HIS 102 B HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, II
MWF 9:05am-9:55am
Dr. Jason Fontana
This course introduces students to the major events and debates in American history, from the end of Reconstruction through the (near) present. Topics covered include industrialization, urbanization, and immigration; the rise of Jim Crow and the long struggle for civil rights; the new reform movements of the twentieth century; the Cold War; economic decline and transformation; and the culture wars.
HIS 121 EF EAST ASIA, ORIGINS-1800
MW 12:20pm-1:35pm
Dr. Stephen Halsey
Would you like to learn about fierce samurai warriors, glamorous imperial princesses, mad Mongol khans, learned Confucian scholars, and bloodthirsty sea pirates? To understand what Buddhists, Confucians, and Shintoists believe? This introductory survey traces the history of East Asia from its beginnings to 1800, examining the lived experiences of these colorful actors and many more. The course emphasizes the connections that define East Asian societies—writing systems, religion, philosophy, material culture, commerce, and political institutions. The crucial historical watershed in this class comes during the seventh to the tenth centuries CE, when the three societies of China, Korea, and Japan engaged in an intensive exchange that created a distinctive East Asian “world.” Afterward, the histories of these countries were irrevocably intertwined and remain so even today in the twenty-first century. As appropriate, this course will also examine the pastoral societies of Central or Inner Asia, particularly their interactions with China.
HIS 132 91 EUROPE SINCE 1648
S 11:00am-1:45pm
Dr. Jeremy Gates
This course is for BGS students only.
HIS 229 O GLOBAL CONSUMER SOCIETY
TR 9:30am-10:45am
Dr. Eduardo Elena
In the United States, we are surrounded today with a seemingly limitless variety of consumer goods, and we are offered constant reminders of the increasingly globalized nature of modern life. Too often, however, such commentary reflects a shocking lack of historical understanding about the origins and evolution of contemporary consumer society. This course offers a new perspective on these transformations by exploring the historical relationship between consumption and globalization. Spanning from the early modern era to the present, the course explores the impact of innovations in global trade, industry, and commercial culture on everyday life in multiple societies. The lectures and readings focus on case studies in the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Africa, revealing underlying convergences and divergences worldwide, as well as unresolved social, ethical, and environmental problems associated with the rise of mass consumption.
HIS 262 D WOMEN’S AMERICA II
MW 11:15am-12:05pm
Dr. Sumita Chatterjee
This course requires a discussion section.
This course centers on the political, social, economic, and cultural experiences of women in the United States from the movement for suffrage in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to contemporary developments such as debates over reproductive rights and justice. Using secondary scholarship and primary sources, as well as visuals such as archival photographs, material objects, and documentaries, we will explore diverse women’s lived experiences and participation in key movements of their times. We will analyze the impact of key events and figures in American women’s history, including the suffrage movement, labor activism, feminist movements, and women’s roles in civil rights, politics, and popular culture.
HIS 262 7D WOMEN’S AMERICA II - DISCUSSION SECTION
F 11:15pm-12:05pm
Dr. Sumita Chatterjee
HIS 262 7F WOMEN’S AMERICA II - DISCUSSION SECTION
F 1:25pm-2:15pm
Dr. Sumita Chatterjee
HIS 266 CD THE FOUNDERS: FACT & FICTION
MW 10:10am-11:25am
Dr. Ashli White
Few historical actors have attracted as much attention in the United States as the founders, the individuals credited with leading the charge for revolution and establishing a new nation. In this course, we consider the founders in their eighteenth-century context, examining the experiences, issues, and events that shaped their lives, ideas, and actions. Each lecture takes as its starting point a person, or in some cases, a set of people, who opens an interpretative window onto a key moment or theme. The readings consist of primary sources from the period that provide important portals to their world and allow us to reassess what we thought we knew about the founders.
HIS 272 Q HAWAI’I AND ITS PACIFIC WORLDS
TR 12:30pm-1:45pm
Dr. Martin Nesvig
On the surface, this is a class about surfing. But to understand surfing is to study the history of Hawai’i and the sport that Hawai’ians developed and created. This course traces the early history of ancient Hawai’i, when navigating migrants traveled between Polynesia and Hawai’i until they ceased contact. The class analyzes how Hawai’i transitioned from a united kingdom to a U.S. territory, specifically disenfranchising native Hawai’ians and nearly suppressing surfing.
HIS 284 S SECOND WORLD WAR
TR 3:30pm-4:45pm
Dr. Hermann Beck
This lecture course offers a comprehensive history of the Second World War, including a detailed analysis of its diplomatic origins, the military and political course of events, and the consequences of this world-wide conflagration—the Cold War. Topics include the German attack on Poland, collaboration and resistance in Nazi-occupied Europe, the Holocaust, the conflict in the Far East, D-Day, and the war’s social and cultural impact on subsequent generations.
HIS 302 HI HISTORY ON TRIAL
MW 3:35pm-4:50pm
Dr. Scott Heerman
This course asks students to think about the relationship between social history, law, and politics in American society. It challenges students to examine how history should inform the outcomes of major legal cases, bridging history, political science, legal studies, and sociology.
HIS 304 J SLAVERY AND CINEMA
MW 5:05pm-6:20pm
Dr. Scott Heerman
This course looks at how major Hollywood films have portrayed slavery, from Birth of a Nation (1915) to Harriet (2019). It explores how portrayals of slavery have changed and how they have stayed the same, pairing readings on the history of slavery with cultural production in cinema.
HIS 313 GH BOLLYWOOD & BEYOND
MW 2:30pm-3:45pm
Dr. Sumita Chatterjee
This course studies Indian society through the lens of Indian cinema—Bollywood and the regional film industry. It covers significant themes such as caste, gender, sexuality, colonialism, and modernity, as well as Bollywood’s impact on Indian diasporic communities.
HIS 316 HI MODERN CHINA
MW 3:35pm-4:50pm
Dr. Stephen Halsey
This course examines China’s tumultuous past, including three revolutions, eight wars, and the largest manmade famine in human history. It traces China’s rise to global power from the Qing dynasty through the communist revolution and Maoist policies, and the rapid development of China’s economy since 1978.
HIS 319 R WARFARE
TR 2:00pm-3:15pm
Dr. Etana Dinka
This course examines the historical role of warfare in shaping African economies, societies, politics, and cultures from the early nineteenth century to the present. It takes a thematic approach to explore key debates and the long-term impact of warfare in African history.
HIS 333 CD ENGLAND & EMPIRE
MW 10:10am-11:25am
DR. PHILIP HARLING
Britain’s 19th century was a century of superlatives: the world’s wealthiest nation, the world’s most urban society, the world’s largest empire. It was also a century of stark contrasts: extreme wealth vs. dire poverty; relative peace in Britain vs. chronic imperial warfare; slowly democratizing government “at home” vs. authoritarian rule in the Empire; the promise of emancipation from the inequalities of the past vs. the persistence of hierarchy (on the bases of class, race, and gender). We’ll explore these superlatives and contrasts across the century as we focus on several prominent themes: the social impact of unparalleled urban-industrial growth, the promise and limits of democratic reform, imperial violence and conquest, colonial rule and its critics, and Victorian morality and its discontents.
HIS 347 R SOVIET UNION POST SOVIET RUSSIA
TR 2:00pm-3:15pm
DR. KRISTA GOFF
This course is an introductory survey of the Soviet Union. Starting with the revolutionary years of the late Russian Empire, we will cover the political, social, economic, and cultural spheres of the utopian Soviet experiment in the 20th century, as well as the three decades that have passed since the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.
HIS 356 Q HISTORY OF ARGENTINA’S CIVILIZATION, BARBARISM, AND POWER
TR 12:30pm-1:45pm
DR. EDUARDO ELENA
How did a country that was supposedly so prosperous and advanced become a land of perennial economic crisis, political instability, and widening poverty? Countless observers have posed variations on this question in seeking to make sense of the “Argentine riddle.” This class will introduce students to the fascinating history of Argentina, rejecting pat explanations to examine the array of cultural, political, and economic forces that shaped Argentine society. Beginning with the struggle for liberation from Spanish colonialism, most readings focus on the century between the consolidation of a national order in the 1880s to the 1980s, investigating the changing meanings of national progress and citizenship. Through weekly discussions, essays, and examinations, students will hone their talents for historical interpretation, including critical thinking and writing skills.
HIS 379 P HISTORY OF THE OLD SOUTH (1607-1861)
TR 11:00am-12:15pm
DR. MICHAEL BERNATH
This course examines the history of the Old South (pre-Civil War), covering antebellum southern economic, social, and cultural development, including the Cotton Boom, the growth and maturation of the plantation slave system, southern defense of slavery, political controversies with the North, and the development of a separate southern identity. We will explore the experiences of various groups of southerners—male and female, black and white, enslaved and free, slaveholder and nonslaveholder—to discover what unified the South and how this concept of “southern-ness” became widely accepted, leading to secession and the Civil War.
HIS 397 01 INTERNSHIP
DR. MARTIN NESVIG
HIS 400 & HIS 500 DIRECTED READINGS
All 400 and 500-level directed readings require permission from the instructor before signing up for the course.
HIS 544 /633 4G MODERN EUROPEAN HISTORY
Nazi Germany: The Peacetime Years, 1933-1939
W 2:30pm-5:15pm
DR. HERMANN BECK
This seminar focuses on the first phase of the Third Reich: the peace-time years beginning with Hitler’s accession to the chancellorship on January 30, 1933, and ending with the outbreak of war on September 1, 1939. We will study the formation of the Nazi state, re-armament, foreign policies, and anti-Jewish policies, while also engaging with the historiographical debates surrounding Nazism, including the “Historikerstreit” of the 1980s.
HIS 551/652 1D STUDIES IN LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY
Islands in the Stream: U.S. Empire in the Caribbean and Beyond
M 11:15am-2:00pm
DR. MICHAEL BUSTAMANTE
In 1898, U.S. intervention turned Cuba’s final war for independence into the “Spanish-American War.” This seminar examines U.S. territorial expansion and influence in the Caribbean and beyond, focusing on U.S. military occupations, ideological motivations, and local responses.
HIS 561/662 5R STUDIES IN UNITED STATES HISTORY
Sectional Crisis and the Coming of Civil War
TR 2:00pm-4:45pm
DR. MICHAEL BERNATH
This seminar investigates the causes of the Civil War, exploring the rising tensions between North and South and the formation of distinct regional identities between 1820 and 1860.
HIS 591 1G STUDIES IN COMPARATIVE HISTORY
Women Warriors
M 2:30pm-5:15pm
DR. TIM MARTIN
This 500-level seminar explores women warriors throughout history, from Amazons and Joan of Arc to modern heroines, examining their portrayal in primary sources and their roles in war and society.
HIS 701 5P RESEARCH SEMINAR 1
T 11:00am-1:45pm
DR. ETANA DINKA
This seminar prepares graduate students to produce an original article-length essay through primary research and historical argumentation, due the following semester.
HIS 703 4D DIRECTED READINGS IN AFRICAN HISTORY
Colonial and Post-Colonial Ghana
W 11:15am-2:00pm
DR. EDMUND ABAKA
This course examines the colonial and post-colonial history of the Gold Coast/Ghana, from the expansion of British jurisdiction to the Fourth Republic, focusing on independence movements and post-colonial governance.
HIS 762 5P HISTORY AS A PROFESSION
W 11:00am-1:45pm
DR. KRISTA GOFF
This graduate seminar prepares Ph.D. students for academic careers and related professional fields.
HIS 810 01 MASTER’S THESIS
Students working on their master’s thesis enroll for credit as determined by their advisor, with credit awarded upon thesis acceptance.
HIS 825 01 MASTER’S STUDY
To establish residence for non-thesis master’s students preparing for major examinations.
HIS 830 01 DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
Required of all Ph.D. candidates, with a minimum of 12 hours of enrollment.
HIS 840 01 POST-CAND DOC DISS
HIS 850 01 RESEARCH IN RESIDENCE
Used to establish research in residence for Ph.D. candidates after reaching the cumulative total of required doctoral research hours.
