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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 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 (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 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…
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 (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 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 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 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…
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 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 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 2006 Understanding Global Capitalism Through Service Learning (also AMST 2016, ASRC 2006) (HST-AS)(CU-CEL, CU-ITL) (HTR)
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 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 4000 Introduction to Historical Research Tuesday: 2:00-4:30 plus Independent Research Professor TJ Hinrichs This seminar is an introduction to the theory, practice, and art of historical research and writing. One key purpose of this course is to prepare students to work on longer research projects—especially an Honors Thesis. We will analyze the relationship between…
HIST 1575 Tyranny and Dignity: Chinese Women from the Cultural Revolution to the White Paper Revolution (also CAPS 2575, FGSS 2575, ASIAN 2575) (ALC-AS, HST-AS) (HIST-HAN) Tuesday and Thursday: 10:10-11:25 plus Independent Research Professor Peidong Sun This lecture course focus on the human condition of Chinese women after 1949. In the name of the Women’s…
HIST 2482 Recovering the People's Past (HST-AS) (HIST-HNA) Tuesday and Thursday: 1:25-2:40 plus Independent Research Professor Camille Suarez Recovering the People’s Past is a public history seminar that focuses on the ways that a diversity of people have shaped the U.S. past and how the creation of museums and broader forms of popular shape our…
HIST 3980 The Pacific Horizon: Oceania, Asia, and the Americas (also AAS 3980, ASIAN 3980) (ALC-AS, HST-AS) (HIST-HTR) Tuesday and Thursday: 2:55-4:10 plus discussion Professors Raymond Craib and Eric Tagliacozzo The Pacific Horizon is a long one; it stretches from Chile west across the world's largest ocean to places such as Australia and Japan, and…
HIST 4172 Tolstoy: History and Counter-Culture (also RUSSL 4172, SHUM 4172) (HST-AS) (HIST-HEU) Monday and Wednesday: 2:30-4:10 Professor Olga Litvak Tolstoy is impossible. An aristocrat who renounced the privileges of wealth and rank. A man of titanic appetites who repudiated meat, alcohol and sex. A Christian who did not believe in God and tried to…
HIST 2765 The North American West (also AMST 2775) (HST-AS, SCD-AS) (HIST-HNA) Tuesday and Thursday: 8:40-9:55 plus Independent Research Professor Camille Suarez In this course, we will learn about the history of the West. We will deconstruct popular myths about the West, as we engage with the major themes and significant debates that define the…
HIST 2581 Environmental History (also AMST 2581, BSOC 2581) (HB) (HST-AS) (HIST-HNA) Tuesday and Thursday: 10:10-11:25 plus discussion Professor Aaron Sachs This lecture course serves as an introduction to the historical study of humanity's interrelationship with the natural world. Environmental history is a quickly evolving field, taking on increasing importance as the environment itself becomes…
HIST 2435 Global Maoism: History and Present (also CAPS 2435, SHUM 2435) (GB) (ALC-AS, HST-AS) (HIST-HAN) Tuesday and Thursday: 11:40-12:55 plus Independent Research Professor Peidong Sun Maoism and Chinese Communism are not history after Mao's death in 1976. In China, Maoism holds the key to the enduring success of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), one…
HIST 4851 Refugees (also AMST 4851, LSP 4851)(HST-AS, SCD-AS) (HIST-HNA) Wednesday: 2:00-4:30 plus Independent Research Professor Maria Cristina Garcia Since World War II, over 4 million people have migrated to the United States as refugees. In this seminar we will examine some of these refugee migrations and the ways these migrations challenged our understanding of…
HIST 3653 International Development in African History (GLC-AS, HST-AS) (HIST-HGS) Monday and Wednesday: 10:10-11:25 (3-credits) Professor Rachel Sandwell This lecture course examines the history of the idea and practice of development in twentieth century Africa. Since the 1990s, the US, with some input from other western nations, has had relative hegemony in defining “international development.”…