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Charing Bull from wikimedia commons by Highsmith, Carol M.

HIST 1540 American Capitalism

Image of Map of Middle-East for HIST 1561

HIST 1561 Introduction to the Ottoman Empire

Civil Rights March on Washington: Attribution Leffler, Warren K., photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

HIST 1595 African American History From 1865

ART: people of Old Japan looking on to people of Modern Japan — Credits: K. Roebuck

HIST 1622 From Samurai to Superpower: Japan in World History II

Qin Terracotta Warriors — Wikimedia: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Qin_Terracotta_Warriors,_Pit_1_08.jpg

HIST 1740 Imperial China

Modern China — book cover for Y. Du

HIST 1920 Modern China

Cross in the Mountains — Cross in the Mountains Wiki Caspar David Friedrich

HIST 2155 The Invention of Religion

'Stimmzettel Anschluss' — Public Domain

HIST 2165 The Death of Democracy: Europe Between the World Wars

Photo of acupuncture and map of Ithaca — Photos showing subjects covered and their intersection with Ithaca TJ Hinrichs

HIST 2207 East Asian Medical and Martial Arts

Brazilian troops in Italy — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Expeditionary_Force#/media/File:Massarosaw.jpg

HIST 2213 World War II: History and Culture

Immigrants on deck of steamer "Germanic." 1887 Source: Library of Congress

HIST 2251 U.S. Immigration Narratives

Photo of Adolph Hitler

HIST 2285 Fascism in the Twentieth Century: History and Theory

Angela Davis

HIST 2353 Civil Rights vs. Human Rights in the Black Freedom Struggle

1853 map of Africa, the remaining Unexplored Region essentially corresponds to the Congo basin — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congo_River#/media/File:Routes_of_European_explorers_in_Africa,_to_1853.jpg

HIST 2556 The Global Congo: Diplomacy, Extraction, and Resistance

Image on the left attributed to Xi Lian; image on the right attributed to The New York Times

HIST 2575 Tyranny and Dignity: Chinese Women from the Cultural Revolution to the White Paper Revolution

two children, Lange 1942 — Photo by Dorothea lange (1942): https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765963/photo-image-face-vintage-children

HIST 2640 Introduction to Asian American History

Taos Pueblo — taken by Professor at Taos Pueblo on 9/26/25

HIST 2660 Everything You Know about Indians is Wrong: Unlearning Native American History

Terrorism, truck on fire — Image by kalhh from Pixabay

HIST 2690 History of Terrorism

Muslims taking water from pool — https://emuseum.cornell.edu/objects/41247/muslims-taking-water-from-a-pool-in-front-of-a-mosque-laho?ctx=6308b9e6502617f5dfb96431e3bf1013709d4e18&idx=2

HIST 2750 History of Modern India

World map of the Queen's Dominions at the end of the nineteenth century — Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The-queens-dominions.jpg

HIST 2760 The British Empire

Early West — Image by ddzphoto from Pixabay

HIST 2765 The North American West

Henry de la Beche, "A more ancient Dorset," watercolor 1830

HIST 2812 History of Scientific Images

Prison Image scanned from Robert Chambers' Book of Days, 1st edition. Chamber's died in 1871, so work is in the Public Domain.

HIST 2815 Imprisonment in Europe and America from the Middle Ages to the Present

Painting Law; Attribution: Юдаль Майсеевіч Пэн, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

HIST 2853 The Law in Jewish History

Scene from French Revolution

HIST 2860 The French Revolution

Mongol Calvalry Men — Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_of_the_Mongol_Empire

HIST 2905 Global History of War from the 16th Century to the Present

Church by Luc De Cleir • Age 38 • Stekene/Belgium

HIST 3200 The Viking Age

Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, photo of the Human Volcano — Wikimedia: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reginald_marsh,_smoko,_il_vulcano_umano,_1933.jpg

HIST 3602 From Witchcraft to K-Pop Crossover: A History of North America

men kissing — Public Domain

HIST 3953 Cold War Europe

Buddha among the plants: permission granted et

HIST 3960 Transnational Local: Southeast Asian History from the Eighteenth Century

Students researching in AD White Reading Room

HIST 4000 Introduction to Historical Research

America and China Maps — Image generously created by Cornell Alumna Cici Jialei LIU'24

HIST 4076 History of US-China Relations, 1949-2025

The Body Politic — The Body Politic KR

HIST 4127 The Body Politic in Asia

Waterfall — Image by PDPhotos from Pixabay

HIST 4243 Public History in Place: Interpreting the Environment

The Rome Colesseum with bust of Alexader the Great and Persepolis — https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1872-0515-1; https://digital.library.cornell.edu/catalog/ss:3875047; https://www.mcgill.ca/classics/files/classics/images/persepolis_bas-relief_101967.jpg

HIST 4345 Ancient Empires: From Persia to Rome, 550 BCE to 14 CE

Early model Studer professional tape recorder, 1969 — By RFWilmut - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28110293

HIST 4422 Oral History: Theory, Practice, and Method

Map of the Middle East — Image by Markus Spiske from Pixabay

HIST 4542 The Modern Middle East During the Long 19th Century

Map of Indian land cessions in the United States. — Map of Indian land cessions in the United States. Credit: Law Library of Congress

HIST 4674 Disposession, Truth, and Reconciliation

Queen Elizabeth

HIST 4950 Witches, Whores and Wives: Patriarchy and Resistance in Renaissance England

Fall 2025

The Big Stick — The Big Stick cartoon wikipedia.org/wiki/en:William_Allen_Rogers

HIST 1576 War in U.S. History: From the Frontier to the Wars on Terror

Jackie Robinson photograph

HIST 1585 Sports and Politics in American History

Utagawa Kuniyoshi: Boat upon the waters 1845 — Utagawa Kuniyoshi: Boat upon the waters 1845 Utagawa Kuniyoshi: Boat upon the waters 1845

HIST 1621 From Samurai to Superpower: Japan in World History I

Decorative Art: The Vikings and the World

HIST 1660 The Vikings and their World

multiple photos of Marilyn Monroe — Public Domain: https://picryl.com/media/marilyn-monroe-andy-warhol-art-a9d0a1

HIST 1690 Deep Fake: A History

Decorative Art : Subversion

HIST 1951 Foreign Policy as Subversion

girl viewing museum pieces — Getty Image: https://www.gettyimages.com/search/photographer?photographer=Images%20By%20Tang%20Ming%20Tung

HIST 2043 Asian American Oral History

mockup of pretend city — Creative Commons

HIST 2064 Starting Your Own Country: From Utopia to the Network State

Temple Olympian Zeus — https://brewminate.com/the-rise-of-the-athenian-empire-and-democracy-in-athens/

HIST 2325 The Athenian Empire: Athenian History, 600 to 300 BCE

Mount Rushmore — https://home.nps.gov/moru/learn/photosmultimedia/index.htm

HIST 2369 Race, The Nation, & American Outdoor Recreation

map of eastern US — NY Public Library Open Access Maps: http://web-static.nypl.org/exhibitions/midatlantic/refs/434889s_ref.html

HIST 2391 From Terra Incognita to Territories of Nation-States: Early American History in Two Dozen Maps

Poster titled Warmly love chairman Mao — Warmly love chairman Mao IISH collection, the Stefan R. Landsberger collection or the Private Collection.BG E12/601(chineseposters.net, IISH collection).

HIST 2435 Global Maoism: History and Present

Photo of My Wife and My Mother-in-law 1915 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Wife_and_My_Mother-in-Law#/media/File:My_Wife_and_My_Mother-in-Law.jpg

HIST 2441 Truths: A History from Antiquity to the Modern

Hancheng North — Photo by TJ Hinrichs of Hancheng North

HIST 2562 Medicine and Healing in China

Clock workings — https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FVerge_escapement%23%2Fmedia%2FFile%3AVerge_escapement_Giovanni_di_Dondi.jpg&data=05%7C02%7Cjly5%40cornell.edu%7Ce50968bd1e474526627e08dc3c774fb4%7C5d7e43661b9b45cf

HIST 2631 The Global History of Time

Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase) ca. 590–570 B.C. from metmuseum.org

HIST 2650 Ancient Greek History

the destruction of tea in Boston — The Library of Congress: https://loc.gov/pictures/resource/cph.3b52022/

HIST 2665 The American Revolutionary Era

Nixon and Elvis — Nixon and Elvis Wiki Public Domain: Ollie Atkins, chief White House photographer at the time

HIST 2680 Sex, Drugs, and Experimenting with Democracy in 1960s and 1970s America

The Mughal Emperor Jahangir (1605-27) holding a globe

HIST 2749 Mughal India and the Early Modern World, c. 1500-1800

Flammarion — Flammarion - public domain

HIST 2811 Science, Nature, and Knowledge: 1500-1800

The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Empire photo

HIST 2969 The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Empire

Tsarevna-Lebed — Tsarevna-Lebed Wiki Media Commons by Mikhail Vrubel

HIST 2970 Imperial Russia

Pyramid of Capitalism ~ 19th century drawing

HIST 3081 Stability and Crisis: Capitalism and Democracy, 1870 to the present

Witches Flight, Goya y Lucientes, Francisco de — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Casta_painting_all.jpg

HIST 3175 No One Expects the Spanish Inquisition: Inquisitors, Heretics, and the Struggle for Truth in the Early Modern World

Image by David Parkins

HIST 3525 Life and Death in China Under Mao

Angela Davis

HIST 3590 The Black Radical Tradition in the U.S.

Buddha among the plants: permission granted et

HIST 3950 Monsoon Kingdoms: Pre-Modern Southeast Asian History

Students researching in AD White Reading Room

HIST 4000 Introduction to Historical Research

News article depicting the Boston Massacre — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boston_Massacre.jpg

HIST 4204 Early American History through Film, ca. 1500-1800

1918-Dancing Sailors — Dancing Sailors picryl.com/media/demuth-charles-1883-1935

HIST 4265 Gender, Sexuality, and the U.S. in the World

tombstone with military helmets across top

HIST 4672 Europe in Flames: World War II and its Aftermath

Hokusai Dragon — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hokusai_Dragon.jpg

HIST 4931 Vitality and Power in China

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