*History 98a. Honors Research Seminar
Catalog Number: 3556
James Hankins and William E. Gienapp
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
Patrice M. Dabrowski
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
Joyce Elizabeth Chaplin and members of the Department
Full course. W., 6–9 p.m.
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
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Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
An overview of the main issues of early modern historiography.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
*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
James T. Kloppenberg
Half course (spring term). F., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7
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
Joyce Elizabeth Chaplin and Susan O’Donovan
Half course (spring term). Th., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
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). Hours to be arranged.
Major themes in modern international history.
*History 90g. Comparative History: Major Themes in the Historiography of Colonialism, Imperialism, and Post-Colonialism
Catalog Number: 0119
Hue-Tam Ho Tai
Half course (spring term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
A general introduction to theories of imperialism, nationalism, and postcolonialism. Case studies include examples from the African and Asian contexts. Will combine the study of theories with an examination of particular anti-colonial and anti-imperialist movements.
*History 90h. Major Problems of Latin American History: Culture, Class, and Politics
Catalog Number: 4232
John Womack, Jr.
Half course (spring term). M., 3–5. EXAM GROUP: 8, 9
An introduction to the history of the ways in which people in “Latin America” have conceptualized and lived culture, class, and politics.
*History 90i (formerly History 90x). Major Themes in Ancient History
Catalog Number: 4922
Nino Luraghi
Half course (spring term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
An overview of some of the major issues in Greco-Roman history, with special attention given to the methodologies of the ancient historian.
History 10b. Western Societies, Politics, and Cultures: From 1650 to the Present
Catalog Number: 0262
Patrice Higonnet
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.
History 71a. America: Colonial Times to the Civil War
Catalog Number: 6647
Catherine A. Corman
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., at 10, plus one hour to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 12
Covers American history from the period of colonial settlement to the Civil War. Topics include the collision of European, African, and native cultures in the age of settlement; colonial British North America; the American Revolution; geographic expansion and social, economic, and cultural change in the Jacksonian era; and slavery and the sectional conflict.
History 71b. The Rise of Modern America, 1865 to Present
Catalog Number: 7671
Sven Beckert
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 10, plus one hour to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 12
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. Sections will focus on issues of particular interest and on the study of primary documents. No knowledge of ancient languages required.
Note: Given in alternate years.
History 1091. Jewish History in the Second and Post-Temple Period (ca. 500 B.C.E.-500 C.E.)
Catalog Number: 6035
Isaiah M. Gafni (Hebrew University)
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 12. EXAM GROUP: 14
An examination of the effects of the destruction of the Temple on subsequent Jewish development, and discussion of the formulation of new ideologies and the emergence of religious and social frameworks as a result of the destruction. Particular attention will be given to attitudes toward sectarianism, messianism, and the shifting relationship with the Jewish diaspora in late antiquity.
[History 1111. World of Late Antiquity]
Catalog Number: 6019
Michael McCormick
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
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.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
History 1132. Scholastic Reason in High Medeival Europe
Catalog Number: 7129
Steven P. Marrone (Tufts University)
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 10. EXAM GROUP: 12
Examines the introduction of a systematic rationalism into the culture of Western Europe during the three centuries, 1050 to 1350. At issue will be the way such a rationalizing perspective provoked a challenge from traditional heuristic and meditative cognitive schemes while managing ultimately to dominate the intellectual life of the literate elite. The focus will be on intellectual activity and controversy in southen England, northern France and the Rhineland.
[History 1133. Medieval England (ca. 871–1485)]
Catalog Number: 7756
Thomas N. Bisson
Half course (spring 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 2002–03. Given in alternate years. Normally alternates with Medieval Studies 117.
[History 1141. Medieval Thought: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 5096
James Hankins
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Intellectual history of Western Latin Christendom from the 5th to the 14th century of our era.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
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). Hours to be arranged.
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: Expected to be given in 2002–03. Combines material from former courses, History 1151 and 1152. Offered jointly with the Divinity School as 3675.
[History 1158. The Mediterranean in the Late Middle Ages, 1204–1500: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 2711
Angeliki E. Laiou
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Examines the economic, social, and political developments in the Mediterranean basin during a critical period. Investigates patterns of economic dominance, trade patterns, forms of colonization, the function of the merchant groups in Venetian, Genoese, Byzantine, and Muslim societies. The development of shipping, maps, and financial and commercial techniques is discussed; travel, war, and politics are also examined in their relation to economic and social developments.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
[History 1166. Family, Sex, and Marriage in Western Europe 1300-1700: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 2725
Steven Ozment
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
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: Expected to be given in 2002–03. May be taken for seminar credit by graduate students.
[History 1212. The Imperial System: Byzantine Society and Civilization, 8thc.-1204: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 6078
Angeliki E. Laiou
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
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).
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
History 1214. History of the Soul
Catalog Number: 5436
James Hankins
Half course (spring term). M., W., at 10, plus discussion section to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 3
The history of Western ideas about the soul, from the ancient Greeks to the 17th century. Special attention to the connections between psychological theory and ethics, politics, natural philosophy and theology, as well as to the shift from the premodern soul/body dichotomy to the modern mind/body dichotomy. Readings in Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, Plotinus, Augustine, Aquinas, Ficino, Pomponazzi, Descartes, Hobbes, Leibniz and Locke.
[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 2002–03. Latin, with either German or French, is required.
*History 2124. Medieval History: Seminar
Catalog Number: 7820
Thomas N. Bisson
Half course (spring term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Research studies in the sources and problems of power, faith, and culture in the medieval west. Topics for 2002 include: polemics of investiture and Christian reform; canonist jurisprudence.
Note: Admission by advanced permission only.
Prerequisite: Latin and French or German; History 2101; prior consent of instructor..
History 2126. Medieval Law
Catalog Number: 3140
Charles Donahue, Jr. (Law School)
Half course (spring term). Th., 4–6. EXAM GROUP: 18
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 2002: the English legal tradition.
Note: Some Latin required.
[History 2271r. Topics in Byzantine History: Seminar]
Catalog Number: 3868
Angeliki E. Laiou
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Reading knowledge of Greek, French and/or German.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
History 2314. Research Methods in Renaissance History: Seminar
Catalog Number: 1442
James Hankins
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Introduction to paleography, codicology, textual and source criticism, critical bibliography and methods of manuscript research.
Prerequisite: Reading knowledge of Latin, German, French and Italian.
[*History 2353 (formerly History 2251). Topics in Pre-Petrine History: Seminar]
Catalog Number: 6526
Edward L. Keenan
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03. Expected to be omitted in 2003–04. Open to qualified undergraduates by permission of instructor.
Prerequisite: Reading knowledge of Russian; History 1353 or equivalent.
[History 1336. The Reign of Charles I: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 1531 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Mark A. Kishlansky
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
An examination of the Stuart monarchy during its most tempestuous period. Topics will include court culture, religion, and the Constitution. Readings will focus on the rich primary literature of the age. Original research required.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor required.
[History 1417 (formerly History 1329). Italy Since 1796]
Catalog Number: 8146
Charles S. Maier
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
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.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
[History 1418. Political Justice in European History since 1789: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 3904
Charles S. Maier
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Examines four political trials to open up key problems in European history: revolutionary justice in the French Revolution, British imperialism, the nature of Stalinist terror, and the Holocaust.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
History 1431 (formerly History 1468). 19th-Century Britain
Catalog Number: 3665
T. Robert Travers
Half course (fall term). M., W., (F.), at 10. EXAM GROUP: 3
An introduction to British history from the accession of George III to Gladstone’s first administration, with particular attention to political and social change. Topics will include war and the growth of national identity, industrial development, changing attitudes to gender and social class, and Britain’s relationship with its colonies. Readings will include primary texts by Burke, Paine, Wollstonecraft, John Stuart Mill and Carlyle, 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 2002–03.
History 1439. India and the British Empire in the 18th Century: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 3259
T. Robert Travers
Half course (spring term). Th., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 15, 16
Examines the impact of new conquests in India on British ideas of empire in the late 18th century. Will study the famous ‘trial of Warren Hastings’, in which the former Governor of Bengal was impeached before parliament on charges of corruption, and will explore how Britons struggled to resolve the contradiction between despotism abroad and liberty at home. Emphasis on primary research.
[History 1450. France 1500–1715]
Catalog Number: 7575
Ann M. Blair
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
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.
Note: Expected to be given in 2003–04.
[History 1451 (formerly History 1470). The History of France from Louis XIV to Charles deGaulle]
Catalog Number: 6683
Patrice Higonnet
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
The history of France from the French Revolution to our own day.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
History 1458. “French Modern”, 1848-Present
Catalog Number: 5919
Judith Surkis
Half course (spring term). M., W., (F.), at 11. EXAM GROUP: 4
Examines the impact of and significant responses to cultural, political and economic modernity in France from the mid-19th century onward. Topics include: republicanism and social reform; bourgeois taste and consumer culture; the World Wars; national expansion and decolonization; Gaullism; May ’68 and its aftermath; contemporary challenges to the republican model. Readings by Flaubert, Baudelaire, Zola, Durkheim, Céline, Bloch, Sartre, Barthes, Fanon.
History 1459. Gender and Sexuality in Modern Europe: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 1562
Judith Surkis
Half course (fall term). W., 3–5. EXAM GROUP: 8, 9
Examines the social organization and cultural construction of gender and sexuality in modern Europe from 1789. Major focus on France, Britain, and German-speaking countries, with some discussion of Russia. Particular attention will be paid to how normative concepts of femininity and masculinity play a role in the legitimization of social and political order as well as in attempts to effect and respond to social change.
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). M., 3–5. EXAM GROUP: 8, 9
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 1466. Vichy France: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 8154
Patrice Higonnet
Half course (fall term). W., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7
This course will cover the background of the Vichy years and the legacy of 1789; military affairs; Vichy’s social policy; Vichy, the Germans and the Jews; Vichy and Free France; and the legacy of the Vichy years.
History 1470a. European Intellectual History, Part I
Catalog Number: 2572
Peter Eli Gordon
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 12. EXAM GROUP: 5
The first half of a two-semester survey providing a comprehensive introduction to the major themes and thinkers of the European tradition, with special attention to the themes of emancipation and subjectivity from Descartes forward. Focus on developments in the Western European Enlightenment, the main currents of German Idealism and Romanticism, early Marxism and Kierkegaard’s challenge to idealism.
History 1470b. European Intellectual History, Part II
Catalog Number: 7131
Peter Eli Gordon
Half course (spring term). M., W., at 12. EXAM GROUP: 5
The second half of a two-semester survey providing a comprehensive introduction to major landmarks in Continental philosophy and social theory in the modern period, beginning with Nietzsche. Focus on the various challenges to traditional enlightenment notions of freedom and subjectivity in psychoanalysis, Critical Theory, existentialism and French structuralism.
[History 1471. The Phenomenological Tradition: Husserl and Heidegger]
Catalog Number: 5691
Peter Eli Gordon
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
An intensive lecture course for advanced undergraduates and graduates, introducing some of the key texts and themes of 20th century phenomenology. The major portion of the course will consist of a sustained and critical reading of Heidegger’s monumental 1927 text, Being and Time, with special attention to the themes of ontology, hermeneutics, and historicity. At least one prior course in rationalism, political philosophy, or modern intellectual history should be considered a prerequisite.
Note: Expected to be given in 2003–04.
[History 1475 (formerly History 1501). History of 19th-Century Germany]
Catalog Number: 6919
David Blackbourn
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Examines political, social, economic, and cultural history of Germany from ca. 1780 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.
Note: Expected to be given in 2003–04.
[*History 1476. Enlightenment and Dialectic: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 6048 Enrollment: Limited to 20.
Peter Eli Gordon
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Introduces students to the writings of the so-called ‘Frankfurt School’—i.e., the Institute for Social Research, founded in Franfurt in 1923. Will address the ‘late’ work by Adorno and Horkheimer, Dalectic of Enlightenment, and will guide students through this work so as to reflect on the broader questions raised by the enligthenment and its legacy.
Note: Expected to be given in 2003–04.
Prerequisite: European History, German Literature, of History or Philosophy course.
[History 1480. World War I, Empires and Revolution: Conference Course ]
Catalog Number: 1741
Eric Lohr
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
In 1917-1918, all four of the major continental empires along the Eastern Front (the Russian, Austro-Hungarian, Ottoman and German empires) collapsed in national and social revolutions. The course explores aspects of what Winston Churchill called “The Unknown War” on the Eastern Front. Main themes include the War’s impact on the nationality and the revolutionary collapse of the empires under study.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
[History 1485. Weimar Intellectuals and the Challenge of Modernity: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 7638 Enrollment: Limited to 20.
Peter Eli Gordon
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
The Weimar Republic (1919-1933) was an era of unprecedented fecundity in German intellectual life. This course provides a survey of the strategies by which Weimar intellectuals reflected upon and thus attempted to manage the various stresses of modernity—urbanity, technology, new modes of mass politics and new techniques of artistic expression. Four units will be covered: the crisis of the political; urbanism and anxiety; technophilia and technophobia; and Marxism and Utopia. Readings will include Carl Schmitt, Thomas Mann, Oswald Spengler, Karl Mannheim, Walter Benjamin, Siegfried Kracauer, Ernst Jünger, Ernst Bloch, Theodor Adorno, and Martin Heidegger.
Note: Expected to be given in 2003–04.
Prerequisite: One European History or German Literature Course.
History 1502. Imperial Russia
Catalog Number: 2440
Eric Lohr
Half course (spring term). M., W., (F.), at 11. EXAM GROUP: 4
Course surveys major themes in the history of the Russian Empire from the late seventeenth century to the collapse of the old regime in 1917. Readings include historical narratives, documents and novels. The course seeks to understand the structures of the diverse society which made up the empire, the growth and modernization of the empire, and the tensions within the system toward its collapse.
[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 2002–03.
[History 1515 (formerly History 1542). States and Nations: 1905-1991: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 7550 Enrollment: Limited to 15.
Roman Szporluk
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
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.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
History 1516. Nation Formation in East Europe, 1795-1921: Poland, Russia, Ukraine
Catalog Number: 5843
Roman Szporluk
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 1. EXAM GROUP: 15
An examination of the making and remaking of nations in East Europe, focusing on the three interrelated cases of Poland, Russia, and 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 1522. East-Central Europe in the 20th Century
Catalog Number: 0701
Patrice Marie Dabrowski
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 4
An introduction to the history of the lands between Germany and Russia/USSR (with particular reference to the experiences of Poles, Czechs, Hungarians, Slovaks, and Jews) during a century of tremendous change. Will explore life in the final years of the Habsburg, Hohenzollern, and Romanov empires; the problematic “nation-states” of the interwar period; the watershed of World War II; the post-war communist experience; the revolutions of 1989; and post-communism. Sources include literary works and film.
History 1523. Forging the Future, Imagining the Past: Festivals and Commemorations in Modern Europe
Catalog Number: 3462
Patrice Marie Dabrowski
Half course (spring term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Examines the phenomenon of publicly celebrated festivals and commemorations and their impact on national development in modern Europe-East as well as West-since the French Revolution. Topics include memory and forgetting; the “invention of tradition”; the popularization of cult figures and collective heroes; the erection and destruction of monuments; and the reconfiguring of time and space.
History 1531. History of the Soviet Union, 1917–1991
Catalog Number: 4501
Terry D. Martin
Half course (spring 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 1537. Stalinism and Nazism: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 0631
Terry D. Martin
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Compares and contrasts the two great modern European dictatorships. Topics include the role of the leader, propaganda and public opinioin, the totalitarian Party, state surveillance, state terror, the role of ordinary citizens in abetting or resisting state oppression, total war, nationality and colonialism, everyday life, petitioning and survival strategies, consumption and rationing.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
History 1542. Intellectual and Cultural Controversies: The Russian Intelligentsia: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 2123
Eric Lohr and Julie A. Buckler
Half course (spring term). Th., 12–2. EXAM GROUP: 14, 15
The intelligentsia, its emergence, ethos and place in Russian society. Examines selected major intellectual controversies and debates from the late 18th century to the early 20th century.
[History 2312 (formerly History 2377). The German Family, 1250–1750: Seminar]
Catalog Number: 8806
Steven Ozment
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
An introduction to research in German family history, including German script, during the late medieval and early modern periods. Requires a basic reading knowledge of modern German. Higly recommended for upper level undergraduates and graduate students seeking to improve their reading knowledge of German and/or prepare for research in German archives. Both group and individual instruction.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
[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.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
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 2344. Theories of Modern European Imperialism: Proseminar]
Catalog Number: 9030
Thomas Robert Travers
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
An intensive introduction to major historical theories of the growth of European empires, with a primary focus on the British empire. Will cover older theories of political economy, as well as more recent ‘post-colonial’ theory. Readings will include Hobson, Lenin, Schumpeter, Said and Spivak.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03. Primarily for graduate students, but open to advanced undergraduates by permission of the instructor.
[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 Aristotle, Machiavelli, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Tocqueville.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03. Open to all qualified undergraduates.
[History 2473. Cutural and Intellectual History of Renaissance Italy: Proseminar]
Catalog Number: 0140
James Hankins
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Topics include civic humanism and republicanism; Renaissance historiography and its modern context; the revival of ancient philosophical systems and the challenge to Aristotelianism and scholascticism; humanist educational theory and practice. Readings in contemporary sources.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03. May not ordinarily be credited as one of the research seminars required in the first-yearprogram.
Prerequisite: A reading knowledge of Latin, French, Italian, and German.
History 2475. 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: Reading knowledge of German not required.
*History 2511. 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.
[History 2531. Stalinism: Seminar]
Catalog Number: 7969
Terry D. Martin
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Acquaints students with the available archival and published sources for the study of the Soviet Union from 1917 to 1953. Briefly surveys and examines the recent historical debates concerning the Stalinist state and society. Primary focus will be on writing a major research paper.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
History 2533. Identity in History and Politics: Seminar
Catalog Number: 9108
Terry D. Martin, Iain Johnston, and Yoshiko M. Herrera
Half course (spring term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Analyzes how the concept of identity is currently being used in the social sciences, particularly history and political science. Examines classic works on racial, ethnic, national, regional, transnational, class, status, gender and religious identity in history and political science. Focus will be on defining identity more precisely and, in particular, exploring and evaluating new techniques for measuring identity.
History 2552. 20th-Century European History: Seminar
Catalog Number: 3474
Charles S. Maier
Half course (fall term). W., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
Major themes and interpretive controversies in contemporary European history. Topic for Fall 2001: Aftermaths: International, political, and judicial.
[History 1603. The Cultural History of the First British Empire]
Catalog Number: 3920
Joyce Elizabeth Chaplin
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Primary focus on the emergence of the first British empire in the 18th century, with some background on English colonization of America in the 17th century. Topics include: creation of Great Britain; expansion of British overseas interests in America, Africa, and Asia; development of creole cultures; British imperial policy and frontier crises; transatlantic cultural connections.
Note: Expected to be given in 2003–04.
History 1610. Confronting Objects/Interpreting Culture: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on North America: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 2479
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich and Ivan Gaskell
Half course (spring term). W., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
Using case studies drawn from Harvard collections, students will explore a range of methods used in interpreting art and artifacts from colonial North America (including Spanish America) and the early United States. Emphasis on the interplay between particular objects and larger historical themes, such as colonialism, patriotism, or the beginnings of mechanization. Students will be introduced to a range of scholarly tools, including laboratory analysis of materials, quantitative studies of household inventories, and iconography.
[History 1618. Material Life in Early America]
Catalog Number: 5761
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
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.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
[History 1620. History of the Old South]
Catalog Number: 4210
Susan O’Donovan
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Survey of the history of the Southern states from African and European settlement to the Civil War. Will focus on the culture and scholarship of the Old South as the center of the nation’s greatest trauma (the Civil War) and its greatest and most pressing dilemma (race.)
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
History 1622. Readings in the History of Slavery: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 9361
Susan E. O’Donovan
Half course (fall term). M., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7
Examines the scholarship that is reopening the study of slavery in antebellum America, specifically an exploration of the characterization of the “rigid and static nature of antebellum slavery.”
[History 1624 (formerly History 1620). Jacksonian America, 1815–1845]
Catalog Number: 5450
Catherine A. Corman
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
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 cultural 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.
Note: Expected to be given in 2003–04.
History 1632. Gilded Age America: Economy, Society and Politics: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 4733 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Sven Beckert
Half course (fall term). W., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
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.
*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 (spring 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 1638. United States Social History, from 1929 to the Present
Catalog Number: 5967
Stephan Thernstrom
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 11, plus one hour to be arranged for sections. EXAM GROUP: 13
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 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 2003–04.
[History 1642b. U.S. Women’s and Gender 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 a study of masculinity and femininity as historically specific concepts in 20th-century U.S. history. Topics include sexual practices and beliefs, gender and the welfare state, gender and civil rights activism, women’s liberation, and “post-feminism”.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
[*History 1643. The Confederacy: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 2829 Enrollment: Limited to 15.
William E. Gienapp
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
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.
Note: Expected to be given in 2003–04.
History 1644. Reconstruction, 1865-1877
Catalog Number: 8635
William E. Gienapp
Half course (fall term). M., W., (F.), at 11. EXAM GROUP: 4
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.
*History 1645 (formerly History 1607). History of American Immigration: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 7280 Enrollment: Limited to 15.
Stephan Thernstrom
Half course (fall term). Tu., 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 1646. The Challenge of Feminist Biography: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 6240
Susan W. Ware
Half course (spring term). M., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
Surveys the history of American women in the 20th century through the lens of biography. Focus on women such as Eleanor Roosevelt, Rachel Carson, Anne Sexton, and Janis Joplin, students will be introduced to influential 20th century figures as well as important areas such as politics, the environment, literature, and popular music. The overarching theme will be the contributions of the biographical genre to the broader study of history.
[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 2002–03.
[History 1648. Communication in the Early Nation: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 7491 Enrollment: Limited to 15.
Catherine A. Corman
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
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.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
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 1650b. Foreign Relations of The United States II]
Catalog Number: 4745
Ernest R. May
Half course (fall term). Hours 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.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
History 1651. History of American Capitalism
Catalog Number: 0227
Sven Beckert
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., at 12. EXAM GROUP: 14
Examines the development of the American economy from its beginnings to the New Deal. Focus on the nature of economic change during the past 400 years and the reasons for and effects of capitalist growth. Topics include Native-American economies, the industrial revolution, slavery, the rise of new business structures, labor relations, and technological change.
[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 2003–04.
[*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 2003–04.
[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 2003–04.
[*History 1659. U.S. Cultural History, Turn of the Century to Present]
Catalog Number: 8905
Ruth Feldstein
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
This lecture course will consider questions of who owns and defines “culture” in 20th-century U.S. history. Topics include the consumption of film, literature, television and music.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
[History 1660. Using Primary Sources in African-American History: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 8151
Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
This course 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 2002–03.
History 1661. Social Thought in Modern America
Catalog Number: 8440 Enrollment: Limited to 70.
James T. Kloppenberg
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., 11:30–1. EXAM GROUP: 13, 14
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 democracy of our contemporary culture of irony.
Note: Expected to be omitted in 2002–03.
History 1665. Crime and Criminal Justice in the U.S., 1776-1999
Catalog Number: 8537
Rebecca Mary McLennan
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 13
This lecture course explores the social and political history of crime, criminal law, policing and punishment in the United States since the Revolution. Reading both primary and secondary sources, we will consider permutations in the legal and cultural meanings of crime since 1865; the rise of the police; the consolidation of the modern, prison-based criminal justice system in the late 19th and early 20th centuries; the rise and fall of “extra-legal” forms of policing punishment (such as lynching); and the contested politics of “law and order” since World War II.
*History 1667. Imagining America, 1776-Present
Catalog Number: 4160
Akira Iriye and Rebecca Mary McLennan
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., 2:30–4; Th., 2:30–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Examines various foreign perspectives on American politics, law, and society from the 1770s to the present day. Explores the significance of the United States in modern world history and the history of the United States itself, with a view to discerning the unique as well as the universal character of its politics, law, and society.
History 1670. The New Deal: The United States During the Roosevelt Years: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 4878 Enrollment: Limited to 15.
Lisa M. McGirr
Half course (spring term). M., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
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 (spring 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: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 2340 Enrollment: Limited to 15.
Lisa M. McGirr
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
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 given in 2002–03.
[History 1676. Social Movements in the United States from Populism to the New Right]
Catalog Number: 4073
Lisa M. McGirr
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Examines social movements in America from the late 19th century until today in an historical perspective. Topics include populism, temperance, suffrage and the labor movement, as well as civil rights activism and the student movement. Attention will also be given to right-wing movements in the 20th century such as the Ku Klux Klan and the New Right. Course will address the origins of these various social movements, their strategies and tactics, and successes and failures.
Note: Expected to be given in 2003–04.
History 1677. U.S. History, 1968 to Present
Catalog Number: 6176
Bruce Joseph Schulman (Boston University)
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., 1–2:30. EXAM GROUP: 15, 16
The political, cultural, economic and social history of the United States since 1968. Topics include Nixon, Carter, Reagan and Clinton presidencies, Watergate, Me Decade, Yuppies and the end of the Cold War.
[History 2601. The U.S. in the 20th Century: Seminar]
Catalog Number: 1270 Enrollment: Limited to 10.
Lizabeth Cohen
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Research on topics in 20th-century U.S. history.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
[History 2602. Readings in the United States in the 19th Century: Proseminar]
Catalog Number: 2383
William E. Gienapp
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
The second in the sequence of three proseminars required of all graduate students in American history and open to graduate students in other history fields and other departments as space permits. Readings will be drawn from a variety of secondary works, including classic as well as recent studies, with particular attention to the relationship between politics, society, and culture. The course will consider the themes of nationalism and regionalism along with the experience of particular social groups.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
[History 2606. Early American Social History: Seminar]
Catalog Number: 6049
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Research culminating in the production of a scholarly essay. Some prior knowledge of the period assumed.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
History 2607 (formerly History 2603). Readings in the United States in the 20th Century: Proseminar
Catalog Number: 2931
Lisa M. McGirr
Half course (fall term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
The third in the sequence of three proseminars required of all graduate students in American history and open to graduate students in other history fields and other departments, as space permits. 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 into an understanding of the central historicaland historiographical issues in the 20th century.
History 2610. Race in Early America: Status, Identity and Power: Seminar
Catalog Number: 9276
Joyce Elizabeth Chaplin
Half course (fall term). W., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
A research seminar in American history in which each student will complete an article-length essay based on original research.
History 2612 (formerly History 2602). 19th-Century United States: Research Seminar
Catalog Number: 6686 Enrollment: Limited to 10.
William E. Gienapp
Half course (spring term). W., 3–5. EXAM GROUP: 8, 9
[History 2630. Intellectual History]
Catalog Number: 2382
James T. Kloppenberg
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Expected to be given in 2004–05.
History 2661. Graduate Readings in 20th-Century African-American History
Catalog Number: 9004
Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham
Half course (spring term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
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.
History 2662. Readings in American Thought
Catalog Number: 8845 Enrollment: Limited to 20.
James T. Kloppenberg
Half course (fall term). F., 12–2. EXAM GROUP: 5, 6
An examination of classic and contemporary histories of American thought.
Note: Expected to be omitted in 2003–04.
[History 2663. Graduate Readings in U.S. Women’s History]
Catalog Number: 6905
Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Readings in U.S. women’s history from the Colonial period to the early 20th century.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
*History 2671. American Social History: Seminar
Catalog Number: 0969
Stephan Thernstrom
Half course (fall term). Th., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
History 1741. Gender and History in Latin America
Catalog Number: 1467
Jane E. Mangan
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 13
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 1742. Religion and Social Change in Latin America: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 2256 Enrollment: Limited to 15.
Jane E. Mangan
Half course (spring term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
This course studies the role of religious belief and practice in the history of the Andes, Brazil, Mexico, and the Caribbean with a focus on the nexus between religion and social change. Students will consider the variety of religious traditions engenderd by the distinct pre-Columbian, African, and European cultures that have influenced religious belief and practice in the region since the sixteenth century. Topics include individual and community responses to the Catholic Church, campaigns against idolatry, the relationship of religious tradition to political culture, religion and revolution, the gendered practice of religion, and the introduction of Protestantism and Evangelism.
[History 1757 (Formerly 1760a.). History of Latin America to 1825]
Catalog Number: 5991
Jane E. Mangan
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
A survey of Latin American history from the eve of Spain’s conquest of the Americas in 1492 to the era of Latin American independence in the early 19th century. Focus on Mexico and the Andes, with comparison to the Caribbean, Brazil, and Rio de la Plata. Study of government priorities, religious debates, economic exploits, native resistance, and social tensions that shaped Spain’s attempts to control her “new world” and, ultimately, created shadows that lurk in 20th-century Latin America. Consideration of a range of colonial experiences including African slaves, mestizos, indigenous peoples, and newcomers from Spain.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
History 1758. Latin America from Independence to 1914
Catalog Number: 5574
John H. Coatsworth
Half course (fall term). M., W., (F.), at 12. EXAM GROUP: 5
A survey of the formation of nation states and national economies in Latin America, from the collapse of the colonial empires of Spain and Portugal to World War One. Will analyze the causes and effect of independence, the fragmentation of the Spanish colonies into independent states, the economic decline after independence, the slave revolts and peasant rebellions of the early 19th century, and the formation and fracturing of national governments.
Note: Expected to be omitted in 2002–03.
History 1759 (formerly History 1760b). The History of Latin America, 1914-2002
Catalog Number: 7328
John Womack, Jr.
Half course (spring term). M., W., (F.), at 12. EXAM GROUP: 5
A survey of Latin American societies and politics, from World War I to the present, with emphasis on the conjunction of global and internal changes to explain economic developments and struggles for power, justice, progress, and security.
*History 2782. The Economic History of Latin America: Seminar
Catalog Number: 4261 Enrollment: Limited to 15.
John H. Coatsworth
Half course (spring term). Th., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Examines the evolution of the Latin American economies from the colonial era to the 20th-century. Topics include the measurement of early modern economic activity, economic growth and institutional change, the impact of external economic relations, land tenure and agricultural development, strategies of industrialization, and issues of political economy.
Note: Rudimentary economics, some Latin American history, and Spanish or Portuguese helpful but not required. Undergraduates may enroll with the permission of the instructor.
[History 2784. Issues in Colonial Latin American History: Proseminar]
Catalog Number: 5494
Jane E. Mangan
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
An in-depth study of scholarship in colonial Latin American history for the period from conquest through the wars of independence. Topics include conquest and settlement; the economics of empire; indigenous communities; natural resources and labor; resistance to colonial rule; race, class and social order. Emphasis on historiographical debates instead of chronological narrative.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03. Primarily for graduate students, though advanced undergraduates may take the course with special permission of the instructor. Reading knowledge of Spanish helpful.
History 1821. Modern Vietnam
Catalog Number: 8192
Hue-Tam Ho Tai
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 4
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 1831. China’s Partners: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 6043 Enrollment: Limited to 15.
William C. Kirby
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Analysis of Sino-foreign cooperative efforts from late Imperial times until the present, with emphasis on economic and cultural relations. Studies distinguishing characteristics of bilateral exchanges between China and Western European nations, the Soviet Union, Japan, and the United States; examines China’s evolving role in international organizations; and explores the official and private spheres of Chinese involvement in international economic, cultural, and scholarly life.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03. For advanced undergraduates and graduates.
History 1851 (formerly History 1851b). 20th-Century Japan:Conference Course
Catalog Number: 8696
Andrew Gordon
Half course (spring term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
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 1980s boom to the 1990s bust; the early end to the Japanese century?
[History 1854. Gender and Japanese History: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 5348 Enrollment: Limited to 15.
Daniel V. Botsman
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
This course will focus on gender and sexuality to explore important aspects of Japanes social history.The time span covered is broad but there will be more emphasis on the modern era. Specific topics will include women and feudalism; male-male sexuality; the rise of Japanese feminist consciousness; prostitution; women in the industrial labor force; women and World War II; and changing ideas about gender and sexuality in the post-war period.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
Prerequisite: At least one course on either Japanese History or Gender History.
History 1862. Memory and History: Remembrance of the Australian Past: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 5650
Marilyn Lake (LaTrobe University)
Half course (fall term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
An investigation of the relationships between memory and history in the context of the Australian nation. Will explore the relationship of various forms of first person narrative and history; the role of public commemorations of centennials and bicentennials of ‘settlement’ in constructing histories of settler societies; and the injunction to remember the war dead in shaping the ‘social memory’ of the nation.
History 1863. Australian History: Class, Gender and Race
Catalog Number: 3479
Marilyn Lake (LaTrobe University)
Half course (spring term). M., W., (F.), at 11. EXAM GROUP: 4
Explores the ways in which the writing of Australian history has constructed the nation in terms of class, gender and race. Topics include: the dispossession of the Aborigines; the convicts as founding mothers and fathers; the mythologies surrounding war; the ascendancy and decline of Labour history; the challenge of feminist history; and the controversy provoked by so-called ‘black armband history’ in the 1990s.
History 1877b. History of the Near East, 1055–1517: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 3026
Roy Mottahedeh
Half course (spring term). Th., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
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: History 1877a helpful, but not required.
[History 1878a. Ottoman State and Society I (1300–1550)]
Catalog Number: 5471
Cemal Kafadar
Half course (fall 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 2002–03.
History 1878b. Ottoman State and Society II (1550–1920)
Catalog Number: 6470
Cemal Kafadar
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., F., at 12 and a section on Friday at 12. EXAM GROUP: 5, 14
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 1885. The Making of Modern Egypt, 1840-2000
Catalog Number: 2499
E. Roger Owen
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 13
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.
Note: Expected to be omitted in 2002–03.
[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). Hours to be arranged.
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.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
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
E. Roger Owen
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 13
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 1895. The Indian Ocean in Comparative Perspective: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 8123
Sugata Bose
Half course (fall term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Explores the history of the Indian Ocean inter-regional arena in the comparative context of histories of the Atlantic, Mediterranean and the Pacific worlds from the 1490s to the 1990s. The changing meanings of sovereignty, religiously informed universalisms and the links forged by intermediary capital and migrant labor in the age of global empire.
[History 1901. The History of Africa to 1860]
Catalog Number: 3034
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Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
An introductory history of Africa from earliest times to 1860, on the eve of European conquest. Will explore the themes of the relationship between rulers and peasants in the political culture of village and state societies, ecological and environmental change, Africa’s integration into the world economy, and the early formative history of South Africa.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
History 1903. Modern Africa from 1850 to the Present
Catalog Number: 3725
Caroline M. Elkins
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 13
Explores the history of sub-Saharan Africa from the mid-19th century to the present, providing a detailed overview of the main trends in the component’s history, using specific case studies for illustrative examples. Topics include the importance of environment and disease in understanding African history; the continent’s shifting commercial involvement with Europe; the technologies of Western imperialism and the impact of colonial rule; the transformation of African economies and societies; Christianity and Islam; and gender and relations.
[History 1906. West Africa from the Earliest Times to 1800]
Catalog Number: 1425
Emmanuel K. Akyeampong
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
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.
Note: Expected to be given in 2003–04.
[History 1907. West Africa from 1800 to the Present]
Catalog Number: 4650
Emmanuel K. Akyeampong
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Explores the internal dynamics of West African states from 1800, and West Africa’s relations with the wider world. 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.
Note: Expected to be given in 2003–04.
[History 1908. Rethinking Gender in African History: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 4526
Emmanuel K. Akyeampong
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
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.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
[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). Hours to be arranged.
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 2003–04.
History 1911. A History of Southern Africa
Catalog Number: 6238
Caroline M. Elkins
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 13
Introduction to the history of southern Africa from the settlement of the Bantu peoples to the present. Topics include early state formation, the rise of Shaka, and the Mfecane; impact of Dutch and British settlement; labor relations before and after the discovery of gold and diamonds; growth of ethnic and national consciousness; evolution of the apartheid state and African responses to racial segregation and oppression; Zimbabwean revolution; and liberation of Namibia from South African rule.
[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 2002–03.
History 1915. Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 6769
Caroline M. Elkins
Half course (spring term). W., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
Explores the impact of Christianity on the history of sub-Saharan Africa beginning with the expansion of the Coptic Church in Ethiopia to the present. The course will focus on the form and content of Christian belief and practice, and the inter-relationship between Christianity and social and political change.
*History 1920. Revisions in the History of Imperialism
Catalog Number: 5142
Antony Gerald Hopkins (University of Cambridge)
Half course (fall term). M., W., (F.), at 11. EXAM GROUP: 4
A reassessment of the history of European and Western imperialism during the last five centuries, with an emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries. Will examine the central theme of power in international relations: its sources, forms of expression, and consequences, and how it was managed and manipulated by all the parties it touched. The underlying argument will turn on the need to reinvent imperial history in the light of the contemporary debate on globalization.
History 1921. The Partition of Africa Revisited: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 0964
Antony Gerald Hopkins (University of Cambridge)
Half course (fall term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
An examination of a number of case studies from different parts of Africa to determine the balance between internal and external forces at the moment when the frontier between them was about to be changed, inaugurating the era of colonial rule and reverberating down to the present day.
History 2830a. Late Imperial and Modern Chinese History: Proseminar
Catalog Number: 6453
Philip A. Kuhn and William C. Kirby
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 2831r. Research Topics in Modern Chinese History: Seminar
Catalog Number: 6017
Philip A. Kuhn
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Tu., 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 2847. 20th-Century China: Seminar
Catalog Number: 0279
William C. Kirby
Half course (spring term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
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 2002–03. 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 2002–03.
Prerequisite: History 2848a or equivalent.
*History 2851. Japanese History: Seminar
Catalog Number: 5146
Andrew Gordon and Harold Bolitho
Half course (fall term). W., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7
Prerequisite: Reading knowledge of Japanese.
[History 2852. Topics in Modern Japanese History: Proseminar]
Catalog Number: 0481 Enrollment: Limited to 15.
Daniel V. Botsman
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Readings of documents and secondary works on topics in modern Japanese history.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
Prerequisite: Reading knowledge of Japanese.
[History 2854. Issues in Tokugawa and Meiji History: Seminar]
Catalog Number: 0305 Enrollment: Limited to 15.
Daniel V. Botsman
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Explores new perspectives on a number of key historiographical issues in the study of Tokugawa and Meiji Japan. Engages both topics of current interest among historians in Japan and theoretical literature from outside the field of Japanese history.
Note: Expected to be given in 2003–04.
[History 2884. Topics in Ottoman Social and Cultural History: Seminar]
Catalog Number: 3762
Cemal Kafadar
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
Prerequisite: Reading knowledge of Turkish.
History 2886. Topics in Islamic History: Seminar
Catalog Number: 3470
Roy Mottahedeh
Half course (spring term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
History 2887a (formerly History 2887). Debates in the Economic and Social History of the Middle East: Seminar
Catalog Number: 1352
E. Roger Owen
Half course (fall term). W., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7
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
E. Roger Owen
Half course (spring term). W., 3–5. EXAM GROUP: 8, 9
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.
History 2909. Themes in Modern Sub-Saharan African History: Proseminar
Catalog Number: 5840
Caroline M. Elkins
Half course (fall term). W., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
An in-depth study of the major themes in sub-Saharan African history from the mid-19th century to the present, including the scholarship and debates on the changing relationship between Africa and the West.
Note: Undergraduates may enroll with the permission of the instructor.