Ph.D. Examinations
- Minor Fields
Ph.D. candidates are strongly encouraged to take at least one minor
field examination by the end of fall quarter of their second year
and to complete all examinations by the end of their third year. Generally,
the department recognizes two types of minor fields. The most common
minor field is a teaching field. That is, passing a minor field in
an area certifies, on a student's record and resume, that the
student has mastered the literature and the major issues in a field
sufficient to qualify the student to teach in that area. (An example
would be a minor field in modern Japanese history for an East Asian
history student specializing in modern China; or medieval history
for a Europeanist.) A second type of minor field is designed to familiarize
a student with a range of theoretical and comparative issues which
will be useful in the formulation of a dissertation topic and future
research in the student's major field. (An example might be Latin
American history for a student working in United States ethnic history;
or sociology for a student in any field.) For a minor field taken
outside the department, the minor field adviser (not the student or
major field adviser) determines the level of expertise sufficient
to warrant certification in that field.
Reading lists are negotiated between students and their minor field
adviser, but, as a guideline, they should include about 50 titles
with 4070 titles representing a reasonable range. The reading
list is agreed upon, at least three months in advance, by the student
and faculty member administering the minor field examination. The
list is intended to establish what will be expected of the student
and to prevent confusion over the material to be covered. Most minor
fields include a written examination; these may be in the form of
a three-hour departmental exam or a twenty-four hour take-home exam
at the administering professor's discretion. (Minor field examinations
in East Asian history will be oral; those in history of science may
be either written or oral.) The professor composes and grades the
written examination.
Students who fail a minor field examination may petition the Graduate
Committee for permission to sit for the examination again at any time
during the following two quarters, as long as pre-candidacy time limits
are not exceeded. A second failure results automatically in dismissal
from the program.
- Oral Qualifying Examination and Candidacy
Students are normally expected to take their qualifying examination
no later than the spring of their third year of study (except as otherwise
specified by the individual fields), and are required to do so in
four years. Students must fulfill all course work, minor field, and
language requirements before taking their qualifying examination.
The qualifying examination is an oral test in the student's major
field of study, conducted by at least five examiners, three of whom
must be members of the Department of History. Students are strongly
encouraged to select one department examiner from outside their core
field group. At least one examiner must be a tenured faculty member
from a discipline outside the department. Students should consult
with their adviser about the composition of the examining committee
well before their examination. The examination committee also serves
as the dissertation committee. The membership of the committee must
be approved by the Department Chair and ultimately the Dean of graduate
studies. The date of the examination is determined by consultation
between the candidate and the examining committee. In addition to
the major field book list, it is required that students also submit
a dissertation prospectus to the committee before the oral examination.
The examination, which will include a discussion of the student's
prospectus, lasts approximately two to three hours.
Should a candidate fail the examination, the examining committee
will consult with the student to clarify weaknesses in preparation
for taking the examination a second time. If a second oral examination
is warranted, the department requires that it should be taken no later
than one quarter after the first examination. If the candidate fails
the oral examination a second time, his or her candidacy will be terminated.
An M.A. degree may also be awarded to continuing Ph.D. students upon
successfully passing the oral qualifying examination. The M.A. is
not automatically awarded; students must apply in advance to receive
the degree. Note: Students who wish to receive an M.A. degree
as part of the Ph.D. program must apply for master's degree candidacy
during the first two weeks of the quarter in which they expect to
receive the degree. Please see the graduate coordinator regarding
this application.
The various requirements noted above apply to students who have done
no previous graduate work in history. If a candidate has completed
some graduate work before entering UCSD, there may be appropriate
adjustments in course work, as approved by general petition to the
Graduate Committee. Nevertheless, all candidates are required to meet
language requirements, pass field examinations, as well as complete
and defend a dissertation.
Dissertation
After completing all relevant examinations and language requirements,
the student is expected to write a dissertation under the supervision
of his or her faculty adviser and the doctoral committee. The Department
of History has established the following guidelines for dissertation work.
The dissertation should:
- represent an original and significant contribution to knowledge.
- be based upon primary research.
- clearly demonstrate the capacity of the student to pursue independent
historical research.
- be written in clear and coherent prose.
Decisions concerning the scope of the dissertation and its length will
depend upon the nature of the problem and the documentation. The department
assumes that most students will have completed their research and writing
by the end of their sixth year of study. The scope and length of the dissertation
should therefore be such that a complete project can be executed in no
more than three years. Whatever the scope or length of the dissertation
it should be capable of further development for publication as a series
of articles in scholarly journals, or as a book.
Departmental Ph.D. Time Limit Policies
Students must be advanced to candidacy by the end of four years. Total
university support cannot exceed seven years. Total registered time at
UCSD cannot exceed eight years.
Opportunities for Teaching
Undergraduate teaching, for which graduate teaching assistants earn
regular academic credit, is an integral part of the graduate program at
UCSD. To prepare for an academic career, the Ph.D. candidate is encouraged
to assist in courses offered by the department ordinarily as a course
reader (grader) or teaching assistant. A maximum of four units may be
taken in undergraduate teaching. When such an opportunity is not available,
a student may teach in various programs outside the department.
The department considers experience in teaching an important part of
a graduate student's professional training. Based upon financial
aid forms that graduate students complete during the previous winter quarter,
the Graduate Committee assigns History Department teaching assistantships
and recommends teaching assistantships outside of the department for the
upcoming academic year.
Students must maintain a minimum grade-point average of 3.0 in order
to receive academic employment on campus.
Financial Support
Upon recommendation of the department, several types of financial aid
are available to graduate students: full or partial remission of fees
and tuition, fellowships, research assistantships, teaching assistantships,
readerships, and travel grants. Graduate students are eligible for one
or a combination of the six forms of financial support.
Fellowships and research assistantships are granted by the Office of
Graduate Studies and Research (OGSR) upon the recommendation of the department.
Teaching assistants are appointed by the department upon the recommendation
of the graduate committee and by the college writing programs. Readers
are appointed by the department upon the recommendation of the professor
whose course requires such assistance. At the discretion of the department,
half-time graduate students are eligible for 25 percent TAships or GSRships.
For a small number of outstanding incoming students, the department will
award a four year package of guaranteed funding which would include two
years of a fellowship and two years of employment as a teaching assistant.
Departmental policy has been to seek seven years of support for students
in the program. In recent years all students needing support have received
either fellowships, or teaching assistant, research assistant positions.
To the extent that resources are insufficient to meet the need, the department,
on the advice of the graduate committee, will rank students using a combined
criterion of academic performance and financial need.
Graduate students must maintain a minimum grade-point average of 3.0
to be considered for any type of financial aid. Financial support is not
renewed automatically but is approved by the department on a yearly basis.
The Office of Graduate Studies and Research grants partial remission
of fees for nine quarters after advancement to candidacy ("normative
time") if the student is advanced to candidacy by the end of the
third year. (If the student delays advancement, the amount of normative
time is reduced accordingly.) Upon expiration of normative time the student
must complete the dissertation or resume full payment of fees.
Job Placement
In recent years, 75 percent of the department's Ph.D. graduates
received positions as tenure-track assistant professors at colleges and
universities around the country. The remaining 25 percent are currently
administrators, visiting scholars, lecturers, or postdoctoral fellows
at various educational institutions. Experience indicates that many from
this latter group will eventually get professional appointments.
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 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
HIAF 140. Economic History of Africa (4)
Lecture-discussion course on the economic development of sub-Saharan Africa
from earliest times to the present. Topics will include: pre-European
trade, the Atlantic slave trade, the era of legitimate trade, economic
imperialism and the colonial economy, and post-independence economic development.
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 160/260. Special Topics in the Economic History of Africa (4)
This course will examine selected topics in African economic history.
Topics will include the precolonial economy, economics of colonialism,
economics of underdevelopment, and postcolonial economic development.
Requirements will vary for undergraduate, M.A., and Ph.D. students. Graduate
students may be expected to submit a more substantial piece of work. Prerequisites:
completion of several upper-division history courses or consent of instructor.
Department stamp required. Reynolds
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 issuessuch as the medieval decentralization
of state power, unification in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries,
the Tokugawa system of rule, and conflicts between rulers and ruledwhile
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 schoolsConfucianism, 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 themaristocrats, 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 actorsemperors, 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 nd 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: 18001911 (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: 19111949 (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
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.
HIEA 160/260. Colloquium on 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. Colloquium 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 History of Science for more European courses (HISC 101ABC, HISC
106)
Lecture Courses
HIEU 100. Early Greece (4)
The social, political, and cultural history of the ancient Greek world
from the Bronze Age to the Persian Wars (2000480 B.C.). Mosshammer
+
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 (480323
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 105. The Early Christian Church (4)
A study of the origin and development of early Christian thought, literature,
and institutions from the New Testament period to the Council of Chalcedon
(451). Mosshamer +
HIEU 110. The Rise of Europe (4)
The development of European society and culture from the decline of the
Roman Empire to 1050. Prerequisite: 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 114. Preindustrial Light and Magic (4)
This course examines the social history of ideas about the supernatural
from the fifth through the fifeenth centuries. Emphasis upon the dynamic,
reciprocal cultural influences of various communities and sub-cultures.
Topics include the syncretism of Christianity with fold beliefs; the cult
of the saints; visions of the afterlife. 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. Early Renaissance Italy: Dante to the Medici (13001494)
The economic and political 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. Prere-quisite: 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 thinkersMachiavelli, Guicciardini,
Castiglione, Botero, and Campanellatested 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, 14001600 (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 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: 17891814 (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: 16481848 (4)
A lecture-discussion course on the political and cultural history of Germany
in the early modern period. Luft +
HIEU 134. The Formation of the Russian Empire, 8001855 (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: 10001750
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 136A. European Society and Social Thought, 16881870 (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, 18701989 (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, 14761808 (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 141. European Diplomatic History, 18701945 (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, 17801870 (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, 18701945 (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 19191945 (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, 18551991
(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
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.
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 169/269. The History of Books from Ancient Greece to the Early
Seventeenth Century (4)
The handwritten and the printed text as both material and intellectual
object. The effects of print and engraving on layout, new possibilities
for visual illustration, the standardization of languages, biblical translation,
the transmission of science and philosophy, the question of orality verses
literacy, and the transformation of the author, reader, producer, and
collector. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Giard +
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 198990. 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. Edelma
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
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. 5001500 (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 102. The Physical Sciences in the Twentieth Century (4)
Major conceptual changes in physical science, and their historical contexts.
Quantum and relativity theories, atomic and nuclear physics Ôinvades'
new territories: the rise of astrophysics, geophysics and chemical physics.
The changing nature of the physical science enterprise. Prerequisite:
at least one year of science courses. Staff
HISC 103. Gender and Science in Historial Perspective (4)
This course will examine the history of women's struggles and strategies
for access and equality in professional science. Questions related to
gender bias in scienceas a social institution and as an epistemological
enterprisewill be addressed in light of the historical and biographical
readings. Staff
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 109. History of Evolutionary Theories (4)
History of theories to account for the diversity of organisms. Darwin's
theory of evolution by natural selection and its modern versions. Implications
of evolutionary theories for understanding human beings in relation to
the rest of the natural world. Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Staff
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
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.
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 167/267. Topics in History of Medicine (4)
Intensive study of specific problems in the history of medicine. Topics
will vary from year to year, and students may therefore repeat the course
for credit. Prerequisite: department stamp required. Staff
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
LATIN AMERICA
Lecture Courses
HILA 100. Latin AmericaColonial 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 18101898
(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 112. Economic and Social History of the Andean Region (4)
Study of the economic and social problems of the Andean region from the
colonial period until the crisis of 1912, with special attention to theoretical
models to explain the processes of change. Staff
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 114. Social History of Colonial Latin America (4)
The course will examine the evolution of multiracial societies in Brazil
and Spanish America, with some attention to the Anglo-American colonies
by way of comparison. Particular emphasis on the relationship
of race to class and on topics such as race mixture, agrarian structures,
slavery, urban life, and crime and social protest. Prerequisite: upper-division
standing. 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 116. Encounter of Two Worlds: Early Colonial Latin America (4)
A lecture course concentrating on the first century or so of the colonial
period, from Columbus to about 1600. Topics will include changing European
cosmography, the New World indigenous civilizations, mutual perceptions
of the two cultural traditions during the conquest and early colonial
eras, and evolving colonial society, all with an emphasis on cultural
history. Van Young +
HILA 117. Indians, Blacks, and Whites: Family Relations in Latin America
(4)
The development of family structures and relations among different ethnic
groups. State and economy define and are defined by family relations.
Thus this family approach also provides an understanding of broader socio-economic
processes and cultural issues. Hünefeldt
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
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.
HILA 160/260. Topics in Latin American Colonial History, 15001820
(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, 18201910
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 102. The Jews in Their Homeland in Antiquity (4)
The Jews in Israel from the sixth century B.C.E. to the seventh century
C.E. Statehood, nationalism, and autonomy within the framework of the
Persian empire, the Hellenistic kingdoms, and the Roman-Byzantine empire.
Cultural and religious developments. Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Goodblatt +
HINE 103. The Jewish Diaspora in Antiquity (4)
The Jews outside their homeland in pre-Islamic times, concentrating on
the Greco-Roman West and the Parthian-Sasanian East. Topics include assimilation
and survival; antisemitism and missionizing; patterns of organization
and autonomy; cultural and religious developments. Prerequisite: upper-division
standing. Goodblatt +
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 (17981914)
(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
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.
HINE 160/260. Special Topics in the Bible and Ancient Near East (4)
The study of a single book, period, or issue in the Bible, in the context
of the ancient Near Eastern world. Prerequisite: department stamp required
or consent of instructor. D.N. 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
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, 14921630 (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 110. The Rise and Fall of the Old South (4)
This course examines the history of the American South from first settlement
to the Civil War. Special attention will be devoted to the emergence of
slavery and the plantation system, the role of the South in the Revolution
and Constitution, the relations between planters and yeomen, the development
of slave communities, and the growing sectional conflict. Prerequisite:
upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Staff
HIUS 111. The Making of the New South (4)
This course will focus on the American South between the Civil War and
the civil rights movement. Topics include emancipation and Reconstruction,
the new plantation system, agrarian radicalism, segregation and disfranchisement,
the onset of industrialization, Southern culture black and white, and
the recent struggles for civil and political rights. Staff
HIUS 112. The Era of Civil War and Reconstruction (4)
This course is chiefly a social and political history of the United States
between 1848 and 1877. It explores the developing sectional conflict,
disunion and civil war, and the process of reconstructing the nation;
and it places the American experience in an international and comparative
context. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Staff
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
Californiathe ideal and the realshapes 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 120. American Politics and Society, 19001942 (4)
A lecture-discussion course on American politics and society from the
era of Theodore Roosevelt to Pearl Harbor. Among the topics covered: the
progressive movement, the impact of the Great War, the economic boom and
collapse of the 1920s, and the New Deal. Prerequisite: upper-division
standing. Parrish
HIUS 121. American Politics and Society, 1942Present (4)
A lecture-discussion course on American politics and society, Pearl Harbor
to the present. Among the topics covered: the origins of the cold war,
the Red scare, the civil rights movement, the counterculture of the 1960s,
and the neoconservatism of the Nixon-Reagan era. Prerequisite: upper-division
standing. 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 125. Six Weeks Before the Mast: The Experience of Seafaring in
American History
America's encounter with its ocean frontier from colonial times to
the present. Discovery, technology, piracy, fisheries, peacetime commerce,
naval conflict, seaboard life, and seaport society will all be investigated
through the medium of lectures, discussion, and film. Vickers
HIUS 130. Cultural History from 1607 to the Civil War (4)
This course will explore connections between American culture and the
transformation of class relations, gender ideology, and political thought.
Topics will include the transformation of religious perspectives and practices,
republican art and architecture, artisan and working-class culture, the
changing place of art and artists in American society, antebellum reform
movements, antislavery and proslavery thought. Prerequisite: upper-division
standing or consent of instructor. Klein +
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. 14501650
(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 146. Early American Labor History, 16001850 (4)
A history of labor systems and activity in early America. The course will
address work relations affecting Indians, slaves, artisans, indentured
servants, laborers, yeomen, and tenant farmers as well as work culture,
political consciousness, labor organization, and working-class protest.
Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Staff +
HIUS 147/USP 165. History of the American Suburb (4)
This seminar 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.
Prerequisite: upper-division standing. 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
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.
HIUS 160/260. Industrialization and Early American Society (4)
A course examining the initial stages of industrialization in the late
eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Special attention to how various
communities and trades responded to the intervention of large-scale capital,
machine technology, and the rise of factory methods of production. Staff
HIUS 162/262. The American West (4)
This colloquium will explore critical issues in American social history.
Topics and chronological focus will vary from year to year. Prerequisite:
department stamp required. Nicolaides
HIUS 164/264/ETHN 181. American Slave Communities in Comparative Perspective
(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
in the emergence, consolidation, and destruction of New World slave regimes
in regions 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. 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 170/270. Topics in Colonial History (4)
Colloquium on selected topics in late colonial history, with special attention
to issues often neglected. Topics will vary from year to year, and the
course may therefore be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: department
stamp required. Meranze
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 172/272. Feminist Traditions in America (4)
In this course original documents are used to explore competing definitions
of feminism and the diversity of feminist traditions in the United States
from the eighteenth century to the present day. Three arenas of feminist
activity are consideredwomen's social and political activism,
the female intellectual tradition, and feminist theory. Documents and
topics change annually, so course may be repeated for credit. Staff
HIUS 173/273. Topics in American 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 American women's
history. Special topics. Staff
HIUS 175/275. Crime, Law, and Society in the United States, 16001900
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 182/282. Special Topics in Intellectual History: Politics and
Culture in the United States, 17761860 (4)
An examination of the cultural and political construction of the American
nation. Topics include: how citizenship and national community were imagined
and contested; the importance of class, gender, and race in the nation's
public sphere; and debates over slavery, expansion, and democracy in defining
national purpose. Prerequisites: graduate standing or consent of instructor;
department stamp required. Meranze
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 186/286. Special Topics in the History of Los Angeles
This course will be a thematic examination of special topics in the history
of Los Angeles. Special attention will be paid to weaving together issues
of ethnicity, gender, politics, and the environment. Graduate students
are expected to submit a more substantial piece of work. Prerequisite:
upper-division standing or consent of instructor. 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 101. Religious Traditions: Judaism, Christianity, Islam (4)
A comprehensive study of the Western religious traditions. The course
will cover Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. 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 112. The History of Psychoanalysis (4)
A lecture-discussion course tracing the development of psychoanalysis.
The late nineteenth-century intellectual context. Freud's major contributions.
Psychoanalysis in practice. Post-Freudian transformations. Prerequisite:
upper-division standing or consent of instructor. J.M. Hughes
HITO 117 World History. 12001800
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
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.
HITO 162/262. Economic Development in Historical Perspective (4)
An inquiry into economic growth and development as a process of historical
transformation. Topics will vary from year to year, but some examples
are: the transition from feudalism to capitalism in Europe and North America;
the social and political tensions accompanying the rise of capitalism;
the role of the state and the juridical environment in economic development;
and the sources and organization of the managerial and financial control
of enterprise. Bernstein
HITO 164/264. Gender Differences in Historical Perspective (4)
An inquiry into how over the past century a number of disciplines (principally
psychoanalysis, psychology, and anthropology) have treated gender differences.
Prerequisite: department stamp or consent of instructor. J. M.
Hughes.
HITO 167/267. Cultural History of the Early Modern Europe and Early
America (4)
A comparative examination of the cultural history of early modern Europe
and early America (15001800), with special emphasis on questions
of religion and magic, ritual, print culture, and cross-cultural encounters.
Prerequisite: department stamp or consent of instructor. +
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 173/273. Time, Space, and the Politics of Development (4)
This course will focus on the idea and practice of development as a way
to examine the transformation of spatial and temporal categories in modern
society. Topics will range from the conceptualnotions of temporalityto
the practicalmodernization in the non-West. Topics vary from year
to year. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Tanaka
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. Colloquium in History (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 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.
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 (15001800).
HIGR 201. Theory and Method in Historical Research (4)
A weekly reading/writing seminar that seeks to introduce students to major
theoretical and analytical trends in writing of history. Themes will vary
but will include interdisciplinary approaches to historical research and
method. Students from all fields welcome, although the emphasis in the
course will be on the modern era (1789present). Bernstein and departmental
faculty
HIGR 202. An Inquiry Concerning Historical Understanding (4)
This seminar will concern the difficulty of understanding past beliefs
which are no longer ours, and the ways in which this recurrent misunderstanding
marked the encounter of the other. Our attention will be focused on two
historical moments: the Greco-Roman Antiquity (Pagans v. Christians) and
the conquest of the New World (Western Europe v. Indians). We will study
in parallel primary and secondary sources. Giard
HIGR 203. History of Visual Perception, Cognition and Representation
(4)
Visual perception and pictorial representation will be analyzed in the
ways they were practiced, considered and conceptualized in diverse historical
and cultural contexts. Sources may include narratives, treatises on vision,
cognition optics and perspective, maps, illustrations, paintings. Topics
will vary from year to year and students may therefore repeat the course
for credit. Giard
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 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, 15001715
(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, 17151850
(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 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 261. Seminar in the Hebrew Bible (4)
Systematic reading and rendering of the books of the Hebrew Bible in order.
Adequate knowledge of Biblical Hebrew is required. Freedman
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 272. Seminar in Southern History (4)
Analysis of major works on the history of the southern United States,
focusing on social groups, class and race relations, economic development,
culture, and politics. An intercampus course taught jointly by participating
faculty from UCSD, UCI, and UCR. May be repeated for credit due to the
content changing from quarter to quarter. Special topics.
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 274. Topics in Western American History (4)
This course is a one-quarter colloquium devoted to the examination of
major issues in the history of the American West. Topics addressed will
include, but not be limited to, the region's social, cultural, environmental,
and political history. Historiographical debates will be analyzed, as
well as crucial problems related to the definition of the field and region.
Students will be expected to participate fully in class discussions and
write several essays pertaining to the course themes and readings. Department
of History graduate students are encouraged to enroll in research seminar
HIGR 275A-B instead of taking this colloquium.
HIGR 275A-B. Seminar in Western American History (4-4)
This course is a two-quarter research sequence in Western American history.
The first quarter will cover selected topics of the nineteenth and twentieth
centuries of the American West, with an emphasis on the region's
social, cultural, environmental, and political history. The second quarter
is devoted to the writing of a major research paper in the field. 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: 275A
is a prerequisite for 275B.
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 296. M.A. Thesis Direction (8)
Independent work by graduate students engaged in research and writing
of thesis.
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.)