Category: History Courses Cross-Listed with AFST, CLAS, JUDC, REL, & WGS, etc.
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 2:00 pm – 3:20 pm Dr. Kellogg (Classics) Survey of Greek history from the Bronze Age to the Roman conquest. The course will focus on…
Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays, 10:10 am – 11:05 am Instructor TBA (Classics) This course is Cross-listed with CLAS 1012. Survey of Roman history from the origins of the…
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…
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…
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 9:30 am – 10:50 am Dr. Ari Finkelstein (JUDC) This course is Cross-Listed with JUDC 1027. Jewish civilization in the context of world history and…
Spring 2023; This course is Cross-Listed with JUDC 1028. An introduction to the history of Jewish civilization in the early modern and modern period as interpreted through Jewish…
This class will trace the history of film and other screen media from the origins of motion pictures to the present. It will look at the most important…
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…
For almost two thousand years Jesus of Nazareth has been central to one of the world’s most popular and widespread religions, namely Christianity. However, in-depth scholarly study of…
Spring 2023; T/TH 9:30 – 10:50 AM Dr. Mark Raider This class looks at Hollywood narratives that represent historical events. We will treat those narratives as viable historical…
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Dr. Ari Finkelstein (JUDC) This course is Cross-Listed with JUDC 2034. Examination of the rise of Christianity from its inception…
Introduction to Jewish civilization during the Medieval period as interpreted through Jewish historical, religious, literary, and cultural developments. Topics include Jewish life in Arab lands and Christian Europe …
Analysis of social, cultural, religious, economic, and political developments in the State of Israel from its inception in 1948 to the present. This course is Cross-Listed with JUDC…
This course is Cross-Listed with CLAS 2058 & CLAS 3001 Survey of warfare in Greece and Rome from its origins until the fourth century CE. The course will…
This class is cross-listed with AFST 2060 This course explores the various political, social, and economic developments in pre-colonial Africa and the continent’s relationship with other parts of…
Spring 2023; This course is cross-listed with AFST2061. This course will examine the European occupation of Africa and the rise of nationalism in post-World War II. We will…
Survey of Roman history from the reign of Constantine to the death of Konstantinos IV in 685 CE. The course will focus on the political, religious, social, and…
Online – Asynchronous Dr. Joseph Takougang (AFST) This class is Cross-listed with AFST 3006. This course discusses the various forces that helped in shaping the history and life…
This course will focus on the European colonization of West Africa and the various policies that were implemented as a result. We will also discuss the rise of…
The course examines the role and importance of women in African history, with attention to women in pre-colonial, colonial, and post-colonial Africa. This course is cross-listed with AFST3008.
A survey of American Jewish history from the earliest settlements in the seventeenth century to the modern age. Particular attention will be paid to the challenges and opportunities…
Spring 2023: This course is cross-listed with AFST3062 This course examines the history of South Africa, from the beginning of the first European settlement in 1652 to the…
Spring 2023; This course is Cross-Listed with JUDC 3080. This course is a survey covering the discoveries of the Dead Sea Scrolls and their contents. It includes an…
Spring 2023; This course is Cross-Listed with JUDC 3100. The Middle East is not only a place of conflict. There have also been moments of thriving inter-communal societies….
Survey of warfare in Greece and Rome from its origins until the fourth century CE. The course will begin with the sources for ancient military history and how…
This course traces the emergence of democratic institutions and practices in the ancient world, paying special attention to Athenian democracy from the time of Cleisthenes’ reforms to the…
Analysis of social, cultural, religious, economic, and political developments in Jewish-Arab relations during medieval and early modern periods. This course is Cross-Listed with JUDC 3030.
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…
