Category: History Courses sorted by BoKs Designations
Online Asynchronous Anthony Russomanno This course explores the settlement and expansion of the American colonies as a pluralistic society in which attempts at inclusion were challenged by distinct…
Lecture Mondays & Wednesdays, 10:10 am – 11:05 am + Discussion Sections (time and days vary) Dr. Wayne Durrill This course explores the settlement and expansion of the…
Mondays & Wednesdays, 10:10 – 11:05 AM + Discussion Sections Dr. Anne Steinert This course is the second part of a two-semester sequence that surveys U.S. history from…
Online Asynchronous Instructor TBA This course is the second part of a two-semester sequence that surveys U.S. history from the end of Reconstruction through the late 20th century….
Asynchronous Online Daniel Farrell This course investigates the origins, development, and interactions of world cultures from ancient times to roughly 1500 AD. Key topics considered in the course…
Lecture Mondays and Wednesdays, 11:15-12:10 + Discussion Sections (time varies) Dr. Robert Haug This course investigates the origins, development, and interactions of world cultures from ancient times to…
Online Asynchronous Instructor TBA This course is an introductory survey of world history from approximately 1450 to the present. In this roughly five hundred-year period, the world has been…
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 2:00 pm – 3:20 pm Dr. Yeliz Cavus In this course, we study the Middle East (Southwest Asia) and North Africa from the era just…
Tuesdays & Thursdays 11:00 -12:20 PM Dr. Yeliz Cavus In this course, we study the Middle East (Southwest Asia) and North Africa from the early modern era through…
This introductory-level lecture course will introduce students to the central topics of early Latin American history beginning with the pre-Columbian period and concluding in the early 19th century. Lectures…
Dr. Isaac Campos This course studies the political, economic, and cultural history of Latin America from approximately 1820 to the present. Key themes include nationalism, democracy, authoritarianism, modernity, …
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…
This course offers students the opportunity to study World History from a thematic approach. The themes in this course will be global or comparative in scope, presenting historical themes…
Spring 2023; T/TH 11:20- 12:20 PM Dr. Brianna Leavitt-Alcántara This introductory-level course explores over 500 years of Latin American history from the rise and fall of the Aztec…
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 9:30 – 10:50 am Dr. David Stradling Historians are as concerned with the future (both realized and imagined) as they are with the past. Everyone…
This course examines the history of India since 1880. We will concentrate on the impact of colonialism on the Indian subcontinent and on the formation of the modern…
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:00 am- 12:20 pm Dr. Brianna Leavitt-Alcántara This introductory-level course explores over 500 years of Latin American history from the rise and fall of the…
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…
Tu 12:30 – 1:50 PM + Discussion Section Dr. Stephen Porter Are human rights and security contradictory or complementary? Must we sacrifice certain freedoms for the sake of…
Spring 2024; Tuesdays & Thursdays, 9:30 – 10:50 AM Alysha Federkeil This course examines the history of American health crises from the colonial era through the twentieth first…
Nicholas Brown Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Malcolm X, Nelson Mandela, Jesse Jackson, John Lewis. There is a good chance you know at least one of these…
Kevin McPartland This course covers the history and impact of mass media and the press in American history. From revolutionary pamphlets to muckrakers to the Civil Rights movement,…
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 explores key themes in world history from approximately 1500 to the current day. Key topics addressed in the course include the expansion and then contraction of…
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 9:30-10:50 AM Dr. Christopher Phillips Historians study and teach about the causes, nature, and consequences of warfare in all corners of the world from antiquity to…
This course explores 10 of the greatest moments of sociopolitical movement and institutional change in American History. The Civil War, twentieth-century labor movements, women’s suffrage, anti-globalization, gay rights, …
This course studies the growth of the medieval and early modern state and society as they emerged from the more tribal-like society of Anglo-Saxon Britain. It focuses especially…
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 examines the complex and often tumultuous processes that established France as one of the preeminent legal, political, cultural, and economic powers in Europe and the Atlantic…
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…
This class explores the emergence of modern Germany as a political, social, and cultural entity, and the often troubling path this new nation would follow. The course traces…
Dr. Willard Sunderland This course provides an overview of Russian history from the founding of the original Rus state in the late 9th century to the present day….
Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays 9:05 am -10:10 am Dr. Man Bun Kwan This course is an introductory survey of Chinese history from the Paleolithic Age to the present…
Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays 1:25 – 2:20 PM Dr. Man Bun Kwan This is an introductory survey of Japanese history from the Paleolithic Age to the present. By…
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…
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 11:15 am – 12:20 pm Instructor TBA (AFST) This course is Cross-Listed with JUDC 1027. Beginning on the African continent, this course follows African captives…
Spring 2023; This course is cross-listed with AFST 2014. This course surveys major themes in African American History from the start of the Civil War through Reconstruction’s “long…
A history of the Americas, Europe, and West Africa between 1500 and 1850 that examines the economic, political, and cultural interactions emerging across the Atlantic Ocean. Focusing on the topics of colonialism…
Dr. Isaac Campos This course looks at the history of modern Mexico from its independence (1821) down to the present day. This course will emphasize Mexico’s path to…
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.
Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays 10:10 – 11:05 am Online Synchronous Dr. Shailaja Paik This course explores the anti-colonial nationalist movement of India with a specific focus on M.K….
This course will investigate the rise of the Nazi Party, Hitler’s seizure of power, and the policies of the Nazi state before and during the Second World War. The course…
This course takes an in-depth look at the national events and controversies that led to the American Civil War, the most tumultuous era and momentous event in our…
Spring 2023; MWF 1:25-2:20 PM Dr. Christopher Phillips This course is the second of a two-semester sequence on the Civil War era. This course introduces students to the…
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:30 am- 10:50 am Dr. Jason Krupar This class provides students an opportunity to study the history of Native Americans, the interactions between indigenous peoples,…
Online Synchronous; Mondays & Wednesdays, 6:00 pm -7:20 pm Dr. Casey Huegel This mixed lecture and discussion course examines the development of American environmentalism in the twentieth century….
This mixed lecture and discussion class will tackle the very broad topic of global environmental history through the study of certain themes over time. Topics will follow recent…
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays 11:15 am -12:10 pm Dr. David Stradling This mixed lecture and discussion course will examine the growth and eventual decline of American cities, with…
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…
Dr. Stephen Porter This course covers the history of US foreign relations from the colonial period to the Spanish-American War in 1898. The course emphasizes the ideological and…
UC Online University 8-week course, Asynchronous Dr. Stephen Porter This course surveys the various roles the United States has played in the world and vice versa during the…
Spring 2023; T/TH 9:30 – 10:50 AM Dr. Mark Raider This class looks at Hollywood narratives that represent historical events. We will treat those narratives as viable historical…
Dr. Katie Ranum Tuesday & Thursday 2:00 – 3:20 PM A survey of American religious history from the time of the American Revolution to the present with emphasis…
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 2:00 – 3:20 PM Dr. Brianna Leavitt-Alcántara This course examines the relationship between God and Guns, religion and violence, in Latin America from the expansion of the Aztec…
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 12:30 – 1:50 pm Dr. Tracy Teslow This mixed lecture and discussion course will examine the construction and consequences of race and ethnicity in American…
Online Asynchronous Dr. James Streckfuss The course will analyze the military’s role in society by examining the evolution of war and the development of a professional military. A…
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 class will examine the South and its people, black and white, as well as its institutions, political ideology, and ultimately, its meaning in the early American continuum from the end of…
Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays, 11:15-12:10 PM Dr. Wayne Durrill This course will explore music as an important part of the American historical experience. We will read about and…
Spring 2023; T/Th 8:00AM – 9:20AMNotes: This is a combined section class. Dr. James Streckfuss The course will analyze the military’s role in society by examining the evolution…
Dr. Robert Haug For many, Medieval history is European history. It is the period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance, roughly 500-1500, popularly misunderstood as a…
Tuesdays & Thursdays 12:30 PM – 1:50 PM Dr. Christopher Phillips This course focuses on the peoples, societies, and cultures that shaped early North America before the American…
This course provides an introduction to the study of women in American history from 1890 to the present, with particular emphasis on the everyday experiences of ordinary women including…
This class is cross-listed with AFST 2060 This course explores the various political, social, and economic developments in pre-colonial Africa and the continent’s relationship with other parts of…
This course examines the way that music and sports shape the way we imagine the past. Do pop songs and big league sports reinforce national myths or produce…
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays 2:30 pm -3:25 pm Dr. Rebecca Wingo This class immerses students in the field of public history by focusing on how historians conduct, present,…
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:30 am -10:50 am Dr. Isaac Campos This course will explore the history of intoxicants in the Americas from a comparative global perspective. Primarily the…
Dr. Isaac Campos This course uses the history of marijuana as a vehicle for the study of Modern Mexican history. Students will learn how marijuana came to be…
T/Th 11:00AM – 12:20PMDr. Mark Raider This course offers a thematic and inquiry-based approach to the history of American show business, referred to colloquially as “showbiz.” While introducing…
This course offers a thematic and inquiry-based approach to the history and development of American culture from post-Civil War era to the late twentieth century. The course examines…
Dr. Mark Raider This course investigates the life, career, and times of Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945) the 32nd U.S. president (1933-1945). While paying close attention to the question of biography, the…
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 class is cross-listed with WGS 2077 & URBN 2077. This course will introduce students to the rich and varied history of LGBTQ people and movements in American…
Mondays, Wednesdays, in person10:10 – 11:05 am & Fridays, Online Dr. Jason Krupar Historically Irregular Warfare has also been referred to as Revolutionary War, Unconventional War, Asymmetric Warfare, Insurgency, …
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…
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:00 am -12:20 pm Dr. Susan Longfield Karr Pirates, robbers, and tyrants: the common enemies of all mankind. Murder, treachery, deception, fraud, abduction, ambush, and…
Science and technology are among the defining features of modern life and are often used to explain the dominance of western society in global affairs. The goal of…
This course offers students the opportunity to apply public history methods to focused historical topics. The topics will vary from year to year and will be determined by…
This course offers students the opportunity to study focused historical topics based on the research interests of department faculty. The topics will vary from year to year and…
Dr. Susan Longfield Karr This course explores the origins, sources, and nature of the so-called modern ‘western legal tradition’ from the fall of Rome to the formation of…
Mondays & Wednesdays 10:10 am -11:05 am Fridays Online Asynchronous Dr. Shailaja Paik This course examines how women have been affected by and have in turn shaped the…
This course considers the technological and engineering developments made just before during and between the global World Wars. The class examines the political, economic, and strategic rationales for advancements made in…
Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays, 1:25 – 2:20 PM Dr. Anne Steinert This hands-on course will focus on techniques for creating oral history projects, including defining project scope, recording…
Dr. Robert Haug Despite centuries of upheaval, conquest, and radical political and social changes, Iran has persisted as a geopolitical entity since the empire of the Achaemenids (r. 550-330 BC) up…
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 12:30 – 1:50 pm Dr. Christopher Phillips This course will examine the origins and development of servitude and chattel slavery in North and South America, the…
Dr. Mark Raider Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays, 1:25-2:20 pm Superheroes and comic books are integral elements of America’s social and cultural fabric. Indeed, scholars today argue that comic…
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. 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…
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 12:30 – 1:50 pm Dr. Isaac Campos This course examines the business culture, policy legal, and public health implications of drugs and the broader category…
Spring 2023; T/TH 9:30 – 10:50 AM Dr. Maura O’Connor Historians mostly see themselves outside of the history of popular culture and its creative uses. Yet, our work often…
Spring 2023; MW 2:30 – 3:50 PM Dr. Sigrun Haude This course will concentrate on pivotal events or turning points in the history of Christianity that have had…
Tuesdays & Thursdays 11:00 am – 12:20 pm Dr. Sigrun Haude This course concentrates on pivotal events or turning points in the history of Christianity that has had…
Mondays & Wednesdays 11:15 am -12:10 pm Online Synchronous + Fridays Online Asynchronous Dr. Erika Gasser This course focuses on the Salem/Essex County, Massachusetts witchcraft trials in 1692….
Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays 1:25 – 2:20 PM Dr. Robert Haug This course examines the period of conflict between the Latin West and the Islamic World known as…
Tuesdays & Thursdays 12:30 PM – 1:50 PM Dr. Christopher Phillips This course focuses on the peoples, societies, and cultures that shaped early North America before the American Revolution. Courses…
Online – Asynchronous Dr. Joseph Takougang (AFST) This class is Cross-listed with AFST 3006. This course discusses the various forces that helped in shaping the history and life…
Spring 2023; T/TH 2:00 – 3:30 PM Dr. Brianna Leavitt-Alcántara This course focuses on the central role played by women, sex, gender, and race in the conquest and colonization of Latin…
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 course examines the history of the American West as a place and as an idea in American popular culture, memory, and imagination. In both geography and in meaning, the West…
This course considers the relationships between technological change, engineering professionalism, and racial identity/politics within the context of American development. The methods used by scholars to explain the intersections of…
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 12:30 – 1:50 PMDr. Christopher Phillips This course will examine the origins and development of race-based chattel slavery in British North America and the United…
This course examines the interactions between technological developments, scientific advancements, and global competition within the context of the Cold War. The class considers the efforts made by the superpowers…
Mondays & Wednesdays, 2:30 – 3:50 pm Dr. Jason Krupar This class provides students an opportunity to study the history of global technological and engineering failures. It considers…
This class provides students an opportunity to study the development of invention, technology, and engineering in the United States from the colonial period to the present. It considers the…
This course considers the relationships between government policies, technological change, scientific discovery, and the experience of war by examining the policies and technologies generated during the American Civil War….
Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays 10:10 am -11:15 am Dr. Anne Steinert This course emphasizes major themes in urban history through the case of Cincinnati. The course will examine…
Dr. Stephen Porter This course investigates the major ideologies, movements, and laws from the 17th through 19th centuries that gave shape to the “Atlantic World “, helped to define…
Dr. Stephen Porter This course explores the intersections between international human rights and U.S. foreign relations, broadly construed, focusing primarily on developments since World War I, to create…
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…
Spring 2023; T/TH 9:30 – 10:50 AM Dr. Wayne Durrill The History of American Capitalism will cover all economic activity in the United States from about 1600 to…
This course is an introduction to American immigration history, focusing on immigration to the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries. Special attention will be paid to the…
Dr. Robert Haug This course examines the history of Afghanistan and Central Asia from ancient times to the present. We will explore the ways in which different empires…
This course focuses on the movements of people of African descent in search of freedom from racist systems of oppression around the world – specifically, colonialism, segregation, and apartheid. The course…
T/Th 9:30 – 10:50AM Dr. Willard Sunderland This course will examine the Soviet experience in World War II, paying close attention to the political, military, social, cultural, and…
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 9:30 am -10:50 am Dr. Christopher Phillips This course is an introduction to the life of Abraham Lincoln in the era of the Civil War….
This course will examine the struggle of African-Americans to achieve equality and civil rights from the beginning of the “Jim Crow” era through to the present with emphasis…
Dr. Susan Longfield Karr This course explores a turbulent and transformative period in English and British history from about 1485 to 1689. This period includes the renaissance, reformation,…
Spring 2023; T/TH 3:30 – 4:50 PM Dr. Tracy Teslow This class will examine the thinking and practices that lie behind collecting and exhibiting artifacts of history, science, and culture….
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 2:00 pm -3:20 pm Dr. Tracy Teslow This course examines the social construction of American identity in the United States through a study of sculpture, painting, photography,…
M/W/F 11:15AM – 12:10PMDr. Tracy Teslow This course examines the way scientific concepts and practices have defined racial difference in the United States. Spanning the 19th and 20th…
The purpose of this class is to introduce students to the causes, events, and consequences of World War I, or the Great War as contemporaries called it, and how…
This course charts the origins, development, and impact of World War II. We will begin with an examination of the causes of the war and then progress to the actual…
This course focuses on the Cold War from its World War II origins to the collapse of the Soviet Union. Among the important issues to be covered are…
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 2:00 to 3:20 PM Dr. Susan Longfield Karr This course explores the history of Renaissance Europe through the lens of Power, Politics, and Persuasion. Throughout…
Dr. Willard Sunderland This course examines Russian history during the life and reign of Peter the Great (1672-1725). It investigates fundamental questions of continuity and change set against…
Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays 1:25 pm – 2:20 pm Dr. Mark Raider This course examines William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice (c. 1596) in historical perspective. It explores…
This course will examine all major aspects of the American experience in Vietnam beginning with initial involvement during the early years of the Cold War, direct American intervention…
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…
Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays, 11:15 am – 12:10 pm Dr. Man Bun Kwan This course focuses on the history of China from neolithic times down to the 12th century. How…
Online Synchronous Tuesdays & Thursdays, 12:30 pm – 1:50 pm Dr. Elizabeth Frierson This class will focus on the history of World War I and the world, in…
T/Th 11:00AM – 12:20PM Dr. Maura O’Connor This course examines the historical, cultural, and economic histories of the rise and expansion of financial and global capitalism through the…
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…
Spring 2023; MWF 11:15 – 12: 20 PM Dr. Man Bun Kwan This course examines China’s modern experience. Considered “modern” by the 12th century, the country was condemned…
Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays, 11:15 to 12:10 pm Dr. Mark Raider The study of different manifestations of antisemitism throughout history in varied geographical settings and of the historical,…
This course explores the rise of protest movements that emerged from the 1960s through the early 2000s that self-consciously embraced an international framework, often operating on a transnational scale.
Spring 2023; MWF 11:15 – 12:20 PM Dr. Jason Krupar This course provides students an opportunity to examine the interactions of technology and society from the 18th century…
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…
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 11:00 -12:20 PM Dr. Kate Sorrels Efforts to educate the public about the Holocaust have depended on survivors who were willing to share their stories in person….
This course offers students in the Honors Program and other high-achieving undergraduates the opportunity to study focused historical topics that incorporate social and ethical reasoning from an historical…
This course concerns itself with the political, social, economic, and artistic history of Ohio from prehistory to the present. This course will illuminate national trends through the lens of local history….
Dr. Longfield Karr This class examines the institution, meaning, and historical significance of the development of the rule of law and due process by critically examining some of…
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 2:00 – 3:20 PM Online Synchronous Dr. Elizabeth Frierson This course studies gender as a category of historical analysis in the modern Middle East and…
Dr. Mark Raider This course investigates the history and culture of Israeli society since the establishment of the state in 1948 until the present. We will pay close…
Dr. Robert Haug This exploration of World History is based on the popular podcast and book, The History of the World in 100 Objects, a project that told…
Mondays & Wednesdays 2:30 pm – 3:35 pm + Fridays Online Asynchronous Dr. Robert Haug Punk emerged in the mid-1970s out of the New York and London music…
Dr. Shailaja Paik This course will explore the transformations of intimate life as well as of political culture in South Asia during the last two hundred years through…
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…
“Change is neither good or bad, it simply is ” Don Drapper once said in the critically acclaimed television show Mad Men. Over the last twenty years, the…
Dr. Sigrun Haude The course explores the roots of the reformations, their theological and religious profiles , and their social, political, economic, and cultural underpinnings. It evaluates these movements in the context…
Dr. Robert Haug For many, Medieval history is European history. It is the period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance, roughly 500-1500, popularly misunderstood as…
Online – Asynchronous Dr. Katherine Sorrels This course investigates the rise of the Nazi Party, the National Socialist seizure of power, and the policies of the Nazi state…
Since the last few decades of the 20th century the disability rights movement and the field of disability studies have forcefully critiqued the legal social and cultural concepts…
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. Stephen Porter Explores the historical roots of contemporary international refugee crises global migration, and the role played by American people, institutions, politics, and culture in these affairs….
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…
Dr. Brianna Leavitt-Alcántara People in the U.S. often think of African slavery as a North American story. But the vast majority of enslaved Africans went to Latin America, ten…
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 2:00 pm – 3:20 pm Dr. Brianna Leavitt- Alcantara We tend to imagine the Mexica (“Aztec”), Inkan, and Mayan empires as timeless ancient dynasties reigning…
M/W/F 10:10 – 11:05AM Dr. Jeffrey Zalar This lecture and discussion course addresses the Napoleonic age in Europe from Napoleon’s First Italian Campaign in 1796 to the Congress…
Spring 2023; Dr. Holly McGee It is impossible to understand the true history of this nation, or place into proper context the current racial crisis in society, without…
This course offers students the opportunity to study focused historical topics based on the research interests of department faculty. The topics will vary from year to year and…
