Courses - Spring 2026
HIST110
The Ancient World
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.
HIST123
Overviews early mid-19th-century changes in African societies, European conquest and African resistances in the late 19th-century, colonial states and societies, African nationalisms and decolonization and the independence era. Struggles over social, economic, and political changes are emphasized.
HIST131
Credit only granted for: HIST131 or HIST289J.
Formerly: HIST289J.
An introduction to the way Americans thought of themselves in the past, and their often conflicting visions of what constituted the American Dream. Central questions will include whether or not Americans have always envisioned their country as a land of equality, opportunity, democracy, and freedom and whether or not their ideas of what these values meant changed or remained the same over time.
HIST147
History of Satan: Conceptions of Ultimate Evil from Antiquity to the Present
Traces the concept of Satan in the Jewish and Christian traditions from the Hebrew Bible, through the early modern witch crazes, to the "Satanic Panic" of the '80s and modern conspiracy theories. We'll examine both how our darkest fears have changed over the centuries, and which elements have stayed remarkably consistent across time. In the process, we'll seek to answer our Big Question: How do ideas about the devil reflect the norms and anxieties of the cultures that produce them?
HIST187
God, Land, Power, and the People: Moral Issues in the Jewish Historical Experience
Cross-listed with: ISRL187, JWST187.
Credit only granted for: HIST187, JWST187 or ISRL187.
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
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.
HIST208O
Historical Research and Methods Seminar; In Sickness and in Health: Health, Illness and Medicine in Early Modern and Modern History
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
Research methods course in the history of medicine. Students will conduct guided research, gather primary and secondary sources and produce a paper based on their findings.
HIST208P
Historical Research and Methods Seminar; EXpression and Desire: Mapping Gender and Sexuality in History
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
Explores the research and writing methods used and the conversations engaged with in the study of the history of women, gender, and sexuality. Students will produce an original research paper on a topic of their choice within this field.
HIST208Q
Historical Research and Methods Seminar; Histories of Race and Labor
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
Examines how ideas about race have shaped working conditions, movements across borders, labor unions, and the larger developments of global societies in the nineteenth and twentieth century. Students will produce an original research paper on a topic of their choice within this theme.
HIST211
Cross-listed with: WGSS211.
Credit only granted for: HIST211, WMST211 or WGSS211.
Formerly: WMST211.
An examination of women's changing roles in working class and middle class families, the effects of industrialization on women's economic activities and status, and women's involvement in political and social struggles, including those for women's rights, birth control, and civil rights.
HIST219Q
Special Topics in History; American Social and Political Violence
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
HIST219X
Modern Iran
Cross-listed with: PERS251.
Credit only granted for: PERS251 or HIST219X.
General sociopolitical introduction to modern Iran from establishment of the Qajar dynasty in the late 18th century to the present day. Taught in English.
HIST220
The Atlantic World in the Age of Exploration, Conquest, and Settlement
Credit only granted for: HIST219V or HIST220.
Formerly: HIST219V.
Study of encounters, exchanges, and clashes between Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans in the early modern Atlantic World. Examines conquest and colonial systems; movement of men and women and mixing of peoples, and the persistence of native folkways.
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.
HIST222
Credit only granted for: AAST222, HIST222, or SOCY222.
The history of immigration and the development of diverse populations i the United States are examined. Topics include related political controversies, the social experiences of immigrants, ethnicity, generations, migration, inter-group relations, race, and diversity in American culture.
HIST225
Modern Military History, 1815-Present
The military history of Europe through an examination of the economic, financial, strategic, tactical, and technological aspects of the development of military institutions and warfare from the Congress of Vienna in 1815 to the present.
HIST227
Credit only granted for: HNUH218B or HIST227.
Formerly: HNUH218B.
What does it mean to be free in the United States? The concept of freedom was embedded in the nation's political culture in the Declaration of Independence, and it has remained a cherished and contested ideal. We can interrogate this concept through the life and times of Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), who dreamed eloquently of freedom, thought carefully about its limits, and worked ardently to build a firmer freedom for a broader population. With Douglass as our guide, we will examine the survival of slavery in a nation built on freedom, images of the expanding United States as a land of opportunity, and the complex meanings and tremendous costs of freedom struggles during the nineteenth century. This history will push you to think critically about the contested concepts that shape our lives, and to consider the values and the perils of a society that positions freedom as its highest ideal.
HIST235
Divorced, Beheaded, Deposed: England and Britain 1485-1689
British history from the War of the Roses to the Hanoverian succession; Yorkist and Tudor society and politics; the Renaissance and Reformation in England, Henry VIII through Elizabeth I; 17th-century crises and revolutions; intellectual and cultural changes; the beginnings of empire; the achievement of political and intellectual order.
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.
HIST237
Russian Civilization
An overview of Russian history stressing the main lines of development of the Russian state and the evolution of Russian culture to the present day.
HIST247
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.
HIST251
Cross-listed with: LACS251.
Credit only granted for: HIST251, LASC251, or LACS251.
Formerly: LASC251.
Introductory survey of the history of Latin America from the era of independence (c. 1810-1825) through the early 1980s. Major themes include independence and sovereignty, postcolonialism and neocolonialism, nation- and state-building, liberalism, citizenship, economic development and modernization, social organization and stratification, race and ethnicity, gender relations, identity politics, reform and revolution, authoritarianism and democratization, and inter-American relations.
Cross-listed with LASC251. Credit granted for HIST251 or LASC251.
HIST255
African-American History, 1865 - Present
Cross-listed with: AAAS255.
Credit only granted for: HIST255, AASP255, AAAS255 or AASP298A.
An introductory course in the African-American experience in the United States from 1865 to the present. Topics include the aftermath of the Civil War on US race relations, the rise of segregation, northern migration, World War I and II, Civil Rights Movements, and the Black Power Movement.
HIST270
Science Fiction, Afrofuturism, and Colonialism
Explores the history of science fiction writing in the context of genuine historical events and issues in the background of authors and in the narratives they create. There is a deep intersection with colonialism and racism -- one which was then traduced by two generations of sci-fi authors, and via Afrofuturism and dystopian Scifi, who turned around the genre to create a new set of plots and social messages. Students will leave the class with an appreciation of the difference between historical methodology and narrative, whether under the guise of fiction or speculative nonfiction. Students will encounter and understand cinematic and visual vocabularies as well as textual tropes.
HIST285
East Asian Civilization II
A survey of the historical development of modern Asia since 1700. Primarily concerned with the efforts of East Asians to preserve their traditional cultures in the face of Western expansion in the 18th and 19th centuries, and their attempts to survive as nations in the 20th century.
HIST287
Why the Jews? Historical and Cultural Investigations
Restriction: Must not have completed HIST282, HIST283, JWST234, or JWST235.
Cross-listed with JWST233.
Credit only granted for: HIST287 or JWST233.
Examines the history and culture of the Jews from the thirteenth century BCE/BC to the present through an examination of significant themes or problems (such as "religion" or "diaspora") that shape our understanding of the Jewish people. A primary focus in the course will be on texts, artifacts, and other cultural products by Jews and others that illustrate the history of the Jews help understand their cultural heritage.
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.
HIST307
The Holocaust of European Jewry
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Cross-listed with: JWST345.
Credit only granted for: HIST307 or JWST345.
Roots of Nazi Jewish policy in the 1930's and during World War II: the process of destruction and the implementation of the "final solution of the Jewish problem" in Europe, and the responses made by the Jews to their concentration and annihilation.
HIST319M
Special Topics in History; Slavery in Latin America
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Cross-listed with LACS348G. Credit only granted for HIST319M or LACS348G.
HIST326
The Roman Republic
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
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.
HIST328W
Cross-listed with: CLAS320, WGSS320.
Credit only granted for: CLAS320, WMST320, WGSS320 or HIST328W.
A study of women's image and reality in ancient Greek and Roman societies through an examination of literary, linguistic, historical, legal, and artistic evidence; special emphasis in women's role in the family, views of female sexuality, and the place of women in creative art. Readings in primary sources in translation and modern critical writings.
HIST329M
Special Topics in History; From Damascus to Cordoba: The First Dynasty of Islam East and West
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Cross-listed with RELS429M. Credit only granted for HIST329M or RELS429M.
A global history of the first dynasty of Islam, from their Arabian origins to Syria and Iberia, with a focus on how the Umayyads wanted to memorialize themselves while questioning the construction of historical narratives in medieval Islam.
A global history of the first dynasty of Islam, from their Arabian origins to Syria and Iberia, with a focus on how the Umayyads wanted to memorialize themselves while questioning the construction of historical narratives in medieval Islam.
HIST329Q
Special Topics in History; Jews and Sports: Identities, Nationalisms, and Masculinities
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Cross-listed with JWST319A. Credit only granted for JWST319A or HIST329Q.
Modern Jewish culture is marked by competing visions of Jewish masculinity, from the traditional learned scholar to the muscle Jew of the 19th century. Athleticism plays an important role in this cultural formation. Attention to Jewish engagement in and with sports including boxing, baseball, basketball, and soccer allows for a better understanding of modern Jewish identity and its development and challenges.
Modern Jewish culture is marked by competing visions of Jewish masculinity, from the traditional learned scholar to the muscle Jew of the 19th century. Athleticism plays an important role in this cultural formation. Attention to Jewish engagement in and with sports including boxing, baseball, basketball, and soccer allows for a better understanding of modern Jewish identity and its development and challenges.
HIST329R
Special Topics in History; History of Antisemitism
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Hatred of the Jews has a long history, stretching from antiquity to the present. Based on many causes -- religious animosity, economic challenges, racial fears, political anxieties -- antisemitism may have waxed and waned over the past two thousand years, but it has proven a remarkably resilient and often deadly concept. This course will examine the main claims of the antisemites from antiquity to the present, the causes for the emergence of antisemitic invective and behavior in different periods and places, and the ways Jews devised to cope with the threat that anti-Jewish hostility posed. We will focus on primary sources as well as scholarly analyses. Hopefully we will come to understand how different societies coped with an unusual religo-ethnic minority group and how that minority group understood its place in those societies.
HIST338A
Special Topics in History; The Civil Rights Movement
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Cross-listed with AAAS398J and AMST328Z. Credit only granted for HIST338A, AAAS398J, or AMST328Z.
From the anti-lynching movement and streetcar boycotts of the early 20th century to the mass movement of the 1960s, this course takes up issues that have engaged social movement theorists and activists alike: developing and sustaining social commitment, confronting the strengths and weaknesses of formal organization, raising money, maximizing political influence, and securing long-range objectives. While primarily focused on the U.S. Black Civil Rights Movement, the course considers its impact on other rights struggles (e.g., environmental justice and reproductive justice) and makes connections to the civil rights struggles of other people of color in the U.S.
From the anti-lynching movement and streetcar boycotts of the early 20th century to the mass movement of the 1960s, this course takes up issues that have engaged social movement theorists and activists alike: developing and sustaining social commitment, confronting the strengths and weaknesses of formal organization, raising money, maximizing political influence, and securing long-range objectives. While primarily focused on the U.S. Black Civil Rights Movement, the course considers its impact on other rights struggles (e.g., environmental justice and reproductive justice) and makes connections to the civil rights struggles of other people of color in the U.S.
HIST338B
Special Topics in History; Maryland's Ethnic Foodways
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
This public history, digital humanities project will chronicle the culinary histories of ethnic communities in Maryland by learning, documenting, engaging, and thereby preserving stories of food businesses. Students will explore the multi-faceted culinary identities of our state forged by ethnic immigrant communities.
HIST338C
Special Topics in History; Slavery, Law and Power in the Early Americas and British Empire
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Focus on the emergence of racial slavery and its connections to larger power structures, including empire, monarchy, labor, capitalism, and law, with particular focus on Britain's American empire, including the future United States and the Caribbean. Involves substantial hands-on research and digital humanities work.
HIST338R
Special Topics in History; Environmental Justice in the Americas since 1962
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
HIST339C
Special Topics in History; War, Genocide, and Resilience in Africa's Great Lakes Region
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Examines postcolonial violence in Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo in historical and comparative perspective. Emphasis is also placed on the social, political, and economic consequences of these conflicts, as well as the diverse approaches to peacebuilding, justice, and commemoration that can be seen across the region.
HIST339I
Special Topics in History; Missionary Dreams and Nightmares: A Global History of Protestant Missions
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Cross-listed with RELS319P. Credit only granted for HIST339I or RELS319P.
Protestant missionary activity from the seventeenth century onwards in aglobal perspective. We will investigate the relations between missionaryactivity, imperialism, and the "civilizing project" of the West with particular reference to British missionary organizations. The real and perceived risks and difficulties faced by missionaries, from dying of malaria to being eaten by cannibals, will be discussed to understand the ethos that has animated the Protestant missionary commitment over the centuries.
Protestant missionary activity from the seventeenth century onwards in aglobal perspective. We will investigate the relations between missionaryactivity, imperialism, and the "civilizing project" of the West with particular reference to British missionary organizations. The real and perceived risks and difficulties faced by missionaries, from dying of malaria to being eaten by cannibals, will be discussed to understand the ethos that has animated the Protestant missionary commitment over the centuries.
HIST354
Ante-Bellum America 1815-1861
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Traces how the strong nationalism after the War of 1812 transformed int the sectionalism that led to Civil War. The course concentrates on the controversies over slavery and other issues contributing to North-South antagonism, including Jacksonian democracy, capitalism, racism, immigration, manifest destiny and religious, social, and intellectual movements, each of which produced its own social tendencies and tensions.
HIST356
Emergence of Modern America, 1900-1945
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
The emergence of modern institutions and identities, 1900-1945. These institutions may include corporate enterprises and the welfare state; identities include homosexuality, the New Woman, and the New Negro.
HIST357
Recent America: 1945-Present
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
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.
HIST376
History of Modern Israel
Cross-listed with ISRL342.
Credit only granted for: HIST376 or ISRL342.
History of modern Israel since the beginning of the Zionist settlement in 1882. Attention to different interpretations and narratives of Israel's history, including the historical and ideological roots of Zionism, the establishment of the State of Israel, ideological forces, wars, and the triumphs and crises of democracy.
Cross-listed with ISRL342. Credit only granted for HIST376 or ISRL342.
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.
HIST396
Honors Colloquium II
Prerequisite: Permission of ARHU-History department; or HIST395.
Restriction: Must be in History program.
Uses a seminar approach to examine a major problem of historical interpretation across two or more diverse cultures in different periods. Topics vary and include: religion and society, the city in history, gender, slavery and emancipation, and modernization.
HIST398
Honors Thesis Directed Study
Credits:
2
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
HIST399
Honors Thesis Senior Seminar
Credits:
1
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
HIST408K
Senior Seminar; The Civil War and Reconstruction in American Memory
HIST408R
HIST408X
Senior Seminar; Britain at War: A Cultural History
A cultural and social history of the British experience from the First World War through the early years of the Cold War. Readings-based seminar with focus on war's impact on gender roles; masculinity and trauma; the home front, propaganda, and the mythology of the Blitz; spies and apocalyptic fears in pop culture. Explore some of the memoirs, poetry, and films produced during and after the events, and how twentieth century wars continue to shape popular memory and culture to this day.
HIST408Z
Senior Seminar; What Makes a City? Metropolitan Change in Modern America
HIST417
Colonial Encounters: Natives, Spaniards, and Africans in the New World
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Recommended: HIST220 and HIST250.
Credit only granted for: HIST417 or HIST428Y.
Formerly: HIST428Y.
An exploration of the discourses and practices of the Spanish colonial project in the New World and the ways in which Indians and Blacks were incorporated into or excluded from that project. Also examines native and African resistance and adaptation to Spanish rule, and the process of transformation and hybridization of Spanish, native and African cultures in Spanish America. An analysis of recent historiographical developments that have profoundly changed the understanding of the Spanish conquest and colonization of the New World.
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.
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.
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.
HIST419L
Special Topics in History; Global Histories of the "Military-Industrial Complex"
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Seminar with a focus on the business of war. It examines how warfare and military institutions have contributed to a wide range of economic phenomena around the world, including the Silk Road, Europe's imperial expansion, the Industrial Revolution, the rise of multinational corporations, globalization, the emergence of K-pop, and the Internet.
HIST419O
Special Topics in History; Plants & Diaspora: Black and Indigenous Environmental History
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
HIST419P
Special Topics in History; The Origins of Ethnic Cleansing in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Nationality policies in the Russian Empire and in the Soviet Union, with a focus on large-scale violence practiced by the state against various ethnic/ethno-religious/ethno-social groups and minorities. The key theme concerns the ways in which major changes in governance, population control, and surveillance engendered persecutions, deportations, or even genocides.
HIST428D
Selected Topics in History; Fighting Words: Debated Topics in Jewish Thought
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
An examination of the constant debate over the meaning of the sacred texts and the rulings of rabbinic authorities in Jewish thought. After a general introduction, this course focuses on modern claims to authority in the US and Israel.
Cross listed with JWST429F, RELS429C, and JWST658A. Credit granted for only HIST428D, JWST429F, RELS429C, or JWST658A.
Cross listed with JWST429F, RELS429C, and JWST658A. Credit granted for only HIST428D, JWST429F, RELS429C, or JWST658A.
HIST429N
Special Topics in History; How to Make an Empire: Early America in the World
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Early North America was a place of clashing empires that shaped the United States. This course combines lecture- and seminar-style learning to explore Indigenous, European, and U.S imperial ambitions spanning the sixteenth to early ninteenth centuries in a broad context. We will see how empires rise and decline, as well as how they depend on legal, military, religious, scientific, cultural, and financial institutions and the people who comprise them.
HIST431
Becoming Great Britain, 1603-1704
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
An examination of the political, religious, and social forces in English life, 1603-1714, with special emphasis on Puritanism and the English revolutions.
HIST455
Constitutional History of the United States: Since 1865
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
American public law and government, with emphasis on the interaction of government, law, and politics, and the relationship between the constitution and social forces and influences, the way in which constitutional principles, rules, ideas, and institutions affect events and are in turn affected by events. Major crises in American government and politics such as Reconstruction,the rise of corporate power, civil liberties during wartime, the New Deal era, the civil disorders of the 1960s.
HIST490
Seven Revolutions in Modern Africa (1945-)
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Credit only granted for: HIST428B or HIST490.
Formerly: HIST428B.
Seven Revolutions samples theoretical, contemporaneously produced, and leading scholarly (secondary) texts about seven revolutionary situations faced by Africans from ca. 1952 through to the 21st century. In past years we have devoted weeks or double weeks to the Mau Mau (Kenya), Ethiopian derg, Zimbabwe's factions and structural racism, Guinea and women's subalternity, Patrice Lumumba's assassination, race vs. settler as a framework, Liberia's intersection with continental history in the 1980s, among other focuses.
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
For majors only.
HIST608B
General Seminar; American History
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Prerequisite: permission of department.
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.
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.
HIST619J
Special Topics in History; The US in the World in the 20th Century
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
HIST619N
Special Topics in History; Modern European Empires
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
HIST639A
Special Topics in History; Heresy and Inquisition in the Premodern World
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
HIST639K
Special Topics in History; Sexualities in the Atlantic World and Beyond (1600-2000)
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
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
HIST810
Museum Research Seminar
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Prerequisite: AMST655, ANTH655, or HIST610.
Cross-listed with: AMST856, ANTH856, INST786.
Credit only granted for: AMST856, ANTH856, HIST810, INST728U or INST786.
A research seminar focusing on the practice and presentation of cultural and historical scholarship in museums and historical sites. Students will complete an original research project on the challenges and opportunities of public exhibition and interpretation of cultural and historical research.
Additional Note: Cross-listed with ANTH856, HIST810, INST728U. For the Spring 2101 semester, Credit only granted for: AMST856, ANTH856, HIST810 OR INST728U.
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.
HIST819N
Special Topics in History: Independent Research; Microhistories
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
HIST819T
Special Topics in History: Independent Research; History of Technology, Science, the Environment, and Medicine
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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