History courses
HISA 1020 The Barbarian West
The Barbarian West
A survey of the period from the fall of Rome to the establishment of feudal kingdoms.
credit hours: 3
The Barbarian West
HISA 1030 Medieval Europe, 1100-1450
Medieval Europe, 1100-1450
A survey of the period in which Western Europe became the center of medieval civilization.
credit hours: 3
Medieval Europe, 1100-1450
HISA 2000 Cities, Empires, and Gods: The Ancient Middle East before Islam
Cities, Empires, and Gods: The Ancient Middle East before Islam
This survey course introduces the early civilizations and religious traditions of the Near East and India that are the institutional and cultural basis of the Middle East today. The course begins with the first, literate, urban civilizations of the Tigris-Euphrates, Nile, and Indus. Stress is on the institutions of ancient kingships and the religious traditions of Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Hebrews, Persia (Zoroastrianism and Manichaeism), and Early India (Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism).
Notes: Elective in Classics
credit hours: 3
Cities, Empires, and Gods: The Ancient Middle East before Islam
HISA 2001 The Warring States of Greece, 2800-200 B.C.
The Warring States of Greece, 2800-200 B.C.
This lecture course introduces the achievements of Greek civilization from its origins on Crete in the Bronze Age (2800-1400 B.C.) down to the conquest of the Greek world by the Romans. Greek civilization is the foundation of Western civilization. The intense inter-city rivalries shaped political thought with its stress on the consent of citizens and rule of law artistic and literary achievements stressing the human condition, and inquiry based on scientific reasoning and analysis of cause and effect. Stress is on the Archaic (750-480 B.C.), Classical (480-323 B.C.), and Early Hellenistic Ages (323-200 B.C.)
Notes: Elective in Classics
credit hours: 3
The Warring States of Greece, 2800-200 B.C.
HISA 2002 Rome, The Imperial Republic
Rome, The Imperial Republic
This lecture course introduces the political and cultural achievements of the Roman Republic, and Rome's enduring legacy to Western political thought. Emphasis is on the evolution of the Roman Republic's political institutions, the Roman conquest of the Mediterranean world, the Hellenization of Roman society, the emergence of a Mediterranean economy, the demise of the Republic in the Roman Revolution, and the legacy of the Republic to the Western tradition.
Notes: Elective in Classics
credit hours: 3
Rome, The Imperial Republic
HISA 2020 High Roman Empire: From Augustus to Constantine
High Roman Empire: From Augustus to Constantine
This lecture course explains the political, institutional, and cultural achievements of the Roman Empire that are the foundations of Western civilization. Emphasis is on transformation of he Roman Republic into the monarchy of the Principate by Augustus (27 B.C.-14 A.D.), the imperial army and frontier policies, economic growth and social mobility under the Roman peace, the crisis of the third century (235-305), the rise of Christianity, and the creation of the Christian monarchy by Constantine (306-337)
credit hours: 3
High Roman Empire: From Augustus to Constantine
HISA 2030 Byzantine and Early Medieval Civilization
Byzantine and Early Medieval Civilization
This course covers the transformation of the late Roman world into the Christian civilization of the Byzantine Empire and early Medieval West. Emphasis is on changes in late Roman state and society, the barbarian invasions and fall of the Western Roman Empire, the failure to restore the Roman order by Justinian (527-565), the emergence of the Middle Byzantine state and Orthodox tradition, the inversion of Eastern Europe, the impact of the Crusades, and the Byzantine transmission of the Classical heritage to Western Europe.
credit hours: 3
Byzantine and Early Medieval Civilization
HISA 2310 Medieval England
Medieval England
A survey of the political, social, and intellectual development of England from the Anglo-Saxon period to 1485.
credit hours: 3
Medieval England
HISA 2350 Medieval Italy
Medieval Italy
A survey of the political, social, and cultural developments in Italy from the eleventh century to the early fifteenth century, with special attention to the development of institution and culture in the city-states of central and northern Italy.
credit hours: 3
Medieval Italy
HISA 2910 Special Topics in Medieval and Ancient History
Special Topics in Medieval and Ancient History
Courses offered by visiting faculty or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For specific offering see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in Medieval and Ancient History
HISA 3020 Anatolian Civilizations from Catal Huyuk to Kemal Ataturk
Anatolian Civilizations from Catal Huyuk to Kemal Ataturk
Interdisciplinary seminar on the study of the history, historical geology, and cultural achievements of Anatolia (modern Turkey). Anatolia has acted as the cultural bridge between Europe and the Near East. Stress is on the achievements of Hittite civilization, the Iron Age civilizations, the impact of Hellenic civilization, the Roman and Byzantine empires, Turkish Muslim civilization under the Seljuks and Ottomans, and the Turkish Republic.
credit hours: 3
Anatolian Civilizations from Catal Huyuk to Kemal Ataturk
HISA 3070 Topics in Medieval and Renaissance History
Topics in Medieval and Renaissance History
A reading seminar designed to explore in depth some aspect of late medieval history that is of interest to students and instructor.
credit hours: 3
Topics in Medieval and Renaissance History
HISA 3100 Select Topics in Greek History
Select Topics in Greek History
Readings and discussion of select topics in classical Greek history: Homer and the Trojan War; The Birth of City-States in the Mediterranean and Near East (1000-500 B.C.E.); Athenian Empire (480-404 B.C.E.); Sparta and Macedon in the Age of Hegemonies (404-323 B.C.E.); or Greek Leagues and Macedonian Kings in the Hellenistic World (323-133 B.C.E.).
Notes: Writing practicum. Can be taken for credit up to 4 times.
credit hours: 3
Select Topics in Greek History
HISA 3110 Select Topics in Roman History
Select Topics in Roman History
Readings and discussion of select topics in Roman history: The Making of Roman Italy (509-264 B.C.E.); The Punic Wars (264-146 B.C.E.); Roman Revolution (133-27 B.C.E.); Rome and the Jews (167 B.C.E.- 135 C.E.); Rome and the Northern Barbarians (300 B.C.E.-700 C.E.); or the Great Transformation of Society and Economy (100-1100).
Notes: Writing practicum. Can be taken for credit up to 4 times.
credit hours: 3
Select Topics in Roman History
HISA 3170 Medieval Spain
Medieval Spain
Readings, discussion, and essays examine the sweep of Iberian history from the late Roman empire until the early 16th century, with particular attention to the Visigothic monarchy, the society and culture of Islamic al-Andalus, the reconquest and development of the Christian kingdoms of Castile-León, Portugal, and Aragon, and the interaction of Christians, Jews, and Muslims in peninsular society. The development of a distinctive Castilian culture, later transplanted in large part to Spanish America, will be studied through close attention to legal codes, domestic arrangements, military organization, the Inquisition, and the classics of medieval Castilian literature.
credit hours: 3
Medieval Spain
HISA 3230 Great Captains from Alexander the Great to Patton
Great Captains from Alexander the Great to Patton
Interdisciplinary colloquium on how the careers of great commanders have altered warfare and society. Stress is on changes in political, economic, and social institutions that stood behind these careers as well as the impact of innovations in technology, tactics, and strategy. Commanders include Alexander the Great, Hannibal, Scipio Africanus, Belisarius, Gustavus Adolphus, Frederick the Great, and Napoleon.
Notes: Fulfills the college intensive-writing requirement.
credit hours: 3
Great Captains from Alexander the Great to Patton
HISA 3880 Writing Practicum
Writing Practicum
Notes: Fulfills the college intensive-writing requirement.
Pre-requistites: Successful completion of the First-Year Writing Requirement.
Co-requisites: Three-credit departmental course.
credit hours: 1
Writing Practicum
HISA 3910 Special Topics in Medieval and Ancient History
Special Topics in Medieval and Ancient History
Courses offered by visiting faculty or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For specific offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in Medieval and Ancient History
HISA 4140 The Crusades, 1095-1291
The Crusades, 1095-1291
This course deals with the evolution of a distinct civilization in Scandinavia on the eve of the Viking Age (790-1100) and its impact on early Medieval civilization. Through archaeology, coins, the sagas and verse of Iceland, the course examines how Viking raids transformed states and societies across Europe and how the Scandinavians were assimilated into Latin Christendom from the eleventh through thirteenth centuries.
credit hours: 3
The Crusades, 1095-1291
HISA 4150 The Age of the Vikings
The Age of the Vikings
This course deals with the evolution of a distinct civilization in Scandinavia on the eve of the Viking Age (790-1100) and its impact on early Medieval civilization. Through archaeology, coins, and the sagas and verse of Iceland, the course examines how Viking raids transformed states and societies across Europe and how the Scandinavians were assimilated into Latin Christendom from the eleventh through thirteenth centuries.
credit hours: 3
The Age of the Vikings
HISA 4880 Writing Practicum
Writing Practicum
Notes: Fulfills the college intensive-writing requirement.
Pre-requistites: Successful completion of the First-Year Writing Requirement.
Co-requisites: Three-credit departmental course.
credit hours: 3
Writing Practicum
HISA 4910 Special Topics in Medieval and Ancient History
Special Topics in Medieval and Ancient History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For specific offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in Medieval and Ancient History
HISA 6000 Seminar in Select Topics in Greek History
Seminar in Select Topics in Greek History
Research seminar on select topics of Greek History: Archaic Greece (750-480 B.C.E); Athenian Constitutional History; Alexander the Great; Greeks, Macedonians, and Persians: Birth of the Hellenistic World (600-250 B.C.E.); or Greeks in Iran and India (500 B.C.E.- 200 C.E.)
Notes: Writing practicum. Counts as capstone in History. Can be taken for credit up to 4 times.
credit hours: 3
Seminar in Select Topics in Greek History
HISA 6010 Seminar in Select Topics in Roman History
Seminar in Select Topics in Roman History
Research seminar on select topics in Roman History: Roman Imperialism and Tranmarine Expansion (264-30 B.C.E.); Roman Principate; Roma Provinces; Roman Imperial Army; Later Roman Empire; Peloponnesian and Punic Wars; Rome and the Raj: Imperial Armies, Frontiers, and Societies; Imperial Rome and Imperial China (200 B.C.E.- 200 C.E.); Rome and Iran (100 B.C.E -650 C.E.); or The Conflict of Pagans and Christians in the Roman Empire (30-565).
Notes: Writing Practicum. Counts as capstone in History. Can be taken for credit up to 4 times.
credit hours: 3-4
Seminar in Select Topics in Roman History
HISA 6050 The Italian Renaissance
The Italian Renaissance
An examination of cultural, religious, and political developments in Renaissance Italy and their impact on the rest of Europe.
credit hours: 3
The Italian Renaissance
HISA 6060 Later Medieval Spain
Later Medieval Spain
Examines the political, religious, social, and cultural history of the Iberian Peninsula from the rise of the Caliphate of Cordoba in the tenth century through the reign of the Catholic Monarchs Isabel of Castile (1479-1504) and Ferdinand of Aragon (1479-1516). Among other topics, readings and discussion will address: the evolution of Islamic and Christian polities, and their centuries-long military confrontation (the 'Reconquest'); convivencia, or the interaction of Christians, Muslims, and Jews within medieval peninsular societies, and the reflections of this coexistence in culture, commerce and law; the partial political unification of Spain under the Catholic Monarchs; mounting religious and ethnic tensions within the Christian states, the rise of the Spanish Inquisition, expulsions of Jews and Muslims, and the imposition of Christian orthodoxy.
Notes: Capstone.
credit hours: 3
Later Medieval Spain
HISA 6090 Seminar in Select Topics in Byzantine History
Seminar in Select Topics in Byzantine History
Research seminar on select topics in Byzantine history: The Age of Justinian (518-565); The Byzantine Dark Age (610-1025); The Iconoclastic Controversy; or Byzantium and the Crusades (1025-1204).
credit hours: 3
Seminar in Select Topics in Byzantine History
HISA 6190 Special Topics in Medieval and Ancient History
Special Topics in Medieval and Ancient History
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in Medieval and Ancient History
HISA 6230 Medieval Cities
Medieval Cities
This seminar explores the cities of medieval Europe, particularly in the high and late medieval period (roughly 1100-1500), and the ways in which urban space shaped the social, political, and cultural experience of medieval city-dwellers. Themes for readings and discussions include the idea of the city; sacred space and civic religious culture; governments, their institutions and physical sites; commerce and guilds; the gendering of urban space; and poverty and disease.
credit hours: 3
Medieval Cities
HISA 6250 Medieval Religious Culture
Medieval Religious Culture
This seminar explores a variety of aspects of medieval religious beliefs and practices, raising questions about the specific character of medieval religious culture and about how historians study it. Themes addressed include the cult of the saints; monastic life and intellectual culture; gender and models of sanctity; art and religious meaning; relations between majorities and minorities; and popular religion.
credit hours: 3
Medieval Religious Culture
HISA 6270 Women and Gender in the Middle Ages
Women and Gender in the Middle Ages
This seminar addresses the construction of gendered identities in the Middle Ages, and on the experience of medieval women and men in relation to those identities. Seminar readings and discussions explore topics such as changes in attitudes towards women's authority during the Middle Ages; the experience of religious women and the meaning of female imagery in religious writings; women's opportunities and experiences in politics and the economy; the lives and writings of illustrious medieval women; and the relationship between medieval conceptions of femininity and masculinity, and their articulation of gender differences in medieval literature and science.
credit hours: 3
Women and Gender in the Middle Ages
HISA 6910 Special Topics in Ancient History
Special Topics in Ancient History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For special offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in Ancient History
HISB 1300 Africa to 1800
Africa to 1800
This course examines selected topics in the history of sub-Saharan Africa from antiquity to the period immediately preceding colonial conquest. It provides an overview of historical developments in particular regions, considers the implications of Africa as a unit of analysis, and provides a point of departure for more specialized courses in African history.
credit hours: 3
Africa to 1800
HISB 1310 Africa from 1800
Africa from 1800
This course considers the history of sub-Saharan Africa under colonialism and after: the responses of people to governments very different from those they had previously, changes in African societies, the challenges of the postcolonial period. Topics covered include gender relations, peasant agriculture, wage labor, politics, and development.
credit hours: 3
Africa from 1800
HISB 2120 History of Western Africa
History of Western Africa
This course is a historical introduction to the themes and events in western and northern Africa from prehistoric times and the peopling of Africa through the advent of Islam; North and West African empires and states in the medieval period; the arrival and departure of European colonial powers; and the re-emergence of independent African states. We will trace topical themes through case studies, exploring the political, cultural, social aspects and the inter-regional dynamics of Saharan Africa.
credit hours: 3
History of Western Africa
HISB 2130 History of Southern Africa
History of Southern Africa
This course examines southern African history from 1652 to the present. It explores the particular political and cultural patterns which arose in the region as a result of contact and conflict between indigenous African societies and European settler communities.
credit hours: 3
History of Southern Africa
HISB 2140 History of Eastern Africa
History of Eastern Africa
This course provides an historical survey of eastern Africa which examines the role of bantu migrations, the rise of state-building in the 17th and 18th centuries and a primary emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries. The course highlights the social, cultural and economic dynamics of both African and settler societies as it explores the historical processes of slavery, migrations in the region, the imposition of colonialism, nationalism and the rise of the independent states of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Rwanda and Burundi. We will use primary sources written or created by Africans and others to explore the developments that affected the region in recent history. This course devotes equal time to lecture and discussion.
credit hours: 3
History of Eastern Africa
HISB 2910 Special Topics in African History
Special Topics in African History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For special offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in African History
HISB 3250 Archiving Africa
Archiving Africa
This is an advanced course in historical methods that uses a service-learning component to enhance student understanding of historical materials, archives and how these connect with the larger community. In this course, students will focus in particular on materials related to African history found in New Orleans archives, allowing students to develop an understanding of the historical links between the local community and the continent of Africa. Moreover, students will consider the methodologies used to preserve the various histories of Africa and consider how these methods can be used for other under-represented communities, such as found in New Orleans.
credit hours: 3
Archiving Africa
HISB 3880 Writing Practicum
Writing Practicum
Notes: Fulfills the college intensive-writing requirement.
Pre-requistites: Successful completion of the First-Year Writing Requirement.
Co-requisites: Three-credit departmental course.
credit hours: 3
Writing Practicum
HISB 3910 Special Topics in African History
Special Topics in African History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For special offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in African History
HISB 4250 The Atlantic Slave Trade
The Atlantic Slave Trade
An exploration of the cultural, economic, and social history of the African slave trade into the Americas from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. Emphasis is on the nature of this forced migration as a unique process of cultural interaction and cultural change.
credit hours: 3
The Atlantic Slave Trade
HISB 4880 Writing Practicum
Writing Practicum
Notes: Fulfills the college intensive-writing requirement.
Pre-requistites: Successful completion of the First-Year Writing Requirement.
Co-requisites: Three-credit departmental course.
credit hours: 3
Writing Practicum
HISB 4910 Special Topics in African History
Special Topics in African History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For specific offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in African History
HISB 6070 Gender in African History
Gender in African History
This seminar will consider the question of how recent forms of gender theory might be applied to African societies. Readings will include Foucauldian, psychoanalytic, and political theory, as well as historical and ethnographic studies of particular societies.
credit hours: 4
Gender in African History
HISB 6910 Special Topics in African History
Special Topics in African History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For special offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in African History
HISC 2010 History of China, Prehistory to 1800
History of China, Prehistory to 1800
This survey course introduces the main themes of Chinese history, from Neolithic times down to the end of the pre-modern era (marked, both by tradition and for sake of convenience, at 1800 CE). Key topics include the exploration of the religious, moral, and social beliefs of early China as well as the assessment of the significance of the institutions of state and family, which have left such a striking imprint on the whole of Chinese history. This course is intended for those with little or no prior study of Chinese history; by the end of the semester, students should have a rounded perspective on the diversity as well as the essential continuities of Chinese culture in its formative stages.
credit hours: 3
History of China, Prehistory to 1800
HISC 2020 History of China, 1800 to the Present
History of China, 1800 to the Present
This survey course introduces the main themes in Chinese history from the height of the Qing dynasty to the end of the twentieth century. The first half of the course explores the political, social, economic, and cultural trends of the late imperial era. The second half of the course examines twentieth-century China, from the turbulent years of the Republican period to the traumatic events of the Cultural Revolution and beyond. This course is intended for those with little or no prior study of Chinese history.
credit hours: 3
History of China, 1800 to the Present
HISC 2910 Special Topics in Asian History
Special Topics in Asian History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For specific offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in Asian History
HISC 3880 Writing Practicum
Writing Practicum
Notes: Fulfills the college intensive-writing requirement.
Pre-requistites: Successful completion of the First-Year Writing Requirement.
Co-requisites: Three-credit departmental course.
credit hours: 1
Writing Practicum
HISC 3910 Special Topics in Asian History
Special Topics in Asian History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For specific offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in Asian History
HISC 4880 Writing Practicum
Writing Practicum
Notes: Fulfills the college intensive-writing requirement.
Pre-requistites: Successful completion of the First-Year Writing Requirement.
Co-requisites: Three-credit departmental course.
credit hours: 3
Writing Practicum
HISC 4910 Special Topics in Asian History
Special Topics in Asian History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For specific offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in Asian History
HISC 6210 The PRC: China Under Communism
The PRC: China Under Communism
In 1949, as Mao Zedong declared the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Chinese people were once again under a united government, ending decades of civil strife and foreign aggression. Yet the year 1949 represented only the military victory of the CCP, and in the following decades the new rulers of China would attempt to recreate state and society on a previously unimaginable scale. This course explores the dramatic years following the establishment of the PRC and follows the mass campaigns and political upheavals that marked Chinese history under the rule of the Communist Party. Attention will be given to both mass movements in the countryside and events that largely affected urban dwellers and intellectuals. Overall, this course aims at understanding the large-scale structural changes of the revolutionary era of 1949 to 1976 and its aftermath, as well as what these changes meant for the lives of individual Chinese citizens.
credit hours: 3
The PRC: China Under Communism
HISC 6310 China in Revolution, 1900-1949
China in Revolution, 1900-1949
China's twentieth century was irrevocably and profoundly marked by the Chinese Revolution. But how are historians to define the Chinese Revolution, both in setting its temporal boundaries and interpreting the meaning behind the event? Is it possible to determine the causes of the Revolution, or to elucidate why it took the path that it did? What did the Revolution mean for different social groups, as well as the individual? This course, an intensive reading seminar, is designed to address these issues by engaging a wide range of scholarship. Key topics include the legacy of the Republican Era, the rise of the Chinese Communist Party, land reform, and the impact of the revolutionary era on the lives of women.
credit hours: 3
China in Revolution, 1900-1949
HISC 6410 Empire and Rebellion in China
Empire and Rebellion in China
During the Ming and Oing dynasties, Chinese emperors faced the enormous challenge of maintaining control over a vast and populous polity. This seminar will explore the methods utilized in the late imperial age to control the populace. These methods-most notably the state, legal, and family systems-were never fully effective in enforcing the will of dynastic rulers. As such, we will also investigate the possibilities for resistance against imperial rule and the Confucian worldview. While control and resistance will be the main themes for this seminar, other topics such as the roles of the environment and identity in history will add to our understanding of the late imperial age. Please note that this is a reading and writing intensive course that will rely heavily on the peer-review process.
credit hours: 3
Empire and Rebellion in China
HISC 6510 Imperialism in East Asia
Imperialism in East Asia
Despite a continuing debate over the exact definition of imperialism, there is no doubt that this phenomenon looms large in the history of modern East Asia. This course explores unequal power relations between nation-states, not only between Europe and Asia, but within East Asia itself. Please note that this is an intensive seminar, with equal emphasis on reading, writing, and in-class discussion.
credit hours: 3
Imperialism in East Asia
HISC 6610 Seminar on Modern Japan
Seminar on Modern Japan
Japan's rapid transformation from a traditional agrarian society to a modern nation-state has been one of the most intensely studied and debated topics in the historiography of Asia. This course explores the continuities and contrasts in Japanese history from the late Shogunate period to the disasters of the Pacific War; particular emphasis will be placed on how Japan came to be defined as a modern nation. Please note that this is a reading and writing intensive course that will utilize both peer-collaboration and peer-review.
credit hours: 3
Seminar on Modern Japan
HISC 6910 Special Topics in Asian History
Special Topics in Asian History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For special offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in Asian History
HISE 1210 Europe and a Wider World: From the Renaissance to 1789
Europe and a Wider World: From the Renaissance to 1789
European history from the Middle Ages to the French Revolution: the Renaissance and the Reformation, the origin of the modern state and of capitalism, the beginnings of colonialism, the scientific revolution, and the Enlightenment.
Notes: Not open to senior history majors.
credit hours: 3
Europe and a Wider World: From the Renaissance to 1789
HISE 1220 The Emergence of the Contemporary World Since 1789
The Emergence of the Contemporary World Since 1789
The impact of the French Revolution and Napoleon; reaction and revolt; the growth of nationalism; the industrial revolution and the rise of socialism; international rivalry, imperialism, and the coming of World War I; rise of totalitarianism and the failure of international security; World War II and postwar developments.
Notes: Not open to senior history majors.
credit hours: 3
The Emergence of the Contemporary World Since 1789
HISE 2160 Europe in the 18th Century
Europe in the 18th Century
Examines developments in human ecology and power, critiques of tradition from diverse groups, and efforts to implement novel models, both cosmopolitan and nationalistic, for a rational and just society.
credit hours: 3
Europe in the 18th Century
HISE 2170 Europe in the 19th Century
Europe in the 19th Century
Explores the quest for popular and national security in an age of radically shifting material circumstances deeply influenced by concepts of political and social equality.
credit hours: 3
Europe in the 19th Century
HISE 2210 Modern Germany
Modern Germany
A survey of the political, social, and economic development of Germany from the revolution of 1848 to the aftermath of the Second World War. Topics include unification, Bismarckian Germany, the Weimar Republic, and the Third Reich.
credit hours: 3
Modern Germany
HISE 2240 Russian History from the 9th to the Mid-19th Centuries
Russian History from the 9th to the Mid-19th Centuries
Political, social, and economic developments in Russia from the earliest times to the mid-19th century. Kievan and Muscovite background, reforms of Peter the Great, and the effects of westernization.
credit hours: 3
Russian History from the 9th to the Mid-19th Centuries
HISE 2250 Russian History: The End of the Empire and the Soviet Period
Russian History: The End of the Empire and the Soviet Period
The Great Reforms and industrialization in Russia and their effect upon political, social, and economic developments. The Russian revolutions of 1905 and 1917. The establishment, development and collapse of the Soviet regime.
credit hours: 3
Russian History: The End of the Empire and the Soviet Period
HISE 2320 Early Modern England
Early Modern England
A survey of the political, social, economic, and cultural development of England from the founding of the Tudor dynasty to the rebellion of the American colonies (1485-1776). Topics include the Reformation, the civil war, relations with Scotland and Ireland, political thought, crime and riot, education, and domestic industry.
credit hours: 3
Early Modern England
HISE 2330 Modern Britain
Modern Britain
A survey of the political, social and economic development of Britain from 1760 to the present. The course will examine how and why Britain became the world's greatest economic and imperial power, and in what ways it may have suffered a decline in the 20th century.
credit hours: 3
Modern Britain
HISE 2410 Spain, 1369-1716
Spain, 1369-1716
Surveys the course of Spanish history from the completion of the medieval Reconquest and the rise of the Trastamara dynasty in the fourteenth century until the end of Habsburg Spain in the early eighteenth century, with particular attention to state formation and the role of Spain as a great European power in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Besides politics, the course examines central topics in the social, religious and cultural history of late medieval and early modern Spain.
credit hours: 3
Spain, 1369-1716
HISE 2420 The Age of Reformation
The Age of Reformation
Surveys the transformation of Western Christendom (c. 1400-1700), with emphasis on: late medieval religious practice; discontent and reform currents within the Church; the Protestant Reformations of Luther, Zwingli, Calvin, anabaptists, and others; and Catholic response and Counter-Reformation.
credit hours: 3
The Age of Reformation
HISE 2500 Memories of Violence in 20th-Century Europe
Memories of Violence in 20th-Century Europe
Among the many instances of violent and traumatic collective experiences in 20th century Europe, this class will focus on three particular case studies, the Holocaust in Germany, the bombing of Guernica in Spain, and the siege of Saraievo during the Bosnian War. These cases are not chosen at random, but for their ability to shape how we narrate individual and collective responses to most traumatic experiences of state imposed violence in 20th century Europe.
credit hours: 3
Memories of Violence in 20th-Century Europe
HISE 2910 Special Topics in European History
Special Topics in European History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For specific offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in European History
HISE 3190 The Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War
The Civil War of 1936-39 considered both as the watershed of modern Spanish history and as an event of major international significance. Readings and discussion focus on the causes and course of the conflict, and on its consequences down to the present.
credit hours: 3
The Spanish Civil War
HISE 3270 Literature and Society in Russia, 1800-1917
Literature and Society in Russia, 1800-1917
An exploration of the central role that writers and literature played in the culture and society of nineteenth and early twentieth-century Russia. Readings include selected novels, poetry, critical essays, and memoirs as well as secondary historical literature. The course focuses upon the role of literature in Russian society and the relationship between literary representations and history.
credit hours: 3
Literature and Society in Russia, 1800-1917
HISE 3280 Literature and Society in Russia, 1917-1991
Literature and Society in Russia, 1917-1991
An exploration of the role that literature and writers played in the history and culture of the Soviet Union from its inception to its collapse in 1991. Readings include selected novels, poetry, and memoirs as well as secondary historical literature. The course focuses on the relationship between writers and the state and society in the Soviet period and the relationship between literary representations and history.
credit hours: 3
Literature and Society in Russia, 1917-1991
HISE 3290 Origins of the Second World War, 1919-1939
Origins of the Second World War, 1919-1939
European international affairs from the treaty of Versailles to Hitler's invasion of Poland, emphasizing the diplomatic, political, and military forces that contributed to the outbreak of the Second World War.
credit hours: 3
Origins of the Second World War, 1919-1939
HISE 3300 Death, Disease, Destitution and Despair in Early Modern Europe
Death, Disease, Destitution and Despair in Early Modern Europe
Death, Disease, Destitution and Despair in Early Modern Europe Readings, discussion, and a research paper examining the experience of and social reaction to illness, insanity, poverty, and death in Western Europe.
credit hours: 3
Death, Disease, Destitution and Despair in Early Modern Europe
HISE 3311 History of Gardens, Parks and Green Spaces
History of Gardens, Parks and Green Spaces
This course examines the creation of gardens, parks and public space in Europe and the Americas from 1500 to the present day. We will study not just the historical evolution, technology or art form of gardens and parks but we will also explore what they mean to people.
credit hours: 3
History of Gardens, Parks and Green Spaces
HISE 3513 History of the Jews in Russia, 1772-2000
History of the Jews in Russia, 1772-2000
This course studies the history of the Jews in Russia from the First Partition of Poland in 1772 until the beginning of the twenty-first century. The course examines the evolution of that Jewish community itself and the issues that divided that community. It also reviews the evolving policies that tsarist and Soviet regimes adopted toward the Jews. Finally, the course addresses the scope of official and unofficial anti-Semitism in tsarist and Soviet Russia. A vital question the course explores is that of Jewish identity and self-definition, particularly the individual and collective responses Russian Jews made to the tsarist regime's profound anti-Semitism, the pronounced emancipation under the early Soviet regime, or to the anti-Semitic policies that emerged in the Soviet Union after WWII.
credit hours: 3
History of the Jews in Russia, 1772-2000
HISE 3880 Writing Practicum
Writing Practicum
Notes: Fulfills the college intensive-writing requirement.
Pre-requistites: Successful completion of the First-Year Writing Requirement.
Co-requisites: Three-credit departmental course.
credit hours: 1
Writing Practicum
HISE 3910 Special Topics in European History
Special Topics in European History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For specific offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in European History
HISE 4140 Household, Gender, and Sexuality in Early Modern Europe
Household, Gender, and Sexuality in Early Modern Europe
This course examines the structure, function, and emotional content of families in Europe from the Renaissance to the 18th century. The construction of gender as well as attitudes to and the regulation of sexuality will also be discussed.
credit hours: 3
Household, Gender, and Sexuality in Early Modern Europe
HISE 4350 Britain in Decline?
Britain in Decline?
This is a history of Britain since 1945. The course will focus on perceptions of Britain's decline and the debates that have developed around that subject. These include not only Britain's decline as a great power, but also the debate over economic decline and whether there was some sort of failure, and the debate over cultural decline and the influence of Americanization and mass culture. Special attention will be paid to social and cultural developments as indications of dramatic improvement rather than decline, as well as the more traditional issues surrounding Britain's economy and its role in the world.
credit hours: 3
Britain in Decline?
HISE 4880 Writing Practicum
Writing Practicum
Notes: Fulfills the college intensive-writing requirement.
Pre-requistites: Successful completion of the First-Year Writing Requirement.
Co-requisites: Three-credit departmental course.
credit hours: 1
Writing Practicum
HISE 4910 Special Topics in European History
Special Topics in European History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For specific offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in European History
HISE 6050 The Italian Renaissance
The Italian Renaissance
An examination of cultural, religious, and political developments in Renaissance Italy and their impact on the rest of Europe.
credit hours: 3
The Italian Renaissance
HISE 6100 Renaissance and Reformation, 1450-1660
Renaissance and Reformation, 1450-1660
Examines religious and secular aspects of the breakdown of Christian unity from the Renaissance to the mid-seventeenth century. Topics include the decline of the Church; philosophical and doctrinal conflict; dissent and renewal in the Protestant Reformation; the Catholic Reformation; ideology, politics, and wars of religion; Counter-Reformation; and foreign intervention in France and the Netherlands.
credit hours: 3
Renaissance and Reformation, 1450-1660
HISE 6140 Revolutionary-Napoleonic Europe, 1789-1815
Revolutionary-Napoleonic Europe, 1789-1815
This course explores the questioning of traditions throughout Europe, the exchange of concepts of social organization among regions, and the emergence of an imperial power that redirected civilization.
credit hours: 3
Revolutionary-Napoleonic Europe, 1789-1815
HISE 6330 Imperial Spain, 1469-1716
Imperial Spain, 1469-1716
Examines the rise and decline of Spanish power in Europe and the Atlantic world and the internal development of the Spanish kingdoms from unification under Fernando and Isabel through the reigns of Charles V and Philip II to the end of the Habsburg dynasty. Besides politics and diplomacy, reading and discussions will address religious practice and the Spanish Inquisition, the art and literature of the Golden Age, and the cult of honor with its consequences for social structure, economic life and gender relations.
credit hours: 3
Imperial Spain, 1469-1716
HISE 6350 Crime and Punishment in Hanoverian England
Crime and Punishment in Hanoverian England
This in depth seminar focuses on crime, punishment and the justice system in eighteenth-century England. We will investigate such topics as the rise of defense lawyers, the goals of punishment and the development of a system of police. Students will also make use of a digitized data base, theoldbaileyonline"
Notes: which contains the transcripts of trials held at the Old Bailey courthouse in London
Pre-requistites: to write a research paper."
credit hours: 3
Crime and Punishment in Hanoverian England
HISE 6360 English Civil War
English Civil War
This course explores the causes, conduct, and consequences of the English Civil War from 1603-1660.
credit hours: 3
English Civil War
HISE 6370 Seminar in Early Modern England
Seminar in Early Modern England
Readings, discussion, and research paper will focus on a selected topic of English history between 1485 and 1789. Topics will include Religion and Society and Georgian England, 1714-1783.
credit hours: 3
Seminar in Early Modern England
HISE 6380 Seminar in Modern British History
Seminar in Modern British History
Readings, discussion, and a research paper focusing on one of the following periods of modern British history: Britain in the Age of Revolution, 1760-1850; The Victorian Era, 1830-1900; Britain in the Age of World War, 1900-1945. On occasion, the seminar might focus on a topic rather than a period.
credit hours: 4
Seminar in Modern British History
HISE 6420 Readings in the Holocaust
Readings in the Holocaust
Examines the origins and development of the Nazi Final Solution; the experience of the victims, perpetrators, rescuers, and bystanders; and the relationship between history and memory.
credit hours: 3
Readings in the Holocaust
HISE 6510 The Russian Revolution, 1900-1924
The Russian Revolution, 1900-1924
The course explores the origins and nature of the Russian revolutions of 1905 and 1917. It focuses equal attention upon the policies of the tsarist regime and the various social movements, political parties, and ideologies that arose in opposition to that regime. The reasons for the Bolshevik victory in October 1917 and the character of the early Bolshevik regime from 1917 through the Civil War are problems the course addresses. The contentious debates historians have conducted on almost every aspect of the revolution are an important part of the course's readings and discussions.
credit hours: 3
The Russian Revolution, 1900-1924
HISE 6511 Stalin's Russia, 1924-1953
Stalin's Russia, 1924-1953
This seminar addresses four major questions: 1) What was the nature of the political, social, and cultural system that came into existence under Stalin and how did that system evolve during his lifetime? 2) What was the scope and nature of political repression and state terror under Stalin? Given the reality of state terror, how can we explain the geniune enthusiasm that the regime was able to mobilize for so many of its initiatives? 3) What was the Soviet experience during World War II, and how did the war affect Soviet society and politics? 4) What was the range of experiences that ordinary individuals and families encountered in their private lives during the Stalin era? A major question throughout the course is the character of Stalin's personal rule and the extent of his responsibility for the major developments under his leadership.
credit hours: 3
Stalin's Russia, 1924-1953
HISE 6512 In Stalin's Shadow: The Soviet Union, 1953-1991
In Stalin's Shadow: The Soviet Union, 1953-1991
This course examines the evolution of the Soviet Union from Stalin's death until its collapse in 1991. Its primary focus is on the important changes that occurred in the political, cultural, and social spheres within the Soviet Union itself and in the stances that the Soviet Union adopted toward the rest of the world. The initial changes, which contemporaries described as the thaw, witnessed a liberalization that culminated in an explicit denunciation of many of Stalin's policies. The course concludes with an inquiry into the Gorbachev reforms of glasnost and perestroika, which culminated in the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
credit hours: 3
In Stalin's Shadow: The Soviet Union, 1953-1991
HISE 6600 Photography and the Historical Imagination
Photography and the Historical Imagination
This class aims to explore the relationship between historical memory and photographic practice.
credit hours: 3
Photography and the Historical Imagination
HISE 6601 Jewish Life and Culture in Central Europe, 1750 to the present
Jewish Life and Culture in Central Europe, 1750 to the present
This course explores the many facets of Jewish life and culture in Germany and other cCentral European nations. We will focus on the relationship of various Jewish communities with their Gentile neighbors, local and state authorities and trace the course and success of the Haskalah movement (the Jewish enlightenment). We will be particularly sensitive to the daily life experience of women in their struggles to find a voice and acceptance as women and as Jews, s well as the dramatic rise of a jewish middle class in the realm of science, finance and industry.
Notes: An elective in Jewish Studies
credit hours: 3
Jewish Life and Culture in Central Europe, 1750 to the present
HISE 6610 Postwar Culture: The Divided Continent
Postwar Culture: The Divided Continent
This course explores the many gays daily practices and political ideologies have intersected in the lives of ordinary European citizens in the era of the Iron Curtain"."
credit hours: 3
Postwar Culture: The Divided Continent
HISE 6910 Special Topics in European History
Special Topics in European History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For specific offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in European History
HISL 1710 Introduction to Latin American History
Introduction to Latin American History
Main currents of Latin American civilization from the European conquest to the present, with special attention to the historical background of present controversies.
Notes: Not open to senior history majors.
credit hours: 3
Introduction to Latin American History
HISL 1720 Introduction to Caribbean History
Introduction to Caribbean History
This course provides a survey introduction to the history of the Caribbean basin including the island territories located in the Caribbean Sea as well as those Atlantic islands and regions of mainland Central and South America which have shared similar historical experience with the Caribbean basin. The course covers the period from the mid fifteenth century immediately before European arrival up to the present day. Major themes will include European conquest and colonialism, African enslavement, East Asian immigration, the development of multi ethnic societies, U.S. relations with the Caribbean region, and the role of tourism in recent Caribbean history.
credit hours: 3
Introduction to Caribbean History
HISL 2760 Colonial Mexico
Colonial Mexico
Social, intellectual, and institutional history of colonial Mexico.
credit hours: 3
Colonial Mexico
HISL 2770 Modern Mexico
Modern Mexico
Political, economic, and social history of Mexico during the national period.
credit hours: 3
Modern Mexico
HISL 2790 Central America
Central America
The history of Central America since 1800 with particular attention to the establishment of political independence, economic colonialism, the transfer of hegemony over the region from Europe to North America, problems of chronic political and social instability, and popular revolutions in the 20th century.
credit hours: 3
Central America
HISL 2810 Colonial Brazil
Colonial Brazil
Brazilian colonial history from 1500 to 1822. Emphasis on major economic, social, and political developments in the context of the Portuguese Empire. Contrasts and similarities with other imperial systems receive particular attention.
credit hours: 3
Colonial Brazil
HISL 2820 Modern Brazil
Modern Brazil
Brazilian history from 1822, including the first and second empires and the republic. Attention is given to the liquidation of slavery, the replacement of imperial values by the establishment of the republic, and the military question.
credit hours: 3
Modern Brazil
HISL 2830 The Andean Nations
The Andean Nations
A survey of the development of South America's Andean region beginning with the Inca Empire, through the establishment of the vice-royalty of New Castile and emphasizing the modern nations of Chile, Peru, and Bolivia.
credit hours: 3
The Andean Nations
HISL 2840 History of Argentina
History of Argentina
Political, economic, and social history of Argentina from 1516 to the present.
credit hours: 3
History of Argentina
HISL 2910 Special Topics in Latin American History
Special Topics in Latin American History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For specific offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in Latin American History
HISL 3200 History of Voodoo and Other African Derived Religions
History of Voodoo and Other African Derived Religions
Using works of anthropology, folklore, history, and literature, this course examines the history of voodoo in both New Orleans and Haiti, as well as the history of similar religions such as Brazilian candomble, Cuban santeria and Trinidadian orisha worship. Students will explore the development of these religious systems from slavery to the present day.
credit hours: 3
History of Voodoo and Other African Derived Religions
HISL 3710 Seminar: The Colonial Heritage of Latin America
Seminar: The Colonial Heritage of Latin America
Readings and research on topics in the Hispanic period aimed at developing an understanding of Latin American society and institutions as they developed from the 16th to the 19th century.
credit hours: 3
Seminar: The Colonial Heritage of Latin America
HISL 3720 Seminar: Topics in Modern Latin America and Caribbean History
Seminar: Topics in Modern Latin America and Caribbean History
Selected topics in Latin American and Caribbean history from 1800 to the present. Religion in Latin America; Dictators; Evita.
credit hours: 3
Seminar: Topics in Modern Latin America and Caribbean History
HISL 3800 Colloquium: Caribbean Revolutions
Colloquium: Caribbean Revolutions
Weekly readings and discussions of popular revolutions in the Caribbean region. Some attention is paid to the revolutionary tradition in Middle America before concentrating on the 20th-century revolutions there. In a search for common factors, attention is devoted not only to countries where significant revolutions have occurred already, such as Guatemala, Cuba, and Nicaragua, but also to others where revolutionary potential exists.
credit hours: 3
Colloquium: Caribbean Revolutions
HISL 3880 Writing Practicum
Writing Practicum
Notes: Fulfills the college intensive-writing requirement.
Pre-requistites: Successful completion of the First-Year Writing Requirement.
Co-requisites: Three-credit departmental course.
credit hours: 1
Writing Practicum
HISL 3910 Special Topics in Latin American History
Special Topics in Latin American History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For specific offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in Latin American History
HISL 4740 Caribbean Cultural History
Caribbean Cultural History
This course explores the development of distinctive cultural forms and patterns in the Caribbean basin from the arrival of Europeans at the end of the 15th century up to the present day. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the diverse origins and particular social contexts from which different aspects of Caribbean culture have developed.
credit hours: 3
Caribbean Cultural History
HISL 4780 Women in Latin American History
Women in Latin American History
An exploration of the pivotal role Latin American women have played in the area's historical development. Attention is given to how women acquired and exercised power in a male-dominated society and how class, race, sex and sex roles, and traditions have influenced and shaped women's roles.
credit hours: 3
Women in Latin American History
HISL 4880 Writing Practicum
Writing Practicum
Notes: Fulfills the college intensive-writing requirement.
Pre-requistites: Successful completion of the First-Year Writing Requirement.
Co-requisites: Three-credit departmental course.
credit hours: 1
Writing Practicum
HISL 4910 Special Topics in Latin American History
Special Topics in Latin American History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For specific offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in Latin American History
HISL 6600 Peasants, Rebellion and the State in Latin America
Peasants, Rebellion and the State in Latin America
This seminar explores the history of peasants, rebellions and revolution in modern Lain America. Attention will focus on peasant desires and motivations as Latin America has become increasingly urban and states have grown in size and strength.
credit hours: 3
Peasants, Rebellion and the State in Latin America
HISL 6610 Modernity and Its Discontents in Latin America
Modernity and Its Discontents in Latin America
This class explores the history of modernity, modernization and underdevelopment in Latin America since the 19th century. Key themes will include labor and industrialization; urbanization and the middle class; citizenship and ethnicity; and state formation.
credit hours: 3
Modernity and Its Discontents in Latin America
HISL 6710 Seminar in Historical Nahuatl
Seminar in Historical Nahuatl
The purpose of this course is to become familiar with the fundamentals of colonial alphabetic Nahuatl vocabulary and grammar in order to translate historical documents; to learn the different genres of Nahuatl; written expression; to be able to discern regional variations in written Nahuatl; and to be able to recognize the four stages of change in Nahuatl as it evolved over the course of the colonial period.
credit hours: 3
Seminar in Historical Nahuatl
HISL 6740 Latin American Social History
Latin American Social History
A specific topic is chosen each year. The course has dealt with slavery, race relations, and social revolutions in previous years. Future topics include the history of the peasantry and peasant movements in Latin America and the development of the Latin American urban working class. Lectures, readings and discussions.
credit hours: 3
Latin American Social History
HISL 6750 Africans in the Americas: Comparative Social and Cultural History of the African Diaspora
Africans in the Americas: Comparative Social and Cultural History of the African Diaspora
This seminar will explore the dispersion and fate of African peoples and their descendants in the United States, the Caribbean, and Central and South America with a view to developing an understanding of African-American culture as a diverse regional phenomenon rather than one confined to the United States.
credit hours: 3
Africans in the Americas: Comparative Social and Cultural History of the African Diaspora
HISL 6780 Caribbean History: Major Themes
Caribbean History: Major Themes
A historiographical course focusing on major texts, major themes, and major trends in the historical literature of the Caribbean, including the island territories along with Belize and the Guianas.
credit hours: 3
Caribbean History: Major Themes
HISL 6850 United States-Latin American Relations
United States-Latin American Relations
Traces the diplomatic, economic, and cultural relations between the United States and Latin America from the American Revolution to the present. This course seeks to demonstrate the interrelated roles of diplomacy, commerce, and inter-American cultural relations throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.
credit hours: 3
United States-Latin American Relations
HISL 6910 Special Topics in Latin American History
Special Topics in Latin American History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For special offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in Latin American History
HISL 7610 Seminar on the Comparative History of the Americas
Seminar on the Comparative History of the Americas
credit hours: 3
Seminar on the Comparative History of the Americas
HISL 7720 Seminar in Modern Latin America
Seminar in Modern Latin America
credit hours: 3
Seminar in Modern Latin America
HISL 7830 Historiography of Colonial Latin America
Historiography of Colonial Latin America
credit hours: 3
Historiography of Colonial Latin America
HISM 1200 The Contemporary Middle East
The Contemporary Middle East
An introduction to the Middle East that emphasizes problems of topical interest presented in their historical context. Stress is upon developments since 1970.
credit hours: 3
The Contemporary Middle East
HISM 2200 History of Islam to 1400
History of Islam to 1400
This course surveys the rise and expansion of Islam and the Muslim polities and societies between ca. 600-1400. It covers political developments as well as the emergence and development of the Islamic culture and thought.
credit hours: 3
History of Islam to 1400
HISM 2210 History of Modern Middle East, 1750 to the Present
History of Modern Middle East, 1750 to the Present
This course is a survey of modern Middle Eastern history. It starts with an evaluation of the Ottoman and Safavid empires, the two largest early modern political entities in the area. It then proceeds by discussing the nineteenth-century reform movements, the impact of the dismantlement of the Ottoman Empire and the First World War on the region, the post-1945 developments, the rise and development of Arab nationalism and political Islam, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Iranian Revolution, the Gulf War and the most recent US intervention in Iraq. The aim of the course is to provide students with a solid grasp of historical events and political processes, as well as a detailed knowledge of important intellectual and cultural developments.
credit hours: 3
History of Modern Middle East, 1750 to the Present
HISM 2910 Special Topics in Middle Eastern History
Special Topics in Middle Eastern History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For specific offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in Middle Eastern History
HISM 3220 The Arab-Israeli Conflict
The Arab-Israeli Conflict
This seminar traces the course of the Arab-Israeli conflict from the rise of Zionism, through the various Arab-Israeli wars, and up to the recent peace negotiations. Emphasis is on presenting the perspectives of all the parties to the Arab-Israeli conflict, and placing it in the context of the history of the Middle East as a whole.
credit hours: 3
The Arab-Israeli Conflict
HISM 3880 Writing Practicum
Writing Practicum
Notes: Fulfills the college intensive-writing requirement.
Pre-requistites: Successful completion of the First-Year Writing Requirement.
Co-requisites: Three-credit departmental course.
credit hours: 3
Writing Practicum
HISM 3910 Special Topics in Middle Eastern History
Special Topics in Middle Eastern History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For specific offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in Middle Eastern History
HISM 4880 Writing Practicum
Writing Practicum
Notes: Fulfills the college intensive-writing requirement.
Pre-requistites: Successful completion of the First-Year Writing Requirement.
Co-requisites: Three-credit departmental course.
credit hours: 3
Writing Practicum
HISM 4910 Special Topics in Middle Eastern History
Special Topics in Middle Eastern History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For specific offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in Middle Eastern History
HISM 6060 Seminar in the Modern Middle East and North Africa
Seminar in the Modern Middle East and North Africa
Readings and research on the society, economy, and politics of the Middle East and North Africa since the 16th century.
credit hours: 3
Seminar in the Modern Middle East and North Africa
HISM 6140 Islam and the Western Mediterranean World, 1000-1900
Islam and the Western Mediterranean World, 1000-1900
credit hours: 3
Islam and the Western Mediterranean World, 1000-1900
HISM 6910 Special Topics in Middle Eastern History
Special Topics in Middle Eastern History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For special offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in Middle Eastern History
HIST 1750 Disasters in History
Disasters in History
Disasters have taken many forms in human history, from earthquakes, fires, tsunamis and hurricanes to famine and epidemic disease. Nor should we forget manmade tragedies such as the terrorist attacks on 9/11 or the devastation produced by a combination of human and technological failures, such as the explosions at Chernobyl and Bhopal or the more recent BP oil spill just off of our own coast. Disasters are an important focus for historical inquiry for quite varied reasons. This is a unique course. It will be team-taught by 12 professors. Each professor will teach a 1-week unit on a historical disaster related to their area of specialization. In addition to an excellent learning experience, you will get to sample the teaching of more than half of the faculty members in the History Department.
credit hours: 3
Disasters in History
HIST 1910 Special Topics in History
Special Topics in History
Special topics in history that allow for the introductory study of broad chronological and geographical themes that are not suitable to courses offered under subdisciplines as HISA, HISB, HISC, HISE, HISL, HISM or HISU.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in History
HIST 2910 Special Topics in History
Special Topics in History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For specific offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in History
HIST 3910 Special Topics in History
Special Topics in History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For specific offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in History
HIST 4004 Markets, Money, and Trade in Pre-Industrial Economies
Markets, Money, and Trade in Pre-Industrial Economies
This course takes a comparative approach to major issues in the economies of imperial Rome, and the Early Modern European overseas empires. The topics include an introduction to the main features of the these two pre-industrial macro-economies, and then a series of topics that are of interest to both students of history and business majors. Students will also gain knowledge of the sources and historical methods for the study of these economies, many of which differ from those of the modern era. Stress is on analysis and writing, and so the ability of a student to assimilate and synthesize data into coherent essays.
credit hours: 3
Markets, Money, and Trade in Pre-Industrial Economies
HIST 4560 Internship Studies
Internship Studies
An experiential learning process coupled with pertinent academic course work. Open only to juniors and seniors in good standing. Registration is completed in the academic department sponsoring the internship on TUTOR.
Notes: Only one internship may be completed per semester. A maximum of six credits may be earned in one or two courses.
Pre-requistites: Approval of instructor and department.
credit hours: 1-3
Internship Studies
HIST 4570 Internship Studies
Internship Studies
An experiential learning process coupled with pertinent academic course work. Open only to juniors and seniors in good standing. Registration is completed in the academic department sponsoring the internship on TUTOR.
Notes: Only one internship may be completed per semester. A maximum of six credits may be earned in one or two courses.
Pre-requistites: Approval of instructor and department.
credit hours: 3
Internship Studies
HIST 4920 Independent Studies
Independent Studies
Qualified students may arrange for independent study with approval of an instructor (dependent upon area of study) and their faculty adviser. Details of each student's program will vary, but all will involve some combination of readings, oral reports, and written work.
Notes: Only one course of 4910 or 4920 is accepted toward a major in history.
Pre-requistites: Departmental approval.
credit hours: 1-4
Independent Studies
HIST 5110 Capstone
Capstone
Notes: The capstone requirement will be satisfies by an approved 6000-level seminar class (see department for a list of approved courses) when the student also co-registers with HIST 5110.
credit hours: 0
Capstone
HIST 6910 Special Topics in History
Special Topics in History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For specific offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in History
HIST H4990 Honors Thesis
Honors Thesis
Intensive reading, research, and writing in a selected field of history. Students should discuss their honors thesis with a prospective director during the semester prior to that in which they take H4990.
Notes: For senior honors candidates.
credit hours: 3
Honors Thesis
HIST H5000 Honors Thesis
Honors Thesis
Intensive reading, research, and writing in a selected field of history. Students should discuss their honors thesis with a prospective director during the semester prior to that in which they take H4990.
Notes: For senior honors candidates.
credit hours: 3
Honors Thesis
HISU 1410 The United States from Colonization to 1865
The United States from Colonization to 1865
An analysis of the major forces and events that shaped American history from its beginnings through the Civil War.
Notes: Not open to senior history majors.
credit hours: 3
The United States from Colonization to 1865
HISU 1420 The United States from 1865 to the Present
The United States from 1865 to the Present
An analysis of the forces and events that shaped American history from the Civil War to the present.
Notes: Not open to senior history majors.
credit hours: 3
The United States from 1865 to the Present
HISU 1800 Early New Orleans
Early New Orleans
This course explores the history of New Orleans during the colonial and early national periods, when the city was a crossroads of the Atlantic World that linked Africa, the Americas, and Europe. It locates the city's past in a transnational Atlantic context that reaches back to the fifteenth century and concludes with the emergence of New Orleans as a major American city in the early nineteenth century.
credit hours: 3
Early New Orleans
HISU 2400 Women and Gender in U.S. History to 1830
Women and Gender in U.S. History to 1830
This course focuses on the construction of gender roles in the formative years of American history. It will approach the subject from two different perspectives: the ways in which women have had a different past from men, and the ways in which women have participated in the more complex experiences of the entire society. The course will also focus on differences between women according to race, class, and ethnicity both in the private sphere of the home and family, and in the public sphere of work and politics.
credit hours: 3
Women and Gender in U.S. History to 1830
HISU 2410 Women and Gender in U.S. History
Women and Gender in U.S. History
This course is a survey of women and gender in the United States from 1830 through the present. The class will examine the political and social history of women and girls, as well as the role played by ideologies of gender, both masculinity and femininity, in shaping historical events. Topics will include the transformation of women's identities over time; slavery and the family; suffrage; intersections between gender and race; the resurgent feminist movement of the 1970s; and sexuality and popular culture.
credit hours: 3
Women and Gender in U.S. History
HISU 2480 Louisiana History
Louisiana History
A survey of the history of Louisiana from its settlement to the present.
credit hours: 3
Louisiana History
HISU 2510 Atlantic World 1450-1800
Atlantic World 1450-1800
The Atlantic world has emerged as an important field in early modern western history in the past ten years. It is now especially important for students of United States history to have an opportunity to become familiar with the transnational origins of the nation that are rooted in the Atlantic context. Atlantic world history does not replace traditional colonial history, but is now a necessary complement to it.
credit hours: 3
Atlantic World 1450-1800
HISU 2520 Early America to 1800
Early America to 1800
This course surveys the development of the North American mainland before 1800 with focus on the thirteen British colonies in mainland North America that chose to declare their independence in 1776, and attention to the broader continental and Atlantic contexts in which they were embedded, including colonial Louisiana.
credit hours: 3
Early America to 1800
HISU 2600 The History of Early American Law
The History of Early American Law
The major developments in American legal history from the colonial settlements to the Civil War with primary emphasis on the period 1776-1865.
credit hours: 3
The History of Early American Law
HISU 2620 The New South, 1865-Present
The New South, 1865-Present
An examination of the economic, political, cultural, and intellectual forces that have shaped the American South since the Civil War. Central themes include the rise of sharecropping and tenancy, the struggle for civil rights, the emergence of two-party politics, and the metamorphosis of popular values and social norms triggered by the events of the 1960s. The course will explore the paradox of continued self-conscious regional identity in the face of constant internal change.
credit hours: 3
The New South, 1865-Present
HISU 2630 US Foreign Relations Before World War II
US Foreign Relations Before World War II
This course will investigate the history of U.S. foreign relations from the early republic until World War II. The class will span more than a century and students will be asked to consider the economic and ideological objectives embedded in U.S. foreign relations and the growth of the United States as a world power. Topics will include: the Mexican-American war, westward expansion, U.S.-Hawaii relations, the War of 1898, U.S. interventions in the Caribbean, late 19th and early 20th century immigration, World War I, and World War II. In addition, this course will consider representations of the world" in domestic culture by examining the histories of world fairs
Notes: tourism
Pre-requistites: travel literature
Co-requisites: missionaries
credit hours: 3
US Foreign Relations Before World War II
HISU 2640 US Foreign Relations Since 1945
US Foreign Relations Since 1945
Foreign relations is front page news every day: the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the threat of terrorism and nuclear proliferation, rising food and oil prices, global warming, debates over human rights practices, and even the Olympics. Although each of these topics has strong contemporary resonance, the United States role in the world has a long and complex history. In this course, we will study US foreign relations from the end of World War II through the present. The course will define US foreign relations broadly and include diplomatic policy makers, military interventions, economic policy, and non-state actors engaged in international relations. Students will learn to analyze opposing historical interpretations, evaluate primary sources, ask analytic questions, and develop arguments.
credit hours: 3
US Foreign Relations Since 1945
HISU 2650 US Immigration History
US Immigration History
In this class students will gain a solid foundation in mid-19th and 20th century immigration in the United States and grapple with the following themes: immigrant community formation, the interplay between immigration and American labor, the changing immigration law, the intersection of immigration and U.S. racial formations, and the prominence of immigrant narratives in American culture. The course will also ask that students grapple with contemporary problems and recognize the historic antecedents and struggles behind today's current events.""
credit hours: 3
US Immigration History
HISU 2690 African-American Slavery
African-American Slavery
A survey of the history of people of African descent in the United States from the 17th century to the end of the Civil War. The course will explore the development of a distinct African-American experience within the context of colonial North America and the early United States. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the origins and nature of slavery not simply as a system of forced labor, but as a system of unique cultural relationships.
credit hours: 3
African-American Slavery
HISU 2700 African-American Freedom
African-American Freedom
This course surveys the history of people of African descent in the United States from the end of the Civil War until the late twentieth century. A central theme of the course will be the varying ways in which African-Americans sought, both successfully and unsuccessfully, to achieve political, social, and economic freedom in the wake of emancipation.
credit hours: 3
African-American Freedom
HISU 3100 New Orleans and Senegal, 1400-present
New Orleans and Senegal, 1400-present
This course explores the connected and comparative histories and cultures of New Orleans and Senegal. The two were both founded as French colonies. They share histories, cultural traditions, and, by virtue of their geographic location at the edge of threatened estuarian landscapes, a common challenge to their future.
credit hours: 3
New Orleans and Senegal, 1400-present
HISU 3220 Autobiography and Southern Identity
Autobiography and Southern Identity
An interdepartmental seminar that employs autobiography to explore the relationship between regional culture and individual experience in the 20th-century American South. While recognizing the place of autobiography as a literary genre, the seminar will subordinate the concerns of critical theory to the more immediate task of evaluating the strengths and limitations of autobiographical testimony as a form of historical evidence. Class members will read and discuss one book-length autobiography each week.
Pre-requistites: One prior course in Southern history or literature or approval of instructor.
credit hours: 3
Autobiography and Southern Identity
HISU 3300 Katrina and Popular Memory
Katrina and Popular Memory
This reading seminar will explore the impact of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans through the lens of popular memory. Readings will be drawn primarily from first-hand accounts of the storm. These memoirs, personal narratives, and biographies can enrich our understanding of human experience and social issues and provide insights into the larger social, economic, and cultural forces that shaped how individuals experienced the tragedy. We will also consider how individuals experienced those forces differently depending on such factors as race, gender, and class. Through careful readings of the texts, we will examine the extent to which the speakers live. We will also consider the use of first-hand accounts as historical sources and the benefits and pitfalls inherent in these sources. Other readings explore how Katrina was and continues to be understood collectively.
Notes: An elective in Environmental Studies
credit hours: 3
Katrina and Popular Memory
HISU 3440 African-American Religious History
African-American Religious History
This course surveys the history of African-American religious institutions, leaders, and beliefs from slavery to the present. The course examines the diversity of African-American religious expressions within the larger context of black social and political life. Topics include the transmission of African culture to the New World, slave religion, independent black churches, race relations, black nationalism, as well as gender and class, social reform and everyday resistance.
credit hours: 3
African-American Religious History
HISU 3541 History of Reproductive Health in the U.S.
History of Reproductive Health in the U.S.
This course will explore the history of reproductive health in the United States from the seventeenth century to the present. Students will read scholarly books and articles, memoirs, and films about Americans’ encounters with gynecology, midwifery and obstetrics, birth control devices, abortion, and reproductive technologies. Additionally, students will have opportunities to engage with guest lecturers who study reproductive health issues in the United States and around the world. Students will learn about the history of voluntary and coercive sterilization programs, the history of gynecological and obstetrical care, legal and illegal birth control and abortion practices, and the mobilization of the anti-abortion and pro-choice movements.
Notes: Elective in GESS
credit hours: 3
History of Reproductive Health in the U.S.
HISU 3642 US War in Vietnam
US War in Vietnam
Although in the United States, the US conflict in Vietnam is most commonly referred to as the Vietnam War, in Vietnam, it is known as the American War. In this class, we will study the history of the war in Vietnam and the United States through primary sources and US historians' debates over the Cold War and decolonization. We will be reading works by both US and Vietnamese authors, including policy makers, military personnel, anti-war activists, and immigrants. In addition, students will learn to analyze opposing historical interpretations, evaluate primary sources, ask analytic questions, and develop arguments.
credit hours: 3
US War in Vietnam
HISU 3910 Special Topics in United States History
Special Topics in United States History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For specific offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in United States History
HISU 4430 History of American Religion
History of American Religion
This lecture course surveys the development of the many different religious traditions in the United States from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries. The diverse origins of America's early settlers and the guarantees of religious freedom embedded in the Constitution encouraged the development in the United States of the most religiously diverse society in the Western world. We will explore that diversity and also seek commonalities between religious movements and their impact on the larger society. In such a survey, the emphasis will necessarily be on those formal religious movements that have made a major impact on American culture, but the importance of less mainline groups and popular belief will also be discussed. The course is non-denominational, non-creedal, and taught as cultural/intellectual/social history.
credit hours: 3
History of American Religion
HISU 4560 The Civil War and Reconstruction
The Civil War and Reconstruction
The course treats military, political and economic developments during the American Civil War, and examines the postwar consequences of emancipation for Southern and American history.
credit hours: 3
The Civil War and Reconstruction
HISU 4580 Slavery and Freedom in the Antebellum South
Slavery and Freedom in the Antebellum South
The course surveys the colonial origins of American racial attitudes; African adaptations to bondage; the historical evolution of plantation slavery as a social institution, labor system, and method of racial control; the nature of white antislavery sentiment; the content and meaning of proslavery ideology; and the status of free blacks in slave society.
credit hours: 3
Slavery and Freedom in the Antebellum South
HISU 4694 Creation of Jazz in New Orleans
Creation of Jazz in New Orleans
This course explores the cultural dynamics associated with the origins of jazz in New Orleans and related historiography.
credit hours: 3
Creation of Jazz in New Orleans
HISU 4880 Writing Practicum
Writing Practicum
Notes: Fulfills the college intensive-writing requirement.
Pre-requistites: Successful completion of the First-Year Writing Requirement.
Co-requisites: Three-credit departmental course.
credit hours: 1
Writing Practicum
HISU 4910 Special Topics in United States History
Special Topics in United States History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For specific offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in United States History
HISU 6420 American Revolutions
American Revolutions
The American War of Independence was one of many revolutionary movements that rocked the Atlantic world between 1760 and the 1820s. This course familiarizes students with the major interpretations of the American revolution and situates it within the larger spasm of freedom struggles that characterized the period, including Caribbean slave rebellions and the Latin American wars of independence.
credit hours: 3
American Revolutions
HISU 6510 Recent U.S. from 1945 to the Present
Recent U.S. from 1945 to the Present
U.S. domestic history and role in world affairs from 1945 to the present. Topics include the Cold War at home; the Vietnam War; politics and protest in the turbulent 60's; the civil rights and women's movements; and the presidency from Truman to Clinton.
credit hours: 3
Recent U.S. from 1945 to the Present
HISU 6540 African-American Culture
African-American Culture
An exploration of the formation of distinctive African-American cultural forms in the United States from the years of African enslavement up to the present day. The course will embrace a broad definition of culture to include religion and other community institutions, folklore and folk belief, various leisure activities as well as more obvious cultural manifestations such as music and the arts.
credit hours: 3
African-American Culture
HISU 6560 Rise and Fall of the Plantation South
Rise and Fall of the Plantation South
This reading and research seminar will explore major topics in the social, cultural, economic, and political history of the plantation South. The course will begin with the origins of the plantation system in the colonial era to its eventual decline in the 20th century. We will consider regional variations tied to the production of export crops including tobacco, rice, cotton, and sugar. Major themes will include issues of race and class, changing labor systems, comparative history, and the impact of the planting system on the region's history.
credit hours: 3
Rise and Fall of the Plantation South
HISU 6590 Rise and Fall of the Plantation South
Rise and Fall of the Plantation South
This reading and research seminar will explore major topics in social, cultural, economic, and political history of the plantation South. The course will begin with the origins of the plantation system in the colonial era to its eventual decline in the 20th century. We will consider regional variations tied to the production of export crops including tobacco, rice, cotton, and sugar. Major themes will include issues of race and class, changing labor systems, comparative history, and the impact of the planting system on the region's history. Also counts as capstone.
credit hours: 3
Rise and Fall of the Plantation South
HISU 6630 US Labor and Migration
US Labor and Migration
This course is an advanced seminar on the relationships between labor, capital, and migrant populations to (and within) the United States in the twentieth century. Globalization and migration are not new phenomenon. This course will begin in the late nineteenth century and explore the role of labor, industrial capitalism, and markets in the early twentieth century. It will challenge students to recognize the antecedents to today's immigration debates and consider continuities as well as changes in the US economy.
Notes: Capstone in History.
credit hours: 3
US Labor and Migration
HISU 6750 Africans in the Americas: Comparative Social and Cultural History of the African Diaspora
Africans in the Americas: Comparative Social and Cultural History of the African Diaspora
This seminar will explore the dispersion and fate of African peoples and their descendants in the United States, the Caribbean, and Central and South America with a view to developing an understanding of African-American culture as a diverse regional phenomenon rather than one confined to the United States.
credit hours: 3
Africans in the Americas: Comparative Social and Cultural History of the African Diaspora
HISU 6840 US Empire
US Empire
What is an empire, who defines it, and does the United States have one? This class will begin by studying sites of formal US control of overseas territories, namely Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. It will then consider definitions of economic and cultural empire, particularly after the end of World War II. The course aims to provide students with several case studies in the early twentieth century and to ask students to ponder their legacies in the present.
Notes: Capstone in History.
credit hours: 3
US Empire
HISU 6850 United States-Latin American Relations
United States-Latin American Relations
Traces the diplomatic, economic, and cultural relations between the United States and Latin America from the American Revolution to the present. This course seeks to demonstrate the interrelated roles of diplomacy, commerce, and inter-American cultural relations throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.
credit hours: 3
United States-Latin American Relations
HISU 6910 Special Topics in United States History
Special Topics in United States History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For special offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in United States History
HISU 7450 Seminar in American Political History
Seminar in American Political History
credit hours: 3
Seminar in American Political History
HISU 7550 Seminar in the Cultural History of the United States
Seminar in the Cultural History of the United States
credit hours: 3
Seminar in the Cultural History of the United States
HISU 7610 Seminar on the Comparative History of the Americas
Seminar on the Comparative History of the Americas
credit hours: 3
Seminar on the Comparative History of the Americas
HISU 7620 Atlantic World Historiography
Atlantic World Historiography
This pro-seminar offers a comprehensive exploration of the scholarship on the Atlantic world and is designed to expose graduate students to the major currents, themes and problems in the field.
credit hours: 3
Atlantic World Historiography
HISA 1020 The Barbarian West
The Barbarian West
A survey of the period from the fall of Rome to the establishment of feudal kingdoms.
credit hours: 3
The Barbarian West
HISA 1030 Medieval Europe, 1100-1450
Medieval Europe, 1100-1450
A survey of the period in which Western Europe became the center of medieval civilization.
credit hours: 3
Medieval Europe, 1100-1450
HISA 2000 Cities, Empires, and Gods: The Ancient Middle East before Islam
Cities, Empires, and Gods: The Ancient Middle East before Islam
This survey course introduces the early civilizations and religious traditions of the Near East and India that are the institutional and cultural basis of the Middle East today. The course begins with the first, literate, urban civilizations of the Tigris-Euphrates, Nile, and Indus. Stress is on the institutions of ancient kingships and the religious traditions of Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Hebrews, Persia (Zoroastrianism and Manichaeism), and Early India (Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism).
Notes: Elective in Classics
credit hours: 3
Cities, Empires, and Gods: The Ancient Middle East before Islam
HISA 2001 The Warring States of Greece, 2800-200 B.C.
The Warring States of Greece, 2800-200 B.C.
This lecture course introduces the achievements of Greek civilization from its origins on Crete in the Bronze Age (2800-1400 B.C.) down to the conquest of the Greek world by the Romans. Greek civilization is the foundation of Western civilization. The intense inter-city rivalries shaped political thought with its stress on the consent of citizens and rule of law artistic and literary achievements stressing the human condition, and inquiry based on scientific reasoning and analysis of cause and effect. Stress is on the Archaic (750-480 B.C.), Classical (480-323 B.C.), and Early Hellenistic Ages (323-200 B.C.)
Notes: Elective in Classics
credit hours: 3
The Warring States of Greece, 2800-200 B.C.
HISA 2002 Rome, The Imperial Republic
Rome, The Imperial Republic
This lecture course introduces the political and cultural achievements of the Roman Republic, and Rome's enduring legacy to Western political thought. Emphasis is on the evolution of the Roman Republic's political institutions, the Roman conquest of the Mediterranean world, the Hellenization of Roman society, the emergence of a Mediterranean economy, the demise of the Republic in the Roman Revolution, and the legacy of the Republic to the Western tradition.
Notes: Elective in Classics
credit hours: 3
Rome, The Imperial Republic
HISA 2020 High Roman Empire: From Augustus to Constantine
High Roman Empire: From Augustus to Constantine
This lecture course explains the political, institutional, and cultural achievements of the Roman Empire that are the foundations of Western civilization. Emphasis is on transformation of he Roman Republic into the monarchy of the Principate by Augustus (27 B.C.-14 A.D.), the imperial army and frontier policies, economic growth and social mobility under the Roman peace, the crisis of the third century (235-305), the rise of Christianity, and the creation of the Christian monarchy by Constantine (306-337)
credit hours: 3
High Roman Empire: From Augustus to Constantine
HISA 2030 Byzantine and Early Medieval Civilization
Byzantine and Early Medieval Civilization
This course covers the transformation of the late Roman world into the Christian civilization of the Byzantine Empire and early Medieval West. Emphasis is on changes in late Roman state and society, the barbarian invasions and fall of the Western Roman Empire, the failure to restore the Roman order by Justinian (527-565), the emergence of the Middle Byzantine state and Orthodox tradition, the inversion of Eastern Europe, the impact of the Crusades, and the Byzantine transmission of the Classical heritage to Western Europe.
credit hours: 3
Byzantine and Early Medieval Civilization
HISA 2310 Medieval England
Medieval England
A survey of the political, social, and intellectual development of England from the Anglo-Saxon period to 1485.
credit hours: 3
Medieval England
HISA 2350 Medieval Italy
Medieval Italy
A survey of the political, social, and cultural developments in Italy from the eleventh century to the early fifteenth century, with special attention to the development of institution and culture in the city-states of central and northern Italy.
credit hours: 3
Medieval Italy
HISA 2910 Special Topics in Medieval and Ancient History
Special Topics in Medieval and Ancient History
Courses offered by visiting faculty or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For specific offering see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in Medieval and Ancient History
HISA 3020 Anatolian Civilizations from Catal Huyuk to Kemal Ataturk
Anatolian Civilizations from Catal Huyuk to Kemal Ataturk
Interdisciplinary seminar on the study of the history, historical geology, and cultural achievements of Anatolia (modern Turkey). Anatolia has acted as the cultural bridge between Europe and the Near East. Stress is on the achievements of Hittite civilization, the Iron Age civilizations, the impact of Hellenic civilization, the Roman and Byzantine empires, Turkish Muslim civilization under the Seljuks and Ottomans, and the Turkish Republic.
credit hours: 3
Anatolian Civilizations from Catal Huyuk to Kemal Ataturk
HISA 3070 Topics in Medieval and Renaissance History
Topics in Medieval and Renaissance History
A reading seminar designed to explore in depth some aspect of late medieval history that is of interest to students and instructor.
credit hours: 3
Topics in Medieval and Renaissance History
HISA 3100 Select Topics in Greek History
Select Topics in Greek History
Readings and discussion of select topics in classical Greek history: Homer and the Trojan War; The Birth of City-States in the Mediterranean and Near East (1000-500 B.C.E.); Athenian Empire (480-404 B.C.E.); Sparta and Macedon in the Age of Hegemonies (404-323 B.C.E.); or Greek Leagues and Macedonian Kings in the Hellenistic World (323-133 B.C.E.).
Notes: Writing practicum. Can be taken for credit up to 4 times.
credit hours: 3
Select Topics in Greek History
HISA 3110 Select Topics in Roman History
Select Topics in Roman History
Readings and discussion of select topics in Roman history: The Making of Roman Italy (509-264 B.C.E.); The Punic Wars (264-146 B.C.E.); Roman Revolution (133-27 B.C.E.); Rome and the Jews (167 B.C.E.- 135 C.E.); Rome and the Northern Barbarians (300 B.C.E.-700 C.E.); or the Great Transformation of Society and Economy (100-1100).
Notes: Writing practicum. Can be taken for credit up to 4 times.
credit hours: 3
Select Topics in Roman History
HISA 3170 Medieval Spain
Medieval Spain
Readings, discussion, and essays examine the sweep of Iberian history from the late Roman empire until the early 16th century, with particular attention to the Visigothic monarchy, the society and culture of Islamic al-Andalus, the reconquest and development of the Christian kingdoms of Castile-León, Portugal, and Aragon, and the interaction of Christians, Jews, and Muslims in peninsular society. The development of a distinctive Castilian culture, later transplanted in large part to Spanish America, will be studied through close attention to legal codes, domestic arrangements, military organization, the Inquisition, and the classics of medieval Castilian literature.
credit hours: 3
Medieval Spain
HISA 3230 Great Captains from Alexander the Great to Patton
Great Captains from Alexander the Great to Patton
Interdisciplinary colloquium on how the careers of great commanders have altered warfare and society. Stress is on changes in political, economic, and social institutions that stood behind these careers as well as the impact of innovations in technology, tactics, and strategy. Commanders include Alexander the Great, Hannibal, Scipio Africanus, Belisarius, Gustavus Adolphus, Frederick the Great, and Napoleon.
Notes: Fulfills the college intensive-writing requirement.
credit hours: 3
Great Captains from Alexander the Great to Patton
HISA 3880 Writing Practicum
Writing Practicum
Notes: Fulfills the college intensive-writing requirement.
Pre-requistites: Successful completion of the First-Year Writing Requirement.
Co-requisites: Three-credit departmental course.
credit hours: 1
Writing Practicum
HISA 3910 Special Topics in Medieval and Ancient History
Special Topics in Medieval and Ancient History
Courses offered by visiting faculty or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For specific offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in Medieval and Ancient History
HISA 4140 The Crusades, 1095-1291
The Crusades, 1095-1291
This course deals with the evolution of a distinct civilization in Scandinavia on the eve of the Viking Age (790-1100) and its impact on early Medieval civilization. Through archaeology, coins, the sagas and verse of Iceland, the course examines how Viking raids transformed states and societies across Europe and how the Scandinavians were assimilated into Latin Christendom from the eleventh through thirteenth centuries.
credit hours: 3
The Crusades, 1095-1291
HISA 4150 The Age of the Vikings
The Age of the Vikings
This course deals with the evolution of a distinct civilization in Scandinavia on the eve of the Viking Age (790-1100) and its impact on early Medieval civilization. Through archaeology, coins, and the sagas and verse of Iceland, the course examines how Viking raids transformed states and societies across Europe and how the Scandinavians were assimilated into Latin Christendom from the eleventh through thirteenth centuries.
credit hours: 3
The Age of the Vikings
HISA 4880 Writing Practicum
Writing Practicum
Notes: Fulfills the college intensive-writing requirement.
Pre-requistites: Successful completion of the First-Year Writing Requirement.
Co-requisites: Three-credit departmental course.
credit hours: 3
Writing Practicum
HISA 4910 Special Topics in Medieval and Ancient History
Special Topics in Medieval and Ancient History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For specific offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in Medieval and Ancient History
HISA 6000 Seminar in Select Topics in Greek History
Seminar in Select Topics in Greek History
Research seminar on select topics of Greek History: Archaic Greece (750-480 B.C.E); Athenian Constitutional History; Alexander the Great; Greeks, Macedonians, and Persians: Birth of the Hellenistic World (600-250 B.C.E.); or Greeks in Iran and India (500 B.C.E.- 200 C.E.)
Notes: Writing practicum. Counts as capstone in History. Can be taken for credit up to 4 times.
credit hours: 3
Seminar in Select Topics in Greek History
HISA 6010 Seminar in Select Topics in Roman History
Seminar in Select Topics in Roman History
Research seminar on select topics in Roman History: Roman Imperialism and Tranmarine Expansion (264-30 B.C.E.); Roman Principate; Roma Provinces; Roman Imperial Army; Later Roman Empire; Peloponnesian and Punic Wars; Rome and the Raj: Imperial Armies, Frontiers, and Societies; Imperial Rome and Imperial China (200 B.C.E.- 200 C.E.); Rome and Iran (100 B.C.E -650 C.E.); or The Conflict of Pagans and Christians in the Roman Empire (30-565).
Notes: Writing Practicum. Counts as capstone in History. Can be taken for credit up to 4 times.
credit hours: 3-4
Seminar in Select Topics in Roman History
HISA 6050 The Italian Renaissance
The Italian Renaissance
An examination of cultural, religious, and political developments in Renaissance Italy and their impact on the rest of Europe.
credit hours: 3
The Italian Renaissance
HISA 6060 Later Medieval Spain
Later Medieval Spain
Examines the political, religious, social, and cultural history of the Iberian Peninsula from the rise of the Caliphate of Cordoba in the tenth century through the reign of the Catholic Monarchs Isabel of Castile (1479-1504) and Ferdinand of Aragon (1479-1516). Among other topics, readings and discussion will address: the evolution of Islamic and Christian polities, and their centuries-long military confrontation (the 'Reconquest'); convivencia, or the interaction of Christians, Muslims, and Jews within medieval peninsular societies, and the reflections of this coexistence in culture, commerce and law; the partial political unification of Spain under the Catholic Monarchs; mounting religious and ethnic tensions within the Christian states, the rise of the Spanish Inquisition, expulsions of Jews and Muslims, and the imposition of Christian orthodoxy.
Notes: Capstone.
credit hours: 3
Later Medieval Spain
HISA 6090 Seminar in Select Topics in Byzantine History
Seminar in Select Topics in Byzantine History
Research seminar on select topics in Byzantine history: The Age of Justinian (518-565); The Byzantine Dark Age (610-1025); The Iconoclastic Controversy; or Byzantium and the Crusades (1025-1204).
credit hours: 3
Seminar in Select Topics in Byzantine History
HISA 6190 Special Topics in Medieval and Ancient History
Special Topics in Medieval and Ancient History
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in Medieval and Ancient History
HISA 6230 Medieval Cities
Medieval Cities
This seminar explores the cities of medieval Europe, particularly in the high and late medieval period (roughly 1100-1500), and the ways in which urban space shaped the social, political, and cultural experience of medieval city-dwellers. Themes for readings and discussions include the idea of the city; sacred space and civic religious culture; governments, their institutions and physical sites; commerce and guilds; the gendering of urban space; and poverty and disease.
credit hours: 3
Medieval Cities
HISA 6250 Medieval Religious Culture
Medieval Religious Culture
This seminar explores a variety of aspects of medieval religious beliefs and practices, raising questions about the specific character of medieval religious culture and about how historians study it. Themes addressed include the cult of the saints; monastic life and intellectual culture; gender and models of sanctity; art and religious meaning; relations between majorities and minorities; and popular religion.
credit hours: 3
Medieval Religious Culture
HISA 6270 Women and Gender in the Middle Ages
Women and Gender in the Middle Ages
This seminar addresses the construction of gendered identities in the Middle Ages, and on the experience of medieval women and men in relation to those identities. Seminar readings and discussions explore topics such as changes in attitudes towards women's authority during the Middle Ages; the experience of religious women and the meaning of female imagery in religious writings; women's opportunities and experiences in politics and the economy; the lives and writings of illustrious medieval women; and the relationship between medieval conceptions of femininity and masculinity, and their articulation of gender differences in medieval literature and science.
credit hours: 3
Women and Gender in the Middle Ages
HISA 6910 Special Topics in Ancient History
Special Topics in Ancient History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For special offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in Ancient History
HISB 1300 Africa to 1800
Africa to 1800
This course examines selected topics in the history of sub-Saharan Africa from antiquity to the period immediately preceding colonial conquest. It provides an overview of historical developments in particular regions, considers the implications of Africa as a unit of analysis, and provides a point of departure for more specialized courses in African history.
credit hours: 3
Africa to 1800
HISB 1310 Africa from 1800
Africa from 1800
This course considers the history of sub-Saharan Africa under colonialism and after: the responses of people to governments very different from those they had previously, changes in African societies, the challenges of the postcolonial period. Topics covered include gender relations, peasant agriculture, wage labor, politics, and development.
credit hours: 3
Africa from 1800
HISB 2120 History of Western Africa
History of Western Africa
This course is a historical introduction to the themes and events in western and northern Africa from prehistoric times and the peopling of Africa through the advent of Islam; North and West African empires and states in the medieval period; the arrival and departure of European colonial powers; and the re-emergence of independent African states. We will trace topical themes through case studies, exploring the political, cultural, social aspects and the inter-regional dynamics of Saharan Africa.
credit hours: 3
History of Western Africa
HISB 2130 History of Southern Africa
History of Southern Africa
This course examines southern African history from 1652 to the present. It explores the particular political and cultural patterns which arose in the region as a result of contact and conflict between indigenous African societies and European settler communities.
credit hours: 3
History of Southern Africa
HISB 2140 History of Eastern Africa
History of Eastern Africa
This course provides an historical survey of eastern Africa which examines the role of bantu migrations, the rise of state-building in the 17th and 18th centuries and a primary emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries. The course highlights the social, cultural and economic dynamics of both African and settler societies as it explores the historical processes of slavery, migrations in the region, the imposition of colonialism, nationalism and the rise of the independent states of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Rwanda and Burundi. We will use primary sources written or created by Africans and others to explore the developments that affected the region in recent history. This course devotes equal time to lecture and discussion.
credit hours: 3
History of Eastern Africa
HISB 2910 Special Topics in African History
Special Topics in African History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For special offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in African History
HISB 3250 Archiving Africa
Archiving Africa
This is an advanced course in historical methods that uses a service-learning component to enhance student understanding of historical materials, archives and how these connect with the larger community. In this course, students will focus in particular on materials related to African history found in New Orleans archives, allowing students to develop an understanding of the historical links between the local community and the continent of Africa. Moreover, students will consider the methodologies used to preserve the various histories of Africa and consider how these methods can be used for other under-represented communities, such as found in New Orleans.
credit hours: 3
Archiving Africa
HISB 3880 Writing Practicum
Writing Practicum
Notes: Fulfills the college intensive-writing requirement.
Pre-requistites: Successful completion of the First-Year Writing Requirement.
Co-requisites: Three-credit departmental course.
credit hours: 3
Writing Practicum
HISB 3910 Special Topics in African History
Special Topics in African History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For special offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in African History
HISB 4250 The Atlantic Slave Trade
The Atlantic Slave Trade
An exploration of the cultural, economic, and social history of the African slave trade into the Americas from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. Emphasis is on the nature of this forced migration as a unique process of cultural interaction and cultural change.
credit hours: 3
The Atlantic Slave Trade
HISB 4880 Writing Practicum
Writing Practicum
Notes: Fulfills the college intensive-writing requirement.
Pre-requistites: Successful completion of the First-Year Writing Requirement.
Co-requisites: Three-credit departmental course.
credit hours: 3
Writing Practicum
HISB 4910 Special Topics in African History
Special Topics in African History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For specific offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in African History
HISB 6070 Gender in African History
Gender in African History
This seminar will consider the question of how recent forms of gender theory might be applied to African societies. Readings will include Foucauldian, psychoanalytic, and political theory, as well as historical and ethnographic studies of particular societies.
credit hours: 4
Gender in African History
HISB 6910 Special Topics in African History
Special Topics in African History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For special offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in African History
HISC 2010 History of China, Prehistory to 1800
History of China, Prehistory to 1800
This survey course introduces the main themes of Chinese history, from Neolithic times down to the end of the pre-modern era (marked, both by tradition and for sake of convenience, at 1800 CE). Key topics include the exploration of the religious, moral, and social beliefs of early China as well as the assessment of the significance of the institutions of state and family, which have left such a striking imprint on the whole of Chinese history. This course is intended for those with little or no prior study of Chinese history; by the end of the semester, students should have a rounded perspective on the diversity as well as the essential continuities of Chinese culture in its formative stages.
credit hours: 3
History of China, Prehistory to 1800
HISC 2020 History of China, 1800 to the Present
History of China, 1800 to the Present
This survey course introduces the main themes in Chinese history from the height of the Qing dynasty to the end of the twentieth century. The first half of the course explores the political, social, economic, and cultural trends of the late imperial era. The second half of the course examines twentieth-century China, from the turbulent years of the Republican period to the traumatic events of the Cultural Revolution and beyond. This course is intended for those with little or no prior study of Chinese history.
credit hours: 3
History of China, 1800 to the Present
HISC 2910 Special Topics in Asian History
Special Topics in Asian History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For specific offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in Asian History
HISC 3880 Writing Practicum
Writing Practicum
Notes: Fulfills the college intensive-writing requirement.
Pre-requistites: Successful completion of the First-Year Writing Requirement.
Co-requisites: Three-credit departmental course.
credit hours: 1
Writing Practicum
HISC 3910 Special Topics in Asian History
Special Topics in Asian History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For specific offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in Asian History
HISC 4880 Writing Practicum
Writing Practicum
Notes: Fulfills the college intensive-writing requirement.
Pre-requistites: Successful completion of the First-Year Writing Requirement.
Co-requisites: Three-credit departmental course.
credit hours: 3
Writing Practicum
HISC 4910 Special Topics in Asian History
Special Topics in Asian History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For specific offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in Asian History
HISC 6210 The PRC: China Under Communism
The PRC: China Under Communism
In 1949, as Mao Zedong declared the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Chinese people were once again under a united government, ending decades of civil strife and foreign aggression. Yet the year 1949 represented only the military victory of the CCP, and in the following decades the new rulers of China would attempt to recreate state and society on a previously unimaginable scale. This course explores the dramatic years following the establishment of the PRC and follows the mass campaigns and political upheavals that marked Chinese history under the rule of the Communist Party. Attention will be given to both mass movements in the countryside and events that largely affected urban dwellers and intellectuals. Overall, this course aims at understanding the large-scale structural changes of the revolutionary era of 1949 to 1976 and its aftermath, as well as what these changes meant for the lives of individual Chinese citizens.
credit hours: 3
The PRC: China Under Communism
HISC 6310 China in Revolution, 1900-1949
China in Revolution, 1900-1949
China's twentieth century was irrevocably and profoundly marked by the Chinese Revolution. But how are historians to define the Chinese Revolution, both in setting its temporal boundaries and interpreting the meaning behind the event? Is it possible to determine the causes of the Revolution, or to elucidate why it took the path that it did? What did the Revolution mean for different social groups, as well as the individual? This course, an intensive reading seminar, is designed to address these issues by engaging a wide range of scholarship. Key topics include the legacy of the Republican Era, the rise of the Chinese Communist Party, land reform, and the impact of the revolutionary era on the lives of women.
credit hours: 3
China in Revolution, 1900-1949
HISC 6410 Empire and Rebellion in China
Empire and Rebellion in China
During the Ming and Oing dynasties, Chinese emperors faced the enormous challenge of maintaining control over a vast and populous polity. This seminar will explore the methods utilized in the late imperial age to control the populace. These methods-most notably the state, legal, and family systems-were never fully effective in enforcing the will of dynastic rulers. As such, we will also investigate the possibilities for resistance against imperial rule and the Confucian worldview. While control and resistance will be the main themes for this seminar, other topics such as the roles of the environment and identity in history will add to our understanding of the late imperial age. Please note that this is a reading and writing intensive course that will rely heavily on the peer-review process.
credit hours: 3
Empire and Rebellion in China
HISC 6510 Imperialism in East Asia
Imperialism in East Asia
Despite a continuing debate over the exact definition of imperialism, there is no doubt that this phenomenon looms large in the history of modern East Asia. This course explores unequal power relations between nation-states, not only between Europe and Asia, but within East Asia itself. Please note that this is an intensive seminar, with equal emphasis on reading, writing, and in-class discussion.
credit hours: 3
Imperialism in East Asia
HISC 6610 Seminar on Modern Japan
Seminar on Modern Japan
Japan's rapid transformation from a traditional agrarian society to a modern nation-state has been one of the most intensely studied and debated topics in the historiography of Asia. This course explores the continuities and contrasts in Japanese history from the late Shogunate period to the disasters of the Pacific War; particular emphasis will be placed on how Japan came to be defined as a modern nation. Please note that this is a reading and writing intensive course that will utilize both peer-collaboration and peer-review.
credit hours: 3
Seminar on Modern Japan
HISC 6910 Special Topics in Asian History
Special Topics in Asian History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For special offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in Asian History
HISE 1210 Europe and a Wider World: From the Renaissance to 1789
Europe and a Wider World: From the Renaissance to 1789
European history from the Middle Ages to the French Revolution: the Renaissance and the Reformation, the origin of the modern state and of capitalism, the beginnings of colonialism, the scientific revolution, and the Enlightenment.
Notes: Not open to senior history majors.
credit hours: 3
Europe and a Wider World: From the Renaissance to 1789
HISE 1220 The Emergence of the Contemporary World Since 1789
The Emergence of the Contemporary World Since 1789
The impact of the French Revolution and Napoleon; reaction and revolt; the growth of nationalism; the industrial revolution and the rise of socialism; international rivalry, imperialism, and the coming of World War I; rise of totalitarianism and the failure of international security; World War II and postwar developments.
Notes: Not open to senior history majors.
credit hours: 3
The Emergence of the Contemporary World Since 1789
HISE 2160 Europe in the 18th Century
Europe in the 18th Century
Examines developments in human ecology and power, critiques of tradition from diverse groups, and efforts to implement novel models, both cosmopolitan and nationalistic, for a rational and just society.
credit hours: 3
Europe in the 18th Century
HISE 2170 Europe in the 19th Century
Europe in the 19th Century
Explores the quest for popular and national security in an age of radically shifting material circumstances deeply influenced by concepts of political and social equality.
credit hours: 3
Europe in the 19th Century
HISE 2210 Modern Germany
Modern Germany
A survey of the political, social, and economic development of Germany from the revolution of 1848 to the aftermath of the Second World War. Topics include unification, Bismarckian Germany, the Weimar Republic, and the Third Reich.
credit hours: 3
Modern Germany
HISE 2240 Russian History from the 9th to the Mid-19th Centuries
Russian History from the 9th to the Mid-19th Centuries
Political, social, and economic developments in Russia from the earliest times to the mid-19th century. Kievan and Muscovite background, reforms of Peter the Great, and the effects of westernization.
credit hours: 3
Russian History from the 9th to the Mid-19th Centuries
HISE 2250 Russian History: The End of the Empire and the Soviet Period
Russian History: The End of the Empire and the Soviet Period
The Great Reforms and industrialization in Russia and their effect upon political, social, and economic developments. The Russian revolutions of 1905 and 1917. The establishment, development and collapse of the Soviet regime.
credit hours: 3
Russian History: The End of the Empire and the Soviet Period
HISE 2320 Early Modern England
Early Modern England
A survey of the political, social, economic, and cultural development of England from the founding of the Tudor dynasty to the rebellion of the American colonies (1485-1776). Topics include the Reformation, the civil war, relations with Scotland and Ireland, political thought, crime and riot, education, and domestic industry.
credit hours: 3
Early Modern England
HISE 2330 Modern Britain
Modern Britain
A survey of the political, social and economic development of Britain from 1760 to the present. The course will examine how and why Britain became the world's greatest economic and imperial power, and in what ways it may have suffered a decline in the 20th century.
credit hours: 3
Modern Britain
HISE 2410 Spain, 1369-1716
Spain, 1369-1716
Surveys the course of Spanish history from the completion of the medieval Reconquest and the rise of the Trastamara dynasty in the fourteenth century until the end of Habsburg Spain in the early eighteenth century, with particular attention to state formation and the role of Spain as a great European power in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Besides politics, the course examines central topics in the social, religious and cultural history of late medieval and early modern Spain.
credit hours: 3
Spain, 1369-1716
HISE 2420 The Age of Reformation
The Age of Reformation
Surveys the transformation of Western Christendom (c. 1400-1700), with emphasis on: late medieval religious practice; discontent and reform currents within the Church; the Protestant Reformations of Luther, Zwingli, Calvin, anabaptists, and others; and Catholic response and Counter-Reformation.
credit hours: 3
The Age of Reformation
HISE 2500 Memories of Violence in 20th-Century Europe
Memories of Violence in 20th-Century Europe
Among the many instances of violent and traumatic collective experiences in 20th century Europe, this class will focus on three particular case studies, the Holocaust in Germany, the bombing of Guernica in Spain, and the siege of Saraievo during the Bosnian War. These cases are not chosen at random, but for their ability to shape how we narrate individual and collective responses to most traumatic experiences of state imposed violence in 20th century Europe.
credit hours: 3
Memories of Violence in 20th-Century Europe
HISE 2910 Special Topics in European History
Special Topics in European History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For specific offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in European History
HISE 3190 The Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War
The Civil War of 1936-39 considered both as the watershed of modern Spanish history and as an event of major international significance. Readings and discussion focus on the causes and course of the conflict, and on its consequences down to the present.
credit hours: 3
The Spanish Civil War
HISE 3270 Literature and Society in Russia, 1800-1917
Literature and Society in Russia, 1800-1917
An exploration of the central role that writers and literature played in the culture and society of nineteenth and early twentieth-century Russia. Readings include selected novels, poetry, critical essays, and memoirs as well as secondary historical literature. The course focuses upon the role of literature in Russian society and the relationship between literary representations and history.
credit hours: 3
Literature and Society in Russia, 1800-1917
HISE 3280 Literature and Society in Russia, 1917-1991
Literature and Society in Russia, 1917-1991
An exploration of the role that literature and writers played in the history and culture of the Soviet Union from its inception to its collapse in 1991. Readings include selected novels, poetry, and memoirs as well as secondary historical literature. The course focuses on the relationship between writers and the state and society in the Soviet period and the relationship between literary representations and history.
credit hours: 3
Literature and Society in Russia, 1917-1991
HISE 3290 Origins of the Second World War, 1919-1939
Origins of the Second World War, 1919-1939
European international affairs from the treaty of Versailles to Hitler's invasion of Poland, emphasizing the diplomatic, political, and military forces that contributed to the outbreak of the Second World War.
credit hours: 3
Origins of the Second World War, 1919-1939
HISE 3300 Death, Disease, Destitution and Despair in Early Modern Europe
Death, Disease, Destitution and Despair in Early Modern Europe
Death, Disease, Destitution and Despair in Early Modern Europe Readings, discussion, and a research paper examining the experience of and social reaction to illness, insanity, poverty, and death in Western Europe.
credit hours: 3
Death, Disease, Destitution and Despair in Early Modern Europe
HISE 3311 History of Gardens, Parks and Green Spaces
History of Gardens, Parks and Green Spaces
This course examines the creation of gardens, parks and public space in Europe and the Americas from 1500 to the present day. We will study not just the historical evolution, technology or art form of gardens and parks but we will also explore what they mean to people.
credit hours: 3
History of Gardens, Parks and Green Spaces
HISE 3513 History of the Jews in Russia, 1772-2000
History of the Jews in Russia, 1772-2000
This course studies the history of the Jews in Russia from the First Partition of Poland in 1772 until the beginning of the twenty-first century. The course examines the evolution of that Jewish community itself and the issues that divided that community. It also reviews the evolving policies that tsarist and Soviet regimes adopted toward the Jews. Finally, the course addresses the scope of official and unofficial anti-Semitism in tsarist and Soviet Russia. A vital question the course explores is that of Jewish identity and self-definition, particularly the individual and collective responses Russian Jews made to the tsarist regime's profound anti-Semitism, the pronounced emancipation under the early Soviet regime, or to the anti-Semitic policies that emerged in the Soviet Union after WWII.
credit hours: 3
History of the Jews in Russia, 1772-2000
HISE 3880 Writing Practicum
Writing Practicum
Notes: Fulfills the college intensive-writing requirement.
Pre-requistites: Successful completion of the First-Year Writing Requirement.
Co-requisites: Three-credit departmental course.
credit hours: 1
Writing Practicum
HISE 3910 Special Topics in European History
Special Topics in European History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For specific offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in European History
HISE 4140 Household, Gender, and Sexuality in Early Modern Europe
Household, Gender, and Sexuality in Early Modern Europe
This course examines the structure, function, and emotional content of families in Europe from the Renaissance to the 18th century. The construction of gender as well as attitudes to and the regulation of sexuality will also be discussed.
credit hours: 3
Household, Gender, and Sexuality in Early Modern Europe
HISE 4350 Britain in Decline?
Britain in Decline?
This is a history of Britain since 1945. The course will focus on perceptions of Britain's decline and the debates that have developed around that subject. These include not only Britain's decline as a great power, but also the debate over economic decline and whether there was some sort of failure, and the debate over cultural decline and the influence of Americanization and mass culture. Special attention will be paid to social and cultural developments as indications of dramatic improvement rather than decline, as well as the more traditional issues surrounding Britain's economy and its role in the world.
credit hours: 3
Britain in Decline?
HISE 4880 Writing Practicum
Writing Practicum
Notes: Fulfills the college intensive-writing requirement.
Pre-requistites: Successful completion of the First-Year Writing Requirement.
Co-requisites: Three-credit departmental course.
credit hours: 1
Writing Practicum
HISE 4910 Special Topics in European History
Special Topics in European History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For specific offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in European History
HISE 6050 The Italian Renaissance
The Italian Renaissance
An examination of cultural, religious, and political developments in Renaissance Italy and their impact on the rest of Europe.
credit hours: 3
The Italian Renaissance
HISE 6100 Renaissance and Reformation, 1450-1660
Renaissance and Reformation, 1450-1660
Examines religious and secular aspects of the breakdown of Christian unity from the Renaissance to the mid-seventeenth century. Topics include the decline of the Church; philosophical and doctrinal conflict; dissent and renewal in the Protestant Reformation; the Catholic Reformation; ideology, politics, and wars of religion; Counter-Reformation; and foreign intervention in France and the Netherlands.
credit hours: 3
Renaissance and Reformation, 1450-1660
HISE 6140 Revolutionary-Napoleonic Europe, 1789-1815
Revolutionary-Napoleonic Europe, 1789-1815
This course explores the questioning of traditions throughout Europe, the exchange of concepts of social organization among regions, and the emergence of an imperial power that redirected civilization.
credit hours: 3
Revolutionary-Napoleonic Europe, 1789-1815
HISE 6330 Imperial Spain, 1469-1716
Imperial Spain, 1469-1716
Examines the rise and decline of Spanish power in Europe and the Atlantic world and the internal development of the Spanish kingdoms from unification under Fernando and Isabel through the reigns of Charles V and Philip II to the end of the Habsburg dynasty. Besides politics and diplomacy, reading and discussions will address religious practice and the Spanish Inquisition, the art and literature of the Golden Age, and the cult of honor with its consequences for social structure, economic life and gender relations.
credit hours: 3
Imperial Spain, 1469-1716
HISE 6350 Crime and Punishment in Hanoverian England
Crime and Punishment in Hanoverian England
This in depth seminar focuses on crime, punishment and the justice system in eighteenth-century England. We will investigate such topics as the rise of defense lawyers, the goals of punishment and the development of a system of police. Students will also make use of a digitized data base, theoldbaileyonline"
Notes: which contains the transcripts of trials held at the Old Bailey courthouse in London
Pre-requistites: to write a research paper."
credit hours: 3
Crime and Punishment in Hanoverian England
HISE 6360 English Civil War
English Civil War
This course explores the causes, conduct, and consequences of the English Civil War from 1603-1660.
credit hours: 3
English Civil War
HISE 6370 Seminar in Early Modern England
Seminar in Early Modern England
Readings, discussion, and research paper will focus on a selected topic of English history between 1485 and 1789. Topics will include Religion and Society and Georgian England, 1714-1783.
credit hours: 3
Seminar in Early Modern England
HISE 6380 Seminar in Modern British History
Seminar in Modern British History
Readings, discussion, and a research paper focusing on one of the following periods of modern British history: Britain in the Age of Revolution, 1760-1850; The Victorian Era, 1830-1900; Britain in the Age of World War, 1900-1945. On occasion, the seminar might focus on a topic rather than a period.
credit hours: 4
Seminar in Modern British History
HISE 6420 Readings in the Holocaust
Readings in the Holocaust
Examines the origins and development of the Nazi Final Solution; the experience of the victims, perpetrators, rescuers, and bystanders; and the relationship between history and memory.
credit hours: 3
Readings in the Holocaust
HISE 6510 The Russian Revolution, 1900-1924
The Russian Revolution, 1900-1924
The course explores the origins and nature of the Russian revolutions of 1905 and 1917. It focuses equal attention upon the policies of the tsarist regime and the various social movements, political parties, and ideologies that arose in opposition to that regime. The reasons for the Bolshevik victory in October 1917 and the character of the early Bolshevik regime from 1917 through the Civil War are problems the course addresses. The contentious debates historians have conducted on almost every aspect of the revolution are an important part of the course's readings and discussions.
credit hours: 3
The Russian Revolution, 1900-1924
HISE 6511 Stalin's Russia, 1924-1953
Stalin's Russia, 1924-1953
This seminar addresses four major questions: 1) What was the nature of the political, social, and cultural system that came into existence under Stalin and how did that system evolve during his lifetime? 2) What was the scope and nature of political repression and state terror under Stalin? Given the reality of state terror, how can we explain the geniune enthusiasm that the regime was able to mobilize for so many of its initiatives? 3) What was the Soviet experience during World War II, and how did the war affect Soviet society and politics? 4) What was the range of experiences that ordinary individuals and families encountered in their private lives during the Stalin era? A major question throughout the course is the character of Stalin's personal rule and the extent of his responsibility for the major developments under his leadership.
credit hours: 3
Stalin's Russia, 1924-1953
HISE 6512 In Stalin's Shadow: The Soviet Union, 1953-1991
In Stalin's Shadow: The Soviet Union, 1953-1991
This course examines the evolution of the Soviet Union from Stalin's death until its collapse in 1991. Its primary focus is on the important changes that occurred in the political, cultural, and social spheres within the Soviet Union itself and in the stances that the Soviet Union adopted toward the rest of the world. The initial changes, which contemporaries described as the thaw, witnessed a liberalization that culminated in an explicit denunciation of many of Stalin's policies. The course concludes with an inquiry into the Gorbachev reforms of glasnost and perestroika, which culminated in the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
credit hours: 3
In Stalin's Shadow: The Soviet Union, 1953-1991
HISE 6600 Photography and the Historical Imagination
Photography and the Historical Imagination
This class aims to explore the relationship between historical memory and photographic practice.
credit hours: 3
Photography and the Historical Imagination
HISE 6601 Jewish Life and Culture in Central Europe, 1750 to the present
Jewish Life and Culture in Central Europe, 1750 to the present
This course explores the many facets of Jewish life and culture in Germany and other cCentral European nations. We will focus on the relationship of various Jewish communities with their Gentile neighbors, local and state authorities and trace the course and success of the Haskalah movement (the Jewish enlightenment). We will be particularly sensitive to the daily life experience of women in their struggles to find a voice and acceptance as women and as Jews, s well as the dramatic rise of a jewish middle class in the realm of science, finance and industry.
Notes: An elective in Jewish Studies
credit hours: 3
Jewish Life and Culture in Central Europe, 1750 to the present
HISE 6610 Postwar Culture: The Divided Continent
Postwar Culture: The Divided Continent
This course explores the many gays daily practices and political ideologies have intersected in the lives of ordinary European citizens in the era of the Iron Curtain"."
credit hours: 3
Postwar Culture: The Divided Continent
HISE 6910 Special Topics in European History
Special Topics in European History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For specific offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in European History
HISL 1710 Introduction to Latin American History
Introduction to Latin American History
Main currents of Latin American civilization from the European conquest to the present, with special attention to the historical background of present controversies.
Notes: Not open to senior history majors.
credit hours: 3
Introduction to Latin American History
HISL 1720 Introduction to Caribbean History
Introduction to Caribbean History
This course provides a survey introduction to the history of the Caribbean basin including the island territories located in the Caribbean Sea as well as those Atlantic islands and regions of mainland Central and South America which have shared similar historical experience with the Caribbean basin. The course covers the period from the mid fifteenth century immediately before European arrival up to the present day. Major themes will include European conquest and colonialism, African enslavement, East Asian immigration, the development of multi ethnic societies, U.S. relations with the Caribbean region, and the role of tourism in recent Caribbean history.
credit hours: 3
Introduction to Caribbean History
HISL 2760 Colonial Mexico
Colonial Mexico
Social, intellectual, and institutional history of colonial Mexico.
credit hours: 3
Colonial Mexico
HISL 2770 Modern Mexico
Modern Mexico
Political, economic, and social history of Mexico during the national period.
credit hours: 3
Modern Mexico
HISL 2790 Central America
Central America
The history of Central America since 1800 with particular attention to the establishment of political independence, economic colonialism, the transfer of hegemony over the region from Europe to North America, problems of chronic political and social instability, and popular revolutions in the 20th century.
credit hours: 3
Central America
HISL 2810 Colonial Brazil
Colonial Brazil
Brazilian colonial history from 1500 to 1822. Emphasis on major economic, social, and political developments in the context of the Portuguese Empire. Contrasts and similarities with other imperial systems receive particular attention.
credit hours: 3
Colonial Brazil
HISL 2820 Modern Brazil
Modern Brazil
Brazilian history from 1822, including the first and second empires and the republic. Attention is given to the liquidation of slavery, the replacement of imperial values by the establishment of the republic, and the military question.
credit hours: 3
Modern Brazil
HISL 2830 The Andean Nations
The Andean Nations
A survey of the development of South America's Andean region beginning with the Inca Empire, through the establishment of the vice-royalty of New Castile and emphasizing the modern nations of Chile, Peru, and Bolivia.
credit hours: 3
The Andean Nations
HISL 2840 History of Argentina
History of Argentina
Political, economic, and social history of Argentina from 1516 to the present.
credit hours: 3
History of Argentina
HISL 2910 Special Topics in Latin American History
Special Topics in Latin American History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For specific offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in Latin American History
HISL 3200 History of Voodoo and Other African Derived Religions
History of Voodoo and Other African Derived Religions
Using works of anthropology, folklore, history, and literature, this course examines the history of voodoo in both New Orleans and Haiti, as well as the history of similar religions such as Brazilian candomble, Cuban santeria and Trinidadian orisha worship. Students will explore the development of these religious systems from slavery to the present day.
credit hours: 3
History of Voodoo and Other African Derived Religions
HISL 3710 Seminar: The Colonial Heritage of Latin America
Seminar: The Colonial Heritage of Latin America
Readings and research on topics in the Hispanic period aimed at developing an understanding of Latin American society and institutions as they developed from the 16th to the 19th century.
credit hours: 3
Seminar: The Colonial Heritage of Latin America
HISL 3720 Seminar: Topics in Modern Latin America and Caribbean History
Seminar: Topics in Modern Latin America and Caribbean History
Selected topics in Latin American and Caribbean history from 1800 to the present. Religion in Latin America; Dictators; Evita.
credit hours: 3
Seminar: Topics in Modern Latin America and Caribbean History
HISL 3800 Colloquium: Caribbean Revolutions
Colloquium: Caribbean Revolutions
Weekly readings and discussions of popular revolutions in the Caribbean region. Some attention is paid to the revolutionary tradition in Middle America before concentrating on the 20th-century revolutions there. In a search for common factors, attention is devoted not only to countries where significant revolutions have occurred already, such as Guatemala, Cuba, and Nicaragua, but also to others where revolutionary potential exists.
credit hours: 3
Colloquium: Caribbean Revolutions
HISL 3880 Writing Practicum
Writing Practicum
Notes: Fulfills the college intensive-writing requirement.
Pre-requistites: Successful completion of the First-Year Writing Requirement.
Co-requisites: Three-credit departmental course.
credit hours: 1
Writing Practicum
HISL 3910 Special Topics in Latin American History
Special Topics in Latin American History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For specific offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in Latin American History
HISL 4740 Caribbean Cultural History
Caribbean Cultural History
This course explores the development of distinctive cultural forms and patterns in the Caribbean basin from the arrival of Europeans at the end of the 15th century up to the present day. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the diverse origins and particular social contexts from which different aspects of Caribbean culture have developed.
credit hours: 3
Caribbean Cultural History
HISL 4780 Women in Latin American History
Women in Latin American History
An exploration of the pivotal role Latin American women have played in the area's historical development. Attention is given to how women acquired and exercised power in a male-dominated society and how class, race, sex and sex roles, and traditions have influenced and shaped women's roles.
credit hours: 3
Women in Latin American History
HISL 4880 Writing Practicum
Writing Practicum
Notes: Fulfills the college intensive-writing requirement.
Pre-requistites: Successful completion of the First-Year Writing Requirement.
Co-requisites: Three-credit departmental course.
credit hours: 1
Writing Practicum
HISL 4910 Special Topics in Latin American History
Special Topics in Latin American History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For specific offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in Latin American History
HISL 6600 Peasants, Rebellion and the State in Latin America
Peasants, Rebellion and the State in Latin America
This seminar explores the history of peasants, rebellions and revolution in modern Lain America. Attention will focus on peasant desires and motivations as Latin America has become increasingly urban and states have grown in size and strength.
credit hours: 3
Peasants, Rebellion and the State in Latin America
HISL 6610 Modernity and Its Discontents in Latin America
Modernity and Its Discontents in Latin America
This class explores the history of modernity, modernization and underdevelopment in Latin America since the 19th century. Key themes will include labor and industrialization; urbanization and the middle class; citizenship and ethnicity; and state formation.
credit hours: 3
Modernity and Its Discontents in Latin America
HISL 6710 Seminar in Historical Nahuatl
Seminar in Historical Nahuatl
The purpose of this course is to become familiar with the fundamentals of colonial alphabetic Nahuatl vocabulary and grammar in order to translate historical documents; to learn the different genres of Nahuatl; written expression; to be able to discern regional variations in written Nahuatl; and to be able to recognize the four stages of change in Nahuatl as it evolved over the course of the colonial period.
credit hours: 3
Seminar in Historical Nahuatl
HISL 6740 Latin American Social History
Latin American Social History
A specific topic is chosen each year. The course has dealt with slavery, race relations, and social revolutions in previous years. Future topics include the history of the peasantry and peasant movements in Latin America and the development of the Latin American urban working class. Lectures, readings and discussions.
credit hours: 3
Latin American Social History
HISL 6750 Africans in the Americas: Comparative Social and Cultural History of the African Diaspora
Africans in the Americas: Comparative Social and Cultural History of the African Diaspora
This seminar will explore the dispersion and fate of African peoples and their descendants in the United States, the Caribbean, and Central and South America with a view to developing an understanding of African-American culture as a diverse regional phenomenon rather than one confined to the United States.
credit hours: 3
Africans in the Americas: Comparative Social and Cultural History of the African Diaspora
HISL 6780 Caribbean History: Major Themes
Caribbean History: Major Themes
A historiographical course focusing on major texts, major themes, and major trends in the historical literature of the Caribbean, including the island territories along with Belize and the Guianas.
credit hours: 3
Caribbean History: Major Themes
HISL 6850 United States-Latin American Relations
United States-Latin American Relations
Traces the diplomatic, economic, and cultural relations between the United States and Latin America from the American Revolution to the present. This course seeks to demonstrate the interrelated roles of diplomacy, commerce, and inter-American cultural relations throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.
credit hours: 3
United States-Latin American Relations
HISL 6910 Special Topics in Latin American History
Special Topics in Latin American History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For special offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in Latin American History
HISL 7610 Seminar on the Comparative History of the Americas
Seminar on the Comparative History of the Americas
credit hours: 3
Seminar on the Comparative History of the Americas
HISL 7720 Seminar in Modern Latin America
Seminar in Modern Latin America
credit hours: 3
Seminar in Modern Latin America
HISL 7830 Historiography of Colonial Latin America
Historiography of Colonial Latin America
credit hours: 3
Historiography of Colonial Latin America
HISM 1200 The Contemporary Middle East
The Contemporary Middle East
An introduction to the Middle East that emphasizes problems of topical interest presented in their historical context. Stress is upon developments since 1970.
credit hours: 3
The Contemporary Middle East
HISM 2200 History of Islam to 1400
History of Islam to 1400
This course surveys the rise and expansion of Islam and the Muslim polities and societies between ca. 600-1400. It covers political developments as well as the emergence and development of the Islamic culture and thought.
credit hours: 3
History of Islam to 1400
HISM 2210 History of Modern Middle East, 1750 to the Present
History of Modern Middle East, 1750 to the Present
This course is a survey of modern Middle Eastern history. It starts with an evaluation of the Ottoman and Safavid empires, the two largest early modern political entities in the area. It then proceeds by discussing the nineteenth-century reform movements, the impact of the dismantlement of the Ottoman Empire and the First World War on the region, the post-1945 developments, the rise and development of Arab nationalism and political Islam, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Iranian Revolution, the Gulf War and the most recent US intervention in Iraq. The aim of the course is to provide students with a solid grasp of historical events and political processes, as well as a detailed knowledge of important intellectual and cultural developments.
credit hours: 3
History of Modern Middle East, 1750 to the Present
HISM 2910 Special Topics in Middle Eastern History
Special Topics in Middle Eastern History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For specific offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in Middle Eastern History
HISM 3220 The Arab-Israeli Conflict
The Arab-Israeli Conflict
This seminar traces the course of the Arab-Israeli conflict from the rise of Zionism, through the various Arab-Israeli wars, and up to the recent peace negotiations. Emphasis is on presenting the perspectives of all the parties to the Arab-Israeli conflict, and placing it in the context of the history of the Middle East as a whole.
credit hours: 3
The Arab-Israeli Conflict
HISM 3880 Writing Practicum
Writing Practicum
Notes: Fulfills the college intensive-writing requirement.
Pre-requistites: Successful completion of the First-Year Writing Requirement.
Co-requisites: Three-credit departmental course.
credit hours: 3
Writing Practicum
HISM 3910 Special Topics in Middle Eastern History
Special Topics in Middle Eastern History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For specific offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in Middle Eastern History
HISM 4880 Writing Practicum
Writing Practicum
Notes: Fulfills the college intensive-writing requirement.
Pre-requistites: Successful completion of the First-Year Writing Requirement.
Co-requisites: Three-credit departmental course.
credit hours: 3
Writing Practicum
HISM 4910 Special Topics in Middle Eastern History
Special Topics in Middle Eastern History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For specific offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in Middle Eastern History
HISM 6060 Seminar in the Modern Middle East and North Africa
Seminar in the Modern Middle East and North Africa
Readings and research on the society, economy, and politics of the Middle East and North Africa since the 16th century.
credit hours: 3
Seminar in the Modern Middle East and North Africa
HISM 6140 Islam and the Western Mediterranean World, 1000-1900
Islam and the Western Mediterranean World, 1000-1900
credit hours: 3
Islam and the Western Mediterranean World, 1000-1900
HISM 6910 Special Topics in Middle Eastern History
Special Topics in Middle Eastern History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For special offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in Middle Eastern History
HIST 1750 Disasters in History
Disasters in History
Disasters have taken many forms in human history, from earthquakes, fires, tsunamis and hurricanes to famine and epidemic disease. Nor should we forget manmade tragedies such as the terrorist attacks on 9/11 or the devastation produced by a combination of human and technological failures, such as the explosions at Chernobyl and Bhopal or the more recent BP oil spill just off of our own coast. Disasters are an important focus for historical inquiry for quite varied reasons. This is a unique course. It will be team-taught by 12 professors. Each professor will teach a 1-week unit on a historical disaster related to their area of specialization. In addition to an excellent learning experience, you will get to sample the teaching of more than half of the faculty members in the History Department.
credit hours: 3
Disasters in History
HIST 1910 Special Topics in History
Special Topics in History
Special topics in history that allow for the introductory study of broad chronological and geographical themes that are not suitable to courses offered under subdisciplines as HISA, HISB, HISC, HISE, HISL, HISM or HISU.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in History
HIST 2910 Special Topics in History
Special Topics in History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For specific offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in History
HIST 3910 Special Topics in History
Special Topics in History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For specific offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in History
HIST 4004 Markets, Money, and Trade in Pre-Industrial Economies
Markets, Money, and Trade in Pre-Industrial Economies
This course takes a comparative approach to major issues in the economies of imperial Rome, and the Early Modern European overseas empires. The topics include an introduction to the main features of the these two pre-industrial macro-economies, and then a series of topics that are of interest to both students of history and business majors. Students will also gain knowledge of the sources and historical methods for the study of these economies, many of which differ from those of the modern era. Stress is on analysis and writing, and so the ability of a student to assimilate and synthesize data into coherent essays.
credit hours: 3
Markets, Money, and Trade in Pre-Industrial Economies
HIST 4560 Internship Studies
Internship Studies
An experiential learning process coupled with pertinent academic course work. Open only to juniors and seniors in good standing. Registration is completed in the academic department sponsoring the internship on TUTOR.
Notes: Only one internship may be completed per semester. A maximum of six credits may be earned in one or two courses.
Pre-requistites: Approval of instructor and department.
credit hours: 1-3
Internship Studies
HIST 4570 Internship Studies
Internship Studies
An experiential learning process coupled with pertinent academic course work. Open only to juniors and seniors in good standing. Registration is completed in the academic department sponsoring the internship on TUTOR.
Notes: Only one internship may be completed per semester. A maximum of six credits may be earned in one or two courses.
Pre-requistites: Approval of instructor and department.
credit hours: 3
Internship Studies
HIST 4920 Independent Studies
Independent Studies
Qualified students may arrange for independent study with approval of an instructor (dependent upon area of study) and their faculty adviser. Details of each student's program will vary, but all will involve some combination of readings, oral reports, and written work.
Notes: Only one course of 4910 or 4920 is accepted toward a major in history.
Pre-requistites: Departmental approval.
credit hours: 1-4
Independent Studies
HIST 5110 Capstone
Capstone
Notes: The capstone requirement will be satisfies by an approved 6000-level seminar class (see department for a list of approved courses) when the student also co-registers with HIST 5110.
credit hours: 0
Capstone
HIST 6910 Special Topics in History
Special Topics in History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For specific offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in History
HIST H4990 Honors Thesis
Honors Thesis
Intensive reading, research, and writing in a selected field of history. Students should discuss their honors thesis with a prospective director during the semester prior to that in which they take H4990.
Notes: For senior honors candidates.
credit hours: 3
Honors Thesis
HIST H5000 Honors Thesis
Honors Thesis
Intensive reading, research, and writing in a selected field of history. Students should discuss their honors thesis with a prospective director during the semester prior to that in which they take H4990.
Notes: For senior honors candidates.
credit hours: 3
Honors Thesis
HISU 1410 The United States from Colonization to 1865
The United States from Colonization to 1865
An analysis of the major forces and events that shaped American history from its beginnings through the Civil War.
Notes: Not open to senior history majors.
credit hours: 3
The United States from Colonization to 1865
HISU 1420 The United States from 1865 to the Present
The United States from 1865 to the Present
An analysis of the forces and events that shaped American history from the Civil War to the present.
Notes: Not open to senior history majors.
credit hours: 3
The United States from 1865 to the Present
HISU 1800 Early New Orleans
Early New Orleans
This course explores the history of New Orleans during the colonial and early national periods, when the city was a crossroads of the Atlantic World that linked Africa, the Americas, and Europe. It locates the city's past in a transnational Atlantic context that reaches back to the fifteenth century and concludes with the emergence of New Orleans as a major American city in the early nineteenth century.
credit hours: 3
Early New Orleans
HISU 2400 Women and Gender in U.S. History to 1830
Women and Gender in U.S. History to 1830
This course focuses on the construction of gender roles in the formative years of American history. It will approach the subject from two different perspectives: the ways in which women have had a different past from men, and the ways in which women have participated in the more complex experiences of the entire society. The course will also focus on differences between women according to race, class, and ethnicity both in the private sphere of the home and family, and in the public sphere of work and politics.
credit hours: 3
Women and Gender in U.S. History to 1830
HISU 2410 Women and Gender in U.S. History
Women and Gender in U.S. History
This course is a survey of women and gender in the United States from 1830 through the present. The class will examine the political and social history of women and girls, as well as the role played by ideologies of gender, both masculinity and femininity, in shaping historical events. Topics will include the transformation of women's identities over time; slavery and the family; suffrage; intersections between gender and race; the resurgent feminist movement of the 1970s; and sexuality and popular culture.
credit hours: 3
Women and Gender in U.S. History
HISU 2480 Louisiana History
Louisiana History
A survey of the history of Louisiana from its settlement to the present.
credit hours: 3
Louisiana History
HISU 2510 Atlantic World 1450-1800
Atlantic World 1450-1800
The Atlantic world has emerged as an important field in early modern western history in the past ten years. It is now especially important for students of United States history to have an opportunity to become familiar with the transnational origins of the nation that are rooted in the Atlantic context. Atlantic world history does not replace traditional colonial history, but is now a necessary complement to it.
credit hours: 3
Atlantic World 1450-1800
HISU 2520 Early America to 1800
Early America to 1800
This course surveys the development of the North American mainland before 1800 with focus on the thirteen British colonies in mainland North America that chose to declare their independence in 1776, and attention to the broader continental and Atlantic contexts in which they were embedded, including colonial Louisiana.
credit hours: 3
Early America to 1800
HISU 2600 The History of Early American Law
The History of Early American Law
The major developments in American legal history from the colonial settlements to the Civil War with primary emphasis on the period 1776-1865.
credit hours: 3
The History of Early American Law
HISU 2620 The New South, 1865-Present
The New South, 1865-Present
An examination of the economic, political, cultural, and intellectual forces that have shaped the American South since the Civil War. Central themes include the rise of sharecropping and tenancy, the struggle for civil rights, the emergence of two-party politics, and the metamorphosis of popular values and social norms triggered by the events of the 1960s. The course will explore the paradox of continued self-conscious regional identity in the face of constant internal change.
credit hours: 3
The New South, 1865-Present
HISU 2630 US Foreign Relations Before World War II
US Foreign Relations Before World War II
This course will investigate the history of U.S. foreign relations from the early republic until World War II. The class will span more than a century and students will be asked to consider the economic and ideological objectives embedded in U.S. foreign relations and the growth of the United States as a world power. Topics will include: the Mexican-American war, westward expansion, U.S.-Hawaii relations, the War of 1898, U.S. interventions in the Caribbean, late 19th and early 20th century immigration, World War I, and World War II. In addition, this course will consider representations of the world" in domestic culture by examining the histories of world fairs
Notes: tourism
Pre-requistites: travel literature
Co-requisites: missionaries
credit hours: 3
US Foreign Relations Before World War II
HISU 2640 US Foreign Relations Since 1945
US Foreign Relations Since 1945
Foreign relations is front page news every day: the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the threat of terrorism and nuclear proliferation, rising food and oil prices, global warming, debates over human rights practices, and even the Olympics. Although each of these topics has strong contemporary resonance, the United States role in the world has a long and complex history. In this course, we will study US foreign relations from the end of World War II through the present. The course will define US foreign relations broadly and include diplomatic policy makers, military interventions, economic policy, and non-state actors engaged in international relations. Students will learn to analyze opposing historical interpretations, evaluate primary sources, ask analytic questions, and develop arguments.
credit hours: 3
US Foreign Relations Since 1945
HISU 2650 US Immigration History
US Immigration History
In this class students will gain a solid foundation in mid-19th and 20th century immigration in the United States and grapple with the following themes: immigrant community formation, the interplay between immigration and American labor, the changing immigration law, the intersection of immigration and U.S. racial formations, and the prominence of immigrant narratives in American culture. The course will also ask that students grapple with contemporary problems and recognize the historic antecedents and struggles behind today's current events.""
credit hours: 3
US Immigration History
HISU 2690 African-American Slavery
African-American Slavery
A survey of the history of people of African descent in the United States from the 17th century to the end of the Civil War. The course will explore the development of a distinct African-American experience within the context of colonial North America and the early United States. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the origins and nature of slavery not simply as a system of forced labor, but as a system of unique cultural relationships.
credit hours: 3
African-American Slavery
HISU 2700 African-American Freedom
African-American Freedom
This course surveys the history of people of African descent in the United States from the end of the Civil War until the late twentieth century. A central theme of the course will be the varying ways in which African-Americans sought, both successfully and unsuccessfully, to achieve political, social, and economic freedom in the wake of emancipation.
credit hours: 3
African-American Freedom
HISU 3100 New Orleans and Senegal, 1400-present
New Orleans and Senegal, 1400-present
This course explores the connected and comparative histories and cultures of New Orleans and Senegal. The two were both founded as French colonies. They share histories, cultural traditions, and, by virtue of their geographic location at the edge of threatened estuarian landscapes, a common challenge to their future.
credit hours: 3
New Orleans and Senegal, 1400-present
HISU 3220 Autobiography and Southern Identity
Autobiography and Southern Identity
An interdepartmental seminar that employs autobiography to explore the relationship between regional culture and individual experience in the 20th-century American South. While recognizing the place of autobiography as a literary genre, the seminar will subordinate the concerns of critical theory to the more immediate task of evaluating the strengths and limitations of autobiographical testimony as a form of historical evidence. Class members will read and discuss one book-length autobiography each week.
Pre-requistites: One prior course in Southern history or literature or approval of instructor.
credit hours: 3
Autobiography and Southern Identity
HISU 3300 Katrina and Popular Memory
Katrina and Popular Memory
This reading seminar will explore the impact of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans through the lens of popular memory. Readings will be drawn primarily from first-hand accounts of the storm. These memoirs, personal narratives, and biographies can enrich our understanding of human experience and social issues and provide insights into the larger social, economic, and cultural forces that shaped how individuals experienced the tragedy. We will also consider how individuals experienced those forces differently depending on such factors as race, gender, and class. Through careful readings of the texts, we will examine the extent to which the speakers live. We will also consider the use of first-hand accounts as historical sources and the benefits and pitfalls inherent in these sources. Other readings explore how Katrina was and continues to be understood collectively.
Notes: An elective in Environmental Studies
credit hours: 3
Katrina and Popular Memory
HISU 3440 African-American Religious History
African-American Religious History
This course surveys the history of African-American religious institutions, leaders, and beliefs from slavery to the present. The course examines the diversity of African-American religious expressions within the larger context of black social and political life. Topics include the transmission of African culture to the New World, slave religion, independent black churches, race relations, black nationalism, as well as gender and class, social reform and everyday resistance.
credit hours: 3
African-American Religious History
HISU 3541 History of Reproductive Health in the U.S.
History of Reproductive Health in the U.S.
This course will explore the history of reproductive health in the United States from the seventeenth century to the present. Students will read scholarly books and articles, memoirs, and films about Americans’ encounters with gynecology, midwifery and obstetrics, birth control devices, abortion, and reproductive technologies. Additionally, students will have opportunities to engage with guest lecturers who study reproductive health issues in the United States and around the world. Students will learn about the history of voluntary and coercive sterilization programs, the history of gynecological and obstetrical care, legal and illegal birth control and abortion practices, and the mobilization of the anti-abortion and pro-choice movements.
Notes: Elective in GESS
credit hours: 3
History of Reproductive Health in the U.S.
HISU 3642 US War in Vietnam
US War in Vietnam
Although in the United States, the US conflict in Vietnam is most commonly referred to as the Vietnam War, in Vietnam, it is known as the American War. In this class, we will study the history of the war in Vietnam and the United States through primary sources and US historians' debates over the Cold War and decolonization. We will be reading works by both US and Vietnamese authors, including policy makers, military personnel, anti-war activists, and immigrants. In addition, students will learn to analyze opposing historical interpretations, evaluate primary sources, ask analytic questions, and develop arguments.
credit hours: 3
US War in Vietnam
HISU 3910 Special Topics in United States History
Special Topics in United States History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For specific offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in United States History
HISU 4430 History of American Religion
History of American Religion
This lecture course surveys the development of the many different religious traditions in the United States from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries. The diverse origins of America's early settlers and the guarantees of religious freedom embedded in the Constitution encouraged the development in the United States of the most religiously diverse society in the Western world. We will explore that diversity and also seek commonalities between religious movements and their impact on the larger society. In such a survey, the emphasis will necessarily be on those formal religious movements that have made a major impact on American culture, but the importance of less mainline groups and popular belief will also be discussed. The course is non-denominational, non-creedal, and taught as cultural/intellectual/social history.
credit hours: 3
History of American Religion
HISU 4560 The Civil War and Reconstruction
The Civil War and Reconstruction
The course treats military, political and economic developments during the American Civil War, and examines the postwar consequences of emancipation for Southern and American history.
credit hours: 3
The Civil War and Reconstruction
HISU 4580 Slavery and Freedom in the Antebellum South
Slavery and Freedom in the Antebellum South
The course surveys the colonial origins of American racial attitudes; African adaptations to bondage; the historical evolution of plantation slavery as a social institution, labor system, and method of racial control; the nature of white antislavery sentiment; the content and meaning of proslavery ideology; and the status of free blacks in slave society.
credit hours: 3
Slavery and Freedom in the Antebellum South
HISU 4694 Creation of Jazz in New Orleans
Creation of Jazz in New Orleans
This course explores the cultural dynamics associated with the origins of jazz in New Orleans and related historiography.
credit hours: 3
Creation of Jazz in New Orleans
HISU 4880 Writing Practicum
Writing Practicum
Notes: Fulfills the college intensive-writing requirement.
Pre-requistites: Successful completion of the First-Year Writing Requirement.
Co-requisites: Three-credit departmental course.
credit hours: 1
Writing Practicum
HISU 4910 Special Topics in United States History
Special Topics in United States History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For specific offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in United States History
HISU 6420 American Revolutions
American Revolutions
The American War of Independence was one of many revolutionary movements that rocked the Atlantic world between 1760 and the 1820s. This course familiarizes students with the major interpretations of the American revolution and situates it within the larger spasm of freedom struggles that characterized the period, including Caribbean slave rebellions and the Latin American wars of independence.
credit hours: 3
American Revolutions
HISU 6510 Recent U.S. from 1945 to the Present
Recent U.S. from 1945 to the Present
U.S. domestic history and role in world affairs from 1945 to the present. Topics include the Cold War at home; the Vietnam War; politics and protest in the turbulent 60's; the civil rights and women's movements; and the presidency from Truman to Clinton.
credit hours: 3
Recent U.S. from 1945 to the Present
HISU 6540 African-American Culture
African-American Culture
An exploration of the formation of distinctive African-American cultural forms in the United States from the years of African enslavement up to the present day. The course will embrace a broad definition of culture to include religion and other community institutions, folklore and folk belief, various leisure activities as well as more obvious cultural manifestations such as music and the arts.
credit hours: 3
African-American Culture
HISU 6560 Rise and Fall of the Plantation South
Rise and Fall of the Plantation South
This reading and research seminar will explore major topics in the social, cultural, economic, and political history of the plantation South. The course will begin with the origins of the plantation system in the colonial era to its eventual decline in the 20th century. We will consider regional variations tied to the production of export crops including tobacco, rice, cotton, and sugar. Major themes will include issues of race and class, changing labor systems, comparative history, and the impact of the planting system on the region's history.
credit hours: 3
Rise and Fall of the Plantation South
HISU 6590 Rise and Fall of the Plantation South
Rise and Fall of the Plantation South
This reading and research seminar will explore major topics in social, cultural, economic, and political history of the plantation South. The course will begin with the origins of the plantation system in the colonial era to its eventual decline in the 20th century. We will consider regional variations tied to the production of export crops including tobacco, rice, cotton, and sugar. Major themes will include issues of race and class, changing labor systems, comparative history, and the impact of the planting system on the region's history. Also counts as capstone.
credit hours: 3
Rise and Fall of the Plantation South
HISU 6630 US Labor and Migration
US Labor and Migration
This course is an advanced seminar on the relationships between labor, capital, and migrant populations to (and within) the United States in the twentieth century. Globalization and migration are not new phenomenon. This course will begin in the late nineteenth century and explore the role of labor, industrial capitalism, and markets in the early twentieth century. It will challenge students to recognize the antecedents to today's immigration debates and consider continuities as well as changes in the US economy.
Notes: Capstone in History.
credit hours: 3
US Labor and Migration
HISU 6750 Africans in the Americas: Comparative Social and Cultural History of the African Diaspora
Africans in the Americas: Comparative Social and Cultural History of the African Diaspora
This seminar will explore the dispersion and fate of African peoples and their descendants in the United States, the Caribbean, and Central and South America with a view to developing an understanding of African-American culture as a diverse regional phenomenon rather than one confined to the United States.
credit hours: 3
Africans in the Americas: Comparative Social and Cultural History of the African Diaspora
HISU 6840 US Empire
US Empire
What is an empire, who defines it, and does the United States have one? This class will begin by studying sites of formal US control of overseas territories, namely Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. It will then consider definitions of economic and cultural empire, particularly after the end of World War II. The course aims to provide students with several case studies in the early twentieth century and to ask students to ponder their legacies in the present.
Notes: Capstone in History.
credit hours: 3
US Empire
HISU 6850 United States-Latin American Relations
United States-Latin American Relations
Traces the diplomatic, economic, and cultural relations between the United States and Latin America from the American Revolution to the present. This course seeks to demonstrate the interrelated roles of diplomacy, commerce, and inter-American cultural relations throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.
credit hours: 3
United States-Latin American Relations
HISU 6910 Special Topics in United States History
Special Topics in United States History
Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty. For description, consult the department.
Notes: For special offering, see the Schedule of Classes.
credit hours: 3
Special Topics in United States History
HISU 7450 Seminar in American Political History
Seminar in American Political History
credit hours: 3
Seminar in American Political History
HISU 7550 Seminar in the Cultural History of the United States
Seminar in the Cultural History of the United States
credit hours: 3
Seminar in the Cultural History of the United States
HISU 7610 Seminar on the Comparative History of the Americas
Seminar on the Comparative History of the Americas
credit hours: 3
Seminar on the Comparative History of the Americas
HISU 7620 Atlantic World Historiography
Atlantic World Historiography
This pro-seminar offers a comprehensive exploration of the scholarship on the Atlantic world and is designed to expose graduate students to the major currents, themes and problems in the field.
credit hours: 3
Atlantic World Historiography