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Bokovoy, Ferguson, Graham, Monahan, Sanabria, Steen

Ancient times to 1648. Meets New Mexico Lower-Division General Education Common Core Curriculum Area V: Humanities and Fine Arts (NMCCN 1053). (S)

{Summer, Fall, Spring}

Bokovoy, Ferguson, Sanabria, Slaughter, Steen

1648 to present. Meets New Mexico Lower-Division General Education Common Core Curriculum Area V: Humanities and Fine Arts (NMCCN 1063). (S)

{Summer, Fall, Spring}

Cahill, Connell-Szasz, Cornell, Hutton, Sandoval-Strausz, Scharff, Smith, Szasz, Yazawa

Survey of the economic, political, intellectual and social development of the United States, including the place of the U.S. in world affairs from 1607 to 1877. Meets New Mexico Lower-Division General Education Common Core Curriculum Area V: Humanities and Fine Arts (NMCCN 1113). (S)

{Summer, Fall, Spring}

Connell-Szasz, Hutton, Sandoval-Strausz, Scharff, Smith, Szasz, Yazawa

Survey of the economic, political, intellectual and social development of the United States, including the place of the U.S. in world affairs from 1877 to the present. Meets New Mexico Lower-Division General Education Common Core Curriculum Area V: Humanities and Fine Arts (NMCCN 1123). (S)

{Summer, Fall, Spring}

Gauderman, Bieber

An introduction to indigenous, African and Iberian backgrounds. Examines colonial societies through social, economic and political institutions with attention to the contributions of Indians, Africans and Europeans to the creation of Latin America’s diverse societies. (S)

Bieber, Hall, Hutchison

Surveys the nations of Latin America from their independence until the present. Emphasizes the process of nation-building, governance, socioeconomic integration and coping with modernization. Special attention given to great leaders of Latin America. (S)

{Spring}

Graham

(Also offered as MDVL 201)

A broad survey of the history, literature, and culture of the medieval period, from the fall of the Roman Empire to the eve of the Renaissance. (S)

Will vary from instructor to instructor but will offer a review of particular historical issues designed for the nonspecialist. For content of particular courses, see Schedule of Classes and contact Department. (S)

{Fall, Spring}

Porter, Risso

The origin and development of the traditional societies and cultures of India, Southeast Asia, China, Japan and the Middle East. (S)

Porter, Risso

The emergence of modern Asia from the impact of western colonialism and imperialism to nationalism, modernization and revolution. (S)

Ball, Reyes, Truett

Introduction to New Mexico history from earliest human settlement to the present day. (S)

(Also offered as AFST 284)

The course examines major events and personalities that shaped the history of African Americans in the United States. (S)

Will vary from instructor to instructor, but will be an in-depth analysis of specific historical problems. For course content, consult Schedule of Classes. (EC, EME, ME, US, AW, LA, A, WG, RE, RSI)

Graham

The emergence of medieval European civilization from the reign of Constantine to the beginnings of the papal monarchy. (EC)

This course will survey developments in European civilization from the middle of the eleventh through the sixteenth century. Students will study the growth and changes in high and late medieval society, culture, and life.

Steen

(Also offered as RELG 306)

Religious revolution and concurrent developments in European politics, society and culture. (EME)

Steen

Survey of political, cultural, social and economic trends in Europe during Thirty Years War and reign of Louis XIV. Special emphasis on developments in England, France and Hapsburg dominions. (EME)

Steen

Survey of the political, cultural, social and economic situation in Europe at height of Old Regime. Emphasis will be on intellectual and social developments that culminated in French Revolution. (EME)

Steen

Survey of the course of the revolution and its impact on France and on European social, political, economic and military life. (EME)

Bokovoy

A social, cultural, political, diplomatic and military history of World War I. (ME)

This course will study the origins of the war, its progression, and the consequences of conquest, occupation, collaboration, resistance, and genocide. This course also examines how Europeans met the challenges of reconstructing and rebuilding their societies.

Monahan

From the Time of Troubles to the death of Nicholas I. Stresses the development of political institutions and the origins of the revolutionary movement. (EME)

Sanabria

The consolidation and expansion of the Christian empires of Aragón, Castile and Portugal across Iberia and the Atlantic, from Muslim times to the War of Spanish Succession. (EME)

Sanabria

Survey of Spanish and Portuguese history since the war of Spanish Succession through Spain and Portugal’s successful democratic transitions, with special emphasis on the second Spanish Republic and Civil War. (ME)

Hutchinson, Scharff, Slaughter

Study of western women from pre-industrial to contemporary society which will focus on Victorianism, familial roles, changes in work patterns, feminist movements and female participation in fascist and revolutionary politics. (ME, WG)

Survey of Jewish history in Ancient and Medieval times, stressing major religious, intellectual, political and social developments. Traces the transformation of the Hebrews into the Jews and Israelite religion into Judaism, highlights the Rabbinic era and the diaspora experience in the Islamic and Christian worlds. (RSI)

{Fall and alternate years}

(Also offered as RELG 326)

The history of Christianity from its beginnings in Palestine to the eve of the Protestant Reformation. Primary focus will be on the rich variety of forms–doctrinal, liturgical and institutional–that Christianity assumed through the Medieval centuries. Also of concern will be its contributions and significance as a civilizing force. (RSI)

{Fall}

(Also offered as RELG 327)

The development of Christianity from the Protestant Reformation to the modern day, with focus on the variety of forms Christianity assumed throughout this period as it moved outward from Europe and became a world religion.

A survey of the history of science from the ancient world to the Enlightenment.

A survey of the history of science from the Enlightenment to the present day.

Yazawa

The settlement of English America. The transference of institutions and attitudes from Britain, Europe and Africa to North America and what happened to them when they encountered the new environment and the native population. (US)

Yazawa

The separation of British America from the mother country: why it was undertaken, how it was achieved, what its significance was. The effort to gather a scattered and diverse people under one constitutional government. (US)

Yazawa

Study of the impact of the American Revolution on the post-war society, the creation of the new nation, crisis of the 1790s, origin of modern political parties, Jeffersonian America, the War of 1812 and the movement westward. (US)

Cornell

The United States from 1848 to 1868. Topics covered include slavery, anti-slavery and the coming of the Civil War; social, political and economic aspects of the war; emancipation and Reconstruction. (US)

(Also offered as RUSS 339 and MA 339)

In this course we study films and read secondary sources from the Soviet and post-Soviet eras (with English subtitles) and examine how they comment on current Russian social and cultural issues. Taught in English. (S)

Smith

From JFK/LBJ liberalism to Reagan/Gingrich conservatism; the civil rights revolution and its backlash; from Vietnam to post-Cold War internationalism; democracy in the information age. (US)

Szasz

The Era of World War II from the mid 1930s to the mid 1950s, with a focus on the social, political, economic, cultural, military and diplomatic aspects of the conflict. (US)

Survey and analysis of U.S. foreign relations in the 20th century. (US)

Yazawa

The American Constitution from English origins through the Civil War and Reconstruction. The continuing effort to fashion a frame of government broad enough to embrace diverse peoples of different races, religious, national origins and value systems. (US)

Scharff

This course introduces students to the history of American women’s roles, status and ideas since 1865. (US, WG)

Connell-Szasz

This course will cover American Indian/Alaska Native history to 1850. (US, RE)

Connell-Szasz

The course will cover American Indian/Alaska Native history from 1850 to 1940. (US, RE)

(Also offered as NATV 342)

This course will offer a brief overview of Native America from World War II to the present. It will address issues of termination/relocation, and finish with Indian self-determination from the 1960s forward.

Hutton

Survey of U.S. military and naval history from colonial times to 1900, with emphasis upon technological, managerial and political developments that have affected the armed services. (US)

Hutton

A survey of the origins and development of American military institutions, traditions and practices of the 20th century. Attention to WWI, WWII and the Vietnam war, technological advances and institutional history will be given. (US)

Course surveys historical trends and developments in the composition, publication, recording, distribution, performance, and consumption of popular music, broadly defined, in the United States from 1940-1990. No musical background necessary.

Connell-Szasz, Hutton

Frontier expansion and conflict from the time of European discovery to the Mexican-American War. (AW)

Connell-Szasz, Hutton

(AW)

Cahill, Scharff

Surveys the growth of the trans-Mississippi West in the 20th century, giving attention to social development, economic growth, cultural development, the role of minority groups and the impact of science and technology. (AW)

Reyes

This course will review the history of the Southwest from pre-conquest and Spanish colonization to the U.S. invasion and its aftermath. (AW, RE)

Gauderman

The native cultures in pre-Conquest times; the conquest of the Incas and the colonial settlement of the remainder of Spanish South America; economic, social and cultural developments of colonial times, concentrating on the central Andean region, but with accounts of varying development in other areas; the origins and accomplishment of independence in the early 19th century. (LA)

Gauderman

An introduction to the ancient, indigenous cultures of Mesoamerica. Examines Mexico’s political, economic and social development under Spanish colonial rule. Attention given to the social and cultural interaction among Mexico’s indigenous, European and African populations. (LA)

Hall

Study of the events, leadership, social and economic implications, and role of U.S. involvement in the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920. (LA)

Hutchison

Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay from colonization to the present. Most emphasis on late 19th and 20th centuries, when these nations led the region’s development. Deals with the rise of the export economies, populist movements, militarism and socio-economic stagnation. (LA)

Bieber

Colonial Brazil from 1500 to 1822. Focus on structures of colonialism and their impact on indigenous, African and European peoples. Plantation society, slavery, mercantile policy, the role of the church, women and family will be discussed. (LA)

Bieber

History of Brazil since independence. Topics include oligarchical politics, the end of slavery, race relations, urbanization, industrialization, authoritarian regimes, labor and peasant movements. (LA)

Porter

Emergence and development of Chinese civilization to its height in the 13th century, including cultural, political, social and economic themes. (A)

Porter

The development of early modern society and the impact of the West from the 13th to the 20th century. (A)

Porter

Political, social, economic and cultural history of China in the revolutionary period from 1911 to the present. (A)

Porter

Social, political, and economic institutions from historical beginnings to modern times. (A)

Risso

Topics include 19th-century reform attempts, the transition from empire to nation-states, the gap between ideology and practice, the Arab-Israeli conflict and revolutionary Iran. (A)

Graham

This course will offer an overview of the history and culture of England from the arrival of the Angles and Saxons in the middle of the fifth century until the Battle of Hastings of 1066. (EC)

History of the crusading movement of Western Europe (ca.1095-1291 A.D.) and its impact on the civilizations of the medieval West and Middle East. Covers both the events and legacies of the Crusades and counter-crusades (jihad). (EC)

Course navigates the history of the Russian empire with an emphasis on history at the peripheries of empire. Course investigates strategies of empire-building, methods of integration, and multiple perspectives in this multi-ethnic, multi-confessional empire.

This class investigates the centrality of the apocalypse in society, culture, and politics in the medieval and modern eras. Students read primary and secondary sources on the apocalypse and research and write a final research paper.

This course explores the cultural and medical influences on attitudes towards food, diet, and health in the Western medical tradition. How has the notion of diet changed? How do we define a healthy body?

This course surveys British history from the Norman Conquest to the Restoration, with particular emphasis on the interactions of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales with each other and with Europe more broadly.

This course brings together the fields of environmental and social history, cultural landscape studies, folklore and popular culture to understand the significance of food production, distribution, and consumption to American history.

(Also offered as WMST 416)

We examine the health issues women have faced and their responses to them from the 18th to the 20th centuries in the U.S., investigating women as patients, women as practitioners and the gendering of disease.

(Also offered as WMST 415)

By examining the history of reproduction, this course explores the ways in which medicine has intersected with cultural constructs of gender, sexuality, race, and class to produce ways of controlling the male and female reproducing body.

This course surveys Irish history from the late 18th century to the present, with particular emphasis on the relationship between Irish nationalism and Irish culture.

This course surveys the history of Irish emigration from the sixteenth century to the present, with particular focus on the Irish in North America, Australia, and Britain and throughout the former British Empire.

This course surveys British history from the Restoration to the present, with particular emphasis on Britain's interaction with its Empire and with the world.

Ferguson

This course examines the expansion of European imperialism since the 17th century, from trading companies to cultural imperialism. (ME)

Bismarck to Brandt, a survey of German history from unification to contemporary times, with special emphasis on Weimar and Hitlerian Germany. (ME)

This course examines life under socialism and explores topics as diverse as the party-state, terror, lifestyles, women's double burden, socialist fashion and consumption, youth culture and music, the appeal of the West, dissidence, revolution and systemic transition.

The course will explore the Balkans as a diverse cultural crossroads not only as a geographical region but also as an "imagined" place. We will chronicle the emergence of the idea of "Balkan," both as a concept of outsiders and as a self-perception.

(Also offered as RELG 426)

An examination of the motives, methods and execution of the destruction of the Jews by Nazi Germany and the responses of Jews, Western Powers, the Churches and Righteous Gentiles in the context of Jewish and world history. (ME)

Slaughter

Study of women’s participation in wars and revolutions, and discussion of the social impact of these events which often alters women’s status, experience and expectations. Typical approach using global example and case studies. (ME, WG)

A historical exploration of female and male beauty and body in relation to questions of power in comparative historical context, drawing from U.S., European, and Latin American examples, using both theoretical works and case studies. (WG)

The South from the beginning of colonization to the outbreak of the Civil War. Emphasis on slavery and its impact on southern society. (US)

Study of American politics from 1787 to the present. Emphasis on national politics with special attention to the presidency and changes in the political systems. (US)

This course considers environmental history and historiography of Russia and Eurasia from pre-modern times to the present. Previous Russian history encouraged, not required.

Scharff, Truett

Examines the environmental transformation of the United States from the colonial era to the present day. Focus on the ecological consequences of colonial encounters; shifting links between cultures, markets and the land; changing ideas and politics of nature; and the environmental impacts and inequalities of urban-industrial life. (US)

Sandoval-Strausz

This course traces developments in the structure of profit-making enterprises and the organization of labor in United States history, examining how the imperatives of capitalism and the struggles of working people shaped the American economy. (US)

Szasz

(US)

Sandoval-Strausz

Law is all around us: in politics, at work and in the home. This course will help students understand state and private law, which have substantial bearing on their lives and those of other Americans. (US)

Szasz

(Also offered as RELG 441)

This class will cover the rise and development of the nation’s religious groups, from first contact to the present day. The focus will be on the social impact of the groups and how they influenced the development of American life. (US, RSI)

Connell-Szasz

Course will have a cross-cultural focus and look at how major trends of the modern era have played out among various American Indian/Alaska Native Nations and the Celtic people of Eire (Ireland), Alba (Scotland) and Cymru (Wales). (RE)

(Also offered as COMP, PHIL, POLS, RELG 453)

Supervised research in one or more disciplines leading to an undergraduate thesis for the major in Asian Studies. (A)

Hutton

This course examines the evolution of the western hero. In fiction, history and film the western hero has mirrored the development of the nation, always responding to a rapidly changing society–and more often than not defining it. (AW)

Scharff, Reyes

History of women in the western United States from the colonial period to the present, with attention to women’s work and family roles, common stereotypes of western women, sex roles on the frontier and why women’s suffrage was first achieved in the West. (AW, WG)

Reyes, Truett

History of colonial encounters, Indian-European exchanges and conflicts, environmental transformations and changing identities at the northern frontiers of New Spain and Mexico. From the time of Columbus to 1848. (AW, RE)

Truett

History of the U.S.–Mexico borderlands and its various native and immigrant communities from 1848 to the present. Focus on cultural and economic linkages, ethnic and military struggles, and formation of new identities on the border. (AW, RE)

Reyes

This course examines the history of Mexican immigration to the U.S. We review historical interpretations of the broader political economy of colonial, 19th and 20th century America to contextualize past and current Mexican immigration. (AW, RE)

Truett

(Also offered as NATV 466)

In this class we will explore the history of Native American groups and their relationships to dominant cultures and nations in the American Southwest and Northern Mexico. (AW, RE)

Bieber

Overview of social and economic trends in Latin America, stressing labor systems, social structure, trade, demography and industrialization. (LA)

Hall

Relations among the American nations since 1810 and with other world powers. Stresses U.S. role in the region after 1900, as well as tendencies to curb that influence. Guerrilla warfare, revolutionary networks and Third World ideology covered. (LA)

Hutchison

This course traces the evolution of Latin American labor systems in the modern period. (LA)

Hall, Gauderman

A historical exploration of the place of women within the social systems of pre-Columbian and colonial Latin America. Will explore the gendered dimensions of the economy, politics and culture in indigenous and Spanish societies. (LA, WG)

Hall, Hutchison

(Also offered as WMST 472)

Course will focus on women in Latin America, 1821–present, through various historical developments. Will explore political themes, such as suffrage, revolution and military regimes and social dimensions of class, race, ethnicity, work and family. (LA, WG)

Bieber, Gauderman

Historical overview of indigenous peoples of Spanish and Portuguese America from pre-colonial times to the present. Emphasis on cultural history, contact and change and policies impacting native American groups. (LA, RE)

This course examines the history of slavery and race relations in North and South America. The historical origins of slavery and the slave trade in Africa will also be addressed.

Explores key topics in Latin American history through film, including documentary and feature-length films produced in Latin America. Examines the historical context as well as the political and social context of each film's production. (LA)

Students will learn to place major writings and seminal ideas of Muslim intellectuals into historical context and perspective. Topics include scripture, law, mysticism, theology, science, and political thought.

The emphasis of this course is on Indians and Britons living in India rather than on the view from London. Topics include political, economic, social, and cultural changes over time, roughly 1690s through 1940s.

The first of sequential courses on the Middle East, this course covers the evolution of Islam as ancient regimes of Persia and East Rome declined, and ends with the establishment of Mamluk and Mongol rule.

The second of three courses on the Middle East, this course covers the military rule of the Mamluks, Mongols, and Timurids, and then deals with Safavid Persia and the Ottoman Empire.

Will vary from instructor to instructor, but will be an in-depth analysis of specific historical problems and how they are depicted through and on film. For course content, consult Schedule of Classes.

Bieber, Bokovoy, Cahill, Cornell, Sandoval-Strausz, Slaughter

Development of historical thought and writing. (SC)

Prerequisite: 101L–102L and a minimum of two upper-division courses in history.

Restriction: permission from department.

{Summer, Fall}

(SC)

Restriction: permission from department.

(SC)

Restriction: permission of instructor.

(SC)

Prerequisite: 493

(SC)

Restriction: permission of instructor.

Provides a supervised work experience in the practical application of historical skills. Training for interns is provided in various fields such as museum work, archival management and historical editing. It does not give credit toward minimum requirements for the Ph.D. Course may be repeated without limit provided the topics vary. (SC)

Will vary from instructor to instructor, but will be an in-depth analysis of specific historical problems. For course content, consult Schedule of Classes.

Graham

The emergence of medieval European civilization from the reign of Constantine to the beginnings of the papal monarchy.

Prerequisite: 101L

This course will survey developments in European civilization from the middle of the eleventh through the sixteenth century. Students will study the growth and changes in high and late medieval society, culture, and life.

Steen

(Also offered as RELG 506)

Religious revolution and concurrent developments in European politics, society and culture.

Steen

Survey of political, cultural, social and economic trends in Europe during Thirty Years War and reign of Louis XIV. Special emphasis on developments in England, France and Hapsburg dominions.

Steen

Survey of the political, cultural, social and economic situation in Europe at height of Old Regime. Emphasis will be on intellectual and social developments that culminated in French Revolution.

Steen

Survey of the course of the revolution and its impact on France and on European social, political, economic and military life.

Bokovoy

A social, cultural, political, diplomatic and military history of World War I.

This course will study the origins of the war, its progression, and the consequences of conquest, occupation, collaboration, resistance, and genocide. This course also examines how Europeans met the challenges of reconstructing and rebuilding their societies.

Monahan

From the Time of Troubles to the death of Nicholas I. Stresses the development of political institutions and the origins of the revolutionary movement.

Sanabria

The consolidation and expansion of the Christian empires of Aragón, Castile and Portugal across Iberia and the Atlantic, from Muslim times to the War of Spanish Succession.

Sanabria

Survey of Spanish and Portuguese history since the war of Spanish Succession through Spain and Portugal’s successful democratic transitions, with special emphasis on the second Spanish Republic and Civil War.

Hutchinson, Scharff, Slaughter

Study of western women from pre-industrial to contemporary society which will focus on Victorianism, familial roles, changes in work patterns, feminist movements and female participation in fascist and revolutionary politics.

Graham

The history of Christianity from its beginnings in Palestine to the eve of the Protestant Reformation. Primary focus will be on the rich variety of forms–doctrinal, liturgical and institutional–that Christianity assumed through the Medieval centuries. Also of concern will be its contributions and significance as a civilizing force.

{Fall}

(Also offered as RELG 327)

The development of Christianity from the Protestant Reformation to the modern day, with focus on the variety of forms Christianity assumed throughout this period as it moved outward from Europe and became a world religion.

A survey of the history of science from the ancient world to the Enlightenment.

A survey of the history of science from the Enlightenment to the present day.

Yazawa

The settlement of English America. The transference of institutions and attitudes from Britain, Europe and Africa to North America and what happened to them when they encountered the new environment and the native population.

Yazawa

The separation of British America from the mother country: why it was undertaken, how it was achieved, what its significance was. The effort to gather a scattered and diverse people under one constitutional government.

Yazawa

Study of the impact of the American Revolution on the post-war society, the creation of the new nation, crisis of the 1790s, origin of modern political parties, Jeffersonian America, the War of 1812 and the movement westward.

Cornell

The United States from 1848 to 1868. Topics covered include slavery, anti-slavery and the coming of the Civil War; social, political and economic aspects of the war; emancipation and Reconstruction.

Szasz

The Era of World War II from the mid 1930s to the mid 1950s, with a focus on the social, political, economic, cultural, military and diplomatic aspects of the conflict.

Yazawa

The American Constitution from English origins through the Civil War and Reconstruction. The continuing effort to fashion a frame of government broad enough to embrace diverse peoples of different races, religious, national origins and value systems.

Scharff

This course introduces students to the history of American women’s roles, status and ideas since 1865.

Connell-Szasz

This course will cover American Indian/Alaska Native history to 1850.

Hutton

Survey of U.S. military and naval history from colonial times to 1900, with emphasis upon technological, managerial and political developments that have affected the armed services.

Hutton

A survey of the origins and development of American military institutions, traditions and practices of the 20th century. Attention to WWI, WWII and the Vietnam war, technological advances and institutional history will be given.

Connell-Szasz, Hutton

Frontier expansion and conflict from the time of European discovery to the Mexican-American War.

Connell-Szasz, Hutton

Scharff

Surveys the growth of the trans-Mississippi West in the 20th century, giving attention to social development, economic growth, cultural development, the role of minority groups and the impact of science and technology.

Reyes

This course will review the history of the Southwest from pre-conquest and Spanish colonization to the U.S. invasion and its aftermath.

Gauderman

The native cultures in pre-Conquest times; the conquest of the Incas and the colonial settlement of the remainder of Spanish South America; economic, social and cultural developments of colonial times, concentrating on the central Andean region, but with accounts of varying development in other areas; the origins and accomplishment of independence in the early 19th century.

Gauderman

An introduction to the ancient, indigenous cultures of Mesoamerica. Examines Mexico’s political, economic and social development under Spanish colonial rule. Attention given to the social and cultural interaction among Mexico’s indigenous, European and African populations.

Hall

Study of the events, leadership, social and economic implications, and role of U.S. involvement in the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920.

Hutchison

Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay from colonization to the present. Most emphasis on late 19th and 20th centuries, when these nations led the region’s development. Deals with the rise of the export economies, populist movements, militarism and socio-economic stagnation.

Bieber

Colonial Brazil from 1500 to 1822. Focus on structures of colonialism and their impact on indigenous, African and European peoples. Plantation society, slavery, mercantile policy, the role of the church, women and family will be discussed.

Bieber

History of Brazil since independence. Topics include oligarchical politics, the end of slavery, race relations, urbanization, industrialization, authoritarian regimes, labor and peasant movements.

Porter

Emergence and development of Chinese civilization to its height in the 13th century, including cultural, political, social and economic themes.

Porter

The development of early modern society and the impact of the West from the 13th to the 20th century.

Porter

Political, social economic and cultural history of China in the revolutionary period from 1911 to the present.

The first of sequential courses on the Middle East, this course covers the evolution of Islam as ancient regimes of Persia and East Rome declined, and ends with the establishment of Mamluk and Mongol rule.

Risso

Topics include 19th-century reform attempts, the transition from empire to nation-states, the gap between ideology and practice, the Arab-Israeli conflict and revolutionary Iran.

The second of three courses on the Middle East, this course covers the military rule of the Mamluks, Mongols, and Timurids, and then deals with Safavid Persia and the Ottoman Empire.

Offered on a CR/NC basis only.

Graham

This course will offer an overview of the history and culture of England from the arrival of the Angles and Saxons in the middle of the fifth century until the Battle of Hastings of 1066.

History of the crusading movement of Western Europe (ca.1095-1291 A.D.) and its impact on the civilizations of the medieval West and Middle East. Covers both the events and legacies of the Crusades and counter-crusades (jihad).

Course navigates the history of the Russian empire with an emphasis on history at the peripheries of empire. Course investigates strategies of empire-building, methods of integration, and multiple perspectives in this multi-ethnic, multi-confessional empire.

This class investigates the centrality of the apocalypse in society, culture, and politics in the medieval and modern eras. Students read primary and secondary sources on the apocalypse and research and write a final research paper.

Hutton

This course examines the evolution of the western hero. In fiction, history and film the western hero has mirrored the development of the nation, always responding to a rapidly changing society–and more often than not defining it.

Scharff, Reyes

History of women in the western United States from the colonial period to the present, with attention to women’s work and family roles, common stereotypes of western women, sex roles on the frontier and why women’s suffrage was first achieved in the West.

This course explores the cultural and medical influences on attitudes towards food, diet, and health in the Western medical tradition. How has the notion of diet changed? How do we define a healthy body?

This course surveys British history from the Norman Conquest to the Restoration, with particular emphasis on the interactions of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales with each other and with Europe more broadly.

Connell-Szasz

Course will have a cross-cultural focus and look at how major trends of the modern era have played out among various American Indian/Alaska Native Nations and the Celtic people of Eire (Ireland), Alba (Scotland) and Cymru (Wales).

This course brings together the fields of environmental and social history, cultural landscape studies, folklore and popular culture to understand the significance of food production, distribution, and consumption to American history.

(Also offered as WMST 416)

We examine the health issues women have faced and their responses to them from the 18th to the 20th centuries in the U.S., investigating women as patients, women as practitioners and the gendering of disease.

(Also offered as WMST 415)

By examining the history of reproduction, this course explores the ways in which medicine has intersected with cultural constructs of gender, sexuality, race, and class to produce ways of controlling the male and female reproducing body.

This course surveys Irish history from the late 18th century to the present, with particular emphasis on the relationship between Irish nationalism and Irish culture.

This course surveys the history of Irish emigration from the sixteenth century to the present, with particular focus on the Irish in North America, Australia, and Britain and throughout the former British Empire.

This course surveys British history from the Restoration to the present, with particular emphasis on Britain's interaction with its Empire and with the world.

Ferguson

This course examines the expansion of European imperialism since the 17th century, from trading companies to cultural imperialism.

Bismarck to Brandt, a survey of German history from unification to contemporary times, with special emphasis on Weimar and Hitlerian Germany.

This course examines life under socialism and explores topics as diverse as the party-state, terror, lifestyles, women's double burden, socialist fashion and consumption, youth culture and music, the appeal of the West, dissidence, revolution and systemic transition.

The course will explore the Balkans as a diverse cultural crossroads not only as a geographical region but also as an "imagined" place. We will chronicle the emergence of the idea of "Balkan," both as a concept of outsiders and as a self-perception.

Slaughter

Study of women’s participation in wars and revolutions, and discussion of the social impact of these events which often alters women’s status, experience and expectations. Typical approach using global example and case studies.

A historical exploration of female and male beauty and body in relation to questions of power in comparative historical context, drawing from U.S., European, and Latin American examples, using both theoretical works and case studies.

This course considers environmental history and historiography of Russia and Eurasia from pre-modern times to the present. Previous Russian history encouraged, not required.

Scharff, Truett

Examines the environmental transformation of the United States from the colonial era to the present day. Focus on the ecological consequences of colonial encounters; shifting links between cultures, markets and the land; changing ideas and politics of nature; and the environmental impacts and inequalities of urban-industrial life.

Sandoval-Strausz

This course traces developments in the structure of profit-making enterprises and the organization of labor in United States history, examining how the imperatives of capitalism and the struggles of working people shaped the American economy.

Szasz

Sandoval-Strausz

Law is all around us: in politics, at work and in the home. This course will help students understand state and private law, which have substantial bearing on their lives and those of other Americans.

Reyes, Truett

History of colonial encounters, Indian-European exchanges and conflicts, environmental transformations and changing identities at the northern frontiers of New Spain and Mexico. From the time of Columbus to 1848.

Truett

History of the U.S.–Mexico borderlands and its various native and immigrant communities from 1848 to the present. Focus on cultural and economic linkages, ethnic and military struggles, and formation of new identities on the border.

Reyes

This course examines the history of Mexican immigration to the U.S. We review historical interpretations of the broader political economy of colonial, 19th and 20th century America to contextualize past and current Mexican immigration.

Truett

In this class we will explore the history of Native American groups and their relationships to dominant cultures and nations in the American Southwest and Northern Mexico.

Bieber

Overview of social and economic trends in Latin America, stressing labor systems, social structure, trade, demography and industrialization.

Hall

Relations among the American nations since 1810 and with other world powers. Stresses U.S. role in the region after 1900, as well as tendencies to curb that influence. Guerrilla warfare, revolutionary networks and Third World ideology covered.

Hutchison

This course traces the evolution of Latin American labor systems in the modern period.

Gauderman, Hall

A historical exploration of the place of women within the social systems of pre-Columbian and colonial Latin America. Will explore the gendered dimensions of the economy, politics and culture in indigenous and Spanish societies.

Bieber, Hall, Hutchison

Course will focus on women in Latin America, 1821–present, through various historical developments. Will explore political themes, such as suffrage, revolution and military regimes and social dimensions of class, race, ethnicity, work and family.

Bieber, Gauderman

Historical overview of indigenous peoples of Spanish and Portuguese America from pre-colonial times to the present. Emphasis on cultural history, contact and change and policies impacting native American groups.

This course examines the history of slavery and race relations in North and South America. The historical origins of slavery and the slave trade in Africa will also be addressed.

Students will learn to place major writings and seminal ideas of Muslim intellectuals into historical context and perspective. Topics include scripture, law, mysticism, theology, science, and political thought.

The emphasis of this course is on Indians and Britons living in India rather than on the view from London. Topics include political, economic, social, and cultural changes over time, roughly 1690s through 1940s.

Explores the theoretical and methodological issues now facing humanistic study in a digital age. Topics include digital identities, historical representation, data visualization, geospatial analysis, text mining, digital workflows, publishing technologies and practices, and crowdsourcing.

Bieber, Smith

This seminar familiarizes beginning graduate students with many of the fundamental paradigms, analytical models, and theories of causation that have been used within the field of history.

Restriction: permission of instructor.

Restriction: permission of department graduate advisor.

Restriction: permission of department graduate advisor.

This is an intensive writing course, intended to introduce students to the tools and techniques of nonfiction writing in a range of genres useful to professional historians.

Restriction: permission of department graduate advisor.

Restriction: permission of department graduate advisor.

Restriction: permission of department graduate advisor.

Restriction: permission of department graduate advisor.

Restriction: permission of department graduate advisor.

Restriction: permission of department graduate advisor.

Restriction: permission of department graduate advisor.

Restriction: permission of department graduate advisor.

Restriction: permission of department graduate advisor.

Restriction: permission of department graduate advisor.

Restriction: permission of department graduate advisor.

Explores key topics in Latin American history through film, including documentary and feature-length films produced in Latin America. Examines the historical context as well as the political and social context of each film's production.

Restriction: permission of department graduate advisor.

Restriction: permission of department graduate advisor.

Restriction: permission of department graduate advisor.

Restriction: permission of department graduate advisor.

Restriction: permission of department graduate advisor.

Restriction: permission of department graduate advisor.

Restriction: permission of department graduate advisor.

Restriction: permission of department graduate advisor.

Restriction: permission of department graduate advisor.

(Also offered as LTAM 504)

Format varies from research seminar to reading colloquium and covers the whole history of Brazil. Reading knowledge of Portuguese recommended.

Restriction: permission of department graduate advisor.

(Also offered as ECON, POLS, SOC 584)

Restriction: permission of department graduate advisor.

(Also offered as LTAM 504)

Restriction: permission of department graduate advisor.

This workshop allows advanced doctoral students to circulate dissertation chapters to peers and faculty, and discuss readings preparing them for careers in history.

Offered on a CR/NC basis only.

Restriction: permission of department graduate advisor.

Offered on a CR/NC basis only.

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