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| History-African History | |
| HIAF 1001T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Artistic, Interpretive, and Philosophical Inquiry. | |
| HIAF 1002T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Cultures and Societies of the World. | |
| HIAF 1003T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Historical Perspectives. | |
| HIAF 1004T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Social and Economic Systems. | |
| HIAF 1005T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Chemical, Mathematical, and Physical Inquiry | |
| HIAF 1006T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Living Systems. | |
| HIAF 1007T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Science and Society | |
| HIAF 1501 | Introductory Seminar in African History (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Introduces the study of history intended for first- or second-year students. Seminars involve reading, discussing, and writing about different historical topics and periods, and emphasize the enhancement of critical and communication skills. Several seminars are offered each term. Not more than two Introductory Seminars may be counted toward the major in history. Course was offered Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2010 |
| HIAF 1559 | New Course in African History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of African History. | |
| HIAF 2001 | Early African History (4) |
| Studies the history of African civilizations from the iron age through the era of the slave trade, ca. 1800. Emphasizes the search for the themes of social, political, economic, and intellectual history which present African civilizations on their own terms. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| HIAF 2002 | Modern African History (4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Studies the history of Africa and its interaction with the western world from the mid-19th century to the present. Emphasizes continuities in African civilization from imperialism to independence that transcend the colonial interlude of the 20th century. Course was offered Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Summer 2010, Spring 2010 |
| HIAF 2559 | New Course in African History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of African History. | |
| HIAF 3011 | North African History from Carthage to the Algerian Revolution (3) |
| Surveys the main outlines of North African political, economic, and cultural history from the rise of Carthage as a Mediterranean power until the conclusion of the Algerian war for independence in 1962, and the creation of a system of nation-states in the region. It places the North African historical experience within the framework of both Mediterranean/European history and African history. Focuses mainly upon the area stretching from Morocco's Atlantic coast to the Nile Delta; also considered are Andalusia and Sicily, and the ties between Northwest Africa and sub-Saharan regions, particularly West Africa. | |
| HIAF 3021 | History of Southern Africa (3) |
| Studies the history of Africa generally south of the Zambezi River. Emphasizes African institutions, creation of ethnic and racial identities, industrialization, and rural poverty, from the early formation of historical communities to recent times. | |
| HIAF 3031 | History of the trans-Atlantic Slave Trade (3) |
| This course concerns the trans-Atlantic slave trade, with an emphasis on African history. Through interactive lectures, in-class discussions, written assignments and examinations of first-hand accounts by slaves and slavers, works of fiction and film, and analyses by historians, we will seek to understand one of the most tragic and horrifying phenomena in the history of the western world. | |
| HIAF 3051 | West African History (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | History of West Africans in the wider context of the global past, from West Africans' first attempts to make a living in ancient environments through the slave trades (domestic, trans-Saharan, and Atlantic), colonial overrule by outsiders, political independence, and ever-increasing globalization. |
| HIAF 3091 | Africa in World History (3) |
| World history from the perspective of Africa, for advanced undergraduates. The interpretive emphasis falls equally on the epistemology of thinking historically, historical processes recurring throughout the human experience, and the specific ways in which Africans experienced and elaborated them. The course develops a strong critique of conventional textbook approaches to both Africa and world history. Course was offered Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| HIAF 3112 | African Environmental History (3) |
| This course explores how Africans changed their interactions with the physical environments they inhabited and how the landscapes they helped create in turn shaped human history. Topics covered include the ancient agricultural revolution, health and disease in the era of slave trading, colonial-era mining and commodity farming, 20th-century wildlife conservation, and the emergent challenges of land ownership, disease, and climate change. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017 | |
| HIAF 3501 | Introductory History Workshop (3) |
| Required for history majors, to be completed before enrollment in the Major Seminar. Introduces a variety of approaches to the study of history, methods for finding and analyzing primary and secondary sources, and the construction of historical arguments. Workshops are offered on a variety of topics each term. | |
| HIAF 3559 | New Course in African History (1 - 4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of African History. |
| HIAF 4501 | Seminar in African History (4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | The major seminar is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the seminar. Seminar work results primarily in the preparation of a substantial (ca. 25 pp. in standard format) research paper. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| HIAF 4511 | Colloquium in African History (4) |
| The major colloquium is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the colloquium. Colloquia are most frequently offered in areas of history where access to source materials or linguistic demands make seminars especially difficult. Students in colloquia prepare about 25 pages of written work distributed among various assignments. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies. | |
| HIAF 4559 | New Course in African History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of African History. Course was offered Fall 2016 | |
| HIAF 4993 | Independent Study in African History (1 - 3) |
| In exceptional circumstances and with the permission of a faculty member, any student may undertake a rigorous program of independent study designed to explore a subject not currently being taught or to expand upon regular offerings. Independent study projects may not be used to replace regularly scheduled classes. Open to majors or non-majors. Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| HIAF 5559 | New Course in African History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of African History. Course was offered Spring 2017 | |
| HIAF 7002 | The History and Historiography of Africa (3) |
| Taught for graduate students with no previous experience in African history; consists of attendance at the lecture sessions of HIAF 2001, 2002, and weekly discussions devoted to more detailed examination of the technical and interpretive problems in writing African history. Course was offered Spring 2013 | |
| HIAF 7031 | History and Historiography of North Africa, ca. 1800-Present (3) |
| Introduces the literature on North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia) from the precolonial period to the postcolonial era. An intensive readings and discussion colloquium devoted to the major issues in the region's political, economic, social, and cultural history, and to the issues raised by colonial historiography. Prerequisite: HIME 2001, 2002. | |
| HIAF 7559 | New Course in African History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of African History. | |
| HIAF 9033 | Tutorial in Pre-Colonial African History (3) |
| This tutorial introduces the major themes, debates, and methods of studying pre-colonial African history. It is intended to prepare graduate students for preliminary examinations as well as to teach African history. Topics include the invention of Africa, non-archival methodologies, continuity and change in African religious and cultural history, the impact of European trade and culture on coastal societies, slavery in African society. Course was offered Fall 2017 | |
| History-East Asian History | |
| HIEA 1001T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Artistic, Interpretive, and HIAFosophical Inquiry. | |
| HIEA 1002T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Cultures and HIAFieties of the World. | |
| HIEA 1003T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to HIAForical Perspectives. | |
| HIEA 1004T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to HIAFial and Economic Systems. | |
| HIEA 1005T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Chemical, HIAFematical, and HIAFical Inquiry | |
| HIEA 1006T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Living Systems. | |
| HIEA 1007T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Science and HIAFiety | |
| HIEA 1501 | Introductory Seminar in East Asian History (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Introduces the study of history intended for first- or second-year students. Seminars involve reading, discussing, and writing about different historical topics and periods, and emphasize the enhancement of critical and communication skills. Several seminars are offered each term. Not more than two Introductory Seminars may be counted toward the major in history. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| HIEA 1559 | New Course in East Asian History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of East Asian History. | |
| HIEA 2011 | History of Chinese Civilization (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | An intro to the study of Chinese civilization. We shall begin with the earliest human remains found in China & conclude in the present. The goal of this coure is not merely to tell the story of Chinese history, rich and compelling though the story is. Rather, our aim will be to explore what makes Chinese civilization specifically Chinese, & how the set of values, practices, & institutions we associate with Chinese society came to exist. Course was offered Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 |
| HIEA 2031 | Modern China (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Studies the transformation of Chinese politics, society, institutions, culture and foreign relations from the Opium War. through the post-Mao Reform Era. Emphasizes the fluid relationship between tradition and transformation and the ways in which this relationship continues to shape the lives of the Chinese people. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| HIEA 2072 | Modern Japanese Culture and Politics (3) |
| An introduction to the politics, culture, and ideologies of modern Japan from roughly 1800 to the present. We will pay special attention to the interplay between Japan's simultaneous participation in global modernity and its assertion of a unique culture as a way to explore the rise of the nation-state as a historically specific form. Course was offered Fall 2023, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2016, Fall 2014, Spring 2012, Fall 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| HIEA 2073 | Japan to 1868: An Historical Introduction (3) |
| This lecture class surveys the history of Japanese civilization from prehistory to the end of the nineteenth century. Through an assortment of historical, literary, religious and visual materials, it offers an introduction to the political, social, religious, intellectual, artistic, and cultural life of Japan in its various epochs. Course was offered Spring 2015 | |
| HIEA 2081 | Korea: Antiquity through the 12th Century (3) |
| The development of Korean culture from the Three Kingdoms Period through the Silla (675-918) and Early Koryo (936-1200) dynasties. Course was offered Spring 2011, Fall 2009 | |
| HIEA 2091 | Korean Civilization to 1900 (3) |
| This course covers the history of Korean civilization from its archeological and mythical origins to the late nineteenth century. Together students will examine sources on premodern Korean warfare, society, sex, politics, religion, and culture to understand how this seemingly distant past continues to shape Korea's present and future. We will also explore the influence of Korean civilization on regional and global histories beyond the peninsula. | |
| HIEA 2101 | Modern Korean History: One Peninsula, Two Paths (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course traces Korea's history from its unified rule under the Choson dynasty (1392-1910) to Japanese colonization (1910-1945) and subsequent division into the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and Republic of Korea (South Korea). It examines how processes of reform, empire, civil war, revolution, and industrialization shaped both Koreas' development and how ordinary people experienced this tumultuous history. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2019, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2012, Fall 2010 |
| HIEA 2559 | New Course in East Asian History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of East Asian History. | |
| HIEA 3111 | China to the Tenth Century (3) |
| Surveys the social, political and economic organization of traditional Chinese society, traditional Chinese foreign policy, and major literary, artistic, and intellectual movements. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| HIEA 3112 | Late Imperial China (3) |
| Survey of the social, political, and cultural history of China from 10th to the early 20th centuries. Topics include the philosophic basis of state and society, the formation of social elites, the influence of nomadic peoples, and patterns of popular dissent and rebellion, among others Course was offered Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| HIEA 3141 | Political and Social Thought in Modern China (3) |
| Studies political and social thought from the early 20th century to the present, as reflected in written sources (including fiction), art, and films. Course was offered Janiuary 2022, January 2021, January 2020, January 2019, January 2018, January 2017, January 2016, January 2015, January 2014, January 2013, January 2012, January 2011 | |
| HIEA 3162 | Historical China and the World (3) |
| The course traces China's external relations from antiquity to our own times, identifying conceptions, practices, and institutions that characterized the ancient inter-state relations of East Asia and examining the interactions between "Eastern" and "Western," and "revolutionary" and "conventional" modes of international behavior in modern times. The student's grade is based on participation, midterm test, final exam, and a short essay. | |
| HIEA 3171 | Meiji Japan (3) |
| This course will examine the rise of the nation-state form in Japan as a new form of historical subjectivity. It will explore in depth the political, economic, social, and cultural changes in the wake of the collapse of the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1868 to the start of the Tasiho period in 1912. | |
| HIEA 3172 | The Japanese Empire (3) |
| This course is an exploration of Japan's imperial project from roughly 1890-1945. We will start by developing a critical theoretical vocabulary with which we will then focus on three recent and important books on Japanese imperialism in East Asia. At the end of the semester we will also look briefly at anti-imperial and decolonization movements as well as the status of the category of 'empire' for analyzing the postwar period. | |
| HIEA 3211 | Japan's Economic Miracle (3) |
| Examines the history of Japan since the early 19th century by exploring the causes and consequences of the economic and social changes that have made Japan one of the most important advanced industrial countries in the contemporary world. | |
| HIEA 3221 | Japan's Political History (3) |
| Examines Japanese history since the early 19th century, exploring changes in political ideas, institutions, and behavior among both governing elites and the mass of Japanese citizenry. | |
| HIEA 3311 | Peasants, Students and Women: Social Movement in Twentieth-Century China (3) |
| Studies rural revolution, student movements, women's liberation, and the transformation of the social order since the late 19th century. | |
| HIEA 3321 | China and the Cold War (3) |
| The class examines China's entanglement with the Cold War from 1945 to the early 1990s. The course raises China-centered questions because it is curious in retrospect that China, a quintessential Eastern state, became so deeply involved in the Cold War, a confrontation rooted in Western history. In exploring such questions, this course does not treat China as part of the Cold War but the Cold War as a period of Chinese history. | |
| HIEA 3323 | China and the United States (3) |
| The course explores Chinese-American relations since the late 18th century. Starting as an encounter between a young trading state and an ageless empire on the two sides of the Pacific Ocean, the relationship has gone through stages characterized by the two countries' changing identities. The course understands the relationship broadly and seeks insights at various levels. | |
| HIEA 3351 | Borders, Maps, and Conflict in East Asia (3) |
| This course examines the history of territorial disputes in East Asia by examining the demarcation, mapping, & policing of borders from the 1600s - present. With case studies including Xinjiang, the Korean peninsula, & current territorial disputes in the South & East China Seas, we will interrogate the social, political, cultural, & environmental factors that defined boundaries in East Asia historically & contribute to ongoing border tensions. Course was offered Fall 2024 | |
| HIEA 3481 | Postwar Japan (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | An examination of the history of Japan from 1945 to the present, as it transforms from an empire to a modern industrial capital state. We will explore the key contradictions, debates, and fault lines that run through the period, many of which persist to today. |
| HIEA 3501 | Introductory Workshop (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Required for history majors, to be completed before enrollment in the Major Seminar. Introduces a variety of approaches to the study of history, methods for finding and analyzing primary and secondary sources, and the construction of historical arguments. Workshops are offered on a variety of topics each term. Course was offered Fall 2024 |
| HIEA 3559 | New Course in East Asian History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of East Asian History. Course was offered Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Summer 2018, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2011, Spring 2011 | |
| HIEA 4501 | Seminar in East Asian History (4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | A small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the seminar. The work of the seminar results primarily in the preparation of a substantial (ca. 25 pp. in standard format) research paper. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| HIEA 4511 | Colloquium in East Asia (4) |
| A small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the colloquium. Most frequently offered in areas of history where access to source materials or linguistic demands make seminars especially difficult. Students prepare about 25 pages of written work. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies. Course was offered Fall 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010 | |
| HIEA 4559 | New Course in East Asian History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of East Asian History. | |
| HIEA 4591 | Topics in East Asian History (3) |
| Topics courses are small, discussion-oriented classes available to any student with sufficient background and interest in a particular field of historical study. Offered irregularly, they are open to majors or non-majors on an equal basis. | |
| HIEA 4993 | Independent Study in East Asia (1 - 3) |
| In exceptional circumstances and with the permission of a faculty member any student may undertake a rigorous program of independent study designed to explore a subject not currently being taught or to expand upon regular offerings. Independent Study projects may not be used to replace regularly scheduled classes. Open to majors or non-majors. Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| HIEA 5050 | International History of East Asia (3) |
| This seminar familiarizes graduate students with scholarships about relations among states, societies, and peoples of the Asia-Pacific region during the 20th century, and helps students refine their ongoing research projects or initiate new ones. In applying rigorously methods of historical research to their projects, students produce scholarly works or research proposals that can meet expectations in actual scholarly fields. | |
| HIEA 5052 | China and the World: From Empire to Nation (3) |
| This reading seminar is open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates. It examines Chinese perspectives, practices, and interactions with other states in the international scene from antiquity to the People's Republic of China. Students read about and discuss recurring issues in China's historical external relations. Evaluation of student performance is based on participation, weekly written responses, and a historiographical essay. | |
| HIEA 5151 | Mao and the Chinese Revolution (3) |
| This course, an advanced reading seminar, provids an in-depth investigation of one of the most magnificent, yet destructive, revolutions in human history--the Chinese Communist revolution, as well as the person who led the revoilution--Mao Zedong. Course was offered Spring 2016 | |
| HIEA 5559 | New Course in East Asian History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of East Asian History. | |
| HIEA 7031 | Modern East Asian History (3) |
| Offered to graduate students with no previous background in modern East Asian history. Consists of attendance at the lecture sessions of undergraduate courses on modern East Asian history and directed readings at an advanced level on the development of the social, political and cultural institutions of East Asia. | |
| HIEA 7041 | Modern East Asian History (3) |
| Offered to graduate students with no previous background in modern East Asian history. Consists of attendance at the lecture sessions of undergraduate courses on modern East Asian history and directed readings at an advanced level on the development of the social, political and cultural institutions of East Asia. | |
| HIEA 7051 | North Korea (4) |
| North Korea's brutal resiliency on the international stage makes it increasingly important to understand its unique historical trajectory. Together we will discuss obstacles as well as opportunities related to finding primary sources on North Korean history while completing original research papers that help us better understand the inner workings and outward-facing aspirations of this authoritarian "democratic people's republic." Course was offered Fall 2019 | |
| HIEA 7559 | New Course in East Asian History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of East Asian History. | |
| HIEA 8011 | East Asian History (3) |
| Directed readings, discussions, and research papers on selected topics in Chinese and Japanese history. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| HIEA 8111 | Traditional Chinese History (3) |
| Studies documents related to social and political philosophy. Emphasizes translated texts, but some attention will be paid to Chinese texts and the problems of translation. | |
| HIEA 8211 | Japanese History (3) |
| Discusses selected issues in the social, political, and economic development of Japan from the Tokugawa period to the present. | |
| HIEA 8559 | New Course in East Asian History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of East Asian History. | |
| HIEA 9021 | Tutorial in 'China in Hot and Cold Wars in Modern Times'. . . (3) |
| This tutorial explores three types of conflicts in China modern experiences: civil wars, international conflicts, and Cold War confrontations. Reading materials include major scholarships on these topics. The class meets biweekly, and the students are evaluated on the basis of participation, short book reviews, and a final paper. Course was offered Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015 | |
| HIEA 9022 | Tutorial in "Making of the 'Chinese Nation'". . . (3) |
| This tutorial is about conceptual and political constructions of the "Chinese Nation" in the 20th century. Readings include relevant writings by important intellectual and political figures of 20th-century China and major scholarships on the subject from multiethnic perspectives. The class meets biweekly, and the students are evaluated on the basis of participation, short book reviews, and a final paper. | |
| HIEA 9023 | Tutorial in Modern Japanese Thought, Culture, & Politics (3) |
| Introduction the history and historiography of modern Japanese Thought, Culture, and Politics. Topics include modernity, empire, the nation-state, war, fascism, and capitalist development. | |
| HIEA 9024 | An Introduction to the Historiography of Modern Korea (3) |
| This tutorial provides students an overview of representative scholarly works and major historiographical debates in the English language on the study of modern Korean history. Specific topics covered include Korea's colonization, decolonization, division, economic development, the birth of modern Korean nationalism, and the growth of Korea's overseas diaspora. | |
| HIEA 9026 | Sources for Imperial Chinese History (3) |
| This course introduces students to the major types/genres of materials for the study of Imperial Chinese history, including both official documents and unofficial/literary and artistic works. Its two primary goals are to (1) familiarize students with the large variety of available sources and (2) provide abundant hands-on opportunities for critical reading and textual analysis. Course was offered Fall 2023 | |
| HIEA 9058 | Tutorial in Song Dynasty Documents (3) |
| This course introduces students to the major types of source materials (official documents, treatises, biographies, anecdotal writing, ji accounts, letters, etc.) for the study of Song Dynasty history. Course was offered Fall 2024 | |
| HIEA 9064 | Tutorial: Readings in Imperial Chinese History (3) |
| This course introduces students to the most influential English-language scholarship on imperial China, especially the Tang (618-907), Song (960-1279), and Yuan (1271-1368) dynasties, in the last century. In addition to familiarizing students with the historiography of this important period, it aims to explore the key issues and developments in political and intellectual life as well as the formation and evolution of social and cultural ideals and practices. Course was offered Spring 2024 | |
| History-European History | |
| HIEU 1001T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Artistic, Interpretive, and HIEUosophical Inquiry. | |
| HIEU 1002T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Cultures and HIEUieties of the World. | |
| HIEU 1003T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to HIEUorical Perspectives. | |
| HIEU 1004T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to HIEUial and Economic Systems. | |
| HIEU 1005T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Chemical, HIEUematical, and HIEUical Inquiry | |
| HIEU 1006T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Living Systems. | |
| HIEU 1007T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Science and HIEUiety | |
| HIEU 1501 | Introductory Seminar in Pre-1700 European History (3) |
| Intended for first- or second-year students. Seminars involve reading, discussing, and writing about different historical topics and periods, and emphasize the enhancement of critical and communication skills. Several seminars are offered each term. Not more than two Introductory Seminars may be counted toward the major in history. Course was offered Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| HIEU 1502 | Introductory Seminar in Post-1700 European History (3) |
| Intended for first- or second-year students. Seminars involve reading, discussing, and writing about different historical topics and periods, and emphasize the enhancement of critical and communication skills. Several seminars are offered each term. Not more than two Introductory Seminars may be counted toward the major in history. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| HIEU 1559 | New Course in European History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of European History. | |
| HIEU 2001 | Western Civilization I (3) |
| Surveys the fundamental institutions and ideas that have shaped the Western world. Topics include great religious and philosophical traditions, political ideas, literary forms, artistic achievements and institutional structures from the world of the ancient Hebrews to the eve of the modern world (ca. 3000 b.c. to 1600 a.d.). Course was offered Summer 2023, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2013, Summer 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Summer 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| HIEU 2002 | Western Civilization II (3) |
| Surveys the political and cultural history of the Western world in modern times. Emphasizes the distinctiveness of Western civilization, on the reasons for the rise of the West to global domination, and the relative decline of the West in recent times. Course was offered Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Summer 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| HIEU 2004 | Nationalism in Europe (3) |
| This course examines the history of nationalism in modern Europe, from the 1700s to the present day. We will consider the emergence and consolidation of European nation-states in the eighteenth century; nationalist movements and the breakup of empires in the nineteenth; ethnic cleansing and nationalist violence in twentieth-century Europe; as well as the rise of the European Union and its challenges today. | |
| HIEU 2031 | Ancient Greece (3) |
| Studies the political, military, and social history of Ancient Greece from the Homeric age to the death of Alexander the Great, emphasizing the development and interactions of Sparta and Athens. | |
| HIEU 2041 | Roman Republic and Empire (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Surveys the political, social, and institutional growth of the Roman Republic, focusing on its downfall and replacement by an imperial form of government, the subsequent history of that government, and the social and economic life during the Roman Empire, up to its own decline and fall. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| HIEU 2051 | Economic History of Europe (3) |
| Studies European economic history from the middle ages to the industrial revolution. Emphasizes the emergence of the market and the rise of capitalism in Great Britain. | |
| HIEU 2061 | The Birth of Europe (3) |
| Studies ways of life and thought in the formation of Western Europe from the 4th century a.d. to the 15th. Includes a survey of the development of society and culture in town and countryside, the growth of economic, political, and religious institutions, and the impact of Muslim and Byzantine civilizations. | |
| HIEU 2071 | Early Modern Europe and the World (3) |
| European history, from the Reformation to Napoleon, in global perspective. | |
| HIEU 2072 | Modern Europe and the World (3) |
| European history since the French Revolution, with an emphasis on social, cultural, and political change in global perspective. Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2020 | |
| HIEU 2101 | Jewish History I: The Ancient and Medieval Experience (3) |
| This course surveys the pre-modern Jewish historical experience from antiquity through the sixteenth century. | |
| HIEU 2102 | Modern Jewish History (3) |
| Survey of Jewish history from the seventeenth century to the present, primarily in Europe, but with further treatment of Jewish life in the U.S. and Israel. Major topics include Jewish historical consciousness; patterns of emancipation; religious adjustment; the role of women; anti-Semitism; Zionism; the American Jewish experience; the Holocaust; the establishment of Israel; and Jewish life in Europe after the Holocaust. Course was offered Fall 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| HIEU 2111 | England, Britain, Empire, 1500-1800 (3) |
| Surveys political, social, and cultural history as Britain developed from a European backwater into a global power. Focuses on four major transformations: the Reformation and changing religious life under the Tudor monarchs; new political ideas during the Civil Wars of the 1640s and revolution in the 1680s; the unification of England, Scotland, and Ireland; and the beginnings of a global empire in North America and South Asia. | |
| HIEU 2112 | Britain since 1688: Nationalism, Imperialism, Modernity (3) |
| This course surveys the history of modern Britain from the Glorious Revolution of 1688 to the resurgent nationalisms of the present. Themes include the state-building, overseas expansion, and widening inequality of the Georgian years; the industrialization, urbanization, and increasingly assertive imperialism of the Victorian era; and the problems of war, decolonization, and decline in the twentieth century. Course was offered Spring 2024, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Summer 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| HIEU 2121 | France in the Age of Revolutions, 1789-1871 (3) |
| Introduction to French social, political, and cultural history from 1789 to 1871. Examines political struggles from the French Revolution to the Paris Commune, and considers how industrialization, urbanization, mass culture and imperial expansion reshaped relationships between men and women, rich and poor, city and country, artists and audiences, and metropole and colony. Traces changing ideas of nation, citizenship, and democracy. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2021 | |
| HIEU 2122 | France in the Twentieth Century, 1871-present (3) |
| Introduction to major developments in French society, culture, and politics since 1871: struggles to establish a secular Republic; nationalism and imperialism; antisemitism and Islamophobia; changes in women's roles and gender ideals; the traumas of world war and fascism; postwar consumer culture and economic modernization; European integration, Cold War, and decolonization; post-colonial immigration and multiculturalism. Course was offered Fall 2022 | |
| HIEU 2152 | History of the Russian Empire 1700-1917 (3) |
| Studies the history of Russia from Peter the Great to the Bolshevik Revolution and the establishment of Soviet power. | |
| HIEU 2162 | History of Russia Since 1917 (3) |
| Explores the collapse of the Russian Empire and the rise of the Communist state. Emphasizes the social revolution, Stalinism and subsequent 'de-Stalinization,' national minorities, and the collapse of the Soviet regime. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2010 | |
| HIEU 2212 | Contemporary Europe (3) |
| This class surveys the major developments in Europe from 1945 up to the present day. Topics that we examine include the legacy of World War II, the division of Europe during the cold war, the economic and political progress of the continent, the crises triggered by decolonization and imigration, and the continuing struggles of Europeans to build a united, peaceful and stable union. | |
| HIEU 2559 | New Course in European History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of European History. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2014, Spring 2013, Summer 2012, Fall 2011 | |
| HIEU 2721 | Supernatural Europe, 1500-1800 (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Surveys the intellectual, religious, and social history of Europe c.1500-1800 through the lens of changing beliefs about the supernatural. Selected topics include the rise and decline of witch-hunting, changing understandings of the universe, the impact of religious reform on traditional belief, and the "disenchantment" of European society as beliefs in the supernatural declined in the 18th century. |
| HIEU 3000 | Modern European Imperialism (3) |
| Explores the history and legacies of European overseas empire from the eighteenth century to the present. Themes include strategies of conquest and rule, political economies of empire, race and gender in colonial societies, "civilizing missions" and imperial cultures, violence and decolonization, postcolonial migration and memories of empire. Course was offered Fall 2019 | |
| HIEU 3002 | Queer European History (3) |
| This course will examine LGBTQ persons, issues, and events in Europe, focusing mostly on 1850 to now. We will cover the history of anti-sodomy laws; the evolution of cultural and scientific understandings of sex, sexuality, and gender, including ideas of trans-ness; and the history of LGBTQ activism. We will focus in particular on Germany and the UK, but other countries will enter our examination as well. Course was offered Spring 2020 | |
| HIEU 3021 | Greek and Roman Warfare (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Surveys the history of ancient warfare from the Homeric era until the fall of Rome. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 |
| HIEU 3041 | The Fall of the Roman Republic (3) |
| Surveys the history and culture of the last century of the Roman Republic (133-30 b.c.), emphasizing the political and social reasons for the destruction of the Republican form of government and its replacement by a monarchy. | |
| HIEU 3051 | History and Civilization of France: Revolution to 1945 (3) |
| The social, political, economic, philosophical, and artistic developments in France from the Revolution to 1945. Taught in French. | |
| HIEU 3091 | Ancient Law and Society (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Study of the interrationships between law, politics and society in ancient Greece (chiefly Athenian) culture, the Hellenistic kingdoms and Rome (from the XII Tables to the Justinianic Code). Focuses particularly on the development of the idea of law; on the construction of law's authority and legitimacy; on the use of law as one method of social control; and on the development, at Rome, of juristic independence and legal codification. Prerequisite: HIEU 2031 or HIEU 2041, or permission of the instructor. Course was offered Spring 2023 |
| HIEU 3101 | Early Medieval Civilization (3) |
| Studies early medieval civilization from late antiquity to the 11th century. Emphasizes selected themes in cultural history. | |
| HIEU 3111 | Later Medieval Civilization (3) |
| Discusses intellectual and cultural history, political and social theories, and religious movements from the 11th to the 16th centuries. | |
| HIEU 3121 | Medieval Society: Ways of Life and Thought in Western Europe (3) |
| An introduction to the social and intellectual history from the tenth century to the sixteenth. | |
| HIEU 3131 | The World of Charlemagne (3) |
| Explores the Byzantine, Muslim, and European worlds in the 8th and 9th centuries. Compares political, institutional, and social history, and the Catholic, Orthodox, and Islamic faiths. | |
| HIEU 3141 | Age of Conquests: Britain from the Romans to the Normans (43-1066) (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Surveys the history of Britain from the establishment of Roman rule to the Norman Conquest of 1066. Particular focus falls upon the social, political and cultural history of early England and its neighbors in Wales and Scotland, the Scandinavian impact of the 8th through 11th centuries, and Britain's links with the wider late antique and early medieval worlds. Course was offered Fall 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2013, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| HIEU 3151 | Medieval Iberia, 411-1469 (3) |
| This course offers an introduction to Islam and a cultural history of Al Andalus from 711 until the expulsion of the Moriscos from early modern Spain in 1609. | |
| HIEU 3152 | Colonizing the World: The British Empire (3) |
| This course will focus primarily on the 'second' empire in Asia and Africa, although the first empire in the Americas will be our first topic. Topics covered include the slave plantations in the West Indies, the American Revolution, the rise of the British East India Company and its control of India, and the Scramble for Africa. Special emphasis will be placed on the environmental history of our points of debarkation. Course was offered Fall 2023, Summer 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2010 | |
| HIEU 3181 | Medieval Christianity (3) |
| Detailed study of the development of Christianity in the Middle Ages and of how it reflected upon itself in terms of theology, piety, and politics. Cross-listed as RELC 3181. Course was offered Spring 2015 | |
| HIEU 3215 | Dante's Italy (3) |
| This course investigates Italy's history and culture at the end of the Middle Ages through the life and writings of Dante Alighieri, Italy's greatest author of the medieval and early modern period. Through lectures and discussions on Dante's most important writings, students will be introduced to the culture of Italian city-states as well as to the most important literary and philosophical ideas of the late Middle Ages. | |
| HIEU 3221 | The Culture of the Renaissance (3) |
| Surveys the growth and diffusion of educational, literary, and artistic innovations in Europe between 1300 and 1600. Course was offered Spring 2016 | |
| HIEU 3231 | Reformation Europe (3) |
| Surveys the development of religious reform movements in continental Europe from c. 1450 to c. 1650 and their impact on politics, social life, science, and conceptions of the self. | |
| HIEU 3271 | Three Faiths, One Sea: The Early Modern Mediterranean (3) |
| The course will provide students with an overview of the Mediterranean world from the conquest of Constantinople (1453) to the displacement of the sea in a globalizing economy. The main purpose of this course is to demonstrate the cultural, political, and religious diversity of the Mediterranean region. Special emphasis is placed on Christian, Jews, and Muslim interaction. | |
| HIEU 3291 | Stuart England (3) |
| Studies the history of England (and its foreign relations) from 1603 to 1714, with commentary on some major themes of early Hanoverian England to the end of Sir Robert Walpole's ministry. Includes newer interpretations on Stuart monarchy, the background and consequences of the Civil War, restoration ideology and politics in relation to the Cromwellian Interregnum, the Revolution of 1688, social and local history, and the creation of the first British Empire. Course was offered Spring 2015 | |
| HIEU 3311 | Social History of Early Modern Europe (3) |
| Surveys social, economic, and demographic structure and change in pre-industrial Europe, focusing on social unrest and rebellions. | |
| HIEU 3312 | Europe at War, 1939-45: Occupation, Genocide, Resistance (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course examines the range of human experience in Europe during the Second World War. Why did Nazi Germany invade and attempt to colonize large parts of Europe? What were the methods of Nazi rule? How did European peoples respond to the Nazi project, whether through forms of resistance or collaboration? Who were the principal victims of the war--and why is this question so difficult to address even today? Course was offered Fall 2022, Spring 2021 |
| HIEU 3321 | The Scientific Revolution, 1450-1700 (3) |
| Studies the history of modern science in its formative period against the backdrop of classical Greek science and in the context of evolving scientific institutions and changing views of religion, politics, magic, alchemy, and ancient authorities. | |
| HIEU 3342 | Society and the Sexes in Europe from the Seventeenth Century to the Present (3) |
| Explores the changing constructions of gender roles and their concrete consequences for women and men in society; uses primary texts and secondary studies from the 17th century to the present. | |
| HIEU 3352 | Modern German History (3) |
| This class studies key aspects of German history, including the origins of Nazi ideology, colonialism, war and genocide; the Cold War and its legacies; European Integration and it's challenges; the resurgence of far-right and new-fascist politics and movements, as well as Germany's ongoing efforts to come to terms with the Holocaust. | |
| HIEU 3372 | German Jewish Culture and History (3) |
| This course provides a wide-ranging exploration of the culture and history of German Jewry from 1750 to 1939. It focuses on the Jewish response to modernity in Central Europe and the lasting transformations in Jewish life in Europe and later North America. Readings of such figures as: Moses Mendelssohn, Heinrich Heine, Rahel Varnhagen, Franz Kafka, Gershom Scholem, Martin Buber, Karl Marx, Rosa Luxembourg, Walter Benjamin, and Sigmund Freud. Course was offered Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| HIEU 3380 | The History of Antisemitism (3) |
| This course will examine the history of antisemitism, prejudice against Jews. Hatred of Jews originates from a diverse combination of ideologies, historical moments and, likewise, takes a variety of forms in different times and places. This course will introduce the concept from its earliest times and follow both the theoretical/philosophical thought and the displays of antisemitism through history with a focus on Europe. | |
| HIEU 3382 | Revolutionary France, 1770-1815 (3) |
| This course will examine the social, cultural, intellectual and political history of France from the end of the Old Regime through the Napoleonic Empire. The origins, development, and outcome of the French Revolution will be the main focus. Attention will also be paid to the international legacy of various French revolutionary concepts and to the history of the interpretation of this critical period of upheaval. | |
| HIEU 3390 | Nazi Germany (3) |
| Detailed survey of the historical origins, political structures, cultural dynamics, and every-day practices of the Nazi Third Reich. Cross-listed in the German department, and taught in English. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013 | |
| HIEU 3412 | Twentieth-Century Europe (3) |
| Studies the main developments in European history from the turn of the century to the eve of the Second World War. Course was offered Fall 2010 | |
| HIEU 3432 | France Since 1815 (3) |
| Studies French politics and society from the defeat of Napoleon to De Gaulle's republic. Course was offered Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| HIEU 3442 | European History: Industrial Revolution to the Welfare State 1848-1963 (3) |
| Surveys Continent's troubled history from the Victorian Age to the welfare state. Addresses features of modernization and industrialization, nationalism and imperialism, causes and consequences of both world wars, Communist and Fascist challenges, Weimar and Nazi Germany, the Great Depression and crisis of capitalism, the Holocaust and decline of old Europe, and Social Democratic transformation. | |
| HIEU 3452 | Jewish Culture and History in Eastern Europe (3) |
| This course is a comprehensive examination of the culture and history of East European Jewry from 1750 to 1935. Course cross-listed with YITR 3452. Course was offered Fall 2021, Spring 2012 | |
| HIEU 3462 | Neighbors and Enemies in Germany (3) |
| Explores the friend/foe nexus in Germany history, literature and culture, with an emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2010 | |
| HIEU 3471 | English Legal History to 1776 (3) |
| The development of legal institutions, legal ideas, and legal principles from the medieval period to the 18th century. Emphasizes the impact of transformations in politics, society, and thought on the major categories of English law: property, torts and contracts, corporations, family law, constitutional and administrative law, and crime. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2014, Spring 2012, Spring 2010 | |
| HIEU 3472 | Nineteenth Century Britain (3) |
| A history of Britain and the British Empire from the Union with Ireland in 1801 to the death of Queen Victoria in 1901. Course was offered Fall 2009 | |
| HIEU 3492 | The British Empire (3) |
| Surveys the rise, rule, and demise of the British Empire from the Seven Years War (1756-63) to decolonization after World War II. Topics include the expansion and consolidation of empire, opposition, and resistance, and the cultural consequences of imperialism. Course was offered Fall 2010 | |
| HIEU 3501 | Introductory History Workshop (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Required for history majors, to be completed before enrollment in the Major Seminar. Introduces a variety of approaches to the study of history, methods for finding and analyzing primary and secondary sources, and the construction of historical arguments. Workshops are offered on a variety of topics each term. |
| HIEU 3502 | History of Central Europe (3) |
| This lecture course will explore the 19th- and 20th-century history of Central Europe as both region and idea, tracing two stories in parallel: 1) the entangled history of Austrians, Czechs, Germans, Hungarians, Jews, Lithuanians, Poles, Slovaks, and Ukrainians; and 2) attempts by writers and scholars belonging to these groups (from Sigmund Freud to Milan Kundera) to 'imagine' their own versions of a Europe caught between 'East' and 'West.' | |
| HIEU 3505 | History and Fiction, Topics (3) |
| Explores the relationship between facts and fiction in the representation of the past. Course materials range from archival sources and scholarly articles to novels, films, paintings, sculptures, poems and other creative articulations of the historical imagination. The role of the new media and media analysis in the representation of history will also be examined. Topics vary annually. | |
| HIEU 3559 | New Course in European History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of European History. Course was offered Spring 2022, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| HIEU 3602 | Twentieth Century Spain (3) |
| Twentieth Century Spain Course was offered Spring 2010 | |
| HIEU 3604 | The Holocaust on Film (3) |
| This course examines the presentation of the Holocaust on film from the immediate postwar period to present. It does so alongside the actual history of the Holocaust. Course involves viewing multiple films inside and outside of class. Course assignments include multiple writings and analyses on various topics of filmmaking and the Holocaust. Course was offered Fall 2018 | |
| HIEU 3612 | Age of Reform and Revolution in Russia, 1855-1917 (3) |
| Studies the changes resulting from the wake of reforms following the Crimean War. Explores the social and political effects of efforts to modernize and industrialize Russia, which led to the growth of political and revolutionary opposition and the overthrow of the monarchy. | |
| HIEU 3622 | Russian Intellectual History in the 19th Century (3) |
| Studies the background of Westernization, rise of intelligentsia, development of radical and conservative trends, and the impact of intellectual ferment on Russian culture and politics to 1917. Course was offered Spring 2015, Spring 2010 | |
| HIEU 3670 | The Fall of Communism: How the Soviet Empire Lost the Cold War (3) |
| This course will examine the roots, causes, and aftermath of communism's collapse in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. We will consider economic stagnation and abortive attempts at reform; political crises and the rise of dissident movements; cultural exchange and the influence of mass media; and the role of social and nationalist activism. Course was offered Fall 2017 | |
| HIEU 3692 | The Holocaust (3) |
| This course aims to clarify basic facts and explore competing explanations for the origins and unfolding of the Holocaust (the encounter between the Third Reich and Europe's Jews between 1933 and 1945) that resulted in the deaths of almost six million Jews. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2010 | |
| HIEU 3695 | The Holocaust and the Law (3) |
| This course explores the pursuit of justice after the Holocaust. We will study legal responses to the Nazi genocide of Europe's Jews from 1945 to the 1960s through the lens of pivotal post-Holocaust trials, including the 1945-1946 Nuremberg Trial; the 1961 Eichmann Trial, and the 1963-1965 Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial. We will ask how the pursuit of legal justice after the Holocaust affects our understanding of the legal process. | |
| HIEU 3702 | Russia as Multi-Ethnic Empire (3) |
| Traces and analyzes the ethno-religious complexion of the vast region governed by Russia and the USSR from the 16th century to the present. Special attention is given to the experiences of minorities such as Jews, the various Turkic-Muslim peoples, Ukrainians, Poles, and peoples of Transcaucasia, as well as the relations of these groups with the Russian state and ethnic Russian population. | |
| HIEU 3712 | Spanish Culture & Civilization (3) |
| Spanish Culture & Civilization | |
| HIEU 3742 | European Social History, 1890-1980 (3) |
| Studies the evolution of private life from the end of the nineteenth century to the present day. Focuses on family life, work experience, material conditions, women's roles, childhood, and youth. | |
| HIEU 3752 | Evolution of the International System, 1815-1950 (3) |
| Analyzes the evolution of great-power politics from the post-Napoleonic Congress of Vienna and the systems of Metternich and Bismarck to the great convulsions of the twentieth century and the Russo-American Cold War after World War II. | |
| HIEU 3772 | Science in the Modern World (3) |
| Studies the development of scientific thought and institutions since 1700, emphasizing the increasing involvement of science in economic, social, political, and military affairs and its relations with philosophical and religious thought. | |
| HIEU 3782 | Origins of Modern Thought, 1580-1943 (3) |
| Introduces central themes, theorists, and texts in secular European thought since 1580. Surveys the 'age of reason,' the Enlightenment, romanticism, historicism, positivism, existentialism, and related matters. Works by a variety of thinkers are read, explicated, and discussed. | |
| HIEU 3802 | Origins of Contemporary Thought (3) |
| Studies selected themes in intellectual history since the mid-19th century, focusing on Darwin, Nietzsche, Freud, Heidegger, and other thinkers, emphasizing the intellectual contexts out of which they came and to which they contributed. Course was offered Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2011, Fall 2009 | |
| HIEU 3812 | Marx: As Philosopher & Social Scientist (3) |
| Introduces the social theory of Karl Marx. What Marx said, why he said it, what he meant in saying it, and the significance thereof. Situates Marx's writing in the context of 19th-century intellectual history. Focuses on the coherence and validity of the theory and its subsequent history. Course was offered Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| HIEU 3851 | History of London (3) |
| History of London | |
| HIEU 4501 | Seminar in Pre-1700 European History (4) |
| The major seminar is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the seminar. The work of the seminar results primarily in the preparation of a substantial (ca. 25 pp. in standard format) research paper. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| HIEU 4502 | Seminar in Post-1700 European History (4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | The major seminar is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the seminar. The work of the seminar results primarily in the preparation of a substantial (ca. 25 pp. in standard format) research paper. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| HIEU 4511 | Colloquium in Pre-1700 European History (4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | The major colloquium is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the colloquium. Colloquia are most frequently offered in areas of history where access to source materials or linguistic demands make seminars especially difficult. Students in colloquia prepare about 25 pages of written work. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2011 |
| HIEU 4512 | Colloquium in Post-1700 European History (4) |
| A small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic. Frequently offered in areas of history where access to source materials or linguistic demands make seminars especially difficult. Students will prepare about 25 pages of written work distributed among various assignments. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See History DUS. | |
| HIEU 4559 | New Course in European History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of European History. | |
| HIEU 4591 | Topics in Pre-1700 European History (3) |
| Topics courses are small, discussion-oriented classes available to any student with sufficient background and interest in a particular field of historical study. Offered irregularly, they are open to majors or non-majors on an equal basis. Course was offered Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| HIEU 4592 | Topics in Post-1700 European History (3) |
| TTopics courses are small, discussion-oriented classes available to any student with sufficient background and interest in a particular field of historical study. Offered irregularly, they are open to majors or non-majors on an equal basis. | |
| HIEU 4993 | Independent Study in European History (1 - 3) |
| In exceptional circumstances and with the permission of a faculty member any student may undertake a rigorous program of independent study designed to explore a subject not currently being taught or to expand upon regular offerings. Independent Study projects may not be used to replace regularly scheduled classes. Open to majors or non-majors. Course was offered Fall 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| HIEU 5001 | Dark Age Greece (3) |
| Examines the structural, political, and conceptual rise of the Greek polis and explores other aspects of the archaeology, art, history, and literature of the 'iron age' and early archaic period (1000-600 BC) in Greece. Prerequisite: HIEU 2031 or equivalent | |
| HIEU 5011 | Late Archaic Greece (3) |
| Examines the history of Greece in the late archaic age down to the end of the Persian wars. Prerequisite: HIEU 2031 or equivalent. | |
| HIEU 5013 | The Early Medieval Mediterranean (3) |
| This course examines the Mediterranean world from AD 700 -1000, exploring aspects of its political, economic and cultural history. Trade and communication, the movement of goods, ideas and people will all come under scrutiny. Students will engage with historical and archaeological scholarship together with extensive primary sources (in translation) from the period. Prerequisite: HIEU 2061 or equivalent and/or HIEU 3141, HIEU 3131 or equivalent. | |
| HIEU 5021 | Greece in the Fifth Century (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Examination of the political, diplomatic, and social history of Greece from the end of the Persian Wars in 479 b.c. to the end of the Peloponnesian War in 404/3 b.c. Investigates the origins, course, and importance of the latter war, the major watershed in classical Greek history. Prerequisite: HIEU 2031 or equivalent. |
| HIEU 5031 | Greece in the Fourth Century (3) |
| Advanced course in Greek history that examines in detail the social and economic history of Greece from the end of the Peloponnesian War in 404 b.c. to the defeat of the Greek city-states at Chaeronea in 338. Prerequisite: HIEU 2041 or equivalent. | |
| HIEU 5051 | Roman Empire (3) |
| Studies the founding and institutions of the Principate, the Dominate, and the decline of antiquity. Prerequisite: HIEU 2041 or equivalent. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Fall 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2010 | |
| HIEU 5061 | Roman Imperialism (3) |
| Examines Roman transmarine expansion to determine how and why it happened, and what consequences it had, both in Rome and abroad. Prerequisite: HIEU 2041 or equivalent. | |
| HIEU 5062 | Philosophy and Theory of History (3) |
| Course surveys tradition of 'philosophy of history' (ca. 1860--1960s) but focuses on the more recent genre of 'theory of history' (late 1960s/70s--present), which responds to recent historical genres and to new problems related to narrative, memory, trauma, counterfactuality, etc. Emphasis is on linking theory to specific historical and meta-historical instances (e.g., Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem, Friedlander's Nazi Germany and the Jews, 'trut | |
| HIEU 5063 | Late Antiquity AD 235-410 (3) |
| This new class, a discussion seminar, examines the great Roman crisis of the 3rd century and the Roman's response to it, as well as the nature of reestablished Roman rule through the fourth century AD. This is the great of the emperors Diocletian & Constantine, of Julian & Theodosius. Topics to be examined include governance, warfare, the late-antique economy, religious strife, the life of cities, similarities & differences between East & West. Course was offered Fall 2022, Spring 2019 | |
| HIEU 5082 | Modernity and History (3) |
| Surveys a range of philosophers and other writers who have reflected on the role of history in modern life. Prerequisite: Upper class standing or above, with one or more courses in relevant theory | |
| HIEU 5302 | Nationality, Ethnicity, and Race in Modern Europe (3) |
| Colloquium on how categories of human identity have been conceived, applied, and experienced in Western and Eastern Europe from 1789 to the present. Topics include the construction of identities, national assimilation, inter-confessional conflict, colonialism, immigration, and the human sciences. Prerequisite: One course in modern European history or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2010 | |
| HIEU 5312 | Era of the World Wars, 1914-1945 (3) |
| A study of the major countries of Europe in the era 1914-1945, with special attention to international relations, and political, economic, and social developments. Most suitable for third- and fourth- year students with some background in European history and for graduate students. | |
| HIEU 5352 | The British Economy Since 1850 (3) |
| Studies the structure, performance and policy in the British economy since 1850, focusing on the causes and consequences of Britain's relative economic decline. Cross listed as ECON 5352. | |
| HIEU 5501 | Introductory Workshop (1 - 4) |
| The major seminar is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the seminar. The work of the seminar results primarily in the preparation of a substantial (ca. 25 pages in standard format) research paper. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. | |
| HIEU 5559 | New Course in European History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of European History. | |
| HIEU 5585 | Advanced Topics in Modern European History (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | A seminar offering in-depth investigations of topics and research methodologies in modern European history and culture. Topics vary. Course was offered Spring 2022 |
| HIEU 5662 | Nineteenth-Century Russian Intellectual History (3) |
| Readings and discussion of seminal Russian intellectuals and their ideas under the later Romanov Tsars. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| HIEU 5871 | Early Modern Europe Seminar (3) |
| This course is a specialized seminar in early modern European historiography. As a result, it focuses on a broad reading list that covers as many subjects, regions, and methodologies as possible. The course is divided by theme, rather than region, and covers such topics as social control, Scientific Revolution, women and gender, and global Christianity. | |
| HIEU 5882 | Modern Europe, 1750-1890 (3) |
| This course aims to expose graduate and advanced undergraduates students to the grand narrative of modern European history and, simultaneously, to provide them with insight into the latest historiographical trends and emerging conceptual conventions in this research field. | |
| HIEU 5892 | Europe since 1890 (3) |
| A discussion course on key topics in the transnational history of Modern Europe since 1890. A capstone for majors in the field, it is also open to others. Topics include old and new ways of doing history, Imperialism, World War I, postwar capitalism and its critics, Communism and Fascism, the Great Depression, the Holocaust, the Cold War, the path toward European Union, the Welfare State, German Reunification, and the end of the Cold War. Course was offered Spring 2016, Spring 2014 | |
| HIEU 6300 | Modern European Imperialism (3) |
| Explores the history and legacies of European overseas empire from the eighteenth century to the present. Themes include strategies of conquest and rule, political economies of empire, race and gender in colonial societies, "civilizing missions" and imperial cultures, violence and decolonization, postcolonial migration and memories of empire. | |
| HIEU 7001 | Colloquium in Medieval European History (3) |
| The first semester of a two-semester sequence of graduate colloquia introducing students to the major themes in European history and historiography in the period before the eighteenth century and structured around central themes in medieval history. | |
| HIEU 7002 | Colloquium in Early Modern European History (3) |
| The second semester of a two-semester sequence of graduate colloquia introducing students to the major themes in European history and historiography in the period before the eighteenth century and structured around central themes in early modern European history. Course was offered Spring 2012, Spring 2010 | |
| HIEU 7003 | Colloquium in Modern European History I (3) |
| The first semester of a two-semester sequence of graduate colloquia introducing students to the major themes in European history and historiography in the period from the eighteenth century to the present and structured around central themes in European history between c. 1750 and c. 1870. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| HIEU 7013 | Anthropology of Ancient Greece (3) |
| A survey of anthropological methods useful for the study of the past: simultaneously an economic introduction to the Great Books of anthropology, to a prominent aspect of contemporary classical scholarship, and to the opportunities and problems presented by using the methods of one field to illuminate another. | |
| HIEU 7014 | Ancient History (3) |
| Introduces non-literary materials of use to the historian in correcting and/or amplifying the literary record, including inscriptions, papyri, coins, etc. | |
| HIEU 7031 | Proseminar in Ancient Studies (1) |
| The aim of this course is to acquaint students with various facets of the study of Greek and Roman antiquity; to show students a range of approaches to ancient materials; and to introduce students of antiquity to each other and to the affiliated faculty in different departments (Classics, History, Art, Religious Studies). | |
| HIEU 7071 | Fragmentary Roman Historians (3) |
| This class reads the many fragments of Roman Republican historians and learns how to analyze them from three perspectives: linguistic (including textual problems); literary; and historical. Why did early Romans, many of them active statesmen and generals, write history? What themes are perceptible in their surviving fragments? What was the historical context of the author, and what was the historical contribution of his work? Course was offered Fall 2011 | |
| HIEU 7211 | The Renaissance (3) |
| Studies European politics and society from the commercial revolution to Cateau Cambresis. | |
| HIEU 7261 | Early Modern England (3) |
| Readings and discussion on special topics in the period 1485 to 1760. | |
| HIEU 7301 | History of Science (3) |
| Introduces the historiography of science, and especially to new approaches which integrate the history of the natural and social sciences into intellectual, social, political, and economic history. | |
| HIEU 7471 | European Economic History (3) |
| Intensive reading and discussion of topics in European economic history. Course was offered Fall 2013 | |
| HIEU 7559 | New Course in European History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of European History. Course was offered Fall 2017 | |
| HIEU 7782 | History of Human Rights (3) |
| A survey of the new field of human rights historiography, focusing on the growth of the academic discipline, current debates, and future directions for research. | |
| HIEU 8011 | Ancient History (3) |
| Topics to be chosen by the instructor. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| HIEU 8452 | Twentieth Century Europe (3) |
| In this graduate seminar on Europe in the twentieth century students are asked to produce in the course of the semester an original work (25-30 pages long) based on primary sources. They will develop an argument, place it within the historiography and relevant methodologies, fine the relevant sources, and craft a narrative. The course covers all countries in Europe. The focus of the course is directed to exploration in cultural history. Course was offered Spring 2012, Fall 2010 | |
| HIEU 8461 | Twentieth-Century Europe and Russia (3) |
| For students working in any geographical area of 20th-century Europe. Topics selected by students in consultation with instructor. Helps students begin research for M.A. theses and doctoral dissertations. | |
| HIEU 8559 | New Course in European History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of European History. | |
| HIEU 8585 | Advanced Topics in Modern European History (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | A seminar offering in-depth investigations of topics and research methodologies in modern European history and culture. Topics vary. Course was offered Spring 2022 |
| HIEU 8642 | Soviet Domestic and Foreign Policy (3) |
| Offered as required. | |
| HIEU 9020 | Empire, Mobility, and Cultural Exchange in Tsarist and Early Soviet Russia (3) |
| The tutorial explores recent scholarly monographs and articles on inter-cultural exchange in and around the Russian empire, and the various forms of population mobility that facilitated it: immigration, emigration, exile within borders, urbanization, imperial conquest, commerce, military service, displacement by war, pilgrimage. Course was offered Spring 2018 | |
| HIEU 9021 | Philosophy and Theory of History (3) |
| In the last 25 years the philosophy and theory of history has been revitalized, with three vibrant international journals now publishing and thought-provoking books and articles appearing every year. This tutorial will quickly cover the classic literature and issues in the field and, more intensively, the recent literature. Emphasis will be on those segments of the literature most relevant to envisaged dissertation themes. | |
| HIEU 9022 | History of Ideas-Intellectual History: Modern Europe (3) |
| This tutorial focuses on European-sourced conceptions and theories, with an emphasis on modernity in the broades senses. Characteristically, students will negotiate with the instructor a set of themes and texts to consider, e.g., notions of knowledge, interpretation, labor, identity, civil society, revolution.. These should be related to the student's projected dissertation area. | |
| HIEU 9023 | Tutorial in the History of the Modern British Empire (3) |
| This graduate-level tutorial introduces the major themes, debates, and methods of historical writing on the British Empire from around 1750. It is intended particularly, though not exclusively, as field preparation for the general examination. Topics include the uses of expert knowledge, the peculiarities of settler colonialism, the lure of liberalism as imperial ideology, and the role of violence. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015 | |
| HIEU 9024 | Tutorial in the History of Modern Britain (3) |
| This tutorial introduces the major themes, debates, and methods of historical writing on modern Britain. It is intended particularly, though not exclusively, as field preparation for the general examination. Topics include the domestic ramifications of war and empire, the expanding reach of the state and the market, the adaptability of tradition, the contradictions of liberalism, and the meanings of modernity. Course was offered Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015 | |
| HIEU 9025 | Tutorial in the Late Roman Republic (3) |
| This tutorial will cover the most tumultuous period in Roman Republican history, that which stretches from 133 BC to the establishment of Octavian (Augustus) as the first emperor in 27 BC. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015 | |
| HIEU 9026 | Tutorial in Early Modern British History (3) |
| Considers developments in the British Isles and its nascent empire in the 16th and 17th centuries. Focuses on historiography of the Reformation and persistent religious conflicts, the causes and nature of the Civil Wars, and the origins of empire. | |
| HIEU 9027 | Tutorial in English Legal History (3) |
| Considers key ideas and practices in English law from the late medieval period. Attention given to institutions, their development, and their interaction. Legal change will be studied in its social, political, and economic contexts. Also explores transformations in English law as it moved across a burgeoning empire. | |
| HIEU 9028 | Tutorial in British Legal and Political Thought (3) |
| Considers major texts in legal and political thought of the 17th and 18th centuries. Focuses on canonical works by thinkers such as Hobbes, Harrington, Sidney, Locke, Smith, and Blackstone. Texts will be appoached from within their historical contexts. Course was offered Spring 2016, Fall 2015 | |
| HIEU 9029 | Tutorial in the History of Reformation Europe (3) |
| Surveys the history and historiography of European Christianity c. 1450-1650. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015 | |
| HIEU 9030 | Tutorial in the History of Early Modern Europe (3) |
| Explores the history and historiography of Europe, c. 1450-1750. It provides a broad introduction to early modern society and culture, with particular emphasis on the transformations that reshaped Europe in this period, such as the emergence of the early modern state, the division of Christendom, and global exploration. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015 | |
| HIEU 9031 | Tutorial in Anglo-Saxon History (3) |
| This course is intended to introduce graduate students to the study of Anglo-Saxon England from the fifth to the eleventh centuries, its historiography and the range of methodologies and disciplinary approaches applied to its analysis. The class is intended to be timely and comprehensive. Archaeology, material culture and the close analysis of key primary sources and attendant scholarship will all be addressed. | |
| HIEU 9032 | Tutorial in Modern Jewish History (3) |
| This tutorial explores the major historiographical literature of modern jewish history, with an emphasis on core themes of political, cultural, and religious patterns, issues of periodization, and the question of its relationship to other fields of modern history. | |
| HIEU 9033 | Tutorial in European Economic History (3) |
| A graduate tutorial devoted to close analysis of key issues in European Economic History. Course was offered Spring 2018, Spring 2017 | |
| HIEU 9034 | Tutorial in Decolonization in the Twentieth Century (3) |
| This graduate tutorial surveys the historiography of decolonization in the twentieth century with an emphasis on European empires. The course is especially designed for students preparing a field for comprehensive exams but is open to others. | |
| HIEU 9035 | Tutorial in the History of the Early Medieval Mediterranean (3) |
| This course is designed to introduce graduate students to the study of the post classical Mediterranean from the fifth to the tenth centuries, its historiography and the range of methodologies and disciplinary approaches pursued in its analysis. The class is not intended to be exhaustive; it is meant to be timely and comprehensive, and to balance core classic studies with often very recent historical and archaeological scholarship. | |
| HIEU 9036 | Tutorial in the History of Tolerance and Intolerance (3) |
| This tutorial surveys the history and historiography of religious tolerance and intolerance in the later Middle Ages and the early modern world, with a focus on both classic works and recent interventions. Course was offered Spring 2020 | |
| HIEU 9037 | Tutorial in Central and Eastern European History (3) |
| This course introduces students to the modern history of Central and Eastern Europe. We will consider topics like the rise of nationalism, the challenges of state-building, the spread of left- and right-wing ideologies, interactions with the "West," and the experience of war and revolution. | |
| HIEU 9038 | Tutorial in the History of Modern France (3) |
| This tutorial serves as an introduction to the history and historiography of France and the French empire. Looking at the period since the French Revolution, readings explore themes including revolution, industrialization, urbanization, modernity and mass culture; gender and sexuality; race and religion; and regionalism, and imperial expansion. | |
| HIEU 9039 | Tutorial in the History of Modern French Empire (3) |
| An introduction to the history and historiography of the French colonial empire in the modern period. Looking at the period since the French Revolution, readings explore the ideologies, institutions, and practices of French imperialism, the processes of decolonization, and the postcolonial legacies of empire. | |
| HIEU 9040 | Tutorial in Greek and Roman Law (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This graduate tutorial introduces students to the details and interpretations of antiquity's two greatest legal systems, although it will be specifically tailored to the needs and interests of the individual students. Readings will be drawn from both primary and secondary sources; students will be expected to master the information provided by the primary sources and write two analytical summaries of recent secondary works. Course was offered Spring 2023 |
| History-Latin American History | |
| HILA 1001T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Artistic, Interpretive, and HILAosophical Inquiry. | |
| HILA 1002T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Cultures and HILAieties of the World. | |
| HILA 1003T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to HILAorical Perspectives. | |
| HILA 1004T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to HILAial and Economic Systems. | |
| HILA 1005T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Chemical, HILAematical, and HILAical Inquiry | |
| HILA 1006T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Living Systems. | |
| HILA 1007T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Science and HILAiety | |
| HILA 1501 | Introductory Seminar in Latin American History (3) |
| Intended for first- or second-year students, this course introduces the study of history. Seminars involve reading, discussing, and writing about different historical topics and periods, and emphasize the enhancement of critical and communication skills. Several seminars are offered each term. Not more than two Introductory Seminars may be counted toward the major history. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| HILA 1559 | New Course in Latin American History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Latin American History. | |
| HILA 2001 | Colonial Latin America, 1500-1824 (3) |
| Introduces major developments and issues in the study of Latin American history from Native American societies on the eve of the Spanish Conquest to the wars of national independence in the early 19th century. | |
| HILA 2002 | Modern Latin America, 1824 to Present (3) |
| Introduces the history of Latin America from national independence in the early 19th century to the present. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| HILA 2110 | Latin American Civilization (3) |
| Latin American Civilization | |
| HILA 2559 | New Course in Latin American History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Latin American History. Course was offered Fall 2017 | |
| HILA 3021 | Human Rights in Latin America (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Covers issues of human rights violations, defense, reparations, and prevention, from independence movements through the Cold War, neoliberalism, extractivism, racism, and transnational migration, trade and crime. |
| HILA 3031 | Mexico From Conquest to Nation (3) |
| Studies Mexican history from 1519 to 1854, emphasizing Spanish/Indian relations, problems of periodization in cultural, economic, and social history, the state and the church in public life, the significance of national independence, and regional variation in all of these subjects. | |
| HILA 3051 | Modern Central America (3) |
| Studies the history of Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and El Salvador from 19th century fragmentation, oligarchic, foreign, and military rule, to the emergence of popular nationalisms. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| HILA 3061 | History of Modern Brazil (3) |
| Explores Brazilian history from Independence to the present day. Through an interdisciplinary and comparative approach, the course examines the legacy of slavery, the importance of popular culture, and debates over national identity in the making of a distinctively ambiguous Brazilian 'modernity,' broadly understood. | |
| HILA 3071 | History of Colonial Brazil (3) |
| This three-hundred level class will provide students from the History department with the intellectual tools to understand the History of early Brazil in a comparative and transnational way. The class places Brazil in the broader context of Atlantic, underlining contacts with Africa and establishing comparisons with other colonial experiences throughout the Atlantic from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| HILA 3111 | Public Life in Modern Latin America (3) |
| Introduces the forces shaping the emerging nations of Latin America since independence, emphasizing the dynamic reproduction of hierarchies that correspond to the patrimonial, aristocratic, and populist legitimization of social, cultural, and political relations in city life. | |
| HILA 3261 | The Great Encounter and Making the Modern World (3) |
| The course explores the Great Encounter between Indigenous people, Europeans, and Africans in America from 1492. Topics include: crises of knowledge and ethics sparked by the radical novelty of the Encounter; Columbian Exchange and the remaking of nature; tensions of difference and identity; silver, slavery, and dispossession in making a global economy; discovery and cultural devastation in modern life. This is history with philosophical intent. Course was offered Fall 2024 | |
| HILA 3501 | Introductory History Workshop (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Required for history majors, to be completed before enrollment in the Major Seminar. Introduces a variety of approaches to the study of history, methods for finding and analyzing primary and secondary sources, and the construction of historical arguments. Workshops are offered on a variety of topics each term. Course was offered Spring 2024 |
| HILA 3559 | New Course in Latin American History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Latin American History. Course was offered Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Summer 2018 | |
| HILA 4501 | Seminar in Latin American History (4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | The major seminar is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the seminar. Seminar work results primarily in the preparation of substantial (ca. 25 pp. in standard format) research paper. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Fall 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| HILA 4511 | Colloquium in Latin American History (4) |
| The major colloquium is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the colloquium. Colloquia are most frequently offered in areas of history where access to source materials or linguistic demands make seminars especially difficult. Students in colloquia prepare about 25 pages of written work distributed among various assignments. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies. Course was offered Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| HILA 4559 | New Course in Latin American History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Latin American History. | |
| HILA 4591 | Topics in Latin American History (3) |
| Topics courses are small, discussion-oriented classes available to any student with sufficient background and interest in a particular field of historical study. Offered irregularly, they are open to majors or non-majors on an equal basis. Course was offered Spring 2010 | |
| HILA 4701 | The Inquisition in Spain and Latin America (3) |
| Explores the history of the ecclesiastical court dedicated to the eradication of heresy in early modern Spain, its impact on culture, religion and social behavior. History majors may submit written work and write exams in English; Spanish majors are expected to write in Spanish. Cross-listed with SPAN 4701. Prerequisite:At lest on 4000 level Spanish course. | |
| HILA 4993 | Independent Study in Latin American History (1 - 3) |
| In exceptional circumstances and with the permission of a faculty member any student may undertake a rigorous program of independent study designed to explore a subject not currently being taught or to expand upon regular offerings. Independent Study projects may not be used to replace regularly scheduled classes. Open to majors or non-majors. Course was offered Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| HILA 5559 | New Course in Latin American History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Latin American History. | |
| HILA 7001 | Colonial Latin America (3) |
| A readings course open to graduate students with a reading knowledge of Spanish. Course was offered Fall 2022 | |
| HILA 7559 | New Course in Latin American History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Latin American History. | |
| HILA 8559 | New Course in Latin American History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Latin American History. | |
| HILA 9000 | Tutorial: History of the United States and Latin America (3) |
| This seminar/tutorial will be an introduction to recent historical literature on the United States and Latin America. The course will consider historical works on the role of the United States in a variety of countries and examine key moments of US imperial expansion and empire building throughout the hemisphere during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Course was offered Spring 2024 | |
| HILA 9020 | Readings in Modern Latin American History (3) |
| This class reviews major trends in the scholarship on modern Latin American history. Students will present assigned books to the class throughout the semester and write a final twenty-page historiographical essay on a topic of their choosing. Course was offered Fall 2023 | |
| History-Middle Eastern History | |
| HIME 1001T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Artistic, Interpretive, and HIMEosophical Inquiry. | |
| HIME 1002T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Cultures and HIMEieties of the World. | |
| HIME 1003T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to HIMEorical Perspectives. | |
| HIME 1004T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to HIMEial and Economic Systems. | |
| HIME 1005T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Chemical, HIMEematical, and HIMEical Inquiry | |
| HIME 1006T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Living Systems. | |
| HIME 1007T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Science and HIMEiety | |
| HIME 1501 | Introductory Seminar in Middle East History (3) |
| Introduces the study of history intended for first- or second-year students. Seminars involve reading, discussing, and writing about different historical topics and periods, and emphasize the enhancement of critical and communication skills. Not more than two Introductory Seminars may be counted toward the major in history. | |
| HIME 1559 | New Course in Middle Eastern History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Middle Eastern History | |
| HIME 2001 | The Making of the Islamic World (4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Explores the history of the Middle East and North Africa from late antiquity to the rise to superpower status of the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century. Topics include the formation of Islam and the first Arab-Islamic conquests; the fragmentation of the empire of the caliphate; the historical development of Islamic social, legal, and political institutions; science and philosophy; and the impact of invaders (Turks, Crusaders, and Mongols). |
| HIME 2002 | The Making of the Modern Middle East (3) |
| What historical processes that have shaped the Middle East of today? This course focuses on the history of a region stretching from Morocco in the West and Afghanistan in the East over the period of roughly 1500 to the present. In doing so, we examine political, social, and cultural history through the lens of "media" in translation, such as manuscripts, memoirs, maps, travel narratives, novels, films, music, internet media, and more. Course was offered Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| HIME 2003 | Markets and the Making of the Muslim World (3) |
| This course is designed to introduce students to the economic history of the Islamic World over the duration of roughly 1300 years of history. We explore ideologies, institutions, and practices of commerce in Muslim society, paying close attention to the actors, artifacts, and encounters, that gave it shape over the course of a millennium, ending with the onset of Industrial Revolution in the late 18th century. | |
| HIME 2010 | Modern History of Palestine/Israel (3) |
| "This course surveys the history of modern Palestine/Israel. Part I focuses on the Ottoman Empire, early Zionist settlement, British rule, and the Holocaust. Part II focuses on the 1948 War, known as the Israeli ""War of Independence"" and the Palestinian ""Nakba"" (Catastrophe). Part III addresses the Palestinian refugee crisis, ongoing wars between Israel and Arab states, Israeli and Palestinian societies today, and Israeli-Arab peace initiatives." Course was offered Fall 2023 | |
| HIME 2012 | Israel/Palestine 1948 (3) |
| This course explores the dramatic Arab-Israeli war of 1948 in Palestine from the UN partition resolution of November 29, 1947 to the cease-fire agreements in early 1949. It covers the political, military progression of the war, within international and decolonization contexts, while paying special attention to the two major outcomes of the war and how they came about: Jewish independence and Palestinian dispossession. Course was offered Fall 2021, Fall 2017, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, January 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011 | |
| HIME 2559 | New Course in Middle Eastern History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Middle Eastern History. | |
| HIME 3191 | Christianity and Islam (3) |
| Studies Christianity in the Middle East in the centuries after the rise of Islam. | |
| HIME 3192 | From Nomads to Sultans: the Ottoman Empire, 1300-1700 (3) |
| A survey of the history of the Ottoman Empire from its obscure origins around 1300 to 1700, this course explores the political, military, social, and cultural history of this massive, multi-confessional, multi-ethnic, inter-continental empire which, at its height, encompassed Central and Southeastern Europe, the Caucasus, the Middle East, and North Africa. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013 | |
| HIME 3195 | Arabian Seas: Islam, Trade and Empire in the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean (3) |
| Rather than a traditional "area studies" approach to Middle Eastern history, we will explore the region's history from its maritime frontiers: the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean. We explore how nobles, merchants, slaves, sailors, and statesmen all forged the contours of a shared world, linking the economic and political histories of Arabia, Africa, South and Southeast Asia. Course was offered Spring 2018 | |
| HIME 3221 | Zionism and the Creation of the State of Israel (3) |
| This course seeks to comprehend Israel's origins and development from the rise of Zionism to creation of the State of Israel in 1948. Major topics of discussion include the Jewish national movement; the development of Jewish settlement in Ottoman and British Palestine (the Yishuv); the origins of the Arab-Jewish conflict; the emergence of a local Hebrew culture; the struggle for statehood; and the war of 1948. | |
| HIME 3501 | Introductory History Workshop (3) |
| Required for history majors, to be completed before enrollment in the Major Seminar. Introduces a variety of approaches to the study of history, methods for finding and analyzing primary and secondary sources, and the construction of historical arguments. Workshops are offered on a variety of topics each term. | |
| HIME 3559 | New Course in Middle Eastern History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Middle Eastern History. | |
| HIME 3571 | Arab History at the Movies (3) |
| This interdisciplinary course uses cinema as a vehicle to introduce students without a knowledge of Arabic to the perspectives of Arab peoples on their own history. Includes popular movies on the rise of Islam, Crusades, World War I, colonialism, modern city life, women's liberation,war, terrorism. Students read relevant history and learn critical theory on collective memory, propaganda, modernity, revolution, and gender. | |
| HIME 4501 | Seminar in Middle East and North Africa History (4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | The major seminar is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the seminar. The work of the seminar results primarily in the preparation of a substantial (ca. 25 pages in standard format) research paper. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies. |
| HIME 4511 | Colloquium in Middle East History (4) |
| The major colloquium is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topics of the colloquium. Colloquia are most frequently offered in areas of history where access to source materials or linguistic demands make seminars especially difficult. Students in colloquia prepare about 25 pages of written work distributed among various assignments. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies. Course was offered Spring 2020, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| HIME 4559 | New Course in Middle Eastern History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Middle Eastern History. | |
| HIME 4993 | Independent Study in Middle Eastern History (1 - 3) |
| In exceptional circumstances and with the permission of a faculty member any student may undertake a rigorous program of independent study designed to explore a subject not currently being taught or to expand upon regular offerings. Independent Study projects may not be used to replace regularly scheduled classes. Open to majors or non-majors. Course was offered Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| HIME 5052 | World War I in the Middle East (3) |
| World War I set the stage for many conflicts in the 20th-century Middle East. This course examines the last attempt to build a pluralistic, constitutional realm under the Ottoman empire; how that world crumbled in the Balkan wars and Great War; the Young Turks' relations with Germany; Lawrence of Arabia and the Arab Revolt; the Armenian genocide; women and peasants' suffering; the Balfour Declaration and start of the Palestine conflict. | |
| HIME 5053 | Slavery in the Middle East and Ottoman Empire (3) |
| This course explores the practice of slavery in its various forms in the Middle East and North Africa from pre-Islamic times through the abolition of the slave trade in the nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire. Topics include: sources of slaves and the slave trade; manumission; the social and legal position of slaves in Islamic societies; the slave-soldier phenomenon; captivity and ransom; gender and race; and the movement towards abolition. Prerequisite: Graduate students and advanced undergraduates with previous study of the Middle East. Course was offered Spring 2017 | |
| HIME 5559 | New Course in Middle Eastern History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Middle Eastern History. Course was offered Spring 2015 | |
| HIME 7011 | History and Historiography of the Middle East, ca. 570-1500 (3) |
| Introduces the history and historiography of the medieval Middle East and North Africa (areas from Morocco to Iran) from the period immediately preceding the rise of Islam until the Mongol invasions of the 13th century. Primarily a readings-and-discussion colloquium devoted to political, social, economic, and cultural evolution of the regions and peoples situated in arid and semi-arid zones stretching from Gibraltar to the Oxus River. After surveying the general contours of the field, and isolating the principal scholarly approaches to it, the course proceeds chronologically, starting with the Byzantine and Sassanian Empires in the 6th century and concluding with assessment of the Turkic-Mongolian impact upon the historical configuration of the regions. Prerequisite: HIME 2001. | |
| HIME 7021 | History and Historiography of the Middle East, ca. 1500-Present (3) |
| Introduces the history and historiography of the early modern and modern Middle East and North Africa from the period of the Ottoman and Safavid Empires until the emergence of a system of nation-states in the 20th century. Primarily a readings-and-discussion colloquium devoted to the political, social, economic, and cultural history of the region. Prerequisite: HIME 2001, 2002, or HIME 7011. | |
| HIME 7031 | Colonialism and Nation-Building in the Arab World (3) |
| Debate on the effects of European colonial rule has been revived in the decade since the United States occupied Iraq. We W engage the debate by studying the effect of foreign rule on one region, the Arab world: French and British colonization of Algeria and Egypt in the long 19th-century; the League of Nations' mandates in Syria and Iraq after World War I; and finally Americans' effort to rebuild the Iraqi state since 2003.
Prerequisite: One prior course on colonialism or on Arab history Course was offered Spring 2013 | |
| HIME 7559 | New Course in Middle Eastern History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Middle Eastern History. Course was offered Spring 2012 | |
| HIME 9021 | Oil and Capital in the Middle East (3) |
| This tutorial explores the remaking of politics, economy, and ecology in the Middle East from the late 19th century onward. While international relations and corporations play a role in the scholarship of the 20th century Middle East, we seek to understand local dimensions of oil and capital as well, focusing less on the geopolitical context and more on the socioeconomic impacts of changing economic and energy regimes. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2021 | |
| HIME 9023 | Tutorial in the History of the Medieval Middle East and North Africa (3) |
| This tutorial surveys the historiography of the medieval Middle East and North Africa (broadly construed), from pre-Islamic Arabia through the Ottoman conquest of the Mamluk Sultanate, which reunified the eastern half of the Mediterranean for the first time in a millennium. Readings introduce the major dynasties between Iberia and Central Asia, from the Umayyads to the Ottomans, and the seminal texts that have shaped the field. | |
| HIME 9024 | Tutorial in Ottoman Society (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This tutorial explores diverse themes in the social and cultural environmental history of the Ottoman Empire, placing special emphasis on the transformation of Ottoman society from the 18th century onward. |
| HIME 9027 | Tutorial in Ottoman History to c 1820 (3) |
| This tutorial surveys the history and historiography of the Ottoman Empire from its obscure origins through the 18th century. Initial readings introduce major historiographical debates and political, military, and institutional history of the Empire, before moving into the historiography of the 16-18th centuries and current trends in multiple sub-fields. Specific works read and discussed will be shaped in part by interests of students enrolled. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023 | |
| HIME 9993 | Independent Study (1 - 4) |
| Students taking this course will explore areas and issues of special interest that are not otherwise covered in the graduate curriculum. This course is offered at the discretion of the supervising professor. Course was offered Spring 2024 | |
| History-South Asian History | |
| HISA 1001T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Artistic, Interpretive, and HISAosophical Inquiry. | |
| HISA 1002T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Cultures and HISAieties of the World. | |
| HISA 1003T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to HISAorical Perspectives. | |
| HISA 1004T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to HISAial and Economic Systems. | |
| HISA 1005T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Chemical, HISAematical, and HISAical Inquiry | |
| HISA 1006T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Living Systems. | |
| HISA 1007T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Science and HISAiety | |
| HISA 1501 | Introductory Seminar in South Asia (3) |
| Introduction to the study of history intended for first- or second-year students. Seminars involve reading, discussion, and writing about different historical topics and periods, and emphasize the enhancement of critical and communication skills. Several seminars are offered each term. Not more than two Introductory Seminars may be counted toward the major in history. Course was offered Fall 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| HISA 1559 | New Course in South Asian History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of South Asian History | |
| HISA 2001 | History and Civilization of Classical India (3) |
| Studies the major elements of South Asian civilization, from the Stone Age to 1200, including the Indus Valley, Vedic literatures, Buddhism, Jainism, Epic traditions, the caste system, Mauryan and Guptan Empires, and devotional Hinduism. | |
| HISA 2002 | History and Civilization of Medieval India (3) |
| Studies the social, political, economic and cultural history of South Asia from 1200 to 1800, from the Turkic invasions through the major Islamic dynasties, especially the Mughal Empire, to the establishment of English hegemony in the maritime provinces. | |
| HISA 2003 | History of Modern India (3) |
| Surveys 200 years of Indian history from the mid-18th century to the present, focusing on the imperial/colonial encounter with the British Raj before Independence, and the social and political permutations of freedom in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka since. | |
| HISA 2559 | New Course in South Asian History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of South Asian history. Course was offered Spring 2021 | |
| HISA 3002 | India From Akbar to Victoria (3) |
| Studies the society and politics in the Mughal Empire, the Empire's decline and the rise of successor states, the English as a regional power and their expansion, and social, economic and political change under British paramountcy, including the 1857 Revolt. Course was offered Summer 2024, Fall 2021 | |
| HISA 3003 | Twentieth-Century South Asia (3) |
| Surveys 100 years of Indian history, defining the qualities of the world's first major anti-colonial movement of nationalism and the changes and cultural continuities of India's democratic policy in the decades since 1947. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| HISA 3004 | India's Partition: Literature, Culture, Politics (3) |
| India's Partition and its far-reaching consequences may be productively studied from several different perspectives. This course juxtaposes select novels, films, contemporary writings, and some secondary sources to reflect on a few of the big questions thrown up by this event. These include the place of minorities in the subcontinent and the changing nature of center-state relations in the subcontinent after 1947. | |
| HISA 3111 | Social and Political Movements in Twentieth-Century India (3) |
| Considers the relationships between land, people, and politics in modern South Asia. | |
| HISA 3121 | History of Women in South Asia (3) |
| Surveys the evolving definitions and roles of women in the major social and cultural traditions of South Asia, i.e., India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Course was offered Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Summer 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| HISA 3501 | Introductory History Workshop (3) |
| Required for history majors, to be completed before enrollment in the Major Seminar. Introduces a variety of approaches to the study of history, methods for finding and analyzing primary and secondary sources, and the construction of historical arguments. Workshops are offered on a variety of topics each term. Course was offered Spring 2024 | |
| HISA 3559 | New Course in South Asian History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of South Asian history. Course was offered Fall 2024 | |
| HISA 4501 | Seminar in South Asia (4) |
| The major seminar is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the seminar. The work of the seminar results primarily in the preparation of a substantial (ca. 25 pages in standard format) research paper. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies. Course was offered Fall 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| HISA 4511 | Colloquium in South Asia (4) |
| The major colloquium is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the colloquium. Colloquia are most frequently offered in areas of history where access to source materials or linguistic demands make seminars especially difficult. Students in colloquia prepare about 25 pages of written work distributed among various assignments. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies. Course was offered Spring 2021 | |
| HISA 4559 | New Course in South Asian History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of South Asian history. | |
| HISA 4591 | Topics in South Asian History (3) |
| Topics courses are small, discussion-oriented classes available to any student with sufficient background and interest in a particular field of historical study. Offered irregularly, they are open to majors or non-majors on an equal basis. | |
| HISA 4993 | Independent Study in South Asia (1 - 3) |
| In exceptional circumstances and with the permission of a faculty member any student may undertake a rigorous program of independent study designed to explore a subject not currently being taught or to expand upon regular offerings. Independent Study projects may not be used to replace regularly scheduled classes. Enrollment is open to majors or non-majors. Course was offered Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| HISA 5021 | Historiography of Early Modern South Asia (3) |
| Analyzes historical sources and historians of political systems in Muslim India until the rise of British power. Course was offered Fall 2014, Spring 2012 | |
| HISA 5101 | Economic History of India (3) |
| Studies regional economic systems prior to European penetration; the establishment and growth of European trading companies in the 17th and 18th centuries; commercialization of agriculture; the emergence of a unified Indian economy in the 19th century; and industrialization and economic development in the 20th. | |
| HISA 5559 | New Course in South Asian History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of South Asian history. Course was offered Fall 2014 | |
| HISA 7111 | Peasant Movements in Modern India (3) |
| Considers agrarian relationships and the economic conflict in those relations that give rise to peasant movements in the 19th and 20th centuries. Discussions are based on texts concerned with peasant societies. | |
| HISA 7559 | New Course in South Asian Studies (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of South Asian history. Course was offered Fall 2018 | |
| HISA 8061 | Social History of Modern India (3) |
| Research and writing utilizing gazetteers, settlement reports, censuses, and other sources. Course was offered Spring 2023 | |
| HISA 8111 | Peasant Movements in Modern Indian History (3) |
| A workshop seminar on peasant movements in modern India, Bengla Desh, and Pakistan utilizing original documents. | |
| HISA 8559 | New Course in South Asian History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of South Asian history. | |
| HISA 9021 | Readings on Twentieth-century South Asia (3) |
| This tutorial is designed to help graduate students take qualifying exams on the field of twentieth-century South Asian history. Some themes we study include changes in the domains of religion and law in late colonial India, on the events and consequences of the partition of India, and on the possibilities of a comparative history of post-colonial South Asia. | |
| HISA 9022 | Tutorial in Modern South Asian History (3) |
| In this tutorial we will read and discuss a wide range of texts about South Asia's rich and contentious past. Major topics include change and continuity under colonial rule; law and colonialism; debates over nationalism and the Partition of the subcontinent; and developments in post-colonial South Asia. | |
| HISA 9028 | Tutorial: Crime, Punishment and Gender (3) |
| This tutorial comprises a list of guided readings for graduate students of the History department who are working in histories of convict labor and their uses in domestic and global contexts. It works at the intersections of gender, legal and imperial labor histories. Course was offered Spring 2024 | |
| History-General History | |
| HIST 150 | Special Topics in History (0) |
| Special Topics in History. | |
| HIST 1001T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Artistic, Interpretive, and Philosophical Inquiry. | |
| HIST 1002T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Cultures and Societies of the World. | |
| HIST 1003T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Historical Perspectives. | |
| HIST 1004T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Social and Economic Systems. | |
| HIST 1005T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Chemical, Mathematical, and Physical Inquiry | |
| HIST 1006T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Living Systems. | |
| HIST 1007T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Science and Society | |
| HIST 1501 | Introductory Seminar in History (3) |
| Introduction to the study of history intended for first- and second-year students. Seminars involve reading, discussion, and writing about different historical topics and periods, and emphasize the enhancement of critical and communication skills. Several seminars are offered each term. Not more than two Introductory Seminars may be counted toward the major in history. Course was offered Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| HIST 1559 | New Course in General History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of general history. | |
| HIST 2001 | Global History (3) |
| An introduction to Global History since 1492. | |
| HIST 2002 | The Modern World: Global History since 1760 (3) |
| This is a survey course in modern world history. It covers a period in which the main historical questions about what happened, and why, more and more involve global circumstances, global beliefs about those conditions, and global structures to solve problems. This course can therefore be an essential foundation for other courses dwelling on particular regions or nations. Course was offered Fall 2022, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012 | |
| HIST 2011 | History of Human Rights (3) |
| This course surveys the modern history of human rights, focusing on political, legal, and intellectual trends from the late 18th century to the present. | |
| HIST 2012 | History of Communism (3) |
| A comparative, global history of communism: from the rise of Marxism in the nineteenth century, to the establishment of Marxist-Leninist regimes across the globe in the twentieth century, to the collapse of communism in the 1980s. | |
| HIST 2013 | Why Did They Kill? Interpreting Genocide and Its Perpetrators (3) |
| Grounded in discussion and analysis of primary sources from twentieth-century genocides, key works of scholarship, and documentary films, this course endeavors to understand the complex but tragically recurring process whereby regimes from across the political spectrum implement policies of one-sided mass killing and transform ordinary people into genocidal killers. | |
| HIST 2014 | Fascism: A Global History (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This class studies fascism as an ideology, movement, and regime in a global framework. Thematic perspectives include: the origins and theories of fascism, key terms in the fascist lexicon, motives that brought people to fascism, fascism as an aesthetics and lived experience, and the role of women in fascism. We will also study the historical articulations of antifascism, i.e. groups and individuals who have fought against fascism over the years. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2022 |
| HIST 2060 | History of Christianity II (3) |
| Survey of Christianity in the Medieval, Reformation, and Modern Periods. | |
| HIST 2150 | Global Environmental History (3) |
| This course examines global ecological connections throughout time and offers a narrative of environmental history that is more inclusive of regions outside of Europe and North America such as Asia, Africa, and Latin America. It explores the relationship between humans and their environments over the course of history and places special emphasis on the past century of ecological change and what has recently been called the Anthropocene. Course was offered Fall 2017 | |
| HIST 2152 | Climate History (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Climate change is widely regarded as the most important environmental question of the present. This course equips students to engage with the study of climate change from multiple perspectives. Part 1 surveys how understandings of the climate developed and transformed. Part 2 explores how historical climatology lends new insights to familiar historical questions. Part 3 explores the history of environment and climate as political issues. |
| HIST 2201 | Technology in World History (3) |
| Surveys how cultures have developed technology from the earliest times to the end of the twentieth century. Includes both western and non-western cultures and explores how different cultures have used technology to produce economic abundance, social order, and cultural meaning. No technical or scientific expertise required. Course was offered Fall 2012 | |
| HIST 2210 | Epidemics, Pandemics, and History (3) |
| Covers epidemic diseases such as plague, cholera, smallpox, tuberculosis, malaria, and AIDS in world history since 1500. | |
| HIST 2212 | Maps in World History (3) |
| This course offers an interdisciplinary introduction to the history of cartography that ranges across the globe from oldest surviving images of pre-history to GIS systems of the present day. It approaches map history from a number of disciplinary perspectives, including the history of science, the history of cartography, critical theory and literary studies, anthropology, historical geography, and spatial cognition and wayfinding. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017 | |
| HIST 2213 | The Rule of Law (3) |
| "This course explores the workings of law and sovereignty in a changing world-historical landscape, mixing conceptual readings with concrete case studies across space and time. By exploring the discourses and practices of sovereignty-making across world history, we develop a more grounded approach to the issue and its contours in global politics today, from disputes over the high seas to discourses on ""failed states"" and interventions." Course was offered Fall 2022, Spring 2021 | |
| HIST 2214 | The Cold War (3) |
| An exploration of the geopolitical and ideological conflict that dominated world affairs from 1945 to 1990. Assignments include the readings of historical work, as well as primary sources, some of which are recetly declassified material from the major states involved in the Cold War. | |
| HIST 2301 | Democracy in Danger (3) |
| Democracy is in trouble today. Why? This course explores the growing threats to democracy in the United States and globally. Topics include: the impact of xenophobia, racism and radical nationalism on democracy; the rise of far-right media; the appeal of ethno-nationalism; the growth of White Power militias; legal barriers against voting, immigration and citizenship; as well as the impact of social media and cyber-based disinformation. Course was offered Spring 2023 | |
| HIST 2559 | New Course in General History (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of general history. Course was offered Spring 2021, January 2021, January 2020, January 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Fall 2010 |
| HIST 3041 | The British Empire in the 18th Century (3) |
| Surveys the history of the First British Empire to 1815, with concentration on the 18th century and on the loss of the American Colonies as a breaking point. Explores problems inherent in the imperial relationship between Mother Country and colonies and is an introduction to studies in colonialism and imperialism as they relate to the histories of England, early America, the West Indies, and South Asia and Africa. | |
| HIST 3050 | Modern Imperialism: The British and American Experience (3) |
| This course examines the patterns of development of Great Britain and the United States as international powers. It illustrates their differences and similarities, what they have to tell us about the role of dependency on great power status, and the effects these had on their politics, economics and societies, as well as the countries with which they became involved. | |
| HIST 3111 | Technology and Cross-Cultural Exchanges in Global History (3) |
| An interdisciplinary, historical exploration of the globalization of sociotechnical systems over the past 500 years. How have various cultures responded to imported technologies and the organizations and values that accompany them? What can this teach us about our own "technological ideology" today? Course was offered Fall 2011 | |
| HIST 3112 | Ecology and Globalization in the Age of European Expansion (3) |
| Grounded in the field of environmental history, this course examines the ways in which environmental changes and perceptions of nature have interacted with socio-economic structures and processes associated with the expansion of Europe since the 15th century. Course was offered Spring 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| HIST 3152 | The Cold War, 1945-1990 (3) |
| This class investigates the global rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union during the second half of the twentieth century. The class will explore major global events such as the division of Europe, the Korean and Vietnam Wars, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the spread of the cold war into the developing world, the revolutions of 1989, and the collapse of the Soviet Union. | |
| HIST 3162 | War and Society in the Twentieth Century (3) |
| This class will explore the impact of war upon society during the twentieth century, including World Wars I and II; conflicts in Korea and Vietnam; wars of national liberation and decolonization; and small-scale 'counter-insurgency' conflicts. Topics covered include: popular mobilization for war;civil liberties in wartime; civilian casualties; the ethics of violence; genocide; technology; and cultural production in wartime societies. | |
| HIST 3201 | History, Museums, and Interpretation (3) |
| Overview of the issues and challenges involved in historical interpretation at public history sites, primarily in the United States. Includes a review of general literature on public history, exploration of diverse sources frequently used, and analysis of some recent public history controversies. | |
| HIST 3281 | Genocide: A Global History (3) |
| History of genocide and other forms of one-sided, state-sponsored mass killing in the twentieth century. Case studies include the Armenian genocide, the Holocaust, the Rwandan genocide, and the mass killings that have taken place under Communist regimes (e.g., Stalin's USSR, Mao's China, Pol Pot's Cambodia). Course was offered Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| HIST 3300 | Curating the Past: A History of Museums (3) |
| This course explores the history of museums as well as themes and challenges in a variety of forms of public history. It relies heavily on classroom discussion, field trips, archival research, and hands-on exhibit design. Students learn about the origins of the modern museum as well as the important areas of debate within the museum community on presenting various topics. As a capstone project, they design their own exhibit. Course was offered Spring 2019 | |
| HIST 3352 | The First World War (3) |
| At the Great War's centennial, we take stock of how it shaped life in the 20th century for peoples around the globe. Movies, memoirs, government reports and other texts throw light on causes of the war, the human carnage of 1914-18, Woodrow Wilson's effort to end war forever with a League of Nations, the demise of liberalism and the rise of fascism and communism in postwar Europe, and the launch of anti-colonial movements in Asia and Africa. | |
| HIST 3452 | The Second World War (3) |
| This course provides a survey of the greatest, most destructive war in human history. Perhaps 50 million people were killed in the Second World War, and the conflict reached every corner of the globe. Its political, social, and human consequences were vast and shape the world we live in today. Course was offered Spring 2022, Fall 2020, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2012 | |
| HIST 3501 | Introductory History Workshop (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Required for history majors, to be completed before enrollment in the Major Seminar. Introduces a variety of approaches to the study of history, methods for finding and analyzing primary and secondary sources, and the construction of historical arguments. Workshops are offered on a variety of topics each term. Course was offered Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022 |
| HIST 3559 | New Course in General History (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of general history. Course was offered Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Summer 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2016, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Summer 2013, January 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2011, Fall 2010 |
| HIST 3611 | Espionage and Intelligence in the 20th Century (3) |
| The course examines the role of intelligence and espionage in the 20th century. It compares and contrasts the U.S. effort with British and Soviet operations. It looks at the impact of technology on intelligence activities and its influence on policy decisions. | |
| HIST 3775 | Americans in the Middle East (3) |
| This course offers a history of Americans' involvement in the Middle East and responses to them. Using new approaches to international history, we study 19th-century pilgrimages to the Holy Land, Wilsonian diplomacy, oil businesses, philanthropists, Zionists, spies in the Cold War, and finally the soldiers who fought the Iraq war. Students write a final paper based on research at the Library of Congress or National Archives. | |
| HIST 3854 | Reasoning from History (3) |
| This course reviews some common traps in historical reasoning and suggests ways of avoiding them. Course was offered Fall 2016 | |
| HIST 3861 | Soccer Politics (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Explores the history of soccer to understand how and why it has become the most popular sport on the planet. We focus on the culture, economics and politics of the sport. Examples are drawn from Europe, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East, and include a focus on women's soccer. Class materials include scholarly works, essays, fiction, and film; students work on digital projects related to upcoming international tournaments. Course was offered Spring 2024 |
| HIST 4400 | Topics in Economic History (3) |
| Comparative study of the historical development of selected advanced economies (e.g., the United States, England, Japan, continental Europe). The nations covered vary with instructor. Cross-listed with ECON 4400. | |
| HIST 4501 | Major Seminar (4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | The major seminar is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the seminar. The work of the seminar results primarily in the preparation of a substantial (ca. 25 pages in standard format) research paper. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| HIST 4511 | Major Colloquium (4) |
| The major colloquium is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the colloquium. Colloquia are most frequently offered in areas of history where access to source materials or linguistic demands make seminars especially difficult. Students in colloquial prepare about 25 pages of written work distributed among various assignments. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2012 | |
| HIST 4559 | New Course in General History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of general history. Course was offered January 2018, Spring 2012 | |
| HIST 4591 | Topics in History (3 - 4) |
| Topics courses are small, discussion-oriented classes available to any student with sufficient background and interest in a particular field of historical study. Offered irregularly, they are open to majors or non-majors on an equal basis. Course was offered January 2018, January 2017, January 2016, Fall 2015, January 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, January 2013, January 2012, Fall 2011, January 2010 | |
| HIST 4592 | Topics in History (4) |
| Topics courses are small, discussion-oriented classes available to any student with sufficient background and interest in a particular field of historical study. Offered irregularly, they are open to majors or non-majors on an equal basis. | |
| HIST 4890 | Distinguished Majors Program-Special Colloquium (4) |
| Studies historical approaches, techniques, and methodologies introduced through written exercises and intensive class discussion. Normally taken during the third year. Prerequisite: Open only to students admitted to the Distinguished Majors Program. | |
| HIST 4990 | Distinguished Majors Program-Special Seminar (3) |
| Analyzes problems in historical research. Preparation and discussion of fourth-year honors theses. Normally taken during the fourth year. Intended for students who will be in residence during their entire fourth year. Prerequisite: Open only to students admitted to the Distinguished Majors Program. | |
| HIST 4991 | Distinguished Majors Program-Special Seminar (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Analyzes problems in historical research. Preparation and discussion of fourth-year honors theses. Intended for Distinguished Majors who will have studied abroad in the fall of their fourth year. Prerequisite: Open only to students admitted to the Distinguished Majors Program. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| HIST 4993 | Independent Study (1 - 3) |
| In exceptional circumstances and with the permission of a faculty member any student may undertake a rigorous program of independent study designed to explore a subject not currently being taught or to expand upon regular offerings. Independent study projects may not be used to replace regularly scheduled classes. Enrollment is open to majors or non-majors. Course was offered Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| HIST 5000 | Introduction to Scholarly Digital Editing (3) |
| This course will explore all aspects of conceptualizing, planning for, and creating a scholarly digital edition. It provides a basic introduction to the various types of digital editions, the practice of editing in the digital age, and a survey of the many digital tools available to serve project goals. Course was offered Spring 2021, Spring 2020 | |
| HIST 5001 | Policy Design and Statecraft (3) |
| The seminar orients students to the professional world of statecraft by working through historical case studies. Breaking down critical episodes step by step, analyzing the perspectives, information, and choices of different participants, students gain more lifelike education and insight. Applying templates for policy design and assessment, they get more experience working on public problems and learning a lot of history along the way. | |
| HIST 5002 | Global History (3) |
| Reading, discussion, and analysis of classic as well as contemporary works of scholarship on global history. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2013 | |
| HIST 5003 | Public History: Museums, Monuments, Media (3) |
| How is history conveyed and consumed outside of the academy? How is the past presented and explained to various audience--at museums and historic sites and through movies, documentary films, radio, social media, and journalism? From historic house museums to African American preservation sites, this course blends theory and practice by providing an informed and engaging overview of the many aspects of public history. Course was offered Spring 2022 | |
| HIST 5004 | Cold War, Human Rights and Environmental History (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | The course explores the intersections of the late cold war and its aftermath, human rights history and environmental history. |
| HIST 5031 | Quantitative Analysis of Historical Data (3) |
| The social scientific approach to historical inquiry, the formulation of theories, and their testing with historical data. Includes extensive directed readings in quantitative history and training in quantitative methods, sampling, the organization of a data-set, and data analysis. Prerequisite: Introductory course in statistics or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2013 | |
| HIST 5062 | Commerce, Culture, and Consumption in World History (3) |
| Explores the circulation of goods throughout the world in the early modern and modern periods, and its cultural implications and consequences. Readings approach trade from a number of standpoints, including commodities, traders, trade routes, media of exchange, and consumers. Most major world areas will be represented, but there will be particular emphasis on Europe and its commercial relations with non-European lands and peoples. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2010 | |
| HIST 5063 | Theory and/of History: Recent Perspectives (3) |
| The course examines theoretical perspectives relevant to the discovery and interpreting of historical phenomena. Topics include memory; identity; trauma; narrative; practices of inference; nation-state and trans-nationality; space; and the role of normative assumptions. Likely authors include B. Anderson, Bourdieu, Brubaker, Confino, Flyvbjerg, Geertz, Ginzburg, Kuhn, LaCapra, Megill, Moyn, J. C. Scott, J. W. Scott, Sewell, Weber, White.
Prerequisites: Minimum admission standard: 3rd year undergrad. Undergrads must request permission and see the instructor before the class starts. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| HIST 5077 | Pius XII, Hitler, the US and World War II (3) |
| For the past forty years the role of Pius XII and the Vatican during World War II has been controversial. This seminar will look at that controversy and place it in the context of newly available archival material. The studnets will read severalbooks on both sides of the question and then present their own research papers, the topics of which will be chosen in consultation with the professor. | |
| HIST 5092 | Multiculturalism in the Ottoman Empire (3) |
| Study of how a large empire governed a diverse population, between 1453 and 1918, from the perspective of concerns about recent nationalist, racial and ethnic conflicts in modern nation states. Course 1st examines how the Ottomans managed relations between ethnic and religious groups to 1750, then the reasons for increased communial conflicts after 1750, and their efforts to re-engineer relations among groups along liberal, constitutional lines. | |
| HIST 5111 | Slavery in World History (3) |
| Historical study of 'slavery' from very early times through the nineteenth century, on a global scale (including ancient Mediterranean, Islamic world, Africa, Europe, and the Americas). Course was offered Spring 2014 | |
| HIST 5130 | Global Legal History (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Examines European legal regimes as they moved around the globe and considers those regimes' interactions with one another and with non-European legal cultures from 1500 to the twentieth century. Themes include: empire formation and legal pluralism; conflicting ideas of property; interaction of settler and indigenous peoples; forced labor and migration; the law of nations; and piracy and the law of the sea. |
| HIST 5201 | Memory and History in the Caribbean (3) |
| This transdisciplinary course explores the layered histories of the Caribbean region and the ways in which that history is remembered in literature and visual art, religious practices, music and performance, and through monuments and museums. As we collectively explore Caribbean history from a variety of forms and different angles, students will also develop a final project, which can take a variety of different forms. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2023 | |
| HIST 5350 | Transnational Radicalism: Wobblies to Pussy Riot (3) |
| This course will focus on the global and transnational dimensions of a broad range of radical movements including late nineteenth century movements that sought alternatives to capitalism, racism, and sexism; mid-twentieth century anti-colonial, civil rights, peace and anti-war movements; and late twentieth-century and twenty-first century movements centered on environmental justice, human rights, and economic, racial and gender equality. | |
| HIST 5351 | The International Economy Since 1850 (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This seminar will focus on key aspects of the development of the international economy since the mid-nineteenth century. Emphasis will be on the process of change, the impact of policy, and the operation of international institutions. Special focus will be paid to the economics of the Great Depression, the impact of the First and Second World Wars, and the drivers of growth. Course was offered Spring 2022 |
| HIST 5501 | Digital Map History (3) |
| This workshop introduces advanced humanities students to map history research and geospatial visualization. It features work with maps in Special Collections as well as the production of digital scholarship using ArcGIS software. No experience is expected or required. This course counts as an elective for the DH Graduate Certificate program. Prerequisite: Graduate student or College 3rd or 4th year. | |
| HIST 5559 | New Course in General History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of general history. Course was offered Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| HIST 5621 | Genocide (3) |
| Readings and discussion of the history of genocide and other forms of one-sided, state-sponsored mass killing in the twentieth century. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2012, Fall 2011 | |
| HIST 5706 | Race & Slavery at UVA's North Grounds (3) |
| This hands-on research seminar will explore the historical intersections of slavery, race, and law on UVA's North Grounds. Class readings, discussions, and field trips will investigate the history of this landscape within a broader historical context of enslavement in Virginia and at the University, land use in Virginia, and the Jim Crow South. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024 | |
| HIST 5920 | History of Documentary Photography (3) |
| Examines the history of documentary photography, the work of some of the most significant documentary photographers of the past and the present, and the ethical and theoretical issues which surround documentary practice. | |
| HIST 6559 | New Course in General History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of general history. | |
| HIST 7001 | Approaches to Historical Study (3) |
| This course is designed to introduce students to a wide range of historical approaches. | |
| HIST 7002 | Graduate Colloquium on World History (3) |
| Introduces graduate students in History to the growing literature on world history, with emphasis on the epistemology of history, both the usual regional fields and history on broader scales. Supports the qualifying examination fields for the PhD. May be taken, with instructor approval, at any point in the graduate program. Course was offered Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| HIST 7004 | US in the World 1980s-present: Cold War, Human Rights, and Envir. History (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | The course explores the intersections of the late cold war and its aftermath, human rights history and environmental history. |
| HIST 7011 | Atlantic World (3) |
| Introduces graduate students in all fields of history to their overlapping and complementing aspects in an Atlantic context from the fifteenth through the eighteenth centuries. It distinguishes a historical epistemology significantly distinct from, but also integral to, any of its component fields. Thus it supports regional graduate history fields and dissertation research. It also orients students toward development of qualifications to meet the "world history" component of many current teaching positions. Graduate students in other departments may find the colloquium a useful enhancement to their primary academic agendas, as well as for reflection on the relationships of thinking historically to their own academic disciplines. ABDs are welcome to participate in the colloquium as a dissertation-writing workshop. | |
| HIST 7020 | Twentieth Century World (3) |
| This graduate seminar for PhD students explores the recent scholarship in international and transnational history of the twentieth century. It exposes students to work on imperialism, ideologies of global war and peacemaking, radical political ideologies of the right and the left, global economic upheaval, genocide, refugee and humanitarian movements, decolonization, modernization, the United Nations, and the post-Cold War world. | |
| HIST 7021 | History and Historiography of Empire (3) |
| This colloquium will consider how to think historically about empire in comparative and transnational context. We will depart from the nation-state as the fundamental unit of inquiry, looking instead to: flows of goods, people, biota and ideas across borders; the formation of networks of trade, identity and influence; the formation of communites in the interstices of global geography; empire as a pivot of international power. | |
| HIST 7051 | Economic History (3) |
| Extensive directed readings on selected topics, covering both substantive historical literature and relevant theoretical works. Students must write a minimum of two papers during the term. | |
| HIST 7061 | Comparative Readings in British America and Latin America Before 1800 (3) |
| Graduate colloquium devoted to comparative readings in colonial Latin America and colonial British America, co-taught by specialists in each of the respective fields. Identifies broad areas of similarity and contrast in the settlement and development of the two colonial societies. | |
| HIST 7071 | Methods in Social History (3) |
| A colloquium open to students in all fields and periods. Examines new approaches, methods, and subject matter in the broad area of social history. | |
| HIST 7161 | Forced Migration, Genocide, and Human Rights: A Transnational History (3) |
| This course explores in a comparative, transnational approach the modern global history of forced migration, genocide, and human rights with special emphasis on problems of history, memory, and the links between the local, national, and global. Course was offered Fall 2011 | |
| HIST 7162 | Cultures of War: Readings in War and Society (3) |
| Reading and discussion of new trends in the field of War and Society. Course was offered Fall 2013, Spring 2012 | |
| HIST 7191 | History of Technology: Theory and Methods (3) |
| Examines the role of technology in both American history and world history. Readings introduce major issues and methodology. No technical or scientific expertise required. | |
| HIST 7231 | Topics in Environmental History (3) |
| Introduces students to the literature and methods of environmental history from a global perspective. Prerequisite: graduate standing or permission of the instructor. Course was offered Spring 2012, Spring 2010 | |
| HIST 7331 | History of Gender and Sexuality (3) |
| A survey of recent literature on the history of gender and sexuality from the late eighteenth to the twentieth centuries. The class is both comparative and transnational with readings drawn from literatures on the United States, Europe, Latin America, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. | |
| HIST 7559 | New Course in History (1 - 4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of general history. Course was offered Fall 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2013, Spring 2011, Fall 2010 |
| HIST 8001 | Master's Essay Writing (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Master's Essay Writing offers first-year doctoral students in History and those in the JD/MA program a workshop in which to discuss and develop an article-length work of original scholarship. Prerequisite: First-year history Ph.D. students or JD/MA students Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015 |
| HIST 8011 | Summer Research Seminar (3) |
| A general research seminar for students needing to meet seminar requirements for the M.A. or Ph.D. degrees during the nine-week summer session. Not open to degree candidates enrolled during the regular academic session. Prerequisite: Permission of the director of graduate studies or chair of the department. | |
| HIST 8021 | Research Seminar in History (3) |
| This course offers graduate students an opportunity to research and write an article-length history research essay of publishable quality in any field. Research will be conducted with the guidance of the faculty dissertation adviser. A revised version of the essay can be submitted to fulfill the master's essay requirement for students in History. This course fulfills one of the two required research seminars for History graduate students.
Prerequisite: Graduate students in History or permission of instructor Course was offered Fall 2013 | |
| HIST 8211 | English Legal Thought (3) |
| Studies English legal thought in the nineteenth century, particularly the background, opinions, and conception of law held by Blackstone, Bentham, John Austin, Lord Eldon, Sir Henry Maine, Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, A.V. Dicey, and F.W. Maitland. (See School of Law listing.) | |
| HIST 8212 | English Legal History (3) |
| Research seminar on topics of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century English legal history. Limited (if necessary) to 18, and preference is given (if necessary) to those who have taken English Legal Thought. | |
| HIST 8240 | Law: Comparative Contexts, to 1850 (3) |
| Research course on law in comparative, transnational, and imperial contexts, to 1850. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| HIST 8331 | Research Seminar in the History of Gender and Sexuality (3) |
| This research seminar is intended to provide students interested in the history of gender and sexuality or in women's history an opportunity to develop research directions for their dissertations. The seminar is comparative and will address themes relevant to different fields and time periods. We will spend the first half of the semester discussing shared readings and devote the rest of the semester to meetings to a final research paper. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| HIST 8451 | Twentieth-Century History: Europe and America (3) |
| A research seminar. Course was offered Fall 2011 | |
| HIST 8501 | Forced Migration in the Modern World (3) |
| This course explores the problem of forced migration in the modern world, that is those events designed to create homogeneous nation states by violently removing thousands and at times millions of human beings. It looks at specific historical cases such as the Indian removal, Europe (1943-47), India/Pakistan (1947), and Palestine/Israel (1948), focusing on issue of war, decolonization, experience, human rights, and memory. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| HIST 8559 | New Course in General History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of general history. | |
| HIST 8999 | Research in History (1 - 12) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | For master's essay and other research carried out prior to advancement to candidacy, taken under the supervision of the student's adviser. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| HIST 9011 | The Practice of History (3) |
| A workshop on teaching at the college level. Prerequisites: Third-year history Ph.D. candidates | |
| HIST 9012 | Dissertation Prospectus (3) |
| A workshop and seminar preparing the dissertation prospectus. Prerequisites: Third-year standing in the graduate program, or permission of the Graduate Committee | |
| HIST 9020 | Tutorial in the History of the International Economy since 1850 (3) |
| This tutorial will examine certain key issues and debates in the History of the International Economy since 1850. | |
| HIST 9021 | Tutorial in the History of the Human Sciences (3) |
| This graduate-level tutorial introduces the history of the human sciences in Western Europe and the United States since around 1800. Emphasizing anthropology, sociology, and the mind sciences (psychology, psychoanalysis, and psychiatry), we consider the intellectual as well as the institutional dimensions of how disciplines emerged; how they created new forms of power; how they affected old forms of power; and how they changed everyday life. | |
| HIST 9022 | Tutorial in Global Legal History (3) |
| Considers key ideas and practices in global legal history, ca. 1500-1900. Explores the interaction of European law with non-European cultures as empires expanded; the development of the law of the sea; and early ideas and practices in the law of nations. | |
| HIST 9026 | Tutorial in 20th Century International History (3) |
| Readings in modern international history: topics will include war, peace-making, diplomacy, the role of non-governmental organizations in world politics, refugees, human rights, decolonization, and transnational ideologies. | |
| HIST 9027 | Tutorial in Marx's Capital (3) |
| This tutorial will be a close reading of Capital vol. 1 with excerpts from Smith, Ricardo, and Malthus, as well as secondary sources on the texts. We will finish with historical & contemporary perspectives on Marx and Marxism. By the end students will be prepared to consider the quest of capitalist development outside the West, have a basis for continuing into cultural studies & post-colonial theory & the relationship between theory & history. | |
| HIST 9028 | Readings in Indian Ocean History (3) |
| This course introduces students to the historiography on the Indian Ocean in broad terms, placing it within the context of discussions on world history. While the main goal is to develop a deeper knowledge of Indian Ocean history, the bulk of the course is devoted to thinking about how historians conceptualize connectivity across watery spaces and, more fundamentally, how they deal with issues of scale and time in writing trans-regional history. | |
| HIST 9029 | Tutorial in History and Theory of Nationalism (3) |
| This course examines seminal works in the study of nationalism, focusing on major questions in the field. Topics include the origins of nationalism; its relationship to empire and to violence; the techniques and technologies of nationalist mobilization; and nationalism's role in daily life. We will read both theoretical texts and historical case studies, with a special emphasis on modern Europe. | |
| HIST 9031 | Women's and Gender History in Global Perspective (3) |
Course was offered Fall 2019 | |
| HIST 9032 | Tutorial in Quantitative Methods for Historians (3) |
| This tutorial will introduce students to the main uses of quantitative methods employed by historians, including sampling techniques; parametric and non-parametric methods; regression analysis; and logit, probit, and Tobit models. No prior knowledge of statistics is required. Course was offered Fall 2019 | |
| HIST 9033 | Tutorial in the History and Historiography of the Mediterranean (3) |
| This tutorial surveys the history and historiography of the Mediterranean Sea as a subject of scholarly inquiry from late antiquity to the late nineteenth century. Course was offered Fall 2020 | |
| HIST 9034 | Readings in Global History (3) |
| This course introduces students to the conversation surrounding "Global History." Global history has come to embrace broader questions of scale, connection, movement, and circulation in history. It is a methodological reflection -- a sensibility -- as much as it is a sub-field. We will think about the analytical and narrative choices we make as historians, but also about the ways we incorporate global history into course and curricular design. Course was offered Spring 2021 | |
| HIST 9035 | Neoliberalism in Historical Perspective (3) |
| This graduate tutorial examines the history of neoliberalism through recent US historiography and canonical texts by political and economic theorists. Course was offered Spring 2022 | |
| HIST 9036 | Readings in Microhistory (3) |
| This course helps students develop the tools of historical analysis & uses them to ask broader questions about the nature of research & writing in history. We explore how to reduce the scale of analysis; identifying protagonists & other actors; interpreting clues & historical action; mapping the possibilities & limits of the historical record; & crafting historical narratives that unfold along multiple scales, from the micro to the macro & back. Course was offered Fall 2022 | |
| HIST 9037 | Tutorial in Podcasting History (3) |
| Students will explore approaches to "podcasting history" and learn the basic conceptual considerations of the medium. Work will include reading and presenting the work of conventional textual scholars as well as gaining familiarity with methods of recording and producing audio. Alongside the assigned materials, students will work towards a podcast draft aimed at a public audience based on themes in 19th and 20th century global history. Course was offered Fall 2023 | |
| HIST 9038 | Feminist Approaches to the Past (3) |
| This course is a graduate readings tutorial on feminist theories of gender that inform our analysis of the past. We will draw from a variety of readings and theoretical engagements from different historical time periods and contexts. The main questions driving the course will be the following: what is feminist analysis, and how is this a useful tool for historical work and the ways in which we frame the past? Course was offered Spring 2024 | |
| HIST 9101 | Readings in the Origins of Global Capitalism (3) |
| This tutorial aims to orient students to debates in the history of global capitalism. We will acquaint ourselves with the principal debates and trends in the field, and think through how to design classes under that broad heading. Course was offered Spring 2023 | |
| HIST 9275 | Legal History and the Scholarly Process I (1) |
| This course is designed to introduce students to a variety of new work in legal history. Students are required to attend the legal history workshop and the legal history writing group and to write a number of short reaction papers in response to the work presented by legal historians over the course of the year. There is no final exam. Through the class, students will engage with a variety of legal history scholars. | |
| HIST 9276 | Legal History and the Scholarly Process II (2) |
| This course is designed to introduce students to a variety of new work in legal history. Students are required to attend the legal history workshop and the legal history writing group and to write a number of short reaction papers in response to the work presented by legal historians over the course of the year. There is no final exam. Through the class, students will engage with a variety of legal history scholars. Course was offered Spring 2018, Spring 2017 | |
| HIST 9559 | New Course in General History (1 - 4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of general history. |
| HIST 9960 | Readings in History (3) |
| This course is a graduate-level adaptation of an undergraduate course in history. The graduate-level adaption requires additional research, readings, or other academic work established by the instructor beyond the undergraduate syllabus. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| HIST 9961 | Supervised Reading (1 - 3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Graduate study of the historiography of a particular topic or historical period, equivalent to a graduate-level colloquium course. Prerequisites: Approval of director of graduate studies or department chair. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| HIST 9962 | General Exam Preparation (1 - 3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | In this course, students will prepare for the general examination under the guidance of a faculty examiner. During the course, the student will identify relevant readings; complete and review those readings; and explore the larger questions raised by those readings and their fields more generally. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015 |
| HIST 9964 | Master's Essay Revision (3) |
| This course is intended for PhD candidates to revise their master's essays for publication under the guidance of a member of the graduate faculty. It is typically taken in first semester of the second year of study. | |
| HIST 9999 | Dissertation Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of the dissertation director. Course was offered Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| History-United States History | |
| HIUS 1001T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Artistic, Interpretive, and HIUSosophical Inquiry. | |
| HIUS 1002T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Cultures and HIUSieties of the World. | |
| HIUS 1003T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to HIUSorical Perspectives. | |
| HIUS 1004T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to HIUSial and Economic Systems. | |
| HIUS 1005T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Chemical, HIUSematical, and HIUSical Inquiry | |
| HIUS 1006T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Living Systems. | |
| HIUS 1007T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Science and HIUSiety | |
| HIUS 1501 | Introductory Seminar in U.S. History (3) |
| Introduces the study of history intended for first- or second-year students. Seminars involve reading, discussing, and writing about different historical topics and periods, and emphasize the enhancement of critical and communication skills. Several seminars are offered each term. Not more than two Introductory Seminars may be counted toward the major in history. Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| HIUS 1559 | New Course in United States History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of United States history. Course was offered Fall 2017 | |
| HIUS 2001 | American History to 1865 (3) |
| Studies the development of the colonies and their institutions, the Revolution, the formation and organization of the Republic, and the coming of the Civil War. Course was offered Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| HIUS 2002 | American History Since 1865 (4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Studies the evolution of political, social, and cultural history of the United States from 1865 to the present. Course was offered Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Summer 2010, Spring 2010 |
| HIUS 2003 | Slavery and Freedom at UVA and in Virginia: History and Legacies (3) |
| This course examines the history of slavery and its legacies at UVA and in the region, recovering the experiences of enslaved individuals and their roles in building/maintaining the university, & contextualizing those experiences within U.S. history. It also puts that history into political context, tracing the rise of sectional tensions, secession, the advent of emancipation, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, desegregation, and civil rights change. | |
| HIUS 2051 | War and the Making of America to 1900 (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course examines warfare and military developments in America from the colonial period to 1900. Major topics include debates over the role of the military in society; the motivations and experiences of soldiers; interaction between the military and civilian spheres; the development of a professional army and navy; and the social and cultural context, impact, and legacies of warfare. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| HIUS 2052 | America and War Since 1900 (3) |
| This is a course on war and the American experience during the last century-plus. It is a sequel to HIUS 2051, which covers U.S. military history from 1600 to 1900. This part of the course includes the how and why of traditional military history but goes further, tackling issues in intelligence or technology or economics -- from the rise of intelligence agencies to the growth of a military-industrial complex. | |
| HIUS 2053 | American Slavery (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course will introduce students to the history of slavery in the United Sates. Course was offered Summer 2024, Spring 2022, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Summer 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018 |
| HIUS 2061 | American Economic History (3) |
| Studies American economic history from its colonial origins to the present. Cross-listed as ECON 2060. | |
| HIUS 2071 | American Power and Energies - A History of the United States (3) |
| America today is a high-energy society. For over a century, the United States has also wielded vast economic, political, and military power. How do energy sources relate to social, corporate, or political power? This course examines that question across the history of the United States. It draws from political, business, technological, and environmental history to chart the growth, effects, and limits of power in its varied forms. | |
| HIUS 2101 | Technologies of American Life (3) |
| From Thomas Edison to Elon Musk, we've all heard stories of heroic inventors. In this course you'll explore a different history of technology: how it's shaped the ordinary lives of Americans, and how ordinary Americans shaped our common technologies. By viewing technology from the bottom-up, you'll learn how to question and challenge the powerful stories about technology that surround us today. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2022 | |
| HIUS 2201 | US Immigration Law and Policy in Historical Perspective (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course will trace the origins of today's immigration policy debates by providing students with a comprehensive overview of American immigration law and policy from the eighteenth century to the present. The course will also explore how state and federal policies impacted a wide array of immigrants, including the Irish, Chinese, and Mexican arrivals of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Course was offered Spring 2024 |
| HIUS 2401 | History of American Catholicism (3) |
| Historical survey of American Catholicism from its colonial beginnings to the present. Cross-listed as RELC 2401. | |
| HIUS 2559 | New Course in United States History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of United States history. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012 | |
| HIUS 2711 | American Environmental History (3) |
| Explores the historical relationship between people and the environment in North America from colonial times to the present. Topics include the role of culture, economics, politics, and technology in that relationship. Cross-listed as STS 2060. Prerequisite: First-year writing course (e.g., STS 1010, ENWR 1510). | |
| HIUS 3011 | Colonial British America (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course tells the story of British America from an Atlantic perspective. The thirteen colonies that formed the United States were once part of a larger empire that spanned eastern North America and the Caribbean. From 1500 to 1800, cross-cultural encounters among Africans, Native Americans, and Europeans created a dynamic new world. Key topics trade, religion, agriculture, slavery, warfare, and the origins of the American Revolution. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2018, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2009 |
| HIUS 3012 | War and Empire in Colonial America (3) |
| This course examines colonial American warfare, imperial competition, and encounters with Native Americans with a special focus on historical geography and the history of cartography. We will debate ethical question relating to the expansion of European empires in North America and the Caribbean, including Indian land rights, the costs of slavery, the deportation of populations in wartime, and justifications for the American Revolution. | |
| HIUS 3031 | The Era of the American Revolution (3) |
| Studies the growth of ideas and institutions that led to American independence, the creation of a union, and a distinct culture. | |
| HIUS 3051 | The Age of Jefferson (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course uses Thomas Jefferson as a lens to explore the post revolutionary era in the United States (ca. 1776-1830), with a focus on race and slavery, trans-nationalism, imperialism, and legal/constitutional developments. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2016, Spring 2013, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| HIUS 3071 | The Coming of the Civil War (3) |
| Examines the period from roughly 1815 to 1861 focusing on the interaction between the developing sectional conflict and the evolving political system, with the view of explaining what caused the Civil War. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| HIUS 3072 | The Civil War and Reconstruction (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Examines the course of the Civil War and Reconstruction in detail and attempts to assess their impact on 19th century American society, both in the North and in the South. Course was offered Spring 2023, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| HIUS 3081 | History of the American Deaf Community (3) |
| This new course will examine the history of deaf people in the United States over the last three centuries, with particular attention to the emergence and evolution of a community of Deaf people who share a distinct sign language and culture. We will read both primary texts from specific periods and secondary sources. We will also view a few historical films.
Prerequisite: none (though a previous class in History or ASL is recommended) | |
| HIUS 3131 | From Lincoln to Roosevelt: America in the Gilded Age (3) |
| Analyzes the distinct characteristics of American modernity as they emerge in the period from the end of reconstruction to the Great Depression. Explores the creation of big business and large-scale bureaucratic organizations. Includes the first military-industrial complex of World War I, the invention of R & D, the growth of research universities, and the modern organization of knowledge. Describes the landscape of new large urban hinterlands; analyzes the difficult encounters of class, ethnicity, race, and gender both at home and at work; and studies the changing leisure patterns of a consumer culture. | |
| HIUS 3132 | Race, Gender, and Empire: Cultures of U.S. Imperialism (3) |
| In this course we emphasize how U.S. power has been exercised in the world with focus on intersections of cultural, political, and economic power. We analyze how power is produced and contested through language and media, and how hegemonic discourses -- the dominant and most powerful blocs defining U.S. society and empire -- are produced. We are equally concerned with cracks and contradictions in these discourses, and people who challenge them. | |
| HIUS 3141 | Civil Society in Twentieth Century U.S. (3) |
| Tocqueville famously described the U.S. of the 1830s as a society of voluntary associaitons in a weak state. In the 21st century, commentators point instead to the weight of big government. How did a diverse American civil society of associations, churches, noprofit organizations, and philanthropic institutions approach the great conflicts of the twentieth century at home and abroad? What kind of partnership with government did they have? Course was offered Spring 2012, Fall 2010 | |
| HIUS 3142 | Viewing the South (3) |
| History is the study of change over time. This course will examine the ways popular culture -movies, television, and fiction writing- depicting the American South have changed over time. Because this course will emphasize images the course is called "Viewing the South." Each week the class will screen assigned films, read works of short fiction and of cultural history, and write short essays. There will be a essay-type final exam. Course was offered Summer 2018 | |
| HIUS 3150 | Salem Witch Trials: History and Literature (3) |
| The seminar will examine the historical scholarship, literary fiction, and primary source materials relating to the infamous Salem witch trials of 1692 and enable students to work with all the original sources. Prerequisites: Restricted to Religious Studies, American Studies, English, SWAG, and History Majors. | |
| HIUS 3151 | Modernizing, Moralizing and Mass Politics: US, 1900-1945 (3) |
| The development of modern America is explored by considering the growing interdependence between its politics, economy, culture, and social structure in the first half of the 20th century. | |
| HIUS 3161 | Viewing America, 1940 to 1980 (3) |
| Built around the history of mainstream and independent American film, this course explores how Americans have viewed and interpreted various historical moments and processes through the movies. | |
| HIUS 3162 | Digitizing America (3) |
| This class will explore the history of the United States from 1980 to the present through the lens of the information revolution that occurred during this period. We will examine the origins of the technological changes like the mainframe computer, merged media, the emergence of the internet, and the impact that they had on the economy, politics and social interaction. | |
| HIUS 3171 | US Since 1945: People, Politics, Power (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Surveys post World War II U.S. politics uncovering the links between long range social and economic phenomenon (suburbanization, decline of agricultural employment, the rise and fall of the labor movement, black urbanization and proletarianization, economic society and insecurity within the middle class, the changing structure of multinational business) and the more obvious political movements, election results, and state policies of the last half century. Course was offered Summer 2022, Spring 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Summer 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2009 |
| HIUS 3172 | America in Vietnam (3) |
| This course will cover the history of American involvement in Vietnam from 1945 through 1975. It will offer a detailed study of U.S. political, economic, cultural, and military policy through a wide range of scholarship on the U.S. engagement with Vietnam, focusing on the war's impact in Southeast Asia and in the United States. | |
| HIUS 3173 | The Vietnam War in American Film (3) |
| This course will examine landmark films on the Vietnam War from the 1960s through the present. Lectures and discussion focusing on between 8 and 10 films, which students will watch as part of class, will explore the history and themes depicted in these films, highlighting directorial viewpoints, the contexts in which the films were produced and received, their historical accuracy, and their impact on the legacy of the war in American culture. | |
| HIUS 3191 | American Jewish History (3) |
| This course examines the 350-year history of the Jewish people in colonial North American and the United States. It surveys the social, religious, cultural, and political life of Jews and the comparative dimension with other minority groups and Jewish communities across the world. Course was offered Fall 2020, Summer 2020 | |
| HIUS 3221 | Hands-On Public History (3) |
| This course introduces the issues and debates that have shaped public history as a scholarly discipline, but the focus of the course will be on the contemporary practice of public history. Students will all be awarded internships at local or regional historic sites, archives, museums, and databases for the duration of the semester. Readings and field trips will provide a foundation for students' hands-on engagement with public history. Course was offered Spring 2016 | |
| HIUS 3231 | Rise and Fall of the Slave South (3) |
| A history of the American South from the arrival of the first English settlers through the end of Reconstruction in 1877. Cross-listed with AAS 3231. Course was offered Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| HIUS 3232 | The South in the Twentieth Century (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Studies the history of the South from 1900 to the present focusing on class structure, race relations, cultural traditions, and the question of southern identity. |
| HIUS 3261 | History of the American West (3) |
| The course examines the relationships of environment and culture and of native and settler peoples in transforming North America west of the Mississippi River, 1750 to present. We will explore the expansion of the United States; its environmental consequences; and the emergence of a mythic culture casting violence as heroic. | |
| HIUS 3262 | Witnessing Slavery: Interpreting Slave Testimony in U.S. History (3) |
| Course examines the history of slaves and slavery in 18th and 19th century America as revealed by the testimony of slaves themselves. We will study the important roles slavery and changing notions of race have played in U.S. history, the enduring legacy of African culture , the dynamic agency of African Americans in the face of racism and violence, and how they developed their own notions of work, family, culture, community, and power. Course was offered Spring 2014 | |
| HIUS 3281 | Virginia History to 1900 (3) |
| A survey that studies the development of Virginia institutions from colonial times to the Gilded Age, emphasizing the decades before and immediately following the Civil War. | |
| HIUS 3282 | History of Virginia, 1900 to 2018 (3) |
| History is the study of continuity and changes over time. This course will examine social, political, and economic continuities and changes in Virginia from 1900 to 2018. Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2011, Fall 2009 | |
| HIUS 3301 | The History of UVa in the Twentieth Century (3) |
| Studies the local, regional, and national trends effecting higher education, relating these trends specifically to the University of Virginia. Students are active participants in recovering the institution's history through oral interviews with alumni, faculty, and administrators and through serious archival work. Course was offered Spring 2012 | |
| HIUS 3401 | Development of American Science (3) |
| Studies the history of the development of American science from the colonial period to the present, emphasizing the process of the professionalization of American science and on the relationships between the emergent scientific community and such concerns as higher education and the government. Course was offered Spring 2015, Spring 2014 | |
| HIUS 3411 | American Business (3) |
| Surveys the rise of the modern corporate form of American business and an analysis of the underlying factors which shaped that development. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2010 | |
| HIUS 3451 | History of Urban America (3) |
| Studies the evolution of the American city from colonial times to the end of the nineteenth century. Emphasizes both the physical growth of the system of cities and the development of an urban culture, including comparisons with European and Asian cities. | |
| HIUS 3455 | History of U.S. Foreign Relations to 1914 (3) |
| Studies American foreign relations from colonial times to 1914. | |
| HIUS 3456 | America in the World since 1914 (3) |
| Studies American foreign relations from 1914 to the present. Course was offered Spring 2022, Fall 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2009 | |
| HIUS 3471 | History of American Labor (3) |
| Surveys American labor in terms of the changing nature of work and its effect on working men, women, and children. Emphasizes social and cultural responses to such changes, as well as the organized labor movement. | |
| HIUS 3481 | American Social History to 1870 (3) |
| Topics include demographic change, the emergence of regional social orders, the shaping of American religion, the impact of the industrial revolution, and the development of important elites. | |
| HIUS 3482 | United States Social History Since 1870 (3) |
| Topics include the development of a predominantly urban society, with particular emphasis on sources of stability, class and stratification, ethnic patterns, religious identities, social elites, and education. | |
| HIUS 3490 | From Motown to Hip-Hop (3) |
| This survey traces the history of African American popular music from the late 1950s to the current era. It examines the major sonic innovations in the genres of soul, funk, and hip-hop over the course of the semester, students will examine how musical expression has provided black women and men with an outlet for individual expression, community building, sexual pleasure, political organizing, economic uplift, and interracial interaction | |
| HIUS 3491 | Rural Poverty in Our Time (3) |
| This course will use an interdisciplinary format and document based approach to explore the history of non-urban poverty in the US South from the 1930s to the present. Weaving together the social histories of poor people, the political history of poverty policies, and the history of representations of poverty, the course follows historical cycles of attention and neglect during the Great Depression, the War on Poverty, and the present. | |
| HIUS 3501 | Introductory History Workshop (3) |
| Required for history majors, to be completed before enrollment in the Major Seminar. Introduces a variety of approaches to the study of history, methods for finding and analyzing primary and secondary sources, and the construction of historical arguments. Workshops are offered on a variety of topics each term. | |
| HIUS 3523 | Disco and Disillusionment: The United States in the 1970s (3) |
| This lecture provides both a chronological and thematic approach to the history of 1970s America. Class will focus on significant shifts in American politics, culture, and society. The course will encourage us to think more deeply about the fate of liberalism in post-1960s America, the rise of ethnic identity and its impact on the rights revolution, gender and the politics of sexuality, religion and the rise of the South, Nixon and Watergate. Course was offered Spring 2019 | |
| HIUS 3559 | New Course in United States History (3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of United States history. Course was offered Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2009 | |
| HIUS 3611 | Gender & Sexuality in AM, 1600-1865 (3) |
| Studies the evolution of women's roles in American society with particular attention to the experiences of women of different races, classes, and ethnic groups. | |
| HIUS 3612 | Gender & Sexuality in America, 1865 to Present (3) |
| Studies the evolution of women's roles in American society with particular attention to the experiences of women of different races, classes, and ethnic groups. Course was offered Spring 2024, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| HIUS 3620 | All Politics is Local (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | The history of local government and local politics in shaping American life. Course examines issues, themes, and problems of local democracy in historical and contemporary contexts. Class meetings combine lectures and discussions. Course includes local civic engagement component. Course was offered Spring 2024 |
| HIUS 3621 | Coming of Age in America: A History of Youth (3) |
| This course will explore the historical experience of young people and the meaning of youth from the colonial period to the late twentieth century. We will analyze how shifting social relations and cultural understandings changed what it meant to grow up. Topics to be explored include work, family, sexuality, education, political involvement, and popular culture. | |
| HIUS 3641 | American Indian History (3) |
| From the post-Ice Age migrations to the Americas to current developments in tribal sovereignty, this survey course will include such topics as mutually beneficial trade and diplomatic relations between Natives and newcomers; the politics of empire; U.S. expansion; treaties and land dispossession; ecological, demographic, and social change; pan-Indian movements; and legal and political activism. | |
| HIUS 3651 | Afro-American History to 1865 (3) |
| Studies the history of black Americans from the introduction of slavery in America to the end of the Civil War. Course was offered Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Fall 2009 | |
| HIUS 3652 | Afro-American History since 1865 (3) |
| Studies the history of black Americans from the Civil War to the present. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2013, Fall 2011 | |
| HIUS 3654 | Black Fire (3) |
| This course examines the history and contemporary experiences of African Americans at the University of Virginia from the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to the present era. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2015 | |
| HIUS 3671 | African American Freedom Movement, c 1945-Present (3) |
| This course examines the history and legacy of the African American struggle for civil rights in twentieth century America. It provides students with a broad overview of the civil rights movement -- the key issues, significant people and organizations, and pivotal events -- as well as a deeper understanding of its scope, influence, legacy, and lessons for today Course was offered Fall 2023, Fall 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| HIUS 3752 | The History of Early American Law (3) |
| Studies the major developments in American law, politics, and society from the colonial settlements to the Civil War. Focuses on legal change, constitutional law, legislation, and the common law from 1776 to 1860. | |
| HIUS 3753 | The History of Modern American Law (3) |
| Studies the major developments in American law, politics, and society from the era of Reconstruction to the recent past. Focuses on legal change as well as constitutional law, legislation, and the common law. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Fall 2013, Spring 2011 | |
| HIUS 3756 | American Legal Thought since 1880 (3) |
| A survey of American legal thought from Holmes to Posner. Emphasizes theories of property, contract, tort, corporations and administrative law in Legal Realism, Legal Process Jurisprudence, Law and Economics, and Critical Legal Studies. Course was offered Spring 2014 | |
| HIUS 3851 | Intellectual and Cultural History of the United States to 1865 (3) |
| Analyzes the traditions of thought and belief in relation to significant historical events and cultural changes from the 17th century to the Civil War. Course was offered Spring 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| HIUS 3852 | Intellectual and Cultural History of the United States since 1865 (3) |
| Analyzes the main traditions of thought and belief in the relationship to significant historical events and cultural changes from the Civil War to the present. | |
| HIUS 3853 | From Redlined to Subprime: Race and Real Estate in the US (3) |
| This course examines the history of housing and real estate and explores its role in shaping the meaning and lived experience of race in modern America. We will learn how and why real estate ownership, investment, and development came to play a critical role in the formation and endurance of racial segregation, modern capitalism, and the built environment. | |
| HIUS 4160 | History Behind the Headlines (4) |
| This course takes advantage of the nationally known academic experts, journalists, and policy-makers who come through UVa's Miller Center of Public Affairs each week. Based on the work of these visiting scholars, students will consider the historical background of some of our most pressing policy and public affairs issues. Assignments will include extensive weekly readings, a few short op-eds, and a lengthy original research essay. | |
| HIUS 4260 | Voices of the Civil War (3) |
| This course uses the writings of participants to examine major themes relating to the American Civil War. Assigned texts will illuminate, among other topics: (1) Why the war came; (2) How it evolved from a struggle for Union to one for Union and emancipation; (3) How the conflict affected civilians on both sides; (4) Why soldiers fought; and (5) How men and women on each side remembered the war and how those memories influence current perceptions. Course was offered Spring 2018 | |
| HIUS 4501 | Seminar in United States History (4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | The major seminar is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the seminar. The work of the seminar results primarily in the preparation of a substantial (ca. 25 pp. in standard format) research paper. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| HIUS 4511 | Colloquium in United States History (4) |
| The major colloquium is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the colloquium. Colloquia are most frequently offered in areas of history where access to source materials or linguistic demands make seminars especially difficult. Students in colloquia prepare about 25 pages of written work distributed among various assignments. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies. | |
| HIUS 4559 | New Course in United States History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of United States history. | |
| HIUS 4591 | Topics in United States History (3) |
| Topics courses are small, discussion-oriented classes available to any student with sufficient background and interest in a particular field of historical study. Offered irregularly, they are open to majors or non-majors on an equal basis. Course was offered Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| HIUS 4993 | Independent Study in United States History (1 - 3) |
| In exceptional circumstances and with permission of a faculty member any student may undertake a rigorous program of independent study designed to explore a subject not currently being taught or to expand upon regular offerings. Independent Study projects may not be used to replace regularly scheduled classes. Enrollment is open to majors or non-majors. Note: These courses are open only to Human Biology majors. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| HIUS 5000 | African-American History to 1877 (3) |
| This course will introduce graduate students to the differing interpretations, methodologies, and analyses of African-American History to 1877. | |
| HIUS 5022 | Economic Culture in Early America (3) |
| This discussion-based colloquium, open to advanced undergraduate and graduate students, examines economic life in colonial and Revolutionary America. Our readings--on topics that include market agriculture, transatlantic commerce, and the slave trade--will features works of history that describe economic behaviors and, at the same time, interpret production, trade, and consumption in cultural terms. Course was offered Spring 2016 | |
| HIUS 5081 | Turning Points in U.S. History: Micro-Analytic Methods (3) |
| The course has two main objects. The first is to linger over several turning points in the history of the United States. The second is work on `micro-analytic' methods to use in studying such critical episodes. | |
| HIUS 5232 | Oral History Workshop: A Hands-On Approach to Researching the Past (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | The course is run as a workshop, a space for students to learn oral history methodologies in a hands-on manner. In partnership with local/regional organizations, students will learn to conduct interviews and related research, which may include completing historical surveys, doing genealogical work, & completing archival or database research. Students will learn new skills while helping expand historical archives and knowledge of regional history. Course was offered Fall 2023 |
| HIUS 5559 | New Course in United States History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of United States history. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2010 | |
| HIUS 6010 | Settlement of Am West, ca 1848-1900 (1) |
| This course will examine the settling of the American West. Roughly 5 decades the course covers are some of the most turbulent in Am History-the Civil War, Indian Wars, and coming of railroads and millions pouring into land across the Mississippi. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| HIUS 6011 | Learning History (1) |
| This course is the 2nd in a series which will explore what it means to be a teacher leader in history education. There are 3 goals 1) planning and implementation successful history learning experiences, 2) continuing conversation about sharing effective instructional approaches, 3) introduction to observing instruction/reflecting on instruction. Course was offered Summer 2011 | |
| HIUS 6012 | Responding to Crises of Modernity: the US in the Progressive Era (1) |
| This course will explore how industrilization, urbanization, immigration, and technological changes of the late 19th and early 205h centruies led to a strong and diverse wave of reform in the roughly 2 decades preceding US entry into WWI. This course is restricted to Center for the Liberal Arts students. | |
| HIUS 6014 | The Progressive Era, the New Deal and the Transformation of American Democ (1) |
| This course will explore the first 4 decades of the 20th centruy, when a diverse array of government officials, academics, social activitists, and crusading journalists instigated changes in the ideas, institutions, and policies that shaped American politics Course was offered Spring 2013 | |
| HIUS 6015 | Leadership in History (1) |
| This course is the third in a series that will explore what it means to be a teacher leader in history education | |
| HIUS 6016 | Hearing the Civil Rights Movement (1) |
| This course explores key moments in the civil rights movement through sound and film recordings, related to them. | |
| HIUS 6017 | The Other Liberalism: The United States in Vietnam (1) |
| This course will cover the history of American involvement in Vietnam from 1945 thru 1975 | |
| HIUS 6018 | America and the Sixties (1) |
| This course will address those events and people crucial to understanding 1960's America. From the promise of a Kennedy presidency to the Great Society of Lyndon B. Johnson to the quagmire of the Vietnam War, participants will consider not only American participation in Vietnam, but the impetus behind the war to eradicate poverty, and the important people, orgs, and battles in the cursade to end racial and social injustice. | |
| HIUS 6019 | The Paradox of Prosperity (1) |
| This course will explore how the growth of America into a dynamic nation was fraught with paradoxes and how paradox ironically inspired Americans from a variety of fields and walks of life to believe they could meet and conquer any challenge which might emerege. | |
| HIUS 6029 | Cold War Battle for Hearts and Minds (1) |
| The seminar will explore the internationa, intellectual, idealogical and cultural aspects of superpower struggle that consumed much of the 20th Century. It will trace East-West competition from roots to WWII and extends study past 1991 into Cold War World. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| HIUS 6030 | Voices of the Civil Rights Movement (1) |
| Explores key moments in Civil Rights Movement thru sounds and fil recording related to them. Among topcs are rhetoric of Rev King Jr. residencies of Kennety, Johnson and Nixon and reaction from the White House to severl civil rights crises. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| HIUS 6031 | The Origins of the US Welfare State (1) |
| Explore emergence and development of U.S. welfare state. Assess meaning of term "welfare state" in an American context: what counts as part of the welfare state, who is included in its benefits, and what rights--and obligations--does it suggest? | |
| HIUS 6032 | Methods Teaching (1) |
| Provides teachers with overview of effective approaches to planning and implementing successful history learning experiences for students. Emphasis will be placed on exploring the relationship between educational theory and development of practical teaching techniques for every day use in the classroom. Course was offered Summer 2011 | |
| HIUS 6033 | Collaboration and Identity in Early America (1) |
| Participants will study the question of America from the founding and through the legacy of Jamestown and examine the collaborative effort that went into the formulation of America's founding documents, the Declaration of Independence and Constitution. Course was offered Summer 2011 | |
| HIUS 6034 | Meeting Challenges of World History Survey (1) |
| This short course will alert teachers of social studies in all grades to resources and approaches on which they might draw, considered in context of the intellectual challenges of transcending the, inevitably modern (and thus implicity euro-centric) approaches to the subject that will prevail in available materials. | |
| HIUS 6035 | The Progressive Era and the Reform Impulse (1) |
| This course will explore how the Progressive Era brought together diverse groups of people who sought to address and redeem the injustices of the Gilded Age and reform an America that marginalized many of its citizens, including, women, blacks, and the poor. | |
| HIUS 6036 | Methods Course in Teaching History (1) |
| This class provides teachers with an overview of effective approaches to planning and implementing successful history learning experiences for students. Emphasis will be placed on exploring the relationship between educational theory and the development of practical teaching techniques for every day use in the history classroom. | |
| HIUS 6037 | Methods Course in Teaching History (1) |
| This class provides teachers with an overview of effective approaches to planning and implementing successful history learning experiences for students. Emphasis will be placed on exploring the relationship between educational theory and the development of practical teaching techniques for every day use in the history classroom. | |
| HIUS 6038 | The Executive Branch and National Policy (1) |
| This course will explore the impact of the executive branch on domestic and foreign policy making in the United States with an emphasis on developments during 1960s. It will focus on a range of topics, including health, care, civil rights and the war in Vietnam. In addition to exploring executive policy making in these areas, it will also address interactions between the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. | |
| HIUS 6175 | Law in American History: The Twentieth Century (3) |
| A survey of law in American history in the twentieth century. Some topics to be covered include jurisprudence and legal education from Legal Realism through "aw and"; regimes of mass media law; the emergence of administrative law; and several chapters on constitutional jurisprudence from 1930 to 2000, including foreign relations, equal protection, free speech, and due process. | |
| HIUS 6240 | Constitutional Law II: Poverty (3) |
| This course will explore the Supreme Court's flirtation with constitutional protection for poor people during the 1960s and 1970s. We will place the Court's efforts in the context of the civil rights movement and ongoing concerns about race. Finally, we will discuss the demise of such protections, the reasons for it, and the recent developments in constitutional interest in poverty, income inequality, and their relationship to racial inequality. | |
| HIUS 6301 | Legal History of the Founding Era (3) |
| This class explores the legal world of the late eighteenth century, from the period just before the Revolution to the ratification of the Constitution. Among other topics, the class covers debates over the economic and political conditions that shaped the constitutional moment, and the implications of those debates for constitutional interpretation. Course was offered Spring 2020 | |
| HIUS 6559 | New Course in United States History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of United States history. Course was offered Fall 2020, Spring 2020 | |
| HIUS 7002 | Introductory Colloquium in American History (6) |
| American history from 1607 to the present, emphasizing various approaches and current problems in recent historiography. Course was offered Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| HIUS 7011 | Colloquium in US History to 1877: Teaching the American History Survey (3) |
| This course is designed to help students craft an undergraduate course on the first half of the US Survey. Through both reading and discussion, we will focus on the big questions of the period and consider the various ways in which one might convey a narrative(s). Attention will be given to pedagogy and content, with emphasis on best practices in the classroom. Students will design their own course with a syllabus, assignments, and lectures. Course was offered Spring 2022 | |
| HIUS 7021 | Comparative Cultural Encounters in North America, 1492-1800 (3) |
| This course examines Spanish, French, Dutch, and British encounters with the native peoples of North America during the initial centuries of colonization: 1492-1800. It combines the "Atlantic" approach to early America with a "Continental" approach that accords dynamism and agency to native peoples in their interplay with colonizers. | |
| HIUS 7031 | Colonial British America (3) |
| This colloquium offers an introduction to themes, regions, and debates in the history of colonial and Revolutionary America. It will focus on colonization, development, and cultural encounter in early North America, West Indies, and the Atlantic World in the early modern period, ca. 1600-1800, from a variety of historical approaches. | |
| HIUS 7041 | The Early American Republic, 1783-1830 (3) |
| Reading and discussion in national political history from 1789 to 1815. | |
| HIUS 7051 | Antebellum America (3) |
| Studies selected problems and developments in the period 1830-1860 through reading and discussion. | |
| HIUS 7055 | Law in American History II: From Reconstruction Through the 1920s (3) |
| A survey of selected topics in American legal history from Reconstruction through the 1920s. Among the topics covered are civil rights in the Reconstruction era, law and the opening of the transcontinental west, foreign relations law, immigration law and policy, tort law, the treatment of crimes, legal education, and the internal work, due process cases, race relations cases, and free speech cases of the Supreme Court. Course was offered Spring 2019 | |
| HIUS 7057 | Judicial Role in American History (3) |
| A survey of leading American Supreme Court judges from Marshall through the Burger Court. The course consists of lectures and readings, along with discussions of topics on contemporary issues. The course also provides an overview of the two hundred-plus year history of the Court and its role in the American constitutional system. | |
| HIUS 7061 | Black Intellectual and Cultural Production since the 1960s (3) |
| We'll explore the intellectual and cultural production of the civil rights/Black power era and its enabling and uneasy relationship with other social movements, incl. feminism and gay liberation, disability rights, the anti-apartheid movement, and demands for economic justice/redress/reparations. A guiding premise in the course will be tensions within the movement giving rise to subsequent Black thought and activism. Course was offered Spring 2023, Fall 2009 | |
| HIUS 7071 | Civil War and Reconstruction (3) |
| Studies selected problems and developments through reading and discussion. | |
| HIUS 7072 | Civil War And The Constitution (3) |
| This course will examine the constitutional history of the United States from 1845 to 1877, paying attention to how the U.S. Constitution shaped the Civil War, and also to how the war left its mark on the Constitution. | |
| HIUS 7073 | Writing Legal History (3) |
| Students in this course will write a 40 page paper based on original research in legal history. During class sessions, students will be introduced to the basics of the discipline of legal history and learn how to incorporate these ideas into their own original projects. Additionally, students will meet individually with the instructor to discuss the progress of their research over the course of the semester. Course was offered Fall 2019, Spring 2019 | |
| HIUS 7082 | Foundational Texts of the 19th Century US (3) |
| This course will acquaint students with foundational texts relating to 19th-Century U.S. history. The primary goal is to provide a sound understanding of books, essays, and other documents that often are mentioned but too seldom read carefully. The readings will convey crucial insights into the political, social, cultural, military, and economic history of the century--though they are not intended to offer comprehensive coverage of the era. | |
| HIUS 7101 | Early American Military History (3) |
| Introduces the military history of the American colonies and the U.S. between 1689-1815. Topics include the history of early conflicts with the Indians; the colonial wars; the American Revolution; and the War of 1812. Explores the significance of warfare for the emerging republican culture of the U.S., focusing on the social contexts of war as these have been revealed in the 'new military history.' | |
| HIUS 7131 | The Emergence of Modern America, ca. 1870-ca. 1930 (3) |
| Studies the distinctive characteristics of American modernity as they emerged in the period from the end of reconstruction to the 1930s. Concentrates on the interplay between large national changes and local life as America became a world power. Investigates the reciprocal relations between society and politics, social organization and science and technology, large-scale bureaucratic organizations and the changing class structure, culture, and ideology. Course was offered Spring 2021 | |
| HIUS 7141 | America Since 1930 (3) |
| Studies the rise and fall of domestic liberalism and the political economy that sustained it. | |
| HIUS 7151 | The United States, 1945-Present (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | An intensive reading course emphasizing historiographic approaches to synthesizing post-war America. Course was offered Fall 2019 |
| HIUS 7231 | The American South Before 1900 (3) |
| Surveys major themes and interpretations of the American South, especially 19th century. | |
| HIUS 7232 | The South Since 1900 (3) |
| A colloquium on selected themes in 20th century southern history. Course was offered Spring 2016, Fall 2012 | |
| HIUS 7261 | American Political Development in Action (3) |
| Readings drawn from the leading works in this field that span history, political science, and sociology. Students will also attend colloquia where works in progress will be presented by leading scholars. | |
| HIUS 7451 | Urban History (3) |
| Reading and discussion of primary and secondary sources focused on different topics annually. | |
| HIUS 7471 | American Labor History (3) |
| Readings and discussion on U.S. working class, including its institutions, consciousness, social composition, politics. | |
| HIUS 7481 | Approaches to Social History (3) |
| Study of the relationships between social history and other disciplines through readings and discussions about broad interpretative problems in 19th and 20th century American society. | |
| HIUS 7559 | New Course in United States History (1 - 4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of United States history. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2011, Fall 2010 |
| HIUS 7611 | Women's History (3) |
| Readings and discussion on selected topics in the history of women in the U.S. | |
| HIUS 7621 | Topics in United States Gender History (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This colloquium will survey foundational and cutting-edge scholarship on the social construction of femininity and masculinity in U.S. history, from the colonial era to 1900. We will explore how gender conventions take shape, and how they are perpetuated and contested. Our readings reconsider key events in women's and gender history such as the Salem witch trials and Seneca Falls convention. |
| HIUS 7641 | The American West Since 1850 (3) |
| This is a graduate readings seminar in which students will become familiar with the major issues in the history of the American West including, but not limited to, American Indians, the environment, and the federal presence in the region. | |
| HIUS 7651 | The History of United States Foreign Relations (3) |
| Colloquium on selected themes and topics in the history and historiography of U.S. foreign relations. | |
| HIUS 7652 | Constitutional History I: From the Revolution to 1896 (3) |
| The history and historiography of American constitutional development from the revolution to 1896. | |
| HIUS 7653 | Constitutional History II: The Twentieth Century (3) |
| The history and historiography of American constitutional development in the context of social, political, and cultural change in the twentieth century. Course was offered Fall 2014 | |
| HIUS 7654 | Civil Rights from Plessy to Brown (3) |
| Studies in the role of law and lawyering in the political, social, and cultural history of civil rights struggles from 1896 to 1954. | |
| HIUS 7655 | American Legal History (3) |
| Intensive study along topical and chronological lines of the ways in which fundamental legal forms (federalism or property or contract) have shaped (and been shaped by) American politics and society from the eighteenth century to the recent past. | |
| HIUS 7656 | Crime & Punishment in American History (3) |
| Studies in the history of American criminal justice Course was offered Spring 2014, Spring 2013 | |
| HIUS 7657 | Colloquium in Modern US History -- Conservatism and the Right (3) |
| Studies selected aspects and problems in the history of American thought. | |
| HIUS 7658 | Nineteenth-Century American Social and Cultural History (3) |
| Reading and discussion of primary and secondary sources. Course was offered Fall 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Fall 2016, Fall 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012 | |
| HIUS 7659 | Twentieth Century US Cultural Hisory (3) |
| This readings course introduces graduate students to the theory, methods, and historiography of cultural history through a survey of key texts in twentieth century US history. | |
| HIUS 8002 | Topics in United States Political History Since 1840 (3) |
| Graduate seminar to facilitate research papers on aspects of U.S. political history since 1840. Course was offered Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| HIUS 8021 | Research Seminar in Early American History (3) |
| This course offers JD/MA and PhD students an opportunity to research and write an article-length research essay of publishable quality on a topic in the history of early America, ca. 1500-1877. Research will be conducted with the guidance of the intended dissertation adviser. A revised version of essay can be submitted to fulfill the master's essay requirement for students in U.S. History. | |
| HIUS 8022 | Research Seminar in Modern American History (3) |
| This course offers MA/JD and PhD students an opportunity to research and write an article-length research essay of publishable quality on a topic in the history of modern America, ca. 1877-present. Research will be conducted with the guidance of the dissertation adviser. A revised version of the essay can be submitted to fulfill the master's essay requirement of students in U.S. History.
Prerequisite: PhD students History or permission of instructor | |
| HIUS 8041 | The Age of Jefferson (3) |
| Intensive study of different aspects of problems of this period of American history by means of discussions, readings, and research papers. | |
| HIUS 8051 | Antebellum America (3) |
| Research on selected topics in the period 1830-1860. | |
| HIUS 8141 | American History, 1929-1945 (3) |
| A research seminar in which students write a major paper on some aspect of American history during this period. Prerequisite: Graduate status; at least one upper-division undergraduate course, including this period or a relevant graduate course. | |
| HIUS 8230 | The Nineteenth-Century South (3) |
| Research on selected topics in the history of the American South during the eras of slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the New South. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| HIUS 8235 | Topics in Modern Southern History (3) |
| A research seminar. Prerequisite: HIUS 7232 or instructor permission. | |
| HIUS 8451 | The History of United States Foreign Relations (3) |
| A research seminar. Course was offered Spring 2012, Spring 2010 | |
| HIUS 8452 | History of the American Administrative State (3) |
| This course will explore the development of the American administrative state from the nineteenth century through the present. This course will engage political and theoretical debates over the bureaucratic state's role, and its implications for democracy and inequality. Readings will include work by historians, social scientists, and legal academics. Course was offered Fall 2023 | |
| HIUS 8559 | New Course in United States History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of United States history. | |
| HIUS 8755 | American Legal History (3) |
| Directed research in selected areas of American legal history. | |
| HIUS 8756 | Lawyers in American Public Life (3) |
| Reading and biographical research on the legal profession and the role of lawyers in American government and politics since 1789. Course was offered Spring 2012 | |
| HIUS 9021 | Tutorial in Transnational US History (3) |
| Seminar rethinks United States history (18th century-present) by moving beyond the geographical boundaries of the nation. Thematic readings focus on way in which transnational and comparative scholarship is reshaping American historiography. Our goal is to better understand how assumptions and certainties of 'America' have been called into question by transnational history. Course is intended to help prepare students for general exams. | |
| HIUS 9023 | Tutorial in Early American History to 1763 (3) |
| The course examines the historiography of colonial British America and the Atlantic world from the late sixteenth century through the late eighteenth century. It surveys scholarship on the imperial and Atlantic contexts of early modern colonization and focuses on the regional histories of settlement and development in North America and the Caribbean with a special focus on Native Americans and African Slavery. Course was offered Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015 | |
| HIUS 9024 | Tutorial in US Enviornmental History (3) |
| This course will survey the history and historiography of environmental policy and ecological change in the 20th century United States, with a focus on governmental and societal response to disaster, and the dynamic relationship between public understanding of health and environmental risks and emergence of new technologies. | |
| HIUS 9025 | Tutorial in Post-World War II U.S. Political History (3) |
| This course will survey the history and historiography of American politics and political economy from 1945 to the present. Readings and meetings will address major themes in American political history, including: liberalism and conservatism, education, housing, suburbanization and the urban crisis, racial inequality, and the culture wars. | |
| HIUS 9026 | African American History since 1865 (3) |
| Course readings include a selection of field-defining works of African American history, from Reconstruction to the modern U.S. civil rights movement. Themes to be discussed include African American leadership, African American political behavior, analyses of the political economy of race, literary and cultural production, Black nationalism, mass social movements, the criminal justice system, and African American gender politics. | |
| HIUS 9027 | Tutorial in Foundational Texts in 19th-Century United States History (3) |
| This course acquaints students with foundational texts relating to 19th-Century U.S. history. The primary goal is to provide a sound understanding of books, essays, and other documents that often are mentioned but too seldom read carefully. The readings will convey crucial insights into political, social, cultural, military, diplomatic, and economic history . | |
| HIUS 9030 | Tutorial in Race, Religion, the Law and the Struggle for Justice in the US (3) |
| This course examines the ways in which the U.S. legal system and American religion have shaped and challenged African Americans' conceptions of freedom and justice in the United States from the post-emancipation period to the present. | |
| HIUS 9031 | Tutorial in U.S. Labor History (3) |
| This graduate tutorial introduces students to some of the major interventions and debates in the field of U.S. Labor history over the past 30 years. How the U.S. working-class has been divided along ethnic, racial, gender and regional lines will be a major focus of our readings and discussions. Course was offered Spring 2020, Fall 2017 | |
| HIUS 9034 | Topics in Modern American History (3) |
| This tutorial is designed to achieve two somewhat contradictory objectives: 1) ground the interests of those taking it in the broader literature relevant to their scholarly interests in the period covered (Reconstruction through the 1990s), and 2) ensure that they acquire a knowledge of twentieth-century U.S. History sufficient to teach undergraduate courses in this field at the college level. Course was offered Spring 2020 | |
| HIUS 9035 | Tutorial in American Economic History (3) |
| A graduate tutorial devoted to close analysis of key issues in American Economic History from 1750 to 1940. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2020 | |
| HIUS 9036 | Tutorial in Capitalism and Slavery (3) |
| This graduate tutorial will introduce graduate students to the history and historiography of capitalism and slavery in the United States. Each student will complete a 20-25 page historiographical essay on a topic relevant to their potential dissertation topic. Course was offered Fall 2020 | |
| HIUS 9037 | US Urban History (3) |
| This course will survey scholarship in US urban history. It is intended for graduate students who intend to specialize in this sub-field and/or conduct research that engages themes in urban history and historiography, broadly conceived. Course was offered Spring 2021 | |
| HIUS 9070 | Tutorial in Civil War and Reconstruction (3) |
| A course devoted to the era of the American Civil War with emphasis on the period 1861-1865. The lecture portion of the course will address such questions as why the war came, why the United States won, and how the war affected various elements of American society. The seminar portion of the tutorial will examine 15 books. Each student will write a 25-page historiographical essay on a topic to be determined in consultation with the instructor. Course was offered Spring 2018, Spring 2017 | |
| HIUS 9559 | New Course in United States History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of United States history. | |
| Medieval Studies | |
| MSP 3501 | Exploring the Middle Ages (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Discussion and criticism of selected works of and on the period. Taught by different members of the medieval faculty. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2015 |
| MSP 3559 | New Course in Medieval Studies (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of United States history. | |
| MSP 4559 | New Course in Medieval Studies (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of United States history. | |
| MSP 4995 | Capstone Project in Medieval Studies (3) |
| For advanced students dealing with methods of research in the field. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018 | |