Courses - Fall 2022
HIST108C
Martin Luther King Jr.
Cross-listed with: AASP298M, AMST189C.
Credit only granted for: HIST108C, AASP298M, or AMST189C.
Examines the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr. We immediately rethink the image of King who liberals and conservatives construct as a dreamer of better race relations. We engage the complexities of an individual, who articulated a moral compass of the nation, to explore racial justice in post-World War II America. This course gives special attention to King's post-1965 radicalism when he called for a reordering of American society, an end to the war in Vietnam, and supported sanitation workers striking for better wages and working conditions. Topics include King's notion of the "beloved community", the Social Gospel, liberalism, "socially conscious democracy", militancy, the politics of martyrdom, poverty and racial justice, and compensatory treatment. Primary sources form the core of our readings.
HIST110
Interpretation of select literature and art of the ancient Mediterranean world with a view to illuminating the antecedents of modern culture; religion and myth in the ancient Near East; Greek philosophical, scientific, and literary invention; and the Roman tradition in politics and administration.
HIST120
Cross-listed with: RELS120.
Credit only granted for: HIST120 or RELS120.
Introduction to society and culture in the Middle East since the advent of Islam: as a personal and communal faith; as artistic and literary highlights of intellectual and cultural life; and as the interplay between politics and religion under the major Islamic regimes.
HIST122
History of Africa from earliest times to 1800. Topics of study include origins of African societies, Nile Valley civilization, medieval African states and societies, Islam, oral traditions, African slavery and the slave trade, and early African-European interactions.
HIST133
God Wills It! The Crusades in Medieval and Modern Perspectives
Cross-listed with: RELS133.
Credit only granted for: HIST133, RELS133 or RELS289D.
Formerly: RELS289D.
An examination of the identities and convictions both of the Western Europeans who participated in the Crusades and of the Easterners (Muslim, Christian, and Jewish) whom they encountered in the Holy Land. Focuses on the era of the first four great Crusades, from about 1095 to 1215. Consideration of the cultural impact of these movements on both Western Europe and the Middle East.
HIST187
God, Land, Power, and the People: Moral Issues in the Jewish Historical Experience
Cross-listed with: JWST187.
Credit only granted for: HIST187 or JWST187.
Examines the complicated relationship between theology, nationalism, sovereignty, and the ethical exercise of social control using case studies drawn from the Jewish historical experience. The universal and age-old issues implicit in the exercise of power have gained special moral force for Jews with the creation of the State of Israel, a Jewish and a democratic state with substantial non-Jewish minorities and hundreds of thousands of non-citizen subjects. Can these be reconciled? Jewish efforts over the ages and in recent times to define justice provide concrete examples through which to examine and discuss crucial abstract principles.
HIST200
Interpreting American History: Beginnings to 1877
Credit only granted for: HIST156 or HIST200.
Formerly: HIST156.
The United States from colonial times to the end of the Civil War. Establishment and development of American institutions.
HIST201
Interpreting American History: From 1865 to the Present
Credit only granted for: HIST157 or HIST201.
Formerly: HIST157.
The United States from the end of the Civil War to the present. Economic, social, intellectual, and political developments. Rise of industry and emergence of the United States as a world power.
HIST204
Credit only granted for: HIST174 or HIST204.
Formerly: HIST174.
An exploration of the roots of modern science from the ancient Greeks through the medieval and early modern periods. Focus on the men and women who helped to create the sciences and to change public perceptions of their disciplines.
HIST208Q
Historical Research and Methods Seminar; How to Rule the World": Political Theory and Governance in the Ancient Mediterranean
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
HIST208R
Historical Research and Methods Seminar; Strange But Not a Stranger: Pre-Modern Minorities
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
HIST208T
Historical Research and Methods Seminar; Can a Movie be "Accurate"?: American Films as Historical Sources
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
HIST213
Cross-listed with: WGSS298L.
Credit only granted for: HIST213, WMST298L or WGSS298L.
Explores the social construction of sexualities from the first colonial settlement to the modern era in the United States. Analyzes the implications of these understandings for power relations in U.S history.
HIST215
Credit only granted for: HIST215 or HIST219A.
Formerly: HIST219A.
An exploration of the theories and rhetoric about the nature and existence of women in the West, focusing on the experience of women from the hegemony of Classical Greece to the French Revolution, an era that marks the beginning of a continuous process of change. Emphasis will be on the period between 1250 and 1750, when the Western European world was fundamentally altered in every aspect and in every level of society, culture, and government.
HIST219E
Special Topics in History; Visual Cultures of Islam
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Crosslisted with ARTH389L, AAST298B, PERS298E, and RELS219E. Credit granted for HIST219E, ARTH389L, AAST298B, PERS298E, or RELS219E.
Visual Cultures of Islam is part of the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum (digitalislam.umich.edu). This course is taught by an expert in the field of Islamic Art at the University of Michigan, and digitally shared with the University of Maryland. The course explores definitions of "Islamic" art and investigates various visual cultures of Islam around the world from the 7th to the 20th century. The course meets twice a week in real time using video conferencing technology and students are able to enroll directly at Maryland for course credit.
Visual Cultures of Islam is part of the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum (digitalislam.umich.edu). This course is taught by an expert in the field of Islamic Art at the University of Michigan, and digitally shared with the University of Maryland. The course explores definitions of "Islamic" art and investigates various visual cultures of Islam around the world from the 7th to the 20th century. The course meets twice a week in real time using video conferencing technology and students are able to enroll directly at Maryland for course credit.
HIST219J
Modern India: From the British Raj to the World's Largest Democracy
Credit only granted for: HIST219J or HIST247.
Formerly: HIST219J.
Surveys the making of modern India, as well as Pakistan and Bangladesh, from the onset of colonialism in the 18th century to the present day. Focuses on three key themes: state formation and the persistence of regional identities; the negotiation of religious, ethnic, caste, and gender differences; and economic development and inequality.
Surveys the making of modern India, as well as Pakistan and Bangladesh, from the onset of colonialism in the 18th century to the present day. Focuses on three key themes: state formation and the persistence of regional identities; the negotiation of religious, ethnic, caste, and gender differences; and economic development and inequality.
HIST221
Cross-listed with: AAST201.
Credit only granted for: AAST201 or HIST221.
Introduction to the history of Asian Americans and Asians in the United States and the Americas and to the field of Asian American Studies, from an interdisciplinary perspective. Topics include theories of race and ethnicity; Asian migration and diaspora to the Americas; Asian American work and labor issues; gender, family, and communities; nationalism and nativism, and anti-Asian movements; Asian Americans in World War II, the Cold War, and the issues in the civil rights & post-civil rights era.
HIST224
Survey of global military history from the European "discovery" of the Americas to the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Explores how the creation of professional armies, advancement of weapons technology, and evolution of military-civilian relations in Europe during these three centuries sparked the "Rise of the West".
HIST234
Invaders, Conquerors, Usurpers: A History of Pre-Modern Britain to 1485
British history from Roman times to the 15th century. The Anglo-Saxon, Scandinavian, and Norman invasions; the coming of Christianity; Magna Carta, the development of Parliament, legal institutions, and the Common Law; the decline of medieval kingship.
HIST236
From Peacocks to Punks: Modern Britain from 1688 to Today
British history from the Glorious Revolution of 1688 to the present. The revolution of 1688; the structure of 18th-century society and politics; economic and social change in the Industrial Revolution; 19th- and 20th-century political and social reform; imperialism; the impact of the First and Second World Wars on British society.
HIST250
Cross-listed with: LACS250.
Credit only granted for: LASC250, HIST250, OR LACS250.
Formerly: LASC250.
Introductory survey of the history of Latin America from pre-Columbian Indian cultures to the beginning of the wars for independence (ca. 1810), covering cultural, political, social, and economic developments. Major themes include conquest, colonialism, indigenous culture, African slavery, religion, race and ethnicity, and gender ideologies.
HIST254
African-American History to 1865
Cross-listed with: AASP298C.
Credit only granted for: HIST254 or AASP298C.
Survey of the principal developments in the history and culture of the peoples of African descent in colonial North America and the United States to 1865. Examines the African past, the Atlantic slave trade, variation in slavery, the growth of free black communities, the transformations of families and cultural forms, and patterns of resistance.
Cross-listed with AASP298C. Credit will be granted for AASP298C or HIST 254.
HIST266
HIST281
Inventing Traditions: The Making of Rabbinic Judaism
Cross-listed with: JWST230, RELS230.
Credit only granted for: HIST281, JWST230, RELS219C or RELS230.
Formerly: RELS219C.
Introduces the dramatic literary and cultural (as well as political and demographic) innovations that reshaped Judaism in late antiquity. Examines the fundamental works and genres of rabbinic literature and the religious movement that produced them. Special emphasis on the rabbinic uses of "tradition" to enhance authority and legitimacy, and to foster group identity.
HIST284
An interdisciplinary survey of the development of East Asian cultures. An historical approach drawing on all facets of East Asian traditional life, to gain an appreciation of the different and complex cultures of the area.
HIST289O
Lawlessness: From Pirates to Body-snatchers, Exploring the Legitimacy of Illicit Activity
Explores motives of and responses to the lawless behavior of pirates, body snatchers, bandits, vigilantes, smugglers and others worldwide from the 1500s to today.
HIST289R
Pocketbook Politics: A History of American Buying and Selling
Provides a thematic approach to consumerism as it emerged in the United States over the course of three centuries. The history of consumption is a prism through which many aspects of social and political life may be viewed. How does what we wear, what we listen to, or what we eat shape our identities?
HIST289T
Jesus, Mani, and Muhammad: The Dynamics of New Religious Movements
Cross-listed with: RELS273.
Credit only granted for: RELS273 or RELS289M or HIST289T.
Formerly: RELS289M.
We examine three significant ancient religious figures: Jesus (d. 30s CE), Mani (d. 276 CE), and Muhammad (d. 632). All three were founders of long-lasting religions that were part of a dramatic change in the society and religion of the ancient world. Special areas of focus: the biographies of these founding figures, and how we know them; a historical approach to religious founders; and the sociology of new religious movements.
HIST299
Directed Research
Credits:
1 - 3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: permission of department.
HIST310
History of South Africa
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Formerly: HIST419E.
Explores the roots of Apartheid and the anti-Apartheid movement from precolonial times to the present: the social history of work and identity, the rise of kingdoms (Zulu, Sotho), conquest and colonial administration, urban and rural mass politics, gender relations, and the transition to democracy.
HIST319J
Special Topics in History; Confederate Monuments in Historical Perspective
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
HIST326
The Roman Republic
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: HIST111 or HIST110; or permission of instructor.
Ancient Rome 753-44 B.C., from its founding to the assassination of Julius Caesar. Rome's conquest of the Mediterranean world, the social and political forces that brought it about, and the consequent transformation and decline of the Republic.
HIST328L
Selected Topics in History; Empires, Revolutions, and Cold Wars: Modern Central and Eastern Europe
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
We live in an international system dominated by accusations of growing Russian power and meddling in the affairs of other countries -- from the civil war that has raged in Ukraine since 2013, to the US presidential elections of 2016. These stories show that Central and Eastern Europe -- a region largely taken for granted since the end of the Cold War -- has once again become a battleground for the future of the international order. This course will both offer a broad overview of that region's history since the late 1700s -- through empires, revolutions, and cold wars -- and provide students with the critical tools to develop their own views on that history.
HIST329E
Special Topics in History; Black Women in United States History
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Cross-listed with WMST314 and HIST329E. Credit granted for AASP313, HIST329E, or WMST314.
Black American women's history from slavery to the present. Focused on gaining a fuller understanding of the effect of race, class and gender on the life cycles and multiple roles of Black women as mothers, daughters, wives, workers and social-change agents.
Black American women's history from slavery to the present. Focused on gaining a fuller understanding of the effect of race, class and gender on the life cycles and multiple roles of Black women as mothers, daughters, wives, workers and social-change agents.
HIST329J
Special Topics in History; African American Public History
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Cross-listed with AASP398V and AMST328F. Credit only granted for HIST329J, AASP398V, or AMST328F.
This course analyzes the field of public history through the lens of African American history, considering the myriad ways beyond the classroom that African American history is circulated and consumed by the general public. By examining museums, historic sites, monuments, films and documentaries, and the digital landscape, students will examine and critique how historical narratives focusing on the experiences of peoples of African descent in the United States have been constructed in public spaces.
This course analyzes the field of public history through the lens of African American history, considering the myriad ways beyond the classroom that African American history is circulated and consumed by the general public. By examining museums, historic sites, monuments, films and documentaries, and the digital landscape, students will examine and critique how historical narratives focusing on the experiences of peoples of African descent in the United States have been constructed in public spaces.
HIST329X
Special Topics in History; Mobility in History: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
HIST331
Europe in the High Middle Ages: 1000-1500
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Cross-listed with: RELS341.
Credit only granted for: HIST331 or RELS341.
Medieval civilization in the 11th through 15th centuries. Emphasis on cultural and political developments of the high Middle Ages with study of the principal sources of medieval thought and learning, art and architecture, and political theory prior to the Renaissance.
HIST332
Renaissance Europe
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: HIST112 or HIST111; or permission of instructor.
Cross-listed with: RELS342.
Credit only granted for: HIST332 or RELS342.
Intellectual developments in Italy and Northern Europe from 1300 to 1550 and their influence on the arts and religion; social and economic trends, including the rise of the commercial economy in cities; the family and the role of women in society; expansion of Europe overseas and the beginnings of colonization; emergence of the state and consequent changes in political theory.
HIST339A
Special Topics in History; History of Socialism
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
HIST339B
Special Topics in History; Ethnicity, Nationalism, and the Jews
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Cross-listed with JWST319F. Credit only granted for HIST339B or JWST319F.
Explores the Jewish ethnic identity and the various ways that Jews fashioned themselves into a nation in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The course will deal with Zionism, but also with Jewish Socialism (the Bund), diaspora nationalism, and other movements primarily in Eastern Europe which claimed that Jews were a nation entitled to national rights. We will also deal with how Jews positioned themselves as a nation in the complex multinational societies of East Central and Eastern Europe. The course will also deal with Jewish ethnicidentity in America and creating a Jewish nation in Israel.
Explores the Jewish ethnic identity and the various ways that Jews fashioned themselves into a nation in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The course will deal with Zionism, but also with Jewish Socialism (the Bund), diaspora nationalism, and other movements primarily in Eastern Europe which claimed that Jews were a nation entitled to national rights. We will also deal with how Jews positioned themselves as a nation in the complex multinational societies of East Central and Eastern Europe. The course will also deal with Jewish ethnicidentity in America and creating a Jewish nation in Israel.
HIST339L
Special Topics in History; Minorities, Minoritization, and Sectarianism in the Modern Middle East
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg
Cross-listed with RELS319B. Credit only granted for HIST339L or RELS319B.
Minorities and Sectarianism are two categories that are commonly used in contemporary political and social analysis of the Modern Middle East. The course will look at the historical events and processes that have led to the emergence of such social structures that are more often the product of modern politics than markers of essential historical difference. We will analyze the roots of ethnic and religious diversity and their manipulation by colonial and post-colonial governments, and at the politics of self-assertion by minority groups in the Middle East and North Africa during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
Minorities and Sectarianism are two categories that are commonly used in contemporary political and social analysis of the Modern Middle East. The course will look at the historical events and processes that have led to the emergence of such social structures that are more often the product of modern politics than markers of essential historical difference. We will analyze the roots of ethnic and religious diversity and their manipulation by colonial and post-colonial governments, and at the politics of self-assertion by minority groups in the Middle East and North Africa during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
HIST339R
Special Topics in History; Ancient Conceptions of the World and its Peoples
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
An examination of how ancient cultures including ancient Egypt, the Greco-Roman Mediterranean, India, and China envisioned the world in which they lived and the diverse peoples that inhabited it. Students will explore a variety of textual and material sources; they will investigate not only how different ancient cultures understood the mechanics of the universe, but how they envisioned and represented those who dwelled beyond the realm of the familiar.
HIST339T
Special Topics in History; History of Iraq
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
HIST355
Civil War and the Rise of Industrialization, 1860-1900
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: HIST200, HIST201, HIST210, HIST213, HIST222, HIST254, HIST255, or HIST275; or must have completed HIST156 or HIST157; or permission of instructor.
Credit only granted for: HIST355 or HIST364.
Civil War, sectional and class conflicts and their impact on American life and institutions from the beginning of the Civil War through the Gilded Age; social, economic, and political reconstruction of the Union; industrialization, urbanization, and technological changes.
HIST357
Recent America: 1945-Present
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: HIST201, HIST211, HIST213, HIST222, HIST255, or HIST275; or must have completed HIST157; or permission of instructor.
American history from the inauguration of Harry S. Truman to the present with emphasis upon politics and foreign relations, but with consideration of special topics such as radicalism, conservatism, and labor.
HIST361
Metropolitan Change and Modern America: Cities, Suburbs, Hinterlands
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: HIST201, HIST211, HIST222, or HIST255; or must have completed HIST157; or permission of instructor.
Credit only granted for: HIST419B or HIST361.
Formerly: HIST419B.
An exploration of the forces that have transformed metropolitan and rural life since the mid-19th century. What role have politics, policy, economics, and ideology/culture played in creating an urbanized and then a "suburbanized" nation?
HIST373
Jews in Early Modern Times 1450-1750
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Recommended: HIST282 or JWST234.
Cross-listed with JWST333. Credit only granted for: JWST333, HIST373, HIST418C/JWST419C (Fall 2006, Fall 2004) or HIST419C/JWST419Y (Spring 2001).
Formerly: HIST419C.
Emergence of new powerful population centers, religious and cultural creativity, new forms of community, and radical messianic movements.
HIST375
Modern Jewish History II: World Jewry Since 1870
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Cross-listed with JWST344.
Credit only granted for: HIST375 or JWST344.
Social, political, economic, and cultural change in the Jewish world since 1870. Emphasis on emancipation, assimilation, and new forms of Jewish identity in Western and Eastern European Jewry from the 19th Century to the present.
HIST377
Cross-listed with: ISRL330, JWST334.
Credit only granted for: JWST319D, JWST334, HIST377, HIST329Z, ISRL329M, or ISRL330.
Formerly: ISRL329M.
It is impossible to understand Israeli society today without examining the Mizrahi experience. Despite the common misconception that Israel is predominantly made up of Jews from European origin, the fact of the matter is that Jews of Mizrahi origin, whose parents and grandparents immigrated to Israel from the Middle East and North Africa, represent a major part of the Israeli population. Moreover, Ashkenazi-Mizrahi relations continue to be a major source of tension in Israeli politics, and issues of race continue to come up on social media and polarize the Israeli society. This course brings to light narratives of Mizrahi identity in Israel and explores the trajectory of the Mizrahi struggle for equality and against racism through its various milestones: the 1959 Wadi Salib Revolt, the Black Panthers Movement in the 1970s, the emergence of the Israeli Sephardi-Orthodox party Shas, and the new wave of Mizrahi activism in the 21st century.
HIST386
Experiential Learning
Credits:
3 - 6
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
Restriction: Permission of ARHU-History department; and junior standing or higher.
The History Department's Internship program. Pre-professional experience in historical research, analysis, and writing in a variety of work settings.
HIST395
Honors Colloquium I
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Restriction: Permission of ARHU-History department; and must be in History program.
History and theory: the conceptual underpinnings of the historical discipline. Students evaluate several contrasting theories of history. Prerequisite for other honors courses.
HIST398
Honors Thesis I
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
HIST399
Honors Thesis II
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
HIST405
Environmental History
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
An introduction to the key issues and methods of environmental history. The scope of the subject is discussed, as well as its relationship with other disciplines, such as ecology, anthropology, and geography. A primary focus is environmental change in history with emphasis on the American experience.
HIST406
History of Technology
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
The changing character of technology in modern history, beginning with the Middle Ages. Concentrates on the Industrial Revolution and its aftermath, the nature of technological knowledge and the sources of technological change.
HIST419C
Special Topics in History; Sex, Gender, and Sexuality in the Islamic World
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Cross-listed with PERS498M, CMLT679D, PERS689M, RELS429B, WGSS498D, and WMST698D.
Credit only granted for PERS498M, CMLT679D, HIST419C, PERS689M, RELS429B, WGSS498D, or WMST698D.
Credit only granted for PERS498M, CMLT679D, HIST419C, PERS689M, RELS429B, WGSS498D, or WMST698D.
HIST419I
Special Topics in History; History of Palestine in Modern Times
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Cross-listed with ISRL448O. Credit only granted for HIST419I or ISRL448O.
This seminar explores the contested history of Palestine from the 18th century to 1948. Topics covered include the emergence and trajectories of Zionism and Palestinian nationalism, Arab Jews, Palestine s economy, settler colonialism, religiosity and the politics of memory.
This seminar explores the contested history of Palestine from the 18th century to 1948. Topics covered include the emergence and trajectories of Zionism and Palestinian nationalism, Arab Jews, Palestine s economy, settler colonialism, religiosity and the politics of memory.
HIST419J
Special Topics in History; American Women and the Great Society: The 1960s and Beyond
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Explores the relationship between social movements and public policy in the 1960s and 1970s as well as the legacy of Great Society policies for Americans today. Students will come to understand how social and political change has happened in the past and how they might participate in directing social change now.
HIST419P
Special Topics in History; Origins of Ethnic Cleansing in Russia/USSR
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
HIST419T
Special Topics in History; Deindustrialization and Global Capitalism
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Examines the phenomenon of deindustrialization in the context of the global history of capitalism, from the Industrial Revolution in the early 19thc. to the United States in the early 21stc. Topics include technology and automation, loss of manufacturing jobs, and the decline and revitalization of urban areas. Focus on social and cultural changes accompanying the process.
HIST429A
Special Topics in History; Victoria's Secrets: Sex and Class in Nineteenth Century Britain
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Queen Victoria, Darwin, Sherlock Holmes and Jack the Ripper: meet some of the Victorians who continue to captivate our historical imagination and learn the truth about sex, class, and race in 19th Century Britain.
HIST429Z
Special Topics in History; American Money: Rethinking Finance and its History
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Standard macroeconomic treatments of money and finance cannot be supported by the historical record. While most textbooks say otherwise, money has its origins in credit instruments, and meanwhile its value and uses are inseparable from the public authority that issues it. We will briefly revisit that well-documented history and debates among scholars about money's origins and nature. Then we'll look at case studies--from the colonial period to the present (from the issue of the first paper bills to Bitcoin)--to examine money's role in shaping American development.
HIST453
Diplomatic History of the United States from 1914
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
American foreign relations in the 20th century. World War I, the Great Depression, World War II, the Cold War, the Korean War, and Vietnam. A continuation of HIST452.
HIST466
Immigration and Ethnicity in the U.S.
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: AAST200, AAST201, AAST222, HIST200, HIST201, HIST221, or HIST222; or must have completed HIST156 or HIST157; or permission of ARHU-History department.
Credit only granted for: AAST498L or HIST466.
Seminar exploring historical problems relating to US immigration, race, and ethnicity since 1848, with emphasis on cultural impacts of migration on immigrants, their children, and U.S. society.
HIST482
History of Japan to 1800
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Traditional Japanese civilization from the age of Shinto mythology and introduction of continental learning down to the rule of military families, the transition to a money economy, and the creation of a townsmen's culture. A survey of political, economic, religious, and cultural history.
HIST499
Independent Study
Credits:
1 - 3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: permission of department.
HIST601
History and Contemporary Theory
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
An introduction to contemporary theories in philosophy, literary criticism, cultural studies, anthropology, and other fields; and analysis of their usefulness to historians.
HIST607
The Teaching of History in Institutions of Higher Learning
Credits:
1
Grad Meth:
S-F
HIST608A
General Seminar; American History
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Prerequisite: permission of department.
HIST608C
General Seminar; Readings in European History
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
HIST610
Introduction to Museum Scholarship
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Cross-listed with: AMST655, ANTH655, INST653.
Credit only granted for: AMST655, ANTH655, HIST610, INST728T or INST653.
Provides students a basic understanding of museums as cultural and intellectual institutions. Topics include the historical development of museums, museums as resources for scholarly study, and the museum exhibition as medium for presentation of scholarship.
For Fall 2008: Additionally cross-listed with INST728T. Credit only granted for ANTH655, AMST655, HIST610, or INST728T.
HIST619A
Special Topics in History; Independent Study
Credits:
1 - 3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Prerequisite: permission of department.
HIST619B
Special Topics in History; Independent Study
Credits:
1 - 3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Prerequisite: permission of department.
HIST619I
Special Topics in History; History of Palestine in Modern Times
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
This seminar explores the contested history of Palestine from the 18th century to 1948. Topics covered include the emergence and trajectories of Zionism and Palestinian nationalism, Arab Jews, Palestine s economy, settler colonialism, religiosity and the politics of memory.
HIST619M
Special Topics in History; Readings in Nineteenth Century US History
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
HIST638E
Special Topics in History; Readings in Black Women's History
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
HIST688A
Special Topics: Collaborative Curation; The 1856 Project
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Cross-listed with AMST659A, ANTH659A, and INST788A. Credit only granted for AMST659, ANTH659A, HIST688A, or INST788A.
Prerequisite: AMST655/ANTH655/HIST610. Recommended: AMST856/ANTH856/HIST810, AMST857/ANTH857/HIST811.
Restriction: By permission only. Students enrolled in the MSMC (Museum Scholarship and Material Culture) certificate program will be given priority for enrollment.
This seminar not only considers the history of curation and curators within the institutional setting of museums, it offers participants the opportunity, and challenge, to engage in curatorial practice by planning an exhibition that focuses on a critical aspect of life at and around the University of Maryland over the years. The initial run of this course will focus on the 1856 project at the University of Maryland, which focuses on three main areas of Black Life at and around the University of Maryland - Slavery and the Building of the Campus; Civil Rights, Black Student Activism, and the University; and the Relationship of the University to its Black Neighbors.
Prerequisite: AMST655/ANTH655/HIST610. Recommended: AMST856/ANTH856/HIST810, AMST857/ANTH857/HIST811.
Restriction: By permission only. Students enrolled in the MSMC (Museum Scholarship and Material Culture) certificate program will be given priority for enrollment.
This seminar not only considers the history of curation and curators within the institutional setting of museums, it offers participants the opportunity, and challenge, to engage in curatorial practice by planning an exhibition that focuses on a critical aspect of life at and around the University of Maryland over the years. The initial run of this course will focus on the 1856 project at the University of Maryland, which focuses on three main areas of Black Life at and around the University of Maryland - Slavery and the Building of the Campus; Civil Rights, Black Student Activism, and the University; and the Relationship of the University to its Black Neighbors.
HIST708
Directed Independent Reading for Comprehensive Examinations I
Credits:
1 - 4
Grad Meth:
S-F
HIST709
Directed Independent Reading for Comprehensive Examinations II
Credits:
1 - 4
Grad Meth:
S-F
HIST799
Master's Thesis Research
Credits:
1 - 6
Grad Meth:
S-F
HIST811
Museum Scholarship Practicum
Credits:
3 - 6
Grad Meth:
Reg, S-F
Prerequisite: AMST856, ANTH856, or HIST810.
Restriction: Permission of Museum Scholarship Program required.
Cross-listed with: AMST857, ANTH857, INST787.
Credit only granted for: AMST857, ANTH857, HIST811, INST728I or INST787.
Students devise and carry out a research program using the collections at the Smithsonian Institution or some other cooperating museum, working under joint supervision of a museum professional and a university faculty member.
HIST819A
Special Topics in History: Independent Research
Credits:
1 - 3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Department permission required.
HIST819B
Special Topics in History: Independent Research
Credits:
1 - 3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Department permission required.
HIST819M
Special Topics in History: Independent Research; United States History: Reconstruction to the Present
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
HIST898
Pre-Candidacy Research
Credits:
1 - 8
Grad Meth:
Reg
HIST899
Doctoral Dissertation Research
Credits:
6
Grad Meth:
S-F
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