Category: History Courses sorted by History Major Concentrations
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 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 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…
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. Maura O’Connor This course will explore the connections and disconnections between popular and elite culture from sixteenth-century England when Shakespeare wrote most of his plays to early…