Category: Non-US / Non-European Requirement

HIST 3009: Women, Sex, and Conquest in Latin America

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…

HIST 3016: Cold War Technology and Science History

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…

HIST 3025: Indian Nationalism

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…

HIST 3035: Afghanistan and Central Asia: At the Crossroads of the World

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…

HIST 3038: The Soviet Union in World War II

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…

HIST 3057: Anna Karenina’s Russia

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…

HIST 3059: Russia in the Age of Peter the Great

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…

HIST 3076: Imperial China

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…

HIST 3078: World War I and the World

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…

HIST 3079: Stock Exchanges and Global Capitalism

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…

HIST 3086: Modern China

Dr. Man Bun Kwan This course examines China’s modern experience. Considered “modern” by the 12th century, the country was condemned to “modernize” again in the 19th century. How…

HIST 3088: Global Protest Movements  1960s-2000s

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.

HIST 3089: Technology in World History

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…

HIST 3107: Sex and Gender in the Middle East and North Africa

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…

HIST 3110: Israel Today: Start-Up Nation

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…

HIST 3111: History of the World in 100 Objects

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…

HIST 3123: Caste  Gender  and Nation in South Asia

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…

HIST 3135: Women in South Asia

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…

HIST 3152: The Global Middle Ages

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…

HIST 3190: Dictators  Guerrillas  and Violence: The Cold War in Latin America  1947-1990

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…

HIST 3191: Soldiers,  Saints,  and Slaves: Afro-Latin America  1492-1888

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…

HIST 3192: Aztec, Inka, and Maya: Indigenous Empires in Latin America

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…

HIST 3196: War and Society in the Age of Napoleon, 1796-1815

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…

HIST 4066: The Golden Age of Islamic Civilization: The Abbasid Caliphate

Dr. Robert Haug This course examines the history of the Abbasid Caliphate,  rulers of the Islamic world from 750 to 1258. The Abbasid era is often called the…

HIST 4088: The Nuclear World: Technology and History in the Atomic Age

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…

HIST 4089: Drugs in the Americas and in Global Perspective

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…

HIST 4090: The Cold War in Latin America

Tuesdays & Thursdays 12:30 pm – 1:50 pm Dr. Isaac Campos This course explores the history of the Cold War in Latin America, with particular emphasis on the way…

HIST 5125: Women in South Asia

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…

HIST 5127: Commodities in World History

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,…

HIST 5129: Making Knowledge: Culture, Technology, and Ideas in World History

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…

HIST 5132: Land of the Tsars: The Russian Empire in the Modern Era

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…

HIST 5147: Barbarians, Bandits, and Other Pests: History from the Fringes

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…

HIST 5150: History of the Ottoman Empire

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…

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