HISTORY FALL 2007 COURSE ATLAS

History 169-000: The Arab-Israeli Conflict (Same as PoliSci 169 and JS 169)

Stein; MAX:40

Content: This is an introductory survey course to the history, politics, and diplomacy of the Arab Israeli conflict. The first half of the course will deal with the historical, ideological, and social origins of the conflict from 1918 to 1949. Understanding the origins of Zionism, great power imperial interests, Arab responses, local, regional, and international politics are central topics of discussion. The second half of the course focuses on political, social, economic and diplomatic aspects of the conflict, including the development of Palestinian national identity, Middle Eastern wars, the Israeli quest for normalization, and the various diplomatic efforts, especially those of the United States, aimed at resolving the conflict. Reading, analyzing, and discussing key documents related to the conflict's 100-year history are central features of the course.

Texts: Bickerton, Ian, and Carla Klausner, A Concise History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, NY: Prentice Hall, 5th ed., 2005; Quandt, William B., Peace Process: American Diplomacy and the Arab-Israeli Conflict Since 1967, Washington, DC, Brookings Institute, 2001; Segev, Tom, One Palestine, Complete Jews and Arabs Under the British Mandate, NY: Henry Holt & Co., 2000; Stein, Kenneth, W., Heroic Diplomacy: Sadat, Kissinger, Carter, Begin and the Quest for Arab-Israeli Peace, NY: Routledge, 1999; Stein, Kenneth W., and Samuel W. Lewis, Making Peace Among Arabs and Israelis: Lessons from Fifty Years of Negotiating Experience, Washington, DC: Institute of Peace, 1999 (to be distributed by the professor). A documents book must be purchased. It will be distributed by the professor at the beginning of the semester.

Particulars: Grading - midterm (30%), discussion (20%), and final (50%).

History 190-000: Freshman Colloquium: Fascism and Resistance in Italy

FRESHMEN ONLY

Adamson; MAX:12

Content: Recent historical research on Italian fascism is suggesting a picture of the politics of that era which is murky, ambivalent, and even internally contradictory, especially in contrast to what used to be thought even a decade ago. Opponents of the regime, it now appears, sometimes also collaborated with it; seemingly stalwart supporters had hidden qualms; and mainstream support, while numerically very large until the onset of World War II, did not run very deep. For example, the novelist Ignazio Silone, a one-time communist who appeared at the time as one of the Mussolini regime’s loftiest opponents, has recently been accused of some quite startling moral-political compromises. This seminar seeks to determine what we now know about support for and resistance to Italian fascism, and to reflect on the implications of this analysis for modern political life more generally.

Texts: De Grand, Alexander, Italian Fascism: Its Origins and Development; Silone, Ignazio, Bread and Wine; Falasca-Zamponi, Simonetta, Fascist Spectacle: The Aesthetics of Power in Mussolini’s Italy; Levi, Carlo, Christ Stopped at Eboli; Stille, Alexander, Benevolence and Betrayal: Five Italian Jewish Families under Fascism; Luzzatto, Sergio, The Body of Il Duce; Pugliese, Stanislao, ed., Fascism, Antifascism, and the Resistance in Italy; Katz, Robert, The Battle for Rome: The Germans, the Allies, the Partisans, and the Pope, September 1943-June 1944.

Particulars: The seminar will not involve examinations. Course evaluation will be based on three short (1000 words) papers (50% together), a final, somewhat longer paper (2000-2500 words) (25%), and class participation (25%).

History 190-001: Freshman Seminar: American Foreign Policy Tradition

FRESHMEN ONLY

Harbutt; MAX:12

Content: The aim of this course is to offer, at a time of considerable confusion about the foundations and purpose of United States foreign policy, an opportunity to consider some of the leading intellectual/cultural themes discernible in the American diplomatic tradition since 1776.

Texts: R. W. Tucker & D. C. Hendrickson, Empire of Liberty: The Statecraft of Thomas Jefferson; M. Hunt, Ideology and U.S. Foreign Policy; W. A. Williams, The Tragedy of American Diplomacy; Walter McDougall, Promised Land, Crusader State: The American Encounter with the World Since 1776; Russell Weigley, The American Way of War; Niall Ferguson, Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire; Lawrence Freedman, The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy; D. P. Moynihan, The Law of Nations; R. Jeffreys-Jones, The CIA and American Democracy.

Particulars: One substantial paper and one mid-term review or examination.

History 190-002: Freshman Seminar: Gender in American Popular Culture (Same as WS 190-000)

FRESHMEN ONLY

Odem; MAX:8

Content: This course explores the construction of gender in American popular culture from the 1920s to the present, focusing on popular magazines, advertising, and television. We will examine how the popular media and advertising industry have constructed images of femininity and masculinity in magazines such as Ladies Home Journal, Ebony, and Sports Illustrated and in TV sitcoms from the 1950s to today. Students will examine how assumptions about race, ethnicity, and class shape gender ideals in popular culture and how these ideals have changed over the course of the 20th century. We will also explore the social impact of popular constructions of gender -- on self-esteem, body image, relations between men and women, etc.

Texts: Readings will include selections from a number of texts, including: Jennifer Scanlon, Inarticulate Longings: The Ladies Home Journal, Gender, and the Promises of Consumer Culture; Susan Bordo, Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture and the Body; Lynn Spigel, Make Room for TV: Television and the Family Ideal in Postwar America; Robin Means Coleman, African-American Viewers and the Black Situation Comedy; Susan Bordo, The Male Body: a New Look at Men in Public and in Private; T. Jackson Lears, Fables of Abundance: a Cultural History of Advertising in America.

Particulars: Requirements include regular attendance and short written responses to weekly readings; two papers (5-7 pages) that analyze representations of gender in popular media; class presentation; keeping a class journal of gender images.

History 190-003: Freshman Seminar: Samurai: History and Legend

FRESHMEN ONLY

Ravina; MAX:12

Content: The traditions of the samurai warrior have often been used to explain Japanese culture, warfare, politics and business. But the samurai tradition is laden with contradictions: it began as a warrior tradition, but it flourished in a time of peace. Samurai culture has been celebrated for its pacifism and criticized for its ruthlessness. In this class we will examine the "samurai tradition," how it developed, and its implications for contemporary Japan. We will also examine how samurai legends emerged and evolved overtime.

Texts: Yamamoto, The Way of the Samurai; Keene, trans., Chushingura; Sato, Legends of the Samurai

Particulars: Grades will be based on class participation (30%), short assignment (30%) and a 10-20 page final paper (40%)

History 190-004: Freshman Seminar: History of Money

FRESHMEN ONLY

Socolow; MAX:12

Content: In this seminar, we will examine the history of money, beginning with barter and ending with plastic and other types of modern currency. Special attention will be given to the effect of changes in the type of money in circulation on the economy and society. In addition we will look at the way money is portrayed in literature, art and music, the representations that occur on money, the problems of counterfeit and the creation of new monies such as the Euro.

Texts: Jack Weatherford, The History of Money: From Sandstone to Cyberspace; Jonathan Williams, ed., Money: A History; David Standish, The Art of Money: The History and Design of Paper Currency from Around the World; Lawrence Weschler, Boggs: A Comedy of Values; Milton Friedman, Money Mischief: Episodes in Monetary History; Viviana Zelizer, The Social Meaning of Money; F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

Particulars: Readings and classroom participation will determine the final grade. This course is a Freshman Seminar and as such is limited to Freshmen.

History 201-000: The Formation of European Society: From Late Antiquity through the Early Modern Era

Bosnos; MAX:40

Content: History 201 provides an introduction to over fifteen hundred years of Western European society and civilization from the first-century Roman Empire to the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation. Readings for
this course will combine broad, overarching narratives of the early history of Western Europe with the details of those ordinary (and extraordinary) people who made this period so fascinating. Ongoing themes will include the development of political and legal institutions, the so-called "rise of the state," and historical change over time in addition to explorations of art and literature, religious dissent, contemporary living conditions, relations between family members and between the sexes, and the role of "marginal" people or groups in medieval communities.

Texts: To be announced. Representative primary texts include Virgil's Aeneid, Beowulf, Einhard's Life of Charlemagne, the Song of Roland, Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, and Machiavelli's The Prince.

History 201-001: The Formation of European Society: From Late Antiquity through the Early Modern Era

Patterson; MAX:40

Content: The course studies the formation of European society and institutions during the period from the height of the Roman Empire to the Early Modern Era (roughly 100-1600 CE). The course is by definition 'Eurocentric' -- with the purpose not so much of celebrating as of understanding the origins and dynamics of the society that has had a profound impact on the larger global community. The interaction of Europe with that larger community will be a key theme of the course. In addition, the course aims to introduce students to the discipline of history -- to 'what historians do'. To that end, the class will read and discuss a variety of historical sources, including primary sources from the periods under study and two secondary texts written by prominent modern historians. Finally, we will also consider the effectiveness and significance of films (of various types and dates) for the understanding and interpretation of historical issues and events.

Texts: Rosenwein, A Short History of the Middle Ages; Rice/Grafton, The Foundations of Early Modern Europe; Plutarch, Alexander and Julius Caesar, The Song of Roland; Dante, Inferno; Machiavelli, The Prince; More, Utopia; Shakespeare, Julius Caesar.

Particulars: TBA. Will include two short essays and a final exam.

History 202-000: The Making of Modern Europe: Old Regime to the Present

Eckert; MAX:40

Content: Europe – a continent, an idea, a seemingly ever-changing map: this course covers major themes in the history and culture of modern Europe between the seventeenth century and the present. It offers a chronological survey of the European experience, touching upon wars, revolutions, and political ideologies and paying special attention to the dynamics of political, social, cultural and economic change. The goal of the course is to deepen students’ appreciation of the historical developments that brought about the diversity of modern Europe. Topics will include the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, industrialization, nationalism, imperialism, the First and Second World Wars, the rise and fall of fascism, National Socialism, and Communism, and the division of Europe after 1945.

Texts: To be announced.

Particulars: Final grades will be based on attendance and active class participation, two short essays and two examinations. Pop quizzes will be administered as needed.

History 202-001: The Making of Modern Europe: Old Regime to the Present

Terni; MAX:40

Content: Examines the history and culture of Europe during the modern era, roughly from the mid-seventeenth century to the present. In this course, we will take a selective look at some of the diverse trajectories that various European societies have followed in becoming very different kinds of modern nations. Our mission in exploring these histories will be to gain perspective into some of the questions, concepts, and problems that can help us interpret the major developments in the making of modern Europe. Although in the United States, we tend to imagine modernity in terms of the expansion of individual rights and democracy, in Europe modernity has just as often been conceived in ways that have seriously restricted individual rights -- as was the case with fascism, communism, and Europe's colonial adventures.

Texts: John Merriman, A History of Modern Europe; Adam Hochschild, King Leopold's Ghost; Sheila Fitzpatrick, The Russian Revolution; Art Spiegelman, Mauss I: A Survivor's Tale; plus short selections from e-reserves.

Particulars: Students will be graded on a series of quizzes (20%), two exams (each 20%), a final exam (25%) and student participation (15%).

History 202-002: The Making of Modern Europe: Old Regime to the Present

Dunn; MAX:40

Content: Examines the history and culture of Europe during the modern era, roughly from the mid-seventeenth century to the present. As an introductory course, the course emphasizes broad themes and long-term trends of Europe as a whole, rather than individual countries. The goal of this course is to expose students to historical thinking about a region vital to the creation of our modern world. In this course, the traditional historical narratives and the analysis of primary sources will be supplemented with short readings that will exemplify some of the newer (largely cultural) and/or controversial approaches to Modern European History. A primary objective of this course will be to introduce the student to the methods and materials of the historical discipline.

Texts: The general text for this course will be Civilization in the West, Volumne II by Mark Kishlansky, et. al. Other readings may include excerpts from: Carlo Ginsburg, The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller; Robert Darnton, The Great Cat Massacre and Other Episodes in French Cultural History; Lynn Hunt, The Family Romance of the French Revolution; Vanessa R. Schwartz, Spectacular Realities: Early Mass Culture in Fin-de-Siècle Paris; Paul Fussell, The Great War and Modern Memory; Christopher Browning, Oridinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland; Uta Piger, Jazz, Rock, and Rebels: Cold War Politics and Ameican Culture in a Divided Germany; Peter Fritzsche, Germans into Nazis; and Richard Kuisel, Seducing the French: The Dilemma of Americanization. Most readings will be available on e-reserves or library reserve.

Particulars: Class assignments will include a map quiz, eight weekly discussion responses to primary source readings, and at least one medium-length book review. Exams will include an in-class mid-term and a final. Informed class discussion will be mandatory.

History 211: The Making of Modern Latin America: Reading Problems and Debates in Modern Latin American History through Their Representations (Same as LAS 270)

Rosenheck; MAX:30

Content: Visual objects can teach us much about the society that created them, and are excellent sources to the study of past societies. This course is designed to introduce the history and problems of modern Latin America through the use of its vibrant cultural scene. Starting with the creation of the new republics in the beginning of the 19th century, and ending in the re-democratization at the end of the 20th century, we will look into key issues and debates in Latin American history. These include, among others, the creation of nation states and the formation of national identity, the "problem" of the Indian in the Andes, the Mexican and the Cuban revolutions, Latin America-U.S. relations, protest under dictatorships, human rights advocacy, and pacification and re-democratization after the "dirty wars." We will use mainly, but not exclusively, non-textual sources, such as photographs, posters, murals, tapestries, cartoons, caricatures, and of course -- films.

Texts: Each week the readings will cover historical background and methodological issues. The course textbook is E. Bradford Burns and Julie A. Charlip, Latin America: an Interpretive History, 8th edition. All other readings are on electronic reserve through the Woodruff Library and the course Blackboard website.

Particulars: During the course you will write short responses to the reading every second week; take a map quiz; turn in a personal analysis of a primary source of your choice from the list at the end of the syllabus; finally, both the midterm and the final exam will have the same format: a home portion (a long essay response to a question), and in-class short essay identifications.

History 231-000: Foundations of American Society: Beginnings to 1877

Carter; MAX:40

Content: This course will follow the evolution of American society from European contact to the end of Reconstruction in 1877. While providing a general, overall narrative of these three centuries, the class will focus specifically on several key developments and issues, such as the Jamestown and New England settlements (including the story of Pocahontas), the life and times of Benjamin Franklin, the American Revolution and creation of the new Republic, movement west and sectionalism, and the Civil War and its aftermath. Throughout the course, we will pay particular attention to the ways that race, class, gender, and region shaped experience, and highlight the stories of “regular” Americans as well as the famous ones. Both analyses by historians and primary sources will be examined.

Texts: The text book is Roark, et al, The American Promise, Vol. I, compact edition, 3 rd ed. Other books include Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma by Camilla Townsend; The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin; and other texts and online readings.

Particulars: The class will consist of lecture and discussion. Grades probably will be based on class participation, several short reflection essays (to facilitate discussion), two exams, and one 5-8 page paper based on a primary document of the student’s choice.

History 231-001: Foundations of American Society

Conner; MAX:40

Content: This course explores the early development of American society and politics as well as how historians have attempted to explain this process. By studying how our society has come to be what it is, students will gain a deeper understanding of their own social context and themselves. The course follows the development of American society from tentative beginnings to the Reconstruction era. Special emphasis is given to certain critical periods and key developments: the founding of the English colonies, the colonies in the 18th century, the American Revolution, the Constitution, the Federal era, Jackson and "Jacksonian Democracy," slavery and expansion, re-union and reconstruction.

History 232: The Making of Modern America: United States History since 1877

000; Staff; MAX:40
001; Staff; MAX:40
002; Staff; MAX:40

Content: This course explores the development of American society and politics since Reconstruction as well as how historians have attempted to explain this process. By studying how our society has come to be what it is, students will gain a deeper understanding of their own social context and themselves. The course introduces students to the social, political, economic, and diplomatic forces that have shaped modern America. Special emphasis is placed on the ways diverse components of the American population interacted to develop American society; the voices of Native Americans, African Americans, Hispanics, Asians, and women complement the traditional emphasis on males of European descent.

History 241-000: History and Text: Conflict and the Search for Identities in Modern Latin America (Same as LAS 270)

Monroe; MAX: 15

Content: Intense investment in national identities emerged in post-independence Spanish and Portuguese America, despite pervasive economic inequality and violent, authoritarian regimes. What factors explain the contradictions between officially, inclusive, nationalist sloganeering and raging political, ethnic, and class conflict? How did the inhabitants of the newly independent countries of nineteenth century Latin America see themselves and how did they fashion what it meant to be Argentine, Brazilian, or Mexican for example? This course explores fictional and non-fictional texts to examine how national identities emerged from colonial legacies. Class participants will analyze texts to see what issues created conflict and what issues fostered unification and national consolidation. We will use a variety of published primary and secondary sources including letters, diaries, poetry, novels, and etcetera to generate discussion and analysis.

Texts: Octavio Paz, Labyrinth of Solitude; Domingo S. Sarmiento, Facundo: Civilization and Barbarism; Miguel Barnet, ed., Biography of a Runaway Slave; Carolina Maria de Jesus, Child of the Dark: the Diary of Carolina Maria de Jesus; Samuel Baily, One family, two worlds: an Italian family's correspondence across the Atlantic, 1901-1922; Elisabeth Burgos-Debray, ed., I Rigoberta Menchú: An Indian Woman in Guatemala; Mauricio Rosencof, Letters that Never Came; Esmeralda Santiago, When I was Puerto Rican.

History 241-001: History & Texts: Space & Political Imagination

Terni; MAX:20

Content: It is 1830 and a slave ship and a British frigate face off in open seas. Each ship represents a micro-society and their confrontation is a clash of social and political ideas. This plotline from Eugène Sue's Atar-Gull is just one example among hundreds of the ways that artists, writers, and thinkers have conjured up images of different kinds of spaces to make political statements. This course will examine a series of texts from antiquity to the present that evoke special kinds of spaces (for instance the ocean, bombed-out cities, the jungle, deep space, virtual space) as their launching point for illuminating and questioning the political and social structures of their day. We will be paying close attention to the interaction between these texts (and films) and the historical contexts.

Texts: Possible readings include: selections from Herodotus; Fontenelle, Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds; Swift, Gulliver's Travels; Sue, Atar-Gull; Verne, 20,000 Leagues under the Sea; Laye, The Radiance of the King; and Gilbson, Neuromancer; plus movies.

Particulars: Grades will be based on class participation, weekly on-line postings or an occasional short paper (no more than four during the semester), one longer writing project in which students will have choices in regard to topic, and a final exam.

History 270: Survey of Jewish History (Same as JS 100)

Rustow; MAX:20

Content: This course offers an overview of the history of Jews and Judaism from antiquity to the present, tracing how that history unfolded in varying cultural and geographical settings. On the basis of primary sources and the interpretations of modern scholars, we will ask how the Jews have responded to the social and political circumstances in which they lived and how they imagined, constructed and renegotiated the boundaries of identity and community. Special emphasis will be placed on the use of original documents in translation, hands-on historical analysis, and the types of questions historians ask of social material.

Texts: Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society); Biale, ed., Cultures of the Jews: A New History; Barnavi, ed., Historical Atlas of the Jewish People; Scheindlin, Short History of the Jewish People; Yerushalmi, Zakhor: Jewish History and Jewish Memory

Particulars: Three exams (two mid-term and one final) and five 2-3 page writing assignments. This course is appropriate for anyone who wishes to pursue further courses in History or Jewish Studies, and for anyone seeking an overview of the subject.

History 285: Topics in Historical Analysis: From Conquistadores to Cricket: A Synoptic View of Caribbean History since 1500 (Same as LAS 270 & IDS __)

Goddard; MAX:

History 305: The High Middle Ages, 1000-1350

Bosnos; MAX:30

Content: This course analyzes the dynamic social, cultural, and political history of Europe in the period known as the High or Central Middle Ages, c.1000-1350 C.E. During these centuries Europe witnessed brilliant artistic innovation and horrific persecution, ambitious political conquest and devastating plague. Class readings will focus on descriptions of these events in medieval individuals' own words through primary sources including epic poetry, saints' lives, histories, legal documents, and letters.

History 308: Revolutionary France, 1750-1815

Miller

CANCELLED

History 309: Europe in the Age of Empire, 1850-1918

Adamson; MAX:40

Content: The course aims to introduce students to major themes in European history from the aftermath of the failed 1848 revolutions through the Great War. Emphasis is placed on the rising, “modernizing” Europe rather than on “the persistence of the Old Regime,” although in reality they coexisted. Themes given close attention include: the growth of cities; the intensification of consumerism and “commodity culture” among the middle classes; the revolutionary and “mass” politics of (and directed at) the working classes; anti-Semitism; imperialism; and fin-de-siècle cultural crisis. Readings include both secondary and primary texts.

Texts: Robert Gildea, Barricades and Borders: Europe 1800-1914, 3 rd ed; Carl Schorske, Fin-de-siècle Vienna: Politics and Culture; Gay Gullickson, Unruly Women of Paris: Images of the Commune; Emile Zola, The Ladies’ Paradise; Matthew Arnold, Culture and Anarchy; Adam Hochschild, King Leopold’s Ghost; Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness; Helmut Walser Smith, The Butcher’s Tale; Vanessa Schwartz, Spectacular Realities; Modris Eksteins, Rites of Spring; Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth.

Particulars: Course evaluation will be based on two short “reflection” papers (20%), a take-home, mid-semester exam (20%), a term essay (20%), class participation (20%), and a take-home final exam (20%). Reflection papers should be 3-4 pages double-spaced. Term essays (8-12 pages double-spaced) should consider some primary source that relates to a theme raised by the class.

History 314: Celtic Fringes: Ireland/Scotland/Wales to 1800

Rosenberg; MAX:30

Content: The 'Celtic fringe' is a controversial term. It describes a set of diverse societies situated at the Western edges of Europe and once settled by Celtic peoples. These groups have to a varying degree held on to languages and cultural inheritances that are Celtic, but they have also faced strong pressures for assimilation and experienced repression and marginalization. This class examines the fate of this so-called 'fringe' in Ireland, Scotland, and Wales between the Middle Ages and the 1700s, during a period of expanding English influence. We weigh the roles that clans, conservatism, language, armed resistance, religious conflict, cooptation, and emigration have played in shaping the experiences of these different communities, while also trying to develop a keener sense of their respective cultures.

Texts: John Heywood, The Celts; Jones (ed.), The Mabinogion; plus a series of scholarly articles, documents, and chapters on electronic reserves, amounting to 100-150 pp. of reading per week. Students who do better studying one country at a time and those who prefer textbooks of detailed readings are warned that this course studies three separate cultures and requires an ability to keep track of complex, rapidly changing material.

Particulars: Writing assignments will include a midterm exam, a final exam, regular reading quizzes, and a synthetic paper. The course has no prerequisites, but prior knowledge of English/European history is helpful. The course counts toward the History Major (Europe before 1750) and the Irish Studies Minor.

History 319: Imperial Russia

Payne; MAX:30

Content: This course will study the development of Russian History from the Westernization drive of Peter the Great to the October Revolution of 1917. Although primarily concerned with political history, the development of Russia's social classes, the impact of its cultural awakening, the effects of economic modernization and its place in the world will also be examined. Topics covered will include Westernization, the creation of a caste society, the emancipation of the serfs, economic modernization and the Revolutionary movement. Imperial Russia with its servile labor, doomed nobility, passionate artists, autocratic tsar, and ruthless revolutionaries has fascinated observers for centuries. Find out what's so fascinating!

Texts: Readings will include Stites' Serfdom, Society and the Arts in Imperial Russia; Gorky's My Childhood; and Turgenev's Fathers and Sons; Cracraft's The Revolution of Peter the Great; and Chekhov's Peasants.

Particulars: Course requirements include a twelve to fifteen page research paper and a choice of an oral exam (done in the manner of the Russian University exams) or traditional in-class exam. Class participation and weekly learnlink responses will also contributed to the final grade.

History 335: Diplomatic History of the US since 1914

Harbutt; MAX:40

Content: This course will examine the substance, impact and morality of the foreign relations of the United States during the so-called "American Century" (say 1914-2006). Taking in both the domestic sources of policy and the complex of American relations with other nations, we will attempt in the short time available to encompass such broad topics as World War I, the Bolshevik revolution and its communist issue, Woodrow Wilson's problematic diplomacy, the Latin American, European and Pacific arenas before, during and after World War II, the Cold War, the nuclear age and the post-1991 involvement in the Middle East and the search in recent years for order amidst terror and globalization. Economic, cultural and ideological issues will supplement the mainly (but far from exclusive) political focus of the course.

Texts: T. G. Paterson, J. G. Clifford and K. Hagan, American Foreign Policy: A History Since 1900; D. Merrill & T. G. Paterson, eds., Major Problems in American Foreign Relations, Vol. II: Since 1914; Arthur Link Woodrow Wilson: Revolution, War and Peace; Niall Ferguson, Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire; Daniel Yergin, The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power; Lawrence Freedman, The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy; Melvyn Leffler, The Specter of Communism;

History 338: History of African Americans to 1865 (Same as AAS 338)

Davis; MAX:20

Content: This course examines the collective experiences of African peoples beginning in Africa around 1500 and follows them to what became the United States to approximately 1877. For a broader view, the course frequently compares North America's "African Americans" with the experiences of other African peoples in the African Diaspora within this time period. In addition to important developments within the U.S. political-economy (including social, intellectual and institutional developments), we examine these experiences always nuanced by issues of class, race, gender, and geography among other considerations.

Texts: Will be announced in class.

Particulars: Requirements include mandatory class attendance, group reports, an in-class midterm, take-home final, and primary sources newspaper project.

History 340: American Colonial History, 1607-1783

Juricek

CANCELLED

History 342: The Old South

Roark

CANCELLED

History 344: American Environmental History (EvironStud. 344)

Allitt

CANCELLED

History 356: Development of Modern U.S. Economy (Same as Econ. 356)

Carlson; MAX:10

SEE ECONOMICS

History 360: Colonial Latin America

Gonzalez; MAX:30

Content: This course provides an introduction to the history of colonial Latin America from before the conquest in the late fifteenth century to just before the movements for independence in the early nineteenth century. The focus will be primarily on the Native American and European backgrounds of the colonies, the conquest and its effects, the development of different aspects of the empire (e.g., economic, social, political), and the rise of the independence movements.

Texts: We will draw from a variety of both primary and secondary sources to supplement the general overview provided by Burkholder and Johnson's Colonial Latin America.

Particulars: Students will be expected to do the readings, to write two five-page papers on specific readings, to lead the class at least once in the semester, to participate actively in all class discussions, and to take both a mid-term and a final exam.

History 364: African Civilizations to the Era of the Transatlantic Slave Trade (Same as AFS 364/ AAS 385)

Mann; MAX:20

Content: This course introduces students to the political, social, economic, and cultural history of sub-Saharan Africa from the ninth through the eighteenth centuries. It emphasizes such themes as the formation of African states; the spread of Islam into Africa; and the impact of the trans-Atlantic slave trade on Africa.

Texts: D. T. Niane, Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali; P. Curtin, African History; R. S. Smith, Kingdoms of the Yoruba; D. Northrup, ed., The Atlantic Slave Trade; B. Davidson, The Atlantic Genius; C. Achebe, Things Fall Apart.

Particulars: Two short critical papers on readings (3 pages) and two short research papers (5-7 pages); final examination. Grading: short papers (10% each), research papers (20% each), class participation (15%), final examination (20%).

History 369: History of the Near East (Same as MES 370/JS 371)

Ayalon; MAX:30

Content: This course aims to explore the historic foundations and current attributes of Middle Eastern society, politics and culture. We will examine the historic roots from the late Ottoman period to World War II, then move on to analyze major themes in the region's contemporary realities. Topics will include social and demographic trends, state-formation, nationalism, liberalism and democracy, Islamic radicalism and revolt, domestic and inter-Arab relations, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and relations between the states of the region and the rest of the world.

Texts: William Cleveland, A History of the Modern Middle East; Albert Hourani, Arabic Thought in the Liberal Age; Elie Kedourie, Politics in the Middle East; Gilles Kepel, Jihad: The Trial of Political Islam; Ian Bickerton & Carla Klausner, A History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict.

Particulars: Students will be required to write a short, 8-page paper on a topic of their choice, based on limited-scale research. There will also be a final exam. Grading: 40% paper, 60% final exam.

History 371: Medieval and Early Modern Japan

Ravina; MAX:30

Content: This course will examine Japan from prehistory through the early 1880s. This was the era in which much of "traditional" Japanese culture was developed: samurai, geisha, sushi, ninja, Zen meditation, etc. Our focus will be on the production, dissemination, and reproduction of these cultural and political practices. We will also read a ghost story, watch a samurai movie and sit Zen (optional).

Texts: Lu, Japan: A Documentary History; Walthall, Japan: a Cultural, Social, and Political History. Other texts to be announced.

Particulars: In-class midterm (30%), take-home midterm (40%), and in-class final exam (30%)

History 373: History of Modern China

Andrade; MAX:40

Content: Around 1500, in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, China was the largest, richest, and most powerful country in the world. Its technology was cutting edge, its cities prosperous, and its culture glorious. Four centuries later, it was being torn apart by foreign invaders as its citizens argued ineffectually. What had gone wrong? What could be done to revive and restore China? This course examines traditional China's collision with the forces of modernity -- global trade, rapid population growth, the scientific and industrial revolutions, and modern imperialism. Today, after a century of revolution, China appears at last to have met the challenges of modernity, but what unfinished projects remain?

History 385-001: Special Topics in History: The History of Cuba, 1500-Present (Same as LAS 385)

Gonzalez; MAX:20

Content: This course is an examination of Cuban history from the arrival of the Spaniards to the present. Special attention will be given to Cuba's role within the colonial empire, slavery and its long-term social impact, the events leading up to the 1959 revolution, and the current social and political environment.

Texts: There is no textbook for this course; instead students will read a variety of monographs and testimonial literature. Additionally, the longer readings will be supplemented by various articles and by selected chapters in The Cuba Reader.

Particulars: In addition to doing all the reading assignments, students are expected to write several short papers on specific readings, to lead class discussion at least once in the semester, to participate actively in class discussions, and to complete a take-home final exam.

History 385-002: Special Topics in History: Habsburg Monarchy, 1800-1918

Kronenbitter; MAX:30

Content: The Habsburg Monarchy existed for over 600 years as a multiethnic, dynastic empire. In the 19th century, in an era of nationalism, it seemed to be an anomaly. On the eve of World War I, many contemporaries were convinced that the empire was doomed. But it took a long and disastrous war to lead to the Habsburg Monarchy's collapse. In the interwar era, Central Europe was plagued with instability and rampant nationalism. In retrospect, the Habsburg Monarchy looked like a fascinating alternative to violent inter-ethnic strife and war. The course will question this nostalgic view but also the perception of the empire as anachronistic and doomed. The forces that held the multinational Habsburg Monarchy together and those which caused its fall will be analyzed.

Texts: Steven Beller, Francis Joseph; John W. Mason, The Dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, 1867-1918; Carl E. Schorske, Fin-De-Siècle Vienna: Politics and Culture; Joseph Roth, The Radetzky March; Alan Sked, The Decline and Fall of the Habsburg Empire, 1815-1918; A.J.P. Taylor, The Habsburg Monarchy, 1809-1918.

Particulars: Course evaluation will be based on class participation, a research essay and a final exam.

History 385-003: Special Topics in History: Deconstructing the 'Doomed Continent': History of Violence and Conflict in Modern Africa (Same as AFS 389)

Jezequel; MAX:20

Content: The African continent is frequently associated with images of violence, civil wars and large-scale massacres. How did this ostensible rise in violent situations come to be? Is armed violence deeply and almost ireemediably rooted in African History and Political Culture? On the opposite, can we simply consider collective violence as a recent legacy of Colonialism and more generally as a dramatic consequence of Western longstanding domination over Africa? This course examines the role and meanings of violence in different African societies at different times. Drawing comparisons both inside and outside Africa, the course gives insight into the ordinariness or, on the contrary, the specificity of collective violence in African History as well as its interconnections with the construction of the global economy.

Texts: Reserve readings, videos. Readings will be a mixture of scholarly literature, primary documents and reports produced by international agencies and NGOs.

Particulars: Papers, final exam, one oral presentation, and quizzes (2).

History 385-004: Special Topics in History: The History of Israeli Politics: Institutions of Society (Same as JS 371/POLS 385)

Shultziner; MAX:20

Content: This course explores the Israeli political system, its institutional characteristics and components, and its main political dilemmas. The course aims to provide knowledge about Israeli political history and society. Topics included will be the origins and the development of the political system, electoral histories, and government formation. Attention is given to the dynamics between institutional arrangements and social cleavages in Israel and their interrelated effects. The course also discusses some of the main socio-political issues and tensions resulting from the dual definition of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state, religion and politics, and the effects of armed conflicts on politics and society. The course requires no previous knowledge about Israel.

Texts: Selected reading: Dowty, Alan, The Jewish State: A Century Later; Garfinkle, Adam, Politics and Society in Modern Israel; Mahler, Gregory S. Politics and Government in Israel: The Maturation of a Modern State; Peretz, Don and Gideon Doron, The Government and Politics of Israel.

Particulars: Examination and Grading: Students will write a mid-term paper and give a brief presentation (30%) and write a final examination (60%). Class participation will count for 10% of the grade.

History 385-002: Special Topics in History: Objects, Technology & Vision in 19th Century Europe

Terni; MAX:

CANCELLED (Now listed as History 487SWR.)

History 385-007: Special Topics in History: The House Divided: America, 1848-1877

Carter; MAX:30

Content: Abraham Lincoln said in 1858, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.”

This course will examine the events and years leading up to the American Civil War, the war itself, and Reconstruction. We will follow the political and military narrative, but focus especially on the perspectives, contributions, and struggles of various groups of Americans during those years, including soldiers, individuals on the homefront, women who involved themselves in the war efforts, and slaves/freedpeople. We will study historians’ narratives and analyses, as well as primary sources by Americans who left records of their lives during these years.

Texts: There is likely to be a general text book that we will follow for the narrative, in addition to several others texts, primary and secondary.

Particulars: Engagement of the texts and classroom participation is critical and will contribute to the final grade. Other considerations probably will include several short response essays (to facilitate discussion), two essay-based exams, and an 8-10 page paper based on a topic of interest to the student, grounded in both secondary and primary sources, and approved by the professor.

History 385S-000: Special Topics in History: Science, Technology & Society (Same as IDS 385)

Krige; MAX:5

SEE IDS

History 385: Special Topics in History: Spanish-American Colonial Borderlands

Gerona

CANCELLED

History 487SWR-000: JR/SR Colloquium: History of International Relations

Kronenbitter; MAX:12

Content: This course analyzes major developments in international relations among the European Powers from the French Revolution to the outbreak of World War II. The seminar will focus on the changes in the international system and in diplomacy, on patterns of cooperation and conflict, and on the impact of ideologies and economic developments on international relations.

Texts: C. J. Bartlett, Peace, War and the European Powers; Anthony Best, International History of the Twentieth Century; Alan Cassels, Ideology and International Relations in the Modern World; Keith Hamilton/Richard Langhorne, The Practice of Diplomacy: Its Evolution, Theory and Administration; Paul W. Schroeder, Systems, Stability, and Statecraft: Essays on the International History of Modern Europe.

Particulars: Class participation, a book review, a presentation and a final research paper (20-22 pages).

History 487SWR-001: JR/SR Colloquium: Napoleon and the Arts, 1797-1815

Miller

CANCELLED

History 487SWR-00P: JR/SR Colloquium: 1066: The Norman Conquest of England

Permission required: Admission by interview.

White; MAX:12

Content: Focusing on the most significant, controversial, and fully documented event in medieval European history, this course considers how and why duke William of Normandy became king of England in 1066 and examines the political, legal, social, economic, and cultural changes in England that can be associated with the Norman Conquest.

Texts: Readings will include a large body of translated primary sources (e.g. chronicles, legal documents, secular literature) and modern studies of the Norman Conquest and associated topics.

Particulars: Short weekly papers (c.500 words); and a final paper (c.5,000 words).

History 487SWR-002: JR/SR Colloquium: Objects, Technology & Vision in 19th Century Europe

Terni; MAX:12

Content: It is estimated that by 2050 the majority of the world's people will live in cities. In Europe this trend towards mass urbanization began at the end of the eighteenth century and transformed the experience of everyday life in fundamental ways. This course will explore major technologies and changes in material culture that made the development of mass society possible in the first place. Its main preoccupation, however, will be to chart the ways that these changes altered the texture of life and perception itself. More specifically we will examine how the rise of mass society transformed the status of objects, the experience of seeing, and the role of consumption in everyday life. Other important topics will include early forms of media, the meaning of furniture and decorative objects, the role of photography and film, the spread of fashion, street culture and new forms of public space.

Texts: Possible readings include Wolfgang Schivelbush, Disenchanted Night, the industrialization of light in the nineteenth century and The Railway Journey; Leora Auslander, Taste and power: furnishing modern France; Gustave Flaubert, "Un Coeur Simple;" Tony Bennett, The Formation of the Museum; Georg Simmel, "Metropolises and Mental Life;" Walter Benjamin, "Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction," Gustave Le Bon, The Crowd; Vanessa Schwartz, Spectacular Realities and a series of short primary texts from the period.

History 488SWR-000: JR/SR Colloquium: Slavery and Freedom in the Age of the American Revolution

Desrochers; MAX:12

Content: It has become commonplace to observe that the central paradox of American history lay in the fact that a nation founded in freedom was also committed to slavery. But the relationship between slavery and freedom in the late-eighteenth century is more easily asserted than it is truly understood. This course focuses on challenges of, and to, slavery in the era of the American Revolution, with an emphasis on the transatlantic dimensions of antislavery thought and resistance to slavery, as both developed in the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries.

Texts: Laurent Dubois and John D. Garrigus, eds., Slave Revolution in the Caribbean, 1789-1804: A Brief History with Documents; Simon Schama, Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution; Gary B. Nash; The Forgotten Fifth: African Americans in the Age of Revolution; Woody Holton, Forced Founders: Indians, Debtors, Slaves, and the Making of the Revolution in Virginia; Jon Sensbach, A Separate Canaan: The Making of an Afro-Moravian World in North Carolina, 1763-1840; David Brion Davis, The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution, 1770-1823; Shane White, Somewhat More Independent: The End of Slavery in New York City, 1770-1810; Andrew Levy, The First Emancipator: Slavery, Religion, and the Quiet Revolution of Robert Carter.

Particulars: Seminar participation and the completion of a 20-25 page research paper comprise the major course requirements.

History 488SWR-001: JR/SR Colloquium: New Immigrants in the New South (Same as AMST 385WR)

Odem/Jackson; MAX:8

Content: Atlanta has become a major new gateway for immigrants in the last two decades. With little prior experience of immigration, the metropolitan area is now home to hundreds of thousands of immigrants from all over the world, especially Asia, Latin America, and Africa. In this course we will explore: the historical and global context of immigration to Atlanta; the origins of diverse groups of immigrants and their incorporation into southern society; the impact of immigration on politics, culture and race-relations in Atlanta; and local responses to immigrant newcomers.

History 488SWR-002: JR/SR Colloquium: The Professions in America

Prude; MAX:12

CANCELLED

History 489S-000: JR/SR Colloquium: Marginality, Memory & Identity (Same as LAS490S & JS 490S)

Watchtel; MAX:3

SEE LAS

History 489SWR-000: JR/SR Colloquium: Land of Israel 1882-1948: Sources, Narratives, Perspectives (Same as MESAS 370SWR/ JS 490SWR)

Ayalon; MAX:10

Content: This Junior/Senior seminar will examine the pre-1948 history of the country which for Jews is ancestral Eretz Israel and the Arabs call Palestine. We will review the two parties' divergent outlooks at the point of departure, their views of each other, the dialogue/antagonism between them, and political implications throughout this turbulent period. Students will use secondary as well as primary sources, including (to the extent possible) sources in Arabic and Hebrew. We will conclude by assessing the impact of these disparities on later Jewish-Palestinian relations.

Texts: Benny Morris, Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, 1881-2001; Walter Laqueur, The History of Zionism; Neville J. Mandel, The Arabs and Zionism Before World War I; Muhammad Muslih, Palestinian Identity; Kenneth W. Stein, The Land Question in Palestine, 1917-1939; Baruch Kimmerling & Joel S. Migdal, The Palestinian People, a History.

In addition, a core of scholarly articles to be announced and made available at the seminar's outset.

Particulars: Active participation in the seminar's discussions is of the essence. Students will be required to make one research-based oral presentation on a limited scope issue, and write two papers, short (6-8 pages, submitted at mid-term) and long (25 pages, submitted on the last day). Grades will be based on participation & presentation (30%), short paper (20%) and long paper (50%).

History 489SWR-001: JR/SR Colloquium: History of Western Medicine in China

Bullock; MAX:12

Content: In the 19th century China was known as the "sick man" of Asia, but by the 1970s its medical delivery system was internationally recognized. The recent "marketization" of medicine and health care, however, has brought about a health care crisis. This course will review the history of western medicine in China from the Jesuits to the SARS epidemic with particular focus on the 20th century. Themes to be explored include the changing relationship between traditional Chinese and western medicine, the western model of hospitals, medical education and public health, and the politics of medicine in both the Nationalist and Communist eras. The course will assess the evolution of what has now become a modern Chinese system of medicine and public health, and its importance in the global health system.

Texts: Articles and book chapters will be drawn from a wide range of primary and secondary sources including autobiographies of Chinese and western physicians, cultural critiques of the role of western medicine, and medical journals. These will be available on electronic reserve. In addition students will be asked to purchase one or more books, including Arthur Kleinman and James L. Watson, SARS in China: Prelude to Pandemic?

Particulars: This course will involve extensive reading, active class participation including oral presentations, and a research paper of approximately 20 pages. Knowledge of Chinese or a pre-medical background is not required.

History 489SWR-002: JR/SR Colloquium: Piracy in the Caribbean (Same as LAS 490WR)

Gonzalez; MAX:8

Content: After reading secondary sources on the social, political, and economic environment that helped create and sustain piracy in the Caribbean during the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries, as a class we will work with a variety of primary resources in order to help students develop research skills.

Texts: In addition to a variety of articles and book chapters, we will use primary resources that might include putative first-hand accounts of piracy, court records, and contemporary depictions of piracy in literature and art.

Particulars: Student-written papers based on specific reading assignments and shared with classmates will largely form the basis for class discussions. Students are expected to participate actively in those discussions as well as lead class at least once in the semester, produce a 16-24 page final paper based on original research, and present that research to the class.

History 489SWR-003: JR/SR Colloquium: Agents of Change: Traders & Missionaries in Early Colonial Africa 1850-1914 (Same as AFS 389)

Vos; MAX:8

Content: The course studies the impact of European commerce and religion on African societies from 1850 to1914. In African history the Berlin Conference of 1885 is still too often seen as a fundamental breakpoint, as if then the continent was taken out of its dark past and thrown into the age of colonialism and modernity. However, many of the changes usually associated with modernity date from before the rise of colonial rule. Moreover, the most dominant Western agents in Africa in the period following the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade were often merchants and missionaries, not colonial administrators. How did Africans adapt to new foreign influences like the emerging demand for 'legitimate' commodities and the presence of white missionaries? This course emphasizes continuity between the pre-colonial and colonial periods and the power of African agency in determining social and economic change.

Texts: Key texts include Johannes Fabian, Out of Our Minds. Reason and Madness in the Exploration of Central Africa; Paul Landau, The Realm of the Word. Language, Gender, and Christianity in a Southern African Kingdom; J. D. Y. Peel, Religious Encounter and the Making of the Yoruba; Stephen Rockel, Carriers of Culture. Labor on the Road in Nineteenth-Century East Africa.

Particulars: Specifics to be announced at start of term, but assignments will include a final research paper.

History 494-00P: Internship

WRITTEN PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR REQUIRED

Patterson

Content: The internship program provides history majors with the opportunity to apply their academic knowledge to practical experience. This will involve placing students in actual work situations with various government agencies or other institutions which deal with historical questions and materials. These may include the Georgia Department of Archives and History, the Historical Preservations Section of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, the Atlanta Historical Society and the Carter Center. The student is responsible for identifying and securing acceptance to an internship position. All projects must be approved by the Director of Undergraduate Studies who can supply suggestions and information on possible internships.

Particulars: PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR (Director of Undergraduate Studies) REQUIRED: To be eligible for a history internship a student must be a junior or senior history major with a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA. Applications available in the History Dept. office must be submitted to the instructor. Four credit hours are earned for ten to twelve hours of work per week for 14 weeks of the semester and a fifteen-page research paper. Course grade is based on the project supervisor's written evaluation of the intern's performance (50%), and on the quality of the research paper (50%) as evaluated by the instructor.

History 495-00P; Introduction to Historical Interpretation

WRITTEN PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR REQUIRED. HISTORY HONORS AND BA/MA STUDENTS ONLY

Eckert; MAX: 12

Content: The course guides students accepted into the history honors program towards a research proposal for their honors thesis. The class consists of discussion of historiographical and methodological issues as well as practical guidance in the application of research techniques and the design of a thesis.

Particulars: In addition to some smaller assignments, the main focus lies on the gathering of research material (annotated bibliography) and the writing of a thesis proposal (3-5pp.; multiple drafts).

History 495WR-00P : Introduction to Historical Interpretation

Faculty; MAX:20

Content: Open only to students selected to participate in the department's Honor Program, this course is the written component of History 495, the department's seminar for honor students. It consists of intensive tutoring with a faculty Honors advisee in historical research and writing with the final requirement of producing an Honors thesis. This course is required for completion of the department's Honors program.

Particulars: PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR REQUIRED. Students must complete a thesis to receive credit for this class.

History 497WR: Directed Research

Faculty; MAX:15

Permission of instructor required.