History Department
At Emory, history is a discipline belonging to both the humanities and the social sciences. On the undergraduate level, its study is aimed not so much at training future historians as at training students to think historically. This involves the mastery of a certain amount of factual information, but never as an end in itself. Thinking historically means learning how to deal critically with evidence and to recognize relationships in order to understand that our own times are what they are because of the past. The history department offers a large number of individual courses in American and European history plus coverage of Latin America, Africa, East Asia (China and Japan), and the Near East (including Israel).
Faculty
- Chair/Director
- Jeffrey LesserP7378942Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor
Education
- BA, Brown University, 1982
- MA, Brown University, 1984
- PhD, New York University, 1989
Departments
- Jewish Studies, Core Faculty
- History, Core Faculty
- Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Core Faculty
Academic Interests
- modern Latin American history
- ethnicity
- immigration
- race (especially in Brazil)
- Director of Undergraduate Studies
- Joseph CrespinoP7597587Professor
Education
- BA, Northwestern University, 1994
- MA, University of Mississippi, 1996
- MA, Stanford University, 2002
- PhD, Stanford University, 2002
Departments
- History, Core Faculty
- American Studies, Core Faculty
Academic Interest
- modern U.S. South
- Core Faculty
- Walter AdamsonP4232716Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor
Education
- BA, Swarthmore College, 1968
- MA, University of California, Berkeley, 1969
- PhD, Brandeis University, 1976
Department
- History, Core Faculty
Academic Interest
- modern European intellectual and cultural history
Patrick AllittP5462123Cahoon Family Professor of American HistoryEducation
- BA, University of Oxford, 1977
- MA, University of California, Berkeley, 1981
- PhD, University of California, Berkeley, 1986
Department
- History, Core Faculty
Academic Interests
- twentieth-century American political and intellectual history
- history of American religion
Kathryn AmdurP9052035Assoc ProfessorEducation
- BA, Cornell University, 1969
- MA, Stanford University, 1971
- PhD, Stanford University, 1978
Department
- History, Core Faculty
Academic Interests
- modern French history
- modern European social and political history
Tonio AndradeP8578537ProfessorEducation
- BA, Reed College, 1992
- MA, University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign, 1994
- MA, Yale University, 1997
- MPhil, Yale University, 1998
- PhD, Yale University, 2000
Departments
- History, Core Faculty
- East Asian Studies, Faculty
Academic Interest
- Chinese history
Elena ConisP7325473Assistant ProfessorEducation
- BA, Columbia University ,
- MJ, MS, University of California, Berkeley,
- PhD, University of California, San Francisco,
Department
- History, Core Faculty
Clifton CraisP0203174ProfessorEducation
- BA, University of Maryland, 1982
- MA, Johns Hopkins University, 1984
- PhD, Johns Hopkins University, 1988
Departments
- History, Core Faculty
- African Studies, Core Faculty
Academic Interests
- African history
- comparative and cross cultural history
- history and theory
Joseph CrespinoP7597587ProfessorEducation
- BA, Northwestern University, 1994
- MA, University of Mississippi, 1996
- MA, Stanford University, 2002
- PhD, Stanford University, 2002
Departments
- History, Core Faculty
- American Studies, Core Faculty
Academic Interest
- modern U.S. South
Leroy Davis Jr.P3820679Associate ProfessorEducation
- BA, Howard University, 1976
- MA, Howard University, 1978
- PhD, Kent State University, 1988
Departments
- History, Core Faculty
- African American Studies, Core Faculty
Academic Interest
- African American and American history
Robert DesrochersP3576157Assistant ProfessorEducation
- BA, University of New Hampshire, 1993
- MA, Johns Hopkins University, 1995
- PhD, Johns Hopkins University, 2001
Department
- History, Core Faculty
Academic Interest
- Revolutionary-era United States
Astrid M. EckertP2188886Associate ProfessorEducation
- MA, Free University of Berlin, 1998
- MA, University of Michigan, 1995
- PhD, Free University of Berlin, 2003
Department
- History, Core Faculty
Academic Interest
- modern German history
Judith Evans-GrubbsP1995380Betty Gage Holland Professor of Roman HistoryEducation
- Ph.D, Stanford University, 1987
- BA, Emory University, 1978
Departments
- History, Core Faculty
- Ancient Mediterranean Studies, Core Faculty
Eric GoldsteinP2765540Associate ProfessorEducation
- BA, Emory University, 1992
- MA, University of Michigan, 1994
- PhD, University of Michigan, 2000
Departments
- History, Core Faculty
- Jewish Studies, Core Faculty
Academic Interests
- American Jewish history and culture
- modern Jewish history
- American social and cultural history
Fraser HarbuttP1486636ProfessorEducation
- BA, University of Otago, 1960
- Other, University of Otago, 1960
- LLM, University of Auckland, 1967
- PhD, University of California, Berkeley, 1976
Department
- History, Core Faculty
Academic Interest
- history of U.S. foreign relations
Leslie HarrisP4908969Winship Distinguished Associate ProfessorEducation
- BA, Columbia University, 1988
- MA, Stanford University, 1993
- PhD, Stanford University, 1995
Departments
- History, Core Faculty
- African American Studies, Core Faculty
Academic Interests
- African American history
- American labor
- social history
Jeffrey LesserP7378942Samuel Candler Dobbs ProfessorEducation
- BA, Brown University, 1982
- MA, Brown University, 1984
- PhD, New York University, 1989
Departments
- Jewish Studies, Core Faculty
- History, Core Faculty
- Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Core Faculty
Academic Interests
- modern Latin American history
- ethnicity
- immigration
- race (especially in Brazil)
Kristin MannP9327894ProfessorEducation
- BA, Stanford University, 1968
- MA, Stanford University, 1970
- PhD, Stanford University, 1977
Departments
- History, Core Faculty
- African Studies, Core Faculty
Academic Interest
- African history
James MeltonP4138241ProfessorEducation
- BA, Vanderbilt University, 1974
- MA, University of Chicago, 1975
- PhD, University of Chicago, 1982
Department
- History, Core Faculty
Academic Interest
- early modern central European history
Judith MillerP3614320Associate ProfessorEducation
- BA, College of Wooster, 1978
- PhD, Duke University, 1987
Department
- History, Core Faculty
Academic Interest
- Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century European Cultural, Gender and Legal History, History, with a focus on French History
Mary OdemP7099561ProfessorEducation
- BA, Washington University, 1980
- MA, University of California, Berkeley, 1984
- PhD, University of California, Berkeley, 1989
Departments
- History, Core Faculty
- American Studies, Core Faculty
- Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Core Faculty
Academic Interests
- history of women, gender, and family in the United States
- history of immigration and ethnicity
Gyanendra PandeyP4686015Arts & Sciences Distinguished ProfessorEducation
- BA, University of Delhi, 1969
- DPhil, University of Oxford, 1975
Department
- History, Core Faculty
Academic Interests
- colonial and postcolonial history
- subaltern studies
- South Asia
Cynthia PattersonP7211764ProfessorEducation
- BA, Stanford University, 1971
- PhD, University of Pennsylvania, 1976
Departments
- History, Core Faculty
- Ancient Mediterranean Studies, Core Faculty
Academic Interests
- Ancient Greek social and intellectual history
- Ancient Greek medicine
- Ancient Greek historiography
- Women and Gender in ancient Greece and Rome
Matthew PayneP8782582Associate ProfessorEducation
- BA, University of Chicago, 1985
- MA, University of Chicago, 1988
- PhD, University of Chicago, 1995
Department
- History, Core Faculty
Academic Interest
- modern Russian and Soviet history
Dawn PetersonP0000000Assistant ProfessorEducation
- Ph.D, New York University,, 2011
- MA, New York University,, 2007
- BA, Barnard College,, 1999
Department
- History, Core Faculty
Jonathan PrudeP9061649Associate ProfessorEducation
- BA, Amherst College, 1968
- MA, Harvard University, 1970
- PhD, Harvard University, 1976
Departments
- History, Core Faculty
- American Studies, Core Faculty
Academic Interest
- social and labor history
Mark RavinaP5446318ProfessorEducation
- BA, Columbia University, 1983
- MA, Stanford University, 1988
- PhD, Stanford University, 1991
Departments
- History, Core Faculty
- East Asian Studies, Core Faculty
Academic Interest
- Japanese history
James RoarkP1917413Samuel Candler Dobbs ProfessorEducation
- BA, University of California, Davis, 1963
- MA, University of California, Davis, 1964
- PhD, Stanford University, 1973
Department
- History, Core Faculty
Academic Interests
- Southern history
- nineteenth-century American history
Thomas RogersP9160298Assistant ProfessorEducation
- BA, Williams College, 1996
- PhD, Duke University, 2005
Department
- History, Core Faculty
Ellie SchainkerP9626764Arthur Blank Family Foundation Assistant Professor of Modern European Jewish HistoryEducation
- BA, University of Pennsylvania, 2000
- PhD, University of Pennsylvania, 2009
Departments
- History, Core Faculty
- Jewish Studies, Core Faculty
Academic Interests
- Religious Reforms in Eastern Europe
- The Institutionalization of Women's Jewish Education in Europe
- The Comparative Study of Jewish-Christian Relations in Imperial Russia
Kenneth SteinP5885063William E. Schatten Professor of Contemporary Middle Eastern History, Political Science and Israeli StudiesEducation
- BA, Franklin and Marshall College, 1968
- MA, University of Michigan, 1969
- MA, University of Michigan, 1971
- PhD, University of Michigan, 1976
Departments
- History, Core Faculty
- Jewish Studies, Core Faculty
Academic Interest
- Near Eastern politics
Sharon StrocchiaP6046236ProfessorEducation
- BA, Stanford University, 1972
- MA, University of California, Berkeley, 1973
- PhD, University of California, Berkeley, 1981
Departments
- History, Core Faculty
- Medieval Studies, Core Faculty
Academic Interest
- social and cultural history of Renaissance Italy
Brian VickP7468735Associate ProfessorEducation
- AB, Stanford University, 1992
- PhD, Yale University, 1997
Department
- History, Core Faculty
Philip WainwrightP7188982Associate Dean for Summer and International Programs & Executive Director, Center for International Programs AbroadEducation
- PhD, Stanford University, 1993
- MA, Stanford University, 1989
- MA, Emory University, 1985
- BA, Emory University, 1985
Department
- History, Core Faculty
Academic Interest
- modern British history
Stephen WhiteP7818754Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Medieval HistoryEducation
- BA, Harvard University, 1965
- PhD, Harvard University, 1972
Departments
- History, Core Faculty
- Medieval Studies, Core Faculty
Academic Interests
- medieval French history
- medieval and early modern British history
Yanna YannakakisP5061749Associate ProfessorEducation
- Ph.D, University of Pennsylvania, 2003
- BA, Dartmouth College, 1989
Department
- History, Core Faculty
Courses
- History 100-Level Courses
- HIST 160: Love,Courtship & MarriageGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionContact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 170: Modern Jewish HistoryGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionJewish history in the last two centuries. Emphasizes Jewish development, emancipation, assimilation, identity, and changing status in Europe, America, the Islamic world, and Palestine/Israel.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 185: Special Topics: HistoryGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionContact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 185W: Special Topics: HistoryGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HSCW
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionContact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Writing Requirement
- Yes
- HIST 189: Freshman ColloquiumGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionContact Hour Information- Course Type
- Seminar
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 190: Freshman SeminarGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- FSEM
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionIntroduces first-year students to the discipline of history, particularly historical sources and methods; aims to improve critical reading, analytical, and writing skills in small group discussion.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Seminar
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- History 200-Level Courses
- HIST 201: Formation Of European SocietyGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionExamines the early forms of those societies that came to dominate the European continent and explores their early expansion and influence.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 202: The Making Of Modern EuropeGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionExamines major themes in European history during the modern era, roughly mid-seventeenth century to the present; special attention to conflicts in economic, political, social, and intellectual life.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 203: The West In World ContextGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionExamines the interaction of European cultures with other world cultures, and considers that interaction's impact both on the
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 204: The Silk Road and Central EurasiaGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionContact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 211: Latin America: A HistoryGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- None
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionThis course explores the history of Latin America from European contact to present. Major themes include Latin America's position in a wider world; class, ethnic, and race relations; state-society relations; the making of regional and national identities
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 221: The Making Of Modern AfricaGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionTraces the gradual incorporation of Africa into an expanding world economy and examines the impact of this incorporation on the development of African societies and modern nation states.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 231: Found Of Amer Society To 1877General Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionConsiders the development of American society from tentative beginnings to Reconstruction. Special emphasis is given to certain critical periods including colonialism, the American Revolution, and the Civil War.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 232: Making Of Mod Amer:US Since 18General Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionThe course introduces the social, political, economic, and diplomatic forces that have shaped modern America. Special emphasis on how diverse components of the American population have interacted in American society.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 241: Topics in History And TextGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionThe course demonstrates how literary, artistic, and/or cinematic texts, when understood in relation to the context of their production, can be used to study selected historical themes.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 241W: Topics in History And TextGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HAPW
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionThe course demonstrates how literary, artistic, and/or cinematic texts, when understood in relation to the context of their production, can be used to study selected historical themes.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Writing Requirement
- Yes
- HIST 260: East Asia, 1500 to the PresentGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionContact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 265: Making of Modern South AsiaGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionContact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 267: The Civil Rights MovementGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionAn exploration and analysis of the struggle for African American equality with an emphasis on the Civil Rights Movement's development, successes, failures and legacy.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 270: Survey Of Jewish HistoryGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionThis course offers a general overview of the history of Jews and Judaism, beginning with the Biblical period and ending with modern times.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 285: Topics: Historical AnalysisGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- HAP
Course DescriptionAn introductory course on the nature and methods of history. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 285W: Topics: Historical AnalysisGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HSCW
- Variable GER
- HAP
Course DescriptionAn introductory course on the nature and methods of history. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Writing Requirement
- Yes
- History 300-Level Courses
- HIST 301: History Of GreeceGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionIlluminates through art, literature, and archaeology the unfolding of the first European civilization, which gave rise to many enduring aspects of our world, including philosophy, natural science, urban planning, and the art of government.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 301W: History Of GreeceGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HSCW
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionIlluminates through art, literature, and archaeology the unfolding of the first European civilization, which gave rise to many enduring aspects of our world, including philosophy, natural science, urban planning, and the art of government.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Writing Requirement
- Yes
- HIST 302: History Of RomeGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionHistory of Rome and its civilization from earliest times to the accession of Constantine. Traces Rome's evolution from small town to world empire and the development of the arts and manners of the Greco-Roman world.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 303: History Of Byzantine EmpireGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionHistory of the Byzantine Empire from Justinian to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Explores artistic, religious, and political achievements of one of the most magnificent and little-known civilizations in the Western tradition.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 304: Emperors, Barbarians and MonksGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionThis course covers the period 200-900 CE/AD and focuses on political, social and religious change in the late Roman empire and early medieval Europe. Topics include: the rise of Christianity, the fall of Rome and the barbarian invasions of the 4th-7th centuries.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 305: High Middle Ages: 1000-1350General Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionAnalyzes social, cultural, and political developments in medieval western Europe from circa 1000 to circa 1350, mainly through discussion of primary sources, including poems, biographies, histories, letters, and legal documents.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 306: The Italian RenaissanceGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionHistory 201 recommended as background. Examines developments in politics, society, and the economy that created a new cultural style in Italy between 1350 and 1530. Students have the option of some readings in Italian.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 307: Europe:Reformatn - EnlightenmtGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionHistory 201 recommended as background. Breakup of Renaissance civilization amid wars of religion, economic crises, constitutional struggles, and growing skepticism. Terminates with origins of the Enlightenment, based on new scientific and philosophical systems, and development of strong constitutional or absolutist states.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 308: Revolutionary France,1750-1815General Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionCauses, events, and consequences of the Revolution in France, and spread of the revolutionary movement through the Western world. The personality, statecraft, military triumphs and defeats, and significance of Napoleon.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 309: Europe in the Age of EmpireGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionExamines the growth of cities, the intensification of consumer culture among the middle classes, the revolutionary and
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 310: Eur Era Of Total War:1900-1945General Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionEmphasizes social and cultural repercussions of the two world wars; origins of communism and fascism; and emergence of contemporary problems in European politics and society.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 311: Eur Nuclr Age: 1945 - PresentGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionPostwar renaissance in European politics and culture; evolution of communism and social democracy; and internal and international forces for stability and change in Europe today.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 312: Medieval & Renaissance EnglandGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionAnalysis of socioeconomic, political, and religious developments from 1272 to 1603. Topics include bastard feudalism, the Black Death, parliamentary government, the Reformation, Puritanism, and the Tudor state. Readings emphasize primary sources.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 313: Making of Britain 1550-1750General Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionA survey of key social, economic, and ideological shifts between the Elizabethan era and the British Englightenment. Topics include religious dissent, the origins and effects of civil war, English hegemony in Scotland and Ireland, science, law, and the growth of an imperial outlook.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 314: Topics: British HistoryGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionExamines the fate of the different Celtic communities of the British Isles in response to growing English influence between the Middle Ages and the turn of the nineteenth century. Topics include clanship, the encounter with Protestantism, the cooptation of elites, emigration, and changing evaluations of Celtic culture.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 314W: Topics: British HistoryGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HSCW
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionExamines the fate of the different Celtic communities of the British Isles in response to growing English influence between the Middle Ages and the turn of the nineteenth century. Topics include clanship, the encounter with Protestantism, the cooptation of elites, emigration, and changing evaluations of Celtic culture.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Writing Requirement
- Yes
- HIST 315: France, Age Of Kings 1300-1760General Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionTraces the development of France from the Hundred Years War to the eve of the French Revolution, with emphasis on the interaction of government, society, and culture.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 316: Modern France: History in FilmGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionFrench history since the Revolution portrayed through feature film, with emphasis on the tensions between tradition and change in French politics and culture.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture and Related Component
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Scheduled Related Component
- Film Screening with discussion
- Weekly Contact Minutes in Related Component
- 100 - 140
- HIST 318: Modern GermanyGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionPolitical, intellectual, and social history of Germany since the eighteenth century. Particular emphasis on German unification, the Weimar Republic, and Nazi Germany.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 319: Imperial RussiaGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionRussian history from Peter the Great to the Revolution, with emphasis distributed among political, socioeconomic, intellectual, and cultural aspects, as well as external relations.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 319W: Imperial RussiaGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HSCW
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionRussian history from Peter the Great to the Revolution, with emphasis distributed among political, socioeconomic, intellectual, and cultural aspects, as well as external relations.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Writing Requirement
- Yes
- HIST 320: The Soviet UnionGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionElements of continuity and change in twentieth century Russia. Focuses on twilight of the Old Regime; the 1917 revolution and civil war; Lenin's dictatorship and Stalin's transformation; the impact of World War II; and post-Stalin conservatism.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 320W: The Soviet UnionGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HSCW
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionElements of continuity and change in twentieth century Russia. Focuses on twilight of the Old Regime; the 1917 revolution and civil war; Lenin's dictatorship and Stalin's transformation; the impact of World War II; and post-Stalin conservatism.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Writing Requirement
- Yes
- HIST 321: Holy Roman Empire, 1500-1806General Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionThe Holy Roman Empire from Martin Luther to Napoleon. Topics include the Reformation, the Thirty Years' War, the rise of Prussia and Austria, and the German Enlightenment.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 323: Reformation EuropeGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionExamines the breakup of Christianity in sixteenth-century Europe. Analyzes political, social, and economic causes and consequences of religious change, as well as different theological viewpoints.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 324: Witchcrft/Magic/Alchemy W.Civ.General Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionHistory of occult beliefs and practices and their role in Western civilization. Special attention given to the witch craze of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; the tradition of learned magic, including the Faust legend; and alchemical doctrines and operations.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 326: Medieval And Muscovite RussiaGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionRussian history from its beginning to Peter the Great: first appearance of Eastern Slavs, Kievan Russia, Mongol conquest, rise of Moscow, and Muscovy in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 326W: Medieval And Muscovite RussiaGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HSCW
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionRussian history from its beginning to Peter the Great: first appearance of Eastern Slavs, Kievan Russia, Mongol conquest, rise of Moscow, and Muscovy in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Writing Requirement
- Yes
- HIST 327: The Soviet World War, 1939-1945General Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionThe military, political, economic, social, diplomatic and cultural effects of the Second World War on the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union experienced the worst casualties during the war and made the largest contribution to the defeat of Nazism. This class examines that story.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 327W: The Soviet World War, 1939-1945General Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HSCW
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionThe military, political, economic, social, diplomatic and cultural effects of the Second World War on the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union experienced the worst casualties during the war and made the largest contribution to the defeat of Nazism. This class examines that story.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Writing Requirement
- Yes
- HIST 328: Central Asia and RussiaGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionContact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 328W: Central Asia and RussiaGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HSCW
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionContact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Writing Requirement
- Yes
- HIST 329: American Jewish HistoryGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionSurvey of American Jewish history from colonial period to present, Jewish immigration to the United States, patterns of religious and cultural adjustment, social relations and antisemitism, Jewish politics, the construction of Jewish identities.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 330: Society & Thght Early AmericaGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionSocial patterns and culture broadly interpreted, from 1607 through the Civil War. Focuses on the family, religion, and changing means of community and work in early American history.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 331: Society & Thght Of Modern AmerGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionFocuses on groups (farmers, middle class, women, ethnic, etc.) since the 1870s. Emphasizes ideas that have guided these groups in defining or redefining their place in American society.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 332: Early Amer Intellec HistoryGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionFoundations of American social and political theory, 1600-1865. Special emphasis on puritanism, the Enlightenment, and romanticism.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 333: Mod Amer Intellectual HistoryGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionAmerican social and political theory since the Civil War. Emphasis on impact of Darwinism, pragmatism, and the rise of modern liberalism.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 334: Diplom History Of U.S. To 1914General Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionAmerican diplomacy from revolution through continental expansion, Civil and Spanish wars, to world power under Wilson. Emphasizes the influence of commercial growth, political pressures, imperial ideologies, and rising national consciousness.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 335: Diplom History U.S. Since 1914General Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionTraces confrontations between the United States and Wilhelmine Germany, imperial preference Britain, Japan, the Soviet Union, and revolutionary new societies. Interacting domestic and international forces are emphasized.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 336: US Women's Multicultural HistoryGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionExamines the lives of diverse groups of women in the United States in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, focusing on race, class, ethnic, and regional differences among women.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 337: Amer Indust Society Since 1860General Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionExplores the origins, process, and consequences of industrialization in nineteenth century America. Emphasizes social and cultural developments of economic change, including shifts in the meanings of class in the nature of work and leisure.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 338: History of Afric.Amer. to 1865General Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionExamines the experiences of African Americans from the emergence of the trans-Atlantic slave trade to the end of the Civil War. Emphasizes social and cultural history and interpretation of race, class, and gender.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 339: Hist.of Afric.Amer. Since 1865General Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionExamines African American history from 1865 to the present. Emphasizes regional, gender, and class distinctions within black communities, and the ways in which industrial transformations shaped black life, thought, and resistance.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 340: Amer Colonial Hist: 1607-1783General Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionHistory of the English colonies in North America from first settlement to final independence, with emphasis on social and political development.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 341: Era Of The American RevolutionGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionExamines the intellectual and social context of the American Revolution. Issues covered include the causes and development of revolutionary sentiment, the military conflict, diplomacy, economics, and American constitutional government.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 342: The Old SouthGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionExamines the South from its colonial origins to the Civil War, with emphasis on the social, political, and economic development of a slave society.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 343: US Civ War/Reconstr'n 1850-77General Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionEmphasizes the causes of secession, military and social history of the war itself, and postwar attempts to reconstruct Southern society.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 344: American Environmental HistoryGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionHistory of the relationship between the American people, land, weather, and natural resources, with special attention to the environmental movement since 1960.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 345: United States Since 1945General Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionAn examination of modern America as a legacy of the New Deal and World War II. Attention given to political, diplomatic, economic, and sociocultural aspects, with emphasis on reform traditions, national security concerns, and presidential leadership.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 346: The Indian In American HistoryGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionHistory of North American Indians from pre-Columbian times to the present, with emphasis on the interaction between Indian and Anglo-American cultures from the seventeenth century to the nineteenth.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 347: The West In American HistoryGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionThe westward movement and its significance in American history. Topics include theories of frontier expansion, Indian-white relations, land acquisition and speculation, western communities, and the special situation of the semi-arid regions.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 348: Ethnic Experience In AmericaGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionAfrican Americans, Indians, Irish, and Jews in recent American history. Explores patterns of immigration and the limits of assimilation. Also treats anti-ethnic reactions such as racism and anti-Semitism.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 349: The New SouthGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionThe agrarian South and the growth of an industrial ideal, segregation, dilemmas of political reform, race and politics, assaults upon segregation and its defenders, and modernization and change.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 350: The Vietnam WarGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionThis course examines America's longest war: its involvement in the nearly century-long struggle of the Vietnamese people for independence.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 351: Topics:Non-US Economic HistoryGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionTopics related to economic change outside the United States or in which the U.S. is only one area of comparison. Slave trade, global economies, economic thought, colonialism, or comparative economic systems.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 351W: Topics:Non-US Economic HistoryGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HSCW
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionTopics related to economic change outside the United States or in which the U.S. is only one area of comparison. Slave trade, global economies, economic thought, colonialism, or comparative economic systems.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Writing Requirement
- Yes
- HIST 352: European Economic History IIGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionEconomic development in the nineteenth century and the spread of a world economy; economic consequences of the world wars; economic aspects of socialism and fascism; and economic nationalism and internationalism in the twentieth century.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 353: Society-Erly Mod Eur 1350-1700General Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionAnalyzes the distinctive nature of early modern European society, focusing on social groups (e.g., nobles, merchants, artisans, peasants, outsiders) and on topics such as popular culture, criminality, protest, festive life, women, and family.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 354: US Legal & Constitutional HistGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionExamines the place and significance of law and lawyers in American history and the evolution of the Constitution from Marshall to Burger.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 355: Politcl Economy American SouthGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionEconomic history of the American South from the colonial era to the present. Topics include the development of the antebellum economy, Reconstruction, and the twentieth-century resurgence of the Southern economy.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 355W: Politcl Economy:American SouthGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HSCW
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionEconomic history of the American South from the colonial era to the present. Topics include the development of the antebellum economy, Reconstruction, and the twentieth-century resurgence of the Southern economy.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Writing Requirement
- Yes
- HIST 356: Devlpmnt Of Mod U.S. EconomyGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionExamines the post-1800 development of industrial America. Topics covered include the rise of manufacturing, banking, the labor movement, agriculture, and foreign trade. Special attention is paid to the role of the government sector in the economy.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 358: Hist Pop Culture In AmericaGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionExamines film, television, music, and style since World War II. Themes include the cultural dimensions of domination, the rise of countercultures, and the role of mass media in shaping American perceptions of class, gender, sex, and race.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 360: Mexico: Aztecs to NarcosGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- None
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionThis course examines 500 plus years of Mexican history, from the Aztec Empire to today's
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 361: Brazil: Country of the FutureGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- None
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionCovering the history of Brazil since Portuguese colonization, this course addresses conquest, colonial structures and legacies, questions of race and identity, political institutions, and migration. Themes include slavery, cultural diversity, economic development, and Brazil's role in the world.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 362: History Of The CaribbeanGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionDevelopment of the major islands of Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico, from colonial times to the present. Emphasizes evolution of plantation societies, slavery and race relations, international rivalries, economic dependence, political independence, and social revolutions.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 362W: History Of The CaribbeanGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HSCW
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionDevelopment of the major islands of Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico, from colonial times to the present. Emphasizes evolution of plantation societies, slavery and race relations, international rivalries, economic dependence, political independence, and social revolutions.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Writing Requirement
- Yes
- HIST 364: Afric Civilztn Transatl SlaveGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionPolitical, social, economic, and cultural history of sub-Saharan African civilizations, from the rise of the Sudanic empires through the impact of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 364W: Afric Civilztn Transatl SlaveGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HSCW
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionPolitical, social, economic, and cultural history of sub-Saharan African civilizations, from the rise of the Sudanic empires through the impact of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Writing Requirement
- Yes
- HIST 365: Africa In The Modern WorldGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionContact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- HIST 366: Afghanistan and Central AsiaGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionSurvey of the history, cultures, and religions of Afghanistan and Central Asia including Tibet from antiquity to modern times. Topics will include the Silk Road, Buddhist, Christian, and Islamic cultures of the religion, and medieval, colonial, and modern history and politics
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 367: The Making of South AfricaGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionEvolution of South Africa from a society based on the principle of systematic racial segregation to a multiracial democracy. Origins of racial segregation and apartheid, nationalist struggles, challenges of post-apartheid development.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 368: The Near East: 570-1914General Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionThe rise of Islam, life of Muhammad, medieval Arab dynasties, the Crusades, rise and decline of the Ottoman Empire, other European-Near Eastern contacts, and the origins of modern Arab nationalism.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 369: The Near East: 1914 To PresentGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionTopics include the fall of the Ottoman Empire; British presence and departure from Egypt; World War I diplomacy; the rise and development of Arab nationalism; the emergence of the Arab states of Turkey, Iran, Israel, and the Arabian peninsula countries; Islamic resurgence; inter-Arab political history; oil; and the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 370: History Of Modern IsraelGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionEvolution and growth of Israel. Equal emphasis on Ottoman Palestine and on the mandatory and Israeli statehood periods. Topics include Zionism, Arab-Jewish relations, the British colonial presence, Israeli domestic issues, and foreign policy.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 371: Mediev And Early Modern JapanGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionAn introductory survey of medieval and early modern Japan (1100-1850), covering the Kamakura and Muromachie shogunates, the warring states era, and the Tokugawa periods.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 372: History Of Modern JapanGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionAn introductory survey of modern Japan (1850-1950), covering the late Tokugawa shogunate, the creation of the Meiji state, and the rise and fall of the Japanese empire.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 373: History Of Modern ChinaGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionChina since the Opium War. Nineteenth-century dynastic decline, Western impact, and modernization efforts; Republican, Nationalist, and Communist revolutions of the twentieth century; and the development of the People's Republic of China since 1949.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 375: The Pacific War: 1941-1945General Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionLand, sea, and air campaigns of the Japanese American conflict. Attention also given to home front factors, representative personalities, and roles of China and the British Commonwealth.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 376: Euro Intellect Hist:1789-1880General Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionA close reading of primary texts. Topics include reactions to the French Revolution, German idealism, romanticism, English liberalism, Marxism, and the
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 377: Euro Intellectual History/1880General Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionA close reading of primary texts. Topics include reactions to positivism, avant-garde culture, flirtations with communism, existentialism, structuralism, feminism, and postmodernism.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 377W: Euro Intellectual History/1880General Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HAPW
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionA close reading of primary texts. Topics include reactions to positivism, avant-garde culture, flirtations with communism, existentialism, structuralism, feminism, and postmodernism.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Writing Requirement
- Yes
- HIST 378: Modern ItalyGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionItalian history since the Napoleonic occupation, with emphasis on Italy's search for national identity, its great regional differences, and its efforts to overcome corruption and to institutionalize a legitimate political system.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Scheduled Related Component
- Film Screening with discussion
- Weekly Contact Minutes in Related Component
- 200 - 240
- HIST 379: Britain Ascendant, 1776 - 1901General Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionThe history of how Britain pioneered modern industrialization, globalization, and parliamentary politics and how it coped with the forces that they unleased.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 380: Britain Since 1900General Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionThe history of Britain's pivotal role in shaping and experiencing the defining issues and events of the twentieth century: decolonization, permissive, immigration, feminism, terrorism, mass consumption, and two world wars.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 383: The Arab-Israeli ConflictGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionContact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 385: Spec Topics: HistoryGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionSelected topics in history for advanced students. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 385W: Spec Topics: HistoryGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HSCW
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionSelected topics in history for advanced students. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Writing Requirement
- Yes
- HIST 386: Seminar On The HolocaustGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- HAP
Course DescriptionContact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- History 400-Level Courses
- HIST 487R: Jr/Sr Colloquium:EuropeGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- None
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionContact Hour Information- Course Type
- Seminar
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 487RW: Jr/Sr Colloquium:EuropeGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- WRT
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionContact Hour Information- Course Type
- Seminar
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Writing Requirement
- Yes
- HIST 488R: Jr./Sr. Colloquium: U.S.General Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- None
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionContact Hour Information- Course Type
- Seminar
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 488RW: Jr./Sr. Colloquium: U.S.General Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- WRT
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionContact Hour Information- Course Type
- Seminar
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Writing Requirement
- Yes
- HIST 489R: Jr/Sr Coll: LatAm&NonWest WrldGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- None
- Variable GER
- None
Course Description(Similar in nature and format to History 487 and 488.) Recent colloquia in the area include The Palestine Mandate, Fundamentalism in East Asia, and Empires: Past and Present.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Seminar
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 489RW: Jr/Sr Coll: LatAm&NonWest WrldGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- WRT
- Variable GER
- None
Course Description(Similar in nature and format to History 487 and 488.) Recent colloquia in the area include The Palestine Mandate, Fundamentalism in East Asia, and Empires: Past and Present.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Seminar
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Writing Requirement
- Yes
- HIST 494R: History InternshipGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- None
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionPrerequisite: prior approval of instructor. Supervised learning experience in a history related job in a state, federal, or local historical agency.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Experiential
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 495A: Intro Historcl Interpret IGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- None
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionFor honors students in history. Addresses historiographical and methodological issues, and offers practical guidance in thesis design and research, with details and emphases at discretion of instructor.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Honors seminar
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Directed study component for each student
- HIST 495B: Intro Historcl Interpret IIGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 8
- GERs
- None
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionFor honors students in history. Addresses historiographical and methodological issues, and offers practical guidance in thesis design and research, with details and emphases at discretion of instructor.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Independent Honors research
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- variable
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Directed study component for each student
- HIST 495BW: Intro Historcl Interpret IIGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 8
- GERs
- WRT
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionFor honors students in history. Addresses historiographical and methodological issues, and offers practical guidance in thesis design and research, with details and emphases at discretion of instructor.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Independent Honors research
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- variable
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Directed study component for each student
- Writing Requirement
- Yes
- HIST 497: Directed ResearchGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- None
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionFor upper-level history majors with prior approval of instructor. Intensive research that results in the writing of a research paper of 8,000-10,000 words (30-40 pages) or scholarly equivalent.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Directed study
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- HIST 497W: Directed ResearchGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- WRT
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionFor upper-level history majors with prior approval of instructor. Intensive research that results in the writing of a research paper of 8,000-10,000 words (30-40 pages) or scholarly equivalent.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Directed study
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Writing Requirement
- Yes
- HIST 498R: Supervised ReadingGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 4
- GERs
- None
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionVariable credit (one to four hours). For senior history majors who have permission of instructor. May be repeated for credit.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Directed study
- Weekly Contact Minutes
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Honors Program
History and joint history majors with a 3.50 cumulative average and a 3.50 major average at the beginning of their junior year are eligible to apply to participate in the History honors program. Exceptions to the 3.50 cumulative-average requirement can be made by the College Honors Committee in individual cases upon recommendation by the Department. Students granted this exception should be aware that grades earned in any semester after beginning the honors program cannot fall below 3.50. Eligible students will be expected to complete an application for admission to the History honors program in the first semester of their junior year. The Honors Program is a senior-year program within the College, therefore students will not be officially admitted to the Honors Program until the fall of their senior year (with the exception of second-semester juniors who expect to graduate the following fall). However, the Department will expect its honors students to begin their honors studies in the spring of their junior year, barring extraordinary circumstances. Requests for late admission (in the second semester of junior year) require a petition to the Departmental Honors Coordinator explaining the special circumstances for the late admission (study abroad, late declaration of major, etc.). A meeting of eligible history students will be held in the fall semester to explain and discuss the nature and content of the honors program. Normally this meeting will be hosted by the professor who is scheduled to teach the honors course, History 495A, in the following spring semester.
Program
40 hours of history are required, including at least 28 hours at or above the 300 level and at least 8 hours outside the student's major field (European, World or U. S. history). No history courses may be taken S/U to be credited to the honors requirements. The honors program itself consists of 12 hours of required courses (Hist 495A, a 500-level graduate seminar, and Hist 495B-CWR).
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History 495A
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History 495A, “Introduction to Historical Interpretation,” is a required course to participate in the History Honors program. Although offered in both fall and spring semesters, History 495A is normally taken in the spring semester of the junior year and must be taken by the end of the fall semester of the senior year; students are strongly encouraged to take this course before formal admission in the College Honors Program during their senior year.
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The course will address historiographical and methodological issues, and offer practical guidance in thesis design and research, with course details and emphases left to the discretion of the instructor. This course does not satisfy any of the five history major area-distribution requirements.
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Since this course will address important issues of research design pertinent to the study of history in general, non-honors students may be admitted by petitioning the Departmental Honors Coordinator.
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500-level Graduate Seminar
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Honors students will take a 500-level graduate seminar course in the spring semester of junior year or the fall semester of the senior year.
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Students who wish to take their graduate seminar in another semester due to its greater suitability to their thesis topic may petition the Departmental Honors Coordinator for an exception to this regulation.
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If no appropriate graduate seminar is being offered at any time in the year, candidates may petition to substitute an undergraduate colloquium to be taken as a History 596R “Special Studies.”
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History 495B-CWR
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Honors students are required to take the paper-writing section of History 495B-CWR following completion of their graduate seminar. Normally, this course is taken in the spring semester of senior year (i.e., in the student’s last undergraduate semester) and is organized around the writing of the honors thesis.
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Thesis Proposal
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Submission on or before April 1 of the junior year (or November 1 of the senior year for late admissions to the Departmental honors program) of an honors project proposal to the student’s thesis director (to be identified to the Departmental Honors Coordinator).
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Preparation of this thesis proposal will normally be done in conjunction with the History 495A Honors Seminar.
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Honors Thesis
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An honors thesis, usually between 40 and 60 pages, based on original research, typed and presented on approved thesis paper (as per the College Honors’ requirements) during History 495B-CWR.
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Honors theses are eligible for presentation in the Department’s annual undergraduate research symposium.
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Note on Joint Majors
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Please note that joint majors (History/Art History, Classics/History, Economics/History, English/History, Religion/History) must choose to follow the honors guidelines of one or the other of their joint majors and adhere to the joint-major honors examination procedures (below)
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For instance, a history/art history joint major may complete honors in history or in art history but not both. Nonetheless, an art historian and historian are required on the honors examination committee.
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Note on the College Honors Program
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In addition to adhering to the requirements, timetable and guidelines of the History Department’s honors program, all honors students are also expected to adhere to the College’s honors requirements and guidelines (such as submitting the proper documentation, attending required meetings and maintaining a 3.50 cumulative grade point average).
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Thesis Examination Committees
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For History Majors
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The thesis examining committee will be composed of three faculty members, one of whom must be from a department other than history.
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The examination will be oral and cover the thesis.
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For Joint history Major
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The thesis examining committee will be composed of three faculty members: one from the history department, one from the joint-major department, and one from outside both of the joint major departments.
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The examination will be oral and cover the thesis.
For more information, see Honors Program | Academic Policies & Regulations.
Study Abroad
Study abroad course approval and evaluation of credit: The history department does not pre-approve study abroad courses. To receive Emory history credit for study abroad courses, the student must: 1)take a history course in a history department in an approved study abroad university; and, 2)submit written work following dept. guidelines for approval of credit. Written work guidelines: To be considered for upper-level (Hist.385) credit, students must complete a 3,000 word research paper with proper use and citation of sources. To be considered for lower-level (Hist.285) credit, students must complete 2,000 words of written, graded work in the form of one or more short essays, or some other appropriate form (not in-class exams or journals). Upon returning to Emory, students should submit all written work and course syllabus to Becky Herring, Undergraduate Program Coordinator, who will forward these materials to the Director of Undergraduate Studies for approval and evaluation of credit.
The George P. Cuttino Scholarship, established in 1984, is awarded to a junior for travel and research in Europe during the summer before the senior year. The George P. Cuttino Summer Study Fellowships are awarded to juniors for study outside the United States in a summer study program. Scholarship and fellowship applications are requested in early spring semester.
Advising
To ensure that history majors make steady progress toward timely graduation, the history department has a mandatory advising policy. Students must meet with a history advisor and obtain her/his signature during the pre-registration advising periods.
Internship
History 494
The history department’s internship program provides students with the opportunity to apply their academic knowledge to practical experience. The internship must engage historical issues and materials. The student is responsible for identifying and securing acceptance to an internship position. All student internship projects must be approved by the history department’s director of undergraduate dtudies, who can supply suggestions and information on possible internships.
Eligibility
To be eligible a student must:
1) be a history major
2) be a junior or a senior
3) have a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA
4) offer an internship project relevant to the study of history
Application
Students interested in enrolling in the history department’s internship program must:
1) contact the sponsoring institution and make all arrangements of the internship
2) complete an application (available from the history department)
3) provide a brief proposal specifying the nature and scope of the internship and research paper with particular attention to the historical relevance of this work
4) obtain the approval of the history department’s director of undergraduate studies
Course Requirements
1) a prescribed number of hours working at the sponsoring institution, validated by a time sheet signed by the supervisor
2) a research paper of a prescribed length on an historical topic
3) a one-page evaluation by the student of the internship experience
4) a letter of evaluation from the student’s supervisor at the sponsoring institution
Course Credits
All internships are expected to last fourteen weeks, earning four credit hours for ten to twelve hours of work per week, and conclude with a fifteen-page research paper. The paper must be submitted to the director of undergraduate studies by the last day of classes.
Grades
The course grade is based on the supervisor’s written evaluation of the intern’s performance (50%), and on the quality of the research paper (50%) as evaluated by the history department’s director of undergraduate studies.
Awards and Honors
Established in 2006, the Clio Prizes are awarded annually to the best research paper written in a junior/senior history colloquium and to the best paper written in a freshman history seminar.
Phi Alpha Theta is the international history honorary society. Local membership is determined by grade average and course hour requirements as set forth by the international council. Invitations to join are sent to eligible majors in early spring semester.
The James Z. Rabun Prize, established in 1981, is awarded annually to the Emory College senior who in the department’s judgment has been the most outstanding student in the field of American history. The George P. Cuttino Prize, established in 1984, is awarded annually to that senior who has been the most outstanding student in European history. The Theodore H. Jack Award is given to the graduating senior who pursues graduate study in American history. The Matthew A. Carter Citizen-Scholar Award, established in September 2000 in memory of a former student, is given annually to the graduating senior who distinguishes himself or herself in the manner of Matt Carter.
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