Fall 2010

100 Level Courses

HI 103C. MEDIEVAL EUROPE 4
The formation of Europe: from the breakdown of Roman political authority in the West in the fourth century to the rise of national states and their conflicts in the fourteenth. (Fulfills social sciences requirement.) 
E. Bastress-Dukehart

HI 105 NINETEENTH-CENTURY EUROPE: IDEOLOGY AND REVOLUTION
An intensive examination of the revolutions in economics, politics, and society in Europe from 1789 to 1914. Emphasis on the French and industrial revolutions; the rise in nationalism, liberalism, socialism, imperialism, and the women's movement; international rivalry and diplomacy culminating in World War I. (Fulfills social sciences requirement.) M. Hockenos

HI 110C THE BRITISH EMPIRE: AN INTRODUCTION 4
An introductory survey of the British Empire from its earliest beginnings in the sixteenth century through decolonization in the post-World War II era. Focuses on the political, economic, cultural, and ecological causes and consequences of British overseas expansion. Topics include the ecological and biological impact of British imperialism; Elizabethan commercial expansion; the plantings of Ireland; early settlements in the New World and the impact on indigenous peoples; the trans-Atlantic slave trade and the plantation system in the Caribbean; the American Revolution and the end of the first British Empire; the ideologies of the British Raj in India; the "New Imperialism" of the late nineteenth century and the "scramble for Africa"; the transfer of technology and culture; decolonization; and the contemporary legacy of empire. (Fulfills cultural diversity and social sciences requirements.) T. Nechtman

HI 121C. AMERICAN HISTORY TO THE CIVIL WAR 4
An exploration of major issues and problems of the American past: the colonial experience to the Civil War. (Fulfills social sciences requirement.) E. Morser

HI 142. INTRODUCTIN TO MODERN CHINA 3
An introductory survey of the major political, economic, and social developments in China, from the foundation of the last imperial dynasty in 1644 to the present. Emphasis is on the major stages of the revolution, from the Opium War to the present. (Designated a non-Western culture course; fulfills social sciences requirement.) K. Baldanza

200 Level Courses

HI 217C. AMERICAN INDIAN HISTORY 4
This course explores North American Indian history from the pre-colonial era through the 1890s. We will focus on a number of themes, including the rich complexities of indigenous cultures, contact and conflict among different Indian peoples, the impact of European colonization on Native societies, and the critical role that Indians played in the creation and transformation of the United States. By exploring these themes, we will try to understand how North American Indians shaped a continent's history and helped define the American experience before the twentieth century. (Fulfills social sciences requirement.) E. Morser

 

HI 224H. THE ENLIGHTENMENT 4
Studies the most important interactions to take place within and among society, politics, and culture that characterized this intellectual and cultural transformation. Influenced by revolutionary advancements in science and medicine, inflamed by seditious political treatises, and distrustful of Catholic reforms, eighteenth-century enlightened thinkers sparked the emergence of a new political and literary culture. Ultimately, the intellectual advancements that excited Europe's philosophers helped shape the ideological foundations of the American and French Revolutions. (Fulfills humanities requirement.) E. Bastress-Dukehart

HI 230W. HISTORY THROUGH TRAVEL: LATIN AMERICA 4
An examination of the ideas and impact of European and North American travel narratives on historical knowledge of Latin America and the Caribbean from the sixteenth through the early twentieth century’s. Students examine accounts by conquerors, diplomats, pirates, scientists, missionaries and tourists to consider what questions and analytical methods allow for interpretation of the factual or fictional elements in these important sources for the creation of historical knowledge about travelers, their values, the lands they visited, and the people, environments and cultures they described. (Fulfills social sciences requirement; when offered as HI 230W, fulfills expository writing requirement.) J. Dym

HI 247. THE RISE OF JAPAN 3
An introductory survey of Japanese history and culture from its beginnings through World War II. Focus is on ways in which Japanese women and men have transformed borrowings from other cultures to create their unique forms of government, society, and the arts. Sources include a diary, short stories, legal documents, and films. (Designated a non-Western culture course; fulfills social sciences requirement.) K. Baldanza

HI 261. AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY 3
A history of African Americans from slavery through emancipation to the present. The course examines such topics as slave culture, black resistance, the Harlem Renaissance, the development of jazz, blues, and soul music, the civil rights movement and its aftermath, and the crisis of the inner cities in understanding how African Americans have defined their place in American life. (Fulfills social sciences requirement; designated as a Cultural Diversity course.) J. Delton

HI 275. INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY MAJOR 1
An introduction to the aims of the History major. A prerequisite for the Colloquium. Required of all majors and interdepartmental majors, to be taken in the sophomore or junior years. Open to non-majors with consent of instructor. E. Morser

300 Level Courses

HI 315. CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
An investigation of the history and theory of crime and punishment in an age when criminal violence and state violence were often indistinguishable and unmediated. Over the course of four hundred years, Europe experienced a transformation from the persecuting societies of the Middle Ages, through the terrors of religious wars and the Inquisition, to Beccarea's "enlightened" and Bentham's utilitarian rejection of traditional criminology. Starting with Michel Foucault's influential work, Discipline and Punish, the readings for this course address dominant social norms and ever-changing definitions of deviance. The course explores the intellectual, social, and political justification for punishment, and the ensuring conflicts between conceptions of authority and individual freedom. E. Bastress-Dukehart

HI 316R. EMPIRES IN INDIA 4
Examines the history of the Indian subcontinent from the late sixteenth century to the present. Begins with a study of the late Mugal period, moving on to explore the origins of the British empire in India, focusing in particular the role of the East India Company in that process and on the impacts British imperialism had on British, Indian and world history. The second half of the course focuses on efforts to pull down the structures of British imperialism in India from the nineteenth century forward to independence in 1947, including such topics as the origins of Indian nationalism, the complex interaction of various groups involved in decolonization in India, and the early histories of the independent nations that emerged from British India. (Fulfills cultural diversity requirement.) T. Nechtman

HI 329. U.S. SINCE 1945 3
The rise and fall of liberalism, the Cold War, Vietnam, Civil Rights, cultural upheaval, Reagan and the post-Cold war world. Course pays special attention to the rise of conservatism in the eighties and nineties. 
J. Delton

HI 330E 001. POL. & SOCIETY IN LATIN AMERICA: CARIBBEAN 4
This class addresses economic, political and socio-cultural developments from the colonial through national periods in the Pan-Caribbean. Home to individuals and societies of Europe (Britain, France, Spain), Africa, India and Asia, the Caribbean has developed a distinct character. Topics covered will include: slavery and abolition, independence and nation-building; the impact of American interventions; the Haitian and Cuban Revolutions; socialist traditions (for example, Jamaica); efforts at regional economic and political integration; race, ethnicity and gender in the definition of religious, musical, cultural and intellectual traditions and identities; migrations and emigration. This course may be repeatable, if for a different topic/ region. Prerequisites: One HI course or GO209 or FS212. (Designated as a cultural diversity course) J. Dym

HI 363 001 TRANSNATIONAL ASIA 3
What is Asia’s place in the world? What is Asia’s role in world history? In this class, we will re-conceptualize ideas of empire, region, gender, diaspora and ethnicity by situating them in an East Asian context. Also, we will explore works of transnational history written by historians of East Asia. Ultimately, students will be able to gauge the strengths and weaknesses of the transnational approach to history. K. Baldanza

HI 375 COLLOQUIM IN HISTORY SEA CHANGES: A HISTORY OF THE WORLDS OCEANS 4
Seventy-one percent of the Earth’s surface is covered by water. That leaves only twenty-nine percent of the Earth’s surface that is covered by land. And yet, historians have forever focused on land as the place where history happens. History is even organized by the land. A quick survey the History Departments at most modern American colleges and university will demonstrate that History has come to classified by continents and nations. Students study “American” history, or “European” history, or some other unit of history rooted on terra firma. All that attention for a mere twenty-nine percent of the Earth’s surface? Does that seem right? Have historians, well, missed the boat? The colloquium is restricted to Seniors. By permission of instructor only. T. Nechtman