Spring 2023

Achievements of the near East, Greece, and Rome with emphasis on the development of ideas, arts, and institutions which have influenced modern man.

Political, intellectual, and cultural developments in Europe,1300-1815. Renaissance and Reformation; absolute monarchy,scientific changes, and Enlightenment; French Revolution andNapoleon.

Study of the lives of selected individuals who have helped to shape Chinese politics and culture.

History of South Asia from the tenth century to the present day; examines imperialism, capitalism, nationalism, and immigration.

Survey of the art, architecture, and visual culture of Latin America from the colonial period to the present, focusing on connections to culture and society.

Methods and theories of historical interpretation of evidence; uses of archives; modes of presenting the past to the public. Required of all History majors. Duplicates credit in former HIST-300.

Examines the origins of the idea of race and how this idea influenced the development of the United States from the colonial period to the present day.

U.S. motion pictures as both a response to and comment upon major events, problems, and themes in 20th century America.

An examination of how the shifting norms, discourses and representations of gender and sexuality have rocked American society during the last 150 years

Anglo-Saxon and Celtic societies from the Iron Age to the Norman Invasions. Topics include: King Arthur, epics, sagas, Christianization, kingship, women, economic development and Vikings.

Urban history of Rome from its beginnings through the 14th century focusing on select sites in the city.

The varied history of ideas of a free market from Cicero, through the Middle Ages and Renaissance, to the Enlightenment, Adam Smith, Colbert and beyond.

History and contexts of anti-Semitism, racism and other discourses about difference examined through religious, national and cultural forms in Europe and in the US.

A survey of one of the most pivotal eras in British history: reform, regicide, and revolutions; new ideas, new religions, and new worlds.

The rise and decline of modern Britain as a global political and economic force, social and cultural change, emergence of a multi-racial and multi-ethnic society.

Development of the Japanese legal system and its influence society; considers rulership, property law, gender and the impact of the warrior tradition.

Early modern English and European social and cultural history viewed though everyday and luxury material objects.

Mexican migration from the 1850s to the present, emphasizing labor migrants to the United States.

An historical and social analysis of the African- American experience from Colonial times to the present.

Explores how the idea of authenticity shaped American popular music and influenced iconic musicians in the twentieth century.

Exploration of major themes and events in Latin American history from independence to the present.

Racial and cultural background of Mexico; immigration and conquest; the Mexican in California and the southwest; the rise of contemporary Mexican-American consciousness.

Comparative examination of the social, economic, and political experiences of Asian immigrants and their descendants in the U.S., 1840s-present.

Reading and doing quantitative research with historical data. Covers research designs, appropriate statistical analysis, and software packages for the use of historians.

Explores changes in gender expectations in England between 1700 and 1900 through readings and one-week travel to London

Uses waste as a lens to explore the ties between economic development, ecological disruption, resource extraction and racial, class and gender exploitation.

Beliefs of European heretics 1000 - 1400 and practices of religious persecution, with special consideration given to problems of evidence gained through interrogation or torture.

Intellectual and cultural trends of contemporary Europe, including Dadaism, Surrealism, Western Marxism, Fascism, Existentialism and Structuralism.

History of the Indian Ocean world as a major arena of political, economic and cultural contact during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

A historical overview of apocalyptic hopes and fears, from Revelations to the present. New World explorations, utopian communes, nuclear war, zombies, climate change.

Comparative patterns of historical change around the world, from ca. 1500 to ca. 1800.

Examines the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans and its impact on issues of civil liberties as well as national security.

Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.

Writing of the honors thesis; for students in the History Honors Program.

Writing of the honors thesis; capstone for students in the Law, History and Culture major.

Advanced study in historical analysis and writing on selected topics and themes. Seminar enrollment limited to 15 students. Recommended preparation: HIST 201

Introduction to research in the fields of American Indian, colonial America, Atlantic world, and the early United States. Open only to graduate students.

The rise of Nazism, fascism, and communism in 20th and 21st centuries and the ways in which those ideologies conflicted with democracy.

Research leading to the master's degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.

Credit on acceptance of thesis. Graded IP/CR/NC

Credit on acceptance of thesis. Graded IP/CR/NC

Credit on acceptance of Thesis. Graded CR/NC.

Directed research in historical problems concerning the 17th and 18th centuries.

Directed research in historical problems concerning Latin America and the Borderlands.

Research leading to the doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.

Credit on acceptance of Dissertation.

Credit on acceptance of Dissertation.

Credit on acceptance of Dissertation.

Credit on acceptance of Dissertation.

Credit on acceptance of Dissertation.