Category: Non-US / Non-European Requirement
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 America from the time of the Aztec…
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…
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…
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 2:00 – 3:20 pm Dr. Robert Haug This course examines the history of Afghanistan and Central Asia from ancient times to the present. We will…
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…
Dr. Willard Sunderland This course explores the novel Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy as a guide for examining Russian history in the late imperial period, including questions related…
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…
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 12:30-1:50 pm Dr. Man Bun Kwan This course focuses on the history of China from neolithic times down to the 12th century. How did the country develop…
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…
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 lens of the stock…
Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays, 1:25 pm -2:20 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.
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 2:00 – 3:20 pm Dr. Jason Krupar This course provides students an opportunity to examine the interactions of technology and society from the 18th century…
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…
Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays, 1:25 pm – 2:20 pm Dr. Mark Raider This course investigates the history and culture of Israeli society since the establishment of the state…
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…
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,…
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 11:00-12:20 pm Dr. Robert Haug For many, Medieval history is European history. It is the period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the…
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…
Dr. Brianna Leavitt- Alcantara We tend to imagine the Mexica (“Aztec”), Inkan, and Mayan empires as timeless ancient dynasties reigning for centuries over large areas of Latin America…
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…
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 11:00-12:20 pm Dr. Jason Krupar This course examines the technological development of nuclear weapons from the interwar period to the post-Cold War era. The class…
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. Isaac Campos This course explores the history of the Cold War in Latin America, with particular emphasis on the way the Cold War altered relations between the United…
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…
This course focuses on the debate over how to understand and do world history and study the process of globalization. Interdisciplinary readings are drawn from Anthropology and Sociology,…
T/Th 4:00 -6:50 PMDr. Willard Sunderland This course explores the production of varieties of knowledge, the technologies involved in their production, and the ways in which culture mediates…
Dr. Willard Sunderland This course explores the history of the Russian Empire from its founding in the sixteenth century up to the period of the Russian Revolution and…
Dr. Robert Haug History is told by those who could write and those who could archive. This has meant that the dominant historical narratives have been those told…
Dr. Elizabeth Frierson In this combined undergraduate and graduate discussion-based course, we will study the political, intellectual, and social history and historiography of the Ottoman Empire from its founding…