Category: DC (Diversity & Culture)
Online Asynchronous 05/30/2023 – 07/02/2023: Shepherd Aaron Ellis 07/03/2023 – 08/05/2023: Diamond Crowder This course explores the settlement and expansion of the American colonies as a pluralistic society…
Online Asynchronous 05/08/2023 – 06/21/2023: Austin Hall 06/22/2023 – 08/05/2023 : Alysha Federkeil This course is the second part of a two-semester sequence that surveys U.S. history from…
Online Asynchronous 07/03/2023 – 08/05/2023: Daniel Farrell This course is an introductory survey of world history from approximately 1450 to the present. In this roughly five hundred-year period, the…
Spring 2023; 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…
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…
Spring 2023; MW 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….
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…
Spring 2023; T/TH 12:30-1:50 PM Online – Synchronous Dr. Elizabeth Frierson In this course, we study the Middle East (Southwest Asia) and North Africa from the early modern…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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 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,…
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. Brianna Leavitt-Alcántara This course examines the relationship between God and Guns, religion and violence, in Latin America from the expansion of the Aztec and Incan empires to the European Catholic…
This mixed lecture and discussion course will examine the construction and consequences of race and ethnicity in American history. Through an exploration of controversies, debates, and critical events in American…
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…
Dr. Erika Gasser This course focuses on the peoples, societies, and cultures that shaped early North America before the American Revolution. Courses about “Colonial America” have traditionally followed…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
Dr. Robert Haug This course examines the period of conflict between the Latin West and the Islamic World known as the Crusades. The majority of the class focuses…
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…
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…
T/Th 12:30 – 1:50PM Dr. Wayne Durrill This course will examine the origins and development of race-based chattel slavery in British North America and the United States, the…
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. 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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….
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. 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. 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. 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…
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…
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. 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…
