Category: 3001 & Above: Upper-Level Electives
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…
This course focuses on the spaces, places, and things in the American past which are both markers of cultural change, and also a means of constituting the social, economic, and…
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…
This course will introduce students to a variety of propaganda films made during World War II. The class will focus on Germany, Britain, and the United States; the three nations…
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,…
Explores the history of immigration, race, and citizenship in the United States through multidisciplinary frameworks, examining how distinct disciplinary approaches yield different understandings.
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…
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…
Dr. Erika A Gasser This course focuses on the trades in three commodities, each of which played a central role in the economic, social, and military development of the…
Dr. Isaac Campos This course will explore the history of intoxicants in the Americas within a comparative global perspective. Primarily the course will explore the political, economic, and cultural forces…
Dr. Sigrun Haude This course explores the conflicting ideas and realities that brought about the great conflicts of early modern Europe, in particular, the Thirty Years War. The…
Dr. Shailaja Paik This course investigates how colonial and post-colonial encounters have shaped gender, sexuality, race, class, caste, nationalism, and imperialism in South Asia. Students will consider the various…
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, but also explore…
Dr. Sigrun Haude This course explores the conflicting ideas and realities that brought about the great conflicts of early modern Europe, in particular, the Thirty Years War. The course…