College of Arts and Sciences

History

Chairman Charles Dellheim

Director, Undergraduate Studies Nina Silber

University Professors Lukes, Mason, Schmidt

Professors Bacevich, Blakely, Capper, Chehabi, Dellheim, Diefendorf, Ferleger, Fromkin, Geifman, Glick, Goldstein, Halter, Heywood, Keylor, Mayers, McCann, McConville, Roberts, Schulman, Thornton, Westling, Wylie, Zelizer

Associate Professors Backman, Johnson, Landes, Nolan, Richardson, Rubin, Silber

Assistant Professors Anderson, Blower, Chernock, Menegon, Zatlin

The Department of History offers undergraduates a choice of several programs. These include, in addition to a general concentration in history, specializations in American, European, world/regional, and intellectual/cultural history, as well as three interdisciplinary tracks. The department stresses its colloquium program, wherein students pursue intensive reading and research on specific historical problems in a seminar format. Note: Students who declared a concentration in history prior to September 2007 will fulfil the requirements in place at the time of their declaration; complete information is available in the department office.

Concentration in History (2205)

Option A: General Track in History Minimum of ten courses required, of which no more than four may be below the 300 level.

Method and Historiography: All concentrators are required to take CAS HI 200, ideally in their sophomore year, but in no event later than one semester after declaring a history concentration.

Geographical/Chronological Distribution (four courses): At least one course is required in each of the following areas: American history, European history, world/regional history. One of the four courses must focus on premodern history; a list of courses satisfying this requirement is available in the department office and in the "Course Areas" section of the departmental website.

Colloquium Requirement: Concentrators must take at least two colloquia, which in the general history track may be in any area.

Option B: Specialty Tracks in History Minimum of eleven courses required, of which no more than four may be below the 300 level.

Method and Historiography: All concentrators are required to take CAS HI 200, ideally in their sophomore year, but in no event later than one semester after declaring a history concentration.

Geographical/Chronological Distribution (four courses): At least one course is required in each of the following areas: American history, European history, world/regional history. One of the four courses must focus on premodern history; a list of courses satisfying this requirement is available in the department office and in the "Course Areas" section of the departmental website.

Colloquium Requirement: Concentrators must take at least two colloquia. Ordinarily students specializing in one area of history should take colloquia in their designated field (e.g., those pursuing the American history track should take American history colloquia). If, however, suitable colloquia are not available, students may request their advisor's permission to take other colloquia instead.

Additional requirements for the specialty tracks are given below. A list of courses approved for each track is available in the department office and in the "Course Areas" section of the departmental website.

Track 1: History of the United States and the North American Colonies Minimum of six courses required in American history: CAS HI 151, 152, and four additional courses, two of which must be colloquia.

Track 2: European History Minimum of six courses required in European history, two of which must be colloquia.

Track 3: World/Regional History Minimum of eight courses required: CAS HI 175, 176, and six additional courses, two of which must be colloquia. Students develop a coherent program with their advisor. In addition to the history courses in this track, students may include designated courses from the Departments of Anthropology, Archaeology, Economics, Geography and Environment, Political Science, Religion, and Sociology.

Track 4: Intellectual and Cultural History Minimum of six courses, two of which must be colloquia, required from the following:

CAS HI 306 Magic, Science, and Religion

CAS HI 314 The European Enlightenment

CAS HI 315 Intellectual History of Europe in the Nineteenth Century

CAS HI 316 Intellectual History of Europe in the Twentieth Century

CAS HI 339 Cities and Cultures

CAS HI 347 Darwin, Freud, and Einstein

CAS HI 354 Religious Thought in America

CAS HI 368 Science and American Culture

CAS HI 369 Science and Christianity in Europe and North America Since 1500

CAS HI 373 Intellectual History of the United States, 1776–1900

CAS HI 374 Intellectual History of the United States, 1900 to the Present

CAS HI 424 European Socialism, 1914–1945

CAS HI 428 Postwar European Culture

CAS HI 440 Refugee Intellectuals (1933–1950)

CAS HI 445 Introduction to Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Russian Intellectual History

CAS HI 481 Blacks in Modern Europe

CAS HI 493 History of Science

CAS HI 550 Jews in Modern Culture

CAS HI 580 The History of Racial Thought

CAS HI 583 Black Radical Thought

CAS HI 660 The South in History and Literature

Option C: Interdisciplinary Tracks

Track 1: History and Religion Minimum of twelve courses required as follows:

One of the following: CAS HI 101, 102

One of the following: CAS HI 151, 152

CAS HI 200

One additional course in history (not limited to area or chronological period)

Three of the following:

CAS HI 204 Europe Between Renaissance and Revolution

CAS HI 223 Jews in the Modern World

CAS HI 306 Magic, Science, and Religion

CAS HI 309 Millenarian Expectations in Western History

CAS HI 310 Heresy and Persecution in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries

CAS HI 354 Religious Thought in America

CAS HI 369 Science and Christianity in Europe and North America Since 1500

CAS HI 407 Topics in Medieval Religious Culture (also offered as CAS RN 470)

Three additional courses as follows:

One of the following:

CAS RN 103 Religions of the World: Eastern

CAS RN 104 Religions of the World: Western

CAS RN 121 Religion in America I

CAS RN 122 Religion in America II

CAS RN 210 Buddhism

CAS RN 211 Chinese Religion

CAS RN 212 Christianity

CAS RN 213 Hinduism

CAS RN 214 Islam

CAS RN 215 Japanese Religion

CAS RN 216 Judaism

Two of the following:

CAS RN 201 The Hebrew Bible

CAS RN 202 From Jesus to Christ: The Origins of Christianity

CAS RN 219 Medieval Jewish Thought and Culture

CAS RN 220 The Holy City: Jerusalem in Time, Space, and Imagination

CAS RN 242 Magic, Science, and Religion from Plato to Voltaire

CAS RN 301 Varieties of Ancient Christianity

CAS RN 307 Medieval Christian Spirituality

CAS RN 312 Buddhism

CAS RN 313 Hinduism in America

CAS RN 328 Judaism in the Modern Period

CAS RN 334 Dead Sea Scrolls

CAS RN 335 Judaism of the First Century

CAS RN 343 Islam in Global Perspective

CAS RN 384 The Holocaust

CAS RN 413 Gender in Medieval Christian Mysticism

CAS RN 427 Topics in American Religion

CAS RN 444 Literature and Religion in England, 1500–1800

CAS RN 498 Topics in Ancient Christianity

Two colloquia in history, one of which must be from the following list:

CAS HI 405 Comparative Medieval Studies

CAS HI 406 Monks, Friars, and Saints

CAS HI 456 Religion and American Culture

CAS HI 486 Islamic History

Track 2: History and Art History Minimum of twelve courses required as follows:

History (eight courses):

At least one course in each of the following areas: American history, European history, world/regional history

CAS HI 200

Three electives at the 300 or 400 level, preferably in intellectual/cultural history

One colloquium

Art History (four courses):

One of the following:

CAS AH 111 Introduction to Art History I: Antiquity to the Middle Ages

CAS AH 112 Introduction to Art History II: Renaissance to Today

CAS AH 215 Arts of Africa

CAS AH 225 The Arts of Asia

Two courses in any two fields, at least one at the 300 level

One 400- or 500-level seminar

Track 3: History and International Relations Minimum of twelve courses required as follows:

History (eight courses):

At least one course in each of the following areas: American history, European history, world/regional history

CAS HI 200

Three courses numbered 300 or above

One colloquium

International Relations (four courses):

CAS IR 230 or IR 271

Three of the following:

CAS IR 303 Universal History

CAS IR 320 The Military Experience

CAS IR 325 Great Powers and the Eastern Mediterranean

CAS IR 330 Diplomatic Practice

CAS IR 332 Korea: From Seclusion to Division

CAS IR 341 Central Europe

CAS IR 349 History of International Relations, 1900–45

CAS IR 350 History of International Relations Since 1945

CAS IR 363 Soviet Politics, 1917–1991

CAS IR 367 Introduction to Latin American Politics and International Relations

CAS IR 369 Southeast Asia in World Politics

CAS IR 370 China: From Revolution to Reform

CAS IR 382 Understanding the Middle East

CAS IR 465 The United States and the Cold War

CAS IR 509 Islam in Middle East Politics

CAS IR 524 War and Statecraft

CAS IR 545 Central/East European Diplomatic History, 1814–1918

CAS IR 552 Nordic Europe

CAS IR 567 Latin American Politics

CAS IR 579 Japan in International Politics

CAS IR 581 The Evolution of Strategic Intelligence

CAS IR 589 North Atlantic/European Security Issues

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Grade Requirement

A grade of C or higher is required for all courses counted toward the concentration.

Language Study

The department strongly recommends that all history concentrators, but especially those planning graduate study in history or any related discipline, be proficient in reading at least one foreign language, and if possible two, by the time of their graduation. Concentrators should consult with their advisors early in their history program to determine their language needs.

Previously Earned Credits

Students who complete CGS SS 102 and SS 201 with a grade of C or higher will receive credit for CAS HI 102 and HI 176 respectively. Students who complete the four-semester humanities sequence of the College of Arts and Sciences Core Curriculum with a grade of C or higher will receive credit for CAS HI 101 and HI 102.

Transfer Students

Of the courses required for the concentration, at least five must be taken at Boston University: CAS HI 200, two colloquia, and two additional courses at the 300 level or above.

Independent Work for Distinction

Work for graduation with distinction presupposes attainment of the requisite College of Arts and Sciences grade point level (a minimum of 3.0 in all courses, 3.5 in all principal courses). In the senior year, the student must prepare an honors thesis, which will be credited as one course each semester, and defend it in an oral examination toward the end of that year. Students interested in work for distinction should apply to the Independent Study Committee in their junior year. Work for distinction does not fulfill the departmental colloquium requirement.

Minor Concentration in History (2205)

A minor concentration in the Department of History consists of six courses, four of which must be at the 300 level or above and one of which must be a colloquium. Students must earn a minimum grade of C in courses taken toward the minor concentration. The purpose of this program is to offer students a chance to develop their own particular interests in history. A planned program must be approved by the Director of Undergraduate Studies.

Organizations

Phi Alpha Theta See Honor Societies.

Undergraduate History Association For students interested in the study of history; activities include discussions, lectures, and museum trips.

Warren O. Ault Prize

Named for a former chairman of the department, this prize is awarded annually to a senior for outstanding academic achievement in history.

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Courses

Courses marked with a (†) satisfy the divisional studies requirement.

Note to nonconcentrators: All history courses are open to nonconcentrators, but colloquia are designed for advanced undergraduates, require instructor's consent, and generally presuppose some knowledge of the field. Students are advised to take introductory courses (100 and 200 level) or lecture courses (300 level) before enrolling in a colloquium.

Introductory Courses

CAS CL 321 Greek History

Introduction to the political, social, economic, and cultural history of Greece from the age of Mycenae and Troy through Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic period. Carries history concentration credit. 4 cr, 1st sem.

CAS CL 322 Roman History

Introduction to the political, social, economic, and cultural history of Rome from the foundation of the city through the Age of Constantine. Carries history concentration credit. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

†CAS HI 101 The Dawn of Europe: Antiquity to the Renaissance

Covers the origins and rise of Europe, with emphasis on Greek and Roman antiquity, medieval institutions, the Renaissance city-state, religious reform. Typical readings may include Thucydides' Peloponnesian War, The Bible, Machiavelli's The Prince, and Luther's Christian Liberty. Backman, Staff. 4 cr, 1st sem. (SS)

†CAS HI 102 The Emergence of Modern Europe: Renaissance to the Present

Political and religious change; Enlightenment and Revolution; industrialization and the nation state; and 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. Backman, Staff. 4 cr, 2nd sem. (SS)

CAS HI 150 Freshman Writing and Research Seminar

Prereq: CAS WR 100 or BUWA results. These seminars bring students out of the classroom and into the archive and library. Students 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 for CAS WR 150. Chernock, Nolan. 4 cr, either sem.

†CAS HI 151 The Emerging United States to 1865

Colonial society and the roots of the American Revolution; federalism, nationalism, Jeffersonian democracy; Jackson and democratic capitalism; expansion and imperialism; slavery and civil war. Roberts, Staff. 4 cr, 1st sem. (SS)

†CAS HI 152 The United States Since 1865

Reconstruction, industrialism, and recent social movements; labor and populism, imperial expansion, progressive politics, World War I, 1920s prosperity and the Great Depression, the New Deal, World War II, and the Cold War. Schulman, Staff. 4 cr, 2nd sem. (SS)

CAS HI 175 World History I: Origins of Humanity to ca. 1500

Interrelationships among major world civilizations of Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Europe to 1500. Thornton, Staff. 4 cr, 1st sem.

†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. Anderson, Staff. 4 cr, 2nd sem. (SS)

CAS HI 203 History of Medieval Europe

Traces the evolution of medieval civilization from the fourth to the fourteenth centuries. Emphasizes three main themes: the political and social development of western Europe, the evolution of Latin Christianity, and the role of popular culture. Westling. 4 cr, 1st sem.

CAS HI 210 The Age of Discoveries

Not offered 2007/2008

CAS HI 216 Women and Gender in European History

Not offered 2007/2008

CAS HI 223 Jews in the Modern World

Not offered 2007/2008

CAS HI 232 History of Contemporary Europe, 1900 to the 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. Zatlin, Staff. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

CAS HI 259 Colonial British America from Settlement to Revolution

Examines central themes of change in European, Native American, and African populations in North America from the European settlement to the outbreak of the American Revolution. Topics include southern plantations, New England Puritanism, and pluralism in the middle colonies. McConville. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

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 twenty-first century globalization. Examines how science and technology grow and the ways in which they interact in the ambient culture. Glick. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

CAS HI 277 A Country at a Crossroads: Modern Armenian History and Literature

Introduction to modern Armenian history and literature from the nineteenth-century "cultural renaissance" to the upheavals of the twentieth century—genocide, independence, and Sovietization—and the literatures of Soviet Armenia and the diaspora. Payaslian. 4 cr, 1st sem.

CAS HI 280 The History of Israel: An Introduction

Beginning with Israel's creation in 1948, covers the political and military history of Israel, including the 1956 War with Egypt, the 1967 War, and the State's development to the present day. Also covers immigration and the Palestinian question. Kabalo. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

†CAS HI 291 Reconstructing the African Past

Discusses the uses of archaeological evidence and oral tradition, as well as primary and secondary documentation, in the study of precolonial African history: early states and empires, kinship, cosmology and social order, slavery and the slave trade, and origins of racial conflict in southern Africa. McCann. 4 cr, 1st sem. (SS)

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. Wylie. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

Core Course for Concentrators

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 are drawn from different fields and periods. Weekly written exercises, oral reports, and class discussions. Staff. 4 cr, either sem.

Lecture Courses

CAS HI 304 Honor-Shame: Middle Ages, Modern World

Not offered 2007/2008

CAS HI 306 Magic, Science, and Religion

Boundaries and relationships between magic, science, and religion from late antiquity through the European Enlightenment. Topics include transformation of pagan traditions, distinctions between learned and popular traditions, and changing assumptions about God and Nature. Also offered as CAS RN 242. Klepper. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

CAS HI 307 History of War

Survey of warfare from early modern times. Topics include siege warfare and the rise of mass infantry armies, war at sea, battle histories that illustrate the transition to gunpowder technology and the revolution in military affairs and the advent of total war. Nolan. 4 cr, 1st sem.

CAS HI 308 History of the Crusades

The origin and development of the Crusade movement in Western Christendom: the first four Crusades, their cause and results; crusader finance, preaching, and military recruitment; changing focus of Crusade movements from the Holy Land to other areas. Backman. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

CAS HI 309 Millenarian Expectations in Western History, Year 1–2000

Not offered 2007/2008

CAS HI 310 Heresy and Persecution in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries

Studies the shared ideals and mutual antagonism of the radical Christian movements that appeared inside and outside the Church around the millennium. Traces the conflict's multiple sources as well as the emergence of Crusade and Inquisition to combat this "popular heresy." Landes. 4 cr, 1st sem.

CAS HI 311 Renaissance Europe

The main political, socioeconomic, intellectual, and artistic currents in Italy (c. 1350–1530) and northwestern Europe (c. 1500–1560); emphasis on leading thinkers (Petrarch, Bruni, Machiavelli, Erasmus, More, and Montaigne) as creators of the modern Western mind. Diefendorf. 4 cr, 1st sem.

CAS HI 312 The Reformation Era: Sixteenth-Century Europe

Not offered 2007/2008

CAS HI 314 The European Enlightenment

Survey of the intellectual and social transformation of Europe from the 1680s to the French Revolution. Readings draw on both eighteenth-century sources (including Voltaire, Diderot, Condorcet, Lessing, Smith, and Hume) and recent work by historians. Also offered as CAS PO 395. Schmidt. 4 cr, 1st sem.

CAS HI 315 Intellectual History of Europe in the Nineteenth Century

Major figures and movements from 1799 to 1890. Topics include the impact of the French Revolution, romanticism, social utopias, the rise of nationalism, the artistic avant-garde, conflicts between science and religion, technology and urban planning, and the aesthetic ideal. Johnson. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

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. Westling. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

CAS HI 319 Tudor England, 1485–1603

Not offered 2007/2008

CAS HI 321 The Making of Modern Britain

Political, social, and intellectual developments; emphasis on evolution of cabinet government and the party system; the industrial revolution and social problems; political reform and the emergence of democracy. Chernock. 4 cr, 1st sem.

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. Chernock. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

CAS HI 331 French Feudal Society, 496–1339

Not offered 2007/2008

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. TBA. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

CAS HI 338 Germany, 1914 to the Present

German history from the beginning of World War I to the present, with emphasis on the politico-social developments, the Nazi attempt to control Europe, the growing division of Germany, the integration of West and East Germany into power blocs, and German reunification. Zatlin. 4 cr, 1st sem.

CAS HI 339 Cities and Cultures

Examines the relationship between cultural expression and political, social, and economic change by focusing on cities such as Florence, Amsterdam, Paris, London, and Vienna during times of intense creativity and upheaval. Dellheim. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

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. Also offered as CAS IR 341. Lukes. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

CAS HI 344 The Great Powers and the Eastern Mediterranean

The Eastern Mediterranean as center of Great Power confrontation. Its impact on wider international relations, the domestic political results, the role of sea power, and the origins, conduct, and resolution of wars. Also offered as CAS IR 325. Goldstein. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

CAS HI 345 History of Russia, 1689–1917

Political, socioeconomic, diplomatic, cultural, and intellectual history of Russia from the reign of Peter the Great through the revolutions of 1905 and 1917. TBA. 4 cr, 1st sem.

CAS HI 346 History of the Soviet Union and Post-Communist Russia, 1917 to the Present

Evolution of Soviet Russia from the outbreak of World War I to the present. TBA. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

CAS HI 347 Darwin, Freud, and Einstein

Development of scientific theories of Darwin, Freud, and Einstein; impact of those ideas in different national cultures and their influence on literature, art, religion, and politics of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Glick. 4 cr, 1st sem.

CAS HI 348 Communications Revolutions from Language to Cyberspace

History of communications revolutions from the origin of human language through writing to current global revolutions. Focus on the western socio-political matrix of communications technology, implications for both cognitive and social relations, and dilemmas created for cultures by the increased flow of information. Landes. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

CAS HI 349 History of International Relations, 1900–45

The causes and consequences of the First World War; the search for postwar reconstruction and stability during the twenties; economic collapse, revolutionary nationalism, and fascism during the 1930s; the Second World War and the advent of the bipolar world. Also offered as CAS IR 349. TBA. 4 cr, 1st sem.

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 nonaligned blocs, and inter- and intra-alliance conflicts. Also offered as CAS IR 250. Keylor. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

CAS HI 354 Religious Thought in America

Surveys many of the strategies that American religious thinkers have adopted for interpreting the cosmos, the social order, and human experience and the interaction of those strategies with broader currents of American culture. Roberts. 4 cr, 1st sem.

CAS HI 356 The American Revolution, 1750–1800

The political, economic, and ideological causes of the American War for Independence; the construction of a new political system amid the passions of a revolutionary upheaval; and the gradual emergence of a new economic and cultural order in the United States. McConville. 4 cr, 1st sem.

CAS HI 361 The Civil War Era

Social, economic, and political consequences of slavery; Southern secession and the Civil War; political reconstruction; the New South; and the betrayal of black rights. Silber. 4 cr, 1st sem.

CAS HI 362 The Gilded Age, 1877–1914

Not offered 2007/2008

CAS HI 363 The United States, 1900–45

Not offered 2007/2008

CAS HI 364 The United States, 1945–68

Origins and development of Cold War; McCarthyism, Eisenhower era; civil rights; Great Society; Vietnam; New Left and counterculture; feminism; rise of conservatism; religion, culture, and politics. Schulman, Staff. 4 cr, 1st sem.

CAS HI 365 The 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. Schulman, Staff. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

CAS HI 366 History of American Foreign Relations Since 1898

Analysis of the history of American foreign policy from the perspective of the changing world and regional international systems; emphasis on the effect of these systems and the impact of America on the creation and operation of international systems. Also offered as CAS PO 366. Mayers. 4 cr, 1st sem.

CAS HI 367 Americans in the World: United States History in Transitional 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. Blower. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

CAS HI 368 Science and American Culture

Not offered 2007/2008

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. Roberts. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

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. Also offered as CAS IR 320. Bacevich. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

CAS HI 371 African American History

The history of African Americans from African origins to present time; consideration of slavery, reconstruction, and ethnic relations from the colonial era to our own time. Also offered as CAS AA 371. Heywood. 4 cr, 1st sem.

CAS HI 372 The Twentieth-Century American Presidency

Focus on the alterations in the institution of the presidency during the twentieth century. Consideration of Theodore Roosevelt and Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson, Nixon, and Reagan. TBA. 4 cr, 1st sem.

CAS HI 373 Intellectual History of the United States, 1776–1900

Major thinkers and movements in intellectual and cultural history from the Revolution to 1900. Topics include Revolutionary republicanism, evangelical theology and democratic theory, Transcendentalism and Romantic culture, antislavery and nationality, Victorian realism, liberal Protestantism and Darwinism, and evolutionary social science. Capper. 4 cr, 1st sem.

CAS HI 374 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. Capper. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

CAS HI 375 A History of Women in the United States

Examines the ideas and experiences of women in the United States from the 1600s through the late twentieth century. Considers the common factors that shaped women's lives as well as women's diverse class, ethnic, and regional experiences. Also offered as CAS AM 375. Silber. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

CAS HI 376 American Foreign Policy Since 1945

America's tradition and heritage in foreign policy. American foreign policy during the Cold War. Conflicting approaches to the formulation of American foreign policy in the current international environment. Domestic and institutional actors in policy formulation: Congress, media, Presidency, CIA, military. Also offered as CAS IR 376. Bacevich. 4 cr, 1st sem.

CAS HI 377 Economic History of the United States

Analysis of American economic development; role of factory and frontier; changes in economic structure and institutions; parts played by government and business enterprise in development. Influence of economic conditions and occupation groupings on political alignments and on public policy. Ferleger. 4 cr, 1st sem.

CAS HI 379 American Cultural History

Examines Americans' beliefs and the cultural forms used to convey their experiences since the late nineteenth century. Includes challenges to the Victorian order, growth of commercial entertainments, new rules and reactions to modern life, and changing understandings of the self. Blower. 4 cr, 1st sem.

CAS HI 385 Atlantic History

Examines the various interactions that shaped the Atlantic World, connecting Europe, Africa, and the Americas between 1400 and 1800. Begins by defining the political interaction, then emphasizes cultural exchange, religious conversion, and the revolutionary era. Also offered as CAS AA 385. Thornton. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

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. TBA. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

CAS HI 389 Introduction to Early Chinese History

The development of Chinese civilization through the traditional, medieval, and early modern periods; emphasis on intellectual history and political, social, and economic institutions. Menegon. 4 cr, 1st sem.

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. Menegon. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

CAS HI 392 Introduction to the Middle East

General introduction to the history, culture, and current development in the Middle East. Objective is to introduce students to a specific geographical and historical experience, as well as to acquaint them with some of the literature in the field. Anderson. 4 cr, 1st sem.

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. Also offered as CAS EE 394. McCann. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

CAS HI 396 States and Commerce in Atlantic Africa, 1450 –1850

Examines—both by region and across the larger Atlantic area—the ways that overseas commerce, in particular the slave trade, interacted with and was shaped by African politics and economic variables. Also offered as CAS AA 396. Thornton. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

CAS HI 397 History of Modern Iran, 1900-Present

Not offered 2007/2008

CAS HI 398 Turko-Persia in the Twentieth Century

The twentieth-century history of the non-Arab Muslim Middle East, i.e., Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, and Central Asia. Analysis of the constitutional revolutions in Turkey and Iran, Kemalism, the Islamic revolution in Iran, and communism in the Soviet Union and Afghanistan. Also offered as CAS IR 328. Chehabi. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

Undergraduate Colloquia The following courses are normally restricted to juniors and seniors, have limited enrollment, and require the consent of the instructor.

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. Backman. 4 cr, 1st sem.

CAS HI 407 Topics in Medieval Religious Culture

Not offered 2007/2008

CAS HI 409 Medieval Science and Technology

Introduction to medieval science and technology, including the Greek and Roman inheritance, the transmission of Greek science to Europe by the Arabs, and medieval developments leading to the Scientific Revolution. Glick. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

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, storytelling, material life, social and political organization, law and justice, gender roles, witchcraft and popular crusades, and the impact of the printing press. Landes. 4 cr, 1st sem.

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. Diefendorf. 4 cr, 1st sem.

CAS HI 417 England from Reformation to Revolution

Not offered 2007/2008

CAS HI 424 European Socialism, 1914–45

Not offered 2007/2008

CAS HI 425 Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe

Not offered 2007/2008

CAS HI 426 Music and Ideas from Mozart to the Jazz Age

Studies selected masterworks of western music in historical context. Critical essays, literature, and philosophy from the period illuminate each work's setting, and recent scholarship provides varied approaches for understanding the influences affecting each work. Johnson. 4 cr, 1st sem.

CAS HI 430 Comparative European Fascism

Not offered 2007/2008

CAS HI 433 History of Ireland and Northern Ireland Since 1916

Not offered 2007/2008

CAS HI 436 The Great War and the Fragile Peace

Not offered 2007/2008

CAS HI 440 Refugee Intellectuals (1933–1950)

Not offered 2007/2008

CAS HI 443 Jews in Modern German History

Explores the history of Jews in Germany from the Enlightenment until today, focusing on emancipation, the social and economic transformation of German Jews, minority identity formation, new religious expressions and cultural contributions, anti-Semitism, Zionism, and responses to the Holocaust. Zatlin. 4 cr, 1st sem.

CAS HI 446 The Russian Revolution

Not offered 2007/2008

CAS HI 453 Three Revolutions

Examines the rise of a distinctive Anglo-American political culture in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Focus on the effects of the English civil wars, the Glorious Revolution, and the American Revolution on political thought, institutions, and behavior in America and Britain. McConville. 4 cr, 1st sem.

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. McConville. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

CAS HI 456 Religion and American Culture

Selected topics on the interaction of religion and American history from the colonial period to the present. Roberts. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

CAS HI 460 Race and the South: Questions of Interpretation in History and Literature

Methodological colloquium for English or History concentrators. Examines theories and examples of interdisciplinary analysis based on historical and literary interpretation. Also offered as CAS EN 479. Matthews, Silber. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

CAS HI 461 The Civil War in American Memory

Examines the ways in which Americans have thought about the experiences of the Civil War, from the immediate postwar period through the later years of the twentieth century. Silber. 4 cr, 1st sem.

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. Also offered as CAS IR 465. Keylor. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

CAS HI 467 Postwar America: Issues in Political, Cultural, and Social History, 1945–69

Topics include Cold War, McCarthyism, fifties ideology, War on Poverty, civil rights movement, Vietnam, New Left, counterculture, rise and decline of liberalism. Blower. 4 cr, 1st sem.

CAS HI 468 American Society Since 1970: Issues in Domestic Political, Cultural, and Social History

A historical investigation of the United States at the end of the American century, including Watergate and the imperial presidency, stagflation, the "New Politics" and the "Me Decade," conservatism, feminism, race relations, religion, politics, culture, community, and family life. TBA. 4 cr, 1st sem.

CAS HI 472 Wars of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries

Examines the origins, conduct, and consequences of major conflicts of the past century, beginning with the Boer War and ending with the U.S. conflict in Iraq. Also offered as CAS IR 472. Bacevich. 4 cr, 1st sem.

CAS HI 475 American Consumer History

The history of consumerism in modern America. Topics include origins and critiques of the culture of consumption; the development of national markets; advertising and commercial amusements; and the relationship of consumer society to religion, gender, ethnicity, and class. Halter. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

CAS HI 476 Technology in American Society

Technology in American society from the colonial era to World War II. Topics include industrialization, scientific management, household technologies, and the auto age. Ferleger. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

CAS HI 484 Revolutionary Change in North Africa and the Middle East

Analysis of problems of revolutionary change and development theories as they apply to North Africa and the Middle East. Anderson. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

CAS HI 485 Selected Problems in the Modern Middle East

Not offered 2007/2008

CAS HI 486 Islamic History

Examination of major historical forces that determined the growth and character of Islamic civilization from beginnings to modern times. Mason. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

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, change, and Chinese adaptation of ideas and institutions from abroad. Menegon. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

CAS HI 489 The African Diaspora in the Americas

Uses historical studies, autobiographical and fictional texts, films, and music by and about Africans for a thematic and chronological exploration of the origin and transformation of African Diaspora communities in the Americas from the period of the Atlantic slave trade to the present. Also offered as CAS AA 489. Heywood. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

CAS HI 493 History of Science

Not offered 2007/2008

CAS HI 494 Histories for the New South Africa

Not offered 2007/2008

CAS HI 496 Ideology and Conflict in World History

Connects the ideas of European Enlightenment and Romanticism with imperialism, nationalism, fascism, liberalism, communism, and socialism and analyzes the spread of these ideas to Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Anderson. 4 cr, 1st sem.

CAS HI 503 Psychohistory

Not offered 2007/2008

CAS HI 514 Enlightenment and Its Critics

Not offered 2007/2008

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. Nolan. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

CAS HI 552 Topics in Jewish History

Not offered 2007/2008

CAS HI 566 Ideas and American Foreign Policy

Not offered 2007/2008

CAS HI 580 The History of Racial Thought

Study of racial thinking and feeling in Europe and the United States since the fifteenth century. Racial thinking in the context of Western encounters with non-European people and Jews; its relation to social, economic, cultural, and political trends. Also offered as CAS AA 580. Richardson. 4 cr, 1st sem.

CAS HI 582 Social Movements in Twentieth-Century Latin America

Not offered 2007/2008

CAS HI 583 Black Radical Thought

Not offered 2007/2008

CAS HI 584 Comparative Slavery

The institution of slavery in history with a special focus on slavery and the slave trade in Africa and the Americas in the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries. Attention to cultural and political issues as well as economic and social aspects of slavery. Also offered as CAS AA 514. Thornton. 4 cr, 1st sem.

CAS HI 586 African Americans Abroad

Not offered 2007/2008

CAS HI 587 U.S.-Mexican Borders

Not offered 2007/2008

CAS HI 588 Women, Power, and Culture in Africa

Understanding the role of women in African history. Topics include the Atlantic slave trade, power, religion, the economy, resistance movements, health, the state, and kinship. Emphasis on the period before independence. Also offered as CAS AA 588. Heywood. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

CAS HI 590 The World and the West

Explores relations between the West and the Third World from 1850, focusing on national and cultural movements in the Third World, and places the African American struggle for freedom in the United States in global and comparative perspective. Also offered as CAS AA 590. Richardson. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

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. Also offered as CAS IR 591. Fromkin. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

CAS HI 592 The Birth of a State: Israel 1945–1955

Establishment of the State of Israel, 1945-1955. Immediate context following World War II and the Holocaust, out of which the State of Israel was created. Considers the War of Independence, relations with Israel's Arab neighbors, and internal political developments. Kabalo. 4 cr, 1st sem.

CAS HI 593 Youth on the Agenda: Roles and Images of Young People in the Jewish Nation

Youth in modern revolutionary movements, including Zionism and the creation of the State of Israel. What it means to grow up in a Jewish state, to consider the military experience, and to deal with the influence of American and other foreign cultures. Kabalo. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

CAS HI 594 The Armenian Genocide

Examines the emergence of the Armenian Question in the Ottoman Empire as a national and international issue. Analysis of Armenian-Turkish relations after the Young Turk revolution in 1908. Focuses on the processes of the genocide, survivor memory, and international responses. Payalian. 4 cr, 1st sem.

Distinction Work

CAS HI 401, 402 Senior Independent Work

Prereq: approval of Independent Study Committee. 4 cr each, 1st & 2nd sem.

Directed Study

CAS HI 491, 492 Directed Study

Prereq: consent of instructor and approval of the department and CAS Room 105. Variable cr, 1st & 2nd sem.

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