Advanced History Classes for the Fall 2012 Semester

Hist 210 Sophomore Colloquium WF 1:00 pm- 2:15pm Rachel A. Chrastil

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Hist 231 Slavery in the Atlantic World MWF 3:00-3:50pm Randolph M. Browne

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Hist 233 Women in American History MWF 12:30pm-1:20pm M. C. Anderson

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Hist 263 Jewish Civilization 3 TR 4:00pm-5:15pm Barry S. Kogan

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Hist 275 Urban Imadinaries In Asia TR 2:30pm- 3:43pm Juned N. Shaikh

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Hist 309 Age of Big Business: 1885-1920 MWF 11:30am-12:20pm Stephen P. O’Hara

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Hist 340 History of Mexico WF 1:30pm- 2:45pm Julia C. O’Hara

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Hist 393 History of the Jesuits TR 1:00pm-2:15pm John J. LaRocca

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Hist 408 SEM: Constructing the Public TR 1:00pm – 2:15pm John D. Fairfield, Robert

M. Cotter

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Hist 412 SEM: The American Dream T 1:00pm 3:30pm Roger A. Fortin

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Hist 418 SEM: The War of 1812- Honors TR 1:00pm – 2:15pm Karim M. Tiro

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Hist 465 SEM: Modern Russia W 3:00pm- 5:30pm Alexandra S. Korros

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Hist 471 SEM Black Death M 3:00pm-5:30pm David C. Mengel

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Hist 476 The British Homefront- Honors T 1:00pm- 3:30pm Amy C. Whipple

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Hist 210 Sophomore Colloquium WF 1:00 pm- 2:15pm Rachel A. Chrastil

This team-taught course introduces history majors to the sources and methods of historical

inquiry and thereby prepares them for upper-level electives and seminars. A cross-cultural set of issues

or events will serve as the vehicle for the investigation of sources and methods and will also acquaint

history majors with the uses of comparative history. The specific issues of events as well as the

geographic and chronological focus will vary from year to year.

Hist 231 Slavery in the Atlantic World MWF 3:00-3:50pm Randolph M. Browne

*Africana Studies Minor and Gender & Diversity Studies Min

Scholars are continually exploring the historical connections between continents and regions of

the world. One major area of study that has emerged from this effort has been the Atlantic World. The

slave trade that occurred between the early 1500s to the mid-1880s is one of the experiences that link

the continents of Europe, Africa and the Americas. Using the Atlantic World as the focus, we will

examine the themes of slave trade, slavery, abolition, and emancipation on both sides of the Atlantic

over three and a half centuries. We will be particularly interested in comparing experiences of slavery

and emancipation in different parts of the New World and Africa. This course is very much a history

from below in which we examine the lives and experiences of those who were enslaved. The role of

slave owners and slave traders will be considered as well, but the will not be the focus of the course.

Hist 233 Women in American History MWF 12:30pm-1:20pm M. C. Anderson

This course examines the central experiences of diverse groups of American women from the

colonial era to the present. We will focus on women's political activism, paid and unpaid labor,

individual and collective relationships, the emergence of modern feminism, women and war, and

consumer culture. The course will also explore the changing nature and meanings of masculinity and

femininity.

Hist 263 Jewish Civilization 3 TR 4:00pm 5:15pm Barry S. Kogan

This course will cover the history, literature and thought of the Jews from the Enlightenment to

the present. Students will examine Jews and Judaism, completing the sequence of Jewish Civilization I

and II as part of the Jewish Studies minor.

Hist 275 Urban Imadinaries In Asia TR 2:30pm- 3:43pm Juned N. Shaikh

The course introduces students to competing imaginations of Asian cities and the socio-

economic processes that have shaped urban space in the region from the 18th century until the turn of

the 21st century. In this course, we will study some of the important cities in the region such as Bombay

(Mumbai), Jakarta, Delhi, Shanghai, Tokyo, and Dubai. We will focus on themes like the changing

political economy of these cities, its lived and everyday experiences, and the visual and textual

representations of urban space.

Hist 309 Age of Big Bussiness: 1885-1920 MWF 11:30am-12:20 pm Stephen P. O’Hara

A survey of the period emphasizing political, social, and economic topics.

Hist 340 History of Mexico WF 1:30pm- 2:45pm Julia C. O’Hara

Examines major themes of Mexican social, political, and cultural history from 1810 to the

present. The course pays particular attention to the ways that race, class, religion, and gender have

intersected over time, and the impact of these intersections on the making of modern Mexico.

Hist 393 History of the Jesuits TR 1:00-2:15 John J. LaRocca

This course will introduce students to religion in the late Middle Ages and the place of organized

religious life in that Society. Students will then read about Ignatius Loyola and the formation of the

Society of Jesus and its place in changing religious life because of the criticisms of the Christian

Humanists. The students will then read about the work of the Society in education, in Latin and South

America, in China and Japan, in exploring the North American continent and in astronomy. The Jesuits

ran the only worldwide school system from its beginnings in Messina in 1540 until the suppression of

the Society in 1784.

Hist 408 SEM:Constructing the Public TR 1:00pm – 2:15 John D. Fairfield,

Robert M. Cotter

The first half of this honors seminar is a rigorous, intensive, multi-disciplinary investigation of

the historical development of the civic culture of the United States from 1700 (before there was a U.S.)

to 2002. Students MUST take both halves of the course.

Hist 412 SEM: The American Dream T 1:00pm 3:30 pm Roger A. Fortin

The purpose of this course is to study aspects of the American Dream. Conceived in the

imagination of sixteenth and seventeenth century Western Europeans who looked to America for

greater individual freedom and liberty and as a land that offered more opportunities, the concept of the

Dream has been part of the American fabric ever since and helped shape American civilization.

Hist 418 SEM: The War of 1812- Honors TR 1:00pm – 2:15pm Karim M. Tiro

Perhaps the only thing about the War of 1812 that Americans and Canadians can agree upon is

that it was complicated. There is no consensus about the war's causes or effects. We don't even know

who won, or if it mattered. IN this course, we will try to answer some of these questions. We will

consider some of the problems raised by doing so, as well as the role of nationalism in determining what

gets remembered and what gets forgotten.

Hist 465 SEM: Modern Russia W 3:00pm- 5:30pm Alexandra S. Korros

The topic for the semester is Russia in War and Revolution, 1905-1921. To understand the Russian Revolution, we have to understand its background from Russia’s 1905 Revolution through the end of the Civil War in 1921. A crucial aspect of the Revolutions of 1905 and 1917 was the Russian response to war. While the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 played an important role in creating the conditions for domestic events in 1905, WWI had an even greater impact on Russian society and on the willingness of Russian elites to stand by the tsarist regime. Moreover, following 1917’s two revolutions (one that ended the monarchy and the second which brought the Bolsheviks to power), Russia was engaged in a damaging and costly civil war which set the tone for the new regime. Our seminar will examine this period of war and revolution to understand the relationship of the two processes and to learn how the emerging Soviet regime was shaped by these phenomena.

Hist 471 SEM: Black Death M 3:00pm-5:30pm David C. Mengel

The outbreak of disease and death known as the Black Death killed up to one-half of the

European population in the fourteenth century and dramatically affected European society. In this

seminar, we will explore the causes, general effects, and specific repercussions of this epidemic. Each

student will complete the common course readings (primary and secondary sources), make class

presentations on other assigned readings, and write a significant research paper.

Within the space of a few years in the fourteenth century, the Black Death killed between one-

third and one-half of Europe’s population, leaving its impact on European literature, religion, arts,

politics, economy, and society like few other events. Numerous scholars have even claimed that the

Black Death helped bring the Middle Ages to a close and usher in the Renaissance.

But what precisely was it? How did it spread? How can its effect in fact be measured, mapped,

and characterized? Despite more than a century of careful scholarly attention to the Black Death, many

of its central characteristics remain controversial. Even the identity of the disease itself has come into

serious question. This is an exciting time for Black Death scholarship, when controversial new theses

and cutting-edge research (including DNA research) are combining to rewrite the history of the

pestilence that broke out during what we normally call the “later Middle Ages.”

Hist 476 The British Home front- Honors T 1:00pm- 3:30 pm Amy C. Whipple

This course will examine the home front experience in Britain during World War II. Topics will

include the evacuation of children from cities, the rationing of food, the role of women in the war effort,

wartime propaganda, and the long term social and political impact of the home front experience.