HIST 2006 Understanding Global Capitalism Through Service Learning
HIST 2006 Understanding Global Capitalism Through Service Learning (also AMST 2016, ASRC 2006) (HST-AS)(CU-CEL, CU-ITL) (HTR)
HIST 2325 The Athenian Empire: Athenian History, 600 to 300 BCE
HIST 2325 The Athenian Empire: Athenian History, 600 to 300 BCE (HST-AS) (HIST-HEU, HIST-HPE) Monday and Wednesday: 10:10-11:25 Professor Talia Prussin This course focuses on the rise and fall of the Athenian empire, beginning with its roots in the late Archaic period, continuing through its height in the mid-fifth century BCE, and ending with the…
HIST 1930 A Global History of Love
HIST 1930 A Global History of Love (also ASIAN 1193, FGSS 1940, LGBT 1940, SHUM 1930) (HST-AS)(SCD-AS) (HIST-HTR) Monday and Wednesday: 1:25-2:40 plus discussion Professor Durba Ghosh By posing seemingly simple questions such as what is love and who has the right to love, this introductory-level lecture course surveys how love has been experienced and…
HIST 1970 Pirates, Slaves, and Revolutionaries: A History of the Caribbean from Columbus to Louverture
HIST 1970 Pirates, Slaves, and Revolutionaries: A History of the Caribbean from Columbus to Louverture (also ASRC 1790, LATS 1970) (HST-AS) (HIST-HPE, HIST-HGS) Monday and Wednesday: 10:10-11:25 plus Independent Research Professor Ernesto Bassi What is the Caribbean? How did its native inhabitants fared in the aftermath of the arrival of Europeans? How did the region…
HIST 1740 Imperial China
HIST 1740 Imperial China (also ASIAN 1174, CAPS 1740, MEDVL 1740) (HST-AS, SCD-AS) (HIST-HPE, HIST-HAN) Monday and Wednesday: 1:25-2:40 plus discussion Professor TJ Hinrichs This course explores the history of imperial China between the 3rd century B.C.E. and the 16th century C.E. with a focus on the following questions: How did imperial Chinese states go…
HIST 1986 Disasters!: A History of Colonial Failures in the Atlantic World, 1450-1750
HIST 1986 Disasters!: A History of Colonial Failures in the Atlantic World, 1450-1750 (HST-AS) (HIST-HPE, HIST-HNA) Tuesday and Thursday: 10:10-11:25 plus discussion Professor Casey Schmitt This course provides an overview of disastrous attempts at colonization in the Americas from ca. 1500 through ca. 1760. Over thirteen weeks, we will engage with the question of why…
HIST 1802 Introduction to Latinos in U.S. History
Introduction to Latinos in U.S. History (also AMST 1802, LSP 1802, LATA 1802, SHUM 1802) (HA-AS) (SCD-AS) (HIST-HNA) Tuesday and Thursday: 11:40-12:55 Professor Maria Cristina Garcia This course seeks a fuller recounting of the U.S. history by remapping what we understand as “America”. We will examine traditional themes in the teaching of U.S. history –…
HIST 2035 Surviving Dark Times or Special Topics in Calamity History
HIST 2035 Surviving Dark Times or Special Topics in Calamity History (ALC-AS, HST-AS) (HIST-HNA) Monday and Wednesday: 10:10-11:25 Professor Aaron Sachs This seminar will explore several periods in western history that have dark reputations, and several strategies that people have used to help them survive. Some of the units cover crises that most historians would…
HIST 2353 Civil Rights vs. Human Rights in the Black Freedom Struggle
HIST 2353 Civil Rights vs. Human Rights in the Black Freedom Struggle (also AMST 2353, ASRC 2353) (HST-AS) (HIST-HNA) Monday and Wednesday: 2:55-4:10 plus Independent Research Professor Russell Rickford This course explores the changing meaning of American freedom and citizenship in the context of the long struggle for black liberation. Relying on social and political…
HIST 1585 Sports and Politics in American History
HIST 1585 Sports and Politics in American History (also AMST 1585) (HST-AS) (HIST-HNA) Monday and Wednesday: 10:10-11:25 plus discussion Professor Larry Glickman This survey course will explore the relationship between sports and politics over the course of American history from the nineteenth century to the present. Sports and politics have come together surprisingly frequently in…
HIST 4303 Nationalism & Decoloniation in Africa
HIST 4303 Nationalism & Decolonization in Africa (also ASRC 4303) (GB)(HST-AS)(HIST-HGS) Wednesday: 2:00-4:30 plus Independent Research Professor Judith Byfield This course examines the rise of nationalism as well as the process and aims of decolonization in sub-Saharan Africa. It draws on films and a variety of primary and secondary materials in order to illuminate the…
HIST 1920 Modern China
HIST 1920 Modern China (also ASIAN 1192, CAPS 1920) (GLC-AS, HST-AS) (HIST-HAN) Monday and Wednesday: 8:40-9:55 plus discussion Professor Mara Du This course surveys modern Chinese history from 1600 to present. Time will be devoted to each of the three major periods into which modern Chinese history is conventionally divided: the Imperial Era (1600-1911), the…
HIST 2207 East Asian Medical and Martial Arts
HIST 2207 East Asian Medical and Martial Arts (also ASIAN 2278, STS 2207) (HST-AS, SCD-AS) (HIST-HTR) Tuesday and Thursday: 2:55-4:10 plus Independent Research Professor TJ Hinrichs East Asian medicinal and martial arts, whether practiced in East Asia or in other parts of the world, have been important points of contact for people within and between…
Historian Cristina Florea wins prizes for book about Bukovina
Cristina Florea won two ASEEES honors for her 2025 history book on Bukovina. The College of Arts & Sciences professor received the Barbara Jelavich Book Prize and a Wayne S. Vucinich Book Prize honorable mention.
Winter Session 2027 registration is now open
Cornell University Winter Session 2027 registration is now open for online courses running Jan. 4–22. Students can earn credits, fulfill requirements, and explore subjects ranging from business and biology to history, psychology, and design.
October lectures explore autocracy, communism and U.S.-China-Russia relations
Cornell University’s “Unmasking the CCP” lecture series will feature talks by former U.S. Ambassador Michael McFaul Oct. 23 and historian Frank Dikötter Oct. 27 on democracy, communism and China’s international role. The events are hosted by the College of Arts & Sciences.
HIST 2543 In the Crossfire of Empires: Africa and World War II
HIST 2543 In the Crossfire of Empires: Africa and World War II (also ASRC 2543) (GLC-AS, HST-AS) (HIST-HGS) Tuesday and Thursday: 1:25-2:40 plus Independent Research Professor Judith Byfield World War II was one of the most transformative periods in the history of the 20th century. As a result, scholars, writers and filmmakers continue to re-examine…
HIST 4685 Early Modern Universities
HIST 4685 Early Modern Universities (also STS 4685) (ALC-AS, HST-AS) (HIST-HEU, HIST-HPE) Wednesday: 11:15-1:45 plus Independent Research Dr. Eleanor Webb This course focuses on one of early modern Europe’s most influential and contentious institutions: the university. Universities were central pillars of premodern European society and played host to some of the period’s most consequential debates…
HIST 2689 Roman History
CLASS 2689 Roman History (also HIST 2689) (HA-AG), (HST-AS) (HIST-HEU, HIST-HPE) Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 10:10-11:00 Professor Eric Rebillard This course offers an introduction to the history of the Roman empire, from the prehistoric settlements on the site of Rome in the mid-eighth century BCE to the fall of the Western empire in the fifth century…
HIST 2616 The World after Alexander the Great: A History of the Hellenistic Period
HIST 2616 The World after Alexander the Great: A History of the Hellenistic Period (also NES 2622) (HST-AS, SCD-AS) (HIST-HPE, HIST-HTR) Monday and Wednesday: 2:55-4:10 Professor Talia Prussin Alexander the Great’s conquest of the Persian empire in 330 BCE changed the ancient world forever, expanding the Greek world beyond the Mediterranean as far as India.…
HIST 3602 From Witchcraft to K-Pop Crossover: A History of North America
HIST 3602 From Witchcraft to K-Pop Crossover: A Cultural History of North America (also AMST 3602) (ALC-AS, HST-AS) (HIST-HNA) Tuesday and Thursday: 2:55-4:10 Dr. Justin Clark This course examines the history of culture in North America from the pre-contact era to present. We will examine how Native, African, European, Asian, and Latino/a influences, along with…
HIST 4772 China Imagined: The Historical and Global Origins of the Chinese Nation
HIST 4772 China Imagined: The Historical and Global Origins of the Chinese Nation (also ASIAN 4478, CAPS 4772) (GLC-AS, HST-AS) (HIST-HAN) Monday: 2:00-4:30 plus Independent Research Professor Mara Du As China, with its “China Dream,” rises in power on the global stage, what “China” means to its inhabitants and outsiders has become an issue increasingly…
HIST 4116 The Scientific Revolution
HIST 4116 The Scientific Revolution (also BSOC 4116, STS 4116) (HST-AS) (HIST-HPE, HIST-HEU) Wednesday: 2:00-4:30 plus Independent Research Professor Jeremy Schneider This seminar investigates the period of the so-called “scientific revolution.” As a foundational narrative of modernity, the scientific revolution posits a radical break from a medieval past, best exemplified through the emergence of the…
HIST 3960 Transnational Local: Southeast Asian History from the Eighteenth Century
HIST 3960 Transnational Local: Southeast Asian History from the Eighteenth Century (also ASAN 3396) (HST-AS) (EC-SEAP) (HIST-HAN) Monday and Wednesday: 10:10-11:25 plus Independent Research Professor Tamara Loos Surveys the modern history of Southeast Asia with special attention to colonialism, the Chinese diaspora, and socio-cultural institutions. Considers global transformations that brought "the West" into people's lives…
HIST 3825 World War II: A Global History
HIST 3825 World War II: A Global History (HA-AS, HST-AS) (HIST-HTR) Tuesday and Thursday: 11:40-12:55 plus discussion Professor Ruth Lawlor It may seem obvious that World War II was a global event, but the history of the war has often been told within national frames: the story of Britain “standing alone” in the Blitz, the…