History (HIST)Arts and Sciences
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    HIST 1200
    
          
        
  
 
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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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    Section TopicTopic: FWS:The Idea of Entrepreneurship in Modern America 
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        Meeting Pattern- MWF
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Goodwin, J 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/. 
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    Section TopicTopic: FWS: The City of the Future: From Past to Present 
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        Meeting Pattern- TR
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Plukker, A 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/. 
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    Section TopicTopic: FWS: Imperial Islands 
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        Meeting Pattern- TR
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Wan, D 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/. 
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    Section TopicTopic: 19th Century Readings African American Literature 
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        Meeting Pattern- MW
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Roggensack, K 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/. 
    
    HIST 1402
    
          
        
  
 
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This course looks at Islam as a global phenomenon, both historically and in the contemporary world. We spend time on the genesis of Islam in the Middle East, but then move across the Muslim would in various ... view course details
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        Meeting Pattern- TR
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- Instructors- Tagliacozzo, E 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/. 
    
    HIST 1412
    
          
        
  
 
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Is the United States a nation of freedom-loving individualists or club-joining conformists? Both, obviously. How, then, have Americans reconciled their enthusiasm for personal independence and individual ... view course details
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- Instructors- Clark, J 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/. 
    
    HIST 1470
    
          
        
  
 
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For centuries, people have revered the places known as Yosemite and Yellowstone National Parks. Artists, intellectuals, and nature lovers have devoted books, brochures, and picture essays to the natural ... view course details
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- Instructors- Suarez, C 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/. 
    
    HIST 1540
    
          
        
  
 
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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
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 1540, ILRGL 1845 
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                Credits and Grading Basis4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
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        Meeting Pattern- MW
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- Instructors- Baptist, E - Glickman, L 
 
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        Meeting Pattern- R
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- Instructors- Staff 
 
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    HIST 1561
    
          
        
  
 
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This course will introduce students to the study of the Ottoman Empire from its inception in the late 13th century until the early part of 19th century. The classes will follow the main timeline of the ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: NES 1561 
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        Meeting Pattern- TR
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Minawi, M 
 
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    HIST 1595
    
          
        
  
 
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Focusing on political and social history, this course surveys African-American history from Emancipation to the present. The class examines the post-Reconstruction Nadir of black life; the mass black insurgency ... view course details
    
    HIST 1622
    
          
        
  
 
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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
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASIAN 2222, CAPS 1622, GOVT 1623 
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        Meeting Pattern- TR
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- Instructors- Roebuck, K 
 
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        Meeting Pattern- T
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- Instructors- Staff 
 
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    HIST 1740
    
          
        
  
 
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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
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASIAN 2740, CAPS 1740, MEDVL 1740 
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                Credits and Grading Basis4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
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        Meeting Pattern- MW
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Hinrichs, T 
 
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        Meeting Pattern- F
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- Instructors- Staff 
 
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    HIST 1920
    
          
        
  
 
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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 ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASIAN 2920, CAPS 1920 
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        Meeting Pattern- MW
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- Instructors- Du, M 
 
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    HIST 2001
    
          
        
  
 
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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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- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Baptist, E 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: Independent Studies To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm. Instructor Consent Required (Add) 
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- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Bassi Arevalo, E 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: Independent Studies To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm. Instructor Consent Required (Add) 
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- Instructors- Du, M 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: Independent Studies To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm. Instructor Consent Required (Add) 
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- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Chang, D 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: Independent Studies To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm. Instructor Consent Required (Add) 
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- Instructors- Chen, Z 
 
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- Instructors- Byfield, J 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: Independent Studies To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm. Instructor Consent Required (Add) 
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- Instructors- Friedland, P 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: Independent Studies To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm. Instructor Consent Required (Add) 
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- Instructors- Craib, R 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: Independent Studies To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm. Instructor Consent Required (Add) 
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- Instructors- Falk, O 
 
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- Instructors- Garcia, M 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: Independent Studies To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm. Instructor Consent Required (Add) 
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- Instructors- Ghosh, D 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: Independent Studies To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm. Instructor Consent Required (Add) 
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- Instructors- Hinrichs, T 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: Independent Studies To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm. Instructor Consent Required (Add) 
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- Instructors- Glickman, L 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: Independent Studies To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm. Instructor Consent Required (Add) 
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- Instructors- Juni, M 
 
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- Instructors- Minawi, M 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: Independent Studies To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm. Instructor Consent Required (Add) 
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- Instructors- Tagliacozzo, E 
 
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- Instructors- Travers, T 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: Independent Studies To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm. Instructor Consent Required (Add) 
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- Instructors- Schmitt, C 
 
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- Instructors- Weil, R 
 
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- Instructors- Suarez, C 
 
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        Class Number & Section Details
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        Meeting Pattern
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Sun, P 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: Independent Studies To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm. Instructor Consent Required (Add) 
- Project Session Full. 
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                Credits and Grading Basis2 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
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        Class Number & Section Details
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        Meeting Pattern
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Verhoeven, C 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: Independent Studies To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm. Instructor Consent Required (Add) 
- Project Session Full. 
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                Credits and Grading Basis2 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
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        Class Number & Section Details
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        Meeting Pattern
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Tolan-Szkilnik, P 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: Independent Studies To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm. Instructor Consent Required (Add) 
    
    HIST 2005
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
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
- Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 2001, ENGL 2999 
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                Credits and Grading Basis1 Credit Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
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        Class Number & Section Details
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        Meeting Pattern- M
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Earle, C 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person If you are unable to enroll, please add yourself to the waitlist: https://forms.gle/1uytdaT9WRE25Z9z7. Department Consent Required (Add) 
    
    HIST 2050
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
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 ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Combined with: SHUM 2750 
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                Credits and Grading Basis3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
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    Section TopicTopic: The Good Life 
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        Class Number & Section Details
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        Meeting Pattern- TR
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Beswick, S 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person Enrollment preference given to: students accepted into the Humanities Scholars Program. For course description, see https://as.cornell.edu/research/hsp-core-courses 
    
    HIST 2155
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
Religion is a term with a rich history but without a precise definition. Everyone can describe a religious idea or a religious experience even though there is no agreement about what it is that makes an ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Combined with: JWST 2155, RELST 2155 
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                Credits and Grading Basis4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
    
    HIST 2165
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
What is democracy? What does it need to thrive? When does it die? How do anti-liberal, authoritarian regimes emerge? What makes them tick? In 1921, a British liberal announced that democracy had already ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. 
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                Credits and Grading Basis4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
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        Class Number & Section Details
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        Meeting Pattern- TR
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Florea, C 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
    
    HIST 2207
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
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 often marginalized communities. ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ASIAN 2278, STS 2207 
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                Credits and Grading Basis4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only) 
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        Class Number & Section Details
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        Meeting Pattern- TR
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Hinrichs, T 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
    
    HIST 2213
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
What was the Second World War? How do people in different countries remember it today? In this class, we will explore the military, political, economic and cultural history of the Second World War—and ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. 
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                Credits and Grading Basis4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
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        Class Number & Section Details
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        Meeting Pattern- TR
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Lawlor, R 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
    
    HIST 2251
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
Americans are conflicted about immigration. We celebrate and commercialize our immigrant heritage in museums, folklife festivals, parades, pageants, and historical monuments. We also build fences and detention ... view course details
    
    HIST 2285
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
This course uses history and political theory to understand the fascist experience in the twentieth century. In the first part of the course, we will examine fascist ideology; its relation to democracy ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. 
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                Credits and Grading Basis4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
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        Class Number & Section Details
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        Meeting Pattern- TR
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Mulder, N 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
    
    HIST 2333
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
At the end of the Great War, Europe has became the realm of a new relationship between violence, culture, and politics. From 1914 to 1945, the continent became the realm of an extraordinary entanglement ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ROMS 3300 
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                Credits and Grading Basis3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
    
    HIST 2353
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
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 history, it confronts the promise, ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: AMST 2353, ASRC 2353 
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                Credits and Grading Basis4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
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        Class Number & Section Details
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        Meeting Pattern- MW
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Rickford, R 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
    
    HIST 2548
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
For millennia, Buddhist monks, merchants, pilgrims, diplomats, and adventurers have moved around the Indian Ocean arena circulating Buddhist teachings and powerful objects. In doing so they helped create ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 2248, RELST 2248 
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                Credits and Grading Basis3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
    
    HIST 2556
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
The vast Congo Basin region has shaped the world in ways that are often ignored. Its mineral resources travel the globe - the uranium used to bomb Japan in 1945 came from the Congo, and if you have a cellphone, ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 2556 
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                Credits and Grading Basis3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
    
    HIST 2575
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
This course focuses on the human condition of Chinese women after 1949. In the name of the Women's liberation movement since the early 1900s, do Chinese women eventually hold up the half sky? From the ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: CAPS 2575, FGSS 2575 
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                Credits and Grading Basis4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only) 
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        Class Number & Section Details
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        Meeting Pattern- TR
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Sun, P 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
    
    HIST 2640
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
An introductory history of Chinese, Japanese, Asian Indians, Filipinos, and Koreans in the United States from the mid-nineteenth century to the 1990s. Major themes include racism and resistance, labor ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AAS 2130, AMST 2640 
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                Credits and Grading Basis4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
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        Class Number & Section Details
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        Meeting Pattern- MW
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Chang, D 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
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        Class Number & Section Details
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        Meeting Pattern- F
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Staff 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
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        Class Number & Section Details
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        Meeting Pattern- F
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Staff 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
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        Meeting Pattern- F
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Staff 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
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        Meeting Pattern- F
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Staff 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
    
    HIST 2660
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
One thing many Americans think they know is their Indians: Pocahontas, the First Thanksgiving, fighting cowboys, reservation poverty, and casino riches. Under our very noses, however, Native American history ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AIIS 2660, AMST 2660 
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                Credits and Grading Basis3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
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        Class Number & Section Details
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        Meeting Pattern- MW
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Parmenter, J 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
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        Meeting Pattern- F
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Staff 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
    
    HIST 2674
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
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 with ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASRC 2674, GOVT 2747, NES 2674 
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                Credits and Grading Basis3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
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        Class Number & Section Details
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        Meeting Pattern- MW
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Fahmy, Z 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
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        Meeting Pattern- F
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Fahmy, Z 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
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        Meeting Pattern- F
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Fahmy, Z 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
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        Meeting Pattern- F
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Fahmy, Z 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
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        Meeting Pattern- F
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Fahmy, Z 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
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        Meeting Pattern- F
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Fahmy, Z 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
    
    HIST 2689
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
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
- Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 2689 
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                Credits and Grading Basis3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
    
    HIST 2690
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
This lecture course examines approaches to the study of terrorism, especially in the global north. It will cover 1) the history of terrorism as it developed over the course of the modern era (in the process ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. 
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                Credits and Grading Basis4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
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        Class Number & Section Details
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        Meeting Pattern- TR
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Verhoeven, C 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
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        Class Number & Section Details
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        Meeting Pattern- R
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Staff 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
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        Meeting Pattern- F
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Staff 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
    
    HIST 2750
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
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
- Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 2275 
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                Credits and Grading Basis3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
    
    HIST 2760
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
This course considers how a small northern European kingdom acquired and then governed a vast global empire. Beginning with the navigators, pirates and settlers of the Elizabethan era, and ending with ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. 
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                Credits and Grading Basis4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
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        Class Number & Section Details
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        Meeting Pattern- TR
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Travers, T 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
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        Meeting Pattern- R
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Staff 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
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        Meeting Pattern- F
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Staff 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
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        Meeting Pattern- R
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Staff 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
    
    HIST 2765
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
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 historical scholarship. ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: AMST 2775, LSP 2765 
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                Credits and Grading Basis4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
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        Class Number & Section Details
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        Meeting Pattern- TR
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Suarez, C 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
    
    HIST 2812
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
Science needs images. Natural history books contain drawings of plants and animals, physics books diagrams of atoms, and medical books depictions of the human body. But what makes these images “scientific”? ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Combined with: STS 2813 
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                Credits and Grading Basis3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
    
    HIST 2815
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
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
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. 
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                Credits and Grading Basis4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only) 
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        Class Number & Section Details
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        Meeting Pattern- MW
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Weil, R 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
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        Meeting Pattern- F
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Staff 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
    
    HIST 2853
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
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
- Regular Academic Session. Combined with: JWST 2853, RELST 2853 
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                Credits and Grading Basis3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only) 
    
    HIST 2860
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
The 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 ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: FREN 2860 
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                Credits and Grading Basis4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
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        Class Number & Section Details
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        Meeting Pattern- TR
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Friedland, P 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
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        Class Number & Section Details
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        Meeting Pattern- T
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Staff 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
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        Class Number & Section Details
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        Meeting Pattern- W
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Staff 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
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        Meeting Pattern- W
- Instructors- Staff 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
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        Meeting Pattern- R
- Instructors- Staff 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
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        Meeting Pattern- T
- Instructors- Staff 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
    
    HIST 2905
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
What is war? How has it changed over time? How and why do states engage in war and what social, economic and political factors determine when and what kind of war breaks out? Who fights wars and why? This ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. 
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                Credits and Grading Basis4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
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        Class Number & Section Details
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        Meeting Pattern- TR
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Lawlor, R - Mulder, N 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
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        Class Number & Section Details
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        Meeting Pattern- T
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Staff 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
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        Class Number & Section Details
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        Meeting Pattern- T
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Staff 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
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        Meeting Pattern- T
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Staff 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
    
    HIST 2920
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
Provides an introduction to the role computing and information technologies played in political public life, from tabulating machines used to calculate the census to Big Tech's impact on democratic procedures, ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 2980, ENGRG 2980, INFO 2921, STS 2921 
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                Credits and Grading Basis3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only) 
    
    HIST 2981
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
This course offers a broad understanding of the crucial roles East Asian women played in culture, the economy, and society from antiquity to the early twentieth century. By rethinking the pervasive stereotype ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASIAN 2281, CAPS 2281, FGSS 2281 
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                Credits and Grading Basis3 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit)) 
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        Class Number & Section Details
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        Meeting Pattern- MW
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Son, S 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
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        Meeting Pattern- F
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Son, S 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
    
    HIST 3002
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
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
- Project Session Full. 
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                Credits and Grading Basis2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
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        Class Number & Section Details
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- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Baptist, E 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: Independent Studies To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm. Instructor Consent Required (Add) 
- Project Session Full. 
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                Credits and Grading Basis2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
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- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Byfield, J 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: Independent Studies To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm. Instructor Consent Required (Add) 
- Project Session Full. 
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                Credits and Grading Basis2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
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        Class Number & Section Details
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        Meeting Pattern
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Du, M 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: Independent Studies To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm. Instructor Consent Required (Add) 
- Project Session Full. 
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                Credits and Grading Basis2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
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- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Chang, D 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: Independent Studies To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm. Instructor Consent Required (Add) 
- Project Session Full. 
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                Credits and Grading Basis2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
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- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Bassi Arevalo, E 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: Independent Studies To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm. Instructor Consent Required (Add) 
- Project Session Full. 
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                Credits and Grading Basis2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
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- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Chen, Z 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: Independent Studies To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm. Instructor Consent Required (Add) 
- Project Session Full. 
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                Credits and Grading Basis2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
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- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Lawlor, R 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: Independent Studies To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm. Instructor Consent Required (Add) 
- Project Session Full. 
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                Credits and Grading Basis2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
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- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Friedland, P 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: Independent Studies To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm. Instructor Consent Required (Add) 
- Project Session Full. 
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                Credits and Grading Basis2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
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- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Craib, R 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: Independent Studies To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm. Instructor Consent Required (Add) 
- Project Session Full. 
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                Credits and Grading Basis2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
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- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Du, M 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: Independent Studies To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm. Instructor Consent Required (Add) 
- Project Session Full. 
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                Credits and Grading Basis2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
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- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Falk, O 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: Independent Studies To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm. Instructor Consent Required (Add) 
- Project Session Full. 
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                Credits and Grading Basis2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
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- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Garcia, M 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: Independent Studies To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm. Instructor Consent Required (Add) 
- Project Session Full. 
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                Credits and Grading Basis2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
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- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Ghosh, D 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: Independent Studies To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm. Instructor Consent Required (Add) 
- Project Session Full. 
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- Project Session Full. 
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- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
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- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
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- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Tagliacozzo, E 
 
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- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Travers, T 
 
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- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
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- Project Session Full. 
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- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
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- Project Session Full. 
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- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Suarez, C 
 
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- Project Session Full. 
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- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
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- Project Session Full. 
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- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Verhoeven, C 
 
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- Project Session Full. 
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- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Tolan-Szkilnik, P 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: Independent Studies To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm. Instructor Consent Required (Add) 
- Project Session Full. 
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- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- King-O'Brien, K 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: Independent Studies To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm. Department Consent Required (Add) 
    
    HIST 3021
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
This course examines the long, complicated history of Korea’s relationship with China, focusing on the period from the fourteenth century to the present. Rather than having a nation-bound interpretation ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 3021, CAPS 3021 
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                Credits and Grading Basis3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only) 
    
    HIST 3200
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
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
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: JWST 3200, MEDVL 3200, NES 3200 
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                Credits and Grading Basis4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
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        Meeting Pattern- MW
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Falk, O 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
    
    HIST 3415
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
How does the state draw political power from nature? What is the relationship between the environment and national and/or imperial identity? How does the environment resist political control, or support ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 3435, RUSSL 3435 
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                Credits and Grading Basis3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
    
    HIST 3448
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
Sufism, popularly understood as Islamic mysticism, is a loose name given to a broad and diverse collection of beliefs, practices and groups that range and vary across time and space. Going from a small ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 6448, MEDVL 3448, MEDVL 6448, NES 3448, NES 6448, RELST 3448, RELST 6448 
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                Credits and Grading Basis3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
    
    HIST 3571
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
America has fought two wars in the 21st century, in Iraq and Afghanistan. They were the longest wars in American history and ended badly, amid much ambivalence about the defense policies that created them. ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3571, PUBPOL 3515, PUBPOL 5515 
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                Credits and Grading Basis4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only) 
    
    HIST 3602
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
This course examines the history of culture in North America from the pre-contact era to present. We will examine how Native, African, European, Asian, and Latino/a influences, along with colonization, ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3602 
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                Credits and Grading Basis3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
    
    HIST 3616
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
Julius Caesar is one of the most influential and enigmatic figures in world history. His ruinous overreach forever changed the course of Roman history, and his reform of the calendar is still with us. ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 3616 
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                Credits and Grading Basis3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
    
    HIST 3835
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
This course will explore Holocaust survivor testimonies, from the multilayered history of their recording across the globe and their increasing institutionalization after the 1980s to their current uses ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GERST 3825, JWST 3825, SHUM 3825 
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                Credits and Grading Basis3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
    
    HIST 3953
    
          
        
  
 
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This course explores the Cold War as a global conflict that reshaped the twentieth century and is many ways shaped the world we live in today. Beginning with its origins in the aftermath of World War II, ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one independent study. 
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                Credits and Grading Basis4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only) 
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        Meeting Pattern- TR
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Florea, C 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
    
    HIST 3960
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
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 ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: ASIAN 3396, ASIAN 6696, HIST 6960 
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                Credits and Grading Basis4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
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        Meeting Pattern- TR
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Tagliacozzo, E 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
    
    HIST 4000
    
          
        
  
 
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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
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. 
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                Credits and Grading Basis4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only) 
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        Meeting Pattern- W
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Baptist, E 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
    
    HIST 4002
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
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
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one research. 
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                Credits and Grading Basis4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only) 
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        Meeting Pattern- M
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Travers, T 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person Department Consent Required (Add) 
    
    HIST 4076
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
How did the U.S. and China reach this precarious moment? Are they on the brink of a hot war, or can diplomacy still prevent the worst? Is a cold peace even possible? This course critically examines the ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: AMST 4076, AMST 6076, ASIAN 4076, ASIAN 6076, CAPS 4076, HIST 6076 
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                Credits and Grading Basis4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only) 
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        Meeting Pattern- T
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Sun, P 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
    
    HIST 4127
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
Visions of bodily corruption preoccupy ruler and ruled alike and prompt campaigns for moral, medical, and legal reform in periods of both stability and revolution. This seminar explores the links between ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ASIAN 4415, ASIAN 6615, BSOC 4127, CAPS 4127, FGSS 4127, FGSS 6127, HIST 6127, SHUM 4127, STS 4127, STS 6127 
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                Credits and Grading Basis4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
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        Meeting Pattern- M
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Roebuck, K 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
    
    HIST 4243
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
This class moves beyond the traditional disciplinary confines of academic history to examine museums, archival collections, parks, monuments, podcasts, op-eds, maps, and more as sites of historical inquiry, ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 6243, SHUM 4243, SHUM 6243 
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                Credits and Grading Basis4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
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        Meeting Pattern- T
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Martin, A 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
    
    HIST 4345
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
This seminar explores how ancient empires developed and were administered as well as how the experience of empire in the modern world and the writing of its history in the ancient world are intertwined. ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: CLASS 4645, NES 4345 
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                Credits and Grading Basis4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
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        Meeting Pattern- R
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Prussin, T 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
    
    HIST 4422
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
This course explores the method of oral history in theory and practice, across different topics, contexts, and geographic/national terrains. It will consider questions like: what sorts of insights do oral ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 6422, SHUM 4422 
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                Credits and Grading Basis4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
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        Meeting Pattern- M
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Sandwell, R 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
    
    HIST 4466
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
Sunset, polar night, Times Square, satellites in space—these are just four lightscapes. Light is essential to humanity in multifaceted ways. It both reflects and shapes human interactions with the environment. ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Combined with: BSOC 4460, STS 4460, VISST 4460 
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                Credits and Grading Basis3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only) 
    
    HIST 4542
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
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 Middle East ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 6442, NES 4542 
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                Credits and Grading Basis4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only) 
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        Meeting Pattern- T
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Minawi, M 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
    
    HIST 4634
    
          
        
  
 
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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
    
    HIST 4666
    
          
        
  
 
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This reading seminar will explore the expansion and influence of mass media in the Middle East from the late nineteenth to the turn of the twenty-first century. We will examine how the intersection of ... view course details
    
    HIST 4674
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
The dispossession of Indigenous nations by Europeans represents the foundation of the past five centuries of North American history. Yet the truth of that history remains cloaked behind various Western ... view course details
    
    HIST 4711
    
          
        
  
 
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This seminar will introduce students to some of the classic and more recent works that have allowed historians to re-think geographical and temporal scales, paying particular attention to the definitions, ... view course details
    
    HIST 4950
    
          
        
  
 
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It is a truism that early modern society was a 'patriarchal' one in which men had authority -- but how did that authority operate and what were its limits? How did the exercise of power between men and ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: FGSS 4950 
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                Credits and Grading Basis4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
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        Class Number & Section Details
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        Meeting Pattern- M
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Weil, R 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
    
    HIST 6000
    
          
        
  
 
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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
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. 
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                Credits and Grading Basis4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
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        Class Number & Section Details
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        Meeting Pattern- W
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Du, M 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person Enrollment limited to: History graduate students. 
    
    HIST 6002
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
This workshop-style course provides a weekly opportunity for graduate students across all the fields of History and related disciplines to learn about different skills and competencies to succeed in graduate ... view course details
    
    HIST 6006
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
This course is a forum, organized jointly by students and the Director of Graduate Studies, for the reading and discussion of precirculated papers, written mainly by graduate students in the History program. ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. 
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                Credits and Grading Basis1 Credit Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) 
    
    HIST 6010
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
A research colloquium designed for European history graduate students. The colloquium will offer a forum for students to present papers and to discuss the work of Europeanists at Cornell as well as visiting ... view course details
    
    HIST 6076
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
How did the U.S. and China reach this precarious moment? Are they on the brink of a hot war, or can diplomacy still prevent the worst? Is a cold peace even possible? This course critically examines the ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: AMST 4076, AMST 6076, ASIAN 4076, ASIAN 6076, CAPS 4076, HIST 4076 
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                Credits and Grading Basis4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only) 
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        Class Number & Section Details
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        Meeting Pattern- T
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Sun, P 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
    
    HIST 6115
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
What is the history of knowledge? Over the last decades, historians of science have examined a range of figures from artisans and scholars to itinerant healers and household experimenters. This body of ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: STS 6115 
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                Credits and Grading Basis4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only) 
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        Meeting Pattern- W
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Schneider, J 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
    
    HIST 6127
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
Visions of bodily corruption preoccupy ruler and ruled alike and prompt campaigns for moral, medical, and legal reform in periods of both stability and revolution. This seminar explores the links between ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ASIAN 4415, ASIAN 6615, BSOC 4127, CAPS 4127, FGSS 4127, FGSS 6127, HIST 4127, SHUM 4127, STS 4127, STS 6127 
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                Credits and Grading Basis4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
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        Class Number & Section Details
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        Meeting Pattern- M
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Roebuck, K 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
    
    HIST 6243
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
This class moves beyond the traditional disciplinary confines of academic history to examine museums, archival collections, parks, monuments, podcasts, op-eds, maps, and more as sites of historical inquiry, ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 4243, SHUM 4243, SHUM 6243 
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                Credits and Grading Basis4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
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        Class Number & Section Details
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        Meeting Pattern- T
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Martin, A 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
    
    HIST 6278
    
          
        
  
 
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Long hair, colorful clothes, psychedelic music, free love, and stormy demonstrations: this is the image that the 1970s engraved in our collective imagination. Framed by two waves of strikes - victorious ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ITAL 6280 
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    HIST 6304
    
          
        
  
 
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This course will introduce graduate students to transnational histories of the African continent. We will be reading at least a monograph per week. We will meet weekly to have robust conversations about ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. 
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- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Tolan-Szkilnik, P 
 
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    HIST 6422
    
          
        
  
 
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This course explores the method of oral history in theory and practice, across different topics, contexts, and geographic/national terrains. It will consider questions like: what sorts of insights do oral ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 4422, SHUM 4422 
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- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Sandwell, R 
 
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    HIST 6442
    
          
        
  
 
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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 Middle East ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 4542, NES 4542 
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- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Minawi, M 
 
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    HIST 6448
    
          
        
  
 
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Sufism, popularly understood as Islamic mysticism, is a loose name given to a broad and diverse collection of beliefs, practices and groups that range and vary across time and space. Going from a small ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 3448, MEDVL 3448, MEDVL 6448, NES 3448, NES 6448, RELST 3448, RELST 6448 
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    HIST 6482
    
          
        
  
 
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This seminar is a readings course on works from the past two decades that have wrestled theoretically, empirically, and narratively with the boundary between geography and history. The course is purposefully ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: LATA 6482 
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- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Craib, R 
 
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    HIST 6626
    
          
        
  
 
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The French Revolution has fascinated, enraged, and perplexed some of the greatest writers of the last two centuries. In this seminar, we will be reading the whole range of these texts: from theorists like ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. 
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- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Friedland, P 
 
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    HIST 6634
    
          
        
  
 
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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
    
    HIST 6666
    
          
        
  
 
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This reading seminar will explore the expansion and influence of mass media in the Middle East from the late nineteenth to the turn of the twenty-first century. We will examine how the intersection of ... view course details
    
    HIST 6711
    
          
        
  
 
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This seminar will introduce students to some of the classic and more recent works that have allowed historians to re-think geographical and temporal scales, paying particular attention to the definitions, ... view course details
    
    HIST 6960
    
          
        
  
 
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Surveys the modern history of Southeast Asia with special attentions to colonialism, the Chinese diaspora, and socio-cultural institutions. Considers global transformations that brought the West into people's ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASIAN 3396, ASIAN 6696, HIST 3960 
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- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Tagliacozzo, E 
 
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    HIST 7937
    
          
        
  
 
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The Proseminar in Peace Studies offers a multidisciplinary review of issues related to peace and conflict at the graduate level. The course is led by the director of the Judith Reppy Institute for Peace ... view course details
    
    HIST 8004
    
          
        
  
 
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Independent Study based supervised reading with a history faculty/field member. view course details
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