Courses

• CAS HI 365: Shanghai: The Key to Modern China?
  The social, cultural, political, and economic history of Shanghai is used as a lens to understand the making of modern China. Themes include the role of the city's colonial past in shaping its history. Students visit significant sights and museums. Also offered as CAS IR 371 E. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 387.
• CAS HI 369: Introduction to Modern Japanese History
  Developments from late Tokugawa Japan and the Meiji Restoration (1868) to the present. Focus 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. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 391.
• CAS HI 370: 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." Also offered as CAS LJ 282. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 381.
• CAS HI 378: Armenia from Antiquity to the Middle Ages
  Introduction to Armenian history from antiquity to the medieval period. Themes include geopolitical competition for regional hegemony, the conversion to Christianity, adoption of the Armenian alphabet, quality of leadership under the five kingdoms, and the national struggle for survival. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 276.
• CAS HI 379: 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. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 277.
• CAS HI 381: 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. Also offered as CAS IR 397. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 397.
• CAS HI 382: 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. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 398.
• CAS HI 383: 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. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 399.
• CAS HI 384: History of Genocide
  History and comparative analysis of genocidal mass murder with focus on the twentieth century. Hereros, Armenians, holomodor, Holocaust, Cambodia, Rwanda, Darfur. Attention to political leaders, state ideology, dehumanization of victim groups, geopolitical competition, war, empire building and decline.
• CAS HI 385: History of Premodern Iran
  History of Iran from the Muslim conquest to 1900. Examines political developments; Persian literature, visual arts, and culture; Iranian Islam, and religious minorities. Also offered as CAS IR 329.
• CAS HI 387: 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. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 392.
• CAS HI 388: Foundations of Jewish Politics
  A foundational course for the study of Jewish political history. Students gain a broad understanding of central aspects of the "Jewish political tradition" from biblical times until today -- in Europe, the Americas, and the modern Middle East. Also offered as CAS RN 332.
• CAS HI 389: 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. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 393.
• CAS HI 392: 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 considers immigration and the Palestinian question.
• CAS HI 393: Topics in the History of Israel
  Special topics in the history of Israel. Topics differ from year to year. Topic Fall 2012: Israel: History, Politics, Culture, Identity. Israel's political system and society; ethnic relations; Arab minorities; implications of occupation and settlements; the struggle for Israel's identity; drawing on multiple genres including literature, popular music, film, documentaries and art. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 383.
• CAS HI 394: U.S.-Mexican Borders
  Examines the geographic border, as well as political and cultural boundaries inside Mexico and the U.S., from 1848 to the present. Topics include immigration, Mexican-American culture and politics, the Chicano Movement, economic development, gangs, the drug trade, music and art.
• CAS HI 397: 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. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 386.
• CAS HI 398: Protest, Revolution, and Human Rights in Latin America
  What happens when ordinary people and activists rise up to claim human rights? This course examines movements for land, sustainable agriculture, indigenous rights, women's rights, urban services, and freedom from racial discrimination and violence in twentieth-century Latin America.
• CAS HI 401: Senior Honors Seminar 1
  The first of a two-semester seminar that guides students through the research and writing of an honors thesis grounded in primary historical research. Students participate in a workshop environment and are matched with an additional faculty advisor.
• CAS HI 402: Senior Honors Seminar 2
  The second of a two-semester seminar that guides students through the research and writing of an honors thesis grounded in primary historical research. Students participate in a workshop environment and are matched with an additional faculty advisor.

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