*History 98a (formerly History 98). Honors Research Seminar
Catalog Number: 3556
Michael McCormick and staff
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Methods of historical research and writing.
Note: Required of, and ordinarily limited to, honors juniors concentrating in History.
Prerequisite: Admission to the honors program in History.
*History 98b. Honors Field Tutorial
Catalog Number: 6063
History Tutors
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Guided research and writing of a junior paper.
Note: Required of, and limited to, honors juniors concentrating in History.
Prerequisite: Admission to the honors program in History.
*History 99. Tutorial — Senior Year
Catalog Number: 5803
Lizabeth Cohen and members of the Department
Full course. Hours to be arranged.
Note: Required of, and ordinarily limited to, honors seniors concentrating in History. Research and writing the senior honors essay in History. Permission must be obtained in the Tutorial Office. Either half year may be taken as a half course with the consent of the Head Tutor. A student wishing to drop History 99 with credit at midyear must get the consent of the Head Tutor and submit a substantial paper on which final credit can be based. A student who remains in the course in the second half year, but fails to submit an honors thesis when due, must, if desiring credit for the full course, submit a more substantial paper, ordinarily due not later than the day before the spring term Reading Period begins.
Prerequisite: History 98 and recommendation of the 98 tutor.
*History 90b. Major Themes in Early Modern European History
Catalog Number: 1833
Maura A. Henry
Half course (spring term). W., 2–4.
An overview of the main issues of early modern historiography.
*History 90c. Major Themes in Modern European History
Catalog Number: 5303
Charles S. Maier
Half course (spring term). W., 2–4.
Discusses major themes in Modern European history.
*History 90d. Major Themes in Western Intellectual History
Catalog Number: 4955
Louis Miller
Half course (spring term). W., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
Major questions of substance and approach in the study of Western intellectual history will be explored through some secondary and many primary readings grouped around the following themes: the definition of the Enlightenment; a question in intellectual biography; and theories of education from Locke to Dewey.
*History 90e. Major Themes in American Historical Writing
Catalog Number: 4577
Elisabeth B. Nichols and Brett Flehinger
Half course (spring term). M., 3–5.
An examination of critical themes in American historical writing from the late 19th century to the present. Students will read selections from classics in American historiography and will examine debates among historians on some of the most important issues in U.S. history. Among the themes explored will be the frontier, the origins of the American Revolution, labor in the ante-bellum period, and the legacies of the Cold War.
*History 90f. International Relations
Catalog Number: 4422
Akira Iriye
Half course (spring term). Th., 2–4.
Major themes in modern international history.
*History 90h. Major Themes in Comparative North American and Latin American History: Culture, Class, and Politics
Catalog Number: 4232
John Womack, Jr.
Half course (spring term). M., 3–5.
A broad introduction to the different ways in which culture, class, and politics have historically happened in North America (British and French, eventually Canada and the U.S.) and Latin America.
History 10b. Western Societies, Politics, and Cultures: From 1650 to the Present
Catalog Number: 0262
Susan Pedersen
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 13
Second half of a survey of European history from the first cities and empires to modern times. Also treats some major aspects of the history of the Americas insofar as they form part of overarching Western developments. Topics include absolute monarchy and enlightened despotism; the Enlightenment and age of revolutions; industrialization and nation building; imperialism and the world wars; cultural and social change; the rise and fall of totalitarian regimes.
Note: Required of all history concentrators entering the concentration after July of 1995, but open to all students.
History 71a. America: Colonial Times to the Civil War
Catalog Number: 6647
Elisabeth B. Nichols
Half course (fall term). M., W., at 11, plus one hour to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 4
Covers American history from the period of colonial settlement to the Civil War. Major political, social, economic, and cultural developments are examined. Readings emphasize an analysis of primary documents and an introduction to differing historical interpretations.
History 71b. Modern America, 1865 to Present
Catalog Number: 7671
Brett Flehinger
Half course (spring term). M., W., (F.), at 12, plus one hour to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 5
An introduction to American history from the end of the Civil War to modern times, paying particular attention to the question of how the U.S. turned into the world’s leading economic and military power. Topics will include the reconstruction of the U.S. after the Civil War, the economic and social effects of the Second Industrial Revolution, the crisis of the 1930s and the expansion of the federal state, the global conflicts of the 20th century as well as the struggles of women and African-Americans for equality.
Note: Directly follows History 71a, but may be taken independently.
History 1085. The Roman Empire, Augustus to Constantine
Catalog Number: 3109
Christopher P. Jones
Half course (spring term). M., W., (F.), at 10. EXAM GROUP: 3
The Roman Empire from its foundation by Augustus to the death of Constantine; its social, political, and military development; its institutions (emperor, senate, army); Roman imperial art and coinage; Greek and Roman literature of the imperial period; religious developments, including Judaism and Christianity under Roman rule; women and minorities.
Note: Given in alternate years.
[History 1088. The Mediterranean, Alexander to Antony]
Catalog Number: 1619
Christopher P. Jones
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Follows the history of the Mediterranean from the reign of Alexander the Great to the battle of Actium, including the establishment of the Successor Kingdoms after Alexander’s death, and their gradual decline under internal and external pressures; the interaction between the growing power of Rome and other Mediterranean states, especially Carthage; and the transformation of the Mediterranean into a Roman lake in the last two centuries B.C.E. Sections will focus on issues of particular interest and on the study of primary documents. No knowledge of ancient languages required.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01. Given in alternate years.
[History 1090. History of Jews and Judaism in the Ancient World]
Catalog Number: 1882
Jay M. Harris
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
A study of the Jews and their religious traditions from the 5th century B.C.E. until the end of the 2nd century C.E. Focus on Jewish history in the Persian period, the encounter with Hellenism, the confrontations with Rome, Jewish sectarianism, and the rise of rabbinic Judaism.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01. Not open to students who have taken History 1091.
History 1111. World of Late Antiquity
Catalog Number: 6019
Michael McCormick
Half course (spring term). M., W., (F.), at 11. EXAM GROUP: 4
Studies the changes, violent or subtle, that transformed the late Roman world—the fall of the Roman Empire— to produce medieval civilization between ca. 300 and 700. Topics include the imperial meritocracy; Constantine’s conversion; the coming of the barbarians; sports, propaganda, and political belief; women and power. Emphasizes reading of primary texts in translation.
[History 1133. Medieval England (ca. 871–1485)]
Catalog Number: 7756
Thomas N. Bisson
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
English (and other insular) societies, cultures, and institutions from Anglo-Saxon times to the accession of the Tudors. Stress on the Norman conquest and its social consequences, constitutional innovation and the crisis of Magna Carta, the formation of political culture and the origins of Parliament, and economic change, agrarian disorder, culture, and war in the later Middle Ages.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01. Given in alternate years. Normally alternates with Medieval Studies 117.
History 1136. Romanesque Southern France (800-1250)
Catalog Number: 0563
Thomas N. Bisson
Half course (fall term). M., W., (F.), at 10. EXAM GROUP: 3
The rise, collapse, and significance of a distinctive medieval civilization. From prosperity to crisis in Provence, Toulouse, and Aquitaine; the rise of Catalonia to Mediterranean hegemony. Stress on power, faith, and Romanesque cultures (stone and song); interfaith encounter; and mercantile-urban transformation. Input from colleagues in Art, Music, Romance Languages, Jewish Studies.
History 1141. Medieval Thought: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 5096
James Hankins
Half course (spring term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Intellectual history of Western Latin Christendom from the 5th to the 14th century of our era.
Prerequisite: One course in medieval history or the equivalent.
History 1150. The Jews in Muslim and Christian Spain
Catalog Number: 5331
Bernard Septimus
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., at 12. EXAM GROUP: 14
A study of the political, social, and cultural history of the Hispano-Jewish community from the Muslim conquest of Spain in 711 to the expulsion of the Jews from Christian Spain in 1492. Emphasis on literary and intellectual developments and on the complex relationship of the Jews to Iberian Christendom and Islam.
Note: Combines material from former courses, History 1151 and 1152. Offered jointly with the Divinity School as 3675.
History 1166. The West European Family, 1300–1700: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 2725 Enrollment: Limited to 15, with equal access to upperclass concentrators and beginning graduate students.
Steven Ozment
Half course (fall term). Th., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Reading and discussion of major studies and sources illustrative of the development of family life in late medieval and early modern Europe. Attention given to a variety of national traditions and to major historiographical controversies.
Note: May be taken for seminar credit by graduate students.
[History 1211a. Byzantine Civilization 330–1000]
Catalog Number: 7989 Enrollment: Limited to undergraduates.
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Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Surveys Byzantine history from the foundation of Constantinople in 330 to the end of the Iconoclast controversy and the establishment of the Macedonian dynasty in the later 9th century. Readings focus on doctrinal controversies, the Byzantine saint, the reconstruction of the empire in the 7th century, and foreign relations, as well as art and culture.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
[History 1211b. Byzantine Civilization 900–1453]
Catalog Number: 4135 Enrollment: Limited to undergraduates.
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Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Continues the survey of the Byzantine Empire, covering Byzantine history from the 10th to the 15th century. Topics include the 10th-century renaissance of Byzantine culture, changes in Byzantine society during the 11th century, the encounter with the Crusades and the Italian maritime states, the loss and fragmentation of the empire in the 13th century, and the erosion of the Byzantine state before the Turks during the 14th century. Readings concentrate on Byzantine diplomacy, the aristocracy, urban and rural life, the economy, art, and literature.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
History 1212. The Imperial System: Byzantine Society and Civilization, 8thc.-1204: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 6078
Angeliki E. Laiou
Half course (spring term). M., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
An examination of Byzantine society from the time of the Iconoclastic controversy until the conquest of Constantinople by the participants of the Fourth Crusade. Topics will include state ideology and diplomacy, social structure, the formation of the aristocracy, the economy, urban and rural life, the role of women, relations with Western Europe and the Muslim world, art and culture. Considerable emphasis will be given to primary sources (in translation).
History 1319. Mind and Money: Culture and the Marketplace from Renaissance to Modern
Catalog Number: 9322
Brendan Dooley
Half course (spring term). M., W., (F.), at 11. EXAM GROUP: 4
An examintion of how economic structures shaped cultural creativity across the centuries. Topics include Michelangelo’s relations with his patrons, Hogarth’s relations with his public, Galileo’s effort to widen the audience for science, to early 18th century efforts to turn science into a public spectacle. Will examine how intellectual and artistic elites have responded to and modified their works in accord with changing demand.
[History 1353 (formerly History 1251 and 1551). Medieval and Early Modern Russia]
Catalog Number: 5173
Half course (spring term). .
A survey of Muscovite history, 1400–1700, with appropriate attention to Kievan and Mongol periods.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
[History 2122. Early Medieval History: Seminar: Communications in the Early Medieval Mediterranean]
Catalog Number: 5011
Michael McCormick
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Communications, travel, and commerce in the early medieval Mediterranean from the death of Justinian to the Arab conquest of Carthage (A.D. 698). Themes may include pilgrimage, the movement of disease and of ideas, the impact of Islam, the archaeology of commerce in this era. Meetings will include close philological and historical analysis of relevant Latin sources, and research papers by participants.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01. Latin, with either German or French, is required.
*History 2124. Medieval History: Seminar
Catalog Number: 7820
Thomas N. Bisson
Half course (spring term). W., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
Research studies in the sources and problems of power, faith, and culture in the medieval west. Topic for 2000: When does the 12th century begin? Readings in narratives, charters, letters.
Note: Admission by advanced permission only.
Prerequisite: History 2101 or Medieval Studies 101; Latin and French or German.
History 2126. Medieval Law
Catalog Number: 3140
Charles Donahue, Jr. (Law School)
Half course (spring term). M., 4–6. EXAM GROUP: 9
A reading course focused alternately on the English legal tradition (normally jointly with Medieval Studies 117) and on the Roman-canonical tradition (normally jointly with Medieval Studies 119). Several short papers analyzing texts will be required but not a research paper. Topics for 2000: the Roman-canonical tradition.
Note: Some Latin required.
History 2271r. Topics in Byzantine History: Seminar
Catalog Number: 3868
Angeliki E. Laiou
Half course (spring term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Reading knowledge of Greek, French and/or German.
*History 2353 (formerly History 2251). Topics in Pre-Petrine History: Seminar
Catalog Number: 6526
Edward L. Keenan
Half course (spring term). M., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
Note: Open to qualified undergraduates by permission of instructor.
Prerequisite: Reading knowledge of Russian; History 1353 or equivalent.
[History 2375. Popular Culture in Renaissance and Reformation Europe (1350–1650)]
Catalog Number: 3100
Steven Ozment
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Research seminar requiring an original paper. Problems of method and sources will be discussed, as will selected monographic literature. For advanced students with some historical knowledge of the area of their paper and linguistic skills needed to master the sources.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
[History 1318. History of the Book and of Reading]
Catalog Number: 7410
Ann M. Blair
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
A general introduction to this new area of cultural history, centered on the book and its functions as both material object and text. Major themes to include the techniques of book production, authorship, popular and learned readership, libraries and censorship. Within its broad span from antiquity to cyberspace, the course will have a special focus on printing and developments in early modern Europe (notably in France, 16th to 18th centuries). Readings from primary and secondary sources, including St. Augustine, Montaigne, Balzac; Chartier, Darnton, and Foucault.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
History 1319. Mind and Money: Culture and the Marketplace from Renaissance to Modern
Catalog Number: 9322
Brendan Dooley
Half course (spring term). M., W., (F.), at 11. EXAM GROUP: 4
An examintion of how economic structures shaped cultural creativity across the centuries. Topics include Michelangelo’s relations with his patrons, Hogarth’s relations with his public, Galileo’s effort to widen the audience for science, to early 18th century efforts to turn science into a public spectacle. Will examine how intellectual and artistic elites have responded to and modified their works in accord with changing demand.
[History 1331 (formerly History 1413). Shakespeare’s England 1550–1700]
Catalog Number: 8877
Mark A. Kishlansky
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Focuses on the social and economic history of Early Modern England. Topics include demography; agriculture; families; hierarchy, patriarchy, and gender; London and urbanization; the rural community; poverty; and law.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01. Two lectures per week and a mandatory discussion section. Discussions center on primary materials or historiographical controversies.
History 1332. British History, 1688-1815
Catalog Number: 0475
Jeffrey Randall Collins
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 13
An introduction to British history from the Glorious Revolution through the victory over Napoleon. Topics will include the evolution of monarchy and the constitution; the rise and breakup of the first British Empire; war and the development of national identity; the English Enlightenment; and cultural develoments such as the “sentimental revolution”.
History 1333. The Glorious Revolution: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 5063
Jeffrey Randall Collins
Half course (spring term). W., 3–5. EXAM GROUP: 8, 9
An exploration of the political and intellectural history of the Glorious Revolution, examining its origins in the English Civil War and Restoration, its political consequences, and its intellectual legacy within the history of Anglo-American political thought.
[History 1335 (formerly History 1409). England in the 17th Century, 1603–1689]
Catalog Number: 6018
Mark A. Kishlansky
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Explores the political history of England from the reign of James I to the Revolution of 1689. Major topics include local government and the organization of local society; religious controversies; hierarchy and monarchy; the history of parliament; the origins and course of the English Revolution; the Restoration and the Revolution of 1688–89. Readings include works of the most significant modern historians as well as sources drawn from the rich writings of the period.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
History 1355. Muscovy as Seen through Western Eyes: Travelers’ Reports on Russia, 16th-17th Centuries: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 6183
Oleksiy Tolochko
Half course (fall term). Tu., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 15, 16
An examination of how Muscovy of the 16th and 17th centuries was viewed by outsiders and how the traditional Western image of Russia was constructed. Reading and discussion of major sources, as well as studies illustrative of the development of Western knowledge of Muscovy.
History 1356. The Russian Ruler: Man and Myth, Ivan the Terrible, and Peter the Great: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 8773
Oleksiy Tolochko
Half course (spring term). Th., 12–2. EXAM GROUP: 14, 15
An examination of two of Russia’s most important rulers and their significance in Russian culture, historical consciousness and political tradition. Readings include both primary sources and scholarly literature. The representation of the two rulers in historiography as well as their images in the literature and arts will be discussed.
History 1357. The Emergence of Eastern Europe: Muscovy, The Grand Duchy of Lithuania and their Eastern Neighbors, 1300-1613
Catalog Number: 0131
Oleksiy Tolochko
Half course (fall term). M., W., (F.), at 10. EXAM GROUP: 3
Major topics of Russian history from the beginnings of the Muscovite state to the election of the first Romanov tsar (1613). Special attention will be given to the broader East European context of Muscovite history, and will follow the development of events of the Muscovite past and examine Russian history as an intellectual construct.
History 1358. Muscovites into Russians. Russian History from the Time of Troubles through the Partitions of Poland (1600-1795)
Catalog Number: 7804
Oleksiy Tolochko
Half course (spring term). M., W., (F.), at 11. EXAM GROUP: 4
A survey of Russian history, following the obscure oriental kingdom on the distant periphery of Europe to when it turned into a European power and entered the mainstream of European politics. Special emphasis will be placed on institutional and cultural change as Muscovy became Russia and Muscovites turned into Russians.
History 1360 (formerly Women’s Studies 128). Gender and Class in Jane Austen’s England: An Interdisciplinary Approach Through History, Literature, and Film
Catalog Number: 9134
Maura A. Henry
Half course (fall term). Tu., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 15, 16
An examination of the cultural attitudes, institutions, and social practices of England during the period of 1750-1850 through the lens of Jane Austen. Among the questions to be explored are: How were gender and class defined? How did each function in society? How did Austen perceive and portray her world? The course is interdisciplinary in its approach, drawing on materials from history, Austen’s novels, and Hollywood’s recent adaptations.
[History 1407a (formerly History 1341a). European Intellectual History, 1790 to 1900]
Catalog Number: 1541
Donald Fleming
Half course (fall term). M., W., (F.), at 12. EXAM GROUP: 5
Selected themes in the development of European thought, with special emphasis on the interplay of philosophy, religion, science, art, and literature.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
[History 1407b (formerly History 1341b). European Intellectual History, 1900 to the Present]
Catalog Number: 6618
Donald Fleming
Half course (spring term). M., W., (F.), at 12. EXAM GROUP: 5
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
History 1410. European Intellectuals and Society, 1789–1870
Catalog Number: 3897
Louis Miller
Half course (fall term). M., W., (F.), at 1. EXAM GROUP: 6
Will explore intellectual responses to the reverberations of political and social upheaval in the indicated period. Segments will be devoted to Germany, France, and England, with special attention to the mutations of ‘progressive’ thought in each country. Authors read will include Condorcet, Kant, Hegel, Marx, Burke, Mill, the St. Simonians; and Tocqueville.
History 1417 (formerly History 1329). Italy Since 1796
Catalog Number: 8146
Charles S. Maier
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 13
Examines the emergence of politics and civil society in Italy from the stirrings of Enlightenment reform, the impact of the French revolution and Napoleon, the Risorgimento and unification of the successive liberal, fascist, and democratic regimes. Themes of importance include the condition of the peasantry and the Southern Question, economic development, Fascism, Communism, social movements and terrorism, and the current reorientation of political blocs.
History 1431 (formerly History 1468). 19th-Century Britain
Catalog Number: 3665
Patricia C. Lynch
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 10.
British history from the Napoleonic Wars to the beginning of World War I. Major topics include political reform, industrial development and its social and economic consequences, changing attitudes toward gender and social class, and Britain’s relationship with its colonies. Readings will include primary texts by Carlyle, Engels, Mill, Nightingale, and Trollope, as well as a variety of works by modern historians.
[History 1432 (formerly History 1401). 20th-Century Britain]
Catalog Number: 0288
Susan Pedersen
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
British history from the Boer War through the Blair administration. Explores the source and nature of political change; the experience and impact of the two world wars; imperial rule and its aftermath; and social and cultural movements. Readings include works by H.G. Wells, E.M. Forster, George Orwell, and John Osborne. Occasional films accompany this course.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
[History 1435. German Intellectual Life Between the Wars: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 3749
Louis Miller
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Themes treated will include: responses to the German defeat in World War I; problems of political engagement in an age of the ‘decline of the West’; Jews and Germans; religious responses to epochal crisis; Nazism and intellectuals. Authors read will include Weber, Spengler, Karl Barth, Hannah Arendt, Franz Rosenzqeig, Heidegger and others.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
History 1450. France 1500–1715
Catalog Number: 7575
Ann M. Blair
Half course (spring term). M., W., (F.), at 12.
A general survey of the history and historiography of early modern France ca. 1500–1715, with a special emphasis on topics in cultural history, including humanism and printing. Protestantism, political thought, royal and court rituals and the beginnings of the Enlightenment. Assigned readings from Rabelais, Montaigne, Pascal, Racine, and Voltaire among the primary sources; from Fernand Braudel, Natalie Davis, Robert Darnton among the secondary sources. All assignments in English, but interested students have the option of doing primary source readings in French.
History 1451 (formerly History 1470). The History of France from Louis XIV to Charles deGaulle
Catalog Number: 6683
Patrice Higonnet
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 13
The history of France from the French Revolution to our own day.
[History 1462. French Politics, History, and Culture From 1780–1871: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 1000
Patrice Higonnet
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
An examination of France’s revolutionary traditions and their relationship to literature (Stael, Constant, Stendhal, Balzac, and Flaubert), French art (David, Delacroix, Manet), and French architecture (Ledoux, Viollet le Duc, Garnier).
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
History 1463. Paris From the French Revolution Through the 19th Century: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 6355 Enrollment: Limited to 15
Patrice Higonnet and Henri Zerner
Half course (spring term). W., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7
Examines the art, literature, and history of the “capital of the 19th century.” Subjects will include Balzac, Flaubert, and Baudelaire; Delacroix, Manet, and Degas; the Revolutions of 1789, 1848, and 1871.
History 1475 (formerly History 1501). History of 19th-Century Germany
Catalog Number: 6919
David Blackbourn
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 13
Examines political, social, economic, and cultural history of Germany from ca. 1800 to 1914. Attention paid to the revolutions of 1848, unification under Bismarck, the role of the state, patterns of industrialization, the development of mass politics, and the coming of World War I.
History 1480. World War I, Empires and Revolution: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 1741
Eric Lohr
Half course (spring term). M., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
An examination of the ways in which the war precipitated changes in society and contributed to the end of the old regimes in Central and East Europe.
*History 1491 (formerly *History 1472). Religion and Popular Culture in 19th-Century Europe: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 6681 Enrollment: Limited to 15
David Blackbourn
Half course (spring term). W., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
Explores the relationship between social and political change and popular religious practice from the French Revolution to the First World War. Considers methodological problems in the study of religion and popular culture; religious revivals and popular politics; pilgrimages and prophetic movements; the relationships between class, gender, and religious culture; the feminization of religion, and the origins and resistance to the secularization of state and society. Readings include primary documents and secondary texts.
Note: Offered jointly with the Divinity School as 2265.
[History 1492 (formerly History 1345). Gender and the State in an Era of Mass War: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 3597
Susan Pedersen
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Explores the impact of total war, technological innovation, and political change on gender relations in Western Europe between 1914 and the early fifties. Topics include the destabilization of gender relations in wartime; the cultural anxieties of aftermath; pronatalism, eugenics, and efforts to “rationalize” the domestic sphere; women’s identities, organizations, and lives under fascism and Nazism; policies toward the family in the postwar settlement. Readings cover Britain, France, Germany, and Italy.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
History 1493. The Radical Left in Industrialized Britain: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 7549
Patricia C. Lynch
Half course (fall term). W., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
An examination of some of the potential reasons for the absence of revolution in 19th century Britain, focusing on such themes as the development of class consciousness, differences between industrial and agrarian radicalism, the cultural meanings of ritualized protest and the relationship between popular protest and official party politics.
History 1502. Imperial Russia
Catalog Number: 2440
Eric Lohr
Half course (spring term). M., W., (F.), at 10. EXAM GROUP: 3
Russian history from the accession of Peter the Great to the 1905 Revolution. Stress is placed on the gradual emergence of a free society in a political system that remained rigidly authoritarian, and on Russian imperialism. Intended to give a broad knowledge of major events and issues in Russian political, economic, military, and cultural history.
[History 1511 (formerly History 1537). 19th-Century Ukraine]
Catalog Number: 3540
Roman Szporluk
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Survey of the history of Ukraine from the end of the 18th century to 1905. Ukraine’s place in Russian, Polish, and Austrian history. The Ukrainian national awakening in a comparative perspective of national movements in 19th-century Europe.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
[History 1512 (formerly History 1541). 20th-Century Ukraine]
Catalog Number: 6723
Roman Szporluk
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
What is Ukrainian history?—an introduction to main themes. Ukrainians in Russia and Austria-Hungary before 1914. Russian and Polish views of Ukraine: historical tradition and modern politics. The First World War and the Ukrainian Question; Ukraine in 1917–22. Ukraine in the U.S.S.R., 1922–39. Ukrainians in Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Romania. Ukraine in 1939–45. Postwar Stalinism. From Destalinization to Independence.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
History 1515 (formerly History 1542). States and Nations: 1905-1991: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 7550 Enrollment: Limited to 15
Roman Szporluk
Half course (fall term). W., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
An introduction to theoretical literature concerning nationalism and communism, as well as to historical treatments of the states of Eastern Europe and Eurasia, with special attention to Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, as well as to the experience of Yugoslavia and Poland.
History 1516. Nation Formation in East Europe, 1795-1921: Poland, Russia, Ukraine
Catalog Number: 5843
Roman Szporluk
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., 2–3:30. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
An examination of the making and remaking of nations in East Europe, focusing on the three interrelated cases of Poland, Russia, and the Ukraine. This survey of intellectual and political history extends from the partitions of Poland by Russia, Austria, and Prussia to socialist and nationalist revolutions of 1917-1920 and the territorial and political settlement of 1919-1921.
History 1531. History of the Soviet Union, 1917–1991
Catalog Number: 4501
Matthew E. Lenoe
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., at 10. EXAM GROUP: 12
Examines the history of the Soviet Union from its establishment with the 1917 Russian Revolution through to its collapse after Gorbachev’s unsuccessful reforms in 1991. Special attention will be devoted to the period of high Stalinism (1928-53), when the abolition of the market, nationalization of all industry and land, rapid industralization and political terror created a distinct Soviet society and culture. Readings will consist mostly of primary sources: novels, short stories, memoirs, Soviet propaganda, diaries, underground essays, songs, jokes, etc.
[History 1532. Everyday Life in the Soviet Union: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 7916
Terry D. Martin
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
How did ordinary people live in a totalitarian state? Examines distinctive features of Soviet culture and society through the prism of everyday life. Topics include friendship, family, gender, work, survival tactics, terror, denunciation, nepotism, drinking, sex, humor. Readings will include novels, memoirs, Soviet propaganda, diaries, movies, jokes.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
[History 1533. The Modern Police State: Russia/Soviet Union: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 4942
Terry D. Martin
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Focuses on the role of the secret police in late Tsarist Russia and the Soviet Union. Topics include the surveillance of the population, informers and denunciation, collaboration and resistance, hiding one’s identity, censorship, popular communication, political terror, violence, and forced labor. Comparisons will be made to other Communist states and to Nazi Germany.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
History 1534. Organizing Opinion in Russia, 1881-1991
Catalog Number: 2823
Matthew E. Lenoe
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 10. EXAM GROUP: 12
An examination of the history of the media, propaganda, and the surveillance of popular moods in Russia since the advent of mass-circulation newspapers. Through readings of letters to Soviet newspapers, short stories, novels, Soviet tracts on agitation and propaganda, and recent scholarship we will explore the efforts of state officials to manipulate popular opinion. We will also inquire into their effectiveness.
History 1535. Socialist Realism in Soviet History: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 2855
Matthew E. Lenoe
Half course (fall term). Th., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 15, 16
A reading of Russian novels from 1861–1938, along with diaries, Soviet literary doctrine, scholarly studies of literary production, and short stories to discover how socialist realism became the keystone of high Stalinist culture.
History 1536. Russia in East Asia, 1891–1960: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 6848
Matthew E. Lenoe
Half course (spring term). Th., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 15, 16
History of the Russian Far East and Russian relations with Japan, China, and Korea. Topics will include continuities between Tsarist and Soviet imperialism, the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railroad, the 20th-century wars between Japan and Russia, and the Cold War in Asia.
[History 1585. Jews in Modern Times: From the French Revolution to the Emergence of Israel]
Catalog Number: 7024
Jay M. Harris
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
The politics and impact of emancipation in Western and Central Europe; religious and secular responses in the early 19th century; economics, demography, urbanization, and migrations; development of modern anti-Semitism; Jewish life in Eastern Europe; intellectual and demographic trends; Zionism; the American experience; the rise of the state of Israel.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
History 2332 (formerly *History 2400). Early Modern England: Seminar
Catalog Number: 7105 Enrollment: Limited to 10.
Mark A. Kishlansky
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Students will conduct primary research on topics of significance in the history of England, ca. 1563–1714.
History 2333. Problems in Modern British History: Seminar
Catalog Number: 2961
Susan Pedersen
Half course (fall term). Th., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
History 2342r (formerly History 2462r). The French Revolution: Seminar
Catalog Number: 1914
Patrice Higonnet
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
The history of Paris during the French Revolution.
[History 2472. Republics and Republicanism]
Catalog Number: 6622
James Hankins and Harvey C. Mansfield
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Ancient and modern republics studied with a view to republican virtue, civic humanism, constitutions, and democracy. Readings include Thucydides, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Rousseau, Tocqueville.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01. Open to all qualified undergraduates.
[History 2475 (formerly History 2378). Problems and Sources in Modern German History: Seminar]
Catalog Number: 8355 Enrollment: Limited to 12
David Blackbourn
Half course (spring term). W., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
A thematic course dealing with major topics in German history from the middle of the 19th century to the Third Reich. A recurrent question is the relationship of “modern” and “anti-modern” in this period.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01. Reading knowledge of German not required.
*History 2511 (formerly *History 2290). Socialism and Nationalism: Seminar
Catalog Number: 6556
Roman Szporluk
Half course (spring term). W., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
Nationalism and socialism and their interaction with special reference to Poland, Russia, and Ukraine in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Note: Expected to be omitted in 2000–01.
[History 2531. Stalinism: Seminar]
Catalog Number: 7969
Terry D. Martin
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Surveys and examines the major historical debates concerning the Stalinist state and Stalinist society. Primary focus on recent historiography and the impact of the opening of the Soviet archives in 1991.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
History 2552. 20th-Century European History: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 3474
Charles S. Maier
Half course (fall term). W., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
On the occasion of the last semester of the 20th century, the course will revisit some of its major historical developments, review interpretations, and attempt to assess continuing significance. Tentative topics to be selected from among the following: European imperialism, the First World War, totalitarian regimes, the Holocaust, modernist and post-modernist cultural stances, political justice and overcoming dictatorship. Seminar credit for students writing substantial research papers.
History 1618. Material Life in Early America
Catalog Number: 5761
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., 10–11:30. EXAM GROUP: 12, 13
The history of early America through the lens of “material culture” — the ways in which human beings comprehended and altered their physical environment, from John White’s watercolors of Roanoke Indians in the 1580s to Alexander Hamilton’s census of household manufactures in 1810. Emphasis on the development of distinctive regional economies (the fur trade, plantation agriculture, subsistence farming) and on the intersection of public events with the rhythms and artifacts of ordinary life. Readings drawn from interdisciplinary scholarship in history, historical archaeology, demography, and the decorative arts.
History 1624 (formerly History 1620). Jacksonian America, 1815–1845
Catalog Number: 5450
William E. Gienapp
Half course (fall term). M., W., (F.), at 11, plus one hour to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 4
An examination of U.S. history during the age of Andrew Jackson, with attention to economic, political, social, and intellectual developments. Topics include the development of a democratic political culture, the process of industrialization, the market revolution and the commercialization of society, workers’ lives, changes in the family and women’s role, revivalism, the romantic movement, and the beginnings of modern American culture.
[History 1632. Gilded Age America: Economy, Society and Politics: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 4733
Sven Beckert
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Will analyze both the dynamics of economic, social and political change during the Gilded Age and how Americans tried to come to terms with a world so different from the one they had inherited. Will explore the emergence of a more productive, larger and more centralized economy, new industries, the railroads, the changing face of cities, the social conflict resulting from the unequal distribution of new wealth, and the dramatic economic changes that put strains on the nation’s political system.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
History 1634. U.S. Race and Ethnicity, 1865-1965: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 1107
Ruth Feldstein
Half course (fall term). Tu., 3–5. EXAM GROUP: 17, 18
An exploration of ideas about race and ethnicity in relation to each other. Will consider particular moments, events, and debates from the end of the Civil War through 1965 to examine how and why meanings of race and ethnicity took shape, changed and re-formed. Questions include: How and when did certain ethnic groups become “white?” What has “blackness” meant to different groups of people at different historical moments? How have native-born white Americans defined other ethnic groups, and how have other ethnic groups defined themselves over time?
*History 1635 (formerly History 1659 and 90h). Race and Race Relations Since Plessy: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 4172 Enrollment: Limited to 15
Stephan Thernstrom
Half course (fall term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
An examination of the changing position of blacks in American society since disenfranchisement and the creation of the Jim Crow system at the turn of the century. The nature of segregation; the civil rights movement, Brown v. Board, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965; the crisis of the late sixties, the Kerner report, and the legislative, executive, and judicial initiatives that followed in its wake, trends since the 60’s. Readings include court decisions, government reports, monographs, interpretive historical works, and some fiction and autobiography.
[History 1636 (formerly History 1644 and 90i). America in the Progressive Era: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 6241
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Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
An examination of the range of strategies a diverse group of reformers devised between 1900 and World War I in response to the daunting problems of industrialization, urbanization, and immigration. Particular attention will be paid to the race reform struggle, the changing status of women, and the domestic implications of America’s expanding role on the world stage.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
History 1638. United States Social History, from 1929 to the Present
Catalog Number: 5967
Stephan Thernstrom
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., at 10, plus one hour to be arranged for sections. EXAM GROUP: 12
An analysis of major social changes from the 1920s to the present. Topics include population patterns, industrial growth, urban development, the class structure, ethnic and racial relations, gender roles, and education.
[History 1639. The Formation of Modern American Culture: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 8356
Kristin Lee Hoganson
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
The cultural history of the United States from the Civil War through World War I, and considering changes in popular and bourgeois culture and the development of mass culture during a time of rapid industrialization. Topics include real and imagined communities, the color line, imperial visions, domesticity, consumption, commercial amusements, corporate culture, modernism and antimodernism. Readings are drawn from a mix of secondary and primary sources, the latter including novels, photographs, films and advertisements.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
[History 1640 (formerly History 1660). The United States since World War II]
Catalog Number: 6155
Lizabeth Cohen
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
An examination of American politics, society and culture from 1945 to the present. Topics include the Cold War, suburbanization and mass consumption, anticommunist crusades, the evolution of American liberalism, the civil rights movement, the war in Vietnam and the antiwar movement, second-wave feminism, and competing visions of the welfare state.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
[History 1642a. U.S. Women’s History to 1900]
Catalog Number: 0487
Kristin Lee Hoganson
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
An examination of women’s experiences from the colonial period to 1900. Course focuses on women’s work, family lives, and activism in light of changing beliefs about women’s proper roles and capabilities. Particular attention is paid to variations in women’s experiences according to their race, ethnicity, class, and region.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
[History 1642b. U.S. Women’s History, Turn of the Century to the Present]
Catalog Number: 3607
Ruth Feldstein
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
An examination of women’s experiences — and ideas about women — from the turn of the century. Topics include sexual practices and beliefs, consumer cultures, women and the welfare state, gender and civil rights activism, and women’s liberation. Particular attention is paid to commonalities as well as tensions and differences among women.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
*History 1643. The Confederacy: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 2829 Enrollment: Limited to 15
William E. Gienapp
Half course (spring term). M., 3–5. EXAM GROUP: 8, 9
An examination of the history of the Confederacy from the secession of the states of the Deep South in the winter of 1861 until the surrender of the Confederacy in 1865. Emphasis will be on developments in the South rather than on the events of the Civil War. Topics will include Jefferson Davis and Confederate politics, the economy and the home front, the destruction of slavery, common soldiers, the internal causes of the Confederacy’s eventual defeat, and southern memory of the war.
[History 1644. Reconstruction, 1865-1877]
Catalog Number: 8635
William E. Gienapp
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
An examination of the problem of reconstructing the Union after the Civil War. Both national developments and developments in the South will be considered. Topics will include the clash between the executive branch and Congress over the program of Reconstruction, political and economic change in the South, race relations and black rights, the end of Reconstruction, and the legacy of Reconstruction for the nation and especially the South and African Americans. Two lectures and a section meeting each week.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
*History 1645 (formerly History 1607). History of American Immigration: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 7280 Enrollment: Limited to 15
Stephan Thernstrom
Half course (fall term). Th., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Analysis of the immigration waves that have shaped the American population from colonial times to the present. The causes of international migration; shifting American attitudes toward immigrants; U.S. immigration policy; the economic and social adjustment of newcomers; the Melting Pot vs. cultural pluralism.
[History 1647 (formerly History 1711). The United States and East Asia: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 0455
Akira Iriye
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Topics in the history of United States relations with the countries of East Asia, with an emphasis on problems of cultural communication, economic independence, and geopolitical rivalries.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
History 1648. Communication in the Early Nation: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 7491
Catherine A. Corman
Half course (spring term). W., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
An examination of how print influenced the ways Americans, including women, Indians, and African Americans, communicated and how that communication shaped the nation between 1776 and 1840.
History 1649. The American West: 1780-1930
Catalog Number: 6636
Catherine A. Corman
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 10. EXAM GROUP: 12
History of the American West covering the rise and demise of Turner’s frontier thesis; literary and visual conceptualizations of the mythic West; the Northwest Ordinance and the creation of “ Indian Country”; land policies in the new nation; the role of Indians in the development of an American market economy; the “first Wests” of Kentucky and Ohio; the growing importance of the Southwest and its peoples; sectionalism, expansion, and the coming of the Civil War; the Indian New Deal; and the ethnic and racial complexities of a new, urban West.
History 1650a. Foreign Relations of The United States I
Catalog Number: 3435
Ernest R. May and Akira Iriye
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., (S.), at 11, plus one hour to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 13
American foreign relations from the colonial period through the First World War. Topics include the transition from colonial to imperial status; the changing role of the U.S. in international relations; interaction between domestic politics and foreign policy; political, economic, and cultural relationships between Americans and other peoples.
History 1650b. Foreign Relations of The United States II
Catalog Number: 4745
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 11, plus one hour to be arranged.
American foreign relations since the First World War. Topics include the world role of the supposedly isolated United States in the interwar years, World War II, postwar “hegemony,” the Cold War, and political, economic, and cultural interaction between Americans and other peoples.
[History 1653. Baseball and American Society, 1840–Present]
Catalog Number: 5860
William E. Gienapp
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Examines the history of baseball within the context of cultural and social history, with focus on the ways in which baseball has reflected social, economic, and cultural changes in American history from the mid-19th century to the present. More attention will be given to the period before 1950 than the recent era.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
[History 1654. The History of American Capitalism: From the Industrial Revolution to World War I: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 7002
Sven Beckert
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
An examination of the major trajectories of the development of American capitalism in the 19th century. Will focus on the reasons for and effects of capitalist growth, and of how the U.S. turned from a relatively minor outpost of the Atlantic economy to the powerhouse of the world economy and how this in turn shaped the ways Americans produced and lived. Topics will range from the economic consequences of the Civil War to the impact of capitalism on gender relations; from the changing structure of American businesses to the role of the government in channeling economic development.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
[*History 1655. Abraham Lincoln: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 5041 Enrollment: Limited to 15
William E. Gienapp
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
An examination of Abraham Lincoln’s life and his significance in American history. More attention will be given to his presidency than to his career before 1860. Class meetings will focus on discussion of the assigned reading. Topics to be examined include the influence of the frontier on his character, his emergence as a national political figure, the quality of his presidential leadership, emancipation, his role as commander-in-chief, the impact of the war on his ideas, and his place in American historical memory.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
[History 1656. The 19th Century Bourgeoisie: Western Europe and the U.S.: Seminar]
Catalog Number: 0926
Sven Beckert
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
An introduction to the history of the bourgeoisie in the U.S., England, Germany and France in comparative perspective. Delineating the role of merchants, industrialists, bankers and professionals at home, at work and in politics, the course will review large questions about the place of the bourgeoisie in 19th century societies and its relationship to liberalism and political democracy, but also look at bourgeois gender roles, culture and religion.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
[History 1657. Gender and American Society: The 19th Century: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 1024
Kristin Lee Hoganson
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
The social construction of gender in the age of “separate spheres.” Course considers how economic, social, political, and cultural factors helped determine male and female roles, and how gender beliefs and practices affected social order and individual agency. Topics include work, sexuality, politics, family life, leisure pursuits, and reform endeavors.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
[History 1658. U.S. Culture and the Wider World at the Dawn of the “American Century”: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 3825
Kristin Lee Hoganson
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
U.S. culture in light of the nation’s ascendance to superpower status in the first half of the 20th century. Course considers how U.S. culture contributed to the nation’s influence overseas, and how the nation’s international standing affected U.S. culture. Topics include visions of empire, transnationalism, expatriation, cultural expansion, and cross-cultural conflicts.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
*History 1659. U.S. Cultural History, Turn of the Century to Present: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 8905
Ruth Feldstein
Half course (spring term). Th., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Will consider questions of who owns and defines “culture” in the context of 20th-century U.S. history. Topics include the rise of the film industry, modernist and "middlebrow" literature, television and protest movements, rock and rap music.
[History 1660. Using Primary Sources in African-American History: Seminar]
Catalog Number: 8151
Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
This seminar offers a firsthand account of the lives of slaves and freedpeople, women and laborers, migrants and freedom fighters in black America. Students will explore a variety of topics in 19th and 20th century African-American history by focusing on primary sources, such as diaries, newspapers, correspondence, census data, court records, and organizational archives. The course will emphasize how historians go about their craft of documenting and interpreting the past.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
History 1661. Social Thought in Modern America
Catalog Number: 8440
James T. Kloppenberg
Half course (fall term). M., W., 1–2:30. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7
An inquiry into American ideas since 1890, examining developments in political and social theory, philosophy, and literature in the context of socioeconomic change. Topics include the breakdown of Victorian idealism and laissez-faire; the emergence of social science and progressivism; conflicts over gender, race, and ethnicity; interwar cultural ferment and political reform; post-World War II theories of consensus and 1960s radicalism; and the consequences for or democracy of our contemporary culture of irony.
[History 1663. The 1950s: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 2658
Ruth Feldstein
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
In comparison to the 1960s, the 1950s have often been viewed as a period of traditionalism and apathy. This seminar challenges that view, exploring seemingly unrelated currents in—and interpretations of—the United States in the 1950s. Topics include civil rights activism, U.S. foreign policy, Beat culture, the rise of television, and the “feminine mystique.” Course raises questions such as: What was the relationship between McCarthyism and changing gender roles? What was the relationship between foreign and domestic policy and cultural experimentation?
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
History 1664. The Age of Progressivism: Reform, Radicalism, and Change in Turn-of-the-Century America
Catalog Number: 3723
Brett Flehinger
Half course (fall term). M., W., (F.), at 12. EXAM GROUP: 5
A study of the flowering of economically-modern, industrial America and the numerous reforms that Americans instituted in response to economic, social, and political change. Will approach the Progressive period broadly, linking it with the Gilded Age and Populist period of the 1800s as well as the “New Era” of the 1920s.
History 1665. Crime and Criminal Justice in the U.S., 1865-1999: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 8537
Rebecca Mary McLennan
Half course (spring term). W., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
An exploration of the social and political history of crime, criminal law, policing, and punishment in the U.S. since the Civil War. Reading both primary and secondary sources, will consider the consolidation of the modern, prison-based criminal justice system in the late 19th century; the contemporaneous proliferation and persistence of alternative forms of policing and punishment (such as lynching); permutations in the legal and cultural meanings of crime since 1865; the rapid expansion of the modern criminal justice system in the Progressive Era and the 1930s; and the contested politics of "law and order" since World War II.
History 1670. The New Deal: The United States During the Roosevelt Years: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 4878
Lisa M. McGirr
Half course (fall term). M., 3–5. EXAM GROUP: 8, 9
An exploration of the trajectory of New Deal reform and the broader social, economic, political, and cultural changes in the United States in this period. Topics will include the First and Second New Deal, the rise of liberalism, the Roosevelt administration, the social movements of the Left and the Right during the 1930s, the coming of war, and the waning of the reform impulse.
History 1672. The United States in the 1960s
Catalog Number: 5900
Lisa M. McGirr
Half course (fall term). M., W., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 4
An introduction to the main developments in American society, culture, and politics during the premiere liberal decade of the 20th century. Topics will include the New Frontier, the Great Society, the Vietnam war, the Civil Rights movement, the student movement, the counter-culture, and the rise of populist conservatism.
History 1673. Conservatism and Right-Wing Politics in 20th Century American Life
Catalog Number: 2340
Lisa M. McGirr
Half course (spring term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
An introduction to debates among historians and social scientists on the American Right. Will examine ideas, social groups, and cultural settings that have contributed to shaping the various strands of American conservatism in the 20th century-from the religious Right and movements of populist reaction to libertarianism. Topics will include religious fundamentalism, the KU Klux Klan in the 1920s, the Right during the Great Depression, McCarthyism, the conservative intellectual movement since 1945, the John Birch Society, the Goldwater movement, and the New Right.
Note: Expected to be omitted in 2000–01.
History 1675. Women in the U.S., 1941-1977
Catalog Number: 1387
Daniel Horowitz (Smith College)
Half course (spring term). M., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7
Focus on the history of American women from the 1940s until the mid-1970s, from the entrance of millions of women into the paid work force during World War II until a series of key events of the 1970s-the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade, the failure of the Equal Rights Amendment, and the emergence of varieties of feminism.
[History 1681. The History of Sexuality: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 7747
Ruth Feldstein
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
An introduction to the lines of inquiry which inform the history of sexuality. Will consider how historians and others constitute sexuality as an object of historical inquiry and investigate several specific moments and episodes that suggest how the meanings of sexuality have taken shape historically. Will focus primarily, though not exclusively, on the history of sexuality in the United States.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
History 2603. The United States in the 20th Century
Catalog Number: 2931
Lizabeth Cohen
Half course (spring term). Th., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Readings in a combination of classics and recent monographs and articles, with particular attention paid to making connections between politics, social life, and culture. The course will strive to integrate the experiences of diverse social groups — African Americans, immigrants, women, homosexuals — into broader historical contexts and larger historical problems.
History 2605. Culture and Society in Early America
Catalog Number: 3788
Half course (spring term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Readings in contemporary scholarship with an emphasis on integrating traditional themes with new research on household economics, race, religion, ethnicity, and gender. Students will write several short papers and a review essay.
[History 2606. Early American Social History: Seminar]
Catalog Number: 6049
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Research in early American social history. Some prior knowledge of the period assumed.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.
[History 2612 (formerly History 2602). 19th-Century United States: Research Seminar]
Catalog Number: 6686
William E. Gienapp
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.
History 2613. Assessing Other Governments: Seminar
Catalog Number: 7404
Ernest R. May
Half course (spring term). W., 4–6. EXAM GROUP: 9
After examination of case studies from 19th and 20th century American and European history, chiefly from the period of the Cold War, students prepare major research papers based on original sources.
Note: Offered jointly with the Kennedy School of Government as ISP-310.
Prerequisite: Reading knowledge of at least one language other than English is ordinarily required.
[*History 2631. American Intellectual History: Seminar]
Catalog Number: 4951
Donald Fleming
Half course (spring term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
[History 2661. Graduate Readings in 20th Century African-American History: Seminar]
Catalog Number: 9004
Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
This seminar covers key literature on topics in 20th century African-American history. Reading classic and more recent works, graduate students will investigate critical themes and events from the birth of Jim Crow at the turn of the century to the legal climate of the 1990s.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
History 2662. Readings in American Thought
Catalog Number: 8845
James T. Kloppenberg
Half course (fall term). F., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7
An examination of classic and contemporary histories of American thought.
*History 2671. American Social History: Seminar
Catalog Number: 0969
Stephan Thernstrom
Half course (spring term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
History 1741. Gender and History in Latin America
Catalog Number: 1467
Jane Erin Mangan
Half course (spring term). M., W., (F.), at 10. EXAM GROUP: 3
A study of Latin American history with a focus on the distinct patterns of gender relations that have dominated Latin American society for hundreds of years. Themes include gender and conquest, women slaves, paternalism, negotiation of honor, religion and social control, gender and social change, women and the law, the gendered world of labor, sexuality, and family and migration.
[History 1760a. The History of Latin America to 1914]
Catalog Number: 1878
John H. Coatsworth
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Topical survey of Latin American history examining aspects of pre-Colombian cultures, the impact of conquest and colonization, colonial political economy, slave and peasant resistance and rebellion, the collapse of Iberian colonialism, the formation of new nation states, and the development of export-led economies prior to the First World War.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
History 1760b. The History of Latin America, 1914–1998
Catalog Number: 7328
John Womack, Jr.
Half course (spring term). M., W., (F.), at 12. EXAM GROUP: 5
From the First World War to the present, a survey of Latin American societies and politics, with emphasis on economic developments and struggles for power, justice, progress, and security.
*History 1781. Modern Mexican History: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 5731
John Womack, Jr.
Half course (fall term). W., 3–5. EXAM GROUP: 8, 9
Topic for 1998–99: labor markets, industrial development, industrial work, and labor markets.
[History 1783. Cuba, 1492–1997]
Catalog Number: 6420
John Womack, Jr.
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Between the Atlantic, the Caribbean, and the Gulf of Mexico, the origins and successive developments of Cuban society and politics. Strategic contexts, slavery, colonial status, sugarocracy, emancipation, imperialism, independence, democracy, dictators, gangsters, nationalism, socialism.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.
History 1821. Modern Vietnam
Catalog Number: 8192
Hue-Tam Ho Tai
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 13
Survey of Vietnamese history from 1802 to the present. Covers the period of unified rule under the Nguyen dynasty, French colonial conquest, the struggle for independence, the Vietnam War, and the recent unification under Communism. Major topics include the relationship between the state, the village, and the individual; the transformation of Vietnamese society, culture, and politics under French rule; the rise of nationalism and Communism; the causes and consequences of the Vietnam War.
History 1824a (formerly Foreign Cultures 36 and History 1824). China in Modern Times: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 0171
Philip A. Kuhn
Half course (fall term). Tu., 2–4, plus one hour to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
For over a century, Chinese have been asking how much of their old culture must be sacrificed to enable their nation to survive in the modern world. Course explores the culture of the old empire and traces its collapse under the pressures of external attack and internal revolution. It then considers what cultural materials—domestic and foreign—have been used to build a new political and social order. Reading emphasizes primary sources in translation.
Note: This course may not be taken to meet the Core requirement in Foreign Cultures. No previous study of Chinese history required.
[History 1832. Continuity and Change in Contemporary Chinese History: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 2547
William C. Kirby
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Investigates patterns of state-society relations in 20th-century China from three historical perspectives: of Republican China before 1949; of the People’s Republic of China since 1949; and of the Republic of China on Taiwan since 1946. Particular attention is paid to China’s mid-century transitions and their legacies.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01. For advanced undergraduates and graduates with background in Chinese history.
History 1836. Chinese and Indian Diaspora in the Americas
Catalog Number: 5076
Sucheta Mazumdar
Half course (fall term). W., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
Will examine the histories of Chinese and Indian immigrants to the Americas in historical perspective. Wil introduce the history of Chinese and Indian indentured labor migration to the Caribbean and examine migration to the U.S. up to World War II. Themes will include conditions in the homeland which fostered migration, colonialism and migration, legislative barriers to immigration in the U.S., and the politics of creolization versus assimiliation.
History 1851a (formerly History 1851). Japan’s Modern Revolution
Catalog Number: 0456
Daniel V. Botsman
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 10. EXAM GROUP: 12
The history of Japan in the 19th century, with a focus on the revolutionary transformations of mid-century. The late Tokugawa socio-economic and intellectual crises, the Meiji Restoration and its aftermath, and the beginnings of constitutional government, industrialization, and imperialism.
[History 1851b. 20th-Century Japan]
Catalog Number: 8696
Andrew Gordon
Half course (spring term). .
Japan’s emergence as a world power and the Japanese experience of modernity. Politics, social movements, and culture of the imperial era; the experience of World War II and postwar occupation; the “economic miracle” and postwar political economy; social and cultural transformation. From the 1980’s boom to the 1990’s bust; the early end to the Japanese century?
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
[History 1877a. History of the Near East, 600–1055]
Catalog Number: 1770
Roy Mottahedeh
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
A survey of the history of the Near East and North Africa from the rise of Islam in the 7th century to the Turkish ascendance in the mid-11th century. Includes Muhammad and his community, Arab conquests, Umayyads and Abbasids, sectarian movements, minority communities, government and religious institutions, relations with Byzantium and the Latin West.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
[History 1877b. History of the Near East, 1055–1517: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 3026
Roy Mottahedeh
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Surveys history of the Near East from the coming of the steppe peoples to the Ottoman conquest of Egypt. Includes Seljuks, Crusades, Mongols, and the fall of the Abbasid caliphate, Mamluks, the development of Mediterranean and Indian Ocean trade, and the Timurids and their successors.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01. History 1877a helpful, but not required.
[History 1878a. Ottoman State and Society I (1300–1550)]
Catalog Number: 5471
Cemal Kafadar
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Surveys the emergence of the Ottoman state from a frontier principality into a world empire in its sociopolitical and cultural contexts. Topics include pre-Ottoman Anatolia; frontier society; methods of conquest; centralization of power; classical institutions of the land regime and of the central administration; urbanization; religion and literature. Relations with Byzantium, other Islamic states, and Europe are examined.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
History 1878b. Ottoman State and Society II (1550–1920)
Catalog Number: 6470
Cemal Kafadar
Half course (fall term). M., W., (F.), at 11. EXAM GROUP: 4
Surveys the transformations of the classical Ottoman order in the Middle East and southeastern Europe until the demise of the state. Topics include decentralization; social disturbances; the impact of the new world economy and new trade routes; reforms; changing relations with Europe; nationalist movements; the ‘Eastern Question.’ Ethnic structure, rural society, urban popular culture, guilds, and family life are also examined. The importance of this era for understanding today’s Middle East is stressed.
[History 1883. The Middle East and Modernity: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 2369 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Cemal Kafadar
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
When and how did Middle Eastern societies become modern? Or postmodern? Or, are they still traditional? In what sense? Examines Middle Eastern history since the 16th century in the light of the current literature on the meanings and trajectories of modernity. Analyzes the processes of transformation in different spheres of social organization (state, family, etc.) , and cultural expression (literature, music, architecture, etc.). Particular attention paid to the Ottoman realm from the “early modern” era through the 19th-century reforms. Comparative projects dealing with different parts of the Islamic world and the Balkans will be encouraged.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
[History 1884. Introduction to Archival Research in Ottoman History: Proseminar]
Catalog Number: 4513
Cemal Kafadar
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
A survey of archival collections related to Ottoman history. Introduction to the archives of the central government, pious endowments, provincial administrations, and court records. Also covers European collections of Ottoman documents and archival materials in European languages. Attention given to the standard tools of reference.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
Prerequisite: Reading knowledge of Turkish.
History 1885. The Making of Modern Egypt , 1840-2000
Catalog Number: 2499
Edward Roger Owen
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 10. EXAM GROUP: 12
A history of Egypt’s socio-economic and political development, making use of the rich historical literature, and posing questions about the conventional narrative treatment of such major issues as the colonial impact, the rise of the nationalist movement, the supposed failure of the liberal experiment and the uses and abuses of revolution.
History 1889. Transmission of Traditional Islamic Learning in the Middle East from the Beginning of Islam to the Present
Catalog Number: 2155 Enrollment: Limited to 12
Roy Mottahedeh
Half course (spring term). Th., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
A study of the transmission of Islamic learning in the Middle East, principally in the institutions of learning called madrasahs, but also in private circles, from the 7th century to the present. Topics include the origins of the study of scripture, the origins of the madrasah, permissions to teach, curriculum, methods for examining the accuracy of manuscript copies, the influence of Sufi mystical orders in styles and methods of teaching, reaction to the introduction of printing, modern attempts at state control of madrasahs.
Prerequisite: A course in the history of the Islamic Middle East, premodern or modern.
History 1890b. The Economics of the Middle East
Catalog Number: 1249
Julia C. Devlin
Half course (fall term). M., 12–2, plus one hour to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 5, 6
A critical overview of the processes of economic growth and transformation in the Middle East from World War I to the present. Countries to be studied include Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, the Arab states of the Arabian Peninsula, Israel/Palestine, Iran and Turkey.
[History 1902. Alcohol in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1850 to the Present: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 2765
Emmanuel K. Akyeampong
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Using alcohol as a microscope to highlight stasis and change in the structures and relations of African societies since 1850, course examines the uses and meanings of alcohol in precolonial and rural Africa; its place in European-African trading contacts; its role in the process of colonization; colonial attitudes toward alcohol and the place of alcohol in the political economy of colonialism; alcohol and urbanization; alcohol and gender; alcohol and nationalist politics; alcohol and industrialization in independent Africa; and alcohol and addiction in contemporary Africa.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
History 1906. West Africa from the Earliest Times to 1800
Catalog Number: 1425
Emmanuel K. Akyeampong
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., at 11, plus one hour to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 13
Explores important themes in West African history: ecology and environmental changes; the introduction of agriculture and the emergence of sedentary societies; the trans-Saharan trade; the introduction and spread of Islam; migrations, and the formation of states; African slavery; the trans-Atlantic trade; and the spread of informal European influence. Also examines the sources and methods used in the reconstruction of West African history in the period under study.
History 1907. West Africa from 1800 to the Present
Catalog Number: 4650
Emmanuel K. Akyeampong
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 13
Explores the internal dynamics of West African states from 1800, and West Africa’s relations with the wider world. Increasing integration of independent West African states into global economy from 1800 would result in European colonization, redefining the existence of West African states and their relations with Europe. Examines African perspectives of colonialism, nationalism, and the transfer of political power. Concludes with the study of the continued struggle of independent West African states to achieve economic independence.
History 1908. Rethinking Gender in African History: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 4526
Emmanuel K. Akyeampong
Half course (fall term). W., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7
Examines continuity and change in gender roles from the precolonial era to the present, defining gender as a social construct. Themes include production and reproduction; gender, knowledge, and rituals of transformation; gendered experiences of colonialism and capitalism; and divorce, widowhood, and inheritance in Africa.
[History 1910. Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa, 630 C.E. to the Present: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 7203
Emmanuel K. Akyeampong
Half course (spring term). W., 2–4.
Explores in some detail main themes in the history of Islam in sub-Saharan Africa. Examines the form and content of Islamic belief and practice as conceived by Muhammad; the form Islam took in North Africa and how this influenced the “flavor” of Islam in sub-Saharan Africa; conversion to Islam in sub-Saharan Africa; Islam, trade, and state formation; Islamic theology, Muslim Brotherhoods and the eighteenth revival; the West African jihads; Islam under colonial rule; Islam and gender; and Islam in contemporary Africa.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
[History 1912. Health, Disease and Ecology in African History: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 5905
Emmanuel K. Akyeampong
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Examines the history of disease and health in sub-Saharan Africa from the 19th century to recent times, exploring African and western concepts of health, disease and healing. Illustration through discussion of case studies of individual diseases, including malaria/sickle cell trait, trypanosomiasis, tuberculosis, sexually transmitted diseases, alcoholism, AIDS, and onchocerciasis, and the public health policies affecting them.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
History 1913. 19th and 20th Century South African History
Catalog Number: 1970
Diana Wylie
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., at 10. EXAM GROUP: 12
An exploration of the historical background to economic and political conflict in the present Republic of South Africa. Topics include the nature of pre-colonial African societies, analyses of labor relations before and after the discovery of gold and diamonds in the late 19th century, the evolution of the apartheid state and its antecedents, and the prospects for change in that racially stratified society.
History 1914. Histories of the New South Africa: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 1589
Diana Wylie
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
A critical analysis of recent writing about South Africa, covering the history of the region from the 17th through the 20th centuries and representing new historiographical perspectives on transformations in South African society.
[History 2821. Readings in Vietnamese History]
Catalog Number: 7625
Hue-Tam Ho Tai
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Reading of selected texts in English in modern Vietnamese history.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01. Primarily for graduate students, but open to advanced undergraduates as well.
History 2830a. Late Imperial and Modern Chinese History: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 6453
Philip A. Kuhn
Half course (fall term). Th., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Treats the history of the field by examining recent scholarship in its intellectual context.
Note: Primarily for graduate students preparing for the general examination, but open to others as well.
History 2830b. The Writing of Modern Chinese History: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 4435
Philip A. Kuhn
Half course (spring term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
A continuation of 2830a with particular attention to Chinese historians of the twentieh century. Depending on the individual student’s level of Chinese language, some readings will be available in original texts, with vocabularies and notes. Reading knowledge of Chinese is not a prerequisite. Reports and research papers will be presented.
Note: Primarily for Ph.D. dissertation writers.
*History 2831r. Research Topics in Modern Chinese History: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 6017
Philip A. Kuhn
Half course (spring term). Th., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Primary research on selected topics in Chinese history since the 17th century. Consult instructor for details of the current research topic.
Note: Intended for graduate students with a reading knowledge of Chinese.
History 2836. Readings on the Economy, Culture and Society of Late Imperial China: Seminar
Catalog Number: 5280
Sucheta Mazumdar
Half course (fall term). Th., 4–6. EXAM GROUP: 18
An introduction to research scholarship and methodologies on specific problems in the study of society and culture of 17th and 18th century China.
History 2847. 20th-Century China: Seminar
Catalog Number: 0279
William C. Kirby
Half course (fall term). M., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
Designed for graduate students who wish to pursue original research in Chinese history of the 20th Century. Students are introduced to major research aids and published documentary collections. Surveys archival and library holdings on modern and contemporary China in Asia, Europe, and the United States. Students translate primary source materials and write and present a research paper.
Prerequisite: Reading knowledge of Chinese.
[History 2848a. Introduction to Archival Research in Chinese History: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 1863
Philip A. Kuhn
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Training in the reading and analysis of the major types of Chinese archival documents from the Qing period and after. Original materials are used, with the aim of preparing students to do doctoral research in China.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01. Open to qualified undergraduates with permission of instructor.
Prerequisite: Chinese 106b or equivalent training.
[History 2848b. Introduction to Archival Research in Chinese History: Seminar]
Catalog Number: 3522
Philip A. Kuhn
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Research papers prepared on the basis of published collections of archival documents on Qing and modern history.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
*History 2851. Japanese History: Seminar
Catalog Number: 5146
Andrew Gordon, Mikael Adolphson, Harold Bolitho, and Daniel V. Botsman
Half course (fall term). M., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7
Prerequisite: Reading knowledge of Japanese.
[History 2852. Topics in Modern Japanese History: Proseminar]
Catalog Number: 0481
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Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Readings of documents and secondary works on topics in modern Japanese history.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
Prerequisite: Reading knowledge of Japanese.
History 2854. Issues in Tokugawa and Mejii History: Seminar
Catalog Number: 0305
Daniel V. Botsman
Half course (spring term). W., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7
Explores new perspectives on a number of key historiographical issues in the study of Tokugawa and Mejii Japan. Engages both topics of current interest among historians in Japan and theoretical literature from outside the field of Japanese history.
[History 2884. Topics in Ottoman Social and Cultural History: Seminar]
Catalog Number: 3762
Cemal Kafadar
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
Prerequisite: Reading knowledge of Turkish.
History 2886. Topics in Islamic History
Catalog Number: 3470
Roy Mottahedeh
Half course (spring term). W., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7
History 2887a (formerly History 2887). Debates in the Economic and Social History of the Middle East: Seminar
Catalog Number: 1352
Julia C. Devlin
Half course (fall term). M., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
Major questions and debates in recent writings on the economic and social transformation of the Middle East, including the use of concepts of class, status and sect; the study of popular movements and revolutions; the impact of imperialism and colonialism; and the analysis of state/society relations.
History 2887b. Debates in the Political and Ideological History of the Middle East: Seminar
Catalog Number: 4102
Edward Roger Owen
Half course (spring term). W., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7
Major questions and debates in recent writings on the political and ideological history of the Middle East, including the concepts of Orientalism, nationalism, power and authority, and tradition and modernity; revisions of the nationalist narrative; and attempts to explore new types of historical writing.