History

• GRS HI 608: 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. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered GRS HI 811.
• GRS HI 609: 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. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered GRS HI 812.
• GRS HI 649: 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 GRS HI 821.
• GRS HI 650: 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 GRS HI 822.
• GRS HI 666: 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 GRS HI 833.
• GRS HI 674: 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, socioeconomic, and cultural transformation from the traditional society into the first Communist state. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered GRS HI 847.
• GRS HI 698: 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. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered GRS HI 871.
• GRS HI 699: Teaching College History
  The goals, contents, and methods of instruction in history. General teaching-learning issues. Required of all teaching fellows.
• GRS HI 702: Science and American Culture
  From the colonial period to the present. 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." This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered GRS HI 868.
• GRS HI 704: 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. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered GRS HI 869.
• GRS HI 705: 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. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered GRS HI 873.
• GRS HI 706: 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. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered GRS HI 874.
• GRS HI 708: 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. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered GRS HI 854. Also offered as GRS RN 614.
• GRS HI 721: 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. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered GRS HI 856.
• GRS HI 749: History of Religion in Precolonial Africa
  The study of the development of religious traditions in Africa during the period prior to European colonialism. An emphasis on both indigenous religions and the growth and spread of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in the continent as a whole. Also offered as GRS AA 882 and GRS RN 682.
• GRS HI 750: 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. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered GRS HI 885.
• GRS HI 751: 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. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered GRS HI 894.
• GRS HI 760: Blacks in Modern Europe
  Readings from recent scholarly books on Blacks in Britain, France, Germany, and Russia, as well as related primary materials revealing the evolving image of Blacks in European history, folklore, religion, art, and literature. Also offered as GRS AA 880. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered GRS HI 880.
• GRS HI 761: 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. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered GRS HI 888.
• GRS HI 800: European Historiography
  Examines historical writing about Europe through changing trends in method and approach. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered GRS HI 700.

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