Courses

• CAS HI 220: 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, Jünger, Céline, Woolf. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 235.
• CAS HI 221: 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 art and given a place in the memory of a culture. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 248.
• CAS HI 222: 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. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 275.
• CAS HI 223: Intellectual History of Europe in the Nineteenth Century
  Explores the primary thinkers, themes, and currents of the period, encompassing political theory, philosophy, literature, religion, and art. Themes include the legacy of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution, European conservatism, romanticism, liberalism, revolutionary socialism, realism in art, and culture of decadence. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 315.
• CAS HI 224: Intellectual History of Europe in the Twentieth Century
  Major figures and movements from 1890 to the present. Topics include the critique of positivism, the exploration of the unconscious, modern styles in art, reshaping Marxist theory, advances in sociology, the impact of war on modern literature and ethics. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 316.
• CAS HI 225: 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. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 348.
• CAS HI 226: 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. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 339.
• CAS HI 228: History of Modern Diplomacy: Institutions, Practices, and Principles, 1400-1919
  Surveys the evolution of the institutions, practices, and principles of diplomacy in European interstate relations from 1400 to 1919. Special attention to the balance of power concept and its critics, and to alternative theories and measures for managing international relations. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 340.
• CAS HI 229: 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. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 344.
• CAS HI 244: 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. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 318.
• CAS HI 245: 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 to the development of state power, the growth of religious diversity, the major economic and social transformations, as well as the resulting cultural development. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 319.
• CAS HI 247: 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. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 321.
• CAS HI 248: 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. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 322.
• CAS HI 254: History of Ireland
  Examination of four themes: Ireland's relationship with England; Ireland and the Catholic Church; Ireland during the Union with Great Britain (especially the famine); and the emergence of the modern Irish nation. Emphasis on economic, political, and religious developments. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 325.
• CAS HI 257: Early Medieval Spain
  History of Spain from the fifth through thirteenth centuries; late Roman Spain, Visigoths, Islamic conquest, society and culture of Islamic Spain, rise of Christian kingdoms; conquest and settlement of Andalusia, social relations and cultural exchange among Christians, Muslims, and Jews. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 327.
• CAS HI 258: Reform and Reaction in Modern Spain
  Social, political, and intellectual confrontation between traditionalists and liberals from the Revolution of 1868 to the Second Republic and Spanish Civil War (1936-39). Franco's Fascist state and the transition to democracy. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 328.
• CAS HI 262: Modern Italian History
  From Unification (1860-1870) to the founding of the Republic (1947-1948). Enlightenment, Restoration, the Risorgimento; nation-building and the liberal parliamentary government; the Great War; Fascism; Resistance; fall of the monarchy; founding of the Republic. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 330.
• CAS HI 264: French Feudal Society, 496-1339
  The development after the barbarian invasions of a new society based on landholding and personal loyalties. 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. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 331.
• CAS HI 265: Early Modern France
  Principal political, social, and cultural developments from 1500 to 1789. The Renaissance, Wars of Religion, Age of Louis XIV, and the end of the old regime. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 332.
• CAS HI 266: 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. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 333.