{"id":107,"date":"2022-05-31T21:51:48","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T21:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/cat\/academic-programs\/history\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T14:31:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T18:31:59","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/catalog\/academic-programs\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Professors: Boyer Lewis, Carroll (Chair), Frost, Haus, Lewis, Morris, Rojas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since everything has a history, the study of history occupies a central and important position in a liberal arts education. But History is more than just understanding what happened in the past. History students will learn that thinking historically means recognizing that all problems, all situations, and all institutions exist in the contexts of their times which must be analyzed and understood to see how the past shapes the present. History students will develop skills and tools that can be used in a variety of professions and enable them to become more informed global citizens in this challenging world. History students will learn how to synthesize and evaluate sources and viewpoints from a variety of perspectives and use evidence to inform critical discussion and argumentation. They develop and practice empathetic thinking. Studying History allows students to investigate and appreciate the diversity and similarity of human experience across time and place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"ap-ib-transfer-and-study-abroad-credits\">AP, IB, Transfer, and Study Abroad Credits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The department does not count AP or IB credits toward the major or minor. With department approval, one Study Abroad or transfer unit may be applied to the major or minor and can be counted toward the SPACE category. See department for additional information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"requirements\">Requirements for the Major in History<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"number-of-units\"><strong>Number of Units<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>At least nine units are required, not including the SIP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"required-core-courses-3\"><strong>Required Core Courses (3)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list nobullet\">\n<li>HIST 300 Historical Methods<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>HIST 390s Junior Research Seminar (at least one)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>HIST 490 History Senior Seminar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"elective-courses-at-least-6\"><strong>Elective Courses (at least 6)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Students must take at least one course in both of the TIME categories, courses in at least three different FOCUS categories, and courses in at least four different SPACE categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>100-level surveys can count only toward SPACE. Each 200-level course can be counted toward two of the required categories (for example, 1 TIME and 1 FOCUS, or 1 TIME and 1 SPACE, etc.). The required core courses do not count toward TIME, FOCUS, or SPACE categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"time-at-least-1-course-in-each-category\"><strong>TIME (at least 1 course in each category)<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list nobullet\">\n<li>Early (HIST 213, 231, 232, 237, 238, 275, 276, 282, 291, 292)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Modern (HIST 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 210, 211, 212, 214, 215, 217, 218, 242, 244, 246, 252, 254, 256, 263, 264, 268, 272, 273, 277, 278, 280, 283, 285, 288, 290)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"focus-at-least-1-course-in-3-different-categories\"><strong>FOCUS (at least 1 course in 3 different categories)<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list nobullet\">\n<li>Colonial\/Post-Colonial (HIST 213, 214, 252, 256, 278, 280, 283, 285, 290, 291)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Environmental (HIST 212, 231)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gender\/Sexuality (HIST 204, 205, 237, 238, 246, 267, 272, 283, 288, 292)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Intellectual\/Social (HIST 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 210, 211, 212, 214, 215, 218,&nbsp; 231, 232, 237, 238, 242, 244, 246, 254, 263, 264, 267, 272, 273, 274, 280, 282, 285)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Politics, War, and Society (HIST 201, 203, 210, 213, 214, 217, 242, 244, 252, 254, 256, 280, 282, 283, 285, 290)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Popular Culture (HIST 211, 215, 217, 231, 232, 237, 238, 242, 246, 254, 268, 269, 288, 291, 292)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Race\/Ethnicity\/Diaspora (HIST 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 213, 217, 218, 237, 238, 252, 256, 263, 264, 268, 269, 273, 274, 277, 288, 290, 291, 292)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Religion (HIST 215, 218, 232, 263, 264, 267, 274)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"space-at-least-1-course-in-4-different-categories\"><strong>SPACE (at least 1 course in 4 different categories)<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list nobullet\">\n<li>Africa (HIST 272, 273, 274, 276, 277, 278)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Asia (HIST 103, 280, 282, 283, 285, 288)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Europe (HIST 101, 102, 237, 238, 242, 244, 246, 252, 254, 256, 263)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jewish (HIST 107, 218, 263, 264, 267, 268)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Latin America (HIST 237, 291, 292)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Middle East (HIST 290)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Transregional (HIST 107, 202, 210, 213, 231, 232, 252, 264, 273, 274)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>U.S. (HIST 110, 111, 201, 202, 203, 205, 210, 211, 212, 214, 215, 217, 218, 268, 269)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>All majors are required to present their SIP at the department&#8217;s SIP colloquium.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>All majors are required to pass the History Department&#8217;s Comprehensive Capstone Reflection.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"requirements-for-the-minor-in-history\">Requirements for the Minor in History<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"number-of-units\"><strong>Number of Units<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>At least six units are required, not including the SIP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"required-courses\"><strong>Required Courses<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Students must take a course in both of the TIME categories, in at least two different FOCUS categories, and in at least three different SPACE categories. 100-level surveys can count only toward SPACE. Each 200-level course can be counted toward two of the required categories (for example, 1 TIME and 1 FOCUS, or 1 TIME and 1 SPACE, etc.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minors must also complete one Junior Research Seminar (HIST 390s), which does not count toward TIME, FOCUS, or SPACE categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"history-courses\">History Courses<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class='courselist v2'><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">101<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">Introduction to Europe I: Medieval and Early Modern Europe   <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">This introduction to medieval Europe takes a two-fold approach. First, it serves as a chronological introduction to the history of Europe and the Mediterranean world during the Middle Ages, from the end of the Roman Empire in the West until the late fifteenth century. Next, a thematic approach identifies key social, cultural, intellectual, political, and economic developments between 500 and 1500. Rather than learning only about kings, queens, and prelates, we will broaden our thinking about the many peoples of the pre-modern world: poor as well as rich, women as well as men, slave as well as free, Jewish and Muslim as well as Christian.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">102<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">Introduction to Europe II: From Early Modernity to Post-Modernity, 1648-present  <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">This course provides an overview of the major events, themes, and problems that characterized European history between the eighteenth and twenty-first centuries. We will look critically at the wars, political and economic revolutions, and new intellectual developments that shaped Europe over this period: we will also examine how nation-building, imperial expansion, decolonization, division, and unity have marked its ideological and physical landscape.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">103<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">Introduction to East Asian Civilizations    <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">Surveys of the histories of China, Japan, and Korea, with particular attention to religious, political, and social patterns. Topics include Confucianism and its influence in East Asia, China's modernization dilemma, Korea's division and its implication, Japan's rise as a major power, and importance of East Asia in world history, among others.  <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">107<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">Introduction to Jewish Traditions    <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">This course explores the development of Judaism from its ancient origins until the present. We will discuss the biblical foundations of Judaism and the impact that different historical contexts have produced on its rituals and beliefs. This approach raises a number of questions, which we will keep in mind throughout the course: What is Judaism? Who are the Jews? What is the relationship between Judaism and \"being Jewish\"? How have historical circumstances shaped this relationship? What has changed and what has stayed the same, and why? The class will address these questions through discussions and readings.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">110<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">History of the United States I    <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">This course will examine the American experience from multiple perspectives, concentrating on how Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans all helped shape American culture from the first contact of Native Americans with Europeans through the end of the Civil War in 1865.  We'll look at the rich and the poor, those living in the country and in the cities, the enslaved and the free, and the immigrant and the native-born.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">111<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">History of the United States II    <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">This class provides a broad survey of American history since the Civil War.  We will cover a variety of issues in this period, ranging from national and international politics to class, race, and gender relations, from economic and demographic developments to social and cultural changes.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">201<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">Native American History    <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">A broad survey of the field of Native American history, spanning the full range of Native-white relations -- social, economic, cultural, political, and military -- with a focus upon the region ultimately included within the United States.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">202<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">African American History to the Civil War   <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">This course will examine African-American History from 1619 when the first Africans are documented as entering colonial Virginia to the Civil War of 1860-65. We will explore the Slave Trade, the colonial era and the ante-bellum period, examining the exploitation and resistance of both enslaved and \"free\" blacks in the US.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">204<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">American Women's History to 1870    <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">An in-depth survey of the lives of women in America from the beginning of the colonial era to 1870. Topics include: the differences of class, religion, and race in women's lives, region, work, friendships, family life, community, health and sexuality, the women's rights movement, and the impact of the American Revolution and Civil War.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">205<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">American Women's History since 1870    <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">An in-depth survey of the lives of women in America from 1870 to today. Topics include the impact of race, class, and region in women's lives, paid and unpaid labor, prostitution, family life, community, birth control, the women's rights movement, and the impact of US involvement in international wars.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">210<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">Exceptional America?    <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">The idea of American exceptionalism has a long and complex history. What does it mean now and what did it mean in the past to describe America as exceptional? Who has used the language of American exceptionalism over time? Who has challenged it? How has the idea of American exceptionalism served to define what and who is and is not American? How has it shaped the ways that Americans, in and out of government, have viewed and interacted with other peoples and governments? To answer these questions, this course will take a historical approach to the idea of American exceptionalism, tracing it from the earliest period of colonial settlement to the recent present.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\">Open to Sophomores only. <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">211<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">History of Leisure and Recreation in America   <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">An examination of the history of leisure and recreation in America from the Puritans to the present. Discussion of the importance of leisure, the rise of public amusements, spectator sports and vacations, the growth of tourism, tensions between work and leisure, and why recent Americans choose more work over more leisure.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">212<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">American Environmental History    <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">Focusing upon that part of North America that became the United States, this class examines the long history of the interactions of human societies and the natural world. We will trace three key issues through time: changing ideas about nature; humanity's impacts on the natural world; and the natural world's impacts on culture, broadly defined.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">213<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">Unsettling Colonial America    <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">This course will explore the various ways individuals and groups questioned, challenged, and resisted the sources of authority in Colonial America from around 1600 through 1760. Throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Native Americans, indentured servants, enslaved persons, women, young people, religious groups, and others sought to change the emerging hierarchical structures of British colonial society, with varying degrees of success, by using their voices, their bodies, the courts, politics, and even violence.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">214<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">American Revolution at 250    <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">This course examines Revolutionary America, with lectures, readings, and discussion covering issues ranging from national and international politics to class, gender, and race relations, from economic and demographic developments to culture and society. It also looks at how the Revolution has been used and remembered over the past 250 years.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">215<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">Victorianizing America and Its Challengers   <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">This course will improve your skills as a historian as we examine how the White middle class set out to \"Victorianize\" American society as well as the resultant challenges to that project from around 1830 to around 1910. We will pay special attention to the impact of class, gender, and race on these cultural and social developments. We will also explore how many other groups-artists, workers, immigrants, radicals-responded to and often challenged the efforts and power of the middle class. Your critical thinking and writing skills will also improve through your analysis of sources in discussions, papers, and exams.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">217<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">Post-World War II America    <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">This broad examination of American political, social, diplomatic, economic, and cultural life in the three decades after World War II, highlights the links between foreign affairs and domestic politics and society. Topics include the Cold War, Red Scare, Civil Rights, baby boom, Vietnam War, counterculture, women's movement, and Watergate.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">218<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">American Jewish Experience    <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">This course will explore the religious, social, political, cultural, and economic history of the Jewish people in America from the first settlement until the present. The major themes of study will focus upon the development of Judaism in America. We will take into account a number of historical factors that shaped that development: the economic, social, and political evolution of American Jewry and its institutions; Jewish immigration to the United States and its consequences; American Jewish self-perception; and the relationship between Jews and non-Jews in American society. Assignments will draw upon a wide range of materials, from secondary historical studies and primary documents to fiction and film.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">219<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">Special Topics: U.S.    <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">Why are there minimum wage laws?  What are right-to-work states?  What are my rights if I get terminated from employment?  If these are questions you've ever pondered then you should sign up for History 219: American Labor History.  This course examines the history of a social movement that focused its efforts and activism into advocating for workers' rights in the United States, dating as far back as the demand for labor rights as colonial subjects.  The development of this movement throughout the colonial, revolutionary, antebellum, post-civil war, and post-World War II eras are critical to understanding how this movement continues to impact our daily lives today.  Especially recommended for anyone interested in pre-law studies!<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">225<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">Greek Civilization    <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">From Homer to Alexander the Great with emphasis on arts and letters.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">226<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">Roman Civilization    <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">From the foundation of the Republic to the empire of Constantine.   <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">231<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">The Plague    <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">This course explores the bubonic plague caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis during the medieval period. Treating plague pandemics as both human and biological events, this course will explore the diverse cultural reactions to this devastating disease, its effects on labor and economic structures, its impacts on religion and community, its influences on public health policies and medicine, and its connections to modern epidemiology.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\">Open to Sophomores only <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">232<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">A History of Science, Magic, and Belief In the Pre-Modern West Europe  <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">This class charts the courses of science, magic, and belief in premodern Europe and the Atlantic World. It examines how alchemists, astrologers, surgeons, theologians, religious mystics, women, and peasant folk healers all played important roles in creating the foundations of contemporary Western scientific and medicinal understandings. Further, it explores the scientific revolutions of the experiential Caribbean as Indigenous, African, and Iberian peoples created a new world of natural knowledge.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">233<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">Christians, Muslims, & Jews in the Mediterranean World   <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">This course examines social, cultural, political, and economic interactions among the cultures of the Mediterranean World between 500 C.E and 1500 C.E. Rather than offering a chronological overview, this course explores multiple perspectives on cross-cultural contact, conflict, and exchange. We examine specific geographic areas of contact - the Crusader States, medieval Iberia - as well as more fleeting encounters through travel and trade. <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">237<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">The Inquisitions    <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">This course will include an overview of the Medieval inquisition and how the Spanish Inquisition mirrored and diverged from its predecessor. We will examine the founding of each Inquisition and its modus operandi, its bureaucratic reach throughout Europe, and across the Atlantic to the Americas, its creation of racial hierarchy, and its impact on legal processes. Through an examination of primary sources including trial documents, edicts, letters and contemporary reports, we will consider the crimes and people these Inquisitions prosecuted (and persecuted), and the resistance to this suppression. We will explore its influence on religion and society, impact on the colonies in the \"New World\" and the negative criticisms it drew from contemporaries, fueling anti-Catholic rhetoric and anti-Spanish bias. Our course will conclude with the debate on the Inquisition and its role in race-thinking and the making of modernity.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">238<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">Gender and Sexuality in Pre-Modern Europe   <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">Part social history, part cultural history, this course examines gender and sexuality in medieval and early modern Europe, particularly the ways in which perceptions of gender difference were used to construct political and social relationships. The course is organized thematically rather than chronologically, and topics include medicine, marriage, prostitution, gender and state-building, and same-sex relations.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">239<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">Special Topics in Early European History    <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">This course will focus upon a topic in early European history that is not addressed in the department's regular offerings. The course can be repeated with a different topic.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">242<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">Enlightenment and Its Legacies    <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">This course serves both as an introduction to some key questions that characterize intellectual and cultural history and to the intellectual developments that shaped European culture, society, and political life between 1650 and 1850. We will analyze the intellectual tensions that defined this era - between, for example, traditionalism and progress, reason and the unconscious, freedom and authority, hierarchy and equality, and the individual and society. We will consider the historical context in which these intellectual tensions emerged and consider how they spread. We will thus be reflecting critically on the relationship between philosophical ideas, artistic expression, social structures, and political movements.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">244<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">French Revolution and Napoleon    <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">This course examines the transnational and global history of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Empire. We will begin by examining French Old Regime culture, society, and government before turning to the revolutionary challenge to that order. We'll follow France's political, social, intellectual, and cultural shifts as it moved from an absolute monarchy, to a constitutional monarchy, to a democratic republic, to an authoritarian state, to an oligarchic republic, and ultimately to the Napoleonic Empire. At the same time, we'll also be looking at the ways in which the Revolution transformed society, culture, and politics outside of France: both across Europe and overseas, especially in Haiti.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">246<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">Gender and Sexuality in 19th Century Europe   <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">This course is an introduction to the history of gender and sexuality in nineteenth-century Europe and its empires. It is organized roughly chronologically, but its approach is primarily thematic. We will consider how gender norms were constructed by philosophical, political, racial, and scientific thinking over the nineteenth century, and we will reflect on how individuals both conformed to and defied those norms in their individual lives. We will also examine nineteenth century beliefs about sex and sexuality and look at how those beliefs structured relationships within and across gendered lines.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">252<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">Urban Histories of Colonialism: New Orleans, Algiers, & Paris, 1690-2000   <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">This course serves as an introduction to both urban history and to the history of French colonialism, anti-colonial movements, and their legacies in the modern world. We will explore three case studies located in distinct parts of the French empire at different historical moments: New Orleans, Algiers, and Paris. We will consider how military conflict, violence, slavery, settler colonialism, religious practices and institutions, trade, concerns about deviance and crime, economic inequality, ideas about science, hygiene, and modernity, racism, and resistance to imperial rule shaped the urban landscape of these cities and led to different kinds of cross-cultural encounters within them. The class also serves as an introduction to digital humanities tools, asking students to create research-based Story Maps to illuminate an aspect of these cities' colonial or post-colonial history. No digital humanities experience required.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">254<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">History, Memory, and Identity in Modern Europe   <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">This course will explore historical memory's role in shaping twentieth-century European politics and identities. We will begin by exploring theoretical approaches to the study of individual and collective memory. We will then turn to case studies that have shaped European memory culture, including World Wars I and II, the Holocaust, European imperialism, and the collapse of the USSR. Along the way, we will explore different \"sites\" of memory such as monuments, museums, memoirs, novels, and films. We will also discuss the relationship between collective memory and collective forgetting.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">256<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">Migrants, Nations, and Empires In Modern Europe   <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">This class explores the history of migration in and outside of Europe between 1850 and the early 2000s and considers how that history intersected with the history of nationalism and imperialism in Modern Europe. We'll reflect on the experiences of migrants and refugees at different historical moments; we'll also consider how people on the move were shaped by and challenged national and imperial borders. And finally, we will consider how migration affected ideas about belonging, citizenship, and human rights in a variety of European countries. Prerequisite: Sophomores Only<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\">Open to Sophomores only. <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">259<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">Special Topics in Modern European History   <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">This course will focus upon a topic in early European history that is not addressed in the department's regular offerings. The course can be repeated with a different topic.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">263<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">Jews in a Changing Europe, 1750-1880    <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">Between 1780 and 1880 enormous changes took place in Jewish religious, political, social, intellectual, and economic life. These changes worked in tandem with developments in general European life to create new forces within Judaism and new ways of looking at the connections between Jews. In this course, we will study these developments as they affected the Jews on the European continent. In so doing, we will explore their consequences for both Jews and non-Jews, and the issues and questions they raised.   <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">264<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">Jewish Revolutions: 1881-1967    <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">Between 1881 and the period immediately following the Second World War, the world's Jews experienced momentous demographic, religious, political, economic, and social changes. These changes in turn shaped their relationship to non-Jews with whom they lived. This course will study the context of change across the globe from Europe and America to the Middle East and North Africa. Through primary and secondary documents, we will explore the forces that produced these changes and the results they produced for both Jews and non-Jews.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">267<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">Women and Judaism    <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">This course explores the religious and social position women have historically occupied in Jewish society. We will discuss religious practice and theological beliefs as well as social and economic developments as a means of addressing questions such as: What role have women played in Jewish tradition? How are they viewed by Jewish law? How has their status changed in different historical contexts, and why might those changes have taken place? What are contemporary ideas about the status of Jewish women, and how have these ideas influenced contemporary Jewish practices and communal relations? What do the historical and religious experiences of Jewish women teach us about the way that Judaism has developed?<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">268<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">Jews on Film    <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">This course examines themes in Jewish history and culture as expressed through the medium of film. Through readings, lectures, and class discussions, students will explore issues such as assimilation and acculturation, anti-Semitism, group cohesion, interfaith relations, Zionism, and the Holocaust. We will consider questions, such as: How are Jewish characters and places portrayed on film? Which elements of these portrayals change over time, and which remain constant? How do these cultural statements speak to the historical contexts that produced them? What choices do filmmakers make regarding the depiction of Jewish life, and how do those choices influence perceptions of Jews in particular, or minorities generally?  Sophomores Only<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\">Open to Sophomores only. <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">269<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">Special Topics in Jewish History    <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">This course will focus upon a topic in Jewish history that is not addressed in the department's regular offerings. The course can be repeated with different topics.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">272<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">Gender Relations in Africa    <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">This course explores categories of masculinity and femininity that relate to and inform one another. It analyzes how these identity categories interact with other axes of social and political power, such as ethnic affiliation, economic status, and age in various places and at different historical times in Africa.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">273<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">Atlantic Slave Trade    <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">This course examines the complex web of connections that linked together the various lives and fates of Africans, Europeans, and Americans via the Atlantic slave trade. It analyzes the mode of enslavement of Africans by slavers in Africa, the experiences of slaves in the Middle Passage, and the impact of the trade on continental and Diasporan Africans. It also explores the role played by Africa-based abolitionist movements in ending the trade in Atlantic Africa.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">278<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">Africa Now    <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">What is the current state of the African continent? This course explores contemporary Africa within the context of long-term historical processes, focusing on the period following the wave of independence movements in the 1960s. The central question-\"What is Africa Now?\"-examines the present while tracing how we arrived here, with particular attention to the lives shaped by the legacies of independence and the afterlives of empire.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">279<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">Special Topics in African History    <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">This course will focus upon a topic in African history that is not addressed in the department's regular offerings. The course can be repeated with a different topic.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">280<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">People's History of Modern China    <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">China, some say, is on the verge of dominating the globe. Its economy has been booming, its military is growing, and its need for natural resources is driving up prices at local gas stations and grocery stores. But how did a country once derided as the \"sick man of Asia\" become a-if not the-key player in today's world? To improve our understanding of China's current global influence, we will focus our study on the modern history of China, from around 1600 through the present day. While we will examine the key trends, events, people, and ideas that have shaped China at various points in its history, we will aim to go beyond a \"dead men and dates\" approach to that history and gain a better sense of how ordinary Chinese people experienced, responded to, and-in some very important ways-influenced political, economic, social, and cultural changes in Chinese society.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">282<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">Early China: A Living History    <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">For much of human history, China has been home to some of the world's most powerful and prosperous empires, yet for many people China's early history remains little more than an abstract source of \"Asian\" philosophy or an interesting backdrop for martial arts films. Our purpose in this class is to move beyond such stereotypes by exploring the fascinating people, complex events, and dynamic processes that have shaped the emergence of what eventually became China. Along the way, we will explore China's rich philosophical and artistic traditions, trace the evolution of China's unique scholar official system, examine how early Chinese states interacted with their neighbors, and consider how people lived their lives through periods of both spectacular chaos and remarkable stability.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">283<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">Occupiers\/Occupied in Post-World War II East Asia   <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">How does one country occupy another?  What is it like to live in an occupied society?  By exploring the post-World War II occupations of Japan, Okinawa, and both North and South Korea, we will seek to address these questions and understand how this period of occupation shaped East Asia and its people in positive and negative ways.  We will examine how the goals and attitudes of the occupiers, particularly those from the US and the USSR, influenced the region.  In our comparative study of these occupations we will draw from the rich English-language archive of primary and secondary materials, including historical studies, memoirs, government and military documents, as well as works of fiction, cartoons, and film.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">285<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">People's History of Modern Japan    <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">The focus of our study in this class is the modern history of Japan, from the 1600s through the present day, from the age of the samurai to the era of the \"salaryman.\" While we will examine the key trends, events, people, and ideas that have shaped Japan at various points in its history, we will aim to go beyond a \"dead men and dates\" approach to that history and to gain a better sense of how ordinary Japanese people experienced, responded to, and-in some very important ways-influenced political, economic, social, and cultural changes in Japanese society.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">287<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">What If: Alternate Pasts    <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">This is a class about what might have been. Taking history itself as an object of analysis, this seminar will ask us to reconsider how we understand the past by thinking and acting in counterfactual ways. We will explore debates for and against counterfactualism and examine diverse counterfactual writings. We will also experience counterfactualism by participating in two role-playing activities, one set in a critical moment of reform in 19th century Korea, and the other set in Japan in the months before Pearl Harbor. As we seek to achieve the goals associated with specific roles, we will gain insights on the contingent, complex, and often messy reality of the past.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">288<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">Sports in East Asia    <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">Whether it's Naomi Osaka on the tennis court, Otani hitting homeruns, or the ubiquitous martial arts, \"East Asian\" sports seem to be everywhere these days. How did this come about? What can we learn about East Asian societies -- and our own -- from studying sports? These are some of the questions we will be tackling as we explore the history and significance of sports in East Asia. Drawing from a combination of  theoretical writings, comparative studies, and works focused on East Asia, we will consider sports in terms of several issues: invented traditions, nationalism, body culture, gender, stardom, and the modern Olympics, to name just a few.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">289<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">Special Topics: East Asia    <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">This course will focus upon a topic in East Asian history that is not addressed in the department's regular offerings. The course can be repeated with different topics.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">290<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">The History of the Modern Middle East    <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">This course follows the history of the Middle East from the late Ottoman period to the Arab Spring. We will begin by looking at how political pressures from Europe and the spread of new ideas led to the transformation and breakup of the Ottoman Empire. We will then consider how European powers attempted to control and reshape the Middle East in the years following World War I and trace the formation of the new nation-states that emerged in that era. Finally, we will explore the post-colonial societies that emerged in the mid-twentieth century.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">291<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">The History of Premodern Latin America    <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">This course explores Latin America during its colonial period, from the decades before European invasion in 1492, through to its independence in the 1820s. Using a range of primary sources and selected readings, the course will dive into the world(s) forged by Native Americans, Iberians, and Africans in Latin America during its colonial period.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">292<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">WGS in Early Latin America    <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">This course explores women, gender, and sexuality in Latin America from European invasion in 1492, through to Latin American independence in the 1820s. Using a range of primary sources and selected readings, we will use gender and sexuality as a category of analysis into the world(s) forged by Native Americans, Iberians, and Africans in Latin America during its \"colonial\" period.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">300<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">Historical Methods    <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">This course will introduce the various approaches used by professional historians to reconstruct and interpret the past. Students will develop their research, writing, and critical thinking skills. The class focuses on the issues and questions historians explore and debate today.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\">Open to Sophomore History majors and minors only. <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">391<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">Seminar in United States History The Stuff of Everyday Life: the Material Culture of American History  <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">The Stuff of Everyday Life- What can objects tell us about the lives of Americans in the past and what they valued? Can we understand the meanings people of the past gave objects? How does studying material culture, instead of just documents, change our ideas about the American History? Can material objects offer a better window into the past? We will be examining not only what objects mean, but how they work. The course will move both thematically and chronologically from the Colonial Era through the end of the twentieth century. Intended for Junior and Senior History majors and minors with some background in U.S. history. This course will improve your skills in \"doing\" historical research and writing and your historical critical thinking. It is a seminar-style class centered on discussion of required readings, in-class presentations, and a major research paper.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">393<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">Seminar in Medieval History    <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">Designed with advanced history majors and minors in mind, this seminar charts the various  ways historians have conceptualized race and racisms in the pre-modern West. Students  will join a lively and controversial conversation among scholars of the premodern Western  world as our course tracks the evolution of approaches to thinking about race prior to  \"modernity.\" Our readings will track how scholars have treated the subject of race, and  approach some of the locations of medieval race, such as in the treatment of Jews, Muslims,  and the Romani, premodern cartography and travelogues, in the conquest and colonization  of Indigenous peoples, and in the treatment of skin color and Blackness. This reading-heavy  course actively engages with these discourses while providing paradigms and models for  thinking critically about medieval and early modern race. While most of the texts engage  with Western texts, familiarity with premodern European studies is not a requirement. As  with all history research seminars, this course is discussion-based, includes extensive  reading, several writing drafts, class presentations, and cumulates in a twenty-five page research paper.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">394<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">Seminar in Modern European History    <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">This course takes a comparative approach to the history of modern European imperialism, beginning with the transformation and expansion of European empires in the early 19th century and ending with the contradictions that have characterized the post-colonial era. We will explore the intersections and divergences between continental European imperial formations and their overseas or colonial counterparts. We'll reflect on how empire operated in different parts of the world, what purposes it served, and how different groups of people sought to make use of imperial structures and\/or resist, subvert, and undermine them. At the same time, we will also examine different historiographical approaches that scholars have used to study empire and reflect on what each approach conceals or reveals about empire's operations. We'll also analyze different types of historical writing, ranging from traditional scholarly articles and monographs to popular accounts that seek to engage a wider audience and reflect on the benefits and drawbacks of these different models.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">397<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">Seminar in East Asian History    <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">Spring 2022: As a seminar designed for advanced history majors and minors, this course will explore how and why our historical understandings of disability have evolved. A significant portion of our efforts will be devoted to examinations of different theories, methodologies, and sources useful for studying disability in both the past and present. Readings will include both \"classic\" disability studies texts and works that exemplify recent trends in the historical study of disability. Although many of our texts will focus on the East Asian region, previous experience with East Asian history is not required and students with an interest in the history of disability in other areas are encouraged to enroll. Like all history research seminars, this discussion-based course will include extensive reading, several writing assignments, a presentation, and a long research paper.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursespreq\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"course\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursesubject\">HIST<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursenumber\">490<\/span>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursetitle\">History Senior Seminar    <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"coursedescription\">Intended as a capstone to the History major, the senior seminar is an advanced class in the work that historians, the discipline of History, and the changing understanding of the past do in the world within and beyond the academy.  It is also designed to help History majors with the SIP process. 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