideologies that have shaped how policy makers, intellectuals, journalists and ordinary people in the United States perceive Latin America and the actions that the U.S. government, its citizens and corporations have taken in Latin America. Topics include: the annexation of Texas and New Mexico; the Spanish- American-Cuban War of 1898; Dollar Diplomacy in the Caribbean; The Cold War; and contemporary debates over the environment. Open to juniors and seniors only. Fall 2008. (Latin America and the Caribbean)

100U BK. Pan-Africanism and Black Radical Traditions. Mr. Lemelle. Examination of the historical evolution of the Pan-African concept and its political, social and economic implications for the world generally and for Black people in particular. Discussion of 20thcentury writers of Pan-Africanism in terms of the contemporary problems of African Americans. Prerequisites: a lower-division IDBS course and permission of instructor. Spring 2008. (Africa and the African Diaspora; United States)

100W. The American Political Tradition. Ms. Wall. Major political debates, issues, ideas and conflicts from the American Revolution to Reconstruction. Includes the framing of the Constitution, Indian removal, women’s rights, slavery and anti-slavery, sectionalism and the coming of the Civil War. Emphasis on primary sources. Next offered 2008-09. (United States)

100X. Sexuality, Empire, and Race in the Modern Caribbean. Ms. Mayes. Examines European and U.S. imperialism in the region through the analytical lenses of sexuality and race. Emphasizes the ideological construction of subject peoples and the creative means by which colonized "subjects" resisted colonialism. Pays close attention to the racial and sexualized politics of emancipation, U.S. military intervention, migration, tourism, and economic development. Open to juniors and seniors only. Spring 2008. (Latin America and the Caribbean).

100Z. Doing History. Ms. Wall. Methods, meanings and purposes of historical writing. Philosophies of history, development of different schools and methodologies of history, and social and political influences on historical writing, with particular emphasis on United States history and historiography. Offered in 2008-2009. (United States)

101. Ancient Greece. Staff. This course aims to explore Greek history in the Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic periods, while taking a critical approach toward understanding the special position of ancient Greece in the history of western civilization and introducing students to contemporary methodological and historiographical issues. Particular attention will be devoted to developing a familiarity with the problems of ancient evidence through an examination of primary sources in translation. Offered in 2008-2009. (Ancient and Medieval Mediterranean)

110 A-Z. Research Seminars. Courses are offered in all fields across the department curriculum but all emphasize primary research and the preparation of a major research paper.

HIST 110B. Gender and Nation in Modern Latin America and the Caribbean. Ms Mayes. This seminar examines the centrality of gender and sexuality in contests over the meaning of modernity and nationhood in 20th-century Latin America and the Caribbean. Course pays special attention to the interplay between gender ideologies, racial classification, concerns over sexuality and nation formation in Puerto Rico, Cuba, Nicaragua, Argentina, Mexico and the English-speaking Caribbean. Prerequisite: one from HIST 32, 36, 100C CH, or GWS 26. Fall 2007; offered alternate years.

110A. Decolonization. Mr. Wilder. Seminar looks at decolonization as a set of interrelated processes that restructured the global order between 1945 and 1962. Readings will focus on independence struggles (India, Sub-Saharan Africa, Algeria), anti-colonial thinkers (Ghandi, Senghor, Fanon, James, Nyerere, Nkrumah) and the emergence of a postcolonial world order (Bandung, Pan-Africanism, United Nations, Third Worldism, neocolonial development, the cold war, US hegemony, terrorism). Offered in 2008-09. (Europe Since the Renaissance)

110E. Renaissance and Reformation. Mr. Woods. The origins and development of a cultural, political, and economic effervescence in Europe. Relations between artistic achievements and social transformations. Social, intellectual, religious and political restructuring attendant on the Reformation and Counterreformation. Spring 2008; offered alternate years. (Europe Since the Renaissance)

110L. U.S. Labor and Working-Class History. Mr. Silverman. Seminar examines the experiences of working people from the early 19th century to the present at work, at home and in politics. Introduces competing interpretations of trade-union ideology and politics, as well as working-class cultures and social experiences. Special emphasis on the roles of race and gender in the making of the American working class. Next offered in 2008-09. (United States)

110R. History of the United States Right. Mr. Silverman. Examines the history of the right and far-right in U.S. politics, culture and foreign policy. This year focuses on racist movements from the 19th century Ku Klux Klan to White supremacists today. A second focus is on the ideology and practice of counter-subversion and counter-terrorism. Offered in 2008-09. (United States)

110S CH. Latina/o Oral Histories. Mr. Summers Sandoval. Explores use of oral histories in historical research of marginalized communities, investigating issues such as memory and the “body as archive”. Provides overview of oral history theory, practice, and ethical concerns. Students apply course knowledge in research project incorporating Latina/o oral histories. Fall 2007. (United States)

111. Medieval Germany. Mr. Eldevik. Survey of the political, social, and religious development of the German kingdom and the Holy Roman Empire from late Roman times through the reign of the emperor Sigismund (d.1437). Topics include the idea of German ethnicity and identity in the Middle Ages, the imperial ideal, the struggle between the papacy and emperors, and conflict and colonization on the Slavic frontier and in the Baltics. Spring 2008. (Ancient and Medieval Mediterranean)

121. The Culture of Early America, 1607–1750. Ms. Wall. The social, political, cultural and economic development of North America from settlement to the Great Awakening. Emphasis on issues of colonial identity, race, conquest and social change. Spring 2008. (United States)

122. The Historical Film. Mr. Silverman. Introduces students to the evolution of motion pictures, especially documentaries, which make claims to truth about past events. Beginning with silent films showing historic tableaus, through the engaged films of the Depression through cinema verité, to the controversial political documentaries of today, this course examines both the history of film and the history presented by film. It will especially examine the methods and problems encountered as filmmakers attempt to create historical narratives of people who have left few visual records. Offered in 2008- 09. (United States)

124. The United States, Palestine and Israel. Mr. Silverman. Examines the international, social and cultural history of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Surveys Zionism and Palestinian nationalism within an international system defined by the collapse of Turkey, the rise and fall of Britain, and the Cold War between the U.S. and USSR. Special attention to the U.S. role in the Middle East. Offered in 2008-09. (United States)

126. Revolutionary America, 1750–1800. Ms. Wall. Social and political change. The sources and effects of the Revolution; 18th-century social history; changes in political thought, society and politics in the new republic; and the emergence of a national culture. Offered in 2008-09. (United States)

143 BK. Slavery and Freedom in the New World. Mr. Lemelle. History of Africans and their descendants in the Americas from the epoch of the transatlantic slave trade to the end of the 19th century. Divided into two general sections: the slave epoch, and emancipation and its aftermath. Fall 2007. (Africa and the African Diaspora; United States)

145. Afro-Latin America. Ms. Mayes. Examines the social and political effects of racial and ethnic categorization for people of African descent in Latin America, with special reference to Cuba, Brazil, Colombia, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Mexico. Questions include who is “black” in Latin America and why does “blackness” have different meanings? Open to juniors and seniors only. Spring 2009. (Africa and the African Diaspora; Latin America and the Caribbean)

149 BK. Industrialization and Social Change in Southern Africa. Mr. Lemelle. History of Southern Africa from 17th century to present, with emphasis on the last two centuries’ rapid industrialization and social change. Examines political, economic and sociocultural ramifications of these changes on Southern African societies. Next offered in 2008-09. (Africa and the African Diaspora)

167. Early Modern Japan. Mr. Yamashita. Japanese cultural history during the Tokugawa period (1600-1867), focusing on castles, warriors and the new culture in the cities and castle towns, particularly the tales of the floating world, haiku, woodblock prints, Chinesestyle literati painting and new Confucian and nativistic philosophies. Next offered in 2008-09; offered alternate years. (Asian)

168. Modern Japan. Mr. Yamashita. History of modern Japan from 1853 to 1952, concentrating on forced opening of the country to western diplomacy and trade, westernization, interaction of Japanese and Western cultures in late 19th and early 20th centuries, emergence of an imperial Japan in the 1920s and 1930s, World War II and the allied occupation. Fall 2007. (Asian)

171. Introduction to Anglo-American Legal History. Mr. Woods. A survey of the development of the law and law courts from antiquity to the present, with an emphasis on the Anglo-American legal systems. The course addresses the development of civil and common law, as well as such things as fictions, jurisdictions and legal education. Primarily discussion, analysis and reports. Spring 2009. (Europe Since the Renaissance; United States)

172. History and Politics of Time. Mr. Wilder. Examines and contextualizes attempts by European social thinkers to refigure temporality as multiple, interpenetrated, repetitive, relational, uneven, disjointed, revolutionary, redemptive, apocalyptic, spectral and utopian. Readings may include Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Bergson, Freud, Bloch, Heidegger, Benjamin, Levinas, Braudel, Derrida, Harvey and Jameson, as well as historical monographs on changing conceptions of time in 19th and 20th centuries. Focus on relation between temporality, history and politics in modern European philosophy, history and historiography. Next offered in 2008-09. (Europe Since the Renaissance)

173. The French Revolution. Mr. Kates. Examination of the 1789 revolution that overthrew the ancien régime in France. Topics include the storming of the Bastille, fall of the aristocracy, development of a democratic state, outbreak of war and Jacobin Terror. Discussion of primary sources and historical interpretations. Spring 2008. (Europe Since the Renaissance)

181. The British Isles and Europe: To 1660. Mr. Woods. Study of Celtic, Roman, Angelo-Saxon, Medieval and early-modern Britain and Ireland in European cultural context. Emphasis on Development of British culture, origins of empire, emergence of capitalism, regal institutions and religious turmoil. Fall 2008; offered alternate years. (Ancient and Medieval)

182. Modern Britain and the World: 1660–Present. Mr. Woods. Maturation of Britain from industrial to post-industrial world. Topics include parliament, monarchy, agricultural and industrial revolutions, empires and colonialism, Ireland, generation of popular cultural expressions and European Union. Spring 2009; offered alternate years. (Europe Since the Renaissance)

183. The Worlds of Shakespeare’s Monarchs: 15th-Century England. Mr. Woods. Introduction to the worlds against which Kings Richard II through Henry VIII played their roles. Special attention to women and power, cultural transformations, development of regal governance, economic and social changes, and the webs of interconnections in the “Wars of the Roses.” Spring 2008. (Europe Since the Renaissance)

189A. U.S. Environmental History. Mr. Miller. An examination of the idea of nature and wilderness in American History from colonial visions to contemporary ideologies. It will draw from the work of Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, Also Leopold, Rachel Carson, and Michael Pollan, as well as modern historiography, environmental documentaries, and material culture. Fall 2007. (United States)

189B. The Qing Empire and Early Modern China. Ms. Chin. Examines the history of late imperial China in the Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Traces the transformation of Chinese society by examining ethnic and gender relations, economic activities and intellectual beliefs. Attention to the effects of foreign imperialism and political arrangement in the nineteenth century, and the collapse of China’s dynastic system in 1911. Fall 2007. (Asia)

190. Senior Seminar. Mr. Yamashita. Students begin the basic work of doing a thesis or senior essay with the guidance of the seminar instructor and faculty readers. Each fall.

191. Senior Thesis. Mr. Yamashita. An independent research and writing project culminating in a substantial, original historical work. Directed by one faculty member, chosen by the student (in all but exceptional cases) from History Department faculty. Each thesis read by one additional reader. Students defend their theses orally. Prerequisites: 190 and completion of at least three courses in the field in which students intend to write their thesis. Each spring.

192. Senior Essay. Staff. An independent writing project culminating in a substantial essay that may be based on original research, historiography or a critical review of secondary literature. Each spring.
 

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