Fall 2022 Undergraduate Courses

All Fall 2022 History courses will be taught in-person. 

Department Policy on In-Person Attendance
By signing up for an class that has been designated as “in-person” (or includes a required in-person component),  you have agreed to attend and participate in the class in-person. You should not expect to be able to attend class remotely or to access class recordings. Exceptions to this policy may be granted at the instructor’s discretion. If you are unwilling or unable to commit to attending and participating in person over the duration of the semester, you should seek alternative options for all-remote or online courses. (For assistance with finding alternative classes, please contact your advisor and/or the History Advisor, Hayes Moore, hayes.moore@colorado.edu.)

Europe Courses United States Courses World Areas Courses Global/Comparative Courses HIST 1800 Sections HIST 3020 Sections Senior Seminars Honors Courses
Europe Courses

HIST 1011 / Greeks, Romans, Kings & Crusaders: European History to 1600
  Europe   Pre-1800
  Professor Paradis
​  MWF 9:05-9:55

Examines the history and formation of Europe from its roots in the ancient Near East to Greece to the creation of Medieval states and kingdoms. Topics may include the rise of Christianity, Barbarian migrations, religious persecution, the role of gender and minority status, the growth of trade and European encounters, the Black Death, the European Renaissance the Protestant Reformation.

HIST 1012 / Empire, Revolution and Global War: European History since 1600
   Europe   Post-1800
   Professor Beebe, Professor Hutchinson
​  multiple lectures

Examines the history of modern Europe from 1600. Topics may include religious conflict, absolutism, the Scientific Revolution, the global impact of European colonialism and imperialism, the Enlightenment, the French and Industrial Revolutions, and the emergence of romanticism, nationalism, liberalism, socialism and modernism. Concludes by analyzing World War I and II, communist and fascist totalitarianisms, decolonization and the Cold War.

HIST 1051 / The World of the Ancient Greeks
   Europe   Pre-1800
   Professor Denton
​  TTh 12:30-1:45

Surveys the emergence, major accomplishments, failures and decline of the world of the ancient Greeks, from Bronze Age civilizations of the Minoans and Mycenaeans through the Hellenistic Age (2000-30 B.C.) Same as CLAS 1051.

HIST 1061 / The Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome
  Europe   Pre-1800
   Professor Lansford, Professor Denton
​  multiple lectures

Surveys the rise of ancient Rome in the eighth century B.C. to its fall in the fifth century A.D. Emphasizes political institutions, foreign policy, leading personalities, and unique cultural accomplishments. Same as CLAS 1061.

HIST 1113 / Introdcution to British History to 1660
  Europe   Pre-1800
   Professor Paradis
​   MWF 11:15-12:05

Deals with Roman, medieval and early modern periods. Covers the demographic, economic, social patterns, political and religious developments, and cultural changes that contributed to the formation of the English nation.

HIST 2220 / History of War and Society: Soviet Union & World War II
  Elective
   Professor Hatch
​  MWF 3:35-4:25

This course examines the impact of war on the shaping of the Soviet Union, with emphasis on WWII. In answering the question, “How was the Soviet Union able to emerge victorious in WWII when, roughly twenty years earlier, its predecessor state, Imperial Russia, was defeated in WWI?” we will address the political, social, economic and cultural developments under communism that presaged this outcome, and which together comprise the “Stalinist” system created in the 1930s, and the impact of WWII on Soviet society (including gender roles), the military, and the Soviet Union’s international standing.

HIST 4061 / The Twilight of Antiquity
  Europe   Pre-1800
   Professor Kindick
​  MWF 11:15-12:05

Explores the reasons for the fall of the Roman Empire in the western Mediterranean and its survival in the east as Byzantium. Emphasizes Christianity; barbarians; social, economic and cultural differences; contemporary views of Rome; and modern scholarship. No Greek or Latin is required. Same as HIST 5061 and CLAS 4061 and CLAS 5061.

HIST 4081 / The Roman Republic 
  Europe   Pre-1800
   Professor Koster
​  MWF 2:30-3:20

Studies the Roman Republic from its foundation in 753 B.C. to its conclusion with the career of Augustus. Emphasizes the development of Roman Republic government. Readings are in the primary sources. No Greek or Latin required. Same as CLAS 4081 and CLAS 5081.

HIST 4091 / The Roman Empire
  Europe   Pre-1800
   Professor Denton
​  TTh 2-3:15

Studies Imperial Roman history beginning with the Roman Revolution and ending with examination of the passing of centralized political authority in the western Mediterranean. Emphasizes life, letters and personalities of the Empire. Same as CLAS 4091 and CLAS 5091.

HIST 4101 / Greek and Roman Slavery
  Europe   Pre-1800
   Professor Hunt
​  MWF 1:50-2:40

Surveys slavery in ancient Greece and Rome beginning with its growth, economics and political effects, moving to the life experiences of slaves, resistance and revolt, and finishing with the ideology of slavery. Focuses throughout on the challenge of understanding classical slavery on the basis of scattered and biased evidence and on the controversies that have surrounded this topic. Same as CLAS 4101.

 

HIST 4442 / Europe since 1945
  Europe   Post-1800
   Professor Hatch
​  MWF 9:05-9:55

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; European unity. Recommended prerequisite: HIST 1012. 

HIST 4521 / Europe in the High Middle Ages (1000-1400 A.D.)
  Europe   Pre-1800
   Professor Jobin
​  MWF 1:25-2:15

Examines the history of Europe from the emergence of feudal institutions to the rise of nation states, with specific attention to social, intellectual and religious change, the role of law and ritual, the crusades and European expansion, and urban growth and identity in the West. Recommended prerequisite: HIST 1011 or HIST 2170. 

HIST 4524 / Expulsions and Diasporas: The Jews of Spain and Portugal
  Europe   Pre-1800
   Professor Wartell
​  TTh 12:30-1:45

Considers the experience of Jews and converses during the Spanish Inquisition and the Iberian expulsions of the 1490s. Sephardic refugees faced social, economic, and political upheavals in the decades after their exile, leading to new communities in settings as diverse as North Africa, India, Turkey, the Caribbean, and the Americas. The study of texts and traditions from the Sephardic diaspora will explore themes including forced conversion, rabbinic authority, colonialism, and mercantile networks. Previously offered as a special topics course. Same as JWST 4524. 

HIST 4711 / The Medieval Crusades: Holy War and Its History, 1095-1400
  Europe OR Global/Comparative   Pre-1800
   Professor Upton
​  MWF 9:05-9:55

Studies the innovation, impact and meaning of holy war and the expansion of Christendom during the High Middle Ages. Topics include the definition of crusade and crusaders, religious persecution and tolerance, the expansion of European modes of government, war memory, colonization and its aftermath, the meaning of the Holy Land and the home front. Recommended prerequisite: HIST 1011 or HIST 2170. 

HIST 4713 / History of Russia through the 17th Century
  Europe   Pre-1800
   Professor Hatch
​  MWF 11:15-12:05

Introduces the history and culture of Russia from the 9th to the 17th century. Emphasizes selected topics in social, economic, religious and cultural history, including the formation of the Russian state conversion to Orthodox Christianity, the Mongol invasion and the reign of Ivan the Terrible. Recommended prerequisite: HIST 1011. 

HIST 4723 / Imperial Russia
  Europe
   Professor Hutchinson
​  MWF 12:20-1:10

Surveys major cultural, social, and economic changes from the reign of Peter the Great through World War I. Recommended prerequisite: HIST 1012. 

HIST 4803 / Special Topics in European History: Ireland
  Europe
   Professor Detch
​  MWF 3:35-4:25

Covers specialized topics in European history, usually focusing on a specific country or theme.

HIST 1015 / American History to 1865
  United States   Pre-1800
  Professor Sachs, Professor Babicz
​  multiple lectures

Examines American history from pre-Columbian times to the Civil War, including ancient cultures, exploration, colonization, Native American responses, the rise of race slavery, the American Revolution, political developments, Anglo-American expansion, slave life and culture, the market revolution, industrialization, reform and disunion. Introduces students to history as a dynamic discipline that shapes our understanding of the past and present.

HIST 1025 / American History Since 1865
  United States   Post-1800
  Professor Young, Professor Brackett-Hogstad
​  multiple lectures

Explores political, social and cultural changes in American life since Reconstruction. Focuses on shifting social and political relations as the U.S. changed from a nation of farmers and small-town dwellers to an urban, industrial society; the changing meaning of American identity in a society divided by ethnicity, race and class; and the emergence of the U.S. as a world power.

HIST 2015 / Themes in Early American History: The Age of Revolutions
  Elective
  Professor Detch
​  online

What are revolutions and how did they impact the many peoples who inhabited early America? Those questions are the foundation of this course, which takes an expansive chronological view of the so-called “Age of Revolutions” while addressing the ways that several different revolutionary movements altered societies and cultures throughout the Americas. From the English Revolution of 1688 until the Latin American Independence movements of the 1820s, the very concept of “revolution” changed along with societies and cultures around the world. This class provides overviews of major revolutionary movements, explores the evolution of the concept of “revolution,” and charts the influence of revolutionary movements on the peoples of early America. Students will read the works of leading historians as they study the peoples of the past whose quotidian lives often took place against a backdrop of monumental change."

HIST 2126 / Issues in Modern U.S. Politics and Foreign Relations: The Road to 9/11
  Elective
  Professor Langer
​  MWF 9:10-10:00

Course description coming soon. 

HIST 2516 / America Through Baseball
  Elective
  Professor Zeiler
​  TTh 11:10-12:25

Baseball could not have existed without America. Explains how the game fit into the larger context of social, cultural, economic and political history from the 19th century to the present. Studies the events and people who made baseball the national pastime. 

HIST 4117 / Colorado History
  United States   Post-1800
  Professor Andrews
​  TTh 3:55-5:10

Presents the story of the people, society, culture, and environment of Colorado from the earliest Native Americans, through the Spanish influx, the fur traders and mountain men, the gold rush, railroad builders, the cattlemen and farmers, the silver boom, the twentieth-century tourists, city-dwellers, workers and activists. Highlights the historical origins of twenty-first century institutions, problems, challenges, and opportunities. Recommended prerequisite: HIST 1015 or HIST 1025. 

HIST 4125 / Early American History to 1763
  United States   Pre-1800
  Professor Fenn
​  TTh 11:10-12:25

Explores the colonial era of American history from the pre-Columbian period to the end of the Seven Years' War. Topics include pre-contact Native societies, exploration, European settlement and Native American responses, labor system and the rise of slavery, imperial wars, and the developments in religion, society, politics and culture. 

HIST 4326 / Epidemic Disease in US History, 1739-1776
  United States   Post-1800
  Professor Fenn
​  TTh 8:00-9:15

Focuses on the impact of infectious epidemic disease on American history, from smallpox and cholera to influenza, AIDS and Ebola. Addresses early depopulation of the Americas; contagion and social upheaval; interpretations of pestilence; social construction of disease; urbanization; doctors and alternative practitioners; public health; prejudice and infection; the ethics of quarantine; public versus individual interests; and the paradox of prevention. 

HIST 4416 / Environmental History of North America 
  United States
  Professor Young
​  MWF 10:20-11:10

Examines how people of North America, from precolonial times to the present, interact with, altered, and thought about the natural world. Key themes include Native American land uses; colonization and ecological imperialism; environmental impacts of food and agriculture; industrialization, urbanization and pollution; energy transitions; cultures of environmental appreciation; the growth of the conversation and environmental movements. 

HIST 4425 / United States History, 1917-1945
  United States   Post-1800
  Professor Langer
​  MWF 11:30-12:20

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. Recommended prerequisite: HIST 1025. 

HIST 4437 / African American History, 1619-1865
  United States   Pre-1800
  Professor Lawrence Sanders
​  MWF 10:20-11:10

Explores the history of Africans in America from the first arrivals to emancipation, and their role in the social, cultural, economic, and political evolution of the United States. Recommended prerequisite: HIST 1015. 

HIST 4527 / Mexican-American History since 1848
  United States   Post-1800
  Professor Mendoza
​  TTh 11:10-12:25

Examines Mexican-origins people in the United States from the 19th century through the present. Focuses on Mexican-American history as both an integral part of American history and as a unique subject of historical investigation. Using primary and secondary sources, students will examine how Mexicans and Mexican-Americans have negotiated, influenced, and responded to political, social, cultural, and economic circumstances in the U.S. Recommended prerequisite: HIST 1015 or HIST 1025. 

HIST 4776 / History and Genealogy in American Society
  United States 
  Professor Sachs
​  TTh 11:10-12:25

Introduces students to the uses and cultural importance of family history in American society and to the techniques of doing genealogy. It examines the subject of genealogy through its relationship to nostalgia, ethnicity, regionalism, slavery, race, sexuality, immigration, and national identity between the colonial period and the present. The course also requires students to engage in primary research on their own family or a family of their choosing. 

HIST 4837 / Jews in the American West
  United States 
  Professor Wartell
​  TTh 2:20-3:35

Explores the history of Jewish migration and settlement in the American West. Jewish pioneers in the nineteenth century included explorers, businessmen, and cowgirls that established small communities in territories that had not yet achieved statehood. As westward expansion progressed, Jews continued to find opportunity in the West, balancing assimilation with unique expressions of religious identity. The history of communal institutions including synagogues, hospitals and summer camps offers new perspectives on this underrepresented segment of American Jewry.

HIST 1018 / Introduction to Early Latin American History to 1810
  World Areas   Pre-1800
  Professor Ogden
​  MWF 12:40-1:30

Introduces students to the history of what is now called Latin America from about 1450 to the wars of independence in the nineteenth century. Examines pertinent aspects of the societies and cultures of indigenous people, the history of European conquest, and the most salient features of the Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires in America.

HIST 1308 / Introduction to Middle Eastern History
  World Areas 
  Professor Willis
​  MWF 11:30-12:20

Interdisciplinary course that focuses on medieval and modern history of the Middle East (A.D. 600 to the present). Introduces the Islamic civilization of the Middle East and the historical evolution of the region from the traditional into the modern eras. Covers social patterns, economic life, and intellectual trends, as well as political development.

HIST 1628 / Introduction to Chinese History since 1644
  World Areas   Post-1800
  Professor Weston
​  TTh 12:45-2:00

Introduces students to modern Chinese history and culture, from the 17th century to the present. Considers the pertinent aspects of modern China, focusing on its social patterns, economic structure, intellectual trends and political developments.

HIST 1708 / Introduction to Japanese History
  World Areas 
  Professor Lim
​  TTh 12:45-2:00

A broad interdisciplinary survey of the history of Japan from earliest times to the 20th century. Explores the development of political institutions, social structures, cultural and religious life, economic development, and foreign relations in an historical perspective.

HIST 1818 / Jewish History to 1492
  World Areas   Pre-1800
  Professor TBA
​  TTh 2:20-3:35

Focus on Jewish history from the Biblical period to the Spanish Expulsion in 1492. Study the origins of a group of people who call themselves, and whom others call, Jews. Focus on place, movement, power/powerlessness, gender, and the question of how to define Jews over time and place. Introduces Jews as a group of people bound together by a particular set of laws; looks at their dispersion and diversity; explores Jews' interactions with surrounding cultures and societies; introduces the basic library of Jews; sees how Jews relate to political power. Same as JWST 1818 and RLST 1818.

HIST 4018 / Aztecs, Incas, and the Spanish Conquest of the Americas
  World Areas   Pre-1800
  Professor Ogden
​  MWF 3:00-3:50

Building upon contemporary texts and modern histories of both famous and ordinary people, this course examines the indigenous empires known as the Aztecs and the Incas. It also examines the encounter of Europeans and native people, following the history of exploration and conquest from the time of Columbus to about 1550. Equal consideration is given to the course's three components: Aztec, Inca and the Spanish conquest. Recommended prerequisite: HIST 1018. 

HIST 4338 / History of Modern Israel/Palestine
  World Areas   Post-1800
  Professor Kalisman
​  MWF 1:50-2:40

Explore the history culture, and politics of this crossroads of Europe and Asia from the late Ottoman period to the present. Topics include: nationalism and colonialism, development of Zionist ideology, Palestinian nationalism, the Jewish community (Yishusv) under British rule, the founding of the State of Israel, Arab-Israeli and Palestinian-Israeli relations, Israel's minorities, and the conflict of religion and state. Recommended prerequisite: HIST 1818 or JWST 1818 or HIST 1828 or JWST 1828 or HIST 1308 or JWST 2350 or other course work in Middle Eastern or Jewish History. Same as JWST 4338. 

HIST 4348 / Topics in Jewish History: Childhood in Israel/Palestine
  World Areas
  Professor Kalisman
​  MWF 11:30-12:20

Will examine topics relating to History, Jewish Studies and Israel/Palestine studies. Analyzes the history of modern childhood in Israel and Palestine from the 19th century to the present. Themes include agency, work, lifecycle and culpability. Topics range from collective parenting on Israeli Kibbutzim, growing up in Ottoman Palestine, to the legal status of stone-throwing Palestinian children. 

HIST 4618 / Early Modern China: From Genghis Khan to the Opium War
  World Areas   Pre-1800
  Professor Kim
​  MWF 9:10-10:00

Examines political, social, and cultural history of China from the Song Dynasty (960-1279) to the opium War (1839-1842). Topics covered include the development of imperial political institution and gentry society, Conquest Dynasties, Neo-Confucianism, China's "medieval economic revolution", Chinese world order in East Asia, Qing multiethnic empire, Chinese overseas migration, and the coming of the West. Recommended prerequisite: HIST 1618 or HIST 1628 or CHIN 1012. 

HIST 4738 / History of Early Modern Japan (1590-1868)
  World Areas   Pre-1800
  Professor Yonemoto
​  TTh 9:35-10:50

Covers the history of early modern Japan (1590-1868). Explores the political, social, cultural and economic context of Japan's history from the era of Warring States through the rise and fall of the Tokugawa military government (Shogunate). 

HIST 4758 / The History of Postwar Japan, 1945 to Present
  World Areas   Post-1800
  Professor Kingsberg Kadia
​  TTh 12:45-2:00

Explores political, economic, social and cultural factors in postwar Japan. Although the defeat in 1945 is often seen as "zero hour", a moment of near total disjunction, the outlines of postwar Japan emerged during World War II. Beginning with the 1930s, traces growth and development, social change, globalization, the quest for collective identity and other themes in the evolving Japanese nation-state. 

HIST 4711 / The Medieval Crusades: Holy War and Its History, 1095-1400
  Europe OR Global/Comparative   Pre-1800
   Professor Upton
​  MWF 9:10-10:00

Studies the innovation, impact and meaning of holy war and the expansion of Christendom during the High Middle Ages. Topics include the definition of crusade and crusaders, religious persecution and tolerance, the expansion of European modes of government, war memory, colonization and its aftermath, the meaning of the Holy Land and the home front. Recommended prerequisite: HIST 1011 or HIST 2170. 

The first cornerstone course for history majors is HIST 1800: Introduction to Global History. This course applies a broad perspective to the global past in order to illuminate how common historical patterns and processes as well as unique elements shaped the human experience. Using a thematic approach, all topical variations of this course highlight cross-cultural interactions among societies, and, when relevant, how historical processes that began centuries ago still impact the contemporary world. (Recommended for first-year and sophomore students, with a minimum of 3 credits of any history course. HIST 1830 fullfills the HIST 1800 requirement.)

HIST 1800-001 / A Global History of Opiates
  Professor Kingsberg Kadia
​  TTh 9:35-10:50

This course introduces students to themes and methods in global history through the vehicle of opiates (intoxicating derivatives of the poppy plant). Although drugs such as opium, morphine, and heroin have long played important roles in societies around the world, we know surprisingly little about them, in part because they have long been stigmatized and criminalized. This course deconstructs established narratives and myths around narcotics through a close inspection of opiate production, consumption, trade, and regulation in early modern and modern history. The course material is divided into roughly three parts. Part I explores the history of opium in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Part II looks at morphine and heroin in the early twentieth century. Part III delves into case studies of contemporary hotspots. Geographically, we will engage with North America, Europe, and East, Southeast, South, Southwest, and West Asia. Our work will span political, social, economic, diplomatic, intellectual, cultural, and medical history, among other fields.

HIST 1800-002 / A Global History of Non-Violence
  Professor Mukherjee
​  MWF 12:40-1:30 (remote)

Course description coming soon.

HIST 1830 / Global History of Holocaust and Genocide
  Post-1800
  Professor TBA
​  MWF 10:20-11:10 (hybrid in remote-online)

This course will examine the interplay of politics, culture, psychology and sociology to try to understand why the great philosopher Isaiah Berlin called the 20th century, "The most terrible century in Western history." Our focus will be on the Holocaust as the event that defined the concept of genocide, but we will locate this event that has come to define the 20th century within ideas such as racism, imperialism, violence, and most important, the dehumanization of individuals in the modern world.

The second cornerstone course for history majors centers on the essential skills all historians use. Students will advance their reading, sourcing, and research techniques, hone critical, analytical, and synthetic skills, navigate scholarly discourse, and practice historical writing. As this simultaneously satisfies the College's upper-division writing requirement, all sections involve substantial, regular, and varied writing assignments as well as instruction in methods and the revision process. All topical variations of this course are limited to maximum of 18 students in order to focus on supporting students as they learn to write - and think - like an historian. (Recommended for sophomores or juniors, HIST 3020 may be taken concurrently with, but not prior to, HIST 1800.) 

HIST 3020-001 / Nations and Images of South Asia
   Professor Chester
​  TTh 3:55-5:10

This seminar focuses on nationalism in South Asia. We will discuss forms of resistance to British imperialism and the ways that resistance led to the independence of India and Pakistan.  We will pay special attention to Mahatma Gandhi and to the role of goddesses, maps, and violence. The course emphasizes “thinking and writing,” especially writing.  Assignments (including a research journal, paper drafts, and other intermediate work) are designed to help students create a research and writing process that works for them, building progressively toward their final research pape. 

HIST 3020-002 / Seductive Falsehoods in European History 1000-1700
   Professor Paradis
​  MW 4:10-5:25

Ever wonder how QAnon or Flat Earthers could gain so many adherents? False reports, unsubstantiated rumors, conspiracy theories, and other forms of misinformation have been influential in European history at least since the Middle Ages. Stories about changelings, rumors about traitors, and fears about witches and subversive religious sects were only some of the unreliable news reports that inspired unwary folk to band together and to attack the alleged perpetrators of imagined misdeeds. The class will explore how seemingly bizarre and unsubstantiated stories gathered adherents from the time of the crusades to the dawn of the Enlightenment. Although we will consider how the introduction of print in the 1400s helped to perpetuate and eradicate misunderstandings, individual research projects may cover the period before Gutenberg.

HIST 3020-003 / The Visual and Material Culture of the Age of Revolutions
   Professor Detch
​  MW 4:10-5:25

Course Description coming soon.

HIST 3020-004 / Democracy on the American World War II Home Front
   Professor Mendoza
​  TTh 3:55-5:10 (remote)

This course introduces students to historical research methods through an examination of the popular belief that World War II was a democratizing and progressive moment for people of color in American society. We will explore the tension between wartime democratic rhetoric and the various forms of discrimination Japanese Americans, African Americans, Mexican Americans, and gays and lesbians experienced by considering events such as Japanese American removal and relocation, the Double Victory campaign, the so-called Zoot Suit Riots, and the policing of sexuality in the US military. In particular, we will consider under what circumstances democracy did or did not work, the government’s role in hindering or promoting a sense of belonging in the nation, and how broader society defined “American”—in terms of identity as well as the ideals and priorities of the era. Our inquiry over the course of the semester will be guided by questions we will answer through our close reading and analysis of primary and secondary sources, among other skills central to demonstrating fluency in historical literacy. To achieve this, students can expect to write every week, in an effort to gain a familiarity and comfort with using historical literacy in the research writing process. By the end of the semester, students will write a research paper that will draw upon both course materials and sources they locate through independent research on our common examination of World War II as a democratizing and progressive moment in American society.

Capstone seminars are designed for advanced history majors to pull together the skills they have honed in previous classes towards producing historical knowledge about a particular area of interest. Each course section will have a specific field of focus, and include readings and discussion in a small (18- student) seminar setting. These and other class activities and assignments will support the central goal: for each student to develop an individual research project on a topic of their own choosing, based on primary sources and related to the area of focus for that course section, and write a substantial and original paper. (Completion of HIST 3020 is required for history majors to enroll in a senior seminar.)

HIST 3417 / Seminar in African American History - African Americans and the American Civil War
  United States 
   Professor Lawrence Sanders
​   M 4:10pm-6:40


About six years ago, the United States began a rapid and contentious movement to address the long-lasting ramifications of the Civil War and whether the commemorative landscape about the war adequately reflected the nation’s ideals in the 21st century.  While these debates have centered on contemporary questions of race and social justice, a less explored historical question still remains:  What did the Civil War mean to African Americans? African Americans participated and fought in the Civil War, shaped the War’s trajectory—both militarily and ideologically—and placed the war at the center of post-Emancipation Black freedom struggles. This class will explore the Civil War and its legacy from an African American historical perspective that covers the war itself, its aftermath, and African American memory and commemoration of the war. 

HIST 3713 / Seminar in Russian History - World War II Through Soviet Eyes
   Europe   Post-1800
   Professor Hutchingson
​   T 3:55-6:25

 
The struggle between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany on the Eastern Front of the Second World War was the largest military confrontation in history, but the perspective from Eastern Europe is largely absent from American narratives of the war. What was life like for Soviet citizens who lived and died during World War II? Students in this course will learn about major events and themes in the history of World War II in the Soviet Union through sources produced by both historians and eyewitnesses. Each week will also focus on a particular type of historical source (in English translation), including memoirs, diaries, speeches, and visual sources. Over the course of the semester, you will experience the siege of Leningrad through the memoir of a Russian woman poet, witness the battle of Stalingrad through oral histories, and learn about the Holocaust from a literary work by a Jewish writer whose mother was killed by the Nazis.

This course is designed to guide you through the process of writing a major research paper. Each week, your task will be to find a Soviet source of the type that we are focusing on that week. In class, we will brainstorm ways that our sources can help us formulate research questions. The second half of the class will be dedicated to researching those questions and writing your papers. Ultimately, each student will produce a research paper on a topic related to the history of World War II in the Soviet Union that applies the subject knowledge and methods that we have learned through the semester.

HIST 3800 / Seminar in Globla History
  Global/Comparative
   Professor Mukherjee
​   W 4:10-6:40

Course description coming soon. 

Students who have an overall GPA of 3.3 or higher are eligible to take courses through the Honors Program. These courses are limited to 17 students and provide students with a rigorous seminar experience. In collaboration with the Honors Program, the history department offers honors seminars and honors co-recitations. Learn about graduating with honors in history   .

HIST 1518 / Introduction to South Asian History to 1757
  World Areas   Post-1800
   Professor Gautam
​  TTh 9:30-10:45

Introduces the history of South Asia, providing a general acquaintance with the narratives and interpretations of ancient and medieval history of the Indian subcontinent from the rise of the Indus Valley Civilization in 3500 BCE to the end of the Mughal Empire in 1757 CE. Intended for students with little or no prior knowledge of the region.