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HIST 1200

How can we learn about the past? How do we tell stories about the past? How do we judge the truth of falsity of evidence? Writing History seminars introduce students to many different ways of interpreting ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Race and Science in Modern Europe

  • 19673 HIST 1200   SEM 101

    • MW Malott Hall 207
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Boling, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Globalization in the Persian GulfFWS: Globali

  • 19674 HIST 1200   SEM 102

    • TR Clark Hall 294G
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Ocampo Eibenschutz, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS:Lure of Leisure:A Global Hist of Mdrn Tourism

  • 19675 HIST 1200   SEM 103

    • MW Ives Hall 103
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Plukker, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: History of the Great Migration(s)

  • 19676 HIST 1200   SEM 104

    • MWF White Hall B06
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Roggensack, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Asian Labor Migrations

  • 19677 HIST 1200   SEM 105

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: The Antiracist Workshop: Race and Writing in Ameri

  • 19679 HIST 1200   SEM 107

    • MWF Morrill Hall 107
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Carnaghi, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Walt Disney Presents

  • 20084 HIST 1200   SEM 108

    • MWF McGraw Hall 366
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Begakis, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

HIST 1301

The analytical essay seems to be the basic form of nonfiction writing—but why?  And how did it come to be seen this way?  Why don't you learn to write prose poems in college, or memos, or just elaborate ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 19682 HIST 1301   SEM 101

    • TR White Hall B06
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Sachs, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

HIST 1431

Mao Zedong's famous portrait hangs over the entrance to the Forbidden City in Beijing, a fitting symbol of his dominating presence in the history of modern China. But who exactly was Mao and how has he ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 19683 HIST 1431   SEM 101

    • MW White Hall B04
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Barwick, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

HIST 1511

How do we make sense of the Brexit vote in Great-Britain, the rise of political Islam and the "veil" debates in France, the anti-globalization movements in Spain and Greece, the growth of demagogic ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8161 HIST 1511   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8160 HIST 1511   DIS 201

    • R Sibley Hall 208
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8162 HIST 1511   DIS 202

    • R Uris Hall G26
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8548 HIST 1511   DIS 203

    • R White Hall 104
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17789 HIST 1511   DIS 204

    • R Uris Hall 312
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 1540

This course studies the history of American capitalism. It helps you to answer these questions: What is capitalism? Is the U.S. more capitalist than other countries? How has capitalism shaped the history ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 1540ILRLR 1845

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17640 HIST 1540   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17641 HIST 1540   DIS 201

    • R Uris Hall 254
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17642 HIST 1540   DIS 202

    • R Uris Hall 254
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17643 HIST 1540   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17644 HIST 1540   DIS 204

    • F McGraw Hall 215
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17645 HIST 1540   DIS 205

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17646 HIST 1540   DIS 206

    • F Uris Hall G22
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17654 HIST 1540   DIS 207

    • R McGraw Hall 365
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Arcadi, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17655 HIST 1540   DIS 208

    • R McGraw Hall 145
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Arcadi, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17656 HIST 1540   DIS 209

    • F McGraw Hall 215
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17657 HIST 1540   DIS 210

    • F Uris Hall 254
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17658 HIST 1540   DIS 211

    • F Malott Hall 205
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17659 HIST 1540   DIS 212

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 1571

America is finishing up two wars, one in Iraq and one in Afghanistan. They have been the longest wars in American history and have ended amid much ambivalence about the US engagement in each place and ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 6571

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18991 HIST 1571   SEM 101

    • F Washington, DC
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Silbey, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 1620

From Frankenstein to The Matrix, science fiction and film have depicted contemporary science, technology, and medicine for almost two centuries. This course introduces students to historical and social ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: STS 1102

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7889 HIST 1620   LEC 001

    • TR Mcgraw Hall 165
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Prentice, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 1622

In 1868, samurai revolutionaries and their allies seized the reins of power and established a new capital they called Tokyo. Against all odds, this fragile regime survived and made Tokyo a center of power ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture. Discussion optional. Combined with: ASIAN 2222CAPS 1622GOVT 1623

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 19061 HIST 1622   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19062 HIST 1622   DIS 201

    • T Uris Hall G26
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19064 HIST 1622   DIS 203

    • F White Hall 104
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19065 HIST 1622   DIS 204

    • W Uris Hall G22
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19066 HIST 1622   DIS 205

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19310 HIST 1622   DIS 208

    • T McGraw Hall 365
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 1740

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 about politically ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASIAN 1174CAPS 1740MEDVL 1740

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17602 HIST 1740   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18443 HIST 1740   DIS 201

    • F McGraw Hall 366
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18444 HIST 1740   DIS 202

    • F McGraw Hall 145
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 1820

The borders that separate the United States from Canada and Mexico are among the longest in the world. The southern border with Mexico receives a disproportionate amount of attention from policymakers, ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 1820LSP 1820

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18240 HIST 1820   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18241 HIST 1820   DIS 201

    • F McGraw Hall 365
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Parmenter, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18242 HIST 1820   DIS 202

    • R McGraw Hall 365
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Garcia, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18243 HIST 1820   DIS 203

    • F McGraw Hall 145
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18244 HIST 1820   DIS 204

    • R McGraw Hall 145
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 1951

To what extent does the ideal of the US as a vanguard for democracy and freedom in the world match up with other aspects—military, economic, and humanitarian—of US foreign policy? This same question about ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture. Discussion optional. Combined with: AMST 1951LATA 1951

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17606 HIST 1951   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18051 HIST 1951   DIS 201

    • R Uris Hall 312
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18052 HIST 1951   DIS 202

    • F McGraw Hall 366
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 20305 HIST 1951   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 20306 HIST 1951   DIS 204

    • F Uris Hall 498
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 2001

Independent Study based supervised reading with history faculty.  Student must complete Independent Study Form with faculty supervisor for determining requirements and for permission to enroll through ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3865 HIST 2001   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Baptist, E

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4739 HIST 2001   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Bassi Arevalo, E

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4740 HIST 2001   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Du, Y

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4741 HIST 2001   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Chang, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4742 HIST 2001   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4743 HIST 2001   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Chen, Z

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4745 HIST 2001   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Friedland, P

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4746 HIST 2001   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Craib, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4747 HIST 2001   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Dear, P

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4748 HIST 2001   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Falk, O

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4749 HIST 2001   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Garcia, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4750 HIST 2001   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Ghosh, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4751 HIST 2001   IND 614

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Greene, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4752 HIST 2001   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Hinrichs, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4753 HIST 2001   IND 616

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Glickman, L

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4759 HIST 2001   IND 622

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Litvak, O

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4760 HIST 2001   IND 623

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Loos, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4762 HIST 2001   IND 625

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Minawi, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4765 HIST 2001   IND 628

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Parmenter, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4766 HIST 2001   IND 629

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Rickford, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4768 HIST 2001   IND 631

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Sachs, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4769 HIST 2001   IND 632

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Strauss, B

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4770 HIST 2001   IND 633

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Tagliacozzo, E

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4771 HIST 2001   IND 634

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Travers, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4772 HIST 2001   IND 635

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Washington, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4773 HIST 2001   IND 636

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Weil, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4774 HIST 2001   IND 637

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Weiss, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4776 HIST 2001   IND 639

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Verhoeven, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5421 HIST 2001   IND 642

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Vider, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7187 HIST 2001   IND 643

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Florea, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7188 HIST 2001   IND 644

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

HIST 2005

Educational historian Frederick Rudolph called Cornell University "the first American university," referring to its unique role as a coeducational, nonsectarian, land-grant institution with a broad curriculum ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 2001ENGL 2999

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  •  6703 HIST 2005   LEC 001

    • M Uris Hall G01
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Earle, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For questions about enrollment, please email Corey Earle, cre8@cornell.edu

HIST 2025

Apartheid was a brutal system of segregating every aspect of life for different racial groups in South Africa. This notorious system of racial oppression survived for four and a half decades before it ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 2025SHUM 2025

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 19060 HIST 2025   SEM 101

    • MW McGraw Hall 145
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Borah, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 2082

The Middle Ages are usually imagined as a time of manly men and feminine women: no room for gender ambiguity in Conan the Barbarian! Yet gender, then as now, was in fact unstable, multiple, and above all, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: FGSS 2082MEDVL 2082

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17985 HIST 2082   SEM 101

    • TR White Hall 104
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Falk, O

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 2085

Until the 18th century, criminals and heretics were tortured and killed before large crowds of spectators, Jews and other outcasts were required to wear special badges and segregated from the rest of society, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17632 HIST 2085   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 2091

According to the 2019 Trafficking in Persons Report released by the U.S. State Department, 24.9 million people worldwide are currently the victims of human trafficking and modern-day slavery. ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 2092ASRC 2091LATA 2091

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18259 HIST 2091   SEM 101

    • MW Malott Hall 205
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Schmitt, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 2208

In this course we will learn about the rich varieties of religious life in imperial China, focusing on major historical transformations between the tenth and sixteenth centuries. We will investigate the ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 2251RELST 2208

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18471 HIST 2208   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 2307

This seminar will introduce students to the expanding and dynamic historiography of the African diaspora. The most astute scholars of the African diaspora argue that diaspora is not to be conflated with ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 2317LATA 2307

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 18263 HIST 2307   SEM 101

    • TR McGraw Hall 366
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Byfield, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 2354

This seminar examines some of the political and cultural visions of Africa and Africans held by African-American intellectuals and activists in the 19th and 20th centuries. Emphasis is placed ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 2354ASRC 2354

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17732 HIST 2354   SEM 101

    • MW Uris Hall 254
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Rickford, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 2391

This course engages the rich cartographic record of colonial North America via an in-depth analysis of two dozen iconic maps.  Integrating visual and textual analysis, students will assess human representations ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 2391

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17710 HIST 2391   SEM 101

    • TR McGraw Hall 215
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Parmenter, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 2461

This seminar utilizes recent research on the concept of "minorities" in West Asia and North Africa during the late Ottoman period, through the age of European colonialism, and the rise of nationalism.  ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: NES 2461

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18493 HIST 2461   SEM 101

    • MW McGraw Hall 365
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Minawi, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 2512

This course focuses on African American women in the 20th century. The experiences of black women will be examined from a social, practical, communal, and gendered perspective. Topics include the Club ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture. Discussion optional. Combined with: AMST 2512ASRC 2512FGSS 2512

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17792 HIST 2512   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17793 HIST 2512   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17794 HIST 2512   DIS 202

    • W Uris Hall 369
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 2541

This course examines the development of the Caribbean since the Haitian Revolution.  It  will focus on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and our readings pay particular attention to the ways in which ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 2308LATA 2308

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17804 HIST 2541   LEC 001

    • TR Morrill Hall 107
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Byfield, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 2560

In ancient Greece and Rome, government did little besides wage war and raise taxes, culture focused on war, warriors gloried in battle, and civilians tried to get out of the way. This course surveys the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture. Discussion optional. Combined with: CLASS 2680

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7492 HIST 2560   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7493 HIST 2560   DIS 201

    • F Uris Hall G28
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7494 HIST 2560   DIS 202

    • F Uris Hall G28
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7733 HIST 2560   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7734 HIST 2560   DIS 204

    • F Uris Hall 301
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 2581

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 ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 2581BSOC 2581

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7015 HIST 2581   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7017 HIST 2581   DIS 201

    • R McGraw Hall 366
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7018 HIST 2581   DIS 202

    • R Uris Hall G22
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7019 HIST 2581   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7020 HIST 2581   DIS 204

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 2674

This course examines major trends in the evolution of the Middle East in the modern era. Focusing on the 19th and 20th centuries and ending with the  "Arab Spring," we will consider Middle East history ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 2674GOVT 2747NES 2674

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18848 HIST 2674   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 2689

This course offers an introduction to the history of the Roman empire, from the prehistoric settlements on the site of Rome to the fall of the Western empire in the fifth century and its revival in the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: CLASS 2689

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17262 HIST 2689   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17263 HIST 2689   DIS 201

    • F Uris Hall G24
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17264 HIST 2689   DIS 202

    • R Uris Hall G24
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 2710

This course offers an introductory survey of the history of medicine (principally in Europe and the United States) from classical antiquity to the early twentieth century. Using a combination of both primary ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: BSOC 2071STS 2071

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7138 HIST 2710   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7139 HIST 2710   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7140 HIST 2710   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7896 HIST 2710   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7897 HIST 2710   DIS 204

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7898 HIST 2710   DIS 205

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 2712

Ancient economies were very different to our modern economy: there were no banks, transport and communication were difficult, and the discipline of economics did not yet exist. Yet there are also striking ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARKEO 2712CLASS 2712

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7340 HIST 2712   LEC 001

    • TR Uris Hall 262
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Van Oyen, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 2721

This course examines the history of mental illness—its conception and treatment—in the United States, from the early 1800s to the present, focusing on four major questions: (1) How have understandings ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 2722BSOC 2721STS 2721

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17965 HIST 2721   LEC 001

    • TR Mcgraw Hall 165
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Vider, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17966 HIST 2721   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17967 HIST 2721   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17968 HIST 2721   DIS 203

    • R Uris Hall 312
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17969 HIST 2721   DIS 204

    • R Uris Hall G88
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 20294 HIST 2721   DIS 205

    • R Uris Hall 498
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 20295 HIST 2721   DIS 206

    • F Uris Hall 498
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 2750

This introductory course is a broad survey of the history of the Indian subcontinent from remnants of the Mughal empire through the end of the British empire into the postcolonial present. Prominent themes ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASIAN 2275

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17937 HIST 2750   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17939 HIST 2750   DIS 201

    • F Sibley Hall 115
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Ghosh, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17940 HIST 2750   DIS 202

    • F Sibley Hall 115
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Ghosh, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 2815

This course looks at theories and practices of incarceration in the West, from the Middle Ages to the present, emphasizing changing purposes and rationales.  It was only in the nineteenth century that ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18459 HIST 2815   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18462 HIST 2815   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18463 HIST 2815   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18464 HIST 2815   DIS 203

    • F
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 2853

Before Jewish politics, Jewish identity and Jewish philosophy, there was Jewish law. No other institution is more important to the history of Judaism and to the Jewish way of life. In this lecture course, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: JWST 2853RELST 2853

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18670 HIST 2853   LEC 001

    • MW Morrill Hall 106
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Litvak, O

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 2932

In contemporary China, as in many other places of the world, the ideology and social reality of gender relations is highly paradoxical. Women are flattered for their power as consumers and commitment to ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 2291CAPS 2932FGSS 2932

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18488 HIST 2932   LEC 001

    • TR White Hall 106
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Du, Y

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 2958

In the course we will study the history of the lands, peoples, and states of Eastern Europe during the 19th and 20th centuries as an integral part of modern Europlean and global history. We will ask what ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: JWST 2958

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7041 HIST 2958   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 3002

Independent Study based supervised research with a history faculty member.  Student must complete an on-line Independent Study form with a faculty supervisor to determine requirements and for permission.  ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3886 HIST 3002   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Baptist, E

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4778 HIST 3002   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Byfield, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4779 HIST 3002   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Du, Y

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4780 HIST 3002   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Chang, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4782 HIST 3002   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Chen, Z

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4783 HIST 3002   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Barwick, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4784 HIST 3002   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Friedland, P

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4785 HIST 3002   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Craib, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4786 HIST 3002   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Dear, P

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4787 HIST 3002   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Falk, O

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4788 HIST 3002   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Garcia, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4789 HIST 3002   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Ghosh, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4790 HIST 3002   IND 614

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Greene, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4791 HIST 3002   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Hinrichs, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4794 HIST 3002   IND 618

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Bassi Arevalo, E

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4795 HIST 3002   IND 619

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Glickman, L

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4798 HIST 3002   IND 622

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Litvak, O

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4799 HIST 3002   IND 623

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Loos, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4801 HIST 3002   IND 625

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Minawi, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4804 HIST 3002   IND 628

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Parmenter, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4805 HIST 3002   IND 629

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Rickford, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4806 HIST 3002   IND 630

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Roebuck, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4807 HIST 3002   IND 631

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Sachs, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4808 HIST 3002   IND 632

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Strauss, B

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4809 HIST 3002   IND 633

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Tagliacozzo, E

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4810 HIST 3002   IND 634

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Travers, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4811 HIST 3002   IND 635

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Washington, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4812 HIST 3002   IND 636

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Weil, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4813 HIST 3002   IND 637

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Vider, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4815 HIST 3002   IND 639

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Verhoeven, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5319 HIST 3002   IND 641

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Florea, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7186 HIST 3002   IND 642

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • King-O'Brien, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

HIST 3181

This course explores the history, sociology, and ethics of risk. In particular, we will focus on the complex and often ambiguous relationship between science, technology, and risk. A historical perspective ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3185BSOC 3181STS 3181

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7124 HIST 3181   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 3200

This course aims to familiarize students with the history of Scandinavia, ca. 800-1100 ad. Although well known as a dramatic chapter in medieval history, this period remains enigmatic and often misunderstood. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture. Discussion optional. Combined with: MEDVL 3200

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17845 HIST 3200   LEC 001

    • TR White Hall 110
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Falk, O

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17846 HIST 3200   DIS 201

    • F McGraw Hall 215
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17847 HIST 3200   DIS 202

    • F McGraw Hall 215
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 3363

This course will introduce students to recent scholarship about the historical, cultural, and linguistic relationship between the Chinese and the Vietnamese peoples. Nationalist thought has given rise ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 3363ASIAN 6663HIST 6663

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17356 HIST 3363   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 3405

In the early 1590s, a mysterious cartographer drew a map of the Americas for eager and curious European audiences. The orientation of the map was from the perspective of a ship crossing the Atlantic and ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3404ASRC 3405LATA 3405

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18566 HIST 3405   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 3519

In the conditions of strict censorship and numerous limitations on various forms of political organization and activism, literature and cinema, especially Iran's internationally acclaimed art cinematography, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: NES 3519NES 6519

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6936 HIST 3519   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 3542

This course will take the students through the age of reforms in the Ottoman Empire, the rising of nationalism, and the encroachment of colonialism in the Middle East, North Africa and the Balkans, and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: NES 3542

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18227 HIST 3542   LEC 001

    • MW White Hall 106
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Minawi, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 3626

In 1989, following the anti-Communist revolutions in the Eastern Bloc countries, Francis Fukuyama famously proclaimed "the end of history" and predicted the final global victory of economic and political ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 3726

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18239 HIST 3626   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18533 HIST 3626   DIS 201

    • W White Hall 104
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18534 HIST 3626   DIS 202

    • W McGraw Hall 145
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18535 HIST 3626   DIS 203

    • F McGraw Hall 145
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18536 HIST 3626   DIS 204

    • F White Hall 104
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 3652

What impact did Africa's involvement in the slave trade and its colonization by Europe have on its long-term economic health? What role have post-independence political decisions made within Africa and ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 3652

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7560 HIST 3652   LEC 001

    • MWF McGraw Hall 145
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Greene, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 3870

Whether buying at a general store, shopping at a department store, or loitering at a mall, consumption has always formed an important part of the American experience. More than just commodities bought ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3870ILRLR 3870

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  7849 HIST 3870   LEC 001

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Hyman, L

  • Instruction Mode: Online
    Whether buying at a general store, shopping at a department store, or loitering at a mall, consumption has always formed an important part of the American experience. More than just commodities bought and sold, consumption is also about the institutions, social practices, cultural meanings, and economic functions that have surrounded the merchandise. This course will look at the changing meanings consumption has had for life, politics, and economy in the US over the past 300 years.

HIST 3960

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 ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 3396ASIAN 6696HIST 6960

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18232 HIST 3960   LEC 001

    • MW White Hall 110
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Tagliacozzo, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 4000

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 ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  3915 HIST 4000   SEM 101

    • M Uris Hall 398
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Tagliacozzo, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment limited to: history majors.

HIST 4002

This course is designed to facilitate student's successful completion of their History Department Honors theses through regular deadlines and small group writing workshops. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  3916 HIST 4002   RSC 701

    • M Statler Hall 453
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Travers, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 4155

In 1662, the Virginia House of Burgesses passed a law that made African slavery inheritable through matrilineal descent. Partus sequiter ventrem codified the economic and legal value associated with the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 18674 HIST 4155   SEM 101

    • W McGraw Hall 215
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Nunley, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 4168

This course explores the development of the concept of "race" as applied by and to Asian populations and societies. We also examine the idea of "Asia" and its others in global discourse, including through ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  • 18934 HIST 4168   SEM 101

    • W Sibley Hall 208
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Roebuck, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 4195

This seminar explores the politics of identity-making by analyzing the role that identity played in the social and cultural developments that shaped the Ibero-Atlantic. Our primary focus will be on the ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 6195JWST 4195JWST 6195

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 19093 HIST 4195   SEM 101

    • W McGraw Hall 365
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Juni, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 4231

Why are some technologies such as cars and computers associated with men and masculinity? How did vacuums and sewing machines become gendered female? How do technological artifacts and systems constitute, ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: FGSS 4231STS 4231

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 19124 HIST 4231   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 4361

Unconventional warfare, especially special operations, is often thought of as strictly a modern phenomenon, while hybrid warfare is a term of very recent origin. Yet both loom large in the record of ancient ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 4681CLASS 6681HIST 6361

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17914 HIST 4361   SEM 101

    • T Morrill Hall 111
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Strauss, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 4485

This course will be a Eurasian comparative study of the collapse of Rome and Han-Dynasty China and what happened from the 5th to 8th centuries on selected frontiers of these empires: northwestern Europe ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 4485ASIAN 6685HIST 6685

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 20025 HIST 4485   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 4551

What is a university, what does it do, and how does it do it? Moving out from these more general questions, this seminar will focus on a more specific set of questions concerning the place of race within ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AAS 4550AMST 4550ENGL 4961

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19332 HIST 4551   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 4634

During Europe's colonial era, the modern museum emerged as a site of cultural and scientific authority. This course investigates the history of imperial collections and collectors, with a focus on Britain ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 19100 HIST 4634   SEM 101

    • F Morrill Hall 423
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Ratcliff, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 4653

Historical biographies are one of the most popular forms of historical writing. In this course we will examine the challenges and opportunities of writing biographies set in the pre-1800 world by focusing ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 4653ASRC 6653HIST 6653

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18380 HIST 4653   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 4669

This course examines the history of policing in Black communities from its origins in slavery, through the Civil Rights/Black Power eras and the War on Drugs, to the present day. Specifically, it reveals ... view course details

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  • 18151 HIST 4669   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 4742

Martyrdom is one of the most troubling legacies of monotheistic belief. The idea and the practice of martyrdom remain with us, despite the inroads of secularization into every other aspect of Judaism and ... view course details

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  • 18661 HIST 4742   SEM 101

    • W McGraw Hall 145
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Litvak, O

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 4773

What does it mean to travel across political and cultural boundaries? How are people's thought, behavior, and identity shaped by such experiences and vice versa? How do historians explore and represent ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CAPS 4773HIST 6773

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18546 HIST 4773   SEM 101

    • R McGraw Hall 365
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Du, Y

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 4851

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 ... view course details

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  • 17922 HIST 4851   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 4945

In 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 ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 6945

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17927 HIST 4945   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 6000

This seminar is devoted entirely to the writing of a substantive research paper, the dissertation prospectus, or fellowship proposal. Students will share research proposals, annotated bibliographies, outlines ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4703 HIST 6000   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment limited to: History graduate students.

HIST 6006

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  •  6271 HIST 6006   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment for history graduate students only.

HIST 6065

This course examines the relationship between scientific development, technological innovation and maintenance, and the capitalistic forces that support and benefit from these activities. view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: STS 6061

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18707 HIST 6065   SEM 101

    • W Morrill Hall 423
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Ratcliff, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 6091

As Monty Python put it, European history is a long story of people finding ever more creative ways to slaughter each other. Europe's present, however, is marked by the remarkable feat of European integration, ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18551 HIST 6091   SEM 101

    • T Sibley Hall 211
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Florea, C

      Mulder, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 6155

In 1662, the Virginia House of Burgesses passed a law that made African slavery inheritable through matrilineal descent. Partus sequiter ventrem codified the economic and legal value associated with the ... view course details

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  • 18677 HIST 6155   SEM 101

    • W McGraw Hall 215
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Nunley, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 6168

This course explores the development of the concept of "race" as applied by and to Asian populations and societies. We also examine the idea of "Asia" and its others in global discourse, including through ... view course details

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  • 18936 HIST 6168   SEM 101

    • W Sibley Hall 208
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Roebuck, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 6195

This seminar explores the politics of identity-making by analyzing the social, cultural, and political developments that shaped the Ibero-Atlantic. Our primary focus will be on the interplay between pre-formed ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 4195JWST 4195JWST 6195

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 19095 HIST 6195   SEM 101

    • W McGraw Hall 365
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Juni, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 6202

This course will explore the relationship between popular belief, political action, and the institutional deployment of social power. The class will be roughly divided in three parts, opening with a discussion ... view course details

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  • 17948 HIST 6202   SEM 101

    • M Olin Library 403
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Bensel, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 6300

Topic: Late Antiquity. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 7682NES 6642

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • Topic: Late Antiquity

  • 17256 HIST 6300   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 6338

This proseminar will introduce graduate students to major histories, theories, and methods in public humanities, to explore how history, art, and culture circulate in public life, how power and governance ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 6338

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18580 HIST 6338   SEM 101

    • W Morrill Hall 404
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Vider, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment by permission: please email the professor a statement of no more than 300 words explaining your interest in the course, your research interests, and your ideas for potential public humanities projects.

HIST 6361

Unconventional warfare, especially special operations, is often thought of as strictly a modern phenomenon, while hybrid warfare is a term of very recent origin. Yet both loom large in the record of ancient ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one discussion. Combined with: CLASS 4681CLASS 6681HIST 4361

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17915 HIST 6361   SEM 101

    • T Morrill Hall 111
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Strauss, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19850 HIST 6361   DIS 201

    • T Morrill Hall 111
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Strauss, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 6525

Communism merged multiple theories, events and experiences. It's complexity does not lie exclusively in the discrepancies that separate the communist idea from its historical embodiments; it lies in the ... view course details

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  • 17419 HIST 6525   SEM 101

    • R Uris Hall 369
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Traverso, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Conducted in English.

HIST 6555

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LAW 6550

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 20825 HIST 6555   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 2, 2022
    • Dinner, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 6571

America is finishing up two wars, one in Iraq and one in Afghanistan. They have been the longest wars in American history and have ended amid much ambivalence about the US engagement in each place and ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 1571

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 20631 HIST 6571   SEM 101

    • F Washington, DC
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Silbey, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 6634

For description, see STS 4634.  view course details

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  • 19273 HIST 6634   SEM 101

    • F Morrill Hall 423
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Ratcliff, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 6653

Historical biographies are one of the most popular forms of historical writing. In this course we will examine the challenges and opportunities of writing biographies set in the pre-1800 world by focusing ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 4653ASRC 6653HIST 4653

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18382 HIST 6653   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

HIST 6663

This course will introduce students to recent scholarship about the historical, cultural, and linguistic relationship between the Chinese and the Vietnamese peoples. Nationalist thought has given rise ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 3363ASIAN 6663HIST 3363

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17358 HIST 6663   LEC 001