Category: History Courses sorted by History Major Concentrations
Online Asynchronous 05/30/2023 – 07/02/2023: Shepherd Aaron Ellis 07/03/2023 – 08/05/2023: Diamond Crowder This course explores the settlement and expansion of the American colonies as a pluralistic society…
Online Asynchronous 05/08/2023 – 06/21/2023: Austin Hall 06/22/2023 – 08/05/2023 : Alysha Federkeil This course is the second part of a two-semester sequence that surveys U.S. history from…
Online Asynchronous 07/03/2023 – 08/05/2023: Daniel Farrell This course is an introductory survey of world history from approximately 1450 to the present. In this roughly five hundred-year period, the…
Spring 2023; Online Asynchronous Anthony Russomanno This course explores the settlement and expansion of the American colonies as a pluralistic society in which attempts at inclusion were challenged…
Lecture Mondays & Wednesdays, 10:10 am – 11:05 am + Discussion Sections (time and days vary) Dr. Wayne Durrill This course explores the settlement and expansion of the…
Spring 2023; MW 10:10 – 11:05 AM + Discussion Sections Dr. Anne Steinert This course is the second part of a two-semester sequence that surveys U.S. history from…
Online Asynchronous Instructor TBA This course is the second part of a two-semester sequence that surveys U.S. history from the end of Reconstruction through the late 20th century….
Spring 2023; Ansynchronous Online This course investigates the origins, development, and interactions of world cultures from ancient times to roughly 1500 AD. Key topics considered in the course…
Lecture Mondays and Wednesdays, 11:15-12:10 + Discussion Sections (time varies) Dr. Robert Haug This course investigates the origins, development, and interactions of world cultures from ancient times to…
Online Asynchronous Instructor TBA This course is an introductory survey of world history from approximately 1450 to the present. In this roughly five hundred-year period, the world has been…
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 2:00 pm – 3:20 pm Dr. Yeliz Cavus In this course, we study the Middle East (Southwest Asia) and North Africa from the era just…
Spring 2023; T/TH 12:30-1:50 PM Online – Synchronous Dr. Elizabeth Frierson In this course, we study the Middle East (Southwest Asia) and North Africa from the early modern…
This introductory-level lecture course will introduce students to the central topics of early Latin American history beginning with the pre-Columbian period and concluding in the early 19th century. Lectures…
Dr. Isaac Campos This course studies the political, economic, and cultural history of Latin America from approximately 1820 to the present. Key themes include nationalism, democracy, authoritarianism, modernity, …
This course offers students the opportunity to study World History from a thematic approach. The themes in this course will be global or comparative in scope, presenting historical themes…
Spring 2023; T/TH 11:20- 12:20 PM Dr. Brianna Leavitt-Alcántara This introductory-level course explores over 500 years of Latin American history from the rise and fall of the Aztec…
This course examines the history of India since 1880. We will concentrate on the impact of colonialism on the Indian subcontinent and on the formation of the modern…
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:00 am- 12:20 pm Dr. Brianna Leavitt-Alcántara This introductory-level course explores over 500 years of Latin American history from the rise and fall of the…
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 explores 10 of the greatest moments of sociopolitical movement and institutional change in American History. The Civil War, twentieth-century labor movements, women’s suffrage, anti-globalization, gay rights, …
Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays 9:05 am -10:10 am Dr. Man Bun Kwan This course is an introductory survey of Chinese history from the Paleolithic Age to the present…
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 11:15 am – 12:20 pm Instructor TBA (AFST) This course is Cross-Listed with JUDC 1027. Beginning on the African continent, this course follows African captives…
Spring 2023; This course is cross-listed with AFST 2014. This course surveys major themes in African American History from the start of the Civil War through Reconstruction’s “long…
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.
Dr. Shailaja Paik This course explores the anti-colonial nationalist movement of India with a specific focus on M.K. Gandhi, a major political activist and thinker of our times. It…
This course will investigate the rise of the Nazi Party, Hitler’s seizure of power, and the policies of the Nazi state before and during the Second World War. The course…
This course takes an in-depth look at the national events and controversies that led to the American Civil War, the most tumultuous era and momentous event in our…
Spring 2023; MWF 1:25-2:20 PM Dr. Christopher Phillips This course is the second of a two-semester sequence on the Civil War era. This course introduces students to the…
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:30 am- 10:50 am Dr. Jason Krupar This class provides students an opportunity to study the history of Native Americans, the interactions between indigenous peoples,…
Online Synchronous; Mondays & Wednesdays, 6:00 pm -7:20 pm Dr. Casey Huegel This mixed lecture and discussion course examines the development of American environmentalism in the twentieth century….
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…
UC Online University 8-week course, Asynchronous Dr. Stephen Porter This course surveys the various roles the United States has played in the world and vice versa during the…
Dr. Katie Ranum Tuesday & Thursday 2:00 – 3:20 PM A survey of American religious history from the time of the American Revolution to the present with emphasis…
Dr. Brianna Leavitt-Alcántara This course examines the relationship between God and Guns, religion and violence, in Latin America from the expansion of the Aztec and Incan empires to the European Catholic…
This mixed lecture and discussion course will examine the construction and consequences of race and ethnicity in American history. Through an exploration of controversies, debates, and critical events in American…
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 will examine the South and its people, black and white, as well as its institutions, political ideology, and ultimately, its meaning in the early American continuum from the end of…
Spring 2023; T/TH 12:30 – 1:50 PM Dr. Wayne Durrill This course will explore music as an important part of the American historical experience. We will read about…
Dr. Erika Gasser This course focuses on the peoples, societies, and cultures that shaped early North America before the American Revolution. Courses about “Colonial America” have traditionally followed…
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:30 am -10:50 am Dr. Isaac Campos This course will explore the history of intoxicants in the Americas from a comparative global perspective. Primarily the…
Dr. Isaac Campos This course uses the history of marijuana as a vehicle for the study of Modern Mexican history. Students will learn how marijuana came to be…
T/Th 11:00AM – 12:20PMDr. Mark Raider This course offers a thematic and inquiry-based approach to the history of American show business, referred to colloquially as “showbiz.” While introducing…
This course offers a thematic and inquiry-based approach to the history and development of American culture from post-Civil War era to the late twentieth century. The course examines…
This class is cross-listed with WGS 2077 & URBN 2077. This course will introduce students to the rich and varied history of LGBTQ people and movements in American…
Dr. Jason Krupar Historically Irregular Warfare has also been referred to as Revolutionary War, Unconventional War, Asymmetric Warfare, Insurgency, or Terrorism depending on the goals of the groups involved…
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:00 am -12:20 pm Dr. Susan Longfield Karr Pirates, robbers, and tyrants: the common enemies of all mankind. Murder, treachery, deception, fraud, abduction, ambush, and…
Science and technology are among the defining features of modern life and are often used to explain the dominance of western society in global affairs. The goal of…
Dr. Susan Longfield Karr This course explores the origins, sources, and nature of the so-called modern ‘western legal tradition’ from the fall of Rome to the formation of…
This course considers the technological and engineering developments made just before during and between the global World Wars. The class examines the political, economic, and strategic rationales for advancements made in…
Dr. Robert Haug Despite centuries of upheaval, conquest, and radical political and social changes, Iran has persisted as a geopolitical entity since the empire of the Achaemenids (r. 550-330 BC) up…
Dr. Mark Raider Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays, 1:25-2:20 pm Superheroes and comic books are integral elements of America’s social and cultural fabric. Indeed, scholars today argue that comic…
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…
Spring 2023; MW 2:30 – 3:50 PM Dr. Sigrun Haude This course will concentrate on pivotal events or turning points in the history of Christianity that have had…
Tuesdays & Thursdays 11:00 am – 12:20 pm Dr. Sigrun Haude This course concentrates on pivotal events or turning points in the history of Christianity that has had…
Mondays & Wednesdays 11:15 am -12:10 pm Online Synchronous + Fridays Online Asynchronous Dr. Erika Gasser This course focuses on the Salem/Essex County, Massachusetts witchcraft trials in 1692….
Dr. Robert Haug This course examines the period of conflict between the Latin West and the Islamic World known as the Crusades. The majority of the class focuses…
This course focuses on the peoples, societies, and cultures that shaped early North America before the American Revolution. Courses in “Colonial America” have traditionally followed the beginnings and development of…
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…
This course considers the relationships between technological change, engineering professionalism, and racial identity/politics within the context of American development. The methods used by scholars to explain the intersections of…
T/Th 12:30 – 1:50PM Dr. Wayne Durrill This course will examine the origins and development of race-based chattel slavery in British North America and the United States, the…
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. Jason Krupar This class provides students an opportunity to study the history of global technological and engineering failures. It considers the intertwining social, economic, and political issues…
This class provides students an opportunity to study the development of invention, technology, and engineering in the United States from the colonial period to the present. It considers the…
This course considers the relationships between government policies, technological change, scientific discovery, and the experience of war by examining the policies and technologies generated during the American Civil War….
Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays 10:10 am -11:15 am Dr. Anne Steinert This course emphasizes major themes in urban history through the case of Cincinnati. The course will examine…
Dr. Stephen Porter This course investigates the major ideologies, movements, and laws from the 17th through 19th centuries that gave shape to the “Atlantic World “, helped to define…
Dr. Stephen Porter This course explores the intersections between international human rights and U.S. foreign relations, broadly construed, focusing primarily on developments since World War I, to create…
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…
Spring 2023; T/TH 9:30 – 10:50 AM Dr. Wayne Durrill The History of American Capitalism will cover all economic activity in the United States from about 1600 to…
This course is an introduction to American immigration history, focusing on immigration to the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries. Special attention will be paid to the…
Dr. Robert Haug This course examines the history of Afghanistan and Central Asia from ancient times to the present. We will explore the ways in which different empires…
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 9:30 am -10:50 am Dr. Christopher Phillips This course is an introduction to the life of Abraham Lincoln in the era of the Civil War….
This course will examine the struggle of African-Americans to achieve equality and civil rights from the beginning of the “Jim Crow” era through to the present with emphasis…
Spring 2023; T/TH 3:30 – 4:50 PM Dr. Tracy Teslow This class will examine the thinking and practices that lie behind collecting and exhibiting artifacts of history, science, and culture….
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 2:00 pm -3:20 pm Dr. Tracy Teslow This course examines the social construction of American identity in the United States through a study of sculpture, painting, photography,…
M/W/F 11:15AM – 12:10PMDr. Tracy Teslow This course examines the way scientific concepts and practices have defined racial difference in the United States. Spanning the 19th and 20th…
This course charts the origins, development, and impact of World War II. We will begin with an examination of the causes of the war and then progress to the actual…
Power, Politics, & Persuasion Dr. Susan Longfield Karr This course explores the history of Renaissance Europe through the lens of Power, Politics, and Persuasion. Throughout the course, we…
Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays 1:25 pm – 2:20 pm Dr. Mark Raider This course examines William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice (c. 1596) in historical perspective. It explores…
Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays, 11:15 am – 12:10 pm Dr. Man Bun Kwan This course focuses on the history of China from neolithic times down to the 12th century. How…
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…
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…
Spring 2023; MWF 11:15 – 12: 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.
Spring 2023; MWF 11:15 – 12:20 PM Dr. Jason Krupar This course provides students an opportunity to examine the interactions of technology and society from the 18th century…
Dr. Longfield Karr This class examines the institution, meaning, and historical significance of the development of the rule of law and due process by critically examining some of…
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…
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…
Mondays & Wednesdays 2:30 pm – 3:35 pm + Fridays Online Asynchronous Dr. Robert Haug Punk emerged in the mid-1970s out of the New York and London music…
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. Sigrun Haude The course explores the roots of the reformations, their theological and religious profiles , and their social, political, economic, and cultural underpinnings. It evaluates these movements in the context…
Online – Asynchronous Dr. Katherine Sorrels This course investigates the rise of the Nazi Party, the National Socialist seizure of power, and the policies of the Nazi state…
Since the last few decades of the 20th century the disability rights movement and the field of disability studies have forcefully critiqued the legal social and cultural concepts…
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. Stephen Porter Explores the historical roots of contemporary international refugee crises global migration, and the role played by American people, institutions, politics, and culture in these affairs….
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…
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…
Spring 2023; Dr. Holly McGee It is impossible to understand the true history of this nation, or place into proper context the current racial crisis in society, without…
Dr. Susan Longfield Karr Although Human Rights issues continue to be debated and contested, the longer history and intellectual tradition of Human Rights is often unexamined and even…
Dr. Susan Longfield Karr We live in a world increasingly dominated by science and technology and we often assume that each can provide us with objective principles to…
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. Erika Gasser Drawing upon primary and secondary sources, literature, and images, this course explores how women and men negotiated social and cultural identities in early modern Britain, colonial British North…
Spring 2023; MWF 10:10 – 11:05 AM Dr. Christopher Phillips This course will introduce students to the history of the American South from its colonial beginnings to the…
Dr. Maura O’Connor This course examines the history of the British Empire from the settlements of the seventeenth century to the end of the empire in the second…
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…
Spring 2023; T/TH 11:00 – 12:20 PM Dr. Robert Haug This course examines the history of the Abbasid Caliphate, rulers of the Islamic world from 750 to 1258….
Dr. Willard Sunderland This course examines Russian history in the 20th century and up to the present day. Topics to be studied include the nature of the Russian…
Dr. Jason Krupar This course examines the historical technological and scientific developments that contributed to the creation of interlocking network computing systems of today. The class considers the…
Dr. Jason Krupar This course examines the technological development of nuclear weapons from the interwar period to the post-Cold War era. The class considers the historiography of the…
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…
Dr. Brianna Leavitt-Alcántara This course examines the development of the Spanish Inquisition from its medieval roots to its early nineteenth-century demise. The focus of the course is both…
This course is co-taught by Dr. Susan Longfield Karr & Dr. Stephen Porter Human rights are everywhere. We see them as affirming the core values of human life,…
Dr. Isaac Campos This course examines the business, culture, policy, legal, and public health implications of drugs and the broader category of addiction since 1980. Over the course of the semester, we…
Dr. Katherine Sorrels Holocaust history is challenging both because it raises difficult questions and because the literature is vast, complicated, and contentious. Yet this challenging scholarship offers a special opportunity…
This course analyses the development of American cities in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century. With a mix of environmental and urban history techniques, the class addresses both…
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…
