HISTORY
HIS 101—4 credits
No Audits
Early Europe
Session B-4wk (June 16-July 11)
MTWRF 10 am.-12:45 p.m.; Morey 505
CRN 18870; P. Dingman
This course is an introduction to European history with an emphasis on the High Middle Ages and beginnings of the Early Modern era (late 11th-16th centuries). Beginning in the late Ancient World, the course moves swiftly toward the period of emphasis. It proceeds by thematic units with a discussion section closing each unit to help students combine lectures and readings. The emphasis will be on reading primary sources and learning to analyze them and to write about them in clear and effective prose. The skills gained should be transferable to any future study.
HIS 102—4 credits
The West and the World Since 1492
Session A-6wk (May 19-June 27)
TWR 6 p.m.-8:55 p.m.; Meliora 209
CRN 18888; J. Robins
This course examines the expansion of Western European societies across the world and the responses of non-European peoples during the last five centuries. Beginning with the conquest of the “New World”, the course will turn to the growth and collapse of states, empires, and nations in the “Old World” under the rising pressures of industrialism, nationalism, and global interconnectedness, culminating in the crisis and reordering of the world in the 20th century.
HIS 104—4 credits
No Audits
American Civilization
Session B-4wk (June 16-July 11)
MTWRF 1 p.m.-3:45p.m.; Meliora 209
CRN 15390; M. Finn
This course introduces students to concerns and approaches of historians by investigating a series of topics concerning the American past. Topics may include Puritanism, slavery, industrialization, immigration, social movements, war, and modern consumer culture. Particular emphasis will be placed on issues of race, ethnicity, class, gender, and ideology. This course may be used to fulfill a requirement of the American History cluster (S1HIS008) and the Cultural & Intellectual History cluster (S1HIS009).
HIS 106/AAS 106/ANT 248—4 credits
Colonial and Contemporary Africa
Session B-6wk (June 30-August 8)
MTWR 6 p.m.-8:15 p.m.; Meliora 209
CRN 18897; HIS 106
CRN 18905; AAS 106
CRN 18918;ANT 248; J. Robins
This course surveys the history of Africa from the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries. The origins and impact of colonial rule, the rise of independence movements and the evolution of modern states, and the more recent impact of globalization will be examined and linked to contemporary crises that fill today’s headlines. Students will learn about economic, political, and cultural issues through primary sources, films, novels, and other media.
HIS 117/AAS 107/REL 107—4 credits
History of Islam
HIS 144—4 credits
No Audits
War in American Film and History: The First World War to the Present
Session C-4wk (July 14-August 8)
MTWRF 5 p.m.-7:45 p.m.; Meliora 224
CRN 18936; J. Saucier
This course will examine American wars in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries principally through Hollywood constructions of the war experience. We will study the formation of the combat film genre and the wars and conflicts it sought to represent. We will consider films and other representations as documents of the past and as major vehicles of national mythology, while paying particular attention to the relationship of movies to changing ideologies of race, ethnicity, gender and state power.
HIS 145—4 credits
No Audits
Early America, 1600-1800
Session A-6wk (May 19-June 27)
TWR 6 p.m.-8:55 p.m.; Meliora 206
CRN 18947; S. Huntington, J. Ludwig
Military conquest. War and revolution. Epidemics and massive Native American depopulation. Slave insurrections. Witchcraft. Messianic religion. Epic migration. Enlightenment. The rise and fall of empires. The violent concert of these energies (and others) played out on the great stage of “Colonial America” (1600-1800). The period began with a clash of Old World empires and ended with the American Revolution’s experiment in republican government. By the time the Constitutional Convention gathered in Philadelphia in 1787, the whole world had been made over. The creation of that “new world” is the subject of this course.
HIS 146—4 credits
No Audits
Democratic America, 1800-1865
Session B-6wk (June 30-August 8)
TWR 1 p.m.-3:55 p.m.; Meliora 206
CRN 18954; S. Huntington, J. Ludwig
The age of “Democratic America” (1800-1865) must have looked vastly different to the supporters of Thomas Jefferson, the man who ushered in the era, than to the mourners of Abraham Lincoln, whose assassination brought the period to a close. This course examines the rapid changes transforming the country during the interim years. Among the topics to be discussed: speculative capitalism, westward expansion, abolitionism, the growth of manufacturing and cities, popular democracy and the rise of the common man, and the sectional tensions that culminated in the American Civil War.
HIS 147—4 credits
No Audits
Industrial America, 1865-1929
Session A-4wk (May 19-June 13)
MTWRF 10 a.m.-12:45 p.m.; Morey 502
CRN 18989; S. Butterfield
This course will explore the social, political, and cultural history of the United States from Reconstruction through the 1920’s. Among the topics of focus will be the Civil War’s aftermath, the rise of big business, the advent of Progressivism, and the emergence of modern culture in the 1920’s. In addition to providing a factual background of the period, this course will assist students in developing and sharpening their reading, writing, and analytical skills.
HIS 147—4 credits
No Audits
Industrial America, 1865-1929
Session B-6wk (June 30-August 8)
MTWR 6 p.m.-8:15 p.m.; Meliora 206
CRN 18991; L. Broc
This course provides an overview of the major political, economic, and cultural events that transformed American society from the end of the Civil War to the advent of the Great Depression. Major topics include the social changes and consequences of Reconstruction, industrialization, and immigration; the Populist insurgents and the Progressive reformers; the rise of corporations, bureaucracies, and professions; the transformation of American foreign policy; and American idealism in World War I and the reaction against it during the “Roaring Twenties”.
HIS 148—4 credits
No Audits
Recent America, 1929-Present
Session A-6wk (May 19-June 27)
TWR 9 a.m.- 11:55 a.m.; Meliora 206
CRN 15420; Matt Smalarz
This course examines social, political, cultural, and economic changes that affected the United States between the Great Depression in 1929 and the end of the Cold War. It explores the significance and impact of the Great Depression and New Deal, World War II, The Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam War, the Cold War, and the Nixon and Reagan presidencies on American society.
HIS 174/ANT 174-4 credits
Food, Culture, and Identity
HIS 177—4 credits
History of American Popular Music
Session C-4wk (July 14-August 8)
MTWR 1 p.m.-3:45 p.m.; Meliora 209
CRN 19019; E. Morry
This course will examine the evolution of American popular music in the 20th century. The course will discuss the key figures and works of various genres, but the focus will be on tying these musical styles to their broader socio-historical contexts (e.g. the connections between soul music and the civil rights movement, and between rap music and the experience of African-Americans in the Reagan era). Musical works, and primary and secondary historical documents will all be consulted.
HIS 178—4 credits
Rights, Wrongs & Rock n’ Roll: The United States in the 1960’s
Session A-6wk (May 19-June 27)
MTWR 12:15 p.m.-2:30 p.m.; Meliora 219
CRN 19022; E. Morry
Often described as a revolutionary period, the 1960s were marked by political, social and cultural clashes whose consequences helped shape contemporary American society. In addition to discussing the ever-popular sex, drugs, and rock n’ roll, this course will examine the decade’s civil rights and wrongs, radical rebellions and conservative comeback, political assassinations and birth of the New Left. It will also assess the decade’s ultimate legacies and how it has figured in popular memory.
HIS 212—4 credits
No Audits
Revivals and Renaissances in Europe
Session C-4wk (July 14-August 8)
MTWRF 9:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.; Meliora 209
CRN 19041; P. Dingman
This course will explore various resurgences of classical culture in Europe from the Fall of Rome in the fifth century through the Late Middle Ages. We will look at a cultural revival among Irish monasteries in the seventh century, a major learning effort under Charlemagne in the ninth century, and a renaissance in twelfth-century France. Along the way, we will examine the accomplishments of these movements as well as what the term renaissance really means.
HIS 218—4 credits
No Audits
Europe in the High Middle Ages
Session B-6wk (June 30-August 8)
TWR 1 p.m.-3:55 p.m.; Meliora 218
CRN 19053; C. Nakashian
The High Middle Ages are among the most exciting and interesting periods in European history. From the Romances of Arthur to the Hundred Years War, we will examine this fascinating time. We will look at the politics, religion, architecture, literature, and culture of this period, mainly through primary evidence, but also through modern interpretations such as films. We will set Europe in the larger context of her neighbors, the Islamic states and the Byzantine Empire.
HIS 238—4 credits
No Audits
History of British India
Session A-4wk (May 19-June 13)
MTWRF 1 p.m.- 3:45 p.m.; Morey 505
CRN 19064; V. Bharadwaj
This course surveys the history of the Indian sub-continent from the coming of the British in the seventeenth century to its partition and independence in 1947. Course readings will emphasize the colonial experience and the results of colonial contact, especially as seen through changes in discourses, social structures, cultural norms, and collective identities. Readings will include essays, novels, and histories by both British and Indian writers. The class format will be a mix of lectures, discussions, and films.
HIS 239—4 credits
No Audits
The Indian National Movement: History, Influences, Consequences
Session B-4wk (June 16-July 11)
MTWRF 1 p.m.-3:45 p.m.; Morey 505
CRN 19070; V. Bharadwaj
The Indian independence movement, most famous for Mahatma Gandhi’s use of nonviolence, was really the final phase of a “national movement” with roots in the nineteenth century. In this course we will study the development, influences, and outcomes of the Indian national movement, with special emphasis on the idea of nation and the colonial encounter. Readings will be both British and Indian writers, and the class format will be a mix of lectures, discussions, and films.
HIS 249/AAS 249—4 credits
No Audits
The Civil War
Session A-6wk (May 19-June 27)
TWR 3 p.m.- 5:55 p.m.; Morey 525
CRN 15463; HIS 249
CRN 10013; AAS 249; S. Dougherty
This course analyzes the cultural, political, and military history of the Civil War, the bloodiest conflict in American history. Topics discussed will include the institution of slavery, the Old South’s “culture of honor”, Frederick Douglass, Lincoln, the nature of Civil War warfare, soldiers' motivations and combat experiences, and the war's effects on gender and race relations. Course readings will include primary documents such as speeches, songs, advertisements, and soldiers' letters and diaries, as well as secondary literature.
HIS 258/AAS 256—4 credits
No Audits
History of Race in America
Session B-6wk (June 30-August 8)
TWR 10 a.m.-12:55 p.m.; Meliora 219
CRN 19088, HIS 258
CRN 19097, AAS 256; M. Smalarz
This course examines the relationship between historical and literary constructions of racial identity and structure in American history and culture. It explores a broad sampling of historical sources and literary materials ranging from colonial reactions to slave rebellions in the 18th century to literary interpretations on race relations in the 20th century. Specific emphasis is placed on the 19th and 20th centuries. The writings of Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, W.E.B. DuBois, Richard Wright, and Martin Luther King Jr., among others, are examined.
HIS 275—4 credits
No Audits
Medieval Japan
Session A-6wk (May 19-June 27)
TWR 12 noon.-2:55 p.m.; Morey 506
CRN 19101; C.Nakashian
This course surveys the history of Japan from the end of the Yamato kingdom until the advent of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603. Major themes will be the development of Japanese administrative institutions, a possible correlation with “feudalism” in Europe, as well as the organization of medieval Japanese society. We will rely on a variety of sources and mediums of study. These will include contemporary warrior tales, chronicles, and later materials such as film.