Category: History Courses sorted by BoKs Designations
This course offers a survey of world history from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present. It addresses the major events and international developments that have…
In this course, we will investigate the history, geography, and civilizations of South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives) by focusing on important historical…
This course explores themes that surround the emergence of the United States as a modern entity since the end of the Civil War. Themes might include the impact…
This course provides a sustained introduction to selected topics in the history of the British Isles (including Ireland) in the period since the mid-eighteenth century. It explores both…
This course will explore the development of modernFrance and its place in the world from the FrenchRevolution through a series of monarchical authoritarian and democratic regimes. In the…
Dr. Shailaja Paik This survey of South Asian civilization focuses on the evolution of Indian social structures, its diverse religious traditions, and the imperial Mauryan and Mughal states. It…
This course surveys world history from the end of World War II to the present providing an overview of the major developments that have shaped the contemporary world.
Dr. Shailaja Paik This course explores the anti-colonial nationalist movement of India with a specific focus on M.K. Gandhi, a major political activist and thinker of our times. It…
This lecture and discussion course examines some of the most unspeakable crimes and greatest tragedies of late modernity. It focuses primarily on the emergence and varieties of mass…
This course will introduce students to the history of the American South from its colonial beginnings to the conclusion of the American Civil War. The region’s history was…
This course examines the seminal trends and events of American History from 1945 to the early twenty-first century, with a particular focus on broader changes in American politics, society, and…
This course examines the seminal trends and events of American History from 1960 to the present including Vietnam, the Civil Rights Movement and Watergate, the Great Society, the rise of…
This course examines the First World War in its global context. It emphasizes the comprehensive impact of warfare not only on the battlefield but also on the intellectual, cultural, and…
This course examines the Second World War in its global context. It emphasizes the comprehensive impact of warfare not only on the battlefield but also on the intellectual, cultural, and…
This course will examine the origins and development of servitude and chattel slavery in North and South America, the Caribbean, and the United States. The course will introduce students to…
Today we associate the age of the American Revolution with declarations of independence and the future of representative government, but for those living through the war and its…
Dr. Isaac Campos This course examines the business culture, policy legal, and public health implications of drugs and the broader category of addiction since 1980. Topics here will…
This course focuses on the peoples, societies, and cultures that shaped early North America before the American Revolution. Courses in “Colonial America” have traditionally followed the beginnings and development of…
This course explores the history of the American Revolution, examining questions and issues such as the history of democracy and social groups in the revolution and the creation…
This class explores the rationales and excuses used to justify why the United States has gone to war over the span of two centuries. Exploring the various moral…
Dr. Shailaja Paik This course deals with key topics of Indian political and social history from 1885 to 1947 including Indian nationalist responses to colonialism, socio-religious reform and revival…
The course examines the forces, events, and demographic movements that shaped the development of racially isolated low-income African American communities in American cities in the 20th century; starting in…
The goal of this course is to examine the causes, events, and consequences of the destruction of European Jewry during World War II; an event known historically as the…
Dr. Sigrun Haude This course explores the social, economic, sexual, religious, and political aspects of women’s lives in European history from 1600-1850; placing women’s experience into a range of broad historiographical…
This course studies gender as a category of historical analysis in the modern Middle East and North Africa (1650-present). Students will read a wide range of primary and…
Dr. Shailaja Paik To explore women in South Asia, particularly in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. We will study traditional topics like patriarchy, marriage and family, gender and sexuality, and also explore…
This course offers students the opportunity to apply digital history methods to focused historical topics. The topics will vary from year to year and will be determined by…
Dr. Maura O’Connor This course will examine how Britain made the modern world and how the modern world made Britain, particularly in the decades that followed the Second…
Through the decades leading to the Civil War, African Americans and other opponents of slavery increasingly acted in secret to help runaways to safety in violation of Federal…
Dr. Isaac Campos This course explores the history of the Cold War in Latin America with particular emphasis on the relationship between the United States and the region…