History 504: The Early Middle Ages

Burns: MAX:12

Content: A detailed analysis of the nature and impact of the barbarian invasions on an era already rapidly changing due to internal crises. Currents and cross currents noted are utilized to gain better understanding of Charlemagne and the achievements of Carolingian civilization.

Texts: May include, Averil Cameron, Late Antiquity 350-600 AD; Gregory of Tours, History of the Franks; K. F. Drew, Law of the Slain Franks; Peter Brown, The Body & Society; Sabine MacCormack, Art & Ceremony in Late Antiquity; Judith Herrin, The Formation of Christendom; Pierre Riche, Education & Culture; Garth Fowden, Empire to Commonwealth; Thomas Burns, Barbarians within the Gates of Rome; Caroline White, Early Christian Lives.

History 513P-00P: Early Modern English History

Rosenberg; MAX:12

Paper-writing section taken after History 513 – Writing permission of instructor required.

History 516P-00P: Twentieth Century France

Amdur; MAX:12

Paper-writing section taken after History 516 – Written permission of instructor required.

History 530P-00P: Social History: 19 th Century America

Prude; MAX:12

Paper-writing section taken after History 530 – Written permission of instructor required.

History 535: U.S. Foreign Relations in the 20 th Century

Harbutt; MAX:12

Content: This course explores significant aspects of the American role in shaping and being shaped by international developments in the 20 th century. In the first weeks we will study modern American diplomatic history in more or less traditional fashion, examining inter alia problems presented by world war, revolution, economic systems and the Cold War. We will then explore a number of related themes—the ideological and cultural dimensions, nuclear strategy, the diffusion of American style capitalism, special interests, etc.—as well as the many controversies that have enriched the field. This expansive approach may be of interest to students in other fields and disciplines. Students will be encouraged to choose a research topic within very broad conceptions of the subject.

Texts: R. Merrill & P. Paterson, eds., Major Problems in American Foreign Relations, Vol. 2, Since 1914; E. J. Hobsbawm, Age of Extremes: The Short 20 th Century 1914-1991; T. J. Knock, To End All Wars: Woodrow Wilson & the Quest for a New World Order; R. Gilpin, The Political Economy of International Relations; W. LaFeber, Inevitable Revolutions: The U.S. in Central America; A. Gleason, Totalitarianism: The Inner History of the Cold War; J. L. Gaddis, Now We Know: Re-thinking Cold War History; S. Whitfield, The Culture of the Cold War; L. Freedman, The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy.

Particulars: Reading assignments; oral presentation (at least one); mid-term review; final research paper—approximately 20 pages.

History 547P-00P: The Old South, Colonial to 1865

Roark; MAX:12

Paper-writing section taken after History 547 – Written permission of instructor required.

History 562: Themes and Approaches in Latin American History : Old Paradigms, New Trends

Socolow/Gonzalez; MAX:12

Content: Designed to provide course participants with the full sweep of Latin American history and historiography, this seminar will explore a series of thematic themes, arranged chronologically, spanning the region’s colonial and modern periods (1492-present). The themes will have been chosen to achieve two goals: to expose course participants to the basic narrative of Latin American history and to capture both old and new approaches to the region’s rich past. Themes may include such issues as the environmental and biological impact of the meeting of the Old and New Worlds; the religious roots of modern Latin America; peasant participation in revolution.

Texts: We will read a combination of “canonical” and newer works in the field, generally at the rate of one monograph per week. Books will be supplemented with shorter texts on the theoretical ramifications of, and methodological problematic, behind historians’ work in the field.

Particulars: Class discussions will be guided by their written discussion questions .

History 564P-00P: Africa & the Era of the Slave Trade

Mann; MAX:12

Paper-writing section taken after History 564 – Written permission of instructor required.

History 582P-00P: Social Science & Quantitative Techniques

Socolow; MAX:12

Paper-writing section taken after History 582 – Written permission of instructor required.

History 583P-00P: Intro-Advanced Historical Study

Rustow/Lesser; MAX:12

Paper-writing section taken after History 583 – Written permission of instructor required.

History 585-000: Special Topics in History: Fascism

Adamson; MAX:12

Content: The seminar explores selected topics in the historiography of fascism with a primary focus on the two nations in which fascism came to power during the interwar period: Italy and Germany. Questions to be addressed include: Can we speak of “generic” fascism or only of specific movements and regimes? What is the relation between fascist movements and fascist regimes? Did fascism have a common ethos, style, or cultural project? Was it a “political religion” or a “religious politics”? How are we to understand its gender, class, and racist dimensions – and its imperial designs? What was the mix in fascist rule between coercion and consent (and how significantly did this mix vary)? In short, how are we to understand the experience(s) of fascism in the context of the societies that produced it (them)?

Texts: Morgan, Philip, Fascism in Europe, 1919-1945; De Grand, Alexander, Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany: The ‘Fascist’ Style of Rule. 2 nd ed.; Payne, Stanley, A History of Fascism, 1914-1945; Evans, Richard, The Third Reich in Power; Childers, Thomas and Jane Caplan, eds., Reevaluating the Third Reich; Falasca-Zamponi, Simonetta, Fascist Spectacle: The Aesthetics of Power in Mussolini’s Italy; Steigmann-Gall, Richard, The Holy Reich: Nazi Conceptions of Christianity, 1919-1945; Ben-Ghiat, Ruth, Fascist Modernities: Italy, 1922-1945; Griffin, Roger, Modernism and Fascism: The Sense of a Beginning under Mussolini and Hitler; Gellately, Robert and Nathan Stoltzfus, eds., Social Outsiders in Nazi Germany; Paret, Peter, An Artist Against the Third Reich: Ernst Barlach, 1933-1938; Knox, MacGregor, Common Destiny: Dictatorship, Foreign Policy, and War in Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany; Paxton, Robert O., The Anatomy of Fascism; many other readings in Reserves Direct.

Particulars: Seminar participants are expected to make oral presentations regarding common readings (to be assigned as we go along) as well as to engage actively in seminar discussion. The only formal requirement of a written nature is an historiographical essay of 15-20 pages due on the final seminar day.

History 585-001: Special Topics in History: 20th Century African American Experience

Davis; MAX:12

Content: The objective of this graduate seminar is to identify some of the significant issues and intellectual questions now engaging scholars of the late 19 th and 20 th Century African American experience. Readings are designed to help students look closely at both the internal (intraracial) and external (interracial or race-relations) experiences of African Americans and the structural restraints (political-economies) that have impacted these experiences. Themes include various eras within the Black Freedom Movement (i.e., U.S. Civil Rights and Black Power Movements), Black Nationalism, African/African American interactions, and African American leadership. These themes are complicated by notions of class, urban and rural culture, gender, regional and color differences, and activist strategic approaches to full equality.

Texts: Will be announced in class.

Particulars: There are no examinations. Requirements include class discussions, group presentations, and a 15-page research project.

History 585-002: Special Topics in History: The American Revolution

Desrochers; MAX:12

Content: This colloquium introduces students to current and classic themes, debates, and methodological approaches in the historiography of the American Revolution. We will divide time between an exploration of the origins of the American Revolution, and a consideration of outcomes and unintended consequences.

Particulars: We will read and discuss one common book per week. Additionally, students will be responsible for reading two outside books and presenting a critical analysis of each in class. Grades will be determined on the basis of class participation, which in addition to the two oral book reviews will include leading one of our weekly discussions, and the completion of a longer historiographical essay.

History 585-003: Special Topics in History: Re-peopling the Americas

Eltis; MAX:12

History 585-004: Special Topics in History: Politics of the German Army

Kronenbitter; MAX:12

Content: Explores the role of the armed forces in the political and social history of Prussia/Germany from the Napoleonic era to the end of World War II. Readings and discussions will cover such topics as the Prussian military reforms, militarism in society and politics, colonial warfare and the doctrine of annihilation, the military and the crisis of the Weimar democracy, and NS-policy and the armed forces in World War II.

Texts: Representative texts will include Eric Dorn Brose, The Kaiser’s Army; Robert M. Citino, The German Way of War; Marilyn Shevin Coetzee, The German Army League; Stig Foerster et al., Total War Series; Ute Frevert, A Nation in Barracks; Isabell V. Hull, Absolute Destruction; Alaric Searle, Wehrmacht Generals, West German Society, and the Debate on Rearmament.

Particulars: Grades will be based on class participation, several short papers on class readings and a historiographical essay (12-15 pages).

History 585-00P: Special Topics in History: Gender, Generations and Power in Africa (Same as ILA 790/AFS 790)

PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR REQUIRED.

Bay; MAX:4

SEE GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF LIBERAL ARTS

History 585: Special Topics in History: American Studies Proseminar (Same as ILA 730)

Tullos; MAX:4

SEE GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF LIBERAL ARTS

History 585P-00P:  Seminar Papers

Faculty

Paper-writing section taken after History 585 – Written permission of instructor required.

History 596R: Special Studies

Faculty

Written Permission of Instructor Required

Content: Attendance in an undergraduate course with satisfactory completion of those course requirements as well as additional graduate-level assignments as required by instructor.

History 597R: Directed Reading

Faculty

Written Permission of Instructor Required

History 599R: Research

Faculty

MUST BE TAKEN S/U

Content: Variable credit.  For M.A.-level students.

History 786B: Introduction to College Teaching

Faculty

Written permission of instructor required; MUST BE TAKEN S/U

Content: The student works with a member of the department in conducting a course, including giving an occasional lecture or leading a discussion group. This course must be taken S/U.

History 799R: Advanced Research

Faculty

MUST BE TAKEN S/U

Content: Variable credit (1 to 12 hours).  Designed to give doctoral students opportunity for individual research on their dissertation subjects.  Credit for this course will normally be given only after completion of 32 hours of work in 500-level courses in the doctoral program.