HISTORY 5515B      17Th And 18Th Century European History
This course is designed to present the upper-division undergraduate with a firm grasp of the major intellectual, cultural, political and economic development of 17th and 18th century Europe. It considers the bitter Thirty Years War in Century Europe, the rise of the Netherlands, the fall of Italy and Spain, the rise of constitutional and absolutist styles of government, the scientific revolution, the colonization by Europeans of the Pacific and Indian Ocean Basins, Enlightenment political philosophy, the Agricultural Revolution, and the French Revolution. Also offered for undergraduates as 415B. Graduate students will be held to a higher standard in terms of additional, in-depth historiographic research, writing, and discussion.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5516      The French Revolution And Napoleon
See course description HISTORY 416R. Fall.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5517      19Th Century European History
This upper-division course will survey significant trends in warfare, politics, economics, social relations and culture in 19th century Europe, paying particular attention to the rise of modern ideologies and identities, world hegemony, and the social technologies of dehumanization that foreshadowed the unprecedented imhumanities of the 20th century. Also offered for undergraduates as HISTORY 417R. Graduates will be held to a higher standard in terms of additional, in-depth historiographic research, writing, and discussion.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5518      20Th Century European History
This upper-division course traces the history of Europe in the 20th century. It will survey significant trends in warfare, politics, economics, social relations and culture, paying particular attention to the issues of modernity and postmodernity, imperialsim and decolonization, dehumanization and genocide as well as the role of ordinary people in these systems of mass destruction. Also offered for undergraduates as HISTORY 418R. Graduate students will be held to a higher standard in terms of additional, in-depth historiographic research, writing, and discussion.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5519      Contemporary European History: 1950-2000
This upper-division course traces the history of Europe in the period of living memory. It will survey significant trends in warfare, politics, economics social relations and culture, paying particular attention to the rise of globalization and the condition of postmodernity, decolonization and neo-colonization, European unification and everyday life. Also offered for undergraduates as HISTORY 419R. Graduate students will be held to a higher standard in terms of additional, in-depth historiographic research, writing, and discussion.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5525R      European Criminal Justice History, 500-1900
This course will survey European crime, criminal procedure, policing and punishment between 500 and 1900. Particular attention will be given to changing methods of proof (oaths, ordeals, juries); changing type of criminal activity (banditry, vagrancy, witchcraft, professional theft) and changing penal strategies (the stocks, breaking on the wheel, the workhouse, the prison, the penitentiary). English experiences are emphasized.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5526      Modern Latin America
This course studies social, political, economic and cultural trends in Latin America in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Discussion topics include nation building after Independence with an emphasis on gender and race in the creation of national identities and new forms of social stratification; integration of national economies into the world economic system; the expansion of political participation and citizenship; immigration (national and transnational) and the tensions caused by the forces of modernization and tradition. Although the purpose of the course is to provide a general background for a large and diverse region (more than 20 countries), case studies from Argentina, Mexico and Brazil will illustrate the above-mentioned themes and will provide the basis for a comparative regional perspective.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5526R      The Scientific Revolution 1500-1700
See course description HISTORY 426R.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5527      The Darwinian Revolution, 1650-1900
See course description HISTORY 427R.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5528A      History Of The Body
This advanced course will explore the new field of the history of the body, with particular attention to sexuality and gender. Topics will include the history of sexualities, the body and society, body disciplines, medical practices and representations of illness, beauty, and fashion, and the relationship between sexualities and nationalisms.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5528B      Women & Medicine:Patients & Practitioners From Antiquity-Present
This course explores, in a selective fashion, the role of women in Western Medicine both as health care providers and patients. The subject of the history of medicine is too broad to be covered comprehensively in a semester, and so we will focus on diseases or physical conditions which were believed to be limited to women-childbirth, certain mental health conditions, reproductive health, breast cancer-as well as the increasing marginalization of women within the profession of health care providers to those branches concerned primarily with ""women's problems.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5531      Medieval England, 1066 To 1485
See course description HISTORY 431R.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5532      Tudor-England, 1485-1688
This course covers the history of England from the accession of Henry VII in 1485 to the crowning of William and Mary in the Glorious Revolution. Its main emphasis is the Tudor dynasty 1485-1603 with special reference to the transformation of England into a modern state, Re-Reformation, the role of Parliament, etc. The course concludes with the major characteristics of the early Stuart period.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5533      History of Britain 1603-1832
This course analyzes the rise and fall of the Stuart dynasty and the effects of civil war, rebellion, and religious turmoil on the peoples of Britain. The domination of politics and culture by the aristocracy in the eighteenth century is examined. The rise of the Navy due to constant warfare and the exploration of the Pacific are discussed. The monarchy of George III, the loss of the American colonies, and the wars with Napoleon are examined. Finally, the Agricultural and early Industrial Revolutions are considered through an analysis of the social changes they brought in Britain and the Empire
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5536      Modern German History: 1890-1990
This course traces history of Central Europe from the fall of Bismarck to the reunification of Germany one century later. It will ask students to think critically about the relationship between state and society, elites and 'ordinary' Germans, in the various German-speaking regimes that existed over the course of this era: two empires, two interwar republics, two fascist dictatorships, and three post-fascist republics. All assigned readings will be in English; a background knowledge of European history is recommended. This course follows from HISTORY 435 HISTORY 535; the contents and assignments will be coordinated, but the former course is not a prerequisite for the latter.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5537      Nazi Germany
See course description HISTORY 437.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5544      Islam & The Arabs: The Formative Period
See course description HISTORY 444R.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5545      The Ottoman Empire In The Middle East To Wwi
See course description HISTORY 445.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5546      The Middle East From World War I To The Present
See course description HISTORY 446R.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5552      Latin American History through the Movies
This course explores the national cinemas and film industries of various regions in Latin America. Students will analyze films both as artistic endeavors and as sociological documents that provie a window into the socio-historical context of the nation in question. This course will also examine the history of Latin American cinema from the beginnngs of sound to present.
Credits: 3 hours
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