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 …
Explores the relationship between facts and fiction in the representation of the past. Course materials range from archival sources and scholarly articles to novels, films, paintings, sculptures, poems and other …
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of African History.
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of East Asian History.
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of European History.
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of general history.
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Latin American History.
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Middle Eastern History.
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of South Asian history.
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of United States history.
Studies the evolution of women's roles in American society with particular attention to the experiences of women of different races, classes, and ethnic groups.
Studies the evolution of women's roles in American society with particular attention to the experiences of women of different races, classes, and ethnic groups.
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 …
Studies the history of black Americans from the introduction of slavery in America to the end of the Civil War.
Studies the history of black Americans from the Civil War to the present.
This course examines the history and contemporary experiences of African Americans at the University of Virginia from the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to the present era.
This course examines the history and legacy of the African American struggle for civil rights in twentieth century America. It provides students with a broad overview of the civil rights …
This course aims to clarify basic facts and explore competing explanations for the origins and unfolding of the Holocaust (the encounter between the Third Reich and Europe's Jews between 1933 …
This course explores the pursuit of justice after the Holocaust. We will study legal responses to the Nazi genocide of Europe's Jews from 1945 to the 1960s through the lens …
Studies the major developments in American law, politics, and society from the colonial settlements to the Civil War. Focuses on legal change, constitutional law, legislation, and the common law from …