History Courses

History

Courses

Lower-Division

HILD 2A-B-C. United States A year-long lower-division course that will provide students with a background in United States history from colonial times to the present, concentrating on social, economic, and political developments. (Satisfies Muir College humanities requirement and American History and Institutions requirement.)

HILD 7A-B-C. Race and Ethnicity in the United States Lectures and discussions surveying the topics of race, slavery, demographic patterns, ethnic variety, rural and urban life in the U.S.A., with special focus on European, Asian, and Mexican immigration.

HILD 7A. Race and Ethnicity in the United States (4) A lecture-discussion course on the comparative ethnic history of the United States. Of central concern will be slavery, race, oppression, mass migrations, ethnicity, city life in industrial America, and power and protest in modern America. Smallwood

HILD 7B. Race and Ethnicity in the United States (4) A lecture-discussion course on the comparative ethnic history of the United States. Of central concern will be the Asian-American and white ethnic groups, race, oppression, mass migrations, ethnicity, city life in industrial America, and power and protest in modern America. Shah

HILD 7C. Race and Ethnicity in the United States (4) A lecture-discussion course on the comparative ethnic history of the United States. Of central concern will be the Mexican-American, race, oppression, mass migrations, ethnicity, city life in industrial America, and power and protest in modern America. Gutiérrez

HILD 10-11-12. East Asia A lower-division survey that compares and contrasts the development of China and Japan from ancient times to the present. Themes include the nature of traditional East Asian society and culture, East Asian responses to political and economic challenges posed by an industrialized West, and war, revolution and modernization in the twentieth century.

HILD 10. East Asia: The Great Tradition (4) Examines the evolving characteristics of East Asian culture and civilization before 1600. Contrasts the rise of imperial Confucian governance in China to the development of feudal society in Japan. Pickowicz, Esherick.

HILD 11. East Asia and the West (4) Compares Chinese and Japanese responses to Western imperialism after 1600, focusing on popular protest and dynastic decline in China and the rise of the modernizing nation state in Japan. Pickowicz, Esherick, Fujitani.

HILD 12. Twentieth-Century East Asia (4) Deals with the rise of East Asia in the Pacific Century. This course stresses the emergence of a regionally dominant Japan before and after World War II and examines the process of revolution and state-building in China during the Nationalist and Communist eras. Pickowicz, Esherick.

HILD 13. Twentieth-Century Japan (4) (Cross-listed with JAPN 13.) While Japan had operated on the margins of the Chinese world order up to the nineteenth century, by the twentieth century it embarked on a completely different course, symbolized by Fukuzawa Yukichi’s famous essay “escaping Asia.” This course will examine the moments of this non-Western country’s attempts to become modern. Issues will be organized chronologically, but will cover economic, social, political, and cultural events. Tanaka

Upper-Division

Please note: The following upper-division courses are offered on a regular basis, although not every class is available every year. Check with the department to see what is available each quarter.

AFRICA

Lecture Courses

HIAF 110. History of Africa to 1880 (4) A survey of pre-colonial Africa, concentrating on ancient Africa, Islam, state formation, the slave trade and abolition, and European penetration of the interior. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Reynolds. +

HIAF 111. Modern Africa Since 1880 (4) A survey of African history dealing with the European scramble for territory, primary resistance movements, the rise of nationalism and the response of metropolitan powers, the transfer of power, self-rule and military coups, and the quest for identity and unity. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Reynolds

HIAF 120. History of South Africa (4) The origins and the interaction between the peoples of South Africa. Special attention will be devoted to industrial development, urbanization, African and Afrikaner nationalism, and the origin and development of apartheid and its consequences. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Reynolds

HIAF 122. Traditional African Religions (4) A study of the meaning, structure, and sources of African traditional religion. The course examines the attitudes of mind and belief and practices which have evolved in many societies in Africa. Reynolds

HIAF 130. African Society and the Slave Trade (4) Topics include trans-Saharan trade, slavery with African societies, Atlantic slave trade, East African slave trade, problems of numbers exported and profitability, impact of slave trade on African society, and the abolition of the slave trade. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Reynolds

Colloquia

The following courses are available to both undergraduate and graduate students. Undergraduates must receive a departmental stamp or permission of the instructor to register for the course. Requirements for each course will differ for undergraduate, M.A., and Ph.D. students.

HIAF 161/261. Special Topics in African History (4) This colloquium is intended for students with sufficient background in African history. Topics, which vary from year to year, will include traditional political, economic, and religious systems, and theory and practice of indirect rule, decolonization, African socialism, and pan-Africanism. Department stamp required. Reynolds

HIAF 199. Independent Study in African History (4) Directed readings for undergraduates. Prerequisite: consent of instructor and academic adviser required.

EAST ASIA

Lecture Courses

HIEA 111. Japan: Twelfth to Mid-Nineteenth Centuries (4) Covers important political issues—such as the medieval decentralization of state power, unification in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the Tokugawa system of rule, and conflicts between rulers and ruled–while examining long-term changes in economy, society, and culture. Fujitani +

HIEA 112. Japan: From the Mid-Nineteenth Century through the U.S. Occupation (4) Topics include the Meiji Restoration, nationalism, industrialization, imperialism, Taish™ Democracy, and the Occupation. Special attention will be given to the costs as well as benefits of “modernization” and the relations between dominant and subordinated cultures and groups within Japan. Fujitani

HIEA 113. The Fifteen-Year War in Asia and the Pacific (4) Lecture-discussion course approaching the 1931-1945 war through various “local,” rather than simply national, experiences. Perspectives examined include those of marginalized groups within Japan, Japanese Americans, Pacific Islanders, and other elites and nonelites in Asian and Pacific settings. Fujitani

HIEA 114. Postwar Japan (4) Examines social, cultural, political, and economic transformations and continuities in Japan since World War II. Emphases will differ by instructor. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Fujitani and Tanaka

HIEA 115. Social and Cultural History of Twentieth-Century Japan (4) Japanese culture and society changed dramatically during the twentieth century. This course will focus on the transformation of cultural codes into what we know as “Japanese”, the politics of culture, and the interaction between individuals and society. Tanaka

HIEA 116. Japan-U.S. Relations (4) Survey of relations between Japan and the United States in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Although the focus will be on these nation-states, the course will be framed within the global transformation of societies. Topics include cultural frameworks, political and economic changes, colonialism and imperialism, and migration. Tanaka

HIEA 120. Classical Chinese Philosophy and Culture (4) Course covers the period from the second millennium B.C. to second century A.D. This is a formative period in Chinese history, witnessing the flowering of philosophical schools–Confucianism, Taoism, and Realism. It was also during this period that the foundations of Chinese political and social structures were laid down. Staff +

HIEA 121. Medieval Chinese Culture and Society (4) This course covers the period from the sixth century to thirteenth century, the time of the glorious T’ang and Sung dynasties. We focus on the “medieval revolution” that changed the political, economic, and social life of the empire. As much as possible we study these changes from the eyes of the people who lived through them–aristocrats, peasants, soldiers, merchants, women. Prerequisite: HIEA 120 recommended but not required. Staff +

HIEA 122. Late Imperial Chinese Culture and Society (4) This course surveys Chinese culture and society from the fifteenth century to the eighteenth century. We will explore the experiences of a range of political actors—emperors, scholar-officials, merchants, peasants, and women from all classes. Prerequisites: HIEA 120 and EA 121 recommended but not required. Staff +

HIEA 123. Food in Chinese History (4) This course examines the production, distribution, preparation, and consumption of food in Chinese history to illuminate such themes as state agricultural policies, regional transportation and trade networks, dynamics of social interactions and gendered divisions of labor. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Staff

HIEA 124. Science in China and the West from Ancient Times to the Seventeenth Century (4) (Same as HISC 110.) Joseph Needham asked why a scientific revolution occurred only in early modern Europe when, until that time, the Chinese had been more successful in applying knowledge of nature to society. Examination of Needham’s famous “question” and beyond. Comparative representations of the heavens, earth, and body to the arrival of the Jesuits in China. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Westman and Hanson +

HIEA 130. History of the Modern Chinese Revolution: 1800–1911 (4) This course stresses the major social, political, and intellectual problems of China in the period from the Opium War to the Revolution of 1911. Special emphasis is placed on the nature of traditional Chinese society and values, the impact of Western imperialism and popular rebellion on the traditional order, reform movements, and the origins of the early revolutionary movement. Pickowicz

HIEA 131. History of the Modern Chinese Revolution: 1911–1949 (4) This course deals with the formative period of the twentieth-century Chinese revolution. Considerable stress is placed on the iconoclastic New Culture period, the rise of the student movement, Chinese communism, the labor movement, revolutionary nationalism, and the emergence of the peasant movement. Pickowicz

HIEA 132. History of the People’s Republic of China (4) This course analyzes the history of the PRC from 1949 to the present. Special emphasis is placed on the problem of postrevolutionary institutionalization, the role of ideology, the tension between city and countryside, Maoism, the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution. Pickowicz

HIEA 133. Twentieth Century China: Cultural History (4) This course looks at how the historical problems of twentieth- century China are treated in the popular and elite cultures of the nationalist and communist eras. Special emphasis is placed on film and fiction. Knowledge of Chinese required. Pickowicz

HIEA 137. Women and Family in Chinese History (4) We explore how the Confucian philosophy influenced the way the Chinese look at the family and the role of women in it, as well as the domestic lives that men and women actually led from the classical times to the present day. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Staff +

Colloquia

HIEA 160/260. Seminar in Modern Japanese History (4) This colloquium examines controversial domestic and international issues in Japanese history from 1850 to recent times. Topics will vary from year to year. Prerequisite: department stamp, consent of instructor. Staff

HIEA 161/261. Representing Japan (4) Analyzes Anglo-American representations of Japan and “Japaneseness” from mid-nineteenth century to present. Primary focus on literary, visual, and theatrical works that have had a significant and direct impact upon popular (or public) culture and perceptions. Prerequisite: department stamp or consent of instructor. Fujitani

HIEA 162/262. History of Women in China (4) This course concerns women in Chinese history in Imperial times. This course will focus on women’s changing roles in the family, society, and culture. Topics will vary from year to year. Requirements will vary for undergraduate, M.A., and Ph.D. students. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Hanson

HIEA 164/264. Seminar in Late Imperial Chinese History (4) Special topics in late Imperial Chinese history. Topics will vary from year to year. Requirements will vary for M.A. and Ph.D. students. Graduate students may be expected to submit a more substantial piece of work. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Staff

HIEA 167/267. Special Topics in Modern Chinese History (4) This seminar examines controversial, domestic, and international issues in Chinese history from 1800 to recent times. Prerequisite: department stamp or consent of instructor. Esherick

HIEA 168/268. Topics in Classical and Medieval Chinese History (4) This course covers specific topics in Chinese society, thought, religion, culture, and history from the Zhon through the Song dynasties. It always involves reading primary sources. Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor, department stamp. Cahill +

HIEA 170/270. Seminar of Science, Technology, and Medicine in China (4) In this course students will examine Chinese history through writings on nature, the heavens, and the human body. The focus will be on the traditional Chinese sciences: medicine, divination, astronomy, alchemy, and geomancy. Discussion will be based on primary Chinese sources in English translation including literary, religious, philosophical, governmental, and medical texts. Prerequisite: department stamp. Hanson

HIEA 199. Independent Study in East Asian History (4) Directed reading for undergraduates under the supervision of various faculty members. Prerequisite: consent of instructor required. Staff

EUROPE

See Histof ry oScience for more European courses (HISC 101ABC, HISC 106)

Lecture Courses

HIEU 101. Greece in the Classical Age (4) The social, political, and cultural history of the ancient Greek world from the Persian Wars to the death of Alexander the Great (480–323 B.C.). Mosshammer +

HIEU 102. The Roman Republic (4) The political, economic, and intellectual history of the Roman world from the foundation of Rome to the time of Julius Caesar. Mosshammer +

HIEU 103. The Roman Empire (4) The political, economic, and intellectual history of the Roman world from the time of Julius Caesar to the death of Justinian (A.D. 565). Mosshammer +

HIEU 104. Byzantine Empire (4) A survey course of the history of the Byzantine state from the reign of Constantine to the fall of Constan-tinople. This course will emphasize the importance of the Byzantine state within a larger European focus, its relationship to the emerging Arab states, its political and cultural contributions to Russia and the late medieval west. Staff +

HIEU 109. European Nationalism from a Historical Perspective (4) An exploration of the origins, evolution, and role of nationalism in European history, from the French Revolution to the present. Nationalism has been a major force in consolidating nation-states, in creating modern identities, and in mobilizing mass movements in the modern world, and most scholars locate its birthplace in Europe. The course will provide a comparative history of nationalism as idea and political movement in each of the major European countries, as well as a more thematic analysis of scholarly approaches to the construction of nationalism and national identities. Radcliff +

HIEU 110. The Rise of Europe (4) The development of European society and culture from the decline of the Roman Empire to 1050. Prerequisit: Humanities sequence or its equivalent. Caciola +

HIEU 111. Europe in the Middle Ages (4) The development of European society and culture from 1050 to 1400. Prerequisite: Humanities sequence or its equivalent. Caciola +

HIEU 113. Rule, Conflict, and Dissent in the Middle Ages (4) This course explores the question of religious and political dissent in Europe from the twelfth through the fifteenth centuries. We will explore the tensions between ideal models of religious and cultural unity, and the realities of community conflict, heretical controversies, and popular uprisings. Caciola +

HIEU 115/VIS 121E. The Pursuit of the Millennium (4) The year 2000 provokes questions about the transformation of time, culture, and society. Taking the year 1000 as a touchstone, this class examines the history of apocalyptic expectations in the Middle Ages through a close scrutiny of both texts and art. Caciola/Smith +

HIEU 120. The Renaissance in Italy (4) The social, political, and cultural transformation of late-medieval Italy from the heyday of mercantile expansion before the plague to the dissolution of the Italian state system with the French invasions of 1494. Special focus upon family, associational life and factionalism in the city, the development of the techniques of capitalist accumulation, and the spread of humanism. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Marino +

HIEU 121. Early Modern Italy (4) Society, politics, and culture in the Italian states from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment provide a laboratory to study the complex interaction and transformation of a wide variety of social and political systems. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Marino +

HIEU 122. Politics Italian Renaissance Style (4) Modern political and historical thought find their roots in the realistic examination of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Italian political experience. Contemporary Renaissance humanists and thinkers—Machiavelli, Guicciardini, Castiglione, Botero, and Campanella—tested classical, Christian, and legal models against practical necessities. Marino +

HIEU 123. Renaissance Europe (4) This course explores the age of the Renaissance from approximately the middle of the fourteenth century to the middle of the sixteenth (1350-1550) as a period of great change and diversity, a dynamic moment of discovery, exploration, and expansion, not only in geography but also in politics, economics, religion, art, and science. Marino +

HIEU 124/VIS 122E. The City in Italy (4) Each of the great Italian cities has a style and heritage all its own. This course considers the social, political, economic, and religious aspects of civic life which gave rise to the unique characteristics of such cities as Florence, Siena, Venice, or Rome. Emphasis will be placed on the function and content of civic art, the architecture of public buildings, and the design of the urban environment. The specific content of the course, the city or cities and periods under consideration, will vary. Marino +

HIEU 125. Reformation Europe (4) The intellectual and social history of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation from the French invasions to the Edict of Nantes. Emphasis is upon reform from below and above, the transformation of grass-roots spirituality into institutional control. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Marino +

HIEU 126. Age of Expansion: Europe and the World, 1400–1600 (4) Course will begin with a survey of the major empires of the fifteenth century, concentrating on the links between them. It will then examine the entrance of Europeans on the global scene in the sixteenth century. This part of the course will examine European/ non-European encounters, focusing on perceptions, economic interaction, and institutional adaptation and will emphasize the Hispanic American, Ottoman, and Indian Ocean cases. Ringrose and Marino +

HIEU 127. Sport in the Modern World (4) This course looks at the phenomenon of sport in all of its social, cultural, political, and economic aspects. The starting point will be the emergence of modern sport in nineteenth-century Britain, but the focus will be global. Since the approach will be topical rather than chronological, students should already have a good knowledge of world history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Edelman

HIEU 128. Europe Since 1945 An analysis of European history since the end of the Second World War. Focus is on political, social, economic, and cultural developments within European societies as well as on Europe’s relationship with the wider world (the Cold War, decolonization). Biess

HIEU 129. Paris, Past and Present (4) This course surveys the historical and cultural significance of Paris from about 1500 to the present. The focus is on interactions between political, architectural, and urban evolutions, and the changing populations of Paris in times of war, revolutions, and peace. Truant +

HIEU 130. Europe in the Eighteenth Century (4) A lecture-discussion course focusing on Europe from 1688-1789. Emphasis is on the social, cultural, and intellectual history of France, Germany, and England. Topics considered will include family life, urban and rural production and unrest, the poor, absolutism, and the Enlightenment from Voltaire to Rousseau. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Truant +

HIEU 131. The French Revolution: 1789–1814 (4) This course examines the Revolution in France and its impact in Europe and the Caribbean. Special emphasis will be given to the origins of the Revolution, the development of political and popular radicalism and symbolism from 1789 to 1794, the role of political participants (e.g., women, sans-culottes, Robespierre), and the legacy of revolutionary wars and the Napeoleonic system on Europe. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Truant +

HIEU 132. German Politics and Culture: 1648–1848 (4) A lecture-discussion course on the political and cultural history of Germany in the early modern period. Luft +

HIEU 133. Gender in Antiquity and the Early Medieval Mediterranean (4) This course discusses sex and gender at the end of the classical period and its development into the Middle Ages in both Eastern and Western Mediterranean. Course will examine the ways in which our medieval predecessors assigned gender traits and relationships to members of society. It will approach the topic in part through an examination of the language used about gender and in part through use of modern gender theories. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Staff +

HIEU 134. The Formation of the Russian Empire, 800–1855 (4) State-building and imperial expansion among the peoples of the East Slavic lands of Europe and Asia from the origins of the Russian state in ninth-century Kiev, through Peter the Great’s empire up to the middle of the nineteenth century. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Edelman +

HIEU 135. European Economy and Society: 1000–1750 Underlying structures of rural economy and society, geography, population, resources, technology. Evolution of commercial cities, unification of the European market systems, mercantilism, emergence of bureaucracies. Economic and social background of the industrial revolution. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Ringrose +

HIEU 136. The Napoleonic Era (4) A study of the social, intellectual, military, and political currents in French history from 1799 to 1815. Special emphasis on Napoleonic France’s interactions with Europe, the non-European world, women, and the military. Lectures, slides, readings, and discussions. Truant and Cardoza

HIEU 136A. European Society and Social Thought, 1688–1870 (4) A lecture and discussion course on European political and cultural development and social theory from 1688-1870. Important writings will be considered both as responses to and as provocations for political and cultural change. Truant +

HIEU 136B. European Society and Social Thought, 1870–1989 (4) A lecture and discussion course on European political and cultural development and theory from 1870-1989. Important writings will be considered both as responses to and as provocations for political and cultural change. J. M. Hughes

HIEU 138. Imperial Spain, 1476–1808 (4) The rise and decline of Spain’s European empire from Ferdinand and Isabella to 1700. The revival of Spain and her return to European affairs in the eighteenth century. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or graduate standing. Ringrose +

HIEU 139. The Origins of Constitutions (4) The course will cover the development of constitutional ideas and institutions from the twelfth century to the U.S. Constitution. Students will read legal texts and commentaries that established the foundations of the ideas of the rule of law, limited government, inalienable rights, and the independent judiciary. Students will study the formation of institutions such as parliament, the court system, and common law. The course will start and finish with an analysis of the U.S. Constitution. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Chodorow +

HIEU 141. European Diplomatic History, 1870–1945 (4) European imperialism, alliances, and the outbreak of the First World War. The postwar settlement and its breakdown. The advent of Hitler and the disarray of the western democracies. The Second World War and the emergence of the super powers. J.M. Hughes

HIEU 142. European Intellectual History, 1780–1870 (4) European thought from the late Enlightenment and the French Revolution to Marx and Baudelaire, emphasizing the origins of romanticism, idealism, and positivism in England, Germany, and France. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Luft

HIEU 143. European Intellectual History, 1870–1945 (4) A lecture-discussion course on the crisis of bourgeois culture, the redefinition of Marxist ideology, and the transformation of modern social theory. Readings will include Nietzsche, Sorel, Weber, Freud, and Musil. (This course satisfies the minor in the Humanities Program.) Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Luft

HIEU 146. Fascism, Communism, and the Crisis of Liberal Democracy: Europe 1919–1945 (4) A consideration of the political, social, and cultural crisis that faced Western liberal democracies in the interwar period, with emphasis on the mass movements that opposed bourgeois liberalism from both the left and the right. Radcliff

HIEU 147. The History of Women in Europe: Middle Ages to the Early Modern Era (4) This course explores shifts in the roles and representations of women from the early middle ages, through the Renaissance and Reformation, and up to the seventeenth century. Topics will be examined across the European social order and include gender and sexuality, holy women, religious movements, and production and reproduction. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Truant +

HIEU 148. European Women: the Enlightenment to the Victorian Era (4) This course explores shifts in the roles and representations of women from the late seventeenth century to about 1870. Topics are examined across the European social order and include: gender and sexuality, women writers and print culture, women’s participation in the French and industrial revolutions, and the emergence of feminist movements. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Truant +

HIEU 149. History of Women in Europe: 1870 to the Present (4) This course explores the history of women across classes from 1870 to the present, with an emphasis on the variety of women’s experience and the efforts towards and obstacles to empowerment. Topics include: women and the state, science and gender, feminist movements and the evolution of women’s work. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Radcliff

HIEU 150. Modern British History (4) Emphasis on changes in social structure and corresponding shifts in political power. The expansion and the end of empire. Two World Wars and the erosion of economic leadership. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor. J.M. Hughes

HIEU 151. Spain since 1808 (4) Social, political, cultural history of Spain since Napoleon. Features second Spanish Republic, the Civil War, Franco era, and transition to democracy. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Ringrose

HIEU 153A. Nineteenth-Century France (4) A study of the social, intellectual, and political currents in French history from the Revolution of 1789 to the eve of the First World War. Lectures, slides, films, readings, and discussions. Staff

HIEU 153B. Twentieth-Century France (4) A study of the social, intellectual, and political currents in French history from the First World War to the present. Lectures, slides, films, readings, and discussions. Staff

HIEU 154. Modem German History: From Bismarck to Hitler (4) An analysis of the volatile course of German history from unification to the collapse of the Nazi dictatorship. Focus is on domestic developments inside Germany as well as on their impact on European and global politics in the twentieth century. Biess

HIEU 155. Modern Austria (4) The political, social, and intellectual history of Austria from Maria Theresa to the First Republic with special emphasis on the crisis of liberal culture in the late nineteenth century. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Luft

HIEU 156. The Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, 1855–1991 (4) War, revolution, development, and terror in the multi-national empires of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Edelman

Colloquia

HIEU 160/260. Topics in the History of Greece (4) A seminar focusing on selected topics in Greek history from the Bronze Age to the Roman Conquest. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Mosshammer

HIEU 161/261. Topics in Roman History (4) A seminar focusing on selected topics in Roman history and culture from the period of the Kings to the later Roman Empire. Prerequisite: upper-division or graduate standing or consent of instructor. Mosshammer +

HIEU 163/263. Special Topics in Medieval History (4) Intensive study of special problems or periods in the history of medieval Europe. Topics vary from year to year, and students may therefore repeat the course for credit. Prerequisites: background in European history and upper-division standing. Caciola +

HIEU 165/265. Special Topics in Early Modern Spain (4) Readings and discussion of recent studies on Spain in the early modern period: the Hapsburg Empire to 1700, social and economic conditions of Spain in the Enlightenment of the eighteenth century, and the breakup of the Old Regime after 1790. Prerequisite: background in European history. Ringrose +

HIEU 167/267. Special Topics in the Social History of Early Modern Europe (4) Topic varies from year to year. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: upper-division or graduate standing. Truant +

HIEU 171/271. Special Topics in Twentieth-Century Europe (4) This course alternates with HIEU 170. Topics will vary from year to year. Prerequisite: background in European history. Staff

HIEU 172/272. War in the Twentieth Century (4) Reckonings by novelists, essayists, and biographers with the phenomenon of contemporary warfare as an unprecedented experience and an abiding threat. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor. J.M. Hughes

HIEU 175/275. Selected Topics in the History of Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Spain (4) Topics may include economic development, modernization, political change, intellectual history, and the transition to democracy. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Ringrose

HIEU 177/277. Special Topics in Modern German Thought (4) Topics will vary from year to year. (Satisfies the Humanities Program minor.) Prerequisite: background in European history. Luft

HIEU 177A/277A. The Two Germanys Since 1945 An analysis of the parallel and divergent paths of East and West Germany since 1945. Focus is on the close interrelationship between both postwar societies as well as on the origins of the East German revolution and unification in 1989–90. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Biess

HIEU 178/278. Topics in Russian History and Popular Culture (4) Topics will vary from year to year. Graduate students are required to submit a more substantial paper. Prere-quisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Edelman

HIEU 180/280. Topics in European Women’s History (4) The specific content of the course will vary from year to year, but will always analyze in depth a limited number of issues in European women’s history. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Radcliff, Truant

HIEU 199. Independent Study in European History (4) Directed readings for undergraduates under the supervision of various faculty members. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Staff

Latin America

Lecture Courses

HILA 100. Latin America–Colonial Transformations (4) Lecture-discussion survey of Latin America from the pre-Columbian era to 1825. It addresses such issues as the nature of indigenous cultures, the implanting of colonial institutions, native resistance and adaptations, late colonial growth and the onset of independence. Van Young +

HILA 101. Latin America: The Construction of Independence 1810–1898 (4) Lecture-discussion survey of Latin America in the nineteenth century. It addresses such issues as the collapse of colonial practices in the society and economy as well as the creation of national governments, political instability, disparities among regions within particular countries, and of economies oriented toward the export of goods to Europe and the United States. Van Young

HILA 102. Latin America in the Twentieth Century (4) This course surveys the history of the region by focusing on two interrelated phenomena: the absence of democracy in most nations and the region’s economic dependence on more advanced countries, especially the United States. Among the topics discussed will be the Mexican Revolution, the military in politics, labor movements, the wars in Central America, liberation theology, and the current debt crisis. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Monteón

HILA 103. Revolution in Modern Latin America A political, economic, and social examination of the causes and consequences of the Mexican, Cuban, and Nicaraguan revolutions. Also examine guerrilla movements that failed to gain power in their respective countries, namely the Shinning Path in Peru, FARC in Colombia, and the Zapatistas in Mexico. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Staff

HILA 104. Modern U.S.-Latin American Relations A survey of inter-American relations during the twentieth century. Emphasis will be placed on U.S. territorial and economic expansion, U.S. national-security and ideological morality, and Latin American efforts to influence U.S. policy in order to strengthen, in most cases, elite domination of society. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Staff

HILA 107. State and Society in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Latin America (4) This course seeks to outline the main trends of thought concerning state theory and to evaluate how and when such trends have either been applied or originated in Latin American history. Special consideration will be given to the ways in which peasants and Indians participated in the molding of modern states in Latin America and created their “own” ways of political participation. The final issue we want to address is the question about the “political projects” that can be identified through a reading of nineteenth- and twentieth-century history. Hünefeldt

HILA 113. Lord and Peasant in Latin America (4) Examination of the historical roots of population problems, social conflict, and revolution in Latin America, with emphasis on man/land relationships. Special emphasis on modern reform efforts and on Mexico, Cuba, Brazil, and Argentina. Lecture, discussion, reading, and films. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Van Young

HILA 115. The Latin American City, a History (4) A survey of the development of urban forms of Latin America and of the role that cities played in the region as administrative and economic centers. After a brief survey of pre-Columbian centers, the lectures will trace the development of cities as outposts of the Iberian empires and as “city-states” that formed the nuclei of new nations after 1810. The course concentrates primarily on the cities of South America, but some references will be made to Mexico City. It ends with a discussion of modern social ills and Third World urbanization. Lima, Santiago de Chile, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, and Sao Paulo are its principal examples. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Monteón

HILA 120. History of Argentina (4) A survey from the colonial period to the present, with an emphasis on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Among the topics covered: the expansion of the frontier, the creation of a cosmopolitan, predominately European culture, and the failure of industrialization to provide an economic basis for democracy. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Monteón

HILA 121. History of Brazil (4) From colonial times to the present, with an emphasis on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Among the topics covered: the evolution of a slave-based economy, the key differences among regions, the military in politics, and the creation of the most populous and industrialized country in Latin America. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Monteón

HILA 122. Cuba: From Colony to Socialist Republic A lecture-discussion course on the historical roots of revolutionary Cuba, with special emphasis on the impact of the United States on the island’s development and society. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Borges

HILA 123. The Incas and Their Ancestors (4) The Incas called their realm Tahuantinsuyu (Land of the Four Quarters). But the Incas were only one of the many ethnic groups in the Andean region. Many different other groups became a part of the Tahuantinsuyu in the wake of Inca expansion. Over the past decade new and fascinating information on these processes have been published, and allows for a re-reading of Inca history between 900 and 1535. Hünefeldt +

HILA 131. A History of Mexico (4) A century of Mexican history, 1821-1924: the quest for political unity and economic solvency, the forging of a nationality, the Gilded Age and aftermath, the ambivalent Revolution of Zapata and his enemies. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor. +

HILA 132. A History of Contemporary Mexico (4) The paradox of a conservative state as heir to a legendary social upheaval, with special emphasis on the mural art renaissance, the school crusade, the economic dilemma, and the failure to eradicate poverty and inequality. Lectures and discussion. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.

Colloquia

HILA 160/260. Topics in Latin American Colonial History, 1500–1820 (4) Topics will deal with the social, economic, and political history of the Spanish and Portuguese experience in the new world and the presence of the black and the indian. Prerequisites: department stamp required and background in Latin American history. Van Young +

HILA 161/261. History of Women in Latin America (4) A broad historical overview of Hispanic-American women’s history focusing on issues of gender, sexuality, and the family as they relate to women, as well as the historiographical issues in Latin American and Chicana women’s history. Prerequisites: upper-division standing and consent of instructor. Staff

HILA 162/262. Special Topics in Latin American History (4) Topics will vary from year to year or quarter to quarter. May be repeated for an infinite number of times due to the nature of the content of the course always changing. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Hünefeldt

HILA 166/266. Cuba: From Colony to Socialist Republic (4) A colloquium on the historical roots of revolutionary Cuba, with special emphasis on the impact of the United States on the island’s development and society. Staff

HILA 170/270. Topics in Latin American History, 1820–1910 Topics may vary from year to year. May be repeated for credit. Requirements will vary for undergraduate, M.A., and Ph.D. students. Graduate students must be required to submit a more substantial piece of work. Prerequisite: upper-division or graduate standing. Hünefeldt

HILA 171/271. Topics in Latin American History 1910 Topics may vary from year to year. May be repeated for credit. Requirements will vary for undergraduates, M.A., and Ph.D. students. Graduate students must be required to submit a more substantial piece of work. Prerequisite: upper-division or graduate standing. Monteón

HILA 199. Independent Study in Latin American History (4) Directed readings for undergraduates under the supervision of various faculty members. Prerequisite: consent of instructor and department stamp. Staff

NEAR EAST

Lecture Courses

HINE 100. The Ancient Near East and Israel (4) Introduction to the history and literature of ancient Israel, from c.1200 B.C.E. to c. 500 B.C.E. Reading from the Bible, historical and archaeological surveys, and studies of authorship. Professors D.N. Freedman (Hist), W.H. Propp (Hist), R.E. Friedman (Lit) +

HINE 104. The Bible and the Near East: The Primary History (4) This course covers the first nine books of the Hebrew Bible, including the Torah and Former Prophets. D.N. Freedman +

HINE 105. The Bible and the Near East: The Prophets (4) This course covers the four books of the Latter Prophets, including the three major prophets, Isaiah, Ezekiel, and Jeremiah, and the twelve minor prophets. D.N. Freedman +

HINE 106. The Bible and the Near East: The Writings (4) This course covers the books of the Hebrew Bible not covered in HINE 104 and HINE 105. It will include Psalms, Proverbs, Job, the Megillot, Daniel, and the Chronicler’s Work. D.N. Freedman +

HINE 108. The Middle East before Islam (4) The peoples, politics, and cultures of Southwest Asia and Egypt from the sixth century B.C.E. to the seventh century C.E. The Achemenid Empire, the Ptolemaic and Seleucid kingdoms, the Roman Orient, the Parthian and Sasanian states. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Goodblatt +

HINE 109. Learning to Read Biblical Hebrew Inculcation of the linguistic and grammatical knowledge needed to understand the Hebrew Bible in its original tongue. Emphasis is placed on acquiring a basic vocabulary, mastering fundamentals of grammar, and practice at reading. No previous knowledge of Hebrew is required. Freedman +

HINE 114. History of the Islamic Middle East A survey of the Middle East from the rise of Islam to the region’s economic, political, and cultural integration into the West (mid-nineteenth century). Emphasis on socioeconomic and political change in the early Arab empires and the Ottoman state. Kayali +

HINE 116. The Middle East in the Age of European Empires (1798–1914) (4) Examines the contacts of the late Ottoman Empire and Qajar Iran with Europe from the Napoleonic invasion of Egypt to World War I, the diverse facets of the relationship with the West, and the reshaping of the institutions of the Islamic states and societies. Kayali

HINE 118. The Middle East in the Twentieth Century (4) An introduction to the history of the Middle East since 1914. Themes such as nationalism, imperialism, the oil revolution, and religious revivalism will be treated within a broad chronological and comparative framework drawing on the experience of selected countries. Kayali

HINE 151A/251A. Introduction to Aramaic Language (4) General introduction to Aramaic dialects, intense study of Targumic Aramaic. Prerequisites: knowledge of Hebrew alphabet; acquaintance with a cognate Semitic language highly desirable. Propp

HINE 151B/251B. Introduction to Aramaic Dialects (4) Study of Ancient Inscriptional Persian Imperial and Syriac Aramaic. Propp

HINE 151C/251C. Introduction to Aramaic Dialects (4) Study of Qumran and Babylonian Talmudic Aramaic. Propp

HINE 152A/252A. The Evolution of the Northwest Semitic Dialects (4) Priciples of historical linguistics, application to the languages of the ancient Levant. Prerequisites: knowledge of at least one Semitic language; a course in general linguistics is also desirable. Propp

HINE 152B/252B. Introduction to Ugaritic (4) Decipherment of Ugaritic tablets, history, and culture of ancient Ugarit, study of Ugaritic mythic texts. Propp

HINE 152C/252C. Advanced Ugaritic (4) Continued study of Ugaritic literature, comparison with Canaanite inscriptions. Propp

HINE 153A/253A. Introduction to Akkadian Language and Mesopotamian Culture (4) Students study cuneiform script and elements of Babylonian-Assyrian grammar, as well as the history of Ancient Mesopotamia. Propp

HINE 153B/253B. Continued Akkadian Language (4) Student begin to read and analyze ancient Mesopotamian texts from a variety of genres. Propp

HINE 153C/253C. Advanced Akkadian Language (4) Continued study of Mesopotamia literature and history. Propp

Colloquia

HINE 161/HINE 261. Seminar in the Hebrew Bible (4) Systematic reading and rendering of the books of the Hebrew Bible in order. Each time the class is taught, we will look at a different book. Adequate knowledge of Biblical Hebrew is required. Graduate students will have to write an extra paper or exam. Prerequisites: Judiac Studies 103, graduate standing, or consent of instructor. Freedman +

HINE 166/266. Nationalism in the Middle East (4) Growth of nationalism in relation to imperialism, religion, and revolution in the nineteenth- and twentieth-century Middle East. Emergence of cultural and political ethnic consciousness in the Ottoman state. Compa-rative study of Arab, Iranian, and Turkish nationalism as well as Zionism. Prerequisite: department stamp or consent of instructor. Kayali

HINE 170/270. Special Topics in Jewish History (4) This course studies a period or theme in Jewish history. Topics will vary from year to year. Prerequisite: department stamp required. Goodblatt

HINE 171A/271A. Introduction to Aramaic Language (4) General introduction to Aramaic dialects, intense study of Targumic Aramaic.Prerequisites: knowledge of Hebrew alphabet; acquaintance with a cognate Semitic language highly desirable. Propp +

HINE 171B/271B. Introduction to Aramaic Dialects (4) Study of Ancient Inscriptional, Persian, Imperial, and Syriac Aramaic. Prerequisite: HINE 171A/271A. Propp +

HINE 171C/271C. Continued Study of Aramaic Dialects (4) Study of Qumran and Babylonian Talmudic Aramaic. Prerequisite: HINE171B/271B. Propp +

HINE 172A/272A. The Evolution of the Northwest Semitic Dialects (4) Principles of historical linguistics, application to the languages of the ancient Levant. Prerequisites: knowledge of at least one Semitic language; a course in general linguistics also desirable. Propp +

HINE 172B/272B. Introduction to Ugaritic (4) Decipherment of Ugaritic tablets, history and culture of ancient Ugarit, study of Ugaritic mythic texts. Prerequisite: HINE172A/272A. Propp +

HINE 172C/272C. Advanced Ugaritic (4) Continued study of Ugaritic literature, comparison with Canaanite inscriptions. Prerequisite: HINE 172B/272B. Propp +

HINE 173A/273A. Introduction to Akkadian Language and Mesopotamian Culture (4) Students study cuneiform script and elements of Babylonian-Assyrian grammar, as well as the history of ancient Mesopotamia. Propp +

HINE 173B/273B. Continued Akkadian Language (4) Students begin to read and analyze ancient Mesopo-tamian texts from a variety of genres. Prerequisite: HINE 173A/273A. Propp +

HINE 173C/273C. Advanced Akkadian Language (4) Continued study of Mesopotamian literature and history. Prerequisite: HINE 173B/273B. Propp +

HINE 181/281. Problems in the Study of Hebrew Manuscripts (4) Detailed study of a portion of biblical text. Focus on text-critical and source-critical problems. Prerequisite: upper-division or graduate standing. Propp +

HINE 186/286. Special Topics in Middle Eastern History (4) Focused study of historical roots of contemporary problems in the Middle East: Islamic modernism and Islamist movements; contacts with the West; ethnic and religious minorities; role of the military; economic resources and development. Department stamp and permission of instructor. Kayali

HINE 199. Independent Study in Near Eastern History (4) Directed readings for undergraduates under the supervision of various faculty members. Prerequisite: consent of instructor . Staff

HISTORY OF RELIGION

HIRE 115. Women in Chinese Religions (4) This course covers east Asian religions and traditions including: Daoism, Buddhism, Confusianism, and Falk religions. Topics will vary each quarter. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Cahill +

HIRE 120. Buddhist Thought and Practice (4) An introduction to the Buddhist religion, with attention to its moral and philosophical teachings, its modes of practice (e.g. meditation, ritual), and its social and institutional contexts. The course takes a historical approach, concentrating on the traditions as they developed within India. Cohen

HISTORY OF SCIENCE

Lecture Courses

HISC 100. The Discovery of Deep Time (4) The discovery of the vast scale of the past history of the natural world, and the consequent dwarfing of human history, from the chronologies of the seventeenth century, through the emergence of the science of geology, to the planetary histories of the twentieth century. Staff

HISC 101A. Science in the Greek and Roman World (4) A survey of the principal features of ancient science: the origins of Greek naturalism, the criticism of magic, notions of quantification. Topics may include astronomy, astrology, geography, geometry, optics, mechanics and physical theory, classification of living beings, and human cognition. Emphasis on primary sources, such as the presocratic natural philosophers: Plato, Artistotle, Euclid, Archimedes, Ptolemy, Pliny Galen, and Proclus. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Westman and Giard +

HISC 101B. Medieval Science in the Latin West, ca. 500–1500 (4) Styles of the medieval scientific imagination. Reception and assimilation of the learning of the ancient world, especially Aristotle, Plato, Euclid, Galen, and Ptolemy. Struggles to reconcile Greek, Arabic, and Christian ideals of knowledge. Rise of universities. Natural philosophy, logic, geometry, optics, astronomy, astrology, mechanics, geography, and classification of living beings. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Westman and Giard +

HISC 101C. Early Modern Science (4) Early forms of modern science, mid-15th to 17th centuries. The revolution in printing. Sites of knowledge-making: university and court cultures, museums, academies. Astrology, astronomy, literature of the heavens, prophecy and apocalyptic expectation. Natural history, medicine, alchemy, magic and the physico-mathematical sciences. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Westman and Giard +

HISC 104. History of Popular Science (4) Historical aspects of the popularization of science. The changing relation between expert science and popular understanding. The reciprocal impact of scientific discoveries and theories, and popular conceptions of the natural world. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Staff

HISC 105. History of Environmentalism (4) History of human effects on the natural environment, and with environmentalist interpretations of the history of science. Staff

HISC 106. The Scientific Revolution (4) A cultural history of the formation of early modern science in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries: the social forms of scientific life; the construction and meaning of the new cosmologies from Copernicus to Newton; the science of politics and the politics of science; the origins of experimental practice; how Sir Isaac Newton restored law and order to the West. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Westman +

HISC 107. The Emergence of Modern Science The development of the modern conception of the sciences, and of the modern social and institutional structure of scientific activity, chiefly in Europe, during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Staff

HISC 108. Science and Technology in the Twentieth Century (4) The origins and development of the modern scientific-technological enterprise, with science in industry, government, and war. Cultural, social, and economic implications of major scientific advances. The changing social role of the scientist. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Oreskes

HISC 110. Science in China and the West from Ancient Times to the Seventeenth Century (4) Joseph Needham asked why a scientific revolution occurred only in early modern Europe when, until that time, the Chinese had been more successful in applying knowledge of nature to society. Examination of Needham’s famous “question” and beyond. Comparative representations of the heavens, earth, and body to the arrival of the Jesuits in China. Westman and Hanson +

HISC 111. Origins of the Atomic Age (4) The atomic bomb changed the world. We examine the origins and impact of the atomic age: the discovery of radioactivity; the Manhattan project and bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki; the H-bomb, nuclear fallout, and the modern environmental movement. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Oreskes

Colloquia

HISC 160/260. Historical Approaches to the Study of Science (4) Major recent publications in the history of science will be discussed and analyzed; the topics will range in period from the seventeenth century to the twentieth, and will deal with all major branches of natural science. Special topics. Topics will vary from year to year. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Staff

HISC 162/262. Problems in the History of Science and Religion (4) Intensive study of specific problems in the relation between science and religion. The problems may range in period from the Renaissance to the twentieth century. Topics vary from year to year, and students may therefore repeat the course for credit. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Staff

HISC 163/263. Topics in the History of the Life and Earth Sciences (4) Intensive study of specific problems in the life sciences and earth sciences, ranging in period from the Renaissance to the twentieth century. Topics vary from year to year, and students may therefore repeat the course for credit. Staff

HISC 164/264. Topics in the History of the Physical Sciences Intensive study of specific problems in the physical (including chemical and mathematical) sciences, ranging in period from the Renaissance to the twentieth century. Topics vary from year to year, and students may therefore repeat the course for credit. R.M. Friedman

HISC 165/265. Topics in 20th Century Science and Culture This is a seminar open to advanced undergraduates and graduate students, which explores topics at the interface of science, technology, and culture, from the late nineteenth century to the present. Topics change yearly; may be repeated for credit with instructor’s permission. Requirements vary for undergraduates, M.A. and Ph.D. students. Graduate students are required to submit a more substantial piece of work. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Oreskes

HISC 199. Independent Study in the History of Science (4) Directed readings for undergraduates under the supervision of various faculty members. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Staff

UNITED STATES

See History of Science for more U.S. courses (HISC 105, HISC 108, HISC 111)

Lecture Courses

HIUS 100. Colonial Period to 1763 (4) Political and social history of the thirteen colonies: European background, settlement and expansion, beginnings of culture, and the imperial context. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Staff +

HIUS 101. The American Revolution (4) Causes and consequences of the revolution: intellectual and social change, the problems of the new nation, the Constitution, and the origins of political parties. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Staff +

HIUS 102. The Age of Encounters, 1492–1630 (4) Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans in North America from Columbus’ first voyage to early English colonization. Emphasis on cultural, political, and ecological consequences of contact. Topics include the Spanish Conquest, the origins of the African slave trade, Iroquois-French commerce, and the early history of California. Staff +

HIUS 105. Thomas Jefferson and Early American History (4) This course will study Thomas Jefferson, both as an influential American in his own right and as a window onto the age of the American Revolution, the Enlightenment, and the early American Republic. Students will read both biographical materials and original documents to address various aspects of Jefferson’s life and times. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Staff +

HIUS 107. The Early Republic (4) This course will examine the transformation of American society and politics between the American Revolution and the Jacksonian period. Topics to be considered include the emergence of domesticity, the development of political parties, the expansion of capitalist relations, the debate over slavery, the early labor movement, and the origins and motivations of middle-class reform. Meranze +

HIUS 108/ETHN 112. History of Native Americans in the United States This course examines the history of Native Americans in the United States, with emphasis on the lifeways, mores, warfare, and relations with the United States government. Attention is given to the background and evolution of acculturation up to the present day. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Frank

HIUS 114. California History (4) This course examines California history from 1800 onward, with an emphasis on social, economic, and political change. The course will explore the effect of national and international events as well as the ways in which California–the ideal and the real–shapes the American experience. Staff

HIUS 115. History of Sexuality in the United States Constructions of sex and sexuality in the United States from the time of pre-contact Native America to the present, focusing on sexual behaviors, sexual ideologies, and the uses of sexuality for social control. Staff

HIUS 116. War and American Society (4) The connection between social relations and America’s wars. Ways that American society has influenced decisions to prepare for or go to war as well as the impact of war on class relations and ideologies of race and gender. Wars considered will include the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, the two World Wars, and Korea and Vietnam. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Staff

HIUS 117. History of Los Angeles (4) This course examines the history of Los Angeles from the early nineteenth century to the present. Particular issues to be addressed include urbanization, ethnicity, politics, technological change, and cultural diversification. Staff

HIUS 122. History and Hollywood: America and the Movies Since the Great Depression (4) A lecture-discussion course utilizing written texts and films to explore major themes in American politics and culture from the Great Depression through the 1990s. Topics will include the wars of America, McCarthyism, the counter-culture of the 1960s, and the transformation of race and gender relations. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Parrish

HIUS 124/ETHN 125. Asian American History Explore how Asian Americans were involved in the political, economic, and cultural formation of United States society. Topics include migration; labor systems; gender, sexuality and social organization; racial ideologies and anti-Asian movements; and nationalism and debates over citizenship. Shah

HIUS 131. Cultural History from the Civl War to the Present (4) This course will focus on the transformation of work and leisure and the development of consumer culture. Students will consider connections between culture, class relations, gender ideology, and politics. Topics will include labor radicalism, Taylorism, the development of organized sports, the rise of department stores, the transformation of middle-class sexual morality, the growth of commercial entertainment, and the culture of the cold war. Klein

HIUS 134. Art and Society in America The evolution and interaction of American art and society from the colonial period to the early twentieth century. Staff

HIUS 135A/ETHN 170A. Origins of the Atlantic World, c. 1450–1650 (4) An examination of interactions among the peoples of western Europe, Africa, and the Americas that transformed the Atlantic basin into an interconnected “Atlantic World.” Topics will include maritime technology and the European Age of Discovery, colonization in the Americas, the beginnings of the transatlantic slave trade and the early development of plantation slavery in the New World. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Smallwood +

HIUS 135B/ETHN 170B. Slavery and the Atlantic World (4) The development of the Atlantic slave trade and the spread of racial slavery in the Americas before 1800. Explores the diversity of slave labor in the Americas and the different slave cultures African Americans produced under the constraints of slavery. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Smallwood +

HIUS 137. The Built Environment in the Twentieth Century An examination of urban and regional planning as well as piecemeal change in the built environment. Topics include urban and suburban housing, work environments, public spaces, transportation and utility infrastructures, utopianism. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Staff

HIUS 140/Econ 158A. Economic History of the United States I (4) The United States as a raw materials producer, as an agrarian society, and as an industrial nation. Emphasis on the logic of the growth process, the social and political tensions accompanying expansion, and nineteenth- and early twentieth-century transformations of American capitalism. Bernstein

HIUS 141/Econ 158B. Economic History of the United States II (4) The United States as modern industrial nation. Emphasis on the logic of the growth process, the social and political tensions accompanying expansion, and twentieth-century transformations of American capitalism. Bernstein

HIUS 147. History of the American Suburb (4) This lecture explores the development of suburbs in America, from the early nineteenth century to the contemporary era. Topics include suburban formation, class, ethnic and racial dimensions, government influences, social life, and cultural responses to suburbia. The class will explore competing theories of suburbanization as it surveys the major literature. Nicolaides

HIUS 148/USP 103. The American City in the Twentieth Century (4) This course focuses on the phenomenon of modern American urbanization. Case studies of individual cities will help illustrate the social, political, and environmental consequences of rapid urban expansion, as well as the ways in which urban problems have been dealt with historically. Staff

HIUS 149. The United States in the 1960s (4) An overview of the social and political developments that polarized American society in the tumultuous decade of the 1960s. Themes include the social impact of the post-war “baby boom,” the domestic and foreign policy implications of the Cold War; the evolution of the civil rights and women’s movements; and the transformation of American popular culture. D. Gutiérrez

HIUS 150. American Legal History to 1865 (4) The history of American law and legal institutions. This quarter focuses on crime and punishment in the colonial era, the emergence of theories of popular sovereignty, the forging of the Constitution and American federalism, the relationship between law and economic change, and the crisis of slavery and Union. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Parrish +

HIUS 151. American Legal History since 1865 (4) The history of American law and legal institutions. This course examines race relations and law, the rise of big business, the origins of the modern welfare state during the Great Depression, the crisis of civil liberties produced by two world wars and McCarthyism, and the Constitutional revolution wrought by the Warren Court. HIUS 150 is not a prerequisite for HIUS 151. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Parrish

HIUS 153. American Political Trials (4) Survey of politicized criminal trials and impeachments from Colonial times to the 1880s. Examines politically-motived prosecutions and trials that became subjects of political controversy, were exploited by defendants for political purposes, or had their outcomes determined by political considerations. Parrish +

HIUS 154. Western Environmental History (4) This course examines human interaction with the western American environment and explores the distinction between the objective environmental understanding of science and the subjective views of history and historians. The course will also analyze the most compelling environmental issues in the contemporary West. Staff

HIUS 156. American Women, American Womanhood (4) This course explores the emergence of a dominant ideology of womanhood in America in the early nineteenth century and contrasts the ideal with the historically diverse experience of women of different races and classes, from settlement to 1870. Topics include witchcraft, evangelicalism, cult of domesticity, sexuality, rise of industrial capitalism and the transformation of women’s work, Civil War, and the first feminist movement. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Staff +

HIUS 157. American Women, American Womanhood 1870 to Present This course explores the making of the ideology of womanhood in modern America and the diversity of American women’s experience from 1870 to the present. Topics include the suffrage movement, the struggle for reproductive rights and the ERA; immigrant and working-class women, women’s work, and labor organization; education, the modern feminist movement and the contemporary politics of reproduction, including abortion and surrogate motherhood. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Staff

HIUS 158/ETHN 130. Social and Economic History of the Southwest I (4) This course examines the history of the Spanish and Mexican borderlands (what became the U.S. South-west) from roughly 1400 to the end of the U.S.-Mexico War in 1848, focusing specifically on the area’s social, cultural, and political development. Staff +

HIUS 159/ETHN 131. Social and Economic History of the Southwest II (4) (Cross-listed as Ethnic Studies 131.) This course examines the history of the Amnerican Southwest from the U.S.-Mexican War in 1846-48 to the present, focusing on immigration, racial and ethnic conflict, and the growth of Chicano national identity. Gutiérrez, D.

Colloquia

HIUS 162/262. The American West (4) This seminar will trace major themes in the history of the American West. Topics will include ethnicity, the environment, urbanization, demographics, and shifting concepts surrounding the significance of the West. Graduate students will be required to submit additional work in order to receive graduate credit for the course. Prerequisite: department stamp required. Nicolaides

HIUS 164/264/ETHN 181. Topics in Comparative History of Modern Slavery (4) Slavery was both a thread of continuity in the history of the Americas and a distinctive institution in specific social settings. The purpose of this course is to examine and discuss readings that explore topics of the Caribbean and the United States. Because topics will vary, the seminar may be taken more than once for credit, with consent of the instructor. Requirements vary for undergraduates, M.A., and Ph.D. students. Graduate students are required to submit a more substantial piece of work. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Smallwood

HIUS 165/ETHN 182. Segregation, Freedom Movements, and the Crisis of the Twentieth Century (4) A reading and discussion seminar that views the origins of segregation and the social movements that challenged it between 1890 and 1970 in comparative framework. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Staff

HIUS 166/266. Topics in Southern History (4) Specific topics will vary from year to year, including slavery, Civil War and Reconstruction, the Afro-American experience, race relations. Staff

HIUS 167/267/ETHN 180. Topics in Mexican-American History (4) This colloquium studies the racial representation of Mexican Americans in the United States from the nineteenth century to the present, examining critically the theories and methods of the humanities and social sciences. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Staff

HIUS 169/269. Topics in American Legal and Constitutional History (4) A reading and discussion course on topics that vary from year to year, including American federalism, the history of civil liberties, and the Supreme Court. Prere-quisite: consent of instructor. Parrish

HIUS 171/271. Topics in the American Revolution (4) Colloquium dealing with selected topics on the American Revolution and formation of the United States. Themes will vary from year to year. Prerequisite: department stamp or consent of instructor. Meranze

HIUS 175/275. Crime, Law, and Society in the United States, 1600–1900 This colloquium, examines the changing relationships between crime, the law, and society in the United States. We will pay particular attention to the changing forms of punishment, perceptions of crime and criminals, and the place of criminal law in the social order. Requirements will vary for undergraduates, M.A., and Ph.D. students. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Meranze

HIUS 176/276. Race and Sexual Politics This seminar will explore the histories of sexual relations, politics, and cultures that both cross and define racial boundaries in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Reading will focus on the United States as well as take up studies sited in Canada and Latin America. Graduate students are expected to submit a more substantial piece of work. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Shah

HIUS 180/ETHN 134. Immigration and Ethnicity in Modern American Society (4) Comparative study of immigration and ethnic-group formation in the United States from 1880 to the present. Topics include immigrant adaptation, competing theories about the experiences of different ethnic groups, and the persistence of ethnic attachments in modern American society. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Gutiérrez, D.

HIUS 181/281. Topics in Twentieth Century United States History (4) A colloquium dealing with special topics in U.S. history from 1900 to the present. Themes will vary from year to year. Prerequisite: department stamp or consent of instructor. Parrish.

HIUS 184. Special Topics in American Urban History (4) This colloquium explores various topics in the history of urban America, including the process of city development, social patterning in urban areas, city life and cultural styles, suburbanization, and the urban west. Topics will vary from year to year. Prerequisite: department stamp or consent of instructor. Nicolaides

HIUS 187/287. Topics in American Social History (4) Colloquium on selected topics in American social history. Topics will vary from year to year, and the course may therefore be repeated for credit. Nicolaides

HIUS 189/289 The Social History of Seafaring in Early America All American colonies were originally maritime colonies. This seminar examines the history of fishing, whaling, shipping, and freebooting during the age of sail and investigates through primary and secondary sources the experience of living in communities that followed the sea. Course requirements and/or grading will differ for graduate and undergraduate students. Graduate students are expected to submit a more substantial piece of work. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Vickers

HIUS 199. Independent Study in United States History (4) Directed readings for undergraduates under the supervision of various faculty members. Prerequisite: consent of instructor and department stamp required. Staff

TOPICS

Courses

HITO 100. Religious Traditions: Ancient Near Eastern Religions (4) A comprehensive study of the ancient religious traditions of the world. The course will cover tribal religions, classical polytheism, and the religion of the ancient Hebrews. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Staff +

HITO 102. Religious Traditions: East Asian Religious Traditions (4) Introduction to the major religious traditions of Asia: Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Shinto, and Confucianism. The course will focus on one religion each year. Since special topics will vary from year to year the course may be repeated for credit three times. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Cahill +

HITO 104. The Jews and Judaism in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds (4) The political and cultural history of the Jews through the early modern period. Life under ancient empires, Christianity and Islam. The post-biblical development of the Jewish religion and its eventual crystallization into the classical, rabbinic model. Goodblatt +

HITO 105. The Jews and Judaism in the Modern World (4) Topics include the political emancipation of the Jews of Europe; the emergence of Reform, Conservative, and Modern Orthodox Judaism; hasidism; modern anti-semitism; Jewish socialism; zionism; the Holocaust; the American Jewish community; the State of Israel. Goodblatt

HITO 111/211. Marxian Theory (4) A survey and examination of the principal writings of Marx concerning economic theory and analysis. Emphasis on the theory of value, production, technical change, reproduction and accumulation. Some consideration will also be made of certain neo-Marxist contributions and critiques. Prerequisite: introductory economics or consent of instructor. Bernstein

HITO 117 World History. 1200–1800 This course examines the interaction between sections of the globe after 1200. It emphasizes factors operating on a transcontinental scale (disease, climate, migration) and historical/cultural phenomena that bridge distance (religion, trade, urban systems). This is not narrative history , but a study of developments that operated on a global scale and constituted the first phase of globalization. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Ringrose +

HITO 121. Geographic Information Systems for Historians and Social Scientists (4) This course provides an introduction to the use of geographic information systems (GIS) in the analysis and display of data of interest to historians and social scientists. Topics include cartographic theory and aesthetics, data collection and retrieval, and training in the use of the ArcView GIS program. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Staff

HITO 126. A History of Childhood (4) This course will examine the different ways that attitudes toward children have changed throughout history. By focusing on the way that the child was understood, we will examine the changing role of the family, the role of culture in human development, and the impact of industrialization and modern institutions on the child and childhood. Tanaka

HITO 133. War and Society: The Second World War An examination of the Second World War in Europe, Asia, and the United States. Focus will be on the domestic impact of the war on the belligerent countries as well as on the experiences of ordinary soldiers and civilians. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Biess

Colloquia

HITO 169. History and Historians (4) An introduction to the history of historical writing. Through discussion of selected readings, the course will focus on such issues as the development of historical thought, the nature of historiographical debates, the interpretation of sources, and the use of theoretical models in writing history. Courses can apply to any concentration within the history major. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. (History majors only.) Staff

HITO 193/POLI 194/COM GEN 194/USP 194. Research Seminar in Washington d.c. (6) Course attached to six-unit internship taken by student participating in the UCDC program. Involves weekly seminar meetings with faculty and teaching assistant and a substantial historical research paper. Prerequisites: department stamp required; participating in UCDC program. Staff

HITO 194. History Honors (4) A program of independent study providing candidates for history honors an opportunity to develop, in consultation with an adviser, a preliminary proposal for the honors essay. An IP grade will be awarded at the end of this quarter. A final grade will be given for both quarters at the end of HITO 195. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Department stamp required. Staff

HITO 195. The Honors Essay (4) Independent study under the supervision of a faculty member leading to the preparation of an honors essay. A letter grade for both HITO 194 and 195 will be given at the completion of this quarter. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Department stamp required. Staff

HITO 196. Honors Seminar (4) The nature and uses of history are explored through the study of the historian’s craft based on critical analysis of historical literature relating to selected topics of concern to all historians. Required of all candidates for history honors and open to other interested students with the instructor’s consent. Department stamp required. Staff

HITO 197. Field Study Program to be arranged between student and instructor depending on student’s needs and instructor’s advice. Students are expected to produce substantial final papers on specific subjects described in student’s proposals. To prepare such papers will require extensive research and writing. Will require bimonthly reports and one final paper. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

HITO 198. Directed Group Study (4) Directed group study on a topic not generally included in the regular curriculum. Students must make arrangements with individual faculty members. (P/NP grades only.) Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Staff

HITO 199. Independent Study for Undergraduates (4) Independent study on a topic not generally included in the regular curriculum. Students must make arrangements with individual faculty members. (P/NP grades only.) Prerequisites: upper-division standing and consent of instructor. Staff

Graduate

Graduate standing is a prerequisite for all graduate-level courses. For more graduate courses (200+), look at history undergraduate colloquia (courses numbered 160–190).

HIGR 200. History and Social Theory (4) A weekly reading/writing seminar. Themes include historical sociology and large-scale history, interdisciplinary approaches to history (anthropological, psychoanalytic, etc.), and historical method. Students from all fields welcome, though emphasis primarily on early modern period (1500–1800).

HIGR 205. Feminist Historical Studies (4) An introduction to feminist historical studies, this course is designed for interested graduate students from all history field groups. Graduate students from other disciplines are also encouraged to participate. The course will provide students a rigorous training in women’s history, in the feminist theories that undergird that scholarship, and in the emergent field of gender analysis. The particular content of the course will change from year to year, but each course will include theoretical texts, historical case studies, and primary sources. Readings will be drawn from different times and places. This course is strongly recommended for those preparing minor fields in women’s history. The course can be repeated twice for credit.

HIGR 207. Nationalism, Colonialism and Race (4) A transdisciplinary and comparative course on the interplay of nationalism, colonialism, and race (as well as class and gender/sexuality) in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Texts will include classics by authors such as Franz Fanon, as well as theoretically informed newer works that analyze a variety of national and colonial conditions historically. Fujitani

HIGR 208. History and Theory (4) This is a one-quarter colloquium, designed for graduate students in modern history. The readings will emphasize developments in historical thinking over the past two centuries, particularly as these ideas influenced professional work. The course includes some major figures in social theory such as Marx and Weber, and addresses issues raised by postmodernism.

HIGR 210. Historical Scholarship on Modern Chinese History (4) This course will introduce students to the monographic literature and the main historiographic controversies of modern Chinese history.

HIGR 211. Historical Scholarship on Modern Japanese History (4) This course will introduce students to the monographic literature and the main historiographic controversies of modern Japanese history.

HIGR 212. Historical Scholarship on Modern East Asian History (4) This course will introduce students to the monographic literature and the main historiographic controversies of modern East Asian history.

HIGR 213. Sources on Modern Chinese History (4) An introduction to Chinese documentary sources and collections on Qing and Republican History. This course will introduce students to the language of Qing documents, and to the contents and uses of imperial documents and archives, documentary collections, periodicals, gazetteers, etc.

HIGR 214. Readings in Japanese on Modern Japan (4) A one-quarter research and writing course based upon readings in Japanese on modern Japan. Emphasis on selection, collection, and critical evaluation of texts for historical research. Topics will vary from year to year and may be repeated with instructor’s permission. Prerequisite: graduate standing or permission of instructor. Fujitani

HIGR 215A-B. Research Seminar in Modern Chinese History (4-4) A two-quarter research seminar in Chinese history. A paper, based on original research, will be due in the second quarter. Seminar topics will vary. Reading knowledge of Chinese is expected. An IP grade will be awarded at the end of the first quarter. Final grade will not be given until the end of the second quarter. Prerequisite: 215A is a prerequisite for 215B.

HIGR 216A-B. Research Seminar in Modern Japanese History (4-4) A two-quarter research seminar in Japanese history. A paper, based on original research, will be due in the second quarter. Seminar topics will vary. Reading knowledge of Japanese is expected. An IP grade will be awarded at the end of the first quarter. Final grade will not be given until the end of the second quarter. Prerequisite: 216A is a prerequisite for 216B.

HIGR 220. Historical Scholarship on European History, 1500–1715 (4) Introduction to the historiography of Renaissance, Reformation, and early modern Europe: an overview of methodologies with emphasis on sources and critical approaches. Required for all beginning European history graduate students.

HIGR 221. Historical Scholarship on European History, 1715–1850 (4) Selected topics in European history from the early modern to the modern era. Readings and discussions focus on issues of methodology and interpretation. Required for all beginning European history graduate students.

HIGR 222. Historical Scholarship on European History, since 1850 (4) Critical evaluation of selected topics in the period of modern Europe from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. Required for all beginning European history graduate students.

HIGR 225. Readings in Modern Russian History (4) Students will read major works on Revolutionary Russia and Soviet history. Attention will be paid to both classic and revisionist works. Edelman

HIGR 227A-B. Seminar in Spanish History (4-4) Readings and critical analysis of selected topics and important works in the history of Spain. May be repeated as content changes. Proficiency in Spanish required to repeat course, but not for the first time taken. An IP grade will be awarded at the end of the first quarter. Final grade will not be given until the end of the second quarter. Prerequisites: fluent reading knowledge of Spanish desired. German or French also desirable. Ringrose

HIGR 230A-B. Research Seminar in Early Modern Europe (4-4) Selected topics in the period from the sixteenth century through the early nineteenth, with an emphasis on the theory and practice of socio-economic history. An IP grade will be awarded at the end of the first quarter. Final grade will not be given until the end of the second quarter. Prerequisite: 230A is a prerequisite for 230B.

HIGR 231A-B. Research Seminar in Modern European Intellectual and Cultural History (4-4) Selected topics in the period of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. An IP grade will be awarded at the end of the first quarter. Final grade will not be given until the end of the second quarter. Prerequisite: 231A is a prerequisite for 231B.

HIGR 232A-B. Research Seminar in Modern European Social and Political History (4-4) Selected topics in the period of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. An IP grade will be awarded at the end of the first quarter. Final grade will not be given until the end of the second quarter. Prerequisite: 232A is a prerequisite for 232B.

HIGR 236A-B. Research Seminar in History of Science (4-4) A two-quarter research seminar comprising intensive study of a specific topic in the history of science. The first quarter will be devoted to readings and discussions; the second chiefly to the writing of individual research papers. Topics vary from year to year, and students may therefore repeat the course for credit. An IP grade will be awarded at the end of the first quarter. Final grade will not be given until the end of the second quarter.

HIGR 237. Topics in the History of Ocean Sciences (4) (Cross-listed with SIO 201.) Intensive study of specific problems in the history of the ocean sciences, and of related earth and atmospheric sciences, in the modern period. Topics vary from year to year, and students may therefore repeat the course for credit. Staff

HIGR 238. Introduction to Science Studies (4) (Cross-listed as Communication 225A, Philosophy 209A, and Sociology 255A.) Study and discussion of classic work in history of science, sociology of science and philosophy of science, and of work that attempts to develop a unified science studies approach. Required for all students in the Science Studies Program. Prerequisite: enrollment in Science Studies Program.

HIGR 239. Seminar in Science Studies (4) (Cross-listed as Communication 225B, Philosophy 209B, and Sociology 255B.) Study and discussion of selected topics in the science studies field. Required for all students in the Science Studies Program. May be repeated as course content changes annually. Prerequisite: enrollment in Science Studies Program.

HIGR 240. Colloquium in Science Studies (4) (Cross-listed as Communication 225C, Philosophy 209C, and Sociology 255C.) A forum for the presentation and discussion of research in progress in science studies, by graduate students, faculty, and visitors. Required for all students in the Science Studies Program. May be repeated as course content changes annually. Prerequisite: enrollment in the Science Studies Program.

HIGR 245A-B-C. Historical Scholarship on Latin American History (4-4-4) Introduction to the literature of Latin American history. A three-quarter sequence of readings and discussions taught each quarter by members of the staff. Required for all beginning students for a graduate degree specializing in Latin American history; open and strongly recommended to other students using Latin American history as a secondary field for a graduate degree. HIGR 245A covers the colonial period, from conquest to independence to today; HIGR 245B covers South America from independence to today; HIGR 245C covers Mexico, Cuba, and Central America from independence to today. The three quarters need not be taken in sequence. Reading knowledge of Spanish is required.

HIGR 247A-B. Research Seminar in Colonial Latin America (4-4) A two-quarter course involving readings and research on sixteenth- through eighteenth-century Latin America. Students are expected to compose a paper based on original research that is due in the second quarter. Reading knowledge of Spanish required. An IP grade will be awarded at the end of the first quarter. Final grade will not be given until the end of the second quarter.

HIGR 248A-B. Research Seminar in Latin America, National Period (4-4) A two-quarter course involving readings and research; the first quarter is devoted to the nineteenth and the second quarter to the twentieth century. Students are expected to compose a paper based on original research that is due in the second quarter. An IP grade will be awarded at the end of the first quarter. Final grade will not be given until the end of the second quarter. Reading knowledge of Spanish and/or Portuguese is helpful but not required.

HIGR 249. Topics in Colonial Latin America (4) One or two topics in colonial history will be analyzed in depth; reading knowledge of Spanish is expected.

HIGR 250. Topics in the National Period of Latin America (4) One or two topics in the national period or the national history of one country will be analyzed in depth; a reading knowledge of Spanish is expected.

HIGR 251. Topics in the History of Mexico (4) One or two topics in the history of Mexico will be examined in depth. A reading knowledge of Spanish is expected. Topics vary from year to year, and students may therefore repeat the course for credit.

HIGR 252. History, Social Evolution, and Intellectuals in the Andes: Mariátegui, Haya de la Torre, and Arguedas (4) The course will study three major twentieth-century interpreters of Andean history and society. Mariátegui is Latin America’s most original socialist intellectual; Haya de la Torre is the founder of Peru’s most important party; and Arguedas was the most profound interpreter of the role of Indian peasants in the Andean nations.

HIGR 255. The Literature of Ancient History (4) An introduction to the bibliography, methodology, and ancillary disciplines for the study of ancient history together with readings and discussion on selected topics within the field. May be repeated for credit, topic will vary year to year. Friedman

HIGR 260A-B-C. Historical Scholarship on Judaic Studies (4-4-4) Weekly graduate seminar. Faculty and students present results of research. Student research may be towards course work on thesis.

HIGR 264. Topics in Pre-Islamic Jewish History (4) An examination in depth of selected topics in the history of the Jewish people and Jewish civilization in pre-Islamic times. Goodblatt

HIGR 265A-B-C. Historical Scholarship on American History (4-4-4) A three-quarter sequence of readings and discussions on the bibliographical and monographic literature of American history from the colonial period to the present. Taught by different members of the staff each quarter, the course is required of all beginning graduate students in American history.

HIGR 267A-B. Research Seminar in United States History (4-4) Readings and discussion in selected areas of American history for advanced graduate students. An IP (in progress) grade will be awarded the first quarter. The second quarter will be devoted to the presentation, discussion, and evaluation of work in progress. A final grade will be awarded at the end of the second quarter. Prerequisite: 267A is a prerequisite for 267B.

HIGR 273. The Culture of Consumption (4) (Cross-listed with COGR 240.) This course will explore the development and cultural manifestations of consumerism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Topics will include the rise of museums, the development of mass-market journalism and literature, advertising, and the growth of commercial amusements. Readings focus primarily on the United States. Students will be encouraged to think historically and comparatively. Klein

HIGR 295. Thesis Seminar (4) For students advanced to candidacy to the doctorate. Discussion, criticism, and revision of drafts of chapters of theses and of work to be submitted for publication.

HIGR 298. Directed Reading (1-12) Guided and supervised reading in the literature of the several fields of history. This course may be repeated for an indefinite number of times due to the independent nature of the content of the course. (S/U grades permitted.)

HIGR 299. Ph.D. Thesis Direction (1-12) Independent work by graduate students engaged in research and writing of doctoral theses. This course may be repeated for an indefinite number of times due to the independent nature of thesis writing and research. (S/U grades only.)

HIGR 500. Apprentice Teaching in History (1-4) A course in which teaching assistants are aided in learning proper teaching methods by means of supervision of their work by the faculty: handling of discussions, preparation and grading of examinations and other written exercises, and student relations. (S/U grades only.)

History Courses