HISTORY COURSES FOR FALL 2009

CAS HI 100 I4. History Writing Seminar. Focusing on provocative themes and dramatic moments, these seminars introduce the art of historical writing while cultivating practical skills. Students will learn how to analyze historical literature and debates as well as primary sources ranging from memoirs to buildings. Freshmen only, carries Writing Program credit (CAS WR 100). Samuel Deese. MWF 4-5. Area: none.

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, Luther's Christian Liberty. Jon Westling. MWF 10-11. Area: European (premodern).

     Students in HI 101 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). Cathal Nolan. TR 12:30-2. Area: none.

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. Jon Roberts. MWF 11-12. Area: American.

     Students in HI 151 must also enroll in a discussion section:

CAS HI 175. World History I: Origins of Humanity to c. 1500. Interrelationships among major world civilizations of Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Europe to 1500. John Thornton. TR 11-12:30. Area: World/Regional (premodern).

     Students in HI 175 must also enroll in a discussion section:

CAS HI 216. Women and Gender in European History. An overview of women's public and private roles and the attitudes that have shaped these roles from the Middle Ages to the present. The cultural construction of femininity and its social, economic, and political consequences for European women. Barbara Diefendorf. TR 2-3:30. Area: European.

CAS HI 223. Jews in the Modern World. The Jewish nation in the Ottoman Empire; social and economic effects of European emancipation; rise of modern antisemitism; intra-European and cross-Atlantic immigration patterns; the Holocaust; the state of Israel and modern Jewish identity. Simon Rabinovitch. MWF 9-10. Area: European.

CAS HI 235 HP. The Culture of World War I. Studies World War I through works of literature, art, and music. Themes include initial optimism, the brutal reality of the trenches, and consequences of the peace. Works by Owen, Sassoon, Brooke, Kandinsky, Picasso, Grosz, Mahler, Stravinsky, Berg, Jnger, C‚line, Woolf. James Johnson. TR 3:30-5. Area: European.

CAS HI 248 HP. Catastrophe and Cultural Memory. Examines the ways in which catastrophes--both natural and social--enter into cultural memory. Goal is to understand how events that seem to defy comprehension are represented in works of at and given a place in the memory of a culture. James Schmidt. TR 11-12:30. Area: American or European.

CAS HI 276. Armenia from Antiquity to the Middle Ages. Introduction to Armenian history from antiquity to the medieval period. Themes covered include geopolitical competition for regional hegemony, the conversion to Christianity, adoption of the Armenian alphabet, quality of political leadership under the five kingdoms, and national struggle for survival. Simon Payaslian. MWF 9-10. Area: World/Regional (premodern).

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, origins of racial conflict in southern Africa. James McCann. TR 2-3:30. Area: World/Regional (premodern).

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: David Mayers. M 3-6.
     Section A2: Louis Ferleger. M 3-6.
     Section B1: Allison Blakely. T 1-4.
     Section C1: Anna Geifman. T 2-5.
     Section D1: Eugenio Menegon. R 3:30-6:30.

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. Cathal Nolan. TR 9:30-11. Area: American or European.

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, Montaigne) as creators of the modern Western mind. Barbara Diefendorf. TR 11-12:30. Area: European (premodern).

CAS HI 314. The European Enlightenment. A 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. James Schmidt. TR 2-3:30. Area: European.

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, the aesthetic ideal. James Johnson. TR 12:30-2. Area: European.

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. Arianne Chernock. TR 9:30-11. Area: European.

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. Jonathan Zatlin. MWF 1-2. 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 347. Issues in Modern Russian and Soviet History, 1861-1956. Modern Russia in the imperial and Soviet eras--from the Great Reforms of Alexander II through the end of Stalin's reign. Examines Russia's political, socio-economic, and cultural transformation from the traditional society into the first Communist state. Anna Geifman. MWF 11-12. Area: European.

CAS HI 349. History of International Relations, 1900-1945. 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. William Keylor. TR 2-3:30. Area: American or European.

     Students in HI 349 must also enroll in a discussion section:

CAS HI 361. The Civil War Era. Examines the Civil War experience in a broad social and cultural context, looking at Northern and Southern society in antebellum, war-time, and post-war years. Emphasizes issues of slavery, race, and emancipation, as well as political crises of the era. Nina Silber. MWF 10-11. Area: American.

CAS HI 363. Twentieth-Century United States, 1900-1945. Industrialization; progressivism; science; religion; expansion and World War I, immigration; the women's movement; Jim Crow; the Great Depression and New Deal; World War II, politics, culture, and diplomacy. Sarah Phillips. TR 3:30-5. Area: American.

     Students in HI 363 must also enroll in a discussion section:

CAS HI 364. 20th-Century United States, 1945-1968. Origins and development of Cold War; McCarthyism, Eisenhower era; civil rights; Great Society; Vietnam; New Left and Counter-culture; feminism; rise of conservatism, religion, culture, and politics. Bruce Schulman. TR 12:30-2. Area: American.

     Students in HI 364 must also enroll in a discussion section:

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. David Mayers. MWF 12-1. Area: American.

     Students in HI 366 must also enroll in a discussion section:

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 2-3. Area: American or European.

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. Julia Rabig. MWF 10-11. Area: American.

CAS HI 373. American Thought and Culture, 1776 to 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. Charles Capper. TR 9:30-11. Area: American.

CAS HI 376. American Foreign Policy Since 1945. Traces the course of US foreign policy since the end of World War II, with particular emphasis on the origins and conduct of the Cold War, the failure of U.S. policy in Vietnam, the pattern of U.S. interventionism in Latin America, and the evolution of U.S. policy in the Middle East. Stephen Kinzer. TR 12:30-2. Area: American.

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. Louis Ferleger. MWF 1-2. Area: American.

CAS HI 378. History of the Civil Rights Movement. Explores the history of the African American struggle for racial equality and democracy from the turn of the century through the 1960s. Use will be made of the most recent scholarship, memoirs, documentary films, and oral history accounts. Julia Rabig. MWF 1-2. Area: American.

CAS HI 379. Modern 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. Brooke Blower. MWF 11-12. Area: American.

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. Eugenio Menegon. TR 11-12:30. Area: World/Regional (premodern).

CAS HI 391. Introduction to Modern Japanese History. Developments from late Tokugawa Japan and the Meiji Restoration (1868) to the present. Focus is on Japan's economic, political, and social adjustment to modern times, the evolution of twentieth-century Japanese imperialism, and Japan's growth after World War II. Suzanne O'Brien. MWF 10-11. Area: World/Regional.

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. Betty Anderson. TR 9:30-11. Area: World/Regional (premodern).

CAS HI 399. Modern History and Geopolitics of the Caucasus. Surveys history of the Caucasus with a focus on Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, from the early nineteenth century to the post-Soviet period. Explores advantages and problems of modernization, nationalism, and major power geopolitics within the context of international political economy. Simon Payaslian. MWF 2-3. 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 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. Thomas Glick. M 3-6. Area: European (premodern).

CAS HI 435. Histories of Human Rights. Traces Westerners' development of a humanitarian sensibility in the eighteenth century and considers how this sensibility was deployed in struggles over the rights of various groups during the modern period. Anglo-American contributions will be emphasized. Arianne Chernock. R 12:30-3:30. Area: European.

CAS HI 436. The Great War and the Fragile Peace. Exploration of the military, political, social, economic, and cultural consequences of the First World War and the peace conference of 1919. Focuses on technological innovations, the expanded role of the state, and the long-range impact of the Versailles settlement. William Keylor. W 1-4. Area: American or European.

CAS HI 461. The Civil War in American Memory. This class is a research colloquium in American history, examining 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. Nina Silber. M 12-3. Area: American.

CAS HI 467. Postwar America: Issues in Political, Cultural, and Social History, 1945-1969. Topics include Cold War, McCarthyism, fifties ideology, War on Poverty, civil rights movement, Vietnam, New Left, counterculture, rise and decline of liberalism. Sarah Phillips. T 9:30-12:30. Area: American.

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 US conflict in Iraq. Andrew Bacevich. TR 12:30-2. Area: American.

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. Marilyn Halter. T 12:30-3:30. Area: American.

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. Betty Anderson. R 3:30-6:30. Area: World/Regional.

CAS HI 488. Interwar Japan and the Pacific War. An examination of the cultural, social, and political impact of World War I on Japanese society, the nature of Taisho liberalism, 1930s militaristic nationalism, with emphasis on the role of the United States leading into and beyond World War II. Suzanne O'Brien. M 3-6. Area: World/Regional.

CAS HI 503. Psychohistory. Addresses the "Whys?" of history and focuses on the application of Freudian analysis and other psychological models to interpret past individual and group behavior. Emphasizes two key subfields: psychobiography and group psychohistory. Anna Geifman. W 3-6. Area: European.

CAS HI 566. Ideas and American Foreign Policy. Examines the intellectual foundations of U.S. foreign policy from the founding of the republic to the present. Andrew Bacevich. TR 9:30-11. Area: American.

CAS HI 568. The Modern Metropolis: Approaches to Urban History. Examines the development of the modern American metropolis during the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. Considers transformations in commercial life, popular entertainments, and the use of public spaces as well as social encounters across lines of race, class, gender, and sexuality. Brooke Blower. M 12-3. Area: American.

CAS HI 582. Social Movements in Twentieth-Century Latin America. Examination of the origins, actions, and effects of social movements in twentieth-century Latin America, with particular attention to the relationship between the cultures of everyday life and pathways of political action and change. Jeffrey Rubin. W 2-5. Area: World/Regional.

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. John Thornton. W 3-6. Area: American (premodern).

CAS HI 595. Morocco: History on the Cusp of Three Continents. Explores the range and limits of social mixture--cultural, political, economic--as three civilizations met at the northwest corner of Africa and influenced one another from the eighth to the twenty-first centuries. Diana Wylie. R 3:30-6:30. Area: World/Regional.

GRS HI 700. European Historiography. Examines changes in European historical thought and practice from the early nineteenth century to the present. Jonathan Zatlin. W 2-5.

GRS HI 751. Recent American History. Topic for 2009-10: Politics and popular culture in 20th-century America Bruce Schulman. M 9-12.

GRS HI 763. American Intellectual History. Introduces graduate students to the field of American intellectual history. Approach emphasizes methods of studying ideas and intellectuals in their national, transnational, and cultural contexts. Readings focus on the emergence of intellectual modernism and cultural modernity in the United States in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Charles Capper. T 2-5.

GRS HI 770. African Historiography. Examines historical writing on the African continent through key trends in the study of themes and regional historiographies. Also highlights recent important works in the field. James McCann. 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 811. 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, Montaigne) as creators of the modern Western mind. Barbara Diefendorf. TR 11-12:30.

GRS HI 821. 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. Arianne Chernock. TR 9:30-11.

GRS HI 838. 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. Jonathan Zatlin. MWF 1-2.

GRS HI 847. Issues in Modern Russian and Soviet History, 1861-1956. Modern Russia in the imperial and Soviet eras--from the Great Reforms of Alexander II through the end of Stalin's reign. Examines Russia's political, socio-economic, and cultural transformation from the traditional society into the first Communist state. 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 2-3.

GRS HI 871. 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. Julia Rabig. MWF 10-11.

GRS HI 873. Intellectual History of the United States, 1776 to 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. Charles Capper. TR 9:30-11.