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History
Within
the History Department's curriculum, one can study the history
of a wide range of peoples, cultures, and institutions.
Department members offer courses in the history of the United
States, Europe, Russia, South and East Asia, Africa, and
Latin America and the Caribbean. History classes examine
these areas from a variety of broad historical perspectives,
including political, social, cultural, intellectual, and
economic. We also encourage students to explore history
through a number of distinctive specializations such as
women's history, labor history, environmental history, and
the history of various groups including Jewish, Latino/Latina,
and Asian American communities, among others. The most common
entry into the history curriculum is through 100-level courses,
either surveys, which cover a broad time span and geographical
range, or colloquia for first- and second-year students,
which explore particular historical problems or approaches
in a small-class setting. Students interested concentrating
in United States or other fields of history are encouraged
to begin their studies in a First-Year Colloquium. In all
fields, 200-level courses are largely topical, dealing with
a more limited geography (one region or nation), time period,
or historical problem. At the 300 and 400 levels, students
can pursue advanced topics in small class settings, either
colloquia or research seminars which provide focused training
in historical research and writing. Many students arrange
private readings with faculty members on topics of mutual
interest. Some majors complete their work in the Department
in the year-long honors (500-level) program.
Advanced
Placement. Students with grades of 4 or 5 on the AP
examination will be awarded credit in U.S. history (103
and 104) and/or in European history (History 102 only).
AP credit is granted only during the first year that a student
enrolls at Oberlin College.
Major.
The history major consists of at least thirty hours in history
courses. Work in the Department is divided into two sections,
one including European and United States history, the other
including African, Asian, Latin American, Caribbean, Russian,
and early Jewish history. Students majoring in history are
required to take a minimum of six hours in each section,
and at least one 300-level or 400-level course in either
section. Majors must take at least twenty hours of history
from members of the Oberlin History Department. Ten hours
may be transferred from approved study-away programs and
from selected courses based on historical methodologies
taught in African American Studies (African, African American,
and Caribbean history), Women's Studies, and Classics (Greek
and Roman history). Please direct any questions to the chair
of the History Department. In consultation with their major
advisor, students are expected to develop a balanced program
of historical study culminating in a concentration, and
to coordinate their major with course work in related disciplines
suitable to their needs and interests.
Concentrations
in the Major. The Department recommends that, with the
help of an advisor, each major plan a concentration in the
Department which will provide depth as well as breadth within
the study of history. Concentrations in the major (at least
five courses drawn from geographic, chronological, or thematic
groupings), while not required, are designed to help a student
think creatively about the study of history at Oberlin.
The choice of a concentration field will depend on a number
of factors including plans after graduation, particular
interests, linguistic competencies, and staffing strengths
in the Department. A fuller description of "Concentrations
in the History Major" is available from History Department
advisors, the History Department office, and our on-line
home page (www.oberlin.edu/history).
Minor.
The minor in history consists of not fewer than 15 hours
of credit in history courses. These must include at least
one 300- or 400-level course. Minors must take at least
10 hours of history from members of the Oberlin History
Department.
Honors.
The honors program in history offers the opportunity for
recognition of distinguished achievement in historical research
and writing. Qualified students are invited to enter the
program in their seventh semester. Students wishing to be
considered for honors should indicate that interest to the
Department chair in their sixth semester. Further information
is available from members of the Department. See also the
general statement on honors.
Transfer
of Credit. A maximum of 10 hours can be transferred
toward the major.
Winter
Term. Most members of the Department will be participating
in Winter Term 2001 and will be available to sponsor projects.
Please check with individual instructors to determine availability
and possible projects.
History
Online. For more information on the History Department,
courses and instructors, please visit our home page at:
www.oberlin.edu/history.
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Introductory
Courses
101. Medieval
European History 3 hours
3SS
An introductory level survey course extending from the fall
of Rome through the "modernization" of medieval Europe during
the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Topics will include
the political and religious order in the early Middle Ages,
conflict between Church and Empire, the urbanization of
Europe, the culture of the High Middle Ages, the growth
of secular monarchies, the Black Death, the Italian Renaissance,
the Protestant Reformation, and the Scientific Revolution.
Sem 1 HIST-101-01 MWF 2:30-3:20 Mr. Miller
102. Modern
European History 3 hours
3SS
This introductory course surveys the histories of European
peoples from the Old Regime to the end of the Cold War.
Using a range of primary and secondary sources, we will
examine the major landmarks in the social, political, and
cultural histories of Europe. Topics include the decline
of the society of orders, the French Revolution, the Industrial
Revolution, the Revolutions of 1848, European imperialism,
the reconfiguration of gender roles, socialism, fascism,
the world wars, and the rise and fall of the Cold War. Lecture
and discussion format. Enrollment Limit: 60.
Sem 2 HIST-102-01 MW 12:00-1:15 Ms.
Chin
103. American
History to 1877: A Multimedia Approach 3 hours
3SS
Next offered 2002-2003.
104. American
History: 1877-Present 3 hours
3SS
Next offered 2002-2003.
105. Chinese Civilization 3-4 hours
3-4SS, CD, WR (with 4th hour option)
An introduction to the history of China from the archeological
origins of Chinese civilization to the period of the mature
imperial state in the 17th century. The diverse origins of China's
civilization are stressed. Topics in political, social, and
economic history are explored, as well as developments in religion
and thought, language and literature, and art. The course is
the normal introduction to further study of Chinese history
and culture and, in particular, provides a valuable context
for themes treated in Modern China. Cross-listed with East Asian
Studies 121. Notes: WR with 4th hour. option only. Enrollment
Limit: 50.
Sem 1 HIST-105-01 MWF 10:00-10:50 Mr. Kelley
106. Modern
China 3-4 hours
3-4SS, CD, WR (with 4th hour option)
Second
semester. This history of China from the founding of the Manchu
Qing (Ch'ing) dynasty in 1644 takes a China-centered perspective.
Along with political and institutional developments, long-term
changes in the society and economy of China are stressed,
and the indigenous bases for those changes are explored so
that China's twentieth-century revolutionary upheaval will
be seen to be more than a "response to the Western impact"
or an "emergence into modernity." Cross-listed with EAST 122.
Notes: WR with 4th hour option only. Enrollment
Limit: 50.
Sem 2 HIST-106-01 MWF 11:00-11:50 Mr. Kelley
107. Russian
History I 3 hours
3SS, CD, WR
Sem 1 HIST-107-01 To be arranged Staff
108. Russian
History II 3 hours
3SS, CD, WR
Sem2 HIST-108-01 To be arranged Staff
109. Latin
American History: Conquest and Colony 3 hours
3SS, CD
An introductory survey of Latin American history centering
on the imposition, maintenance, and decline of Spanish and
Portuguese colonial rule in Latin America. Emphasis is placed
on understanding pre-conquest native societies, the material
and cultural basis of colonialism, the complex human mosaic
fashioned in colonial Latin American after 1492, issues of
gender in preconquest and colonial Latin America, and the
nature and development of resistance within the colonial world.
Enrollment Limit: 60.
Sem 1 HIST-109-01 MWF 9:00-9:50 Mr. Volk
110. Latin
American History: State and Nation Since Independence 3
hours
3SS, CD
Next offered 2002-2003.
124. Women
in Industrial America 3 hours
3SS
Next offered 2002-2003.
131. Jewish
History From Biblical Antiquity to 1492 3 hours
3SS, CD, WR
Identical to JWST 131.
Sem 1 HIST-131-01 TuTh 9:35-10:50 Ms. Magnus
132. Jewish
History From Spanish Expulsion to the Present 3 hours
3SS, CD, WR
Identical to JWST 132.
Sem 2 HIST-132-01 TuTh 11:00-12:15 Ms. Magnus
159. Traditional
Japan to 1868 3 hours
3SS, CD, WR
A
thematic investigation of traditional Japanese civilization
to 1868. Attention will be given to the early process of Sinicization,
the rise of the warrior class, the isolationism of the Tokugawa
Period, and the initial confrontation with the West in the
19th century. In addition to political and international developments,
treatment of aesthetics and religion will also be featured.
Identical to EAST 131. Enrollment Limit: 75.
Sem 1 HIST-159-01 MWF 1:30-2:20 Mr. Di Cenzo
160. Modern
Japan, 1868 to Present 3 hours
3SS, CD, WR
From the collapse of the Tokugawa regime in 1868 and the Meiji
Restoration to the present. The focus will be the modern Western
challenge and the Japanese response. Attention will be given
to political, international, intellectual, and artistic/aesthetic
aspects. Identical to EAST 132. Enrollment Limit: 100.
Sem 2 HIST-160-01 MWF 1:30-2:20 Mr. Di Cenzo
162. Cultures
and Peoples of Ancient India 3 hours
3SS, CD, WR
Next offered 2002-2003.
163. Modern
South Asia: From British Imperialism to the Present 3-4
hours
3-4SS, CD, WR
Next offered 2002-2003.
170. World
War II: Shaping the 20th Century 3 hours
3SS
Next offered 2002-2003.
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Colloquia for First- and Second-Year Students
112. The Bourgeoisie and the Making
of Modern Europe 3 hours
3SS, WRi
For full course description see section entitled "Colloquia
for First- and Second-Year Students."
Sem
2 HIST-112-01 W 7:00-9:00 p.m. Ms. Chin
113. The French Revolution and the
Origins of Modern Europe 3 hours
3SS, WRi
Next offered 2002-2003.
115. Colloquium: The American City,
1870-1970 3 hours
3SS
Next
offered 2002-2003.
116. Russian Social Thought 3
hours
3SS, CD, WRi
Next
offered 2002-2003.
117. National Schizophrenia in Japan
and Sub-Saharan Africa 3 hours
3SS, CD, WR
For full course description see section entitled "Colloquia
for First- and Second-Year Students."
Sem
1 HIST-117-01 Tu 1:00-2:50 Mr. Di Cenzo
119. The 1960s 3 hours
3SS, CD, WRi
For full course description see section entitled "Colloquia
for First- and Second-Year Students."
Sem
2 HIST-119-01 TuTh 11:00-12:15 Mr. Jung
141. The Gilded Age 3 hours
3SS, WRi
For full course description see section entitled "Colloquia
for First- and Second-Year Students."
Sem
1 HIST-141-01 Tu 1:00-2:50 Mr. Mitchell
145. Water in American History 3
hours
3SS, WRi
For full course description see section entitled "Colloquia
for First- and Second-Year Students."
Sem
1 HIST 145-01 TuTh 3:00-4:15 Ms. Stroud.
147. Women's Lives, Women's Activism
in American History 3 hours
3SS, Wri, CD
Next
offered 2002-2003.
148. The Collision of Cultures in
North America, ca. 1500-1700 3 hours
3SS, WR, CD
For full course description see section entitled "Colloquia
for First- and Second-Year Students."
Sem
1 HIST-148-01 TuTh 1:30-2:45 Mr. Kornblith
149. Approaches to World History 3
hours
3SS, WRi, CD
For full course description see section entitled "Colloquia
for First- and Second-Year Students."
Sem
2 HIST-148-01 TuTh 11:00-12:15 Mr. Kelley
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Topical
Courses in European History
201. History of Science from Antiquity
through the Scientific Revolution 3 hours
3SS, WR
This is a survey course tracing the development of scientific
thinking and conceptions of nature in classical antiquity,
the Middle Ages, and the early modern period. Special attention
will be given to the development of scientific methods and
to connections to broader cultural and intellectual institutions.
Topics will include the relationship between nature and
logic, the Aristotelian system, Hellenistic science and
ethical philosophy; twelfth-century naturalism; scholastic
science; Renaissance conceptions of nature; Copernicanism,
mechanistic conceptions of nature. Enrollment Limit:
35.
Sem 1 HIST-201-01 TuTh
11:00-12:15 Mr. Miller
202. Renaissance, Reformation, and
the Making of Early Modern Europe 3 hours
3SS
A survey course focusing on the end of the Middle Ages and
the beginnings of Early Modern Europe. Topics will include
the culture and politics of the Italian Renaissance, Humanism
in northern Europe, the Reformation and late medieval religion,
the Catholic reformation, new forms of disciplining and
spirituality, the voyages of discovery, the wars of religion,
and the emergence of the modern state system. Enrollment
Limit: 35.
Sem 2 HIST-202-01 TuTh
11:00-12:15 Mr. Miller
203. Humanism and Reform 3 hours
3SS, WRi
Next
offered 2002-2003.
204. Medieval Intellectual History 3-4
hours
3-4SS, WR
Next
offered 2002-2003.
222. Transnational Europe 3
hours
3SS, CD
This topical survey course examines what historians and
other scholars have called the "New Europe" and its transnational
cultures. It looks at the ways that Western European countries--especially
France, Britain, and Germany--have been forced to move beyond
rigid national boundaries by the new immigrants and institutional
structures of the post-1945 period. Explicitly comparative
in nature, this course explores both the similarities and
differences among Western European countries in their attitudes
towards and approaches to such topics as Europeanization,
citizenship rights, cultural difference, and minority resistance.
Enrollment Limit: 35.
Sem
1 HIST-222-01 TuTh 11:00-12:15 Ms. Chin
223. Ethnic Minorities in Central
Europe 3 hours
3SS, CD
Next
offered 2002-2003.
224. Twentieth Century Europe, I:
1900-1945 3 hours
3SS
Next
offered 2002-2003.
225. Twentieth Century Europe, II:
1945-Present 3 hours
3SS
Next
offered 2002-2003.
233. Jewish Memoirs And Memory:
Writing The Self In Jewish Society 3-4 hours
3-4SS, CD, WR
Identical to JWST 233.
Sem 1 HIST-233-01
TuTh 3:00-4:15 Ms. Magnus
234. Good & Evil: Decision-Making
in the Holocaust 3-4 hours
3-4SS, CD, WR
Identical to JWST 234.
Sem 2 HIST-234-01
TuTh 1:30-2:45 Ms. Magnus
237. Women in Jewish Society: Antiquity
to Modernity 3 hours
3SS
Next
offered 2002-2003.
238. East European Jewry: From Polish
Partition to 1939 3 hours
3SS
Next offered 2002-2003.
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Topical
Courses in American History
252. American
Environmental History 3 hours
3SS, WR
This course will consider the major themes of U.S. Environmental
History, examining changes in the American landscape, the
development of ideas about nature in the United States, and
the history of U.S. environmental activism. Throughout the
course, we will be exploring definitions of nature, environment,
and environmental history. Enrollment Limit: 35.
Sem 1 HIST-252-01 TuTh
9:35-10:50 Ms. Stroud
253. Recent
America: The United States Since World War II 3 hours
3SS, WR
In this course, we will focus on the themes of reform and
reaction as we examine changes in American culture, politics,
and landscapes since World War II. Through discussions of
the Cold War, the Civil Rights movement, environmental activism,
surburbanization, and the rise of conservatism, we will consider
the ways in which Americans changed their lives, homes and
institutions in the second half of the twentieth century.
Enrollment limit 35.
Sem 2 HIST-253-01 TuTh
9:35-10:50 Ms. Stroud
254. Radical
Traditions 3 hours
3SS, CD, WR
A survey of radical movements that have challenged prevailing
socioeconomic, political, and cultural norms in U.S. society
since the Civil War, including: Radical Republicanism, labor
unionism, Populism, socialism, communism, feminism, Third
World nationalism, and gay liberation. Emphasis on the forces
that have united, divided, undermined, and transformed the
American left. Enrollment Limit: 35.
Sem 1 HIST 254-01 TuTh
11:00-12:15 Mr. Jung
257. American
Intellectual History, 1860 to the Present 3 hours
3SS, WR
Next offered 2002-2003.
258. The
Industrial Revolution in America 3 hours
3SS, QPh
Next offered 2002-2003.
260. Asian
American History 3 hours
3SS, CD, WR
An introductory history of Asian Indians, Chinese, Filipinos,
Japanese, and Koreans in the United States from the 1840s
to the 1960s. Major themes include imperialism, labor migration,
racism, community formation, and resistance. Lecture and discussion
format. Enrollment Limit: 35.
Sem 1 HIST 260-01 TuTh
3:00-4:15 Mr. Jung
262. 20th
Century U.S. Cultural and Intellectual History 3 hours
3SS, WR
Next offered 2002-2003.
263. The
American Civil War and Reconstruction 4 hours
4SS, CD, WR
A critical examination of the causes, dynamics, and consequences
of the Civil War. Topics include slavery and the development
of the sectional crisis; antislavery politics and the emergence
of the Republican party; secession; the military experience;
the meaning of emancipation; and the dilemmas of Reconstruction.
Emphasis on primary sources and recent scholarship in social
and political history. Lectures, discussions, videos, and
considerable use of educational technology. Recommended preparation:
History 103 or its equivalent. Enrollment Limit: 30.
Sem. 1 HIST 263-01 MW2:30-3:20,
F2:30-4:20. Mr. Kornblith
264. Aliens
and Citizens 3 hours
3SS, CD, WR
The U.S. is often depicted as the "nation of nations," whose
history is defined by its liberal incorporation of diverse
peoples into the national citizenry. We will investigate this
image of U.S. history and society through legal statutes and
decisions on immigration, naturalization, and citizenship
as well as movements to exclude and assimilate those deemed
"aliens." How have race, ethnicity, class, gender, and sexuality
shaped the legal and cultural understanding of American citizenship?
Lecture and discussion format. Enrollment Limit: 35.
Sem 2. HIST-264-01 TuTh
3:00-4:15 Mr. Jung
265. American
Sexualities 3 hours
3SS, CD, WR
This course will examine the creation, maintenance, and reproduction
of sexual differences and identities over a broad time span
in North American history, beginning with Native American
sexual practices and social formations, and stretching through
the "modernization" of sex. Major topics will include marriage,
changing gender roles, the intersection of sexuality with
race and ethnicity, commercialized sex, reproduction, same
sex sexual practices, contraception, sexual violence, heterosexism,
danger, desire, and pleasure. Enrollment Limit: 40.
Sem 2. HIST-265-01 TuTh
9:35-10:50 Mr. Mitchell
266. Women
and Social Movements in the United States 3 hours
3SS, CD
Why, when, and how have women organized for social change
in American history? In what ways has women's activism differed
from men's? To what extent have women's motives and ideologies
been characterized by gendered perspectives on society? This
course examines the participation of American women in a series
of major social movements over the past two centuries, including
those for the abolition of slavery, suffrage, a welfare state,
and civil rights. Enrollment Limit: 35.
Sem 2 HIST-266-01 MW
2:30-3:45 Ms. Lasser
267. Gender,
Ethnicity, and Race in 19th Century America 3-4 hours
3-4SS, CD
Next offered 2002-2003.
268. Oberlin
History as American History 3-4 hours
3-4SS, CD
Explores episodes in Oberlin's history as a multicultural
community within the larger context of American history and
introduces methods for use in primary research. Topics include
abolition, civil rights, religion, education, women's rights,
and civic improvement. Students may collaborate on local history
projects in the Oberlin public schools. Enrollment Limit:
35.
Sem 1 HIST-268-01 TuTh
9:00-10:50 Ms. Lasser
269. Nation
of Joiners: Voluntarism and Social 3-4 hours
Movements in America
3-4SS
Next offered 2002-2003.
270. Latina/Latino
Survey 3 hours
3SS, WR, CD
What historical forces have brought together diverse groups
including Chicanos from Los Angeles, Cubans from Miami, and
Dominicans and Puerto Ricans from New York City? From the
sixteenth century to the present, we map the varied terrains
of Latina/o history. Major themes include conquest and resistance,
immigration, work, and the creation of racial and sexual differences
within and between Latino/a communities. We survey Latina/o
writers from Cabeza de Baca to José Martí to
Gloria Anzaldúa. Enrollment Limit: 40.
Sem 1 HIST-270-01 TuTh
9:35-10:50 Mr. Mitchell
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Topical
Courses in Asian History
282. The
Invention of Asia 3 hours
3SS, CD
First semester. A lecture and discussion course which examines
the contact Europeans and Americans have had with Asian societies
and peoples from antiquity to modern times and how they 'invented'
a variety of Asias. Key questions include: How do these conceptions
of Asia reflect on Westerners' changing attitudes toward their
own societies and on historical and intellectual developments
in the modern West? How have they mediated Western contact
with Asians and Asian societies? Enrollment Limit:
25.
Sem 1 HIST-282-01 MWF
9:00 9:50 Mr. Kelley
284. Cultural
History of Medieval Japan 3 hours
3SS, CD
Next offered 2002-2003.
285. Intellectual
History of the Meiji Period (1886-1912) 3 hours
3SS, CD, WR
Next offered 2003-2004.
287. Islamic
South Asia: Roots and Emergence of India, 3 hours
Pakistan and Bangladesh
3SS, CD, WR
Next offered 2002-2003.
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Topical
Courses in Latin American History
293. Dirty
Wars and Democracy 3 hours
3SS, CD, WR
Next offered 2002-2003.
294. The
United States and Latin America 3 hours
3SS, CD, WR
A critical evaluation of U.S. foreign policy toward Latin
America, as well as other aspects of the interaction between
the United States and Latin America, from the Monroe Doctrine
to the present. Besides formal aspects of U.S. policy making,
students will also consider the manner in which Latin America
and Latin Americans are represented in the United States and
cultural influences on policy making. Lecture and discussion
format with opportunity for original research. Recommended
preparation: HIST-110. Enrollment Limit: 40.
Sem 2 HIST 294-01 TuTh
9:35-10:50 Mr Volk
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Topical
Courses in Russian History
296. Russia
Before Peter the Great 3 hours
3SS, CD
Next offered 2002-2003.
297. Russia
and the Soviet Union Since 1941 3 hours
3SS, CD
Next offered 2002-2003.
298. Russia
and the Soviet Union Since 1941 - Film 1 hour
1SS
Next offered 2002-2003.
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Colloquia
European History Colloquia
300. Science
and History from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century 3
hours
3SS, WR
Next offered 2002-2003.
301. Machiavelli
and the Renaissance 3 hours
3SS, WRi
Next offered 2002-2003.
303. Critical
Issues in the Renaissance and Reformation 3 hours
3SS, WRi
Next offered 2002-2003.
304. The
Classical Tradition in the Middle Ages and Renaissance 3
hours
3SS, WRi
Next offered 2002-2003.
305. Jewish
Women, Jewish Men, the Jewish Family 3 hours
and the Jewish Community
3SS
Next offered 2002-2003.
306. German
Jewry 3 hours
3SS
Next offered 2002-2003.
308. Heresy
and Orthodoxy in Medieval Europe 3 hours
3SS, WRi
This is an upper-division seminar which uses primary sources
and historiographic debates to examine the interaction between
heretical movements and the development of orthodox beliefs
and practices in the Latin Middle Ages. Topics include:
gnosticism and the birth of heresiological literature; Pelagianism
and the development of Christian attitudes toward sexuality;
literacy and popular heresy; the women's religious movement
in the High Middle Ages; the Inquisition. Consent of
instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 15.
Sem2 HIST-308-01 Tu 7:00-9:00PM Mr. Miller
310. Marx
and Nietzsche 3 hours
3SS, WRi
Next offered 2002-2003.
311. Jewish
Memory, Jewish Memoirs 3 hours
3SS, WR
Next offered 2002-2003.
313. Seminar.
Topics in Jewish History 3 hours
3SS
Next offered 2002-2003.
315. Gender
in Modern European History 3 hours
3SS, CD, WR
Next offered 2002-2003.
316. Cultural
Reactions to Modernization 3 hours
3SS, WR
This upper-level seminar begins by attempting to define
the concept of "modernity" and the processes of modernization
that emerged at the beginning of the 19th century. It then
turns to specific cultural reactions--conservative, liberal,
and everything in between--to modernity and modernization.
Some of the central topics will include: bohemianism, the
avant-garde, debates about technology, and fascism. Prerequisite:
HIST 102. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment
Limit: 12.
Sem.1 HIST 316-01 Tu 7:00-9:00PM Ms. Chin.
358. British
Empire in England 3 hours
3SS, CD, WR
Next offered 2002-2003.
American
History Colloquia
323. Liberty
and Power, Democracy and Slavery in Jacksonian America 4
hours
4SS, CD, WR
The cultural dynamics, social relations, and political structures
that shaped the lives of ordinary Americans -- black and
white, male and female, rich and poor, urban and rural,
native born and immigrant, Indian and other -- between approximately
1820 and 1850. Among the topics to be examined are Indian
Removal, the Second Great Awakening, abolitionism, temperance,
gender roles, nativism, proslavery ideology, and slave resistance.
Emphasis will be placed on current scholarly debates and
different approaches to historical analysis. Consent
of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 15.
Sem 2 HIST 323-01 TuTh 1:30-2:45 Mr.
Kornblith
325. Native
American History, ca. 1450-1900 4 hours
4SS, CD, WR
Next offered 2002-2003.
326.
Frontiers of Native America 3 hours
3SS, WRi, CD
Next offered 2002-2003.
327. Borderlands 3
hours
3SS, WRi, CD
The American Southwest, roughly the US-Mexico border area
from Texas to California, is a political, economic, and
cultural crossroads. We will investigate interactions between
Native Americans and Spanish colonists beginning in the
sixteenth century, emerging US economic and political control
during the nineteenth century, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo,
land dispossession, the Mexican Revolution, immigration,
civil rights, and twentieth century demography. We also
discuss borderlands as a literary and symbolic concept.
Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 15.
Sem 1 HIST-327-01 W 2:30-4:20 Mr.
Mitchell
328
American Mixed Blood 3 hours
3SS, WR, CD
From the coyote and the half-breed to the "tragic" mulatto,
people of mixed ethnic and racial heritage occupy a conflicted
and controversial place in American history. This course
will chart the histories of people of mixed heritage from
the colonial period to the present, exploring the relationship
between the historical experiences of mixed heritage and
broader trends in American history including slavery, imperialism,
legal transformation, and changing cultural patterns. We
will also consider current social theories of hybridity
and mestizaje. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment
Limit: 15.
Sem 2 HIST-328-01 W 7:00-9:00 p.m. Mr. Mitchell
330. American
Landscapes 3 hours
3SS, WRi
Next offered 2002-2003.
331. Colloquium
in Asian American History 3 hours
3SS, CD, WRi
A seminar that explores particular topics in Asian American
history. This semester, we will focus on how Asian Americans
have figured in various social movements, as targets, allies,
and participants. For example, how did anti-Asianism define
and fuel the labor movement? How have Asian Americans struggled
for their own rights as workers, colonial subjects, women,
queers, and racialized Others? Consent of instructor
required. Enrollment Limit: 12.
Sem 2 HIST 331-01 W 2:30-4:20 Mr. Jung
338. Colloquium
in U.S. Urban Environmental History 3 hours
3SS, WRi
In this course, we will be looking at changing urban environments,
environmental influences on cities, the environmental impact
of urban places, and the concerns and influence of urban
environmental activists in the United States, from the colonial
period to the present. We will be questioning the anti-urban
bias of much environmental history, and interrogating definitions
of "nature" and "culture" that place people and their habitats
outside of the "natural" world. Consent of instructor
required. Enrollment Limit: 12
Sem 2 HIST 338-01 W 2:30-4:20 Ms. Stroud
339. The
Movies, Popular Culture, and Moral Conflict 3 hours
3SS, CD, WR
Next offered 2002-2003.
390. Slavery,
Antislavery and Emancipation in American History 4
hours
4SS, CD, WR
Next offered 2002-2003.
339. The
Movies, Popular Culture, and Moral Conflict 3 hours
3SS, CD, WR
Next offered 2002-2003.
390. Slavery,
Antislavery and Emancipation in American History 4
hours
4SS, CD, WR
Next offered 2002-2003.
Asian
History Colloquia
340. China's
Path to Revolution 3 hours
3 SS, CD, WR
Next offered 2002-2003.
344. Colloquium:
Gender, Marriage, and Family in China 3-4 hours
3-4SS, WR, CD
First semester. A colloquium exploring the construction
of gender, varieties of marriage, and conceptions of family
in China from imperial times to the present. Special attention
will be paid to the state's attempts to shape ideals and
enforce norms in these areas, along with the response of
both women and men of various social classes to those efforts.
Suggested preparation: History 105, History 106, or equivalent.
Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit:
12.
Sem 1 HIST-344-01 M
2:30-4:20 Mr. Kelley
345. Social
Movements in China, Late Imperial Times to the Present 3-4
hours
3-4SS, CD, WR
Next offered 2002-2003.
350. Women
in Modern Japan, 1868 to the Present 3 hours
3SS, CD
A
chronological approach to the quest for gender equality
in Japan during the period 1868 to the present. Sources
will include literary and historical texts written by both
Japanese and American authors. Prerequisites: HIST
160/EAST 132. Identical to WOST 350. Consent of instructor
required. Enrollment Limit: 10.
Sem 1 HIST-350-01 Th
1:00-2:50 Mr. DiCenzo
351. National
Schizophrenia and the Modern Japanese Novel 3 hours
3SS, CD
Next offered 2002-2003.
356. The
British Empire in Asia and Africa 3 hours
3SS, CD, WR
Next offered 2002-2003.
357. Non-Violent
Opposition to British Imperialism: M. Gandhi 3 hours
3SS, CD, WR
Next offered 2002-2003.
360. History
of Vietnam 3-4 hours
3-4SS, WR
Next offered 2002-2003.
Latin
American History Colloquia
365. Peasants,
State, and Rebellion in Latin America 3 hours
3SS, CD, WR
Next offered 2002-2003.
366. Gender
Issues in Latin American History 3 hours
3SS, CD
Next offered 2002-2003.
Russian
History Colloquia
314. Comparative
Studies in Labor History 3-4 hours
3-4SS, CD, WRi
Next offered 2002-2003.
372. Readings
in Russian Women's History 3-4 hours
3-4SS, CD, WRi
Next offered 2002-2003.
373. Modern
Russian Women's History 3-4 hours
3-4SS, CD, WRi
Next offered 2002-2003.
379. Stalinism 3-4
hours
3-4SS, WRi
Next offered 2002-2003.
Methodology Colloquia
312.
Museums and the Shaping of Knowledge 3 hours
3SS, WR
Next offered 2002-2003.
316. The
Body as Historical Subject 3 hours
3SS, WR
Next offered 2002-2003.
367. Narrating
the Nation: Historical and Literary Approaches to Nationalism 4
hours
2HU, 2SS, CD, WR
This course offers an analysis of the narratives through
which nationalisms acquire credibility and authority. This
discussion-centered class will examine the nationalisms
of Latin America, the Caribbean, and South Asia with particular
reference to those of Argentina, Mexico, Chile, Haiti, and
India. Narrative theories as deployed in and by the disciplines
of History and English literary studies provide the overarching
critical methodologies for interdisciplinary analysis. Identical
to ENG 386. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment
Limit: 25.
Sem 1 HIST-367-01 MWF
12:00-1:15 Mr. Volk, Ms. Needham
380.
Method in African History: In Search of Africans'
Voices 3 hours
3SS, WR
Next offered 2002-2003.
395. Method
in European History 3 hours
3SS, WR
Next offered 2002-2003.
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Research
Seminars
405. Research Seminar: World War II 3
hours
3SS, WRi
Next
offered 2003-2004.
406. Research Seminar: World War
I 3 hours
3SS, WR
Next
offered 2002-2003.
407. Research Seminar: European Cultural
and Intellectual History 3 hours
3SS, WRi
This advanced research seminar provides students with the
opportunity to write a major paper (25-30 pages) on a topic
in modern European cultural and intellectual history, using
published primary documents in translation and extensive
secondary literature. Common readings for the first few
weeks of the course will examine different approaches to
cultural and intellectual history, and specifically highlight
the ways in which these two fields have come to mutually
inform each other. Prerequisite: HIST 102. Consent
of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 12.
Sem 2 HIST-407-01 M 7:00-9:00
p.m. Ms. Chin
423. Research in American Environmental
History 3 hours
3SS, WR
Next
offered 2002-2003.
442. Democracy and Human Rights in
China 3-4 hours
3-4SS, WR, CD
Next
offered 2002-2003.
451. Japan in the Post-World War
II International Arena 3 hours
3SS, CD, WR
This seminar will explore Japan's quest for an independent
international presence following its postwar occupation
by the U.S.A, and the ways in which that occupation and
the legacy of World War II in Asia have influenced that
quest. Students will do intensive research in English-language
sources with a view to producing a major paper (25 pages).
Prerequisite: HIST 160/EAST 132. Consent of instructor
required. Enrollment Limit: 8.
Sem
2 HIST-451-01 Th 1:00-2:50 Mr. DiCenzo
452. Japanese Domestic History Since
the End of the Second World War 3 hours
3SS, CD, WR
Next offered 2002-2003.
VI. Individual Projects
501, 502. Senior Honors 1-3
hours
1-3SS
Students
wishing to do Honors in History during their final year
should consult their Major Advisor or the Chair of History,
submitting an Honors Proposal by the established deadline
the semester prior to their final year. Honors work consists
of preparation of an Honors Thesis under the direction
of one or more Thesis Directors. Consent of Department
required.
995. Private Reading 1-3 hours
1-3SS
Independent study of a subject beyond the range of catalog
course offerings. Consent of instructor required. Private
readings will be sponsored by Mr. Baumann, Ms. Chin, Mr.
DiCenzo, Ms. Dye, Mr. Jung, Mr. Kelley, Mr. Koppes, Mr.
Kornblith, Ms. Lasser, Mr. Miller, Mr. Mitchell, Ms. Stroud,
and Mr. Volk.
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