Courses - Spring 2027
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.
HIST146
Credit only granted for: HIST289L or HIST146.
Formerly: HIST289L.
Explores the transformation of crime and punishment in England, France, and America over five centuries. Focus is on the connections between forms of government, cultural norms, and punishment. How do ideas about government and its rightful exercise connect to which actions are deemed crimes, who is punished, and how they are punished? "Crimes" covered in this course will range from high crimes such as murder, theft, witchcraft, heresy, sedition, and treason to crimes of property and morals crimes such as non-attendance at church and drunkenness.
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?
HIST151
Aliens, Brainwashing, and Cybernetics: Science Fiction and the History of Science
How have humans used art--including but not limited to poems, plays, novels, short stories, and films--to explore the potential consequences of new science and technology? Writers, filmmakers, and artists have often used speculative fiction to comment on new knowledge about the natural world and to think about how that knowledge might affect humanity's future. Some works of art express hope that science and technology will improve the human condition; others express anxiety about the consequences of scientific findings and technological developments. This class examines science fiction (broadly defined) in its historical context and considers how specific works both reflected and shaped changing beliefs about science and its role in society. Students will analyze works of fiction alongside scholarly literature about developments in the history of science.
HIST153
How does a nation emerge from revolution? This course investigates how people confront political collapse and, in its aftermath, construct new systems of government, law, economy, society, and cultural identity. Focusing on the United States between 1776 and 1850, we examine one of history's most ambitious nation-building experiments. During these decades, a scattered set of rebellious colonies struggled to define their governing principles, expand their territory, negotiate profound social and economic change, and articulate a national character--ultimately transforming into a sprawling, diverse, and deeply divided continental power. Through readings, discussion, and analysis of primary sources, students will explore the tensions, innovations, conflicts, and contradictions that shaped the early American republic and consider what this formative period reveals about the possibilities and challenges of creating something new from the remnants of a broken order.
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.
HIST208V
Historical Research and Methods Seminar
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
Restriction: Permission of Department Required
HIST208W
Historical Research and Methods Seminar
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
Restriction: Permission of Department Required
HIST208X
Historical Research and Methods Seminar
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
Restriction: Permission of Department Required
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.
HIST233
Empire! The British Imperial Experience 1558-1997
Credit only granted for: HIST219P or HIST233.
Formerly: HIST219P.
Britain's empire from the mid-sixteenth century to the late twentieth century, focusing on the encounter between Britain and indigenous peoples. Topics include the origins of British imperialism in Ireland and North America, the slave trade, the East India Company and India, women in empire, transportation and the making of Australia, sex in empire, missionaries, racial theories, and decolonization.
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.
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.
HIST266
The United States in World Affairs
A study of the United States as an emerging world power and the American response to changing status in world affairs. Emphasis on the relationship between internal and external development of the nation.
HIST287
Why the Jews? Historical and Cultural Investigations
Cross-listed with: JWST233.
Credit only granted for: HIST283, HIST287, JWST235 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?
HIST299
Directed Research
Credits:
1 - 3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: permission of department.
HIST319G
Special Topics in History; The Vikings
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
HIST319Q
Special Topics in History; The Civil War Era: America's Fiery Trial
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Course examines the sectional controversy, slavery, and constitutional crises that pushed the nation toward civil war. It then follows the conflict through its major battles, military and political strategies, and the pressures it placed on the home front. Students will trace these events through the lives of the people who shaped and endured them, including John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, and Mary Chesnut.
HIST321
Archaeology and the Quest for Ancient Israel
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Cross-listed with: JWST324.
Credit only granted for: HIST321 or JWST324.
The Hebrew Bible/Old Testament tells the story of "Biblical Israel" in ways that overlap with but are not identical to the evidence for "ancient Israel" provided by archaeological sources. Close attention to archaeology and inscriptional evidence allows for an understanding of biblical literature in light of its ancient Near Eastern context. Primary focus is on the Iron Age (ca. 1200-540 BCE), whose archaeology and inscriptions will be explored alongside biblical texts set during the this period but often written much later. Class discussion will address modern controversies regarding ancient Israel, including questions of origins (what does proto-Israelite mean?), problems of historiography (minimalist vs. maximalist), and archaeological dating (low chronology vs. high chronology).
Cross-listed with: JWST324. Credit only granted for: HIST321 or JWST324.
The Hebrew Bible/Old Testament tells the story of the story of "Biblical Israel" in ways that overlap with but are not identical to the evidence for "ancient Israel" provided by archaeological sources. Close attention to archaeology and inscriptional evidence allows for an understanding of biblical literature in light of its ancient Near Eastern context. Primary focus is on the Iron Age (ca. 1200-540 BCE), whose archaeology and inscriptions will be explored alongside biblical texts set during the this period but often written much later. Class discussion will address modern controversies regarding ancient Israel, including questions of origins (what does proto-Israelite mean?), problems of historiography (minimalist vs. maximalist), and archaeological dating (low chronology vs. high chronology).
The Hebrew Bible/Old Testament tells the story of the story of "Biblical Israel" in ways that overlap with but are not identical to the evidence for "ancient Israel" provided by archaeological sources. Close attention to archaeology and inscriptional evidence allows for an understanding of biblical literature in light of its ancient Near Eastern context. Primary focus is on the Iron Age (ca. 1200-540 BCE), whose archaeology and inscriptions will be explored alongside biblical texts set during the this period but often written much later. Class discussion will address modern controversies regarding ancient Israel, including questions of origins (what does proto-Israelite mean?), problems of historiography (minimalist vs. maximalist), and archaeological dating (low chronology vs. high chronology).
HIST328C
Selected Topics in History; Horror, Science Fiction, and Cinema
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
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.
HIST332
Renaissance Europe
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
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.
HIST338B
Special Topics in History; Maryland's Ethnic Foodways
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Cross-listed with AMST328T. Credit only granted for HIST338B and AMST328T.
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.
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.
HIST338Z
Special Topics in History; History of Mexico
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
HIST339E
Special Topics in History; History of Information and Media in China
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
A history of information and media from ancient China to the early twentieth century. Topics include the origin of the Chinese writing system, oracle-bones and bronze inscriptions, ancient manuscripts, the inventionof woodblock printing, the early modern commercial printing revolutions, newspapers, public notices, and the rise of modern media. Through the lens of the circulation of information, news, rumors, intelligence, and propaganda in different media, we will examine the dissemination of information, state-society contests over information, the power and authority of knowledge, and state control over informationand its impact on society.
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.
HIST384
Global History of Capitalism
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Credit only granted for: HIST329L or HIST384.
Formerly: HIST329L.
Surveys the development of capitalism since the 1500s from a global perspective, focusing on Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Topics include markets, entrepreneurship, commodity flows, labor migration, conflicts between states and empires, and environmental impacts. Engagement with primary sources and key debates, tracking changing ideas and interpretations of capitalism over time.
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
Restriction: Permission of ARHU-History department.
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
HIST408C
Senior Seminar; American Revolution Research Seminar: Origins and Impacts
Restriction: Permission of Department Required
HIST408D
Senior Seminar; Empire and Nation in Russia
Restriction: Permission of Department Required
HIST408L
Senior Seminar; Digital Methods in Historical Research
Restriction: Permission of Department Required
HIST408Y
Senior Seminar; History of Latinas/os in the United States
Restriction: Permission of Department Required
Directed, independent research on the histories, contributions, and challenges of Latina/o communities in the US during the 20th century. Explores the interconnections as well as socio-political, geographic, racial, and economic differences among Latina/o communities.
Directed, independent research on the histories, contributions, and challenges of Latina/o communities in the US during the 20th century. Explores the interconnections as well as socio-political, geographic, racial, and economic differences among Latina/o communities.
HIST417
Colonial Encounters: Natives, Spaniards, and Africans in the New World
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.
HIST418C
Jews and Judaism: Selected Historical Topics; What Did the Rabbis Think the Bible Really Means?
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Cross-listed with JWST419B and JWST469C. Credit only granted for HIST418C, JWST419B, or JWST469C.
Sacred texts like the Hebrew bible challenge human understanding, demanding constant study, interpretation and reinterpretation. Jewish scholars have been engaged in this process (exegesis) for centuries, trying to make the Bible give up its mysteries while blocking alternative interpretations that they thought unacceptable. Through close reading ofbiblical passages and rabbinic commentaries we will examine issues ranging from vegetarianism to messianism, gender to eros,the holiness of Jerusalem to the legitimacy of Halacha.
Sacred texts like the Hebrew bible challenge human understanding, demanding constant study, interpretation and reinterpretation. Jewish scholars have been engaged in this process (exegesis) for centuries, trying to make the Bible give up its mysteries while blocking alternative interpretations that they thought unacceptable. Through close reading ofbiblical passages and rabbinic commentaries we will examine issues ranging from vegetarianism to messianism, gender to eros,the holiness of Jerusalem to the legitimacy of Halacha.
HIST419A
Special Topics in History; From Neverland to Downton Abbey: History and Popular Culturein 20th Century Britain
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
This course examines Twentieth Century Britain through the lens of popular culture and how it reflected and was shaped by larger political and social events, from two world wars to sexual revolution, from Britain s peak of colonial power to its continuing decline in the age of Brexit. What role does film, TV, music, fashion, and literature play in giving a voice to working class and youth culture? We ll also incorporate 21st century pop culture (for example, costume dramas like Downton Abbey ) to look back at this history and how we romanticize the past. How do programs like The Great British Bake-Off and Royal events from weddings, births, and funerals keep nostalgia for the monarchy alive, while also recognizing the nation s evolution as a multiracial, democratic society? How does British popular culture address notions of identity and what it means to be British in the 20th-21st centuries?
HIST419B
Special Topics in History; China's Last Empire: History of the Great Qing, 1644-1911
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
History of China s last imperial dynasty, the Great Qing empire (1644-1911). Topics include state-society relations, the functioning of the bureaucracy, economic growth and the population explosion, the flow of silver and international trades, territorial expansion, gender and ethnic relations, popular culture and religion, and the Qing in contemporary Chinese popular culture.
HIST419O
Special Topics in History; Plants & Diaspora: Black and Indigenous Environmental History
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
What is a historical archive and how do such archives remember Black and Indigenous experiences? How can plants, landscapes, and ecosystems help us understand lesser known histories of lesser known communities? This course explores Black and Indigenous history through seven plants and several environments in the Americas.
HIST425
Imperial Russia
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
The rise and fall of the Russian Empire, Peter the Great to the collapse of tsarism in revolution. Emphasis on the evolution of autocracy, social groups, national identities, and cultural change.
HIST429G
Special Topics in History; Migration, Myth, and Memory: Hope, Humanity, and History in the Immigrant Novel
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
HIST429I
Special Topics in History; Cold War Capitalism: Understanding the Origins of the "East Asian Miracle"
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
HIST429O
Special Topics in History; Righting Historical Wrongs: Global Struggles for Truth and Justice
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
HIST430
Reformations in Politics, Religion, and Gender: England 1485-1603
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
An examination of the political, religious, and social forces in English life, 1485-1603, with special emphasis on Tudor government, the English reformation, and the Elizabethan era.
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.
HIST473
History of the Caribbean
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Offers a concise introduction to the history of the Caribbean regions from the Columbian voyages to the 20th century. Special emphasis is given to the dynamics of local social and cultural formations within the framework of the political and economic history of the Atlantic world.
HIST490
Seven Revolutions in Modern Africa (1945-)
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Cross-listed with: AAAS490.
Credit only granted for: HIST428B, HIST490, or AAAS490.
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.
HIST619T
Special Topics in History; Global Environmental History
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
HIST619Y
Special Topics in History; Race, Power, Activism: From Emancipation through Jim Crow
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
HIST639Z
Special Topics in History; Issues and Themes in Soviet History
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.
HIST819R
Special Topics in History: Independent Research; The Long Nineteenth Century
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
HIST819Y
Special Topics in History: Independent Research; Global Interaction and Exchange
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
HIST819Z
Special Topics in History: Independent Research; Power and Authority in Premodern Europe
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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