Category: 2000 Lower-Level Thematic Courses
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.
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 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…
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…