Courses

Traces the development of American culture from its colonial roots to the early decades of the 19th century. Focuses on regional differences in the colonial period, the creation of a new cultural synthesis during the Revolution, and the cultural implications of the Revolutionary legacy. Prereq., HIST 1015 or 1035. Restricted to sophomores/juniors/seniors.

Familiarizes students with the Mediterranean ecumene covering concepts such as the Renaissance, the Crusades, traders and travelers, religions and cities. Explores both conflicts (military, confessional) and exchanges (commercial, artistic, scientific) thus helping students think cross culturally, comparatively, and thematically. Emphasizes the Mediterranean contribution to historical developments of western Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. Prereq., HIST 1010, 1061, 1308, 4061, 4071, 4081, 4091, or 4711. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomore, Junior or Senior) only.

Examines health care and disease patterns in the United States, from the colonial period through the 1980s. Topics include biomedicine and alternative therapies, changing ideas about health and disease, the patient perspective, and financing health care. Prereq., HIST 1025 or 1045. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomore, Junior or Senior) only.

Primarily from 1800 to the present. Attention divided equally between the region's political history and international relations and its patterns of economic, social, and cultural modernization in the main countries. Prereq., HIST 1308. Same as HIST 5328. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomore, Junior or Senior) only.

Examines the more important movements of reform in Muslim world (including Africa, the Middle East, and India) from the 18th century to the present, and their origins and intellectual import. Due to the trans-regional nature of this broad movement of reform, we will pay particular attention to how these movements related to local political, economic,and social contexts, and how they, in turn, moved across larger networks of oceanic commerce and trade. The course concludes with extended case studies of Islamic reformism in modern Egypt and India, and their ultimate influence on the politics of contemporary Islamist movements, especially the intellectual position of Ussama B. Ladin. Prereq., HIST 1308. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomore, Junior or Senior) only.

Examines developing intellectual traditions in their social and political contexts. Addresses democracy, religion, transcendentalism, women, race, union or disunion, the Darwinian revolution, and literary realism and naturalism. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomore, Junior or Senior) only.

Learn the history of this crossroads of Europe and Asia from the late Ottoman Empire to the present. Main topics include nationalism and colonialism, development of Zionist ideology, development of Palestinian nationalism, establishment of the Jewish settlement (Yishuv) under British rule, the founding of the Jewish nation-state, relations with neighbors, and the aftermath of the 1956, 1967, 1973, and 1982 wars. Prereqs., HIST 1108 or 1308 or JWST 2350. HIST 4338 and JWST 4338 are the same course.

Examines the development of the borderlands of the British empire through imperial expansion, consolidation, and early decolonization. Focuses on the 19th and early 20th centuries. Topics include domination, resistance, and negotiation in areas such as India, Afghanistan, the Palestine Mandate. Aims for students to acquire skills in comparative history and to develop a better understanding of the roots of contemporary conflicts. Prereq., HIST 1020, 1308, 1408, or 2123. Same as HIST 5339. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomore, Junior or Senior) only.

Addresses the impacts of political, social, and economic developments on ideas about democracy, science, race, gender, faith, the supposed mission of America, and the role of intellectuals in society. Same as ETHN 4344. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomore, Junior or Senior) only.

Covers topics in Jewish history from biblical beginnings to present day. Topics vary each semester. Consult the online Schedule Planner for specific topics. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours within the degree. Prereqs., HIST 1108 or 1308 or JWST 2350. Same as JWST 4348. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomore, Junior or Senior) only.

Examines the end of the British Empire. Focuses on connections between imperial territories, such as networks of anticolonial activists and links between British decision makers. Students will acquire research skills and develop a better understanding of the roots of contemporary conflict. Prior coursework in British imperial history and excellent writing skills are required. Prereq., one of the following: HIST 1308, 1408, 4053, 4238, 4258, 4328, 4329, 4538, or 4558. HIST 4349 and 5349 are the same course. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomore, Junior or Senior) only.

Examines Jewish communities of the Mediterranean basin and Middle East in modern times. Topics covered include culture and identity of these communities, as well as their encounter with empire, westernization, and nationalism, among other political and social currents. Exploration of images and representations of Sephardi and Eastern Jewries. Sources include memoirs, diaries, films, 19th century press and correspondence, and travelogues. Same as JWST 4378.

Examines the origins, character, and significance of the First and Second World Wars for the major nations of Europe during the first half of the 20th century. Prereq., HIST 1020. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomore, Junior or Senior) only.

Cultural, political, and social history of Germany up to and including the revolutions of 1848. Emphasizes the political history of Prussia and such cultural phenomena as German romanticism. Prereq., HIST 1020. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomore, Junior or Senior) only.

Explores major developments in European thought from the Enlightenment to Nietzsche. Special attention given to the individuals whose ideas have had the greatest influence on modern intellectual history, e.g., Rousseau, Hegel, Herder, Marx, Kierkegaard, Baudelaire, Darwin, and others. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomore, Junior or Senior) only.

Examines the social, economic, political, and cultural history of the United States from the end of Reconstruction to the eve of World War I. Topics include the struggles of labor and industry, race and immigration, western and environmental issues, city life and new technologies, feminism and Progressivism, and Indian wars and imperialism. Prereq., HIST 1015 or 1025. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomore, Junior or Senior) only.

Examines how people of North America, from precolonial times to the present, organized their lives within the ecological systems of the area, how they conceived of their natural world, and how they reshaped their environment according to their human needs. Prereqs., HIST 1015 or 1025 or 1035 or 1045. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomore, Junior or Senior) only.

Examines the origins of World War I; the military, social, and cultural character of the conflict; and its enduring impact in the post-1918 world. By thinking about the war as both a military undertaking and an experience that affected domestic and global politics, the course will explore why World War I constituted an event of major importance to Europe and the twentieth-century world. Prereq., HIST 1020 or 1040. HIST 4422 is restricted to sophomores/juniors/seniors. HIST 4422 and 5422 are the same course.

Cultural, political, and social history of Germany since 1849. Emphasizes German unification, Bismarkian foreign policy, the rise of neoromanticism, Weimar politics, and the rise of national socialism. Prereq., HIST 1020. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomore, Junior or Senior) only.

Emphasizes Nietzsche and the youth revolt against middle class society, the literary and artistic avant garde (impressionism to existentialism), the psychoanalytic movement, the European right and left, and post-WWII European thought. Restricted to sophomores/juniors/seniors.

Examines U.S. history from World War I through World War II. Key themes include: warfare; the rise of the modern state; consumer culture; the shift from conservative politics to the New Deal liberalism; the women's movement; immigration restriction; segregation; the Great Migration, and civil rights; conflicts between secular modernism and religious fundamentalism; and new technologies such as the automobile. Prereq., HIST 1025. Restricted to sophomores/juniors/seniors.

Focuses on the political, social, cultural, and psychological roots of national socialism, with the nature of the national socialist regime, and those politics and actions that came directly out of its challenge to values central to Western civilization. Studies how Nazism came out of this civilization. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 87-180 credits (Senior, Fifth Year Senior).

Examines the History of the United States during the Cold War, with an emphasis on social and cultural issues at home. Also addresses the economic and political evolution of the American people and the nation's role in world affairs. Prereq., HIST 1025. Restricted to sophomores/juniors/seniors. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomore, Junior or Senior) only.

Explores Europe from the end of World War II through the present day. Topics include postwar reconstruction; the cold war; anticommunist opposition and new social movements; consumer culture and punk music; the fall of communism; the Yugoslav wars; and European unity. Prereq., HIST 1020 or 1040 or 4412, or PSCI 2012. Restricted to sophomores/juniors/seniors.

Explores a selected theme in European thought since the Enlightenment. Topics vary each term. Restricted to sophomores/juniors/seniors.