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HIST 2543 In the Crossfire of Empires: Africa and World War II (also ASRC 2543) (HA-AS, GLC-AS, HST-AS) (HGS)Monday and Wednesday: 2:55-4:10Professor Judith ByfieldWorld 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 the war from...
HIST 2650 Ancient Greece from Helen to Alexander (also CLASS 2675) (HB) (HA-AS, GLC-AS, HST-AS) (HPE, HEU)Tuesday and Thursday: 11:25-12:40 with informal discussions Professor Barry StraussAn introduction to ancient Greek history from the era of the Trojan War to the conquests of Alexander the Great. Topics include the rise and fall of...
HIST 2665 The American Revolutionary Era (also AMST 2665) (HB) (HST-AS) (HPE, HNA) (Pre-1900 AMST)Monday and Wednesday: 9:05-9:55 with discussions @9:05, 10:10Professor Jon ParmenterAs we approach the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, this course provides students with a comprehensive...
HIST 2749 Mughal India and the Early Modern World, c. 1500-1800 (also ASIAN 2274) (GHB) (HST-AS) (EC-SAP) (HPE, HTR)Tuesday and Thursday: 1:25-2:40 plus discussionsProfessor Robert TraversThe largest of the three great Islamic empires of the early modern era, the Mughal empire at its height ruled over most of the Indian...
HIST 2050 Introduction to Humanities Topics: Afterlives of 9/11 (also SHUM 2750)
Tuesday and Thursday: 11:25-12:40
Professor Durba Ghosh
These seminars offer an introduction to the humanities by exploring historical, cultural, social, and political themes. Students will explore themes in critical dialogue with a range of texts and media drawn from the arts, humanities, and/or humanistic social sciences. Guest speakers, including Cornell faculty and Society for the Humanities Fellows, will present from different disciplines and points of view. Students will make field trips to relevant local sites and visit Cornell special collections and archives. Students enrolled in these seminars will have the opportunity to participate in additional programming related to the annual focus theme of Cornell's Society for the Humanities and the Humanities Scholars Program for undergraduate humanities research.
HIST 2860 The French Revolution (also FREN 2860) (HB) (HST-AS, SCD-AS) (HPE, HEU)Tuesday and Thursday: 1:25-2:40 plus discussionProfessor Paul FriedlandThe French Revolution was one of the most dramatic upheavals in history, sweeping away centuries of tradition and ushering in the political and cultural modernity we arguably still live in today. Although often remembered for mass executions by guillotine and the rise of Napoleon, it was much more. Between 1789 and 1815, the French people experimented with virtually every form of government known to the modern world: absolutist monarchy, constitutional monarchy, representative democracy, radical left-wing republicanism, oligarchy, and right-wing autocracy. This course explores the rapidly changing political and social landscape of this extraordinary period, the evolution of political culture (the arts, theater, songs, fashion, the cult of the guillotine), and shifting attitudes towards gender, race, and slavery.
HIST 2910 Jewish Modernity (also JWST 2920, NES 2620) (HA-AS) (CU-ITL) (HEU) Monday and Wednesday: 2:45-4:00Professor Olga LitvakIn the past two centuries, Jewish men and women have adapted remarkably well to the modern condition, embracing the opportunities associated with higher education, city life, industrial capitalism and democratic...
HIST 3081 Stability and Crisis: Capitalism and Democracy, 1870 to the present (HB) (HST-AS, SSC-AS) (HEU)Monday and Wednesday: 10:10-11:25 plus discussion Professor Nicholas MulderThe idea that the rise of capitalism and the spread of democracy go hand in hand is key to how the Western world sees itself. Since the 2008 global financial...
HIST 3452 Americanish: Identity and Selfhood in US History (also AMST 3452) (HA-AS, ALC-AS, HST-AS) (HNA) Monday and Wednesday: 2:55-4:10 plus discussionProfessor Aaron SachsThis course examines the intellectual and cultural life of Americans, over the last two centuries. The emphasis will be on identity, at both the personal and national level (and on how those two types of identity influence each other). We’ll explore the ways in which different versions of “American Culture” have been constructed and contested. Central themes and subjects include individualism, militarism, belonging, technology, philosophy, and art, in addition to race, class, and gender. What cultural baggage are you carrying when you refer to “America” or “Americans”? Over the years, has the term “American” been more unifying or more divisive?
HIST 4000 Introduction to Historical ResearchWednesday: 2:00-4:30Professor Aaron SachsThis 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...
HIST 4202 The Politics of Inequality: The History of the U.S. Welfare State (also AMST 4202) (HA-AS, HST-AS, SCD-AS) (HNA)Wednesday: 9:05-11:00Professor Julilly Kohler-HausmannThis research seminar explores how Americans and their elected leaders struggled to respond to economic and social inequality throughout the twentieth century. It...
HIST 4262 Environmental Justice: Past, Present, Future (ALC-AS, HST-AS) (HNA)Tuesday: 2:00-4:30Professor Aaron Sachs“Environmental Justice” is a relatively recent term, coined in the United States in the 1980s. It usually refers to a social movement fighting against the unfair concentration of toxic sites within impoverished...
HIST 4303 Nationalism & Decolonization in Africa (also ASRC 4303) (GB) (HA-AS) (HGS)Tuesday: 2:40-4:35Professor Judith ByfieldThis 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 4542 The Modern Middle East During the Long 19th Century (also NES 4542) (GHB) (HA-AS) (HPE, HGS)Thursday: 2:40-4:35Professor Mostafa Minawi This senior/graduate seminar will tackle some of the main debates in the historiography of the Middle Eastern, by focusing on the history of Middle East during the period of Ottoman rule. The...
HIST4900 New World Encounters, 1500-1800 (also AIIS 4900, AMST 4900) (HB) (HA-AS, HST-AS, SCD-AS) (HPE, HNA) (Pre-1900 AMST)Tuesday and Thursday: 9:40-10:55Professor Jon ParmenterThe discovery of the Indies, wrote Francisco Lopez de Gomara in 1552, was "the greatest event since the creation of the world, excepting the Incarnation and Death...
HIST 4945 The Birth of the Prison in Eighteenth Century Europe (HB) (HA-AS, HST-AS) (HEU)Monday: 2:45-4:00Professor Rachel WeilIn medieval and renaissance Europe, criminals were fined, branded, or executed; after the 18th century, more of them went to jail. For some observers, the birth of the prison was a triumph of humanitarian compassion...
The fourth season of “Antiquitas: Leaders and Legends of the Ancient World,” a podcast from professor Barry Strauss, premieres Feb. 23.
In a Time Magazine op-ed, professor Cristina Florea writes that today’s world is arguably very different from the world of the 1930s, but current events in Europe have disturbing parallels in the 1930s.
Historian Daniel Immerwahr will re-establish the central importance of forests and fire to the settlement of the American West in the nineteenth century during this year's LaFeber-Silbey Lecture.
Graduate Student Samantha Wesner talks electricity, the French Revolution, and Paris
Clarity about the goals of sanctions against Russia will be key to attempts to de-escalate the conflict, Cornell faculty experts said during a March 4 panel discussion.
In this article, Alex Siegenthaler, a Senior, answers some questions about completing his Honors project. Siegenthaler also shares with us updates about the Cornell Historical Society.
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