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HST 311 - Medieval Civilization College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Political, economic, religious, cultural history of Europe 800-1200, including the fall and rise of royal authority, disagreements over the roles of church and king, economic change, developing ideas and technologies, the rise of cities.
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HST 312 - Reformation of the 16th Century College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Protestant and Catholic Reformations. French Civil Wars, social foundations of modern religious denominations, and historical psychology of religious conversion experiences.
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HST 313 - French Revolution: Sun King to Guillotine College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
How the Europe of Bach, Mozart, Voltaire, and Frederick the Great became the Europe of Beethoven, Goethe, the French Revolution, and Napoleon.
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HST 314 - Europe from Bismarck to the First World War College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Domestic development and foreign relations of major European states. Industrialization, urbanization, emergence of mass political parties, socialism and class conflict, social reform, growth of nationalist loyalties, imperialism, causes of World War I.
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HST 315 - Europe in the Age of Hitler and Stalin College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
World War I as the great divide. Why fascism, crisis for democracies, Soviet dictatorship and its impact on Europeans, and World War II emerged one generation later.
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HST 316 - Europe Since 1945 College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
History of Europe from the fall of the Nazi-led ‘New Order’ to the present. Cold War in East/West Europe, economic growth/social change, decolonization, welfare state, fall of Communism, European Union, and contemporary Europe.
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HST 318 - The Middle East to 1900 College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: MES 318
Beginning with the rise and spread of Islam through the reform era of the nineteenth-century, this course focuses on the social and cultural history of the Ottoman Empire.
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HST 319 - The Middle East in the 20th Century College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: MES 319
Social and cultural history of the Middle East in the twentieth-century, including themes such as colonialism, anti-colonial nationalism, modernity, social movements, women and gender, and contemporary issues.
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HST 320 - Traditional China College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Political, economic, social and cultural history before 1650. Emphasis on sources of change and stability. Main themes: Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism; invasion and rebellion: conquest and consolidation. May not be repeated for credit.
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HST 321 - Modern China College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Political, economic, social and cultural history since 1650. Main themes: Social change in city and countryside, impact of Western nations, enduring legacies of traditional China.
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HST 322 - Colonial Latin America College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: LAS 322 , SPA 325
Development of Amer-Indian civilization and the Spanish conquests. Evolution of the Spanish American economy and the unique American culture. Growth of the plantation economy of Brazil. The movements toward independence.
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HST 323 - Modern Latin America College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: LAS 313
The turmoil of the postindependence period and the search for economic and political stability. Reasons for and consequences of export-led growth. The role of the United States in preserving the status quo in the Americas.
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HST 324 - Recent Latin American History College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: LAS 324
Developments since World War I. Political, economic, and social change and growth of nationalism.
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HST 325 - Africa to 1800 College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: AAS 325
The first half of a two semester survey focusing on the evolution of African cultures and civilization in the traditional period. Topics: the emergence of man, migration of peoples, economic and social systems, state formation, the slave trade. Arabic influences and the early European settlement in South Africa.
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HST 326 - Africa Since 1800 College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: AAS 326
Second half of the survey, studying Africa when it was affected by European peoples and cultures. Topics: penetration by European explorers and missionaries, imperialism and colonialism, African resistance and rebellion, nationalism and liberation, neocolonialism and other problems of independence.
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HST 327 - A History of Southern Africa College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Begins before arrival of Europeans in southern Africa. Economic, geographic, sociological, and political factors contributing to development of this unique, racially based modern state. Includes Afrikaaner diaspora, Euro-African conflict during the nineteenth century, Anglo-Boer War, from union to apartheid, and resistance to European domination.
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HST 328 - Ancient and Medieval India College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: SAS 328
Formation of traditional Indian kinship, religion, philosophy, and culture. Vedic society and the rise of Buddhism. Medieval Hindu kingdoms. Expansion and the legacy of Islam. Rise and disintegration of the Mughal empire.
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HST 329 - Making of Modern India College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: SAS 329
British colonial expansion in India. Emergence of nationalism and related movements of religious, social, and cultural reform. Gandhi and non-violence. Struggle for independence and the politics of gender, class, caste, and religious community.
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HST 330 - The Iroquois College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
The People of the Longhouse, the Five (afterwards Six) Nations, their archaeology, tradition, and history, from 1100 to 1815. May not be repeated for credit.
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HST 332 - African American History: Through the 19th Century College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: AAS 332
Cultural, economic, political, and social developments shaping experiences of North Americans of African descent. Foundations of collective identity and diversity. African American historiography. Interpretive and methodological issues in historical practice.
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HST 333 - African American History: After the 19th Century College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: AAS 333
Continuation of AAS/HST 332.
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HST 334 - Social and Cultural History of the United States College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Social and cultural developments, 1607-1861. American population growth, rural and urban life, religion, education and learning, literature and the arts.
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HST 335 - American Social and Cultural History College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: WGS 335
Nature of “American character” through the last century. Aspects of intellectual life, social mores, industry, and art that represent Americans’ definitions of themselves and their nation.
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HST 336 - United States in World Politics to 1914 College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
American diplomacy to 1914.
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HST 337 - America in the World: The History of U.S. Foreign Relations, 1898-
Present College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
This course examines the history of U.S. foreign relations from 1898 to the present. It focuses on the political, economic, ideological, and cultural influences on U.S. foreign policy and the implications of American power broadly defined.
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HST 338 - History of the Southern United States to 1865 College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Development of Old South society, economy, culture, and politics through readings, lectures, and discussions. First part of two-course survey of Southern United States.
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HST 339 - History of the Southern United States Since 1865 College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Development of southern society, economy, culture, and politics after the Civil War. Readings, lectures, and discussions. Second part of a two-course survey of the Southern United States.
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HST 340 - Women in America: 17th Century to the Civil War College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: WGS 342
Focus on significant social and political transformation, activism, and individuals
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HST 341 - The Modern American Presidency College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: PSC 329
Evolution, operation, and perceptions of the American presidency during the last quarter- century. Modern chief executives and factors contributing to their success or failure.
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HST 342 - Modern American Political Thought College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: PSC 327
American political thought from the impact of Darwinian science to the present. Basic thought patterns of 20th-century public life and philosophical foundations of contemporary political movements.
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HST 343 - History of New York State College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
New York’s development since 1850, with special attention to the industrial order on its society, government, politics, and social thinking. Primarily for prospective teachers.
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HST 345 - Workers and Organized Labor in U.S. History, 1840 to Present College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
The history of American workers and their efforts at protesting the transformation of the U.S. economy. The Knights of Labor, the A.F.L., the I.W.W., and the C.I.O. Forms of dissent: culture, violence, and radicalism law.
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HST 347 - Modern American Politics Through Fiction College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
The political culture of modern America through the medium of popular fiction. Writing intensive and discussion based class, with enrollment limited to 20 Honors students.
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HST 348 - Queering the Middle Ages? College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
Crosslisted with: QSX 348
This course introduces students to the models and methods developed in the field of queer theory and applies them to a wide range of medieval texts (letters, novels, monastic rules, medieval historiography, legal texts etc.).
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HST 349 - Women in America: Civil War to Present College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: WGS 349
Focus on significant social and political transformation, activism, and individuals.
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HST 352 - History of Ancient Greece College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Ancient Greek political, economic, social, and cultural history based on interpretation of primary sources, both literary and archaeological, from the Bronze Age through Alexander the Great.
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HST 353 - History of Ancient Rome College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Ancient Roman political, economic, social, and cultural history based on interpretation of primary sources, both literary and archaeological, from the foundation of the city to the dissolution of the Empire in the west.
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HST 354 - Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
The late Roman Empire and the Mediterranean world from c.200 to c.700. Political, religious, cultural, social history. Rise of Christianity, transformation of classical culture, and the so-called Decline and Fall of Rome.
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HST 355 - The Italian Renaissance College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Renaissance in Italy, between 1330 and 1500. Political, economic, and intellectual developments. Also offered regularly abroad.
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HST 356 - Italy Since 1600 College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
History of Italy from the end of the Renaissance to the present. Struggle for unification, rise of fascism, and transformations of postwar Italy.
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HST 357 - Culture and politics in Early Modern England: Henry VIII to Charles I College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Renaissance and Reformation in 16th-17th century England. Transformation of politics, culture, and society from Henry VIII through the reign of Charles I, 1485-1649.
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HST 358 - Revolution and Civil War in 17th Century England College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Emergence of modern England, 1603-1714. Triumph of parliamentary institutions, development of capitalism, and beginning of the empire. Intellectual and cultural change: transition from religious controversy to the age of reason.
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HST 359 - Modern Britain 1850 to the Present College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Political, cultural, and intellectual history of Britain from 1850. Considers the idea of Britishness as national identity, cultural construct, or imperial discourse. Questions the meaning of modernity as a model for change.
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HST 360 - Modern France from Napoleon College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Political turbulence as the legacy of revolution and empire. Lushness and crisis. Peasants, workers, city people, army officers, psychiatrists, and priests. France in the age of total war.
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HST 361 - Germany to World War I, 1770-1918 College of Arts and Sciences
3-4 credit(s) Irregularly
Causes and consequences of the first unification of Germany: Authoritarian and military characteristics of Prussia. Its response to modern challenges. Bismarck’s unification of Germany under Prussia. Strengths and weaknesses of the new German Empire. Overthrow in 1918.
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HST 362 - Nazi Germany and the Holocaust College of Arts and Sciences
3-4 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: JSP 362 , QSX 362
Rise of Nazism, fall of the Weimar Republic, fascist ideology, everyday life under Nazism for “Aryans,” Jews, disabled people, Roma, gay people, Afro-Germans, others. Planning for genocide, the Holocaust, reactions and memories after 1945.
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HST 363 - Germany Since 1945 College of Arts and Sciences
3-4 credit(s) Irregularly
Aftermath of World War II. Development of a corporatist form of capitalist democracy in West Germany and a communist state in East Germany, 1945-1989. Burdens from the Nazi past. Unification in 1990. The current scene.
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HST 364 - The Origins of Modern Russia College of Arts and Sciences
3-4 credit(s) Irregularly
Russian history from Muscovy to the Revolution of 1905, with an emphasis on political institutions, the stratification of society, and the growth of the intelligentsia.
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HST 365 - Russia in the Twentieth Century College of Arts and Sciences
3-4 credit(s) Irregularly
A survey of Russian history from the Revolution of 1905 to the present, including WW I and revolutions of 1917, Leninism, Stalinism and the collapse of the USSR.
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HST 367 - Plague to AIDS College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Examines the social, institutional, political, and cultural dimensions of disease, healthcare and medicine in Europe from the early modern period to the present day.
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HST 368 - Islam and the West College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s)
Crosslisted with: MES 368 , PSC 368
Topics include globalization and interdependency of faiths, the “clash of civilizations”, relations between religion and state in Islam and Christianity and whether it is possible to separate the world into monolithic entities “Islam” and “West”. Offered in London only.
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HST 369 - The World at War: 1914-1918, 1939-1945 College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Major developments in military history of World War I and World War II. Film as one tool for understanding nature and scope of conflicts that changed the world.
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HST 371 - Gender in Latin American History College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: LAS 371 , WGS 371
History of women and gender relations from colonial period to the present. Influence of race, class, and ethnicity on gender. Relation of gender to labor, family, sexuality, and politics.
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HST 372 - Race in Latin America College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: LAS 372 , NAT 372
Race relations in Latin America from the late colonial era to present. Indigenous, immigrant, and Afro-Latin American experiences and how they have changed over time. Relations of race to national identity.
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HST 373 - The Crusades College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
This course examines the historical phenomenon of crusade, with particular emphasis on the first four crusades to the Holy Land and on crusades within Europe.
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HST 375 - British Empire College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: SAS 375
Seminar on expansion of the British Empire (emphasis on India and Africa) in the 18th and 19th centuries. Explores histories of conquest, administration and imperial policy, and the ideologies of imperialism and colonialism.
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HST 376 - Renaissance London (Honors) College of Arts and Sciences
4 credit(s)
History and development of London in the 16th and 17th centuries. Topics include the visual arts; cultural, economic, and social change; literature and the theater; crime; architecture; and royal politics and government.
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HST 377 - History of Venice College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
History of the city of Venice from its origins to the present. Considers Venice as an independent republic and imperial power and its significance in the Western imagination.
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HST 378 - Early Modern Mediterranean College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Focus on Ottomans, Italy, France, Iberia, North Africa, 1348-1789. Topics include international relations and empire-building in Africa, Asia, and Europe; commerce, piracy, plague, religion, family/sexuality, architecture, political and cultural developments during Renaissance, Age of Discovery Enlightenment.
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HST 379 - Gender, Race, and Colonialism College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: WGS 379
Explores the intersection of gender and race in colonial ideologies, imperial practices and anti-colonial nationalist movements, in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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HST 380 - International Course College of Arts and Sciences
1-12 credit(s)
Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution’s practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student’s transcript.
Repeatable
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HST 383 - Foundations of American Political Thought College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: PSC 326
American political thought from the Puritans to Lincoln. American Revolution, establishment of the Constitution, and Jeffersonian and Hamiltonian systems.
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HST 384 - American Environmental History and Geography College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: GEO 354
Relationship between Americans and the natural environment from the colonial period to the present. Ecological imperialism, technology and nature, resource-management conflicts, urban environments, development of conservation and environmentalism.
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HST 385 - United States Legal History, 1620 to Present College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
The role of law in American history from the colonial period to the present. The common law, the Constitution, the market revolution, slavery and emancipation, laissez-faire, legal realism, the New Deal, and civil rights.
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HST 386 - Crime and Society in American History, 1620 to Present College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
The history of American deviance and dissent from colonial Massachusetts to the present. Social transformation and the rise of urban crime. The changing role of the state. Police, radicalism, alcohol, vice, sexuality, and organized crime.
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HST 387 - Women, Abolition, and Religion in 19th Century America College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s)
Crosslisted with: REL 341 , WGS 341
The role that religion may have played in women’s understandings of themselves as abolitionists and social reformers. A selected group of women will be studied, with considerable attention given to Frances Harper.
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HST 388 - Vietnam: Movies, Memoirs and the Shaping of Public Memory College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
An exploration of Vietnam in public memory through film and personal memoirs.
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HST 389 - LGBT History College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: QSX 389 , WGS 389
The history of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender experience in period and region (North America, Europe, or Global) of instructor’s expertise, with attention to the international context..
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HST 390 - Independent Study College of Arts and Sciences
1-6 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.
Repeatable
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HST 391 - Mary Magdalene: History of a Legend College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Examines legends surrounding Mary Magdalene, from New Testament to Da Vinci Code. Uses diverse primary sources and scholarship; traces the legend’s evolution and examines its changing significance.
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HST 392 - History of the Holocaust College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: JSP 392
Study of the events and issues of historical interpretation in the Holocaust, 1933-1945. Attitudes and behavior of Nazi perpetrators, Jewish victims, and bystanders.
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HST 393 - East Asia and the Socialist Experience College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Examines the adoption of socialism in East Asia. Historical account of how socialist China, Mongolia, North Korea and Vietnam arose, developed, “failed” and responded to globalization in the 20th century.
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HST 394 - Partition of India in Film College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: SAS 394
Explores the partition of India in 1947 through South Asian films.
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HST 395 - Modern Japan College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
Examines Japanese society from early-modern times (1600-1868) through modern (1868-1945) and postwar Japan (1945-today). Topics include: urbanization, mass culture and nationalism, popular protest, imperialism and empire, gender, war and occupation and globalization.
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HST 396 - Women and the American Frontier College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: WGS 396
The North American frontier, from the 17th to the early 20th century, as it was experienced by women of various cultural and national origins.
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HST 397 - Modern Korea College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
Examines political, economic and social history from 1860 until today. Topics include: colonialism, modernity, division, the Korean War, nation-building, nationalism, democratization, North Korean society, inter-Korean affairs, nuclear issues, Korean Diaspora and “Korea Wave.”
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HST 398 - Saints and Sinners in the Middle Ages College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Investigates notions of sanctity and modes to impose morality and social discipline in the medieval period. Reading narrative texts (esp. saints lives and literary texts) as historical sources.
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HST 399 - Utopia and Institution: Early Monasticism College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Investigates the rise of monasticism in the West as a case study on institution forming and the attempts to organize perfect life in a community..
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HST 400 - Selected Topics College of Arts and Sciences
1-6 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
Repeatable
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HST 401 - Senior Seminar College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Research techniques in the use of source material and historical evidence. Preparation of original research paper. Satisfies research requirement for history majors and minors.
Repeatable 1 time(s), 6 credits maximum
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HST 402 - Slavery and Abolition College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: AAS 402
Evolution and diverse character of North American slavery and antislavery. Slavery as labor, legal, and property system, cultural and political phenomenon, and social and economic network. Politics and ethics of abolition.
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HST 403 - American History Through Documentary Film College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Compares the presentation of US history through documentary film and traditional written sources. Special attention is given to telling history as an act of public memory.
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HST 404 - Family and Gender in Renaissance Italy College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s)
Crosslisted with: ANT 404 , WGS 404
Historical and interdisciplinary exploration of life stages, rites of passage, marriage, family, social life, sodomy, prostitution, career options, and alternate life strategies as illustrated by case studies. Offered only in Florence.
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HST 405 - History of American Popular Culture College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Exploration of the history of American popular culture and the use of popular culture to study history.
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HST 406 - Contemporary Issues in Chile and Latin America College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
Crosslisted with: IRP 334 , LAS 334 , PSC 428 , SPA 334
Offered only in Santiago. This seminar features in-situ lectures and activities in Chile, Argentina and Uruguay introducing important political, sociological and environmental issues in the Southern Cone region.
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HST 408 - The Practice of Eros:A History of Sexuality in Europe (1400-1800) College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s)
Crosslisted with: ANT 408 , WGS 408
Authorized and “alternative” sexuality in Europe 15th to 18th centuries (especially Italy, France, and England.) “Licit love” (courtship, marriage, conjugal relations) as opposed to “illicit unions” (adultery, rape, prostitution, bestiality, homosexuality, lesbianism). Offered only in Florence.
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HST 409 - A History of Witchcraft College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s)
Crosslisted with: ANT 409 , REL 409 , WGS 409
History of witchcraft from various perspectives: its intellectual roots, the causes and dynamics of the witch-hunt, and the beliefs and self-perceptions of those who were called “witches”. Offered only in Florence.
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HST 410 - Science and Technology in the Modern World College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
Crosslisted with: STS 410
Interaction of science with technology from 1700 to the present. Technological artifacts and their scientific background. Development of new technology from scientific research and from old-fashioned dreaming and tinkering.
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HST 411 - Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: PSC 421
Offered only in Strasbourg. This course is designed to help students grasp the overall nature of contemporary Eastern and Central Europe, with emphasis on the breakup of the Sovet Union, and challenges of democratization and of EU unification.
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HST 412 - Understanding 20th Century Spain College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
Crosslisted with: PSC 422
Offered only in Madrid. Course begins with War of Cuba and ends with Spain’s new role in EU, NATO and UN. Particular focus on the rapid changes within Spain during this period and how these were accomplished.
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HST 413 - China Encounters the West: Qing Dynasty to Early Republic College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Offered only in Beijing. This course surveys the political, social, and cultural history of Qing China, using the great city of Beijing, the Qing capital, as its backdrop.
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HST 414 - America: A Foreign Perspective College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Offered only in London. US role in foreign policy from a British and global communmity perspective and issues of US identity and place in the world. Events include Suez Crisis, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam, 9/11, the War on Terror.
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HST 415 - Europe, Russia and the Eastern Borderlands College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Offered only in Strasbourg. The first part of course focuses on question of borders/territorial change, construction of nations, and emergence/collapse of empires. The second part examines general problems common to post-communist countries.
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HST 416 - Europe and Arc of Crises College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Offered only in Strasbourg. Topics covered include European and American perspectives on Middle East; cultural, social and economic issues, such as inter-religious dialogue, migration and drug trafficking; the status of Turkey; Afghanistan and state terrorism.
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HST 417 - History of Women in Spain College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
Crosslisted with: SPA 417 , WGS 417
Offered in Madrid only. History of women in Spain from primitive communities to the present. Topics include medieval, Golden Age, Enlightenment, and Romanticism; liberalism and feminism; women under Franco; Marxism and feminism; feminist movement in Spain.
PREREQ: SPA 202 OR (SPA 300 OR ABOVE)
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HST 422 - Ethnic History of Britain College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
Crosslisted with: ANT 402
Offered only in London. Examines the ways in which migration has shaped and reworked British national identity over the past two thousand years through the study of original historical sources, literature, film and music, and explores the contributions that migrants have made to modern British society.
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HST 424 - Dictatorships, Human Rights, and Historical Memory in the Southern Cone College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
Crosslisted with: IRP 424 , LAS 424 , PSC 424
Offered only in Santiago. The time period (1940-present) and its significance and contributions to the configuration of social, political and economic aspects of Chile today. Relies on primary sources, comparisons within the Southern Cone, and a focus on US role and influence during this period.
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HST 426 - African American Urban History College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
Crosslisted with: AAS 426
Double Numbered with: HST 626
This seminar will examine the complex and varied Black urban experiences in the 20th and 21st centuries from the 1890s to the present.
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HST 434 - Underground Railroad College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
Crosslisted with: AAS 434 , ANT 494
Double Numbered with: HST 634
Myth and history of the Underground in the context of African American freedom efforts. Emphasis on events, personalities, and sites in upstate New York. Student field research and exploration of archival and Internet resources. Additional work required of graduate students.
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HST 441 - Europe and International Security Issues College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: PSC 441
Offered only in Strasbourg. Historical evolution of the concept of international security within the framework of European security-related institutions and the place of Europe in the context of new security challenges.
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