HIS - History
History: HIS
Lower-Division Courses
HIS X01F. The Premodern World.
Survey of world history from human origins to the sixteenth century.
HIS X01J. Globalization: A Modern History.
Survey of world history from the sixteenth century to the present.
HIS X01R. Introduction to Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies.
An introduction to the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe through each of the major disciplines represented in the program: language, literature, anthropology, geography, history, government, sociology, and economics.
HIS X02C. Introduction to China.
Introduction to Chinese civilization, past and present, including religion, literature, arts, philosophy, and history.
HIS X02F. Female Voices in China.
Introduction (in translation) to the most important texts and other sources by, for, and about women in Chinese intellectual, political, social, and cultural history.
HIS X02P. Popular Culture in Modern Japan.
Introduction to the history of popular culture in modern Japan focusing on works of literature, film, and visual culture.
HIS X04C. The Conversion of Pagan Europe.
Examine the familiar and unfamiliar fragments of what remains from pre-Christian European culture--the limited written records, the artifacts, and the folklore--as well as the more plentiful anti-pagan writings of early Christian missionaries. Test many of the popular claims about how Europe's pre-Christian inhabitants lived, what they believed, and how Christianization impacted their lives against the limits of what we can actually know, using the tools from the study of history, cultural studies, and religious studies.
HIS X04K. English Civilization before 1603.
Survey of English civilization from Roman times to the death of Queen Elizabeth I.
HIS X04L. English Civilization since 1603.
Survey of English history from the seventeenth century to the present.
HIS X04Q. Luther's World.
HIS X04R. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: An Introduction.
Examines the intertwined historical developments of the religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and explores the principal beliefs and practices of Jews, Christians, and Muslims.
HIS X04S. Jews, Pagans, and Christians.
Investigate, using a range of primary and secondary readings, how religious identity was imagined and expressed in the 4th-6th centuries CE. Examine the complex interactions of, in particular, Jews, Christians, and Pagans.
HIS X05C. Korean Literature and Film.
Explore the literature and film of Korea from earliest times to the present.
HIS X05K. History of East Asia to 1800.
A survey of the traditional history and culture of China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam.
HIS X05L. History of East Asia since 1800.
A survey of the modern history of China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam.
HIS X06C. Cuisine and Culture of Central and Eastern Europe.
An in-depth survey of the culinary traditions, history, and practices of Central and Eastern Europe.
HIS X06J. Introduction to the Middle East: Adjustment and Change in Modern Times.
The responses of the societies of the Middle East and North Africa (Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Israel, and the Arab world) to Western cultural and political challenges, primarily since about 1800.
HIS X06K. Introduction to the Middle East: Religious, Cultural, and Historical Foundations.
A survey of the history and civilization of the Middle East from the sixth to the fourteenth century.
HIS X06N. Topics in History.
HIS X06N.10. Jewish Civilization: Beginnings to 1492.
Introduction to the history, culture, and religion of the Jewish people from around 1000 BC to the end of the medieval period. Subjects may include ancient Israel, late Second Temple sectarianism, the rise of Christianity, rabbinic Judaism, medieval Jewish philosophy, Jewish mysticism, and Hebrew poetry.
HIS X06N.11. Jewish Civilization: 1492 to the Present.
Subjects may include trends toward secularization, the emancipation of European Jewry, the emergence of American Jewry, the Holocaust, the establishment of the State of Israel, and the Arab-Israeli conflict.
HIS X06N.12. Introduction to Modern North Africa.
Introduction to the major themes of North African history from the sixteenth century to the present.
HIS X06N.13. Introduction to the History and Culture of Spain.
The history of Spain from its beginnings in the stone age through the great social and economic upheavals of the twentieth century.
HIS X06N.14. Prague, Magic, and the Struggle for Power.
Examines historical texts from four different magical traditions to find the truth behind the fiction and the historical events that sometimes permitted and sometimes persecuted the religions, philosophies, and sciences that some call magic.
HIS X06N.15. History of Human Sexuality.
The history of human sexuality is approached from four angles: sexual behaviors; sexual consequences; sexual regulation, and sexual science.
HIS X06N.3. Key Ideas and Issues in Latin America.
Broad introductory course to acquaint students with the main areas of interest in Latin American studies.
HIS X06N.7. Introduction to Islam.
The beliefs, theology, history, and main social and legal institutions of Islam, including the concept of God and society, the role of women, and Islamic government and movements.
HIS X06Q. The Ancient Middle East.
Survey the history of the Middle East from the beginning of the Neolithic period (9000 BCE) through the invasion of the region by Alexander the Great in 332 BCE and into the pre-Islamic era.
HIS X07C. Introduction to the History of India.
Survey of the history of the Indian subcontinent from prehistoric times to the present.
HIS X07P. A History of Violence from 1500 to Present.
Examine how violence acts as a force shaping history in the modern era. Historicize violence to understand how it has changed over time.
HIS X07Q. Introduction to Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
Examine interdisciplinary perspectives (including historical, political, socio-psychological, and cultural methods and insights) on genocide as a global phenomenon.
HIS X09C. Medieval Material Culture.
Explore the history of medieval Europe primarily through the lens of material culture.
HIS X09J. The Roots of Religious Toleration.
Examines how freedom of conscience and religion crystallized in western and central Europe, both as a pragmatic practice and as a matter of principle.
HIS X09M. The Medieval Millennium in Europe.
Explore new conceptions of medieval Europe by examining how the social practices, ideas, and institutions of the middle ages developed through interactions with Europe's neighbors.
HIS X10. Introduction to Modern Africa.
Introduction to modern Africa, with focus on colonial and postcolonial development in political organization, economics, sociolinguistics, and literature.
HIS X10E. Early Mesoamerican Religions.
Introduction to the study of indigenous religions in Mesoamerica, a geographic and cultural area spanning north-central Mexico through western Honduras, from approximately 250 BC - AD 1700. Examine the role of religion and ritual in daily life, as well as the lines of evidence available today for understanding them.
HIS X10K. Latin American Civilization: The Colonial Experience.
A broad survey of the political, economic, social, and cultural aspects of the Latin American past, stressing both that area's achievements and its enduring problems.
HIS X10L. Latin American Civilization: The National Experience.
A broad survey of the political, social, and cultural aspects of the Latin American past.
HIS X10M. Film and History in Latin America: Colonial Period.
Introduction to selected subjects in Latin American history and culture through film, readings, documentaries, class discussion, and lectures.
HIS X10N. Film and History in Latin America: Modern Period.
Introduction to selected subjects in Latin American history and culture through film, readings, documentaries, class discussion, and lectures.
HIS X10P. Revolution and Decolonization in North Africa.
Examine the history of anti-colonial struggles in North Africa and the victory over European colonial powers.
HIS X10R. Latin America and the United States.
An exploration of the different social, economic, political, and cultural structures and concerns that came to both divide and unite the western hemisphere (North, Central, and South America, as well as the Caribbean) following independence from Europe.
HIS X11J. The History of Israel.
An introduction to the history of Israel, from the emergence of the modern Zionist movement beginning in 1881 to the present.
HIS X11K. Introduction to Traditional Africa.
Introductory, interdisciplinary course on the peoples and cultures of Africa.
HIS X12D. North American Borderlands.
Explore the formation of political borders in nineteenth- and twentieth-century North America, their contestation, and the multiple meanings attached to them.
HIS X14K. History of Mexican Americans in the United States.
Examines the origin and growth of the Mexican American community in the United States.
HIS X15G. Introduction to American Studies.
An interdisciplinary introduction to the historical exploration of American culture.
HIS X15K. The United States, 1492-1865.
Survey of United States history from the colonial period through the Civil War.
HIS X15L. The United States since 1865.
Survey of United States history since the Civil War.
HIS X17L. Topics in United States History.
HIS X17L.1. Colonial America.
HIS X17L.10. Rights in Modern America.
HIS X17L.11. Latinx Histories.
Explore the cultures, politics, and policies that shape the many Latinx histories in the United States.
HIS X17L.12. Mexican American Women, 1910-Present.
Examines the history of Mexican and Mexican American women in the United States from the twentieth century to the present.
HIS X17L.13. Origins of American Revolution.
Focuses on the rise and fall of the British-American Atlantic Empire in the third quarter of the eighteenth century.
HIS X17L.14. Building America: Engineering, Society, and Culture, 1868-1980.
Examines building in American society from the late 1860s to 1980.
HIS X17L.15. Establishing America, 1565-1815.
Introduction to the foundations of American History.
HIS X17L.16. History of Religion in the United States.
Explores instances of religious dominance and religious diversity in United States history. Moving from the pre-colonial period to the present, it examines the changing circumstances of several religious communities, including American Indians and Puritans, Protestant evangelicals, Mormons, Roman Catholics, Jews, Muslims, and Hindus.
HIS X17L.17. Reading United States History Between the Lines.
Explores how historians read between the lines and where they look for clues, looking at the many methods historians use to discover and make sense of their evidence.
HIS X17L.18. Immigration and Ethnicity.
Examine the changing population of the United States from colonial times to present.
HIS X17L.2. The Era of the American Revolution.
HIS X17L.20. Introduction to African American Women's History.
HIS X17L.21. American Jewish History.
Examine the history of Jews in the United States from the seventeenth century to the present. Explore the formation of a distinct American Judaism and the involvement of Jews in American cultural and political affairs.
HIS X17L.22. Urban Economic Development in the United States and South Africa.
Examine economic development within the United States and South Africa.
HIS X17L.23. History of Social Entrepreneurship in the United States and China.
Examine the history of social entrepreneurship in the United States and China.
HIS X17L.24. The Places of Mexican American History.
Examine Mexican American history from the point of view of three distinct places: Los Angeles, the mountains of northern New Mexico, and the far southern tip of Texas.
HIS X17L.25. American History Through Sight and Sound.
Explore American history through visual and auditory media--films, paintings, photographs, plays, and songs--examining how these multimedia sources have shaped national identity, conveyed social movements, and captured historical moments.
HIS X17L.26. History of College Football.
Discuss the origins, growth, and development, of college football from its elite Ivy League school origins, to what is has become today: arguably one of the most popular sports in America. Examine college football within the broader history of American history and culture from the Gilded Age to the Age of Trump.
HIS X17L.27. Black Southerners in the Age of Jim Crow.
Explore the experiences of Black people during the age of segregation, more commonly referred to as Jim Crow. Discuss the timeframe of 1890-1954, while also talking about the legacy of slavery and the Juneteenth generation. Examine how Black southerners responded to segregation by creating a vibrant community culture rooted in self-help, entrepreneurship, family, and faith.
HIS X17L.3. Introduction to African American History.
HIS X17L.4. Introduction to Asian American History.
Introduces students to the national and transnational histories of Asian Americans in the United States. Explores a wide range of themes related to the Asian American experience.
HIS X17L.5. United States Women, Sexuality, and Gender to 1865.
HIS X17L.6. The United States in the 17th-Century Atlantic World.
The United States during a period marked by the spread of knowledge and experience of the world through conflict, economic exchange, cultural creativity, exploration, New World colonization, technological innovation, and religious reformation and counter-reformation.
HIS X17L.7. The United States and Africa.
History of political, economic, and cultural relations between the United States and Africa from the early origins of the slave trade to the present.
HIS X17L.8. Introduction to Native American Histories.
Examine the history of Native American societies in North America from the earliest records to the present.
HIS X17L.9. The Black Power Movement.
Examines the major organizations, key figures, and ideologies of the Black Power movement from the late 1960s and early 1970s.
HIS X18N. Discovery History.
Analyzes claims from popular books in the light of accurate historical sources. Introduction to the process of making discoveries in historical research.
HIS X18Q. Supervised Research.
HIS X19D. The Ancient Mediterranean World.
Survey of the ancient Mediterranean from ca. 3000 BC to AD 476. Focus on the development of ideas and institutions in the Greek and Roman worlds and on the active cultural exchange among the diverse civilizations of the broader region that shaped Greek and Roman history and cultural identity.
HIS X19S. Topics in History.
This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of History. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.
HIS X29S. Topics in History.
This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of History. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.
Upper-Division Courses
HIS X19S. Topics in History.
This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of History. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.
HIS X20C. Power and Place: Making Texas History.
HIS X20E. Texas before 1900.
Focus on the basic history of Texas from roughly 1450 to 1900. Investigate major events such as the Texas Revolution and Civil War with an emphasis on how and why Texas, its culture, and its groups of people changed or did not change over time.
HIS X20F. Texas, 1900 to the Present.
Examine the steady dissociation of Texas from its Old South status to a transitional state and a power in national politics.
HIS X20T. Topics in Texas History.
Explore selected topics in the field of Texas history.
HIS X20T.1. Mexican Americans in Texas History.
Introduction to the historical experience of Mexican-American persons in Texas.
HIS X20T.2. Texas Black History.
Surveys the history of blacks in Texas from before American settlement to the present.
HIS X20T.4. Texas History's History.
Explore evolving ideas and meanings concerning the most significant events, personages, and social processes in Texas' history.
HIS X20W. Thinking Like a Historian.
To understand history as an academic discipline in terms of research methods, evidence, and analysis.
HIS X21. The History of Rome: The Empire.
A survey of the Roman world from Augustus to Constantine the Great.
HIS X21C. Ancient Slavery.
Examine the practices of slavery in the ancient Mediterranean world, focusing on the case of Rome.
HIS X21D. Ruling the Roman Republic.
Examine the core question about the way the Late Roman Republic was governed: To what extent and in what ways was the Republic "democratic or not?
HIS X21E. Romans in Court.
Examine how Roman law operated at three levels of granularity, focusing mainly on attested disputes that made it to court for resolution.
HIS X21J. Africa and Rome.
Explore the history of Roman Africa with emphasis on what is now Tunisia and northern Algeria.
HIS X21M. The History of Rome: The Republic.
A survey of Roman history from the founding of Rome to the death of Julius Caesar.
HIS X22C. Cultural History of World Science to 1650.
Cultural history of science from ancient times to the seventeenth century.
HIS X22D. The Scientific Revolution of the Seventeenth Century.
The history of science and its place in society from the mid-sixteenth century to the time of Isaac Newton.
HIS X22G. History of the Modern Life Sciences.
History of the life sciences from the eighteenth century to the present.
HIS X22M. History of Modern Science.
The history of science and its place in society from the time of Newton to the present.
HIS X22R. Biology, Behavior, and Injustice.
Explores questions about human behavior related to biological factors as compared with personal experiences and societal standards.
HIS X22S. The History of Genetics and Eugenics.
The history of genetics and eugenic practices in the twentieth century.
HIS X23D. Trash and Treasure in Europe, 1400 - 1800.
Examine Europe in the period that witnessed the "birth" of a consumer society, the transition to fossil fuel as an energy source during the Little Ice Age, the Protestant reformation that trashed formerly treasured relics, the rise of imperial networks of global trade, and much more. Trace the circulation, use, and consumption of things from the renaissance to the consumer revolution using material culture, environmental history, and economic history.
HIS X23L. Europe since 1919.
Survey course emphasizing the impact of the two world wars on European social, political, and cultural life in the twentieth century.
HIS X24C. Mapping Urban Destruction.
Investigates how demolitions have shaped the material and social lives of two compelling, rapidly-changing global cities: Sao Paulo and Austin. Develop technical skills in digital mapping in a supportive environment.
HIS X25C. Global Catholicism, 1400-1800.
Explore the global reach of the Catholic Church before modernity. Examine the tension between the local and the "universal" church, that is, how encounter, religious devotion, and political power were shaped by local circumstances as well as global connections. Analyze recent scholarship, texts, artwork, and objects made by early modern people who shaped Catholicism in this period.
HIS X25F. Religions in the Ottoman Empire.
Examine Jewish, Christian, and Muslim communities in the Ottoman Empire (fourteenth to twentieth centuries), with a focus on dynamics both within and between the communities.
HIS X25J. South Asian Migration to the United States.
Examine the South Asian diaspora in the United States.
HIS X25Q. Russian Orthodox Religion and Culture.
Examine the role and force of the Orthodox Church in Russian history, from the Christianization of the pagan Slavs in the 10th century, through the Russian Revolution into the Soviet era, and up to the present, while considering the prescriptive tenets of the Orthodox faith (religion) alongside descriptive experiences of life within and under Russian Orthodoxy (religiosity).
HIS X25S. History of Jewish Thought.
Examine major thinkers and movements in both Jewish philosophy and Jewish mysticism since the Middle Ages, with a focus on the importance of modern Jewish thought in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
HIS X25T. History of Sephardi Jews.
Examine the early-modern networks established by the Sephardi Jews (Sephardim) across the Mediterranean and Atlantic, the rich Ladino Judeo-Spanish culture that thrived in the Ottoman Empire, and Sephardi encounters with the modern world.
HIS X26D. Russia Through American Eyes.
Examine a wide array of American attitudes towards Russia and Russians. Using a variety of political, social, and cultural events and encounters, analyze the ways in which nationalism, imperialism, and geopolitics informed American narratives about Russia and Russians, assessments that range from enthusiasm and curiosity to condemnation and outright hostility.
HIS X26E. Socialism's Past and Futures.
Examine ordinary people's experience of socialism in the Soviet Union and the plural interpretations of this experience after the USSR's collapse.
HIS X28M. Modern Brazil.
The social, economic, political, and cultural forces that have shaped modern Brazil.
HIS X29P. History of the Atomic Bomb.
The development, use, and influence of nuclear weapons from the 1930s to 1954.
HIS X29S. Topics in History.
This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of History. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.
HIS X29U. Perspectives on Science and Mathematics.
Explores the intellectual, social, and cultural history of science and mathematics, focusing on the 17th century to the present. Designed for students in the UTeach-Natural Sciences program.
HIS X30S. History of Modern Media and Culture.
Examine the history of modern media and media culture.
HIS X31C. History of the Ottoman Empire.
A survey of Ottoman society and culture and of the empire's place on the world scene.
HIS X31D. Arab Citizens of Israel.
Examine the historical, social, and political processes of change experienced by the Palestinian-Arab community in Israel, including the fundamental aspects pertaining to the founding of Israel as "a Jewish and democratic state" and the relations between the Arab minority and the Jewish majority.
HIS X31E. The Arab-Israeli Conflict.
Examine the elements of the Arab-Israeli conflict, including the main figures involved, events, and turning-points in its history.
HIS X31G. History of Iran to 1800.
A survey of the social, economic, and religious components unique to Iran from the pre-Islamic empire of the Achaemenids through the development of Iran as a medieval and premodern Islamic state.
HIS X31I. The Shock of Modernity in the Middle East.
Explore cross cultural contacts between the East and the West during the modern period. Analyze Islamic civilization in the Middle East of the modern era by addressing the development of religion, law, government, and morality during and after the colonial period.
HIS X31J. History of the Arab World.
A general survey of the origins and development of Arabic civilization.
HIS X31L. Modern Iran.
Explore the development of modern Iran; special attention is given to the impact of the West, the constitutional movement, nationalism, the oil crisis, and the Islamic Revolution of 1979.
HIS X31O. Twentieth-Century Arab World.
Introduction to 20th-century Arab world history, primarily focusing on the Eastern Mediterranean, including Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Palestine, and Egypt. Explore the transformation of this region from a single cultural and political entity under imperial Ottoman rule, through colonial rule to the age of the nation-state and its struggles. Discuss key themes including colonial rule and relation to Europe and the US, Arab nationalism, revolutionary modernism, the impact of Zionism and Israel, the Palestinian revolution, the emergence of political Islam, civil wars, and the oil revolution. Examine internal and external forces and pivotal processes that have shaped the region over the past century through political, social, intellectual, and economic factors.
HIS X31R. Re-forming the Arab East, 1914-Present.
Introduction to the history of the Middle East in the twentieth century. Examines forces that transformed the area from a relatively peaceful region to a radicalized environment. Explores colonialism, nationalism, secular modernism, impact of Zionism, rise of political Islam, status of women, and the oil revolution.
HIS X32G. European Intellectual History from the Enlightenment to Nietzsche.
Explores significant intellectual developments in Europe throughout the nineteenth century. Themes include romanticism, positivism, socialism, and nihilism.
HIS X32J. Twentieth-Century European Intellectual History.
Explores significant intellectual developments in Europe in the twentieth century. Topics include psychoanalysis, sociology, existentialism, and poststructuralism.
HIS X32Q. Forensic Files: Philosophy Crimes.
Explore political philosophies from the continental tradition (Heidegger/Arendt, Nietzsche, Adorno/Horkheimer, and Agamben/Schmitt) implicated in radical politics and answering to political turning points, with a focus on research and reading in historical contexts.
HIS X32R. Marx and Marxist Theory.
Introduction to the writings of Karl Marx as well as to those of his intellectual successors in Europe and around the globe in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
HIS X33L. United States Foreign Relations, 1776-1914.
The history of United States foreign policy and diplomacy from the founding of the United States to the outbreak of the First World War.
HIS X33M. United States Foreign Relations, 1914 to the Present.
The history of United States foreign policy and diplomacy from the First World War to the present.
HIS X34C. Music Cultures of the Middle East, Past and Present.
A historical and ethnomusicological survey of the Arab, Turkish, and Persian music cultures.
HIS X34D. Myths and Legends of the Ancient Near East.
Explore myths and legends contained in a variety of ancient sources, including texts from Israel, Greece, Egypt, and Mesopotamia.
HIS X34E. Modern Egypt: A History.
Critically examines the social, political, and intellectual dynamics that shaped the different forms of political community, economic organization, and public culture over the past century. Covers colonialism, liberalism, Arab socialism, authoritarian capitalism, and Islamic republicanism.
HIS X34F. Modern Egypt in Film and Fiction.
Explore the history and culture of modern Egypt through selected readings in twentieth-century film and fiction.
HIS X34G. Cultures of Revolution in the Middle East.
Examine the cultural production that surrounds key moments of political and social change in the Middle East.
HIS X34I. Culture in Turkey: Myths and Realities.
Explore how Turkish culture is neither static nor monolithic but is continuously contested and redefined. Investigate tensions between secularism and Islam, Orientalist and Occidentalist fantasies, and imperialist and nationalist desires to better understand the sociopolitical dynamics that define Turkish society today.
HIS X34J. History of Britain from the Restoration to 1783.
Surveys the political, social, economic, and intellectual history of England and Great Britain from the restoration of the Stuart monarchy in 1660 to the conclusion of the War for American Independence in 1783.
HIS X34L. The American Revolution and the Founding of the United States, 1763-1800.
The Revolutionary transformation of America between 1763 and 1800.
HIS X34O. The Levant: From Colonialism to Coexistence.
Examine the history of the Levant, a region that includes Syria, Israel, Palestine, and Jordan.
HIS X34P. Middle East Outlaws and Lawmen.
Explore the evolution of crime and law enforcement in the modern Middle East.
HIS X34Q. Multiculturalism in Jordan.
Explore how past, present, local, and regional events inform current Jordanian culture and identity.
HIS X37C. Relations Between East Germany and the United States.
Explore and (re)asses the diplomatic, strategic-military relations and socio-cultural entanglements between the United States and the German Democratic Republic, thus complicating our understanding of the West-East divide and Cold War culture.
HIS X37D. German Cinema 1918-1945.
Explore the history and aesthetics of German cinema from 1918 until 1945.
HIS X37E. Transatlantic Memory Cultures.
Explore and compare German and American memory cultures, analyzing the Holocaust, slavery, and colonialism. Analyze the diversity and complexity of (inter)national, local, and indigenous memory cultures while also discussing how Germany and the United States might "learn from each other.
HIS X37J. Nordic Noir.
Uncover the dark side of the Nordic countries, from gritty streets to icy fjords, and explore the history, culture, literature, and movies these societies produce.
HIS X37N. Germany in the Twentieth Century.
Survey of German political and military institutions, economic development, culture, and society.
HIS X39Q. Medieval Middle East History in One Hundred Objects.
Survey the history of the medieval Middle East, from the period of Late Antiquity (in the seventh century) to the rise of early modern empires of the Safavids, Ottomans, and Mughals (in the seventeenth century), through close examination of the meaning and significance of 100 objects.
HIS X39S. Sufism: Islamic Thought and Spirituality.
Explore Sufism and other Islamic mystical traditions that color cultural milieus spanning four continents and fourteen centuries. Focus on the historical developments in the Islamic theosophical tradition, as well as the relationship between Sufism and poetics, colonialism, and post-colonial resistance movements.
HIS X40C. The Chinese in Diaspora.
Explores narratives of migration, race, ethnicity, and a wide range of experiences of acculturation and assimilation from the perspective of a sending society--China--which has one of the longest and most diverse histories of sending people overseas. Over the last millennia, Chinese have migrated around the world and made homes under a great range of adversity and opportunity, producing many stories of human differences and commonalities.
HIS X40G. History of the Southeast Asian Diaspora in the United States.
HIS X40L. Post-Mao China: Change and Transformation.
Examines in a historical context the Chinese economy, society, politics, and culture during the reform era that began in the late 1970s. Explores the transformation of rural and urban economies and related social consequences; government systems, political ideologies, and popular values; and China's integration into the global system and its impact on China's role in world politics.
HIS X40M. Modern China.
History of China from the intrusion of the West circa 1500 to the Communist revolution.
HIS X40P. European Expansion in Asia.
European exploration, the commerce of the East India Companies, and the beginnings of empire in South and Southeast Asia from the fifteenth to the early nineteenth century.
HIS X40R. European Empires in Asia.
The British in India and Malaya, the Dutch in Indonesia, and the French in Indochina since 1800.
HIS X40S. The Chinese in the United States.
History of the Chinese in the United States from their first arrival in significant numbers during the California Gold Rush of the mid-nineteenth century to the present.
HIS X40T. Taiwan: Colonization, Migration, and Identity.
Explores issues of ethnicity, empire, and modernization in East Asia from the sixteenth century to the present, as seen through encounters between Taiwan and aborigines, Han Chinese, Dutch, Portuguese, the imperial Qing, Japanese, mainland Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), and the United States.
HIS X40U. The Cultural Outsider: Memoirs of East Asia.
Focus is on the cultural outsider's perceptions of East Asia in greater travel" dating from as early as Marco Polo up to works published in contemporary America. Selected memoirs and travelogues are presented from the perspective of the cultural outsider, written by missionaries, colonizers, journalists, POW's, scholars, students, and tourists.
HIS X40V. Big Asian Histories.
Examines ways in which Asia and other areas of the globe have had connected intellectual, artistic, and social developments with focus on world histories centrally involving Asia from the medieval period to the present.
HIS X41F. The Two Koreas and the United States.
The political, social, and cultural relationship between North and South Korea, and between the Koreas and the United States, since 1945.
HIS X41J. History and Memory in Japan and Korea.
Explore the fraught and entangled histories of modern Japan and Korea as depicted in literature and film to consider experiences of imperialism, rapid modernization, war, decolonization, and trauma.
HIS X41K. Origins of Modern Japan.
Japan to the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution, with a focus on the culminating age of samurai rule, the Tokugawa period (1600-1867).
HIS X41M. Imperial Japan.
Japan from the Meiji transformation through war, defeat, and occupation.
HIS X42C. Postwar Japan.
Japan since the war and occupation.
HIS X42D. Political Economy of Japan.
Historical development of the Japanese economy since early modern times.
HIS X43. The Age of Reformation.
Examines late medieval religion, the rise of Protestant movements, and the Catholic response in their cultural, political, and social contexts.
HIS X43C. Transnational Asia: From the Middle East to the Far East.
Examine how various groups of people understood, experienced, and imagined concepts such as "the East" and "Asia" with a primary focus on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
HIS X43D. Muslim Travelers and Traders.
Introduction to modern Middle Eastern and Islamic history in the broader context of globalization, with a primary focus on the nineteenth century to the present.
HIS X43E. Modern Middle East History in One Hundred Objects.
Survey the history of the medieval Middle East, from 1500 to the present, through close examination of the meaning and significance of 100 objects.
HIS X43F. Food History of Asia and the Middle East.
Explore the history of food and beverages in the Middle East and Asia, including Palestine/Israel, Egypt, Iran, India, China, and Japan. Investigate themes of identity, capitalism, and globalization to reflect on the role of food consumers in an interconnected world.
HIS X43G. Italian Renaissance, 1350-1550.
Survey of political, socioeconomic, religious, and intellectual trends during the Italian Renaissance.
HIS X43L. History of Russia to 1917.
Survey of Russian history from seventeenth-century Muscovy to the fall of the Romanovs in 1917.
HIS X43M. History of Russia since 1917.
A survey of Russian history from the revolution of 1917 to the collapse of the Soviet Union.
HIS X43Q. Russian Food Ways.
HIS X43R. Revolutionary Russia.
An in depth examination of the political, social, economic, and cultural dynamics at work in early twentieth-century Russia.
HIS X43W. Witches, Workers, and Wives.
Explores the role of families and concepts of gender as expressed in key economic, social, political, and cultural patterns in early modern Europe.
HIS X44E. France in the Middle Ages.
Social, cultural, political, and economic history of France from the fall of the Roman Empire to the fifteenth century; emphasis on the development of feudalism and nationalism.
HIS X44F. Anglo-Saxon England.
The political, social, cultural, and legal history of England from about 410 to 1154. Lectures and discussion of primary sources.
HIS X44G. Twelfth-Century Renaissance: 1050-1200.
An examination of social, cultural, and intellectual developments in eleventh- and twelfth-century Europe.
HIS X44J. Norman and Angevin England.
Political, social, and legal history of England from the Norman conquest in 1066 to the end of the reign of Richard III in 1485.
HIS X44M. Everyday Life in Early Modern Europe.
Social history of early modern Europe (1400-1700), with emphasis on material conditions of social existence.
HIS X44N. Death and the Afterlife in Ancient China.
Investigate ancient Chinese beliefs and practices surrounding death and the afterlife from the Neolithic era to the arrival of Buddhism. Explore tombs, burial objects, and funeral rites; philosophical essays and historical accounts; medical practices; religious relics, tokens, and talismans; ghost stories; poetry; and paintings.
HIS X44Q. Northern Renaissance: Religion, Magic, and Humanism.
Explore Northern Europe's transition from medieval to Early Modern in and through the northern Renaissance. Examine humanist culture and its many tensions with the Church, technological breakthroughs and their social and economic consequences, the connections between the discovery of new lands and the recovery of ancient learning, and the formation of the early modern state.
HIS X44R. Machiavelli: Politics and Culture.
Through Niccolo Machiavelli's chief writings, consider the local, regional, Mediterranean, European, and global aspects of his work.
HIS X44S. The Crusades.
An exploration of the religious encounters between eastern and western Christians, Christian heretics, Jews, Muslims, and polytheists; political, military, and cultural changes of the high middle ages; and the ways that crusading ideas and symbols have been reused in contemporary politics and popular culture.
HIS X44T. Law and Society in Early Modern Europe.
Research seminar on how historians have explored the significance of law, criminal and civil, in the lives of early modern Europeans. Topics include infanticide, fornication, drunkenness, theft, debt, slander, and family disputes.
HIS X45J. The Coming of the Civil War, 1829-1861.
Lecture and discussion course dealing with the historical conditions that led to the American Civil War.
HIS X45L. The American Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877.
Lecture and discussion course on the Civil War and Reconstruction period.
HIS X45O. Debt and Colonialism in the Caribbean.
Examine the role that debt has played in the formation of colonial and neocolonial practices in the Caribbean region. Take a broad approach to the concept of debt in order to explore the financial and monetary dynamics of debt, but also the political and cultural implications of debt. Focus in particular on debt as justification in the furtherance of colonialism throughout the Caribbean. Engage in a historical examination of the United States' colonial projects and military interventions in the region throughout the 20th and into the 21st centuries.
HIS X46C. Ancient India.
History and culture of South Asia from its protohistoric beginnings in the Indus Valley through the period of the early empires of the Mauryas and Guptas.
HIS X46D. Medieval India.
History and culture of South Asia from approximately 500 to 1500, with emphasis on religious and political institutions and the emergence of regional cultures.
HIS X46E. Colonial Encounters in Mesoamerica.
Study European-indigenous encounters in Mesoamerica, a geographic and cultural area spanning north-central Mexico through western Honduras, between approximately 1450-1750. Examine strategies of contact, accommodation, and resistance that indigenous communities and European colonizers used to communicate with each other and negotiate the conduct of daily life in colonial society.
HIS X46G. Precolonial India, 1200-1750.
Surveys the history of South Asia during the era prior to British colonial rule.
HIS X46J. Colonial Latin America through Objects.
Examines objects, such as paintings, reliquaries, monstrances, and churches from colonial Latin America in order to understand colonial culture. Includes critical reading of original texts.
HIS X46K. Colonial Latin America.
Basic survey course, designed as an introduction to Latin American history in the colonial period.
HIS X46L. Modern Latin America.
Continuation of History 346K and Latin American Studies 366 (Topic 2).
HIS X46M. Early Modern India.
The history and culture of South Asia from approximately 1500 to 1750.
HIS X46N. The Indian Subcontinent, 1750-1950.
Examines the cultural and political movements and events that led to formation of the two nation-states India and Pakistan.
HIS X46P. The Indian Republic Since 1947.
An overview of Contemporary India, a republic that emerged from the British Empire.
HIS X46R. Revolution in Modern Latin America.
Comparison of the Mexican and Cuban revolutions and of their challenges to inter-American relations.
HIS X46S. Revolution in Twentieth-Century Latin America.
An introduction to recent Latin American history, with emphasis on phenomena that explain the apparent social unrest and political instability of the region.
HIS X46T. The Cuban Revolution and the United States.
The special economic and political relationship between the United States and Cuba from 1898 to 1967; and how the 1959 revolution affected the Cold War relationships between East and West, North and South.
HIS X46V. Twentieth-Century Rural Latin America.
Examines causes of some of the unresolved conflicts affecting Latin America today, including the social-agrarian relationships linking landlords and campesinos; the role of the state and the impact of official ideologies involving indigenous people; religion and the Catholic Church; the history of rural institutions; and the success or failure of land reforms.
HIS X46W. Church and State in Latin America.
History of Church-state relations and religious politics in modern Latin America, with emphasis on the nineteenth to early twentieth-century periods.
HIS X47C. Reimagining Cuba, 1868-Present.
Explores Cuban-United States relations from the nineteenth century to the present, including issues of empire and transnationalism, and social change engagements between Cuba and the United States before and after the Cuban Revolution.
HIS X47D. Cuba in Question.
Explore Cuba's peoples, cultures, ethnicities, and the social and historical processes that go far beyond the common media stereotypes.
HIS X47J. Puerto Rico In Crisis.
HIS X47L. Seminar in Historiography.
Designed to familiarize students in the honors program with general problems of historiography, historical interpretation, and the philosophy of history.
HIS X47N. Urban Slavery in the Americas.
Examines urban slavery in the Americas.
HIS X47P. When Christ was King.
The history of Catholicism in twentieth-century Mexico, often seen as Latin America's most "Catholic" nation.
HIS X47R. Chile: From Revolution to Counterrevolution.
An examination of the key political, social, and economic events that underpin contemporary Chilean society.
HIS X49R. Military History to 1640.
A broad survey of world military systems from ancient times to about 1640.
HIS X49S. Survey of Military History, 1640 to 1900.
An investigation of world military systems and of the evolution of military technology from about the time of the Thirty Years' War to the end of the nineteenth century.
HIS X50L. Topics in Undergraduate Seminar in History.
Lectures, discussion, reading, and research on selected topics in the field of history.
HIS X50L.19. Resistance, Rebellion, and Revolution in Colonial Spanish America.
HIS X50L.33. Heresy and the Inquisition.
HIS X50L.35. Nigeria: A History of Nation-Building.
HIS X50L.41. Stalinist Russia.
HIS X50L.42. History of Modern Central America.
HIS X50L.44. Culture and Identity in Colonial Mexico.
HIS X50L.5. Gandhi and Gandhism.
Explore Gandhi's life, work, philosophy, and influence, as well as his historical and cultural context.
HIS X50L.54. Epics and Heroes of India.
Focus on India's classical epics, the Mahabharata and the Ramayana, with emphasis placed on understanding the epic characters in relation to the heroic traditions of premodern India, as well as on the role of the epics in contemporary Indian political and religious culture.
HIS X50L.59. Stalin's Russia at War.
HIS X50L.62. History of the Caribbean.
Overview of Caribbean history from 1492 to the present. Topics include contact between European and native cultures, piracy, slavery, colonialism and decolonization, and revolutions.
HIS X50L.64. Einstein in the Age of Conflict.
Following the life and work of Albert Einstein, course examines the rise of the theories of relativity and quantum mechanics upon the stage of international political upheaval.
HIS X50L.67. Mughal India in History and Memory.
Focuses on South Asia during the era of the Mughal empire (1550-1750), continuing through the symbolic relevance of the Mughal dynasty in British India and in India today.
HIS X50L.68. Afro-Latin America.
Examines the historical experiences of people of African descent in Latin America and the Caribbean beginning in the slavery era, and focuses on the histories of Afro-Latin Americans after emancipation.
HIS X50L.69. The Decolonization of the British Empire.
Explores the era of decolonization of the British empire after World War II.
HIS X50L.70. Historical Imagining of Africa in Films.
HIS X50L.71. Liberalism and the British Empire.
Explores the emergence of the political and economic ideas of liberalism in Britain and the evolution of British overseas expansion during the seventeenth-, eighteenth-, and early nineteenth- centuries.
HIS X50L.73. Race, Science, and Racism.
Explores important episodes in the history of biology regarding the classification of human races.
HIS X50L.75. Rethinking the Conquest of Mexico.
Explores the "conquest" of Mexico and the social, cultural, political, and economic processes which were set in motion by the Spanish invasion of Mexico.
HIS X50L.77. The Spanish Inquisition.
HIS X50L.84. African Travel Narratives.
Examines histories of Africa and travel through eyewitness accounts. Studies journeys Africans have made within and from the continent alongside accounts of travelers visiting Africa from elsewhere.
HIS X50L.85. The Cold War in Five Continents.
Examination of the Cold War and the ensuing conflicts around the world (1945-1990).
HIS X50L.86. Latin America in the Nineteenth Century.
Questions the geographical category of Latin America by examining the kinds of trends and forces of the nineteenth century that contributed to its conceptual emergence and to its growing political, economic, and cultural significance on the global stage.
HIS X50L.87. Global Environmental History.
Explore how human societies and natural environments have shaped each other in world history.
HIS X50L.88. Medicine in African History.
An exploration of how communities have confronted disease throughout Africa's history.
HIS X50L.91. History of Money and Corruption.
Investigate how financial crises have arisen in the past and to what extent they transpired because of wrongdoing.
HIS X50L.95. Radical Hope and Global Environmental History.
Explore the meaning of "radical hope" and how it is related to the environment, climate change, or the Anthropocene.
HIS X50L.96. Africa and Indian Ocean World.
Explore the connected histories of the geographical regions and economic communities that share the littoral space of the Indian Ocean.
HIS X50L.97. Global Commodities: Asia and the World.
Explore the vital role of commodities in Asian history with a particular focus on East and Southeast Asia.
HIS X50R. Topics in Undergraduate Seminar in United States History.
Lectures, discussion, reading, and research on selected topics in the field of United States history.
HIS X50R.1. Coastal Communities in Early America.
HIS X50R.10. Slavery in the United States.
HIS X50R.13. History of Sexuality in America.
HIS X50R.14. Gender and Slavery in the United States.
Examines the gendered experience of chattel slavery in the United States. Includes critical analysis of classic and contemporary texts, films, and songs that focus on slave labor, family, community, sexuality, and the economy.
HIS X50R.17. Black Women in America.
Uses primary sources, historical monographs, and essays to provide a chronological and thematic overview of the experiences of black women in America from their African roots to the circumstances they face in the present era.
HIS X50R.18. Women in Sickness and Health.
Explores medical and biological views throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries of women and women's health, the social context of those views, the development of medical practices, and the treatment of illness and debility.
HIS X50R.19. American Popular Culture, 1682-Present.
Explores the evolution of American popular culture and its relationship to national consolidation, and at times, disunion, over the last 330 years.
HIS X50R.2. Lyndon Johnson and His Times.
HIS X50R.20. History of American Feminism.
HIS X50R.21. Pluralism in Early America.
HIS X50R.22. The History of Islam in the United States.
A brief introduction to Islam. Defines the role of Islam and views of Muslims in the early history of the United States, and introduces students to major issues concerning contemporary American Muslims.
HIS X50R.23. Twentieth-Century Native American History.
Studies Native American life and culture from the late nineteenth- to the twentieth- century through the use of historical and anthropological texts, autobiographies, documentaries, and fiction.
HIS X50R.24. Domestic Slave Trade.
Explores the inner workings of the domestic slave trade from the perspectives of slaveholders, speculators, and the enslaved. Analysis of maps, letters, diaries, newspaper advertisements, and legislation relating to the domestic slave trade.
HIS X50R.27. Arts and Artifacts in the Americas.
Surveys the changing material culture of the western hemisphere from pre-Columbian times to the beginning of the industrial revolution.
HIS X50R.28. Debating the American Revolution.
Examination of the precipitant events and ideas leading up to the American Declaration of Independence through discussions, lectures, and an extended exercise in historical role playing.
HIS X50R.35. The Civil Rights Movement from a Comparative Perspective.
Focuses on African American and Mexican American struggles for civil rights. Asian American and Native American movements will also be addressed. Using a comparative approach the student will consider the distinctiveness of each of these struggles while also viewing them in relation to each other.
HIS X50R.37. Refugees in Twentieth-Century United States.
Explores the history of refugees in the twentieth century, with special attention to the United States and its engagement in the international arena of refugee politics.
HIS X50R.38. Barack Obama and American Democracy.
Focuses on the impact of Barack Obama's watershed presidency on American democracy.
HIS X50R.40. Black Women on Trial.
Using press coverage of historical and contemporary court cases and trials of women ranging from Angela Davis to Marissa Alexander, explores how media shapes public and popular perceptions of race, class, gender, sexuality, and the law.
HIS X50R.42. Terrorism and Insurgency in American History.
Investigate terrorism throughout American history through selective case studies and independent research.
HIS X50R.5. American Cultural History of Alcohol and Drugs.
Study of the American use and perception of drugs, including alcohol, and how they have changed over time. Examines significant shifts in American attitudes toward individualism and social control.
HIS X50R.7. Environmental History of North America.
The history of humanity's influence on the plants, animals, microlife, soils, water, and air of North America, and vice versa, from the arrival of the proto-Indians to the contemporary environmental crisis.
HIS X50R.8. Women in Postwar America.
HIS X51D. Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic World.
History of Asia, Egypt, and the Mediterranean world from Alexander's expedition to Asia to Rome's defeat of the last of the Hellenistic monarchs at Actium (ca. 334 to 31 BC).
HIS X51P. History of Religion in America since 1800.
Introduction to the history of religion in the United States of America from the nineteenth century to the present. Focuses on how diverse peoples imagined and transformed the landscape, interacted with one another at different sites, and moved within and across national borders.
HIS X51Q. Slavery and the New Testament.
Examine slavery in the New Testament.
HIS X52F. The Mexican Revolution, 1910-1940.
Explore the initial decade of the Mexican Revolution, the first of the twentieth-century nationalist social revolutions. Examine the historical antecedents and the political, economic, social, and intellectual elements of the upheaval.
HIS X52G. History of Modern Mexico, 1940-present.
Introduction to the history of modern Mexico from the close of the Mexican Revolution (1940) to the present.
HIS X52P. England in the Twentieth Century.
A survey of political, economic, social, and intellectual trends, with emphasis on class relationships.
HIS X53. The French Revolution and Napoleon.
Analysis of the social, political, and economic origins and outcomes of the French Revolution and Napoleon's empire.
HIS X54E. Archaic and Classical Greece.
Survey of Greek history from the emergence of the city-states to the rise of Macedonia.
HIS X54F. The Three French Wars of the Twentieth Century.
Focuses on 20th century France, with an emphasis on three critical conflicts: World War One, World War Two, and the Algerian war.
HIS X54G. France in the Dark Years.
Explore the Nazi occupation of France and Vichy's collaboration. Consider the devastating fall of the French Republic, the organization of Vichy France, Vichy's complicity in the Holocaust, the ethical complexities of collaboration and resistance, and the ramifications of World War II for the French empire.
HIS X54N. France in Modern Times.
The impact of revolution on French political, economic, and social development in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
HIS X55F. The United States, 1877-1920.
Examines the Gilded Age and Progressive Era to depict the rise of modern America.
HIS X55M. The United States, 1920-1941.
A history of political, economic, diplomatic, military, social, and cultural developments in the United States between the two world wars.
HIS X55N. Main Currents of American Culture to 1865.
Traces the development of American culture and society from the colonial era until the end of the Civil War. Major themes include racial conflict, religion, slavery, the development of democracy, and cultural reform.
HIS X55P. The United States since 1941.
A history of political, economic, diplomatic, social, and cultural developments in the United States since the nation's entry into World War II.
HIS X55S. United States Constitutional History.
A lecture and discussion course dealing with the history of the development of the American constitutional tradition from colonial times to the present.
HIS X56C. Land in America.
Explore how the history of land helps explain the society we live in today and ideas about the human-nature relationship.
HIS X56G. History of the United States West.
Examines the history of the trans-Mississippi West with a special focus on the concepts of conquest, resistance, and region from the nineteenth to the twentieth century.
HIS X56K. Main Currents of American Culture since 1865.
Traces the development of American culture and society from the end of the Civil War to the present. Major themes include racial conflict, pluralism, religion, urban development and reform, modernism, government centralization, cultural radicalism, and the rebirth of conservatism.
HIS X56P. The United States in the Civil Rights Era.
Examines United States history in the post-World War II era, including how civil rights and other racial issues helped shape the politics, popular culture, and social life of this period.
HIS X56R. America and the Holocaust.
HIS X56S. American Presidency: 1789 to the Present.
Examines the presidency and the individuals who have held it, with an eye toward discovering trends of historical and contemporary interest.
HIS X57C. African American History to 1860.
Review of West African origins; New World settlement patterns, social life, and culture; discussion of the Atlantic slave trade, the development of capitalism and plantation slavery, and the origins of racism.
HIS X57D. African American History since 1860.
Survey of the history of African Americans in the United States from 1860 to the present: Emancipation, Reconstruction politics, migration and urbanization, and the evolution of African American culture; kinds of sources and methods valuable for analyzing African American life and culture.
HIS X57Q. German-American Immigration and Ethnicity.
Explore German immigration to the United States from the colonial era to the present. Examine the motivations for migration; settlement patterns; construction of identity through traditions and festivals; German American's economic, social, and cultural contributions to the United States; and challenges to assimilation.
HIS X58C. History Internship.
Apply historical methods in office and organizational workplaces. Utilize research, analytical, writing, and information skills.
HIS X58M. History of Britain from 1783 through World War I.
Surveys the political, social, economic, and intellectual history of Great Britain from the years preceding the outbreak of the French Revolution to the conclusion of World War I.
HIS X58Q. Supervised Research.
HIS X59C. African Cities Since 1500.
Explore Africa's past through the story of urbanization beginning with an overview of African cities around 1500--a time of increasing human migration and global trade. Assess African cities in the modern period, focusing on the advent of European colonialism in the 1800s and its aftermath.
HIS X59D. Fashion in Africa.
Examine fashion history through readings, videos, social media, and textile making to provide an immersive experience in African design history. Address the ways in which textiles are tied to class distinctions and politics, wrapped up in the history of trade (including human trafficking and slavery), mixed into revolutionary struggles and post-independent governance, and inspire haute couture and global fashion trends.
HIS X59N. History of Africa since 1800.
Development of sub-Saharan Africa from the end of the slave trade to independence.
HIS X59P. History of East Africa.
A survey of the history of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda from prehistoric times to the postindependence era.
HIS X59R. History of West Africa.
A history of the West Africa region: the rise and fall of kingdoms, relations with Europe and Asia, the great revolutions of the nineteenth century, colonial administration, decolonization, and the search for economic development and political stability since independence.
HIS X61C. The World of the Victorians.
Introduction to the main contours of social and cultural British history, both in Britain and in its burgeoning empire.
HIS X61D. The Church and the Jews.
Examination of the complex relationship between the Western Church and Jews over two millenia.
HIS X61E. Rebels and Revolutionaries in Russian History and Literature.
Study of fictional and real rebels and revolutionaries across almost a century of Russian literature.
HIS X61F. Berlin.
HIS X61G. The Sacred and the Secular in Modern European Thought.
Introduces key themes and methodologies of intellectual history and social theory by exploring the dueling approaches to secularization and sacralization in modern European thought.
HIS X61I. World War II in Eastern Europe.
Examines the war in Eastern Europe with a particular emphasis on occupation, collaboration, and resistance; the Holocaust; and the connection between ethnic cleansing, population transfer, and the establishment of communism in postwar Eastern Europe.
HIS X61J. Medieval Warfare.
Examine the development of warfare between the late Roman Empire and the early modern world (c. 400-1500), including a brief retrospective on war in the ancient world.
HIS X61O. Russia's Soul: Spiritual Traditions.
Explore complex history of Orthodox Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Buddhism in Russia. Examine important worship sites, including monasteries and pilgrimage destinations. Have discussions with Russian scholars of religion and practitioners of different faiths.
HIS X61Q. Cultural Citizenship in the United States and Latin America.
An introduction to the history of relations between the United States and Latin America. Designed to prepare each student for a potential experience in Latin America (or with Latino communities in the United States) such as study abroad, research, and/or community engagement.
HIS X61R. Nazi Culture and Politics.
Explore fundamental questions about the unique role of culture in modern democracies and dictatorships by taking an overview of culture and politics in the Third Reich. Examine questions about the relationship between political propaganda and modern entertainment, mass media and authoritarianism, political aesthetics and ideology, and the dynamics of oppression, resistance, and consent.
HIS X61S. European Espionage 1914-1989.
Examine the development and transformation of espionage, intelligence, and surveillance in Europe from the first World War to the end of the Cold War.
HIS X61T. East European Transnational Worlds to 1914.
Examine an overview of major developments in the economic, political, social, cultural, and gender and sexuality fields of East European history before 1914. Explore diplomacy, institutional legacies of war and peace, urban and rural developments and inequalities, spaces of language and religion, race, labor migration, and the arts.
HIS X61U. Geography in Eastern Europe and Eurasia.
Explore alternatives to nation-state imaginaries across Eastern Europe and Eurasia. Examine spatial thinking, utopia, dystopia, the history of geosciences, counter-mapping, and the decolonial geopoetics of space.
HIS X61V. Technology and Society in Modern Eastern Europe and Russia.
Learn how technologies and social changes shape each other. Use case studies from Eastern Europe and Russia from the Industrial Revolution to the Era of AI. Explore the industrialization of production and consumption, the professionalization of engineering, the emergence of multidivisional industrial enterprises, the relationship between humans and machines, the uses of "cheap nature", and technological utopianism.
HIS X61W. Russia and Ukraine in World History.
Focus on multicultural history, shared imperial and national spaces, and geopolitics of entangled Russian-Ukrainian relations.
HIS X62C. Vienna: Memory and the City.
Examines the ways in which cultural memory has shaped, and continues to shape, urban life in Vienna, Austria.
HIS X62E. Early Western Colonialism.
An examination of the phenomenon of colonialism, with an emphasis on the European expansion across the globe that began at the end of the western Middle Ages and continued throughout the early modern period.
HIS X62F. The First World War.
Examine the tensions and conflicts between 1914 and 1918 that set the stage for the violent twentieth century.
HIS X62I. Living a Catastrophe: Chernobyl.
Examine different ways of narrating the Chernobyl disaster and general disasters through history, environmental history, sociology, art, film, fiction, and science.
HIS X62J. Poland and the Second World War.
Examine the occupation of Poland by Germany and the Soviet Union and the ways in which this dual occupation impacted people and their communities.
HIS X62O. Cold War Eastern Europe.
Discover the primary historical developments of the post-war period in Eastern Europe from the imposition of communism in 1945 until its collapse in 1989. Explore political, economic, and cultural transformations of the Cold War.
HIS X62P. Spinoza and Modernity.
Introduction to the core of Spinoza's writings and the diverse reactions they have elicited. Examines Spinoza's refusal of mind-body dualism, as well as a transcendent god or ideal as a way of understanding Spinoza's concepts and ideas.
HIS X62Q. Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century.
Examines the major political, social, and cultural events that shaped Eastern European society in the twentieth century.
HIS X62R. Jews of Eastern Europe.
Explores the history and culture of Jews in Eastern Europe.
HIS X62S. Southeast Europe in the Twentieth Century.
Explores the key events and developments of Southeastern Europe, the region commonly referred to as the Balkans, in the twentieth century.
HIS X62T. Heretics and Freedom Fighters, 1350-1650.
Explores the theologies, politics, and personal identities that emerged and passed away in this era.
HIS X62U. Environmental History of Eastern Europe.
Explore and relate commodification of nature, the climate crisis, and preserving biodiversity from the past and present. Investigate how human societies have changed their environments and how the environment has influenced the courses of societies through case studies from the ecological impact of the Teutonic Crusades to nuclear waste management in Chernobyl.
HIS X62V. War and Genocide: The Holocaust.
Examine the Holocaust as part of Nazi Germany's quest to build a new racial order.
HIS X62W. Legacies of World War II in Eastern Europe.
Examine the complex and dynamic legacies of World War II and questions of memory, identity, and politics from 1945 to the present.
HIS X63C. Argentina: Populism and Insurrection.
An overview of principal trends and issues in Argentine history from independence to the present.
HIS X63D. Religion, Conquest, and Conversion in Colonial Latin America.
Focuses on the histories of the Catholic Church and religious devotion in colonial Latin America between 1521 and 1821.
HIS X63E. Mapping Latin America.
Discuss the role of maps in the creation of Latin America as a specific sort of place. As such, allows familiarity with a broad overview of Latin American history from Pre-Columbian civilizations to the modern period.
HIS X63F. The Bible in the Colonial Americas.
Varied perspectives on the central role played by the Old Testament in the construction of colonial cultures in the Americas.
HIS X63J. Life and Politics in Contemporary Mexico.
Examine an overview of life and politics in contemporary Mexico.
HIS X63T. Latin America in the Sixties.
Explore the impact of the Cuban revolution in Latin American politics, gender roles, and women's participation in public life during the sixties.
HIS X64C. History of Hindu Religious Traditions.
History of major doctrines, practices, and institutions that shaped the development of Hinduism; how religions adapt to social and cultural change and often provide the catalyst for change.
HIS X64D. Prophet of Islam: His Life and Times.
A detailed study of the prophet Muhammad's life and message, and of the means by which his life was recorded and popularized.
HIS X64E. The Dead Sea Scrolls.
HIS X64F. African History in Films and Photographs.
Explore the social, economic, and political challenges of the past fifty years of Africa's history through an examination of several popular films.
HIS X64I. Major Islamic Texts.
Introduction to key religious, philosophical, and political ideas from part of the Islamicate world through sustained readings of core texts.
HIS X64J. African Women's History.
Major themes include politics, economics, religion, the family, culture, technology, feminism, colonialism, nationalism, and development in relation to the lives of African women.
HIS X64O. Culture and Crisis in Contemporary Japan.
Explore the cultural history of Japan from the 1980s to the present, with particular attention paid to economic and ecological issues represented in literature, film, and visual culture.
HIS X64P. Apartheid: South African History.
A study of the social, political, economic, and cultural history of South Africa to contextualize the rise of apartheid. Primarily focuses on the period since 1948 from the perspectives of women, children, and men of all racial backgrounds who lived through that particular period.
HIS X64Q. French Empire: The West and Islam.
The development of regions within the Mediterranean, variously called the West and East or Europe and Islam, with an emphasis on the role of modern France and France's Mediterranean empire.
HIS X64R. Modernization in East Asia.
Examines the different historical experiences of mainland China and Taiwan in the context of the East Asian model of development.
HIS X64S. Black Slavery in the Atlantic.
Examine the history of slavery in the Atlantic from 1450 to 1865.
HIS X65G. Topics in United States History.
HIS X65G.1. United States Catholic History.
Examine how Catholicism and national identity work for Catholics in the United States, with an emphasis on Catholic women and Latino/as.
HIS X65G.10. Twentieth-Century United States Lesbian and Gay History.
Examines classic texts and recent and varied writings on LGBT history, focused on experiences, ideas, and conflicts that have shaped modern LGBT identities.
HIS X65G.12. History of the United States-Mexico Borderland.
Introduction to the history of the United States and Mexico border region.
HIS X65G.13. Race, Law, and United States Society.
Examines the intersection of racial ideology and legal culture in the United States.
HIS X65G.15. United States Military History.
Explore the use of "authorized violence" and "unauthorized violence" by the U.S. military and examine how both types of violence have changed American history since initial colonization.
HIS X65G.16. Unbelief in America.
Examine the history of unbelief and the role that it has played in US history.
HIS X65G.17. Mexican American Studies at UT.
Trace the origins and development of Mexican American Studies at the national, regional, and local levels. Collaborate to help preserve and recognize the significance of Mexican American Studies at the University in historical and contemporary contexts.
HIS X65G.18. The History, Politics, and Future of American Higher Education.
Explore seventeenth-, eighteenth-, and early nineteenth-century American higher education.
HIS X65G.19. Museums: Past, Present, and Future.
Examine the history, varieties, and philosophies of museums.
HIS X65G.2. Popular Music in the United States.
Traces the history of popular music in the United States and its influence on American politics, economics, and culture from the 1880s to present day.
HIS X65G.20. Native American Women's History.
Investigate the histories of Native American women to reaffirm and reclaim their place and role in the histories of Native Americans, indigenous peoples, women, Chican@/xs, Greater Mexico, and the United States. Contemplate how many understandings that center colonization, settler colonialism, genocide, race, and environmentalism are essential to examining Native American women's history. Explore the stories, struggles, and ideas of community-building, sovereignty, and liberation as integral to their genders and sexualities as Native American, Indian, First Nations, indigenous, and red and brown women.
HIS X65G.23. La Causa, The Farmworker Movement.
Examine the twentieth-century expansion of commercial agriculture and concomitant labor organizing struggles waged by agricultural workers in the United States, including Arkansas, California, Hawai'i, Puerto Rico, and Texas. Explore the role of the United Farm Workers of America.
HIS X65G.24. The United States and the United Kingdom: The Transatlantic Alliance.
Explore the diplomatic and military history of the United States and Great Britain and how the two nations have interacted and shaped each other's national security policies and visions of a liberal international order.
HIS X65G.25. Black Women and Mass Incarceration.
Examine the history of Black women and mass incarceration in America. Explore how race, class, and gender have historically influenced the production of crime and unfair criminal justice policies. Investigate why mass incarceration matters, what its historical legacy is, and how it impacts Black women today.
HIS X65G.26. Slavery and Its Legacies.
Explore how slavery has evolved in the United States since the end of the Civil War.
HIS X65G.27. History of American Childhood.
Explore the history of American children and youth from the colonial era to the present.
HIS X65G.3. United States Economic History since 1880.
The history of American capitalism from 1865 to 2000; examines innovation, economic rights, and the role of the state.
HIS X65G.4. The Vietnam Wars.
Introduction to the complex and controversial history of the wars fought in Vietnam from 1941 to the 1980s.
HIS X65G.5. Science, Ethics, and Society.
Explores the ethics of scientific experimentation on humans in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
HIS X65G.6. Antebellum Slavery.
Examination of slavery at its maturity during the nineteenth century.
HIS X65G.8. Women and Social Movements in the Twentieth-Century United States.
Examines women's participation in well-known and lesser-known social movements during the twentieth century.
HIS X66D. Jews: Nation or People.
HIS X66E. Restitution and Restorative Justice after the Holocaust.
Examine attempts to find a measure of justice after the Holocaust. Explore themes of human rights and international law.
HIS X66F. Politics of Food in Latin America.
Examine food production, food consumption, and socio-cultural identities in Latin America through comparative and multidisciplinary research.
HIS X66N. Topics in History.
HIS X66N.15. Anti-Semitism.
Surveys trends in Judeophobia/anti-Semitism over 2,500 years in both Christian and non-Christian societies. Designed to use anti-Semitism as way to explore more general ideas in social theory such as boundary making; models of racial, ethnic, and cultural conflict; and the role of intellectual and scientific elites.
HIS X66N.17. British History, Literature, and Politics.
Reading course in history, literature, and politics, and as a class in professional writing. Examines not only the literature, history, and politics of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, but also the interaction of British and other societies throughout the world.
HIS X66N.18. Global History of Disease.
Introduction to major themes in the history of medicine through the lens of disease. To be considered are the roles governments, medical practitioners, and patients play in the social construction of disease and health.
HIS X66P. Sexuality and Gender in Latin America.
Explore gender as a broad analytical tool to understand key problems concerning social organization, power relations, and inequality in contemporary Latin America.
HIS X66Q. Newton's Principia.
Examine key sections of Newton's Principia Mathematica Philosophiae Naturalis.
HIS X67C. Business and Society in South Asia.
Examine the long history of commerce and enterprise in the Indian sub-continent up to the present.
HIS X67D. Gender and Modern India.
Examine gender and the shifting nature of modernity between precolonial and colonial periods in the Indian subcontinent.
HIS X67E. History of the Pilgrimage to Mecca, Hajj.
Survey of the Hajj, Islam's major pilgrimage to Mecca and the nearby Holy Places. It will examine the Islamic pilgrimage from its beginnings in the seventh century C.E. through today.
HIS X67F. Slavery and South Asian History.
Examine the presence of slavery in the subcontinent in the third century BCE to the twentieth century.
HIS X67J. Partition of India in History and Memory.
Discover the experiences and memories of many different groups affected by the Partition of British India in 1947 while tracing the effects of the Partition until the present.
HIS X67Q. History of Food and Healing in China and Taiwan.
Explore the cultural, historical, philosophical, social, and scientific background against which the connection between food and healing has evolved through Chinese history.
HIS X67S. Islam in the Early Modern World: Religion and Culture.
Examine a history of the religious and cultural development across the Islamic world between the thirteenth and eighteenth centuries, stemming from the rise of the Mongols and the end of the caliphate. Explore the early modern Muslim empires of the Ottomans, Safavids, and the Mughals.
HIS X68C. Piracy in East Asia.
Examine how pirates helped bind East Asia together into an integrated zone of economic and cultural exchange. Explore how they formed the leading edge of early modern globalization and linking diverse economies and societies together.
HIS X68D. Banned in Japan: Censored Art.
Focus on banned works of literature, painting, photography, film, and manga that encountered censorship in Japan from the early eighteenth century to today. Explore the censored texts in-depth alongside the sociopolitical contexts of their banning in order to understand how censorship worked historically and to help us consider how it works in our own time and place.
HIS X68S. The Age of the Samurai.
Explore the history of Japan via an examination of the complex and ever-changing figure of the samurai.
HIS X69Q. Black Lives in the Archives.
HIS X71Q. Nationalisms in the Caribbean.
HIS X72L. Proseminar in Historical Source Readings.
Individual instruction in reading history and historiography.
HIS X72M. Proseminar in Historical Writing.
Individual instruction in historical research and writing.
HIS X72Q. Race, Rebellion and Revolution in the Caribbean.
HIS X74C. Race and Migration: The Mediterranean.
Examine the history of migration within and from the Mediterranean area.
HIS X74Q. Race Against Empire: Americas.
HIS X75D. Islamic Spain and North Africa to 1492.
An introduction to the impact of Islam on Spain and North Africa, with emphasis on social, economic, and cultural development.
HIS X75K. Tudor England, 1485-1603.
Exploration of the most important political, religious, social, economic, and intellectual changes that occurred in England between the accession of Henry VII and the death of Elizabeth I.
HIS X75L. Stuart England, 1603-1689.
Topical lecture course focusing on the most significant political, religious, social, economic, and cultural developments in seventeenth-century England.
HIS X75M. Modern Spain, 1800 to the Present.
Political, social, and economic changes in the nineteenth century: the Second Republic; the Spanish Civil War; the Franco Era and the transition to democracy after 1975.
HIS X75N. History of Britain, 1500-1700.
Explore how the archipelago of islands that make up the nations of England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland underwent a series of dramatic transformations in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Focus on politics, religious upheaval, and the beginnings of "British empire," a phrase first coined in this period.
HIS X76F. The United States and the Second World War.
HIS X76G. Hitler, Nazism, and World War II.
HIS X78W. Capstone in History.
Pursue in-depth the research interests and skills developed in other history classes.
HIS X79C. History and Computer Science Capstone.
Investigate questions at the intersection of history and computer science through collaborative projects. Develop computational tools and methods to study history. Explore how ideas in history and computer science can inform each other.
HIS X79H. Honors Tutorial Course.
An individual instruction course to provide training in the methods and teaching of historical research and writing.
Graduate Courses
HIS X19S. Topics in History.
This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of History. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.
HIS X29S. Topics in History.
This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of History. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.
HIS X80K. Topics in History of Science.
Topics cover scientific development since ancient times, including the scientific revolution, 1500-1800; the development of specific scientific disciplines; and the relationship between science and social change.
HIS X80L. Topics in European Imperialism.
HIS X80L.1. European Imperialism: British Empire.
Study of the British empire in the Middle East, Asia and Africa.
HIS X81. Topics in World History.
HIS X81J. Topics in Research Seminar in World History.
HIS X82H. Topics in Research Seminar in the History of East and South Asia.
HIS X82J. Topics in Research Seminar in African History.
HIS X82L. Topics in African History.
Seminar on selected topics on precolonial African societies and African societies since 1875.
HIS X82N. Topics in the History of East and South Asia.
HIS X82N.1. Social and Religious Reform in Modern India.
HIS X82N.2. Women in Islamic Societies.
HIS X82N.4. Communalism in Colonial India.
HIS X82Q. Introductory Conference Course in African History.
HIS X82R. Introductory Conference Course in Asian History.
HIS X82S. Introductory Conference Course in Middle Eastern History.
HIS X82T. Introductory Conference Course in European History.
HIS X82U. Introductory Conference Course in American History.
HIS X82V. Introductory Conference Course in Latin American History.
HIS X83. Topics in Seminar in Modern European History.
HIS X83C. Topics in Literature of European History.
HIS X83C.1. Literature of European History: The Medieval Period.
HIS X83C.2. Literature of European History: The Early Modern Period.
HIS X83C.3. Literature of European History: The Modern Period.
HIS X83D. Communism in Eastern Europe.
Explore the complicated nature of communist rule in Eastern Europe in its many forms, from Poland in the North to Yugoslavia in the South. Examine the variety of lived experiences of citizens of Eastern Europe, from the imposition of communism in the region after World War II to the collapse of the system in 1989. Discuss the most recent scholarship on the region that ties regional developments to the broader Cold War context, and covers issues ranging from state-society dynamics, to religion, consumer culture, urban change, and collectivization.
HIS X83J. Topics in Research Seminar in Modern European History.
HIS X83L. Seminar in General Economic History.
A historical study of economic development and economic policy.
HIS X83M. Topics in the Atlantic Worlds.
HIS X84K. Topics in Seminar in British History.
HIS X84M. Topics in Seminar in Tudor-Stuart History.
Reading and research in the history of England under the Tudors and Stuarts, 1485-1689.
HIS X85P. Topics in Public and Digital History.
HIS X86K. Topics in Seminar in Latin American History.
HIS X86L. Topics in Research Seminar in Latin American History.
HIS X86S. Stalinism: Ideology and Culture.
Examine Stalinism as a complex historical, ideological, and cultural phenomenon that crucially shaped Russia's destiny from the twentieth century to the present moment. Consider this phenomenon beyond popular stereotypes (blood-thirsty tyrant; miserable and terrorized population; total propaganda; etc).
HIS X87J. Topics in Research Seminar in Early Modern Europe.
HIS X87M. Topics in Early Modern Europe.
HIS X88J. Topics in Research Seminar in Middle Eastern History.
HIS X88K. Topics in Seminar in Middle Eastern History.
Development of Middle Eastern history since the beginning of modern times.
HIS X88K.2. Intellectual History of Indo-Iranian Islam.
HIS X88M. Problems and Methods of Historical Demography.
HIS X89. Topics in Research Seminar in United States History.
HIS X91C. Conference Course.
Designed to expand the graduate student's opportunity for individual consultation.
HIS X92. Topics in Seminar in United States History.
HIS X93L. Qualifying Examination.
Preparation for qualifying examinations.
HIS X94H. Introduction to Historical Inquiry.
Introduction to a variety of theoretical, methodological, or historiographical approaches to the past.
HIS X95. Topics in Seminar in Bibliography and Methods.
A seminar to acquaint the advanced student with the nature and extent of materials for study and writing in United States history.
HIS X97K. Topics in Literature of United States History.
Survey of historical writing and historiography from colonial times to the present.
HIS X97K.1. Literature of United States History Before 1865.
Survey of historical writing and historiography to 1865. Designed to introduce students to the field of early American history.
HIS X97K.2. Literature of United States History Since 1865.
Examines trends in American historiography from 1865 to the present.
HIS X97L. Topics in Medieval History.
HIS X98. Thesis.
HIS X98R. Master's Report.
Preparation of a report to fulfill the requirement for the master's degree under the report option.
HIS X98T. Supervised Teaching in History.
Weekly group meetings with the instructor, individual consultations, and reports.
HIS X99W. Dissertation.
Professional Courses
HIS X19S. Topics in History.
This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of History. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.
HIS X29S. Topics in History.
This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of History. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.