HISTORY COURSES FOR SPRING 2011

(Subject to Change)

CAS HI 102. The Emergence of Modern Europe: Renaissance to the Present. Political and religious change; Enlightenment and Revolution; industrialization and the nation state; modernity, the World Wars, and their consequences. Typical readings may include Rousseau's Social Contract, Marx and Engels' Communist Manifesto, and Silone's Bread and Wine. Clifford Backman. MWF 11-12. Area: European.

     Students in HI 102 must also enroll in a discussion section:

CAS HI 150. History Writing and Research Seminar. These seminars bring students out of the classroom and into the archive and library. Students will hone their detective skills by learning how historians investigate the past through primary sources, including diaries, novels, government documents, and scientific treatises. Freshmen only, carries Writing Program credit (CAS WR 150). Allison Blakely. TR 11-12:30. Area: none.

CAS HI 152. The United States Since 1865. Reconstruction, industrialism, and recent social movements; labor and populism, imperial expansion and progressive politics, World War I, 1920s prosperity and the Great Depression, the New Deal, World War II, and the Cold War. Sarah Phillips. TR 3:30-5. Area: American.

     Students in HI 152 must also enroll in a discussion section:

CAS HI 176. World History II: 1500 to the Present. Interrelationships among major world civilizations of Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Europe from 1500 to the present. Betty Anderson. MWF 10-11. Area: World/Regional.

     Students in HI 176 must also enroll in a discussion section:

CAS HI 232. History of Contemporary Europe, 1900-Present. Narrative and interpretive account of twentieth-century Europe. Stress on sociopolitical and cultural aspects of the topic, the impact of World War I, the Communist and Fascist revolutions, the loss of European significance after World War II, and the emergence of the European Common Market. Jonathan Zatlin. TR 2-3:30. Area: European.

     Students in HI 232 must also enroll in a discussion section:

CAS HI 250 HP. Historical Writing and Statistics. A distrust of numbers tends to be fashionable, but since many issues are supposedly resolved by statistical evidence, it is critical to understand that numbers matter. This seminar examines how historians write about and use numbers in their work. Louis Ferleger. TR 9:30-11. Area: American.

CAS HI 275. Science and Technology in World History. Surveys developments in the history of science and technology in world history from the invention of agriculture to 21st-century globalization. Examines how science and technology grow and the ways in which they interact in the ambient culture. Thomas Glick. MWF 2-3. Area: European or World/Regional.

CAS HI 292. Colonialism in Africa: Impact and Aftermath. Uses case studies of particular African societies or nations to examine patterns of European conquest and African resistance; forms of colonial administration and socioeconomic consequences of colonial rule; decolonization and contemporary African liberation movements; economic and political developments since independence; and contemporary social and cultural change. Linda Heywood. TR 11-12:30. Area: World/Regional.

Note: This course is restricted to history concentrators. Students may enroll in sections by contacting the department office.

CAS HI 200. The Historian's Craft. Required introductory course for concentrators, normally taken in their sophomore year. Intended to develop critical reading and analytical skills in history. Works examined will be drawn from different fields and periods. Weekly written exercises, oral reports, and class discussions.

     Section A1: James McCann. M 3-6.
     Section B1: Thomas Glick. T 3:30-6:30.
     Section C1: Arianne Chernock. R 12:30-3:30.

CAS HI 309. Millenarian Expectations in Western History, Year 1-2000. The role of millenarian expectations (belief in an imminent, radical transformation of the world) in the development of the modern West. Apocalyptic expectations and millenarian groups, secularization of millenarian hopes, and disappointed expectations in the emergence of modern industrial society. Richard Landes. MWF 1-2. Area: European.

CAS HI 313. Early Modern Europe, 1600-1715. Seventeenth-century western and central Europe. Growth of the modern state and its social justification and its impact on culture and society; decline of dynastic empire and rise of national communities; the mid-century rebellions; the scientific and intellectual revolutions. Instructor to be announced. TR 12:30-2. Area: European.

CAS HI 318. England in the Middle Ages. England's development from the Celtic Age to the Tudor dynasty. Emphasizes social and religious/intellectual changes within the broader context of England's unique political evolution from a strife-torn backwater to a leading European power. Jon Westling. MWF 10-11. Area: European (premodern).

CAS HI 319. Tudor England, 1485-1603. A survey of that turbulent and volatile century that witnessed the apprenticeship of England for a role of world importance. Special attention will be given to the development of state power, the growth of religious diversity, the major economic and social transformations as well as the resulting cultural development. Jon Westling. MWF 2-3. Area: European (premodern).

CAS HI 322. Twentieth-Century Britain. A political, social, and cultural history of England with emphasis on the impact of the two world wars, the emergence of the welfare state, the loss of empire, and Britain's relations with Europe. Arianne Chernock. TR 9:30-11. Area: European.

CAS HI 333. French Revolution and Napoleon. Origins of the revolution; principal events in terms of political, social, and cultural impact on France and Europe; Napoleon's restructuring of France and Europe; the settlements of 1815. Barbara Diefendorf. TR 11-12:30. Area: European.

CAS HI 341. Central Europe. Intellectual, cultural, political, diplomatic, and military history of the region between Germany and Russia, from the end of the Middle Ages to the present. Igor Lukes. TR 12:30-2. Area: European.

CAS HI 344. The Great Powers and the Eastern Mediterranean. Looks at the Eastern Mediterranean as a center of Great Power confrontation and considers its impact on wider international relations; the domestic political results; the role of sea power; and the origins, conduct, and resolution of wars. Erik Goldstein. TR 11-12:30. Area: European.

CAS HI 346. History of the Soviet Union and Post-Communist Russia, 1917-Present. Evolution of Soviet Russia from the outbreak of World War I to the present. Anna Geifman. MWF 11-12. Area: European.

CAS HI 350. History of International Relations Since 1945. The causes and consequences of the Soviet-American Cold War from its origins in Europe to its extension to Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The rise of the multipolar international system, the emergence of the non-aligned blocs, and inter- and intra-alliance conflicts. William Keylor. TR 2-3:30. Area: American or European.

     Students in HI 350 must also enroll in a discussion section:

CAS HI 365. United States Since 1968. Recent political, economic, social, and cultural history. Includes Nixon, Carter, and Reagan presidencies; stagflation; Watergate; "Me Decade"; end of the Cold War. Bruce Schulman. TR 12:30-2. Area: American.

     Students in HI 365 must also enroll in a discussion section:

CAS HI 367. Americans in the World: United States History in Transnational Perspective. Examines how political, cultural, and social movements in the United States have connected with people and developments around the world. Topics include views of American society by outside observers, Americans' activities abroad, and their part in shaping global integration. Brooke Blower. TR 2-3:30. Area: American.

CAS HI 369. Science and Christianity in Europe and North America Since 1500. Examines the relationship between science and the Christian tradition in Europe and North America since 1500. Considers the epistemological and metaphysical foundations of both science and Christian thought as they have evolved over time. Jon Roberts. MWF 11-12. Area: American or European.

CAS HI 370. The American Military Experience. Introduction to American military history from the colonial period to the role of military force in contemporary U.S. statecraft. Examines the character of the armed services, the American style of waging war, and the relationship between the military and society. Andrew Bacevich. MWF 9-10. Area: American.

CAS HI 374. American Thought and Culture, 1900 to the Present. Major thinkers and movements in intellectual and cultural history since 1900. Topics include pragmatism and progressivism; ethnic and cultural pluralism; Marxism and liberalism; Cold War ideology and neoconservatism; artistic modernism; psychoanalysis and modernization theory; the New Left, multiculturalism, and postmodernism. Charles Capper. MWF 10-11. Area: American.

CAS HI 375. A History of Women in the United States. This course examines the ideas and experiences of women in the United States from the 1600s through the late twentieth century. The course considers the common factors that shaped women's lives as well as women's diverse class, ethnic, and regional experiences. Nina Silber. TR 9:30-11. Area: American.

CAS HI 381. The Samurai in Myth and History. Explores how samurai, Japan's (in)famous warrior class, defined themselves, and how others have portrayed them in literature, art, plays, film, and animation from ancient times to the present. Investigates why samurai ideals have become the most widely recognized Japanese "tradition." Suzanne O'Brien. TR 12:30-2. Area: World/Regional.

     Students in HI 381 must also enroll in a discussion section:

CAS HI 385. History of the Atlantic World, 1500-1825. Examines the various interactions that shaped the Atlantic World, connecting Europe, Africa, and the Americas between 1500 and 1800. After defining the political interaction, there is special emphasis on cultural exchange, religious conversion, and the revolutionary era. John Thornton. MWF 10-11. Area: American or World/Regional (premodern).

CAS HI 386. Modern Latin America. Political, economic, and cultural evolution of Latin American republics. Nineteenth-century conflicts over "civilization" vs "barbarism," liberalism vs conservatism, and slavery. Democracy and military rule in the twentieth century and efforts to create new forms of politics and citizenship. Jeffrey Rubin. TR 2-3:30. Area: World/Regional.

CAS HI 390. Introduction to Modern Chinese History. History of China from the Opium War through the Chinese revolution to the post-Mao era. Analysis of the traditional continuities and political, economic, social, and intellectual changes stimulated by modernization and revolution. Eugenio Menegon. MWF 11-12. Area: World/Regional.

CAS HI 393. Americans and the Middle East. Examines the intersecting histories of America and the Middle East from the late eighteenth century to the present, focusing first on American missionary and educational efforts in the region and then on American political and military involvement after World War II. Betty Anderson. MWF 11-12. Area: World/Regional.

CAS HI 394. Environmental History of Africa. Focus on the African environment and ecological systems over the past 150 years. Topics include climatic change, hydrography, agriculture, deforestation, soil erosion, disease, conservation, famine, and the role of colonialism and government policy in environmental change. James McCann. TR 3:30-5. Area: World/Regional.

CAS HI 397. History of Modern Iran, 1900-Present. Geographical/historical background; social structure, ethnic, religious, and linguistic diversities; Anglo-Russian interventions; consequences of tobacco concession; constitutional revolution and reform; Qajar legacy; centralization, secularization, modernization under Pahlavis; oil and Mossadeg; autocracy and revolution; liberals, communists, fundamentalists, and Islamic revolution. Houchang Chehabi. TR 11-12:30. Area: World/Regional.

Note: Colloquia, which have a restricted enrollment, are ordinarily open only to history majors and minors. Students desiring to be admitted to these courses must first contact the instructor for permission to enroll and then get in touch with the department office for registration. Graduate students may take 500-level courses for credit.

CAS HI 406. Monks, Friars, and Saints. Examines various aspects of the concept of holiness in medieval society. Principal focus on the monastic and mendicant orders, tracing the changing ideals of Christian sanctity and the impact of those ideals on social movements, economic developments, and state policies. Clifford Backman. M 3-6. Area: European (premodern).

CAS HI 412. Popular Culture in Medieval and Early Modern Europe. An exploration of the various expressions of culture among the commoners of Europe, ca. 400-1600. Topics include religion, story-telling, material life, social and political organization, law and justice, gender roles, witchcraft and popular crusades, the impact of the printing press. Richard Landes. W 9-12. Area: European (premodern).

CAS HI 414. Society and Culture in Early Modern Europe. Selected topics in the social history of Europe between the Renaissance and the Age of Revolution: family and society; urban history; elites, social protest and popular rebellion. Barbara Diefendorf. T 3:30-6:30. Area: European (premodern).

CAS HI 446. The Russian Revolution. Examination of the 1917 revolution in the broad political, cultural, socioeconomic, and psychological context of Russian history. Topics include the downfall of the Romanov dynasty, Lenin and his rivals, the Bolshevik takeover and early policies, Sovietization of Russian society. Anna Geifman. MW 3-4:30. Area: European.

CAS HI 455. Early American History and Culture. Selected topics in the social and cultural history of America during the colonial and revolutionary eras. Emphasis on the exploration and colonization of New England and the transition from a pre-industrial to an industrializing society. Brendan McConville. T 12:30-3:30. Area: American.

CAS HI 462. History of the American South. The South in American history from the period of colonial settlement through the Civil Rights movement of the twentieth century. Through readings and discussion the course will consider whether or not there has been a distinctive Southern identity in American history. Nina Silber. T 12:30-3:30. Area: American.

CAS HI 465. The United States and the Cold War. Examination of U.S. Cold War foreign policy from its origins at the end of World War II to the collapse of the Berlin Wall and of the Soviet Union. William Keylor. W 1-4. Area: American.

CAS HI 487. Continuity and Change in Late Imperial and Modern China. Examines late imperial China, including political institutions, ethnic classifications, family and gender relations, cultural trends, and military traditions and their persistence into the Republican and Communist eras. Explores revolution and change and Chinese adaptation of ideas and institutions from abroad. Eugenio Menegon. W 3-6. Area: World/Regional.

CAS HI 490. Blacks and Asians: Encounters Through Time and Space. Exploration of historical encounters between Africans and people of African descent and Asians and people of Asian descent. How such people imagined themselves, interacted with each other, viewed each other, influenced each other, and borrowed from each other. Ronald Richardson. T 12:30-3:30. Area: World/Regional.

CAS HI 537. World War II: Causes, Course, Consequences. Begins with the origins of World War II in Asia and Europe, follows its major campaigns, and ends with its main consequences. Topics include diplomacy, grand strategy, command decisions, conditions of battle, and civilians in occupation and resistance. Cathal Nolan. W 9-12. Area: American or European.

CAS HI 575. The Birth of Modern America, 1896-1929. The political, economic, social, and cultural history of the United States in the formative years of the early twentieth century. Topics include Progressivism, World War I, immigration, modernism, the Scopes Trial, suffrage, the Harlem Renaissance, and the emergence of modern business practices. Bruce Schulman. W 6-9. Area: American.

CAS HI 590. The World and the West. This course explores relations between the West and the Third World from 1850, focusing on national and cultural movements in the Third World. It places the African American struggle for freedom in the United States in global and comparative perspective. Ronald Richardson. M 2-5. Area: American or European or World/Regional.

CAS HI 591. The Making of the Modern Middle East. Examines the modern Middle East, with its new and old states and its current contested frontiers, as a product of European rivalries in the region in war and peace, 1798-1922. David Fromkin. M 2-5. Area: World/Regional.

GRS HI 701. The Historian's Craft. Intensive training in the best practices of historical research, writing, publication, and oral presentation. Culminates in the production of a publishable journal article. Louis Ferleger. R 12:30-3:30.

GRS HI 719. Readings in European History. Simon Rabinovitch. R 3:30-6:30.

GRS HI 745. Readings in Early American History. Brendan McConville. R 9:30-12:30.

GRS HI 750. American Historiography. Examines the methodological and professional development of American historians since the 1880s, changes in the field since the founding period, and new directions in U.S. history. Brooke Blower. T 9-12.

GRS HI 755. American Immigration History. The experience of immigrants to the United States during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Topics include premigration cultures, theories of adaptation, perspectives on race ethnicity, sojourner migrants, and the persistence of ethnic enclaves in the urban environment. Marilyn Halter. T 12:30-3:30.

GRS HI 759. United States Foreign Policy. The intellectual foundations of U.S. foreign policy since Roosevelt's coming to office in 1933. David Mayers. M 3-6.

Note: Students in 800-level courses attend lectures with undergraduates but are required to do substantially more advanced work (including, for example, additional reading, graduate-student section meetings, or research papers).

GRS HI 822. Twentieth-Century Britain. A political, social, and cultural history of England with emphasis on the impact of the two world wars, the emergence of the welfare state, the loss of empire, and Britain's relations with Europe. Arianne Chernock. TR 9:30-11.

GRS HI 833. French Revolution and Napoleon. Origins of the revolution; principal events in terms of political, social, and cultural impact on France and Europe; Napoleon's restructuring of France and Europe; the settlements of 1815. Barbara Diefendorf. TR 11-12:30.

GRS HI 846. History of the Soviet Union and Post-Communist Russia. Evolution of Soviet Russia from the outbreak of World War I to the present. Anna Geifman. MWF 11-12.

GRS HI 869. Science and Christianity in Europe and North America Since 1500. Examines the relationship between science and the Christian tradition in Europe and North America since 1500. Considers the epistemological and metaphysical foundations of both science and Christian thought as they have evolved over time. Jon Roberts. MWF 11-12.

GRS HI 874. Intellectual History of the United States, 1900 to the Present. Major thinkers and movements in intellectual and cultural history since 1900. Topics include pragmatism and progressivism; ethnic and cultural pluralism; Marxism and liberalism; Cold War ideology and neoconservatism; artistic modernism; psychoanalysis and modernization theory; the New Left, multiculturalism, and postmodernism. Charles Capper. MWF 10-11.

GRS HI 885. History of the Atlantic World, 1500-1825. Examines the various interactions that shaped the Atlantic World, connecting Europe, Africa, and the Americas between 1500 and 1800. After defining the political interaction, there is special emphasis on cultural exchange, religious conversion, and the revolutionary era. John Thornton. MWF 10-11.