Courses

• GRS HI 812: Christendom Divided: Reformation and Religious Conflict in Early Modern Europe
  Religious change in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries centuries; the origins and causes of the Protestant Reformation; the Catholic Reformation; the resulting civil wars in the Germanies, France, and the Netherlands; and pertinent aspects of Tudor and Stuart England.
• GRS HI 821: The Making of Britain
  Political, social, and intellectual developments; emphasis on evolution of cabinet government and the party system; he industrial revolution and social problems; political reform and the emergence of democracy.
• GRS HI 822: Twentieth-Century Britain
  Victorian culture and society; decline of imperialism and impact of the two world wars; socialism and growth of the welfare state.
• GRS HI 831: French Feudal Society: 496-1339
  A new society based on landholding and personal loyalties developed after the barbarian invasions. Examination of its social tensions and warfare, the role of women, chivalry, the growth of towns and universities, and the centralism of Capetian and Valois kings.
• 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.
• GRS HI 838: Germany, 1914-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.
• GRS HI 846: 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.
• 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.
• GRS HI 854: 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 examines the interaction of those strategies with broader currents of American culture.
• GRS HI 868: Science and American Culture
  History of the interaction between science and American culture from the colonial period to the present. Course will include such topics as the American reception of Copernicus and Newton, scientific exploration, the interaction of science and religion, the impact of science on social theory, the rise of "big science," and contemporary "science wars."
• GRS HI 869: Science and Christianity
  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. Also offered as GRS RN 669.
• 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.
• GRS HI 873: 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.
• 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.
• GRS HI 885: History of the Atlantic World
  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 GRS AA 885.
• GRS HI 888: Black Radical Thought
  Black radical thought in America, Europe, and Africa since the eighteenth century through writings of abolitionists, leaders of revolutions and liberation movements, Black nationalists, and Black socialists. Emphasizes the global nature of the "Black World" and its role in world history. Also offered as GRS AA 888.
• GRS HI 894: 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.
• GRS HI 900: Dissertation Writing
  A workshop designed for students writing a dissertation that provides them with critical responses to their work and addresses important issues associated with becoming a professional historian.
• GRS HI 901: American History
  
• GRS HI 902: European History
  

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