• HIAF 1501

    Introductory Seminar in African History
     Rating

    2.22

     Difficulty

    3.00

     GPA

    3.76

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Introduces the study of history intended for first- or second-year students. Seminars involve reading, discussing, and writing about different historical topics and periods, and emphasize the enhancement of critical and communication skills. Several seminars are offered each term. Not more than two Introductory Seminars may be counted toward the major in history.

  • HIEA 1501

    Introductory Seminar in East Asian History
     Rating

    3.52

     Difficulty

    3.19

     GPA

    3.55

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Introduces the study of history intended for first- or second-year students. Seminars involve reading, discussing, and writing about different historical topics and periods, and emphasize the enhancement of critical and communication skills. Several seminars are offered each term. Not more than two Introductory Seminars may be counted toward the major in history.

  • HIME 2001

    The Making of the Islamic World
     Rating

    3.58

     Difficulty

    4.08

     GPA

    3.45

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Explores the history of the Middle East and North Africa from late antiquity to the rise to superpower status of the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century. Topics include the formation of Islam and the first Arab-Islamic conquests; the fragmentation of the empire of the caliphate; the historical development of Islamic social, legal, and political institutions; science and philosophy; and the impact of invaders (Turks, Crusaders, and Mongols).

  • HIAF 2002

    Modern African History
     Rating

    2.97

     Difficulty

    3.00

     GPA

    3.24

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Studies the history of Africa and its interaction with the western world from the mid-19th century to the present. Emphasizes continuities in African civilization from imperialism to independence that transcend the colonial interlude of the 20th century.

  • HIUS 2002

    American History Since 1865
     Rating

    2.83

     Difficulty

    3.25

     GPA

    3.14

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Studies the evolution of political, social, and cultural history of the United States from 1865 to the present.

  • HIEA 2011

    History of Chinese Civilization
     Rating

    3.14

     Difficulty

    3.14

     GPA

    3.29

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    An intro to the study of Chinese civilization. We shall begin with the earliest human remains found in China & conclude in the present. The goal of this coure is not merely to tell the story of Chinese history, rich and compelling though the story is. Rather, our aim will be to explore what makes Chinese civilization specifically Chinese, & how the set of values, practices, & institutions we associate with Chinese society came to exist.

  • HIST 2014

    Fascism: A Global History
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.71

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    This class studies fascism as an ideology, movement, and regime in a global framework. Thematic perspectives include: the origins and theories of fascism, key terms in the fascist lexicon, motives that brought people to fascism, fascism as an aesthetics and lived experience, and the role of women in fascism. We will also study the historical articulations of antifascism, i.e. groups and individuals who have fought against fascism over the years.

  • HIEA 2031

    Modern China
     Rating

    4.50

     Difficulty

    3.16

     GPA

    3.26

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Studies the transformation of Chinese politics, society, institutions, culture and foreign relations from the Opium War. through the post-Mao Reform Era. Emphasizes the fluid relationship between tradition and transformation and the ways in which this relationship continues to shape the lives of the Chinese people.

  • HIEU 2041

    Roman Republic and Empire
     Rating

    3.63

     Difficulty

    4.13

     GPA

    2.99

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Surveys the political, social, and institutional growth of the Roman Republic, focusing on its downfall and replacement by an imperial form of government, the subsequent history of that government, and the social and economic life during the Roman Empire, up to its own decline and fall.

  • HIUS 2051

    War and the Making of America to 1900
     Rating

    4.66

     Difficulty

    3.34

     GPA

    3.34

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    This course examines warfare and military developments in America from the colonial period to 1900. Major topics include debates over the role of the military in society; the motivations and experiences of soldiers; interaction between the military and civilian spheres; the development of a professional army and navy; and the social and cultural context, impact, and legacies of warfare.

  • HIUS 2053

    American Slavery
     Rating

    4.33

     Difficulty

    2.00

     GPA

    3.45

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    This course will introduce students to the history of slavery in the United Sates.

  • HIEA 2101

    Modern Korean History: One Peninsula, Two Paths
     Rating

    3.86

     Difficulty

    2.88

     GPA

    3.44

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    This course traces Korea's history from its unified rule under the Choson dynasty (1392-1910) to Japanese colonization (1910-1945) and subsequent division into the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and Republic of Korea (South Korea). It examines how processes of reform, empire, civil war, revolution, and industrialization shaped both Koreas' development and how ordinary people experienced this tumultuous history.

  • HIST 2152

    Climate History
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.97

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Climate change is widely regarded as the most important environmental question of the present. This course equips students to engage with the study of climate change from multiple perspectives. Part 1 surveys how understandings of the climate developed and transformed. Part 2 explores how historical climatology lends new insights to familiar historical questions. Part 3 explores the history of environment and climate as political issues.

  • HIUS 2201

    US Immigration Law and Policy in Historical Perspective
     Rating

    4.00

     Difficulty

    3.00

     GPA

    3.77

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    This course will trace the origins of today's immigration policy debates by providing students with a comprehensive overview of American immigration law and policy from the eighteenth century to the present. The course will also explore how state and federal policies impacted a wide array of immigrants, including the Irish, Chinese, and Mexican arrivals of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

  • HIST 2559

    New Course in General History
     Rating

    4.67

     Difficulty

    4.00

     GPA

    3.40

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of general history.

  • HIEU 2721

    Supernatural Europe, 1500-1800
     Rating

    3.88

     Difficulty

    3.13

     GPA

    3.46

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Surveys the intellectual, religious, and social history of Europe c.1500-1800 through the lens of changing beliefs about the supernatural. Selected topics include the rise and decline of witch-hunting, changing understandings of the universe, the impact of religious reform on traditional belief, and the "disenchantment" of European society as beliefs in the supernatural declined in the 18th century.

  • HIUS 3011

    Colonial British America
     Rating

    3.54

     Difficulty

    3.23

     GPA

    3.42

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    This course tells the story of British America from an Atlantic perspective. The thirteen colonies that formed the United States were once part of a larger empire that spanned eastern North America and the Caribbean. From 1500 to 1800, cross-cultural encounters among Africans, Native Americans, and Europeans created a dynamic new world. Key topics trade, religion, agriculture, slavery, warfare, and the origins of the American Revolution.

  • HIEU 3021

    Greek and Roman Warfare
     Rating

    4.65

     Difficulty

    4.00

     GPA

    2.99

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Surveys the history of ancient warfare from the Homeric era until the fall of Rome.

  • HILA 3021

    Human Rights in Latin America
     Rating

    5.00

     Difficulty

    2.00

     GPA

    3.80

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Covers issues of human rights violations, defense, reparations, and prevention, from independence movements through the Cold War, neoliberalism, extractivism, racism, and transnational migration, trade and crime.

  • HIAF 3051

    West African History
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.78

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    History of West Africans in the wider context of the global past, from West Africans' first attempts to make a living in ancient environments through the slave trades (domestic, trans-Saharan, and Atlantic), colonial overrule by outsiders, political independence, and ever-increasing globalization.

  • HIUS 3051

    The Age of Jefferson
     Rating

    4.44

     Difficulty

    3.50

     GPA

    3.49

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    This course uses Thomas Jefferson as a lens to explore the post revolutionary era in the United States (ca. 1776-1830), with a focus on race and slavery, trans-nationalism, imperialism, and legal/constitutional developments.

  • HIUS 3072

    The Civil War and Reconstruction
     Rating

    4.66

     Difficulty

    3.80

     GPA

    3.09

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Examines the course of the Civil War and Reconstruction in detail and attempts to assess their impact on 19th century American society, both in the North and in the South.

  • HIEU 3091

    Ancient Law and Society
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.11

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Study of the interrationships between law, politics and society in ancient Greece (chiefly Athenian) culture, the Hellenistic kingdoms and Rome (from the XII Tables to the Justinianic Code). Focuses particularly on the development of the idea of law; on the construction of law's authority and legitimacy; on the use of law as one method of social control; and on the development, at Rome, of juristic independence and legal codification. Prerequisite: HIEU 2031 or HIEU 2041, or permission of the instructor.

  • HIEU 3141

    Age of Conquests: Britain from the Romans to the Normans (43-1066)
     Rating

    4.22

     Difficulty

    3.27

     GPA

    3.53

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Surveys the history of Britain from the establishment of Roman rule to the Norman Conquest of 1066. Particular focus falls upon the social, political and cultural history of early England and its neighbors in Wales and Scotland, the Scandinavian impact of the 8th through 11th centuries, and Britain's links with the wider late antique and early medieval worlds.

  • HIUS 3171

    US Since 1945: People, Politics, Power
     Rating

    4.27

     Difficulty

    3.60

     GPA

    3.27

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Surveys post World War II U.S. politics uncovering the links between long range social and economic phenomenon (suburbanization, decline of agricultural employment, the rise and fall of the labor movement, black urbanization and proletarianization, economic society and insecurity within the middle class, the changing structure of multinational business) and the more obvious political movements, election results, and state policies of the last half century.

  • HIUS 3232

    The South in the Twentieth Century
     Rating

    3.74

     Difficulty

    3.14

     GPA

    3.30

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Studies the history of the South from 1900 to the present focusing on class structure, race relations, cultural traditions, and the question of southern identity.

  • HIEU 3312

    Europe at War, 1939-45: Occupation, Genocide, Resistance
     Rating

    4.83

     Difficulty

    2.50

     GPA

    3.81

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    This course examines the range of human experience in Europe during the Second World War. Why did Nazi Germany invade and attempt to colonize large parts of Europe? What were the methods of Nazi rule? How did European peoples respond to the Nazi project, whether through forms of resistance or collaboration? Who were the principal victims of the war--and why is this question so difficult to address even today?

  • HIEA 3481

    Postwar Japan
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    An examination of the history of Japan from 1945 to the present, as it transforms from an empire to a modern industrial capital state.  We will explore the key contradictions, debates, and fault lines that run through the period, many of which persist to today.

  • HIEA 3501

    Introductory Workshop
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Required for history majors, to be completed before enrollment in the Major Seminar. Introduces a variety of approaches to the study of history, methods for finding and analyzing primary and secondary sources, and the construction of historical arguments. Workshops are offered on a variety of topics each term.

  • HIEU 3501

    Introductory History Workshop
     Rating

    3.67

     Difficulty

    3.00

     GPA

    3.65

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Required for history majors, to be completed before enrollment in the Major Seminar. Introduces a variety of approaches to the study of history, methods for finding and analyzing primary and secondary sources, and the construction of historical arguments. Workshops are offered on a variety of topics each term.

  • HIST 3501

    Introductory History Workshop
     Rating

    3.33

     Difficulty

    1.50

     GPA

    3.66

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Required for history majors, to be completed before enrollment in the Major Seminar. Introduces a variety of approaches to the study of history, methods for finding and analyzing primary and secondary sources, and the construction of historical arguments. Workshops are offered on a variety of topics each term.

  • HILA 3501

    Introductory History Workshop
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.66

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Required for history majors, to be completed before enrollment in the Major Seminar. Introduces a variety of approaches to the study of history, methods for finding and analyzing primary and secondary sources, and the construction of historical arguments. Workshops are offered on a variety of topics each term.

  • HIAF 3559

    New Course in African History
     Rating

    5.00

     Difficulty

    1.00

     GPA

    3.57

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of African History.

  • HIST 3559

    New Course in General History
     Rating

    2.78

     Difficulty

    2.67

     GPA

    3.42

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of general history.

  • HIUS 3620

    All Politics is Local
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.68

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    The history of local government and local politics in shaping American life. Course examines issues, themes, and problems of local democracy in historical and contemporary contexts. Class meetings combine lectures and discussions. Course includes local civic engagement component.

  • HIST 3861

    Soccer Politics
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.87

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Explores the history of soccer to understand how and why it has become the most popular sport on the planet. We focus on the culture, economics and politics of the sport. Examples are drawn from Europe, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East, and include a focus on women's soccer. Class materials include scholarly works, essays, fiction, and film; students work on digital projects related to upcoming international tournaments.

  • HIAF 4501

    Seminar in African History
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.80

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    The major seminar is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the seminar. Seminar work results primarily in the preparation of a substantial (ca. 25 pp. in standard format) research paper. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies.

  • HIEA 4501

    Seminar in East Asian History
     Rating

    4.83

     Difficulty

    2.50

     GPA

    3.75

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    A small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the seminar. The work of the seminar results primarily in the preparation of a substantial (ca. 25 pp. in standard format) research paper. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies.

  • HIST 4501

    Major Seminar
     Rating

    3.67

     Difficulty

    3.00

     GPA

    3.50

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    The major seminar is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the seminar. The work of the seminar results primarily in the preparation of a substantial (ca. 25 pages in standard format) research paper. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies.

  • HILA 4501

    Seminar in Latin American History
     Rating

    3.67

     Difficulty

    3.00

     GPA

    3.44

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    The major seminar is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the seminar. Seminar work results primarily in the preparation of substantial (ca. 25 pp. in standard format) research paper. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies.

  • HIME 4501

    Seminar in Middle East and North Africa History
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    The major seminar is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the seminar. The work of the seminar results primarily in the preparation of a substantial (ca. 25 pages in standard format) research paper. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies.

  • HIUS 4501

    Seminar in United States History
     Rating

    3.90

     Difficulty

    3.86

     GPA

    3.46

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    The major seminar is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the seminar. The work of the seminar results primarily in the preparation of a substantial (ca. 25 pp. in standard format) research paper. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies.

  • HIEU 4502

    Seminar in Post-1700 European History
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.44

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    The major seminar is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the seminar. The work of the seminar results primarily in the preparation of a substantial (ca. 25 pp. in standard format) research paper. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies.

  • HIEU 4511

    Colloquium in Pre-1700 European History
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    The major colloquium is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the colloquium. Colloquia are most frequently offered in areas of history where access to source materials or linguistic demands make seminars especially difficult. Students in colloquia prepare about 25 pages of written work. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies.

  • HIST 4991

    Distinguished Majors Program-Special Seminar
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.79

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Analyzes problems in historical research.  Preparation and discussion of fourth-year honors theses.  Intended for Distinguished Majors who will have studied abroad in the fall of their fourth year. Prerequisite: Open only to students admitted to the Distinguished Majors Program.

  • HIST 5004

    Cold War, Human Rights and Environmental History
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    The course explores the intersections of the late cold war and its aftermath, human rights history and environmental history. 

  • HIEU 5021

    Greece in the Fifth Century
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Examination of the political, diplomatic, and social history of Greece from the end of the Persian Wars in 479 b.c. to the end of the Peloponnesian War in 404/3 b.c. Investigates the origins, course, and importance of the latter war, the major watershed in classical Greek history. Prerequisite: HIEU 2031 or equivalent.

  • HIST 5130

    Global Legal History
     Rating

    5.00

     Difficulty

    4.00

     GPA

    3.51

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Examines European legal regimes as they moved around the globe and considers those regimes' interactions with one another and with non-European legal cultures from 1500 to the twentieth century. Themes include: empire formation and legal pluralism; conflicting ideas of property; interaction of settler and indigenous peoples; forced labor and migration; the law of nations; and piracy and the law of the sea.

  • HIUS 5232

    Oral History Workshop: A Hands-On Approach to Researching the Past
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.28

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    The course is run as a workshop, a space for students to learn oral history methodologies in a hands-on manner. In partnership with local/regional organizations, students will learn to conduct interviews and related research, which may include completing historical surveys, doing genealogical work, & completing archival or database research. Students will learn new skills while helping expand historical archives and knowledge of regional history.

  • HIST 5351

    The International Economy Since 1850
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    2.49

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    This seminar will focus on key aspects of the development of the international economy since the mid-nineteenth century. Emphasis will be on the process of change, the impact of policy, and the operation of international institutions. Special focus will be paid to the economics of the Great Depression, the impact of the First and Second World Wars, and the drivers of growth.

  • HIEU 5585

    Advanced Topics in Modern European History
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    A seminar offering in-depth investigations of topics and research methodologies in modern European history and culture. Topics vary.

  • HIST 7004

    US in the World 1980s-present: Cold War, Human Rights, and Envir. History
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    The course explores the intersections of the late cold war and its aftermath, human rights history and environmental history. 

  • HIUS 7151

    The United States, 1945-Present
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.85

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    An intensive reading course emphasizing historiographic approaches to synthesizing post-war America.

  • HIST 7559

    New Course in History
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.97

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of general history.

  • HIUS 7559

    New Course in United States History
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.67

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of United States history.

  • HIUS 7621

    Topics in United States Gender History
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.94

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    This colloquium will survey foundational and cutting-edge scholarship on the social construction of femininity and masculinity in U.S. history, from the colonial era to 1900. We will explore how gender conventions take shape, and how they are perpetuated and contested. Our readings reconsider key events in women's and gender history such as the Salem witch trials and Seneca Falls convention.

  • HIST 8001

    Master's Essay Writing
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.90

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Master's Essay Writing offers first-year doctoral students in History and those in the JD/MA program a workshop in which to discuss and develop an article-length work of original scholarship. Prerequisite: First-year history Ph.D. students or JD/MA students

  • HIEU 8585

    Advanced Topics in Modern European History
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    A seminar offering in-depth investigations of topics and research methodologies in modern European history and culture. Topics vary.

  • HIST 8999

    Research in History
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    For master's essay and other research carried out prior to advancement to candidacy, taken under the supervision of the student's adviser.

  • HIME 9024

    Tutorial in Ottoman Society
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    This tutorial explores diverse themes in the social and cultural environmental history of the Ottoman Empire, placing special emphasis on the transformation of Ottoman society from the 18th century onward.

  • HIEU 9040

    Tutorial in Greek and Roman Law
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    This graduate tutorial introduces students to the details and interpretations of antiquity's two greatest legal systems, although it will be specifically tailored to the needs and interests of the individual students. Readings will be drawn from both primary and secondary sources; students will be expected to master the information provided by the primary sources and write two analytical summaries of recent secondary works.

  • HIST 9559

    New Course in General History
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of general history.

  • HIST 9961

    Supervised Reading
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Graduate study of the historiography of a particular topic or historical period, equivalent to a graduate-level colloquium course. Prerequisites: Approval of director of graduate studies or department chair.

  • HIST 9962

    General Exam Preparation
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    In this course, students will prepare for the general examination under the guidance of a faculty examiner. During the course, the student will identify relevant readings; complete and review those readings; and explore the larger questions raised by those readings and their fields more generally.

  • HIST 9999

    Dissertation Research
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of the dissertation director.