History

This course introduces students to the academic study of History and the varied approaches historians use to make sense of the past. It explores the ways historians scrutinize evidence, use digital methods, analyze images, conduct oral history and borrow from other disciplines to study the past.

Credit Hours

3

GER

SS

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

An introduction to the geography, archaeology, history, and cultures of the Middle East from ancient times through the Middle Ages. Major topics include the study of empire, literature, religion, and society. Required of all Middle Eastern Studies majors.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HA

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• MESAS 100

This course is a multidisciplinary introduction to South Asia, including an overview of the history and historiography of the region spanning from the Indus Valley Civilization to before the rise of the Mughal Empire in the mid-second millennium C.E.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HAE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• MESAS 102

This course introduces students to the various questions, texts, methodologies, and perspectives that constitute the broad field of Jewish Studies. It presumes no prior knowledge of Jewish history, religion or culture.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HA

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• JS 101
• REL 121

The course offers students not only an overview of postwar European history but also introduces them to ways of analyzing current events in regard to their deep roots in the continent's past.

Credit Hours

3

GER

SS

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Part of Emory's Voluntary Core Curriculum. Certain great books have been influential across the centuries, and continue to influence the way we think, act, and understand ourselves today. Major themes of the course are the history of religion, politics, economics, biology, and psychology.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HA

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Jewish history in the last two centuries. Emphasizes Jewish development, emancipation, assimilation, identity, and changing status in Europe, America, the Islamic world, and Palestine/Israel.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• JS 170

An introductory course on a selected topic in history. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.

Credit Hours

1 - 4

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

An introductory course on a selected topic in history. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.

Credit Hours

1 - 5

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Introduces 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.

Credit Hours

3

GER

FS

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Selected topics in History for students who transfer to Emory from a different institution or who take courses for transient credit outside of Emory. Maybe be repeated for credit when topic varies.

Credit Hours

1 - 4

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Selected topics in history for students in non-history originating (cross-listed) courses. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.

Credit Hours

1 - 3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Selected topics in history for students in non-history originating (cross-listed) courses. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.

Credit Hours

1 - 4

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Selected topics in history for students in study abroad courses offered through Emory's Office of International and Summer Programs. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.

Credit Hours

1 - 3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Exploration of themes such as identity, community, religion, and politics in the Middle East from ancient to modern times. Readings include historical and literary texts by various Middle Eastern authors. Required of all Middle East studies majors.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HA

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• MESAS 200

Exploration of themes such as identity, community, religion, and politics in the Middle East from ancient to modern times. Readings include historical and literary texts by various Middle Eastern authors. Required of all Middle East studies majors.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• MESAS 200W

Examines the early forms of those societies that came to dominate the European continent and explores their early expansion and influence.

Credit Hours

3

GER

SS

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Examines 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.

Credit Hours

3

GER

SS

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Examines the interaction of European cultures with other world cultures, and considers that interaction's impact both on the "West" and on those regions it sought to dominate.

Credit Hours

3

GER

SS

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Examines history of Central Eurasia as nexus commercial, cultural and political exchange in Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the rise of European Imperialism. Topics include: nomadic empires, oasis merchants, barbarians and empires, Buddhism, Islam, European adventurers, pre-modern globalization.

Credit Hours

3

GER

SS

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

This course investigates the diverse cultures and religions in the history of South Asia. Beginning with the Mughal Empire, covering court culture and politics, the course delves into British Colonialism, the national movement, partition and independence of India and Pakistan in 1947.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HAE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• MESAS 202

This course investigates the diverse cultures and religions in the history of South Asia. Beginning with the Mughal Empire, covering court culture and politics, the course delves into British Colonialism, the national movement, partition and independence of India and Pakistan in 1947.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAWE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• MESAS 202W

This course is an introduction to the Middle Ages (500 to 1500 CE) and Europe's place in the world. It provides a survey of interactions with pagans (Germanic tribes and the Vikings) and the Byzantine, Islamic, and Mongol empires that shaped medieval society.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HAE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

This course is an introduction to the Middle Ages (500 to 1500 CE) and Europe's place in the world. It provides a survey of interactions with pagans (Germanic tribes and the Vikings) and the Byzantine, Islamic, and Mongol empires that shaped medieval society.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAWE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

This 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.

Credit Hours

3

GER

SSE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

This course is a study of the American West between the Revolution and the early twentieth century. Themes include: Lewis and Clark, Indian wars, the fur trade, the Mexican war, the California gold rush, cowboys, the Mormon settlement of Utah, and transcontinental railroads.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Course offers an overview of the origins, development, and outcomes of National Socialism. It covers: the rise of Nazi Party, establishment of dictatorship, emergence of racial state, life of Jews and social outsiders, road to war, WWII, occupation of Europe, resistance, euthanasia, the Holocaust.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HAE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• JS 218
• GER 218

This course explores the global military, diplomatic, social, economic, and cultural dimensions of the First World War. It engages with both recent scholarship and an array of textual and visual primary sources in order to understand the conflict and its transformative effects.

Credit Hours

3

GER

SS

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

This course introduces the history of the peoples of Africa. It begins with African civilizations in ancient times and runs through the 1880s, when the African continent was divided into European colonies. It concentrates on people and civilizations indigenous to Africa.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSCE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• AFS 220

This course introduces the history of the peoples of Africa. It begins with African civilizations in ancient times and runs through the 1880s, when the African continent was divided into European colonies. It concentrates on people and civilizations indigenous to Africa.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSWE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• AFS 220W

Traces 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.

Credit Hours

3

GER

SSE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• AFS 221

African women's history is rich and layered. In this course, we examine historical changes women faced from precolonial, colonial and postcolonial Africa. We read primary and secondary sources, with the goal of understanding historical changes and problematizing ahistorical gender analysis.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSCE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• AFS 222
• WGS 222

African women's history is rich and layered. In this course, we examine historical changes women faced from precolonial, colonial and postcolonial Africa. We read primary and secondary sources, with the goal of understanding historical changes and problematizing ahistorical gender analysis.4

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSWE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• AFS 222W
• WGS 222W

This course introduces students to the history of Latinx people in the United States from the mid 19th century to present day. The course covers major themes that have shaped Latinx lived experiences and community formations, including colonialism, (im)migration, labor, politics, and race/ethnicity.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HAE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• AMST 226
• LACS 226

This course introduces students to the history of people of Asian ancestry in the United States, including immigrants, students, professionals, and refugees from East Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. Thematically, it investigates timely issues facing the Asian American community today.

Credit Hours

3

GER

SSE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• AMST 228
• EAS 228

Considers 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.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HA

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

The 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.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HA

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

The course examines the experiences of African Americans from the emergence of the transatlantic slave trade to the end of the Civil War. Emphasizes social and cultural history and interpretation of race, class, and gender.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HAE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• AAS 238

Examines African American history from 1865 to the present. Emphasizes regional, gender, and class distinction within African American communities, and the ways in which industrial transformations shaped African American life, thought, and resistance.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HAE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• AAS 239

Examines African American history from 1865 to the present. Emphasizes regional, gender, and class distinction within African American communities, and the ways in which industrial transformations shaped African American life, thought, and resistance.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAWE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• AAS 239W

The 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.

Credit Hours

1 - 4

GER

HAP

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

The 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.

Credit Hours

1 - 5

GER

HAPW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

We will read some of the most entertaining works of literature written by Romans and by Greeks living under Roman rule: love poetry, novels, comedies, satires, and even Christian romances, and explore how ancient ideas of love and marriage differed and were similar to our own.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HA

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Renaissance women left an astonishing textual legacy ranging from letters, speeches and memoirs to poems, plays, and imaginative tales. This course uses selected texts to investigate how Renaissance women used writing to shape, interpret and comment on the world around them.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HA

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Renaissance women left an astonishing textual legacy ranging from letters, speeches and memoirs to poems, plays, and imaginative tales. This course uses selected texts to investigate how Renaissance women used writing to shape, interpret and comment on the world around them.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Through analysis of a range of texts, images, and historical debates, this discussion-driven seminar examines political and cultural transformations in Europe and beyond during the period of Napoleon Bonaparte's wars and ascendancy (1796-1815).

Credit Hours

3

GER

HA

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Our course will examine economic transformations and the forces that drove them between roughly 1650 and 1820, exploring how they laid the foundations for the modern world economy. Students will write short research papers on topics of their choosing.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HAE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Our course will examine economic transformations and the forces that drove them between roughly 1650 and 1820, exploring how they laid the foundations for the modern world economy. Students will write short research papers on topics of their choosing.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAWE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

This course examines European encounters with indigenous peoples of the tropical regions, and the uses to which the resultant travel accounts and images were put back in Europe in disputes surrounding notions of race, the nature of humankind, and the practice of politics.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HAE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

This course examines European encounters with indigenous peoples of the tropical regions, and the uses to which the resultant travel accounts and images were put back in Europe in disputes surrounding notions of race, the nature of humankind, and the practice of politics.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAWE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Explores the repressions of the Soviet totalitarianism through the experience of those who lived through it. Taking a humanistic approach, this course will focus on autobiography, memoirs, letters, and diaries to explore average Soviet citizens' interior life during Stalinism.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HA

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• REES 251

Explores the repressions of the Soviet totalitarianism through the experience of those who lived through it. Taking a humanistic approach, this course will focus on autobiography, memoirs, letters, and diaries to explore average Soviet citizens' interior life during Stalinism.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• REES 251W

An introduction to the study of popular culture--movies, pulp fiction, music, and television--in the context of historical analysis.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HA

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• AMST 253

An introduction to the study of popular culture--movies, pulp fiction, music, and television--in the context of historical analysis.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• AMST 253W

This second-year seminar explores the development of transregional economies and cultures through the study of commodities originating in the Middle East and the Indian Ocean region by examining environmental, historical and economic data and concepts.

Credit Hours

3

GER

SS

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• MESAS 254

This course will emphasize transnational aspects of East Asian history, focusing on how the East Asian international system interacted with Southeast Asia, South Asia, Inner Asia, as well as with Europe and the U.S. from 1500 to the present.

Credit Hours

3

GER

SS

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• EAS 260
• CHN 260
• KRN 260

"Plantation America", stretching from the American South, through the Caribbean to northern Brazil, comprises a geographical area that, as its name suggests, was dominated by the economic system of plantation monoculture. This course will attempt two inter-related tasks: it will firstly survey the unity and variety of the plantation as a form of socio-economic organization; secondly it will explicate the unity and variety of the political and cultural forms that have evolved alongside the plantation. The course will be interdisciplinary in nature, using texts from history, literature and anthropology.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• LACS 263

"Plantation America", stretching from the American South, through the Caribbean to northern Brazil, comprises a geographical area that, as its name suggests, was dominated by the economic system of plantation monoculture. This course will attempt two inter-related tasks: it will firstly survey the unity and variety of the plantation as a form of socio-economic organization; secondly it will explicate the unity and variety of the political and cultural forms that have evolved alongside the plantation. The course will be interdisciplinary in nature, using texts from history, literature and anthropology.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• LACS 263W

This course is designed to introduce students to important aspects of the colonial encounter on the Indian subcontinent. It is a survey of social and political movements that occurred during British colonial rule in India.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• MESAS 235

An exploration and analysis of the struggle for African American equality with an emphasis on the Civil Rights Movement's development, successes, failures and legacy.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HAE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• AAS 267

An exploration and analysis of the struggle for African American equality with an emphasis on the Civil Rights Movement's development, successes, failures and legacy.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAWE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• AAS 267W

Covers the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from the 1880s to today. It will introduce students to early Zionist debates and the late Ottoman context before discussing the British Mandate period, the State of Israel, and the Palestinian cause on the world stage after the 1967 war.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HAE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• JS 268
• MESAS 268
• POLS 268

This course offers a general overview of the history of Jews and Judaism, beginning with the Biblical period and ending with modern times.

Credit Hours

3

GER

SSE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• JS 270
• MESAS 275

This course is designed as a foundation course on Korean history, preparing students for other Korean history courses, both pre-modern and modern, as well as students' individual research on Korean past. It surveys the major events and topics in Korean history from ancient times to the modern era.

Credit Hours

3

GER

SS

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• KRN 274
• EAS 274

This course is designed as a foundation course on Korean history, preparing students for other Korean history courses, both pre-modern and modern, as well as students' individual research on Korean past. It surveys the major events and topics in Korean history from ancient times to the modern era.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• KRN 274W
• EAS 274W

Spanning the period that covers the First Sino-Japanese War (1895) through present, this course will explore the major transformations reshaping and reinventing cultural, political, and economic life in China through the shifting meanings of "revolution" and "republic."

Credit Hours

3

GER

SS

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CHN 278
• EAS 278

This course introduces students to the history, culture, society, and politics of China since 1976 through an exploration of the continuities and discontinuities knitting pre and post 1976 China.

Credit Hours

3

GER

SS

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CHN 279
• EAS 279

This course introduces students to the history, culture, society, and politics of China since 1976 through an exploration of the continuities and discontinuities knitting pre and post 1976 China.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CHN 279W
• EAS 279W

An introductory course on the nature and methods of history. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.

Credit Hours

1 - 4

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

An introductory course on the nature and methods of history. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.

Credit Hours

1 - 5

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Selected topics in History for students who transfer to Emory from a different institution or who take courses for transient credit outside of Emory. Maybe be repeated for credit when topic varies.

Credit Hours

1 - 4

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Selected topics in history for students in non-history originating (cross-listed) courses. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.

Credit Hours

1 - 3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Selected topics in history for students in non-history originating (cross-listed) courses. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.

Credit Hours

1 - 4

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Selected topics in history for students in study abroad courses offered through Emory's Office of International and Summer Programs. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.

Credit Hours

1 - 3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

The course explores the connected histories and civilizations of the Middle East & South Asia. Using critical geography, history, Indian Ocean studies, and material cultural analysis, we study the connections and convergences of the two regions across geographical, political, and perceptual borders.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• MESAS 300

The course explores the connected histories and civilizations of the Middle East & South Asia. Using critical geography, history, Indian Ocean studies, and material cultural analysis, we study the connections and convergences of the two regions across geographical, political, and perceptual borders.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• MESAS 300W

Illuminates 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.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Illuminates 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.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

History 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.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

History 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.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

This 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.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

History 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.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Our course will examine the economic transformations that created capitalism between 1500 and 1800, exploring how they laid the foundations for the modern world economy.

Credit Hours

3

GER

ETHN

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

This course will cover the turbulent decades of the French Revolution from 1750 to 1799.

Credit Hours

3

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Examines the growth of cities, the intensification of consumer culture among the middle classes, the revolutionary and "mass" politics of (and directed at) the working classes, anti-Semitism, imperialism, and fin-de-siecle cultural crisis.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Emphasizes social and cultural repercussions of the two world wars; origins of communism and fascism; and emergence of contemporary problems in European politics and society.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Postwar renaissance in European politics and culture; evolution of communism and social democracy; and internal and international forces for stability and change in Europe today.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Examines 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.

Credit Hours

1 - 4

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Examines 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.

Credit Hours

1 - 5

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

This course examines medicine in Germany from 1933 to 1945 and the extreme examples of the excesses of modern medical culture it provides.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• GER 315
• JS 315

This course examines medicine in Germany from 1933 to 1945 and the extreme examples of the excesses of modern medical culture it provides.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• GER 315W
• JS 315W

French history since the Revolution portrayed through feature film, with emphasis on the tensions between tradition and change in French politics and culture.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Political, intellectual, and social history of Germany since the eighteenth century. Particular emphasis on German unification, the Weimar Republic, and Nazi Germany.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• GER 318

Russian history from Peter the Great to the Revolution, with emphasis distributed among political, socioeconomic, intellectual, and cultural aspects, as well as external relations.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Russian history from Peter the Great to the Revolution, with emphasis distributed among political, socioeconomic, intellectual, and cultural aspects, as well as external relations.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Elements 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.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Elements 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.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

The 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.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Herod the Great ruled Palestine between 40-4 BCE. He changed the face of the land by building magnificent structures, some still standing, across the land and the region. The course explores the historical-cultural backgrounds to this period, his successes and failures, and what motivated him.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• MESAS 322
• JS 322

Herod the Great ruled Palestine between 40-4 BCE. He changed the face of the land by building magnificent structures, some still standing, across the land and the region. The course explores the historical-cultural backgrounds to this period, his successes and failures, and what motivated him.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• MESAS 322W
• JS 322W

Examines the causes and consequences of the religious tumult known as the Reformation from a global perspective. Surveys the major theological differences that emerged between 1500 and 1650. Analyzes the impact on society, politics, and culture.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Course examines the interplay of religion, war, and politics in early modern Europe. Major topics include Ottoman expansion, the expulsion of the Jews and Moriscos in Spain, the Protestant and Catholic Reformations, the French Wars of Religion, the Thirty Years War, and the rise of toleration.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Course examines the interplay of religion, war, and politics in early modern Europe. Major topics include Ottoman expansion, the expulsion of the Jews and Moriscos in Spain, the Protestant and Catholic Reformations, the French Wars of Religion, the Thirty Years War, and the rise of toleration.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

A study of the role of the Greco-Roman legacy during formative decades of the American republic and in shaping civic values in the United States.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CL 325

A study of the role of the Greco-Roman legacy during formative decades of the American republic and in shaping civic values in the United States.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CL 325W

Russian 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.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Russian 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.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

The 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.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

The 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.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

This class will examine the transformation of Central Asia's ancient cultures by Russian imperialism, Soviet domination and post-Soviet globalization. Topics include settler colonialism, revolution, the eradication of nomadism, the attack on Islam, and the rise of urban, industrialism.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• REES 328

This class will examine the transformation of Central Asia's ancient cultures by Russian imperialism, Soviet domination and post-Soviet globalization. Topics include settler colonialism, revolution, the eradication of nomadism, the attack on Islam, and the rise of urban, industrialism.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• REES 328W

Survey 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.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSCE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• JS 329

This course will provide a firm foundation for understanding São Paulo's unique cultural identity in the Americas and for analyzing its history in a Brazilian and global context. The course it is designed to introduce students to key political and economic developmentsthat have influenced contemporary Brazil.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• PORT 330

This course will provide a firm foundation for understanding São Paulo's unique cultural identity in the Americas and for analyzing its history in a Brazilian and global context. The course it is designed to introduce students to key political and economic developments that have influenced contemporary Brazil.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• PORT 330W

This course introduces you to the complexities of Gandhi's thought and his political action, his spiritual heights and his idiosyncrasies. We will read Gandhi's own writings, which include his autobiography, his Hind Swaraj, and several seminal articles from his journal Harijan.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSCE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• MESAS 332

This course introduces you to the complexities of Gandhi's thought and his political action, his spiritual heights and his idiosyncrasies. We will read Gandhi's own writings, which include his autobiography, his Hind Swaraj, and several seminal articles from his journal Harijan.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSWE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• MESAS 332W

This course will concentrate on the causes, course and consequences of the Russian Revolution from 1900 to the formation of the Soviet Union and Vladimir Lenin's death in 1924.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

This course will concentrate on the causes, course and consequences of the Russian Revolution from 1900 to the formation of the Soviet Union and Vladimir Lenin's death in 1924.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

This course considers how migrants, the construction of borders, and the formation of transnational communities have shaped the making of the United States. Central themes include class, gender, (il)legality, labor, politics and race/ethnicity.

Credit Hours

3

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• AMST 336
• LACS 336

On the eve of the Holocaust, a majority of world Jewry lived in Eastern Europe (esp.Poland, USSR).This course explores the origins, dynamic growth, and near destruction of East European Jewry from the Middle Ages to the Holocaust and the challenges to Jewish life in this region in the post-WWII era.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSCE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• JS 338

On the eve of the Holocaust, a majority of world Jewry lived in Eastern Europe (esp.Poland, USSR).This course explores the origins, dynamic growth, and near destruction of East European Jewry from the Middle Ages to the Holocaust and the challenges to Jewish life in this region in the post-WWII era.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSWE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• JS 338W

This course explores the historical context linking Jews to commerce and finance, and how that link became a defining narrative of 'modernity'. We will use economic history to understand modern anti-Semitism, mass migration, Jewish leftist politics, and rise of international Jewish philanthropy.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSCE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• JS 339

This course examines the history of US relations with East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia by focusing on the changing American views of Asians. Topics will include US expansion across the Pacific, US wars in Asia, Asian immigration to the US, and decolonization and capitalist development.

Credit Hours

3

GER

ETHN

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• AMST 340
• EAS 340

Examines 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.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Examines the South from its colonial origins to the Civil War, with emphasis on the social, political, and economic development of a slave society.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSCE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

This course explores the history of snowsports, especially skiing and snowboarding, from the ancient world to today.

Credit Hours

3

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

History of the relationship between the American people, land, weather, and natural resources, with special attention to the environmental movement since 1960.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• ENVS 344

How the United States became a world power following the Spanish-American War of 1898. Topics include the Panama Canal, America's role in the two world wars, the Cold War, Vietnam, and relations with Israel; also the interplay between national policymakers and public opinio

Credit Hours

3

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Humanity has become more productive, wealthier, and healthier than ever before in the last 250 years. Many of these achievements can be traced to the industrial revolution, which began in Britain, spread to Western Europe and the United States, and now is being emulated through much of the world.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

African 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.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSCE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• AMST 348

The 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.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Topics 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.

Credit Hours

1 - 4

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Topics 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.

Credit Hours

1 - 5

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Economic 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.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

This course explores the complex history of sports in the United States since the late nineteenth century. With a particular emphasis on race, gender, and politics, we examine pivotal moments, athletes, and social justice issues in sports that have impacted our nation's history.

Credit Hours

3

GER

ETHN

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• AAS 353

Examines the place and significance of law and lawyers in American history and the evolution of the Constitution from Marshall to Burger.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Economic 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.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

ECON 101 or ECON_OX 101 or FIN 201 or equivalent transfer credit as a prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

• ECON 355

Economic 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.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSCW

Requisites

ECON 101 or ECON_OX 101 or FIN 201 or equivalent transfer credit as a prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

• ECON 355W

Examines 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.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

ECON 101 or ECON_OX 101 or FIN 201 or equivalent transfer credit as a prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

• ECON 356

Explores the variety of traditional musical cultures in the United States, their historical and geographical influences on each other, and their influences on contemporary popular music.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HAPE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• AMST 321

This course examines 500 plus years of Mexican history, from the Aztec Empire to the "Narco State." Major themes include empire; colonialism; neocolonialism; class and ethnic relations; modernization; popular resistance; revolution; national identity; migration; neoliberalism; and drug trafficking.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSCE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Covering 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.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSCE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Development 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.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• LACS 362

Development 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.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• LACS 362W

Sugar and rum were for centuries the quintessential Caribbean products, commodities which created fortunes for planters and merchants, while changing the lifestyles of the European working classes. This class will examine not only the development of sugar and rum production and its effect on the Caribbean's socio-economic organization in the form of the plantation, but also how these commodities have come to define social status in the metropolis through changing patterns of consumption. Students will use materials from a variety of genres and disciplines, from social history to advertising, and from anthropology to popular music and film.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• LACS 363

Sugar and rum were for centuries the quintessential Caribbean products, commodities which created fortunes for planters and merchants, while changing the lifestyles of the European working classes. This class will examine not only the development of sugar and rum production and its effect on the Caribbean's socio-economic organization in the form of the plantation, but also how these commodities have come to define social status in the metropolis through changing patterns of consumption. Students will use materials from a variety of genres and disciplines, from social history to advertising, and from anthropology to popular music and film.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• LACS 363W

Political, 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.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSCE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• AAS 364
• AFS 364

Political, 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.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSWE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• AAS 364W
• AFS 364W

Slavery is not an unchanging systems rooted in the past. We will examine the nature and diversity of slavery in Africa, from 1300s to 1900s, and interrogate the significant role slavery, slave trades, racism, colonialism, and forced labor have played in shaping the African past and present.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSCE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• AFS 365

Slavery is not an unchanging systems rooted in the past. We will examine the nature and diversity of slavery in Africa, from 1300s to 1900s, and interrogate the significant role slavery, slave trades, racism, colonialism, and forced labor have played in shaping the African past and present.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSWE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• AFS 365W

Survey 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.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• MESAS 366
• REL 366

Evolution 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.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSCE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• AFS 367

Topics 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.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Evolution 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.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• JS 360

A survey of ancient, medieval, and early modern Japan through the 1850s. Topics include Japan's relations with the outside world; the rise of the imperial institution; and the evolution of aristocratic, samurai, and townspeople's culture.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• EAS 370

A survey of modern and contemporary Japan (1850s-present) focusing on major historical changes and on their repercussions on the lives of individual citizens. Topics include nation building, historical memory, and the meaning of progress.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• EAS 372

China 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.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• EAS 379

This course is designed to take a comprehensive look at the social, political, cultural, and material lives of Choson Korea (1392-1910). This course aims to familiarize students with the core issues in Choson historiography, which will eventually help students to enrich their own research.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• KRN 374

This course is designed to take a comprehensive look at the social, political, cultural, and material lives of Choson Korea (1392-1910). This course aims to familiarize students with the core issues in Choson historiography, which will eventually help students to enrich their own research.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• KRN 374W

This is a course about book history of East Asia fro pre-paper media all the way to the turn of the twentieth century when the Western mechanical printing technology was introduced into the region.

Credit Hours

3

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• EAS 376

This is a course about book history of East Asia fro pre-paper media all the way to the turn of the twentieth century when the Western mechanical printing technology was introduced into the region.

Credit Hours

4

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• EAS 376W

A close reading of primary texts. Topics include reactions to positivism, avant-garde culture, flirtations with communism, existentialism, structuralism, feminism, and postmodernism.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HAP

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

A close reading of primary texts. Topics include reactions to positivism, avant-garde culture, flirtations with communism, existentialism, structuralism, feminism, and postmodernism.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAPW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

The course explores human trafficking from the era of the trans- Atlantic slave trade to present-day instances of trafficking in productive and reproductive labor. Through primary and secondary sources, the students learn about the racial and gender ideologies undergirding this phenomenon.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSCE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• AFS 378
• ANT 378
• LACS 378

The course explores human trafficking from the era of the trans- Atlantic slave trade to present-day instances of trafficking in productive and reproductive labor. Through primary and secondary sources, the students learn about the racial and gender ideologies undergirding this phenomenon.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSWE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• AFS 378W
• ANT 378W
• LACS 378W

Through a series of thematic units, case studies, and analytical writing assignments, this course examines the emergence and evolution of modern terrorism in the United States and the impact of international terrorism on American society and foreign policy.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Through a series of thematic units, case studies, and analytical writing assignments, this course examines the emergence and evolution of modern terrorism in the United States and the impact of international terrorism on American society and foreign policy.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

This course is an interdisciplinary survey and analysis of the formation of Atlantic African identities, cultures, and societies in the Western Hemisphere since the 16th century.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSCE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• AAS 380
• AFS 380

This course explores the historical relationship between Blacks and chief executives and the range of presidential attitudes and actions pertaining to the problems of slavery and emancipation, segregation, discrimination, and economic exploitation.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSCE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• AAS 381

This course explores the ideological and structural foundations of race in American political culture.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• AAS 382

Progression of the conflict from the 19th century to the present is reviewed in a multidisciplinary manner. Topics include political history, communal disparities, and the various wars and their diplomatic outcomes.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• POLS 383
• JS 383

An in-depth study of the current historical knowledge of 19th century slavery in the southern United States; and how slavery has been depicted in popular culture, films and literature in the 20th and 21st centuries.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSCE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• AAS 384

Selected topics in history for advanced students. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.

Credit Hours

1 - 4

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Selected topics in history for advanced students. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.

Credit Hours

1 - 5

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

An analysis of the sociopolitical background and the horror of the Holocaust, followed by the popular as well as the theological responses of the Jewish and Christian communities.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Intermediate level workshop in writing and researching Southern Georgia's Civil Rights history.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• ENGCW 385RW
• AAS 387RW
• AMST 387RW

A 10-day trip to Warsaw and Krakow to see the sites of Jewish life and culture in Poland, and learn more about Polish Jews under Nazi occupation & Soviet domination as well as post-Soviet Jewish renewal. Includes walking tours, classes, food and cultural events, and meeting Polish univ. students.

Credit Hours

1

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• JS 388

Selected topics in History for students who transfer to Emory from a different institution or who take courses for transient credit outside of Emory. Maybe be repeated for credit when topic varies.

Credit Hours

1 - 4

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Selected topics in history for students in non-history originating (cross-listed) courses. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.

Credit Hours

1 - 3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Selected topics in history for students in non-history originating (cross-listed) courses. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.

Credit Hours

1 - 4

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Variable credit. Prerequisite: approval of project by instructor. Focused on students' pursuing projects of their own design or gaining research skills through work with the instructor.

Credit Hours

1 - 3

GER

XA

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Variable credit. Prerequisite: approval of project by instructor. Focused on students' pursuing projects of their own design or gaining research skills through work with the instructor.

Credit Hours

1 - 4

GER

XAW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Selected topics in history for students in study abroad courses offered through Emory's Office of International and Summer Programs. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.

Credit Hours

1 - 3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Jr/Sr Colloquium. The course covers: 1) the life and career of Alexander III (`The Great') of Macedon 2) the legacy of Alexander's conquests in the ancient Mediterranean world 3) the legends of Alexander's exploits from various cultures, in various media, ancient and modern.

Credit Hours

4

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

"Jr/Sr Colloquium. This course takes an in-depth look at ancient Rome as an imperial power, from the late second century BCE, after the Romans had defeated all their external enemies, to the extension of Roman citizenship to all free inhabitants of the Empire in the early third century.

Credit Hours

4

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Jr/Sr Colloquium. This course looks at women and family relations in Rome, including the relationship between law and "real life" and the use of legal texts for doing social history. Topics include: marriage and divorce, parent/child relations, and slaves and freed people in the household.

Credit Hours

4

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Jr/Sr Colloquium. This course uses the social practices associated with courtship, marriage, and sexuality in Renaissance Europe (1400 to 1600) as a lens through which to view the cultural values, legal systems and lived experiences of the period.

Credit Hours

4

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Jr/Sr Colloquium. This course uses Mozart's biography, personal letters, and operas as vehicles for exploring themes in European cultural history on the eve of the French Revolution. Special attention is given to the shifting perceptions of women that marked the period.

Credit Hours

4

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Jr/Sr Colloquium. This course looks at global history through the works of Jane Austen. It treats new gender roles, imperialism and the material life of the era. Students write research papers on topics of their choosing to meet the department and College requirements.

Credit Hours

4

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Jr/Sr Colloquium. This course is an interdisciplinary exploration of the connections between music and politics since 1750. Students will write independent research papers on topics of their choosing, using professional formats, strong evidence, and polished prose.

Credit Hours

4

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Jr/Sr Colloquium. This course examines European politics and culture in the years immediately following the French Revolution. To do so it explores a broad spectrum of British and German textual and visual sources from the multiple perspectives of political, intellectual, and cultural history.

Credit Hours

4

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Jr/Sr Colloquium. This course explores the history of Germany after 1945, paying special attention to the circumstances under which two independent German states emerged and how they developed diverging societies and independent policies during the Cold War.

Credit Hours

4

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• JS 417W

Jr/Sr Colloquium. This class will study not simply the rise and rule of Iosef Stalin-one of the Twentieth Century's most sanguinary rulers-but also the deep social, political and cultural revolutions he wrought that still shape post-Soviet Russia and the world.

Credit Hours

4

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• REES 420W

Jr/Sr Colloquium. Investigates he most infamous symbol of Soviet Communism, the forced-labor camps-the Gulags. From the intake of millions of "dekulakized" peasants to the killing fields of wartime Gulag to the Party's ""purged,"" the Gulag evolved and had a history. Here, we focus on that history.

Credit Hours

4

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• REES 421W

Jr/Sr Colloquium. Concentrate on the experience of women across the broad scope of Russian history. Will investigate women's roles in the Russian aristocracy, serfdom, revolutionary movement, Communist state and post-Soviet embrace of capitalism and gender subordination.

Credit Hours

4

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• REES 422W

Jr/Sr Colloquium. This course will examine Russia and its Muslims over a long chronological span (with particular emphasis on the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries) and broad geographical focus (the Volga, the Caucasus and Central Asia, as well as the Russian heartland).

Credit Hours

4

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• REES 423W

Jr/Sr Colloquium. This seminar will explore gender and sexuality in modern Jewish society and culture, and ask how modernity affected marriage, love, education, and family.

Credit Hours

4

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• JS 426W

Jr/Sr Colloquium. This seminar will explore continuities and innovations between the medieval and modern blood libels, especially how the modern accusation was a product of post-Enlightenment politics, fears, and conventional social knowledge.

Credit Hours

4

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• JS 427W

Jr/Sr Colloquium. The Colloquium will consider the origins, development, and meaning of the professions in America from the Revolution to the present. Emphasis will be placed on the evoluion of professional lawyers, doctors, ministers, artists, and sports figures.

Credit Hours

4

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Jr./Sr. Colloquium. A research seminar that examines the life and times of President Jimmy Carter.

Credit Hours

4

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

This seminar will explore the history of US-Pacific relations by introducing students to various groups of mobile subjects'missionaries, students, political activists, immigrants & novelists'whose transpacific journeys reveal historical connections that have been obscured by nation-bound narratives.

Credit Hours

4

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Jr./Sr. Colloquium. A study of the cultural and historical causes of the punitive turn in the United States, the ratcheting up of incarceration and other forms of punishment in the late 20th century.

Credit Hours

4

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

A research and writing, intensive course designed to introduce students to the field of carceral studies. This course focuses on the racial, political, and gendered dimensions of the U.S. carceral state since its founding. We examine how the nation became a world leader in the use of incarceration.

Credit Hours

4

GER

CWE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• AAS 444W

Jr/Sr Colloquium. This seminar will provide an opportunity for students to master and apply the techniques of historical research, analysis, and writing through an exploration of the history of Emory University from its founding as Emory College in 1836 to the present.

Credit Hours

4

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• JS 449W

Jr/Sr Colloquium. This course examines China's relations with and connections to the rest of the world, with a focus on China's relations with Europeans, focusing on the period 1400 -1911. It is a writing-intensive course, and the writing of a history research paper is the primary goal.

Credit Hours

4

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• EAS 453W

Jr/Sr Colloquium. Offers an introduction to the field of global history, focusing on key debates and historiographical interventions. The course also focuses on the production of a history research paper. It is recommended that students have taken at least one or two college-level history courses.

Credit Hours

4

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• EAS 454W

Jr/Sr Colloquium. This course is an exploration in world history, with a particular interest in how humans have altered planetary processes such as climate. A central issue will be understanding the historical development of capitalism.

Credit Hours

4

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• AFS 456W

Jr/Sr Colloquium. In the nineteenth century, journalists, activists, and policy-makers transformed hunger into a social problem. This course examines that history, tracking hunger's changing meanings over the past two hundred years. We take a global approach and choose key case studies.

Credit Hours

4

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Jr/Sr Colloquium. Using in-depth case studies to guide us, we will unravel puzzles about race, ethnicity, and national identity in Latin America. They revolve around the central question: how have particular configurations of racial and ethnic hierarchy emerged in these countries?

Credit Hours

4

GER

CWE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• LACS 460W

We will produce a 20-page research paper through scaffolded writing assignments, as well as oral and visual presentations. The course theme addresses how Spanish and Portuguese colonization forced Iberian, Indigenous, and African worlds together in the region that is known today as Latin America.

Credit Hours

4

GER

CWE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• LACS 461W
• REL 461W

Jr/Sr Colloquium. This course addresses the impact of geo-political and global economic forces on Cuba, with particular attention to Spanish colonial policies, slavery and emancipation, the US presence, the Cold War, and post-socialist markets.

Credit Hours

4

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• LACS 463W

Jr/Sr Colloquium. We study the history of India from the home, instead of the government or political leadership. What does the history of family and home tell us about changing roles and expectations, race and class hierarchies, social and economic advance, education, democracy and politics?

Credit Hours

4

GER

CWE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• MESAS 466W

All history majors except those who complete the Honors Program must take two colloquia (HIST 487, 488 or 489). Each colloquium treats a special theme by reading, discussion, and writing of papers. Enrollment in each is limited to twelve; non-majors are welcome within space limitations.

Credit Hours

3

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

All history majors except those who complete the Honors Program must take two colloquia (HIST 487, 488 or 489). Each colloquium treats a special theme by reading, discussion, and writing of papers. Enrollment in each is limited to twelve; non-majors are welcome within space limitations.

Credit Hours

4

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

All history majors except those who complete the Honors Program must take two colloquia (HIST 487, 488 or 489). Each colloquium treats a special theme by reading, discussion, and writing of papers. Enrollment in each is limited to twelve; non-majors are welcome within space limitations.

Credit Hours

3

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

All history majors except those who complete the Honors Program must take two colloquia (HIST 487, 488 or 489). Each colloquium treats a special theme by reading, discussion, and writing of papers. Enrollment in each is limited to twelve; non-majors are welcome within space limitations.

Credit Hours

4

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

All history majors except those who complete the Honors Program must take two colloquia (HIST 487, 488 or 489). Each colloquium treats a special theme by reading, discussion, and writing of papers. Enrollment in each is limited to twelve; non-majors are welcome within space limitations.

Credit Hours

3

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

All history majors except those who complete the Honors Program must take two colloquia (HIST 487, 488 or 489). Each colloquium treats a special theme by reading, discussion, and writing of papers. Enrollment in each is limited to twelve; non-majors are welcome within space limitations.

Credit Hours

4

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Prerequisite: prior approval of instructor. Supervised learning experience in a history related job in a state, federal, or local historical agency.

Credit Hours

3

GER

XA

Requisites

One HIST course 200 level or above or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

None

For 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.

Credit Hours

4

GER

XA

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

For 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.

Credit Hours

1 - 8

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Selected topics in history for students in non-history originating (cross-listed) courses. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.

Credit Hours

1 - 3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Selected topics in history for students in non-history originating (cross-listed) courses. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.

Credit Hours

1 - 4

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

For 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.

Credit Hours

3

GER

XA

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

For 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.

Credit Hours

4

GER

XAW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Variable credit (one to four hours). For senior history majors who have permission of instructor. May be repeated for credit.

Credit Hours

1 - 4

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None