Course Level: Undergraduate/Graduate

Topics vary by section, may be repeated for credit with different topic. Rotating topics in early modern European history, European colonialism in the Caribbean, nineteenth and twentieth century European studies, Russian and Soviet studies, American political, social, and cultural studies, and American diplomatic and military studies. Usually offered every term.

Course Level: Undergraduate/Graduate

Studies in History (3)

International Politics: 1918-1939

In the interwar years, mechanized warfare, financial instability, and the rise of Communism and Fascism contributed to a profound uncertainty and pessimism about the future. This course considers how governments and peoples responded to these challenges, emphasizing the rise and response to European fascism.

Course Level: Undergraduate/Graduate

Studies in History (3)

African-American History since 1865

This course explores the rich and diverse body of scholarship historians have produced on the experiences of African-Americans from slavery to the present. Students get a sense of how the field of African-American history developed over time as well as an introduction to pivotal debates and controversies that have shaped the literature. Discussions and assigned readings cover a variety of topics including gender and sexuality, race and urban space, popular culture, politics, diaspora, and diplomacy and internationalism.

Course Level: Undergraduate/Graduate

Studies in History (3)

Readings in Early American History

This seminar introduces students to the scholarly literature in the field of early American history, emphasizing works focusing on gender and race. Although the course is chiefly historiographical in nature, it also increases familiarity with the content of early American history.

Course Level: Undergraduate/Graduate

Studies in History (3)

European Empires, Commerce & Science in Eighteenth Century

This course focuses on recent scholarship that explores aspects of the European imperial project, especially in the eighteenth-century Atlantic World and with a special emphasis on the French Caribbean. Themes include emerging ideas of race and colonial identity; the meaning of globalization for eighteenth-century Europeans, including sometimes ambivalent attitudes towards commerce and empire; and the importance of science in furthering imperial goals and creating colonial gentility.

Course Level: Undergraduate/Graduate

Studies in History (3)

Modern American Political History

This course examines American politics from the early twentieth century to the present.