Spring 2014 Courses | Department of History

Course Descriptions Spring Semester, 2014

The Department of History
The Ohio State University
Undergraduate History Office
110 Dulles Hall
614.292.6793

The Department of History has compiled information in this booklet to assist students in selecting courses for Spring Semester, 2014. The descriptions are accurate as of September 15, 2013. Please be aware that changes may be made.

A printed version of the coursebook is also available in the History office, 106 Dulles Hall.

AFRICAN HISTORY

HISTORY 2302 HISTORY OF MODERN AFRICA, 1800-1960

3 Cr. Hrs.

This course will examine Africans' engagements with European colonial rule and how these engagements culminated in ending European rule in the 1960s.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

3:55-5:15 TR Miles, D.

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

This course fulfills Group Africa, post-1750 for history majors.

AMERICAN HISTORY

HISTORY 1152 AMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS SINCE 1877

3 Cr. Hrs.

This course surveys the political, constitutional, social, and economic development of the U.S. from the Era of Reconstruction to the present. This course, in conjunction with HIS 151, furnishes one of the sequence requirements for the GEC and GE. Not open to students with credit for History 150.02 or History 150.03, 1152 or 2002.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

8:00-9:20 TR Williamson, C.

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

Not open to students with credit for 1150, 2002 or 152.

HISTORY 2001 LAUNCHING AMERICA

3 Cr. Hrs.

The course takes an intermediate-level approach to American history in its wider Atlantic context from the late Middle Ages to the era of Civil War and Reconstruction. It is constructed around three interwoven themes: 1) the collision of European, African, and Native American cultures; 2) the development of American political institutions and culture; 3) the question of whether the promise of equality in the American republic applies to all Americans or only a portion. Although the course is primarily a broad overview of American history from 1500 through 1877, in order to provide a better sense of history as an intellectual discipline we will explore one particular topic in depth, namely the role of religion in American society during this period.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

12:45-2:05 TR Grimsley, M.

Assigned Readings:

Gary B. Nash et al., The American People. Volume 1. (tentative)
Edmund S. Morgan, The Puritan Dilemma: The Story of John Winthrop, 3rd ed.
Steven E. Woodworth, While God Is Marching On: The Religious World of Civil War Soldiers.

Assignments (tentative):

Two midterm examinations (Take home)
Final examination (Take home)

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

English 1110.xx either previously or concurrently. Not open to students with credit for 1151.

HISTORY 2001 LAUNCHING AMERICA

3 Cr. Hrs.

An intermediate-level approach to American history in its wider Atlantic context from the late Middle Ages to the era of Civil War and Reconstruction.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

9:10-10:05 MWF Zevorich, L.

3:55-5:15 TR Fry, Z.

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

Not open to students with credit for History 151 or 1151.

HISTORY 2002 MAKING AMERICA MODERN

3 Cr. Hrs.

A rigorous, intermediate-level history of modern U.S in the world from the age of industrialization to the age of globalization.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

3:55-5:15 TR Hadley, D.

Prerequisites and Special Comments: Not open to students with credit for History 152 or 1152.

HISTORY 2010 HISTORY OF AMERICAN CAPITALISM

3 Cr. Hrs

Study of the evolution of “American Capitalism” from pre-capitalist economies of the medieval period to the early 21^st century.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

9:10-10:05 MWF Ward, S.

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

This course fulfills Group N. America, post-1750 for history majors.

HISTORY 2045 HISTORY OF AMERICAN RELIGION TO THE CIVIL WAR

3 Cr. Hrs.

History of religion in America from the colonial era through the Civil War.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

8:00-9:20 TR Boonshoft, M.

Prerequisites and Special Comments: This course fulfills Group N. America, pre-1750 for history majors.

HISTORY 2070 INTRODUCTION TO NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY

3 Cr. Hrs.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

3:55-5:15 TR Shriver, C.

Prerequisites and Special Comments: This course fulfills Group N. America, post-1750 for history majors.

HISTORY 2075 INTRODUCTION TO U.S. LATINO/A STUDIES

3 Cr. Hrs.

Survey of Latinos/Latinas and their history in the United States from Spanish colonial period to present.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

3:55-5:15 TR Fernandez, D.

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

This course fulfills Group N. America, post-1750 for history majors.

HISTORY 2080 AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1877

3 Cr. Hrs.

This course examines the history of black Americans from the beginning of the African slave trade to the settlement, growth, dispersal, and development of the black population across what would become the United States of America. We begin with the assumption that slavery was chosen as a labor system, not inevitable, and, that once chosen, had to be maintained, thus becoming a social and political system as well. And so, while focusing on black people and their history, this course pays appropriate attention to the national and international infrastructure that created, developed, and maintained slavery and various race-based hierarchies that impacted the lives of all black people, slave and free. Consequently, part of this course necessarily focuses on race relations. Still, our most important objective is to see and understand how black people, through their own institutions, culture, and traditions, created and lived lives of their own from the colonial period to Reconstruction, despite the oppressive system in which those lives were embedded.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

12:45-2:05 TR Shaw

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

This course fulfills Group N. America, pre or post-1750 for history majors.

HISTORY 2081 AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM EMANCIPATION – PRESENT

3 Cr. Hrs.

The study of the African American experience in the United States from the era of Reconstruction through the present.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

3:00-3:55 MWF Nevius, M.

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

This course fulfills Group N. America, post-1750 for history majors.

HISTORY 3011 American Revolution and New Nation, 1760-1787

3 Cr. Hrs.

This course will examine the social, economic, cultural, and political changes in 18th century America that culminated in revolution and the creation of the republic. In addition to reviewing key events and themes, we will explore the ways that historians have interpreted the causes and consequences of the Revolution. Students will also analyze primary sources and will complete a major research project using 18^th century newspapers. Ultimately, this class should enhance your analytical reading, writing and research skills, as well as your understanding of this crucial era in American and world history.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

3:55-5:15 TR Newell

Assigned Readings are subject to change, but may include some of the following:

David Hackett Fischer, Washington’s Crossing

Woody Holton, Forced Founders

Michael Kammen, The Origins of the American Constitution (penguin)

Gary Nash, The Forgotten Fifth: African Americans in the Age of Revolution

Gordon S. Wood, The Creation of the American Republic

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

History 1151 or equivalent recommended. Group North America, post-1750.

HISTORY 3015 FROM THE NEW ERA TO THE NEW FRONTIER: THE UNITED STATES

3 Cr. Hrs. 1921-1963

History 3015, “From the New Era to the New Frontier,” considers the United States from 1920 to 1963, essentially America through the Modern Age. We will ponder modernity at its broadest through examining the following issues: technological and economic change; the rise of a bureaucratic society, public and private; urbanization and suburbanization; cultural modernism and the rise of commercialized culture; persistent ethno-racial conflict that issued finally in the Civil Rights movement; and the rise of the United States as the world’s foremost power. We will see that the main pivot point, after which the major developments of the twentieth century were locked into American life, was World War II.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

10:20-11:15 MWF Steigerwald

Assigned Readings:

Edward Larson, Summer for the Gods.

Timothy Egan, The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl.

Denise Kiernan, Girls of Atomic City.

David Hajdu, The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic Book Scare and How It Changed America.

Assignments:

Carmen Quizzes (30%): Four Carmen quizzes, 20 multiple-choice questions covering lecture material and assigned readings, each worth 5% of final grade.

Book Synopses (30%): Two 500-750 word synopses: one on Larson, Summer for the Gods, the other on Kiernan, Girls of Atomic City. Each synopsis is worth 15% of the final grade. See Carmen for prompts.

Conceptual Essays (40%): Two 1000-1200-word essays that bring together all relevant course material. Each is worth 25% of the final grade. See Carmen for the essay prompts.

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

This course fulfills Group N. America, post-1750 for history majors.

HISTORY 3020 AMERICAN CULTURAL AND INTELLECTUAL HISTORY, 1789-1900

3 Cr. Hrs.

This course will examine major currents in American thought and culture from the beginning of the Republic until the turn of the 20^th century. Topics to be considered included: visions for the new nation; the search for an American culture in literature and painting; Darwinism and Social Darwinism; Pragmatism.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

9:35-10:55 TR Conn

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

This course fulfills Group N. America, post-1750 for history majors.

HISTORY 3045 AMERICAN RELIGIOUS HISTORY

3 Cr. Hrs.

How God Became American: American Religious History

This course will focus on the intersection of religion and American public life from the founding of the nation to the present. Along the way we will look at the way religion played a role in the debates over slavery, over industrial capitalism, and over the Cold War. We will examine the tremendous variety of American religious experience and examine how a nation founded on the basis of the separation of church and state is also the most religious in the Western world. Students will be expected to read primary sources, engage in conversation and debate, and do substantial writing.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

12:45-2:05 TR Conn

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

This course fulfills Group N. America, post-1750 for history majors.

HISTORY 3070 NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY FROM EUROPEAN CONTACT TO REMOVAL, 1560-1820

3 Cr. Hrs.

In this lecture and discussion course, we will explore the major issues and events in Native American History from the era immediately before European invasion and colonization through the early 1820s. First, we will examine the variety of indigenous cultures in pre-contact North America. Next, we will assess the different impact of English, Spanish, and French colonization on Native Americans, with a focus on the Indians’ cultural and strategic responses. In addition, we will explore the consequences of the French and Indian War and American Revolution for Native Americans, as well as the effects of U.S. Indian policy during the early Republic era.

In lectures, readings, and discussion, students will consider how Native Americans experienced these enormous economic, demographic, cultural and political challenges, and what kinds of strategies for survival they employed.

Aside from mastering issues of content, the course will help students develop their skills in historical writing and research through the critical consideration of primary and secondary works. Some of the questions we will consider include how do authors reconstruct the experience of people who left little in the way of written records, except those produced by often hostile and in comprehending Euro-Americans? Is it even possible to recapture the Indians’ culture at a particular moment in the past? What do scholars in other fields like anthropology, epidemiology, and environmental studies have to offer historians? What did it mean to be “Indian” at different points in time – to Indians themselves and to the Euro-Americans who interacted with them? Is American Indian history a story of decline and destruction, persistence and resistance, acculturation, ethnogenesis, or some combination? Students will apply their skills and insights by completing a research paper of their own.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

11:10-12:30 TR Newell

Assigned Readings:

Readings in the past have included the following, please check with the instructor before purchasing books:

Colin Calloway, One Vast Winter Count

William Cronon, Changes in the Land

Gregory Dowd, War Under Heaven

R. David Edmunds, The Shawnee Prophet

Ramon Gutierrez, When Jesus Came, the Corn Mothers Went Away

Theda Perdue, Cherokee Women

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

This course fulfills Group N America, post-1750 for history majors. This course fulfills historical study GE and/or the open option for the GE.

HISTORY 3080 HISTORY OF SLAVERY IN THE U.S.

3 Cr. Hrs.

In this course we will discuss the history of slavery in North America from the colonial era to the Civil War. We will include material on bondage in other societies, but the focus will be on African-American slavery in what is now the United States. We will explore various aspects of the slave experience, such as work, religion, family life, resistance, and rebellion. We will also discuss free blacks, people of mixed race, yeoman whites, and slave owners, as well as the significance of slavery as a culture, economic, and political issues.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

9:35-10:55 TR Cashin

Assignments:

Students will read several monographs, write several short papers, and take one exam.

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

This course fulfills Group N. America, post-1750 for history majors.

HISTORY 3505 U.S. DIPLOMACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST

3 Cr. Hrs.

Should the Obama Administration bomb Syria? What were the origins of the foreign policy challenges the United States faces in Iran, Egypt, and Libya? Why did we get into two wars against Iraq in the first place? And how—and why—did the United States find itself caught in the middle of the Arab-Israeli dispute? Does oil really drive American policy in the volatile Middle East? Or does religion have something to do with it?

History 3505 will present students with the opportunity to ponder and discuss these and other challenging questions by analyzing the record of American diplomacy in the Middle East since the mid-20^th century. The course will begin with an examination of the strategic, political, and cultural underpinnings of American policy and then examine the numerous controversies and crises that have enmeshed American leaders, citizens, and soldiers in the Middle East since the end of World War II.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

2:20-3:40 TR Hahn

Assigned Readings (to be confirmed):

Peter L. Hahn, Crisis and Crossfire: The United States and the Middle East since 1945.

Stephen Kinzer, All the Shah’s Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror.

Noam Kochavi, Nixon and Israel: Forging a Conservative Partnership

David Farber, Taken Hostage: The Iran Hostage Crisis and America’s First Encounter with Radical Islam.

Aaron David Miller, The Much Too Promised Land: America's Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace.

Peter L. Hahn, Missions Accomplished?: The United States and Iraq since World War I

Kenneth M. Pollack, et al. The Arab Awakening: America and the Transformation of the Middle East.

Assignments:

Midterm, interpretive essay, and final.

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

To enroll in this course you must have completed one 2000-level course. This course will fulfill the historical study portion of the General Education requirements. For History majors and minors, it will fulfill Group North American, post-1750.

ANCIENT HISTORY

HISTORY 2210 CLASSICAL ARCHAEOLOGY

3 Cr. Hrs.

Note: This course will be offered ONLY in this online version. There will be no class meetings and all assignments will be done on the Internet; that means you do not have to come to campus for classes or examinations, but that you must feel comfortable doing the work with your computer. You must, however, read the assigned books (that you need to purchase) and you may want to visit a library to do some of the assignments. History 2210 will not be offered in a classroom setting this semester.

This course examines the history and methods of Classical Archaeology—the archaeology of ancient Greek and Roman civilizations. It will investigate how classical archaeology emerged as a discipline and what classical archaeologists actually do. It will look at a number of the major archaeological sites of classical civilization and how archaeology has contributed to our understanding of the past. An important feature of this course is that part of it will involve real material and experiences from the Ohio State University Excavations at Isthmia, in Greece! Students will have a chance to see what the OSU excavation team has been doing and to follow the progress, problems, and successes that make up classical archaeology.

Required Books (print versions):

William H. Stiebing, Jr., Uncovering the Past. A History of Archaeology (Oxford

University Press: Oxford 1993). ISBN 0-19-508921-9

William R. Biers, Art, Artifacts and Chronology in Classical Archaeology (1992). ISBN 9780415063197.

Various online readings, available on the class website, will also be required.

Assignments:

Regular graded online discussion, and a choice of other assignments from a list of examinations and various short projects. You should expect to spend at least as much time on this course as you would in a regular classroom course. You will need to be online at least 3-4 times a week for 1-2 hours each time, since much of the material will be delivered this way (but there will be no specific time each week when you must do these assignments—you can choose the time, as long as you get the assignments done when they are due). In other words, most of the assignments will be done by handing something in, through a tool within the program software, or by posting discussion points on the class site. Students who are not comfortable using the computer and who do not have access to a fast Internet connection should probably not take the course.

All students in the class must successfully complete an online Course Organization quiz requiring an understanding of how the class is set up. This is designed to help you use the tools and requirements of the class before you get started.

Prerequisites:

There are no special prerequisites for this course and no knowledge of archaeology is presumed. It will be helpful, however, for students to have taken a course in ancient history or a class in Classics or History of Art. Since this is an online course, with no regular class meetings, students who sign up for the course should feel comfortable using a computer to do their school work (see below).

Special Features:

As mentioned above, this course will bring material directly from Greece for student use. It will do so with photographs, graphics, and nearly “live” video prepared just for this course. We have made an online glossary to help you with new words, and there are many new visual displays to help you understand the basic ideas of classical archaeology. We hope these features will make this an enjoyable experience for you.

For further information contact gregory.4@osu.edu.

HISTORY 3211 HISTORY OF CLASSICAL GREECE

3 Cr. Hrs.

The course explores the history of the classical era, the “Golden Age” of ancient Greece. It traces political and cultural developments in the world of the Greek city-states from the time of the watershed Persian Wars of 480-479 BC down to the death of Alexander the Great in 323 and its immediate aftermath. Major topics covered include: the rise of Athens as imperialist superpower and “cultural capital” of the Greek world; the escalating tensions between the Athenian empire and the Spartan-led Peloponnesian League that resulted in the cataclysmic Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC); the subsequent attempts by states like Sparta and Thebes to exercise hegemony over their fellow Greeks; the formation of the world’s first complex democracy in Athens; and the ground-breaking innovations that would shape the future course of art, architecture, philosophy, science, literature, and drama in the western world. The course will conclude by looking at how the relatively sudden emergence of Philip II of Macedon as the dominant player on the Greek stage effectively ended the era of the independent city-states, and at how the conquest of the Persian empire by Philip’s son Alexander the Great transformed the political and cultural fortunes of Greece and the ancient Near East thereafter. Completion of 501.01 (Archaic Greece) is NOT a prerequisite for taking 501.02.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

11:10-12:30 TR Anderson

Assignments:

Two exams and a term paper.

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

This course fulfills Group Europe, pre-1750 for history majors.

HISTORY 3215 SEX & GENDER IN THE ANCIENT WORLD

3 Cr. Hrs.

This course explores the history of sex and gender in ancient Greece and Rome, from

ca. 500 BCE to 600 CE. It introduces students to the roles of men and women in ancient

Mediterranean society, to the household as a social unit, an economic center and a

physical space, to ancient ideals of femininity and masculinity, and to ancient views on a variety

of sexual practices that were commonplace in ancient Greece and Rome. These include conjugal

relations, same-sex relations, adultery, rape, and prostitution. The class also aims to teach students

how to understand the complex relationship between rhetorical constructions of gender and sexuality in (largely male-authored) literature and more representative social experiences of

sex and gender. The course is divided thematically into four units “Concepts, Sources and Historical Introduction,” “Perceptions, Cultural Expectations, Stereotypes,” “Experiencing Sex and Gender in Social Life,” and “Sex, Gender, and Religion.” Students are expected to master all four units, as the class builds

cumulatively over the course of the semester.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

9:35-10:55 TR Sessa

Assigned Readings:

Readings include the following required text and numerous shorter works posted on Carmen:

Sarah Pomeroy, The Murder of Regilla: A Case of Domestic Violence in Antiquity (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2010).

Plato, The Symposium. Preferred Edition/translation: Robin Whitefield (Oxford: Oxford University

Press, 1994).

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

This course fulfills Group Global, pre-1750 for history majors.

HISTORY 3216 WAR IN THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN WORLD

3 Cr. Hrs.

An advanced survey of military history from the Bronze Age in Greece (ca. 1200 D.C.) to the fall of the Roman Empire in the West (A.D. 476). The lectures will proceed chronologically and six interconnected themes will comprise their focus: tactical and technological developments in warfare; military strategy and interstate diplomacy; the reciprocal effects of war and political systems upon one another; the social and economic bases of military activity; conversely, the impact of war on society, particularly its role in the economy and its effect upon the lives of both participants and non-combatants; finally, the military ethos and the ideological role of war. In addition, students will be introduced to some of the basic problems which historians of the period are currently attempting to solve as well as to some of the most important hypotheses their work has produced.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

2:20-3:40 TR Rosenstein

Assigned Readings (tentative):

Caesar, The Gallic Wars

D. Engles, Alexander the Great & the Logistics of the Macedonian Army.

A. Ferrill, The Fall of the Roman Empire: The Military Explanation

V. Hansen, The Western Way of War.

Herodotus, The Persian Wars

Livy, The War with Hannibal

E. Luttwak, The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire

Tacitus, The Complete Works

Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War and a Xeroxed packet

Assignments:

Students in this course will be required to take a midterm and a final examination and to turn in a term paper, all of which must be completed in order to pass the class.

Prerequisites and Special Comments: Group Europe, pre-1750 for history majors.

HISTORY 3223 HISTORY OF THE LATER ROMAN EMPIRE

3 Cr. Hrs.

The course will concentrate on the political and military history of the later Roman empire and the events that led to the “fall” of the West and survival of the East (which went on to become “the Byzantine empire”). We will also discuss the late Roman economy, life in the cities, and especially the religious change that took place with the Christianization of the empire. A prime objective of the course will for students to learn a substantial amount about this period of history and also learn about how to handle the very different kinds of sources that have survived from antiquity. For this reason, most sessions will aim to combine ancient literary sources, archaeology and art history, and modern scholarship.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

10:20-11:15 MWF Kaldellis

Assigned Readings:

A number of primary sources (in translation) and articles will be placed on the Carmen site for the course. The following two texts will be assigned in addition to one or two more TBA:

P. Heather, The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History (various publishers since 2005). ISBN: 978-0195325416.

Ammianus Marcellinus, The Later Roman Empire, trans. W. Hamilton; introduction A. Wallace-Hadrill (Penguin Classics, 2006). ISBN: 978-014044406.

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

This course fulfills Group Europe, pre-1750 for history majors.

HISTORY 3226 THE LATER BYZANTINE EMPIRES

3 Cr. Hrs.

This course will be offered ONLY in this online version. There will be no class meetings and all assignments will be done on the Internet, using the University’s class-delivery system, “Carmen.” History 3226 will not be offered in a classroom setting this year. Note that this online class is precisely the same as one offered in the classroom: the requirements, grading system, and credits are precisely the same as any other class at this level. Online classes offer some freedom of time and location (you don’t have to come to a regular class), but they also require significant self-discipline and the ability to work independently. Do not make the mistake of thinking that this class will be easier than a regular in-class course.

History 3226 covers the history of the Byzantine Empire from the twelfth century to the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks (1453). It will focus on the period of the Crusades and the reorganization of the Byzantine state in the Komnenan era, the fall of Constantinople to the Crusaders and the revival of the empire in the 13^th century, the emergence of rival Slavic and Turkic states, the final conquest of Constantinople to the Ottomans and the survival of Byzantine culture in the period after 1453 (including modern times). A primary goal of the class is to promote an understanding of Byzantine civilization in its historical setting; thus, we will seek to comprehend the "mind-set" of the Byzantines and how they reacted to the world around them. The Byzantines developed a unique civilization, one that was different from that of their classical Greek and Roman ancestors and different from that of their contemporaries in the medieval West. Even in modern times Byzantium has been generally misunderstood and often maligned. This course will present the Byzantine achievement in a positive light and allow the student to draw his/her own conclusions about the value of the Byzantine tradition.

A single textbook is available at SBX and other bookstores:

Timothy Gregory, A History of Byzantium, 2^nd edition (ISBN 978-1-4051-8471-7)

Online Readings in Later Byzantine History will be available in the online Carmen class site.

Assignments:

Regular graded online discussion and a series of quizzes (mandatory), plus a choice of two other graded assignments, from the following list Mid-term and Final Examinations and short papers, and Class Project (you will not have to do all of these assignments, but only a total of 4).

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

Although this course continues the material covered in History 3225, there is no prerequisite for the course (beyond those for any 3000-level courses), and no prior knowledge of Byzantine history is assumed. The course is especially appropriate for individuals who want to understand better current affairs in Eastern Europe, Greece, and the Middle East, since many of these have their roots in the Byzantine period. This course fulfills Group Europe pre-1750 for history majors.

For further information contact gregory.4@osu.edu. Notes: Although this course continues the material covered in History 3225, there is no individual prerequisite for the course (beyond those for any 3000-level course), and no prior knowledge of Byzantine history is assumed. The course is especially appropriate for individuals who want to understand better current affairs in Eastern Europe, Greece, and the Middle East, since many of these have their roots in the Byzantine period. For further information contact Timothy Gregory, at gregory.4@osu.edu.

ASIAN & ISLAMIC HISTORY

HISTORY 2391 ISLAMIC INDIA

3 Cr. Hrs.

The Sultanate and Mughal Empire (1000-1707 AD); emphasis on imperial institutions and the interaction of Hindu and Muslim societies.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

3:55-5:15 TR Honchell, S.

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

This course fulfills Group Middle East, pre-1750 for history majors.

HISTORY 2401 HISTORY OF EAST ASIA IN THE PRE-MODERN ERA

3 Cr. Hrs.

Simply put, in this course we will explore one question together: How were the civilizations of China, Korea, and Japan connected but different in the pre-modern period (to 1800)?

History 2401 is an introduction to the societies and cultures of pre‑modern China, Korea, and Japan, the countries that make up the geographical and cultural unit of East Asia. One goal of this course is to consider what is distinctive about "East Asian civilization." A second goal is the study of the relationship between the evolution of China, Korea, and Japan as distinct cultures themselves. We will examine how Korea and Japan, despite considerable linguistic, intellectual, and political borrowing from China, diverged from the Chinese pattern of development to form cultures with their own very distinctive artistic and literary traditions, political organizations, and social and economic structures. We also consider how Korea and Japan influenced Chinese civilization as well. The course will end with exploring China, Korea, and Japan in their encounters with the West.

The lectures are devoted to the major themes and developments of Chinese, Korean, and Japanese political systems, thought and religious belief, art and literature, and society. Discussions allow us to examine historical sources together to deepen our understanding of the issues covered in the lectures.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

11:30-12:25 TR Zhang, Y.

9:10; 10:20 Fridays (recitations)

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

This course fulfills Group East Asia, pre-1750 for history majors.

HISTORY 3194 GROUP STUDIES

3 Cr. Hrs.

This course examines four contemporary controversies in Korea (South and North) in order to provide a broad understanding of the very recent history of the birthplace of the “Korean Wave” and the “Miracle of the Han River”: (1) comfort women, Japanese history textbook controversy, Dokdo, and Collaboration; (2) globalization, economic growth, and the Korean Wave (Hallyu); (3) North Korea and the Axis of Evil; (4) education fever in South Korea. The course aspires to help students become familiar with the history and culture of modern Korea while gaining critical perspectives on some of the contemporary controversies regarding the nation.”

Time Meeting Days Instructor

4:00-7:00 T Lerner, M. (proctor)

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

This course fulfills Group East Asia, post-1750 for history majors.

Special Comment: This course is part of a pilot program to establish an electronic course sharing system between OSU and a number of other schools. This specific class will be taught by Dr. Juhn Ahn at the University of Michigan, and transmitted real-time and on an interactive basis to students at OSU and Michigan State University.

HISTORY 3403 CHINA IN THE EARLY MODERN ERA: THE MING AND QING DYNASTIES

3 Cr. Hrs.

This course surveys early-modern Chinese history, roughly 14th-18th century. We begin with the transition from the Mongol Yuan dynasty to the Ming, and end with the establishment of another “alien dynasty,” the Manchu Qing. We will look at political institutions and culture, socio-economic changes, the social, cultural and spiritual lives of people of different classes, environmental issues, and gender system during this period. The survey aims to help you understand some of the most important traditions in Chinese imperial history: their origins, how they shaped the course of early-modern China, and how they were contested and modified in new historical conditions, especially in an new era of globalization in trade, culture, and religion as well as climate change. By the end of the course you will form your own views on: 1) What features define a Chinese empire? 2) How did early-modern patterns of development emerge in China and differ from those of other parts of the world? 3) How did early-modern China and its location in the global transformation shape the world that we live in today?

Time Meeting Days Instructor

9:35-10:55 TR Zhang

Prerequisites and special comments:

All assigned material will be in English. No knowledge of Chinese language or Chinese history required for taking the course. This course fulfills group East Asia, pre & post-1750 for history majors.

HISTORY 3405 HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY CHINA, 1921-2000

3 Cr. Hrs.

This course provides a general but analytic introduction to the social, political, and intellectual history of contemporary China (from the rise of the Communist Party to approximately the present). We will review key historical phenomena that distinguish Contemporary China, particularly the theme of liberation, both international and domestic. We will also examine the roles of various figures such as Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek, Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, etc., in the development of contemporary China. Finally, we will analyze key topics in contemporary Chinese history such as the establishment of New China; the exile of the Nationalists ("KMT") to Taiwan; the Cultural Revolution; post-Mao economic and political developments, particularly in the legal system; and Chinese women's liberation.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

2:20-3:40 WF Reed

Assigned Readings: Four books.

Assignments:TBD but similar to other courses at the 3000 level.

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

This course assumes familiarity with the relevant themes of History 2401 and/or 2402 (Comparative Asian Civilization, I & II). Students who have not taken one of those courses, or an equivalent (e.g., History 545.03/3404) should read Schirokauer, A Brief History of Chinese & Japanese Civilizations, pp. 469-97, 525-50, 552-65, and 600-26 on something similar on their own. This course satisfies Group E. Asia, post-1750 for History majors.

EUROPEAN HISTORY

HISTORY 1211 WESTERN CIVILIZATION TO THE 17^TH CENTURY

3 Cr. Hrs.

Ancient Civilizations (Near East, Greece, Rome) barbarian invasions, medieval civilizations (Byzantium, Islam, Europe) Renaissance and Reformation.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

On-line on-line Barr, K.

Prerequisites & Special Comments:

This course fulfills the historical study and diversity global requirement for the GE.

HISTORY 2202 INTRODUCTION TO MEDIEVAL HISTORY

3 Cr. Hrs.

Survey of medieval history from the late Roman Empire to the early sixteenth century.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

9:10-10:05 MWF Favorito, R.

Prerequisites & Special Comments: This course fulfills Group Europe, pre-1750 for history majors.

HISTORY 2203 INTRODUCTION TO EARLY MODERN EUROPE

3 Cr. Hrs.

A survey of European history from the Black Death to the Congress of Vienna. This course examines social, cultural, religious, political and economic developments from the mid-fourteenth to the early nineteenth century.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

3:55-5:15 TR Watkins, D.

Prerequisites and Special Comments: This course fulfills Group B, pre-1750 for history majors.

HISTORY 2204 MODERN EUROPEAN HISTORY

3 Cr. Hrs.

In this course, we will study fundamental events and processes in European politics, war, economics, intellectual thought, culture, and society from the French and Industrial Revolutions to the present.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

On-line on-line Niebrzydowski, P.

Prerequisites and Special Comments: This course fulfills Group Europe, post-1750 for history majors.

HISTORY 2204 MODERN EUROPEAN HISTORY

3 Cr. Hrs.

This course offers a social, political, economic, and cultural overview of Modern Europe. It will be presented as a large lecture format, together with smaller recitation sections.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

10:20-11:15 WF Davis, R.

9:10; 10:20; 12:40 Thursdays (recitations)

Assigned Readings:

Levack, et al., The West, Encounters and Transformations vol. 2, 1550-present, 4th ed

Mark Kishlansky, Sources of the West: Readings in Western Civilization, vol. 2, 1600-present, 8^th ed.

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

This course fulfills Group Europe, post-1750 for history majors.

HISTORY 2270 LOVE IN THE MODERN WESTERN WORLD

3 Cr. Hrs.

The course will introduce students to some of the major developments across these years by responding to the following questions: What were ancient Greek, Roman, Jewish and Christian love, and how did those legacies play out in Western history? How did courtly love emerge in the medieval world? Why is it that no major love story in the history of the Western world until the twentieth century focused on the love of a married couple? Why does the Marquis de Sade lurk behind the philosophy of eighteenth-century love? Were the Victorians sexually repressed, and if so what was the impact on how they loved? Can sexual repression enhance love? Why are women’s faces and eyes typically highlighted in courtship imagery, while men are presented in profile and off center? How has modern feminism shaped love? How was love influenced by new transportation and communication technologies, in particular bicycles, automobiles, telephones, movies, television and the internet?

More generally we will be asking: is love an unchanging instinct or does it have a history? If it has a history what is its logic and meaning? Is it conceivable that love becomes more authentic, more humanizing from generation to generation? Or have we rather lost something along the way? Or both? How does reading about love affect the way one loves? How have psychoanalytic theory and existential philosophy influenced love? What do we know about sexuality and love that our ancestors did not? In light of the fact that the past century has brought about major changes in the social, economic, educational, political, medical, and legal status of women, how have they affected love between men and women? How does the history of gay and lesbian love fit into this history? How do wars and sexual transmitted diseases affect love? How is love socially constructed? Do men and women love differently, and if so, how do those gendered modes of love vary historically?

The readings will be from my book on the subject, selections from Simone de Beauvoir's classic statement of existential feminism, and three representative novels. A few lectures will be slide presentations exploring love in art, and one will be the love duet in Wagner’s opera Tristan and Isolde. Lectures will cover the history of love since antiquity, although the readings and the three assigned papers will concentrate on the last two centuries.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

9:35-10:55 TR Kern

Assigned Readings:

Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

D. H. Lawrence, Women in Love

Carol Shields, The Republic of Love

Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex (selections).

Stephen Kern, The Culture of Love: Victorians to Moderns

Diana Hacker, A Pocket Style Manual 3^rd. Ed.

Prerequisites and Special Comments: This course fulfills Group Europe, post-1750.

HISTORY 2280 INTRODUCTION TO RUSSIAN HISTORY

3 Cr. Hrs.

Selected topics introducing students to the history of Russian politics, society and culture.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

On-line on-line Johnson, J.

11:30-12:25 MWF Lanzillotti, I.

Prerequisites and Special Comments: This course fulfills Group Europe, post-1750 for history majors.

HISTORY 3227 GNOSTICS AND OTHER EARLY CHRISTIAN HERESIES

3 Cr. Hrs.

“Gnosticism” was the first great Christian “heresy”; indeed, it prompted the creation of the idea of “heresy.” This course will explore the writings and teachings of the Gnostic school of thought and related groups in second- and third-century Christianity. The Gnostics taught that this world is a mistake, created by an evil and ignorant god, and that Jesus has come to rescue people from it. They presented their teachings in an elaborate myth that drew from the Bible and Platonist philosophy. Other groups, like the Valentinians, presented their own variations of the Gnostic myth, and “proto-orthodox” Christians developed their theologies and notions of heresy in response to Gnostic views. We will read such “heretical” works as The Secret Book According to John, The Gospel of Judas, and The Gospel According to Thomas, as well as writings by opponents of the Gnostics, including Irenaeus of Lyons and Origen of Alexandria.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

2:20-3:40 TR Brakke, D.

Assigned Readings:

Bentley Layton, The Gnostic Scriptures

Plato, Timaeus and Critias

Robert Grant, Irenaeus of Lyons

David Brakke, The Gnostics: Myth, Ritual, and Diversity in Early Christianity

Marvin Meyer, The Nag Hammadi Scriptures (recommended)

Assignments: Two or three papers of moderate length, midterm and final exams.

Prerequisites and Special Comments: This course fulfills Group Europe, pre-1750 for history majors.

HISTORY 3525 19^TH CENTURY EUROPEAN INTERNATIONAL HISTORY

3 Cr. Hrs.

This course will examine the political, economic, diplomatic and military relations between and among the Great Powers from the end of the Napoleonic Wars to the outbreak of the First World War. Starting from the destruction of the eighteenth century “Old Regime” in the aftermath of the French Revolution, we will trace the development of the Great Power system within the context of the foundations of State power. Over the course of the quarter, we will examine a number of broad topics, including: (1) the diplomacy of the individual Great Powers; (2) the rise of non-European powers; (3) the military strategies of the Great Powers in peacetime and war; (4) the relationship between continental commitments and world power; (5) the significance of technological advance upon both warfare and the strategic balance; (6) and the relationship between economic stability and diplomacy in the international system. We will end the quarter by exploring the collapse of the 19th century international system and the origins & outbreak of the First World War.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

11:10-12:30 TR Siegel, J.

Assigned Readings: (tentative) - The reading list will include:

Nicolson, Harold. The Congress of Vienna.

Taylor, A.J.P. Bismarck.

Tolstoy, Lev. Sebastopol Sketches.

Assignments:

Weekly readings and class discussions

Midterm and comprehensive final

Three map quizzes

One short analytical paper discussing a primary source.

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

This course fulfills Group Global, post-1750 for history majors.

JEWISH HISTORY

HISTORY 3450 HISTORY OF ANCIENT ISRAEL

3 Cr. Hrs.

Survey of the history and historiography of ancient Israel from its origins to the advent of Hellenism.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

11:10-12:30 WF Meier

Assigned Readings:

Gosta W. Ahlstrom, The History of Ancient Palestine.

Assignments:

Daily readings

One term paper

Midterm

Final exam

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

This course fulfills Group Europe, pre-1750.

LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY

HISTORY 2110 INTRO. TO NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLES FROM MESOAMERICA

3 Cr. Hrs.

Introductory survey of the Native American peoples from Mesoamerica (contemporary Guatemala, Honduras, Southern Mexico) from pre-colonial times to the present.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

3:55-5:15 TR Tyce, S.

Prerequisites and Special Comments: Group Latin America, pre/post-1750 for majors.

HISTORY 2120 REVOLUTIONS AND MOVEMENTS IN MODERN LATIN AMERICA

3 Cr. Hrs.

Latin America has experienced many of the world’s most historically significant revolutions, including the great Mexican revolution, the Cuban revolution, the Nicaraguan revolution, and others. The course “Revolutions and Social Movements in Modern Latin America” analyzes these revolutions, as well as dictatorships, and political and social movements from independence to the present. Throughout this class we will consider the history of individual countries, while at the same time analyzing the effect, influence and relevance of various historical events on the region as a whole.

“Revolutions and Social Movements in Modern Latin America” begins with the tumultuous nineteenth century and the Wars of Independence. In focusing on state formation and national identity, the first section of this course aims to understand the dramatic social, cultural, and political impact of Latin America’s post-Independence political conflicts and modernizing growth. Next the course will shift to the twentieth-century, starting with Mexico’s great revolution and then moving forward to analyze other revolutions and social movements in Guatemala, Cuba and Nicaragua. The following section of this class will consider the rise and fall of military dictatorships in South America, including those in Chile, Argentina, and Brazil. In this part of the course students will analyze the search for social justice and reform, and the ways in which ordinary people fought against repression. We also will examine the rise and fall of export economies and industrialization, poverty, and social reform in Venezuela, Haiti, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic. The final weeks of the course will be devoted to issues facing Latin America today, including the complex issue of drugs in Colombia and Mexico, and immigration.

Several themes appear throughout the course. An analysis of Latin American revolutionaries is crucial to the study of the region, and this course will examine the legend and myth of Che Guevara. We also will consider the role of the U.S. and international institutions in the politics, economics and culture of Latin America, as well as the narratives used to justify foreign intervention in the region. Additionally, special lectures will explore culture in Latin America, including movies, literature, and artists, such as the painter Frida Kahlo. Gender and ethnicity are important elements as well, and women and race are integrated throughout our studies.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

11:30-12:25 TR Smith, S.

8:00; 10:20; 11:30 Wednesday (recitations)

Assignments:

Attendance/Participation, Midterm, 5-7 page paper and a final examination.

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

This course fulfills Group Latin America, post-1750.

MILITARY HISTORY

HISTORY 2550 THE HISTORY OF WAR

5 Cr. Hrs.

A survey of the main concepts and issues involved in the study of war in world perspective, using case studies from prehistoric times to the present.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

3:55-5:15 TR Douglas, S.

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

This course fulfills Group Global, post -1750 for history majors.

HISTORY 3551 WAR IN WORLD HISTORY, 1650-1900

3 Cr. Hrs.

History 3551, War in World History, 1650-1900, explores the history of warfare from the fall of the Ming Dynasty in 1644 and the end of the Thirty Years War and the Revolt of the Netherlands in 1648 and to the turn of the 20^th Century. The course traces the development of the tactical means and operational methods of organized, socially sanctioned armed violence—that is war—and the development of strategies within which to apply them for political ends.

The focus of History 3551 is on wars that had significant long term political, social and economic consequences. These include The War of Crete, 1645-69; the Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1650-1674; the wars of Louis XIV, 1660-1713; England’s and France’s wars of colonial expansion in India, Asia and Africa; the American Revolution; The Wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon; America’s Mexican War; the Taiping Rebellion, 1850-64; the Crimean War, 1853-56; the American Civil War, 1861-165; and the wars of Italian Unification, 1848-71, and German Unification, 1864-72.

The course addresses six aspects of organized, socially sanctioned, armed conflict: 1) the use of war as an instrument of policy; 2) the development and implementation of strategies and operational plans to secure policy goals; 3) the development and application of military technology, including technologies of organization and production; 4) the psychology of war, with emphasis on the social dynamics of the primary combatant group and the impact of war on civilian populations; 5) the tactical means by which armed force and forces are applied, and; 6) the tensions and interactions among the above five factors, particularly in terms of the manner in which they dealt with by military institutions and national leaders.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

9:35-10:55 TR Guilmartin

Assigned Readings:

Colin McEvedy, The Penguin Atlas of Modern History (to 1815) (New York: Penguin Books, 1972).

Colin McEvedy, The Penguin Atlas of North American History to 1870 (New York: Penguin Books, 1988).

Nicolas A. M. Rodger, To Command the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, 1649-1815 (New York: W. W. Norton, 2004) [required].

Gunther E. Rothenberg, The Art of War in the Age of Napoleon (Indiana University Press, 1981)

Assignments:

Course requirements include a seminar presentation and a 20-30 page research paper.

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

This course fulfills Group Global, post-1750 for history majors.

HISTORY 3570 WORLD WAR II

3 Cr. Hours

World War II was the largest and most destructive war in human history. More than sixty five years after it ended, the war continues to shape our world. This course examines the causes, conduct, and consequences of this devastating conflict. Through readings, lectures, and video, the class will study the politics that shaped the involvement of the major combatants; military leadership and the characteristics of major Allied and Axis armed services; the national and theater strategies of the various major combatants; the military operations that led to victory or defeat on battlefields spanning the globe; war crimes; and other factors such as leadership, economics, military doctrine and effectiveness, technology, ideology, and racism that impacted the outcome of the war.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

9:35-10:55 TR Mansoor

Assigned Readings:

Williamson Murray and Allan R. Millett, A War to be Won: Fighting the Second World War

A. N. Wilson, Hitler

Richard B. Frank, Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire

Assignments:

In-class mid-term and final examinations

Two book reviews (2-3 pages each).

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

This course fulfills Group Global, post-1750 for history majors. This course also fulfills the historical study and global studies category of the GE.

THEMATIC COURSE OFFERINGS

HISTORY 2701 HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY

3 Cr. Hrs.

Survey of the history of technology in global context from ancient times.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

9:10-10:05 MWF Perry

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

This course fulfills the Global category for history majors.

HISTORY 2702 FOOD IN WORLD HISTORY

3 Cr. Hrs.

Food is implicated in all dimensions of human existence. It is a biological necessity, without which human beings slowly die. Control over food supplies is a basic function of all organized societies and polities. Shared food traditions and tastes shape cultural identities of particular groups. Human history can be told as a history of how food has been produced, distributed and consumed. This course offers a synoptic, global history of food. It begins with the Neolithic revolution (c.10,000 BCE) and the foundations of agriculture and ends with the recent wave of global “food crises” (late 1940s, early 1970s, early 2000s). In between, it explores the formation of food cultures in Europe, Asia and South America, and development of an integrated world food system from the sixteenth century. It examines the “nutrition transition” – the rise of a food complex built around animal proteins, dairy products, sugar and refined wheat – which began in the west in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and is currently spreading across much of the rest of the world. It looks at the rise of the modern food industries, agribusiness, the green revolution, industrialized food production, fast food and the development of modern dietary anxieties and pathologies. It also examines the persistence of famines and global hunger over the past two centuries.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

9:35-10:55 TR Otter

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

This course fulfills the Global category for history majors.

HISTORY 2800 INTRODUCTION TO THE DISCIPLINE OF HISTORY

3 Cr. Hrs.

This course introduces undergraduate history majors to the methods and skills that historians use to study the past, and it considers some of the problems we face in interpreting evidence, assessing arguments, and presenting our research to others. We will use a series of exercises to work on our basic skills, and three case studies will enable us to reflect on historical problems in more depth: an early crisis among the first believers of Jesus in the first century, the puzzling case of a missing and returned soldier in sixteenth-century France, and the murder of Hypatia in fifth-century Alexandria. This is a seminar, in which students will be expected to prepare work and participate in each class meeting.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

11:10-12:30 TR Brakke, D

Assigned Readings:

Mary Lynn Rampolla, A Pocket Guide to Writing in History

Assignments:

Assignments will include exercises from Furay and Salevouris, short written assignments (e.g., précis, a book review, a movie review), and a power-point presentation. The “final examination” will be a proposal and dossier for a research paper.

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

This course is required for all students declaring a Major in History; students must earn a C or higher to have it count on the Major. It may not be used for the GE Historical Study requirement.

HISTORY 2800 INTRODUCTION TO THE DISCIPLINE OF HISTORY

3 Cr. Hrs.

History 2800 introduces new history majors to the skills and concepts of the discipline of history. Case studies of how specific sources, ideas, and methodologies have been used will suggest the potential benefits and pitfalls they bring with them. The cases also provide us a window into some especially interesting historical topics. Along the way, we will confront fundamental questions about our study of the past. What is history? Can history be objective? What role, if any, does morality play in historical writing? How do we judge historical work? How and why does history change? How is history reshaped when presented in movie form?

We will be developing the skills of thinking, reading, writing, and speaking as historians. In addition to active and informed engagement in the class discussion, students will work with primary documents, assess studies by historians, and develop their own research proposal.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

11:10-12:30 TR Kleit, D.

Assigned Readings: (tentative)

James Davidson and Mark Lytle, After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection (6^th ed.)

Jules Benjamin, A Students Guide to History

Natalie Zemon Davis, The Return of Martin Guerre (as well as the 1982 movie)

Phillip Paludan, Victims: A True Story of the Civil War

Some additional short readings.

Assignments: (tentative)

Careful reading and extensive participation in class

Primary Document Interpretation (4 pp.)

Book Review (4 to 5 pp.)

Research Proposal and annotated bibliography

Some additional short exercises are possible.

Prerequisites and Special Comments: History 2800 is required for all students declaring a Major in history. Students must earn a C or higher to have it count on the Major.

HISTORY 2800 INTRODUCTION TO THE DISCIPLINE OF HISTORY

3 Cr. Hrs.

This course introduces history as an academic discipline by investigating the methods and analytical approaches historians use to understand the past. Students will learn how historians approach their profession; how they frame questions; the types of sources they use to develop interpretations of the past; how they evaluate sources for bias and reliability; and how they grapple with the complexities of the human experience. This small group seminar will discuss a number of readings that present important and influential philosophies of history and historical methodologies. The course will use the history of World War II as its unifying theme.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

12:45-2:05 pm WF Mansoor

Assigned Readings:

Stephen Ambrose, D-Day

John Lewis Gaddis, The Landscape of History

Mary Lynn Rampolla, A Pocket Guide to Writing in History (7th ed.)

Emily S. Rosenberg, A Date Which Will Live: Pearl Harbor in American Memory

Assignments:

One précis (3 pages)

Two book reviews (2-3 pages each)

Research paper (10-12 pages)

Oral report on research paper (9-11 minutes)

(No examinations)

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

This course is required for all students declaring a Major in History; students must earn a C or higher to have it count on the Major. It may not be used for the GEC Historical Study requirement.

HISTORY 2800 INTRODUCTION TO THE DISCIPLINE OF HISTORY

3 Cr. Hrs.

This course will change the way you think about history. We will read and discuss historical works and writings about history to understand the discipline and methods of history. What sources do historians use and how do they use them? How do historians construct their arguments about the past, and how can we best analyze, understand, and critique these arguments? What are the boundaries between academic history and other views of the past? These questions will guide our inquiry, but we will also focus on our own writing and analysis. The course has limited enrollment and is run in a lively seminar format: you are expected to speak in every class meeting. Also, plan to work on your academic writing in this course.

While the course is designed for undergraduate history majors, anyone who is curious about how historians think, do research, and produce historical scholarship is welcome.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

2:20-3:40 TR McDow

Assigned Readings:

Readings will consist of a combination of articles and books, with some analysis of primary sources. (Some of the histories we read will focus outside of the U.S. and Europe.)

Assignments:

Students will complete short weekly assignments in addition to two longer papers. Students are expected to improve their historical writing in this course and will serve as peer editors for their classmates.

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

This course is required for all students declaring a Major in History; students must earn a C or higher to have it count on the Major. It may not be used for the GEC Historical Study requirement.

HISTORY 2800 INTRODUCTION TO THE DISCIPLINE OF HISTORY

3 Cr. Hrs.

This course introduces students to the skills and methods used by historians. We look at the types of sources historians use, the ways historians interpret them, and the basic arts of historical writing. We discuss the kinds of questions historians ask about the past. Students are expected to do a variety of exercises for this class, including their own analysis of primary sources and a bibliographic essay. We also explore a historical event – the Whitechapel murders committed by Jack the Ripper in 1888 – and use this as a way to discuss the practice of history.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

2:20-3:40 TR Otter

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

This course is required for all students declaring a Major or Minor in History. Students must earn a C or higher to have it count on the Major. It may not be used for the GE Historical Study requirement.

HISTORY 2800 INTRODUCTION TO THE DISCIPLINE OF HISTORY

3 Cr. Hrs.

This course is intended for students planning to major in history. Students will explore how the practice of history works, particularly how historians gather and interpret evidence and construct historical arguments. The course will also introduce several major types of history and discuss what each might bring to our understanding of the past. Students will develop their own interpretative and writing skills throughout essay assignments.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

9:35-10:55 TR White, S.

Assigned Readings:

Textbooks on historiography and history writing, and selections of exemplary historical writing (to be decided).

Assignments:

Grades will be based on student attendance and participation, quizzes, and an essay project.

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

This course is required for all students declaring a Major or in History. Students must earn a C or higher to have it count on the Major or Minor. It may not be used for the GE Historical Study requirement.

HISTORY 2800H INTRODUCTION TO THE DISCIPLINE OF HISTORY

3 Cr. Hrs.

This course will introduce honors students planning to major in history to history as a discipline and a major. The course is designed to give students practice in the analysis of historical sources and in developing logic and clarity in both written and oral assignments.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

12:45-2:05 WF Stebenne

Assigned Readings:

Josephine Tey, The Daughter of Time (1951)

James Romm, Herodotus (1998)

E. H. Carr, What is History? (1961)

David Cannadine, ed., What is History Now? (2002)

Elliott Gorn, Randy Roberts and Terry Bilhartz, Constructing the American Past, 7^th ed., Vol. 1 (2011)

Assignments:

Discussion of the assigned reading; three chapter summaries (précis); book review and oral presentation of the results; journal analysis and oral presentation of the results; history based on primary documents and oral presentation of the results.

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

This course is required for all honors students majoring in history and highly recommended for honors students seeking a minor in history.

HISTORY 3191 HISTORICAL INTERNSHIP

3 Cr. Hrs.

Internships will provide students with the opportunity to work on historical projects under the supervision of a practicing professional and a professor.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

ARR ARR Staley

Assignments:

As determined by the partner with whom students will be interning (with approval of the professor).

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

For more information contact Professor David Staley, staley.3@osu.edu.

HISTORY 4005 RESEARCH SEMINAR IN EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY

3 Cr. Hrs.

Slavery & American Politics from the Age of Revolution to the Civil War

The struggle over slavery in the United States between the Revolution and the Civil War is both one of the oldest topics in American historical writing, one of the most dynamic among modern historians, and of ongoing significance in American politics and culture. This senior seminar will explore some of the central works in this thriving literature and provide students the opportunity to engage in primary research and writing on a wide range of topics on slavery and politics between the 1750s and the 1860s. Development of research skills [print, manuscript, and electronic] and writing skills will be emphasized. You will finish this course have written a significant research paper.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

12:45-3:40 T Brooke

Assigned Readings:

Kornblith, Gary. Slavery and Sectional Strife In the early American Republic, 1776-1821
   Rowman & Littlefield Publishers [ISBN: 0-7425-5096-6]
Varon, Elizabeth R. Disunion! The Coming of the American Civil War, 1789-1859
   University of North Carolina Press [ISBN: 0-8078-3232-4]
Foner, Eric. The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery   Knopf [ISBN-10: 039334066X
Other readings will be made available on Carmen.

Assignments:

Document searches and comments

Written assignments on readings

Oral reports on readings and your research project at various stages,

Research paper (drafts reviewed prior to final submission].

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

Objectives of 4005 -This course fulfills the seminar requirement toward a history major. This is a capstone course in historical analysis and writing for senior honors history majors. A major goal of the course is to hone the skills of history majors in historical writing through the exercise of preparing a research paper, using both primary and secondary sources, on a topic related to the course. In addition, students will benefit from peer and instructor critique of their paper proposals and drafts, and will hone their oral presentation skills by presenting their research proposals and papers to their classmates.

This course will assume a basic background in the period, equivalent to OSU History 151, (1151 semesters) and preferably higher-level American History courses.

HISTORY 4015 RESEARCH SEMINAR IN MODERN U.S. HISTORY

3 Cr. Hrs.

This course focuses on a different part of the 1960s: the response of the Republican party to some of the wrenching issues of the decade. These include the civil rights movement and the passage of the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act, the arguments about America’s foreign policy (including the early years of the US intervention in Vietnam), early antiwar protests, and the rise of a conservative movement. These new conservatives, championing limited government, opposition to Soviet communism, and a traditional moral and Constitutional order, succeeded in gaining the Republican presidential nomination for Barry Goldwater, who carried, for the first time since Reconstruction, four states in the Deep South, but lost everything else except Arizona, Goldwater’s home state.

In this course you will analyze what are still open historical questions: when and how the Republican party became conservative and the role of race (versus economic and other social changes) in that transition. We will use the extensive papers of Ray Bliss, chairman of the Republican National Committee, which are housed at the Ohio Historical Society. Bliss faced the unenviable task of holding together a party of moderates, liberals, and conservatives, while rebuilding after the crushing defeat in 1964.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

12:45-2:05 TR Baker

Assigned Reading:

Rick Perlman, Before the Storm; a series of articles that outline the main issues; extensive research in the Bliss Papers.

Assignments:

Short reaction papers on the secondary reading (2-3 pages); bibliography; final paper draft; final paper (25 plus pages).

Prerequisites and Special Comments: The Ohio Historical Society does not have direct bus service. You will either need to have transportation or with classmates or with me, be able to arrange it.

HISTORY 4245H HONORS EARLY MODERN RESEARCH SEMINAR

3 Cr. Hrs.

Aaargh Pirates! Aaargh!

This course will introduce students to the burgeoning field of Pirate Studies. We will be investigating two primary sources, from the 1680s and 1720s. We will also be reading two modern works that analyze the whole pirate phenomenon, socially, politically, and economically. There will be additional training in how to talk like a pirate. Students will be expected to write a research paper involving pirates, using these and other primary sources.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

9:35-12:30 T Davis, R.

Assigned Readings:

Alexander O. Exquemelin, The Buccaneers of America ((Dover, 2000)

“Capn. Charles Johnson” (aka Daniel Defoe): A General History of the Pyrates (Dover, 1999)

Peter T. Leeson, The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates (Princeton, 2009)

Marcus Rediker, Villains of All Nations (Beacon Press, 2004)

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

Students must have taken at least one course in either Early-modern European, Early American, Early Latin American, or Atlantic history. Eye patches are optional.

HISTORY 4350H READINGS IN 20TH CENTURY MIDDLE EASTERN HISTORY

3 Cr. Hrs.

This course will provide honors undergraduates an opportunity to explore recent developments in scholarship on the Middle East since World War I. In addition to a comprehensive history for continuity of background, the readings will be selected as much as possible to illustrate new approaches to the study of the region. In addition, an effort will be made to supplement the readings with films that can help us better understand developments in the region. Geographically, the area of interest will cover the territory between Egypt, the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, and Turkey.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

2:20-5:15 T Findley, C.

ASSIGNED READINGS:

The reading list is still very much under consideration. The reading list may include both selected scholarly articles and books such as the following:

Cleveland, William L., and Martin Bunton, A History of the Modern Middle East, fifth edition, 2013 (or another comparable work)

Abrahamian, Ervand, A History of Modern Iran, 2008

Bunt, Gary, iMuslims: Rewiring the House of Islam, 2009

Hanioğlu, M. Şükrü, Atatürk, an Intellectual Biography, Princeton, 2011

Richards, Alan; Waterbury, John; Cammett, Melani; Diwan, Ishac, A Political Economy of the Modern Middle East, updated edition (2014)

Zogby, James, Arab Voices: What They are Saying to Us, and Why It Matters, 2012

The Arab Human Development Reports published by the UN Human Development Progam (UNDP) are also of interest, and may also be brought in for special assignments.

ASSIGNMENTS:

This is a new course, and the graded assignments have not been fully mapped out yet. They will emphasize writing papers rather than taking exams. They should be in the range of the normal for an undergraduate honors course, meaning somewhat above the norm for a non-honors course.

PREREQUISITES AND SPECIAL COMMENTS:

The course will be designed for highly motivated students who already have some background in Middle Eastern and Islamic studies. For further information, please contact the instructor by e-mail: findley.1@osu.edu

HISTORY 4390 READINGS IN SOUTH ASIAN HISTORY

3 Cr. Hrs.

Community, Religion, and Citizenship in South Asia

This course reviews historical and anthropological literature on the relationship between religious community, citizenship, and the public sphere in the South Asian context. We critically examine assumed distinctions between ‘affective community affiliations’ and ‘rational, modern politics,’ and aim to understand what political solidarities might be enabled by community-based ties. We focus on differentiated identifications inspired by religion, caste, and even nation that are not limited to the legal categories of the state and what that implies for liberal-secular ideals of equality and citizenship. The course also pays close attention to the ways in which public space is appropriated in the production of identity. Rather than treating the public sphere as a consensual domain of reason, we consider the fragmentary cultural politics that produce multiple publics. We look at the role of colonial and postcolonial authorities in shaping and reifying community identities and how alternative understandings of citizenship and identity play out. Through reading ethnographic and historical texts that grapple with communitarian mobilization in South Asia, this course aims to place conceptual frameworks and practices of community, sovereignty, and secularism under scrutiny.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

1:50-5:05 W Dhaka-Kintgen, U.

Assigned Readings:

Chatterjee, Partha. 2004. The Politics of the Governed. New York: Columbia University

Press.

Gottschalk, Peter. 2000. Beyond Hindu and Muslim. New York: Oxford University Press.

Kaur, Raminder. 2003. Performative Politics and the Cultures of Hinduism. Delhi: Permanent Black.

Viswanathan, Gauri. 1998. Outside The Fold, Conversion, Modernity, and Belief.

Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press.

(All other articles and book chapters will be available on the course website. Note: readings are subject to change.)

Assignments:

Midterm and final papers.

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

This course fulfills a seminar requirement for history majors.

HISTORY 4400 READINGS IN CHINESE HISTORY

3 Cr. Hrs.

The Sino-Japanese War, 1937-45

In Jul7 1937, soldiers of the Japanese Imperial Army were involved in what initially seemed to be a minor military skirmish with Republican Chinese soldiers at the Marco Polo Bridge near Beijing. Since the 19^th century, Japanese and other foreign troops had frequently used such events to provide their political leaders at home with rationales to send reinforcements to China. This time, however, what the Japanese call “The China Incident” grew into a protracted eight-year continental war in which the Japanese goals of establishing an anti-Communist East Asian order, creating “civilization,” a reformed economy, and a stable new Chinese government that was friendly to Japan became ever-more elusive. In their desperation to end the war by imposing a full embargo on Chiang Kai-shek’s alleged pro-Communist wartime government holed up in Chongqing, the Japanese eventually attacked and invaded the US-controlled Philippines, British-controlled Hong Kong, all of Southeast Asia from French Indochina to Thailand, British Malaya and Burma, Australia, and even the Dutch East Indies. They also attacked the American-controlled, pre-statehood territory of Hawaii. In the process, the Japanese added to the China incident what they call the Pacific War (1941-45) and what the West calls World War II; behind it all, the Sino-Japanese War (1937-45) churned on unceasingly and remained the justification for all of Japan’s “sideshows.”

This course, taught by a modern Chinese history specialist, will examine the Sino-Japanese War from Chinese and Japanese, political, economic, military and civilian perspectives. Like all 4000 seminars, the course will emphasize class reading, student discussion and writing, rather than lectures.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

2:20-3:40 TR Reed, C.

Assigned Readings:

Probably 3-4 monographs and additional shorter readings.

Assignments: TBA

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

This course fulfills a seminar requirement for history majors.

Comments: Although not required, some background in East Asian history (2402, 3404, or 3405) and/or some knowledge of World War II will be useful. Students should note that this is a course on the Sino-Japanese War (Japan vs. China) not on the Pacific War (Japan vs. the Rest), and their self-chosen research papers will have to reflect that fact.

HISTORY 4550 READINGS IN MILITARY HISTORY

3 Cr. Hrs.

The Wars of the French Revolution & Napoleon

History 4550, The Wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon, addresses the changes in the theory and practice of war brought about by the French Revolution and its most prominent military exponent, Napoleon. Beginning with an overview of ancién regime theory and practice, the course addresses changes in training, organization, recruitment and tactics during the pivotal early Revolutionary period. The course then proceeds to a critical examination of policy objectives, strategies, tactics, and campaigns in the wars of France, 1792-1815, emphasizing the social, economic and political context within which military operations were planned and conducted. The course pays particular attention to the role of technology, and to guerrilla warfare, logistics and the war of economic attrition.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

11:10-12:30 TR Guilmartin, J.

Assigned Readings:

Gunther E. Rothenberg, The Art of Warfare in the Age of Napoleon (Bloomington, Indiana: 1980) [required]

David Chandler, The Campaigns of Napoleon (New York, 1966) [optional]

John A. Lynn, The Bayonets of the Republic: Motivation and Tactics in the Army of Revolutionary France, 1791-94 (Urbana, Illinois: 1985) [optional]

Assignments:

Course requirements include a seminar presentation and a 15-20 page research paper. Texts are available at the Student Book Exchange.

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

This course fulfills a seminar requirement for history majors.

HISTORY 4725 READINGS IN THE HISTORY AND THEORY OF THE STATE

3 Cr. Hrs.

Middle Eastern Bodies Politic, Kinship & Citizenship since WWI

The question of who constitutes, or should constitute, the body politic of the modern states of the Middle East has existed since most of them were created following World War I and the fall of the Ottoman Empire. For decades, this question was addressed in the context of colonial governments that gave way to local autocratic rule, and through or in opposition to ethnic nationalist movements. In this course, we will examine these processes with special attention to two elements: ways of understanding kinship and descent, which offered a set of frameworks for collective identity constructions and maintenance, and citizenship, a concept attendant to modern state-building worldwide and that has recently been subject to new scrutiny in the Middle East. Our readings will show how kinship and citizenship mutually constructed each other, as well as help us examine broader aspects of society and state in the modern Middle East.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

2:15-5:00 M King, D.

Assigned Readings: TBA (likely 6 books).

Assignments: A research paper and two book summaries (tentative).

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

This course fulfills a seminar requirement for history majors.

WOMEN'S HISTORY

HISTORY 2610 INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN & GENDER IN THE U.S.

3 Cr. Hrs.

This course surveys the history of American women from pre-European settlement to the present. The lectures, readings, and films will emphasize how female roles in the realms of family, work, politics, and culture change over time. Particular attention will be paid to how women negotiate social norms and help to create new standards of acceptability. Also, the class will focus on the diversity among women in terms of race, ethnicity, class, and sexuality.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

On-line on-line Arendt, E.

3:55-5:15 TR Winans, A.

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

This course fulfills Group N. America, post-1750 for history majors.

HISTORY 2620 INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN & GENDER IN THE U.S.

3 Cr. Hrs.

History of women’s activism in global perspective.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

3:55-5:15 TR Solic

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

This course fulfills Group Global, post-1750 for history majors.

HISTORY 3642 WOMEN IN MODERN EUROPE FROM THE 18^TH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT

3 Cr. Hrs.

This course is designed as an introduction to the history of European women from the mid-18^th century to the late-20^th century. Several themes will be central to the course. We will investigate changing ideas about women and the ways in which these ideas influence women’s lives. We will study the processes of industrial expansion and economic change and the impact of these developments on women’s social and economic position. We will explore the political reorganization of Europe over the course of these centuries, and we will examine how women strove to shape and improve their lives under changing circumstances. We will also concentrate on how relationships between women and men developed, and how beliefs about gender changed. Finally, we will look at how economic position, religion, sexuality, marital status, regional and national differences influenced women’s experiences.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

11:10-12:30 TR Soland

Assigned Readings:

The readings for this course include a broad selection of primary and secondary sources. All readings will be made available on Carmen.

Assignments: TBA.

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

This course fulfills Group Europe, post-1750 for history majors.

WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY 2500 20^th CENTURY INTERNATIONAL HISTORY

3 Cr. Hrs.

This course will examine the political, economic, and military relations between the major countries of the world from the origins of the First World War to the breakup of the Soviet Union.

The first half of the course will take us to the end of the Second World War. Starting from the collapse of the nineteenth century international system in 1914, we will examine the reasons why the system that was constructed to replace it failed in 1939. We will explore from a multinational perspective the ways in which the dominant nation-states competed for both power and security in what was perceived to be the new world order. We will seek to understand the ways in which the Great Powers attempted to balance their national needs for economic and military security with their desires for international prominence and stability. In addition to the causes and courses of the two world wars that bookend and shape this period, we will examine a number of broad topics in this semester. They will include: (1) the rise of anti-imperialism in the 20s and 30s; (2) the successes and failures of international communism; (3) the globalization of the post-war economy; (4) the evolution of US hegemony in the Western Hemisphere; and (5) the rise of Japan.

The second half of the course will trace the Cold War from beginning to end. Starting from the foundations of the Cold War in the wartime alliances and conduct of the Second World War, we will look at the origins of the Cold War in Europe and Asia. We will trace the expansion of the Cold War from its origins in Europe to its extension to the peripheral states in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East. Some further themes that we will cover will include: (1) the importance of the proxy conflicts as both Cold War front lines and Cold War determinants; (2) decolonization and the end of the modern European empires; (3) the rise of China and the significance of Sino-Soviet competition; (4) the nuclear age and the arms race; (5) the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union; and (6) the struggle to construct the post-Cold War international order.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

1:50-2:45 TR Siegel

9:10; 10:20; 12:40 Friday (recitations)

Assigned Readings:

The reading will include several of the following:

Koestler, Arthur. Darkness at Noon.

Neiberg, Michael S., ed. The World War I Reader.

Troung Nhu Tang, A Vietcong Memoir.

Walker, J. Samuel. Prompt and Utter Destruction: Truman and the use of atomic bombs against Japan.

Assignments:

Weekly readings and class discussions.

Midterm and comprehensive final.

Four map quizzes.

One or two short analytical papers based on the assigned readings.

Prerequisites and Special Comments: This course fulfills Group Global, post-1750 for history majors.

HISTORY 2630 HISTORY OF MODERN SEXUALITIES

3 Cr. Hrs.

In-depth analysis of particular topics in the history of modern sexualities throughout the world.

Time Meetings Days Instructor

On-line on-line Torunoglu

Prerequisites and Special Comments: This course fulfills Group Global, post-1750 for history majors.

HISTORY 2641 WORLD HISTORY TO 1500

3 Cr. Hrs.

Comparative survey of the world’s major civilizations and their interconnections from the beginnings of human civilization through 1500.

Time Meetings Days Instructor

9:10-10:05 MWF Hunt

Prerequisites and Special Comments: This course fulfills Group Global, pre-1750 for history majors.

HISTORY 2642 WORLD HISTORY, 1500-PRESENT

3 Cr. Hrs.

In this course we explore the sweeping historical changes that created today's world. We trace the key processes that reshaped the politics, cultures, and economies of various regions since 1500. While Europe and the United States are part of our focus, we primarily consider Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. Each of these geographic regions became enmeshed in a global system affected by far-reaching religious transformations, mercantile activity, industrial growth, and imperialism/colonialism. Finally, we study the influences of modern nationalism, Cold War dynamics, and anti-colonial movements in the twentieth century. By semester's end, students learn to think like a historian in order to grasp and analyze the major trends underlying more than five centuries of world history.

Time Meetings Days Instructor

9:10-10:05 TR McDow

9:10; 10:20; 12:40 (Friday) (recitations)

Assigned Readings:

The readings will include a textbook, a collection of primary sources, and two short books.

Assignments:

Assignments will include midterm and final examinations; regular reading responses; several short quizzes; and two short papers.

Prerequisites and Special Comments: This course fulfills Group Global, post-1750 for history majors.

HISTORY 2642 WORLD HISTORY, 1500-PRESENT

3 Cr. Hrs.

Survey of the human community, with an emphasis on its increasing global integration, from the first European voyages of exploration through the present.

Time Meetings Days Instructor

3:55-5:15 TR Nasseri

On-line on-line Marvel

Prerequisites and Special Comments: This course fulfills Group Global, pre-1750 for history majors.

HISTORY 2650 THE WORLD SINCE 1914

3 Cr. Hrs.

This course looks from a global perspective at major issues that have made, or are making, the world we live in today. The lectures explore major themes or examples illustrative of those issues. Additional exercises will explore a variety of alternative approaches to understanding the world around us: films, works of literature, the pictorial record created by artists and photographers, or simulations of real-life situations. The goal of the course is not only to convey factual knowledge about the 20^th century world, but also to provide an interpretive framework in which this knowledge can be set, and to help us all become well-informed and responsible citizens of a world that is now at a critical turning point in its history.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

10:20-11:15 MW Findley

9:10; 10:20 F (recitation)

12:40 F (recitation)

Assigned Readings:

Carter V. Findley & John A. M. Rothney, Twentieth-Century World, 7^th ed.

Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart

Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front

Alan Paton, Cry the Beloved Country

Naguib Mahfouz, Midaq Alley

Worldwatch Institute, State of the World 2013

Assignments: Probably a midterm & a final, plus a short analytical paper based on assigned readings. Exams may combine objective and essay questions. Comprehensive final.

Prerequisites and Special Comments: Interested students are encouraged to contact Professor Findley by e-mail: findley.1@osu.edu. Please mention “History 2650” in the subject line so that your message still stand out and be recognized as pertaining to the course.

HISTORY 2700 GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY

3 Cr. Hrs.

This course explores the long history of the earth and humanity from an environmental/earth systems perspective, focusing on the changing relationship of human societies and global ecologies and the problem of the sustainability of the human condition. A brief introduction to climate and the biosphere in geological time establishes the background for a comparative overview of three broad "human revolutions": the origin of the human species, the agricultural revolution, and the industrial revolution. Themes of particular importance include issues in human evolution, demography, subsistence, and technology, debates over gradual and catastrophic change in climate and the biosphere, and the prospects for a sustainable future.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

9:35-10:55 TR Brooke

Assigned Books:

Alfred Crosby, The Children of the Sun

Brian Fagan, The Long Summer

Dorothy Crawford, Deadly Companions: How Microbes Shaped Our History

William Ruddiman, Plows, Plagues, and Petroleum

J.R. McNeill, Something New Under the Sun: An Environmental History of the 20^th Century

There will also be readings posted on Carmen, including John Brooke, “A Rough Journey,” typescript of a book in development.

Assignments: Class participation (20%), papers on Parts I (25% pin class), II (25% take home), and III (30% in-class or take home option). There will be drop-box comments throughout the course, which will count toward the participation grade. These written assignments are designed to allow you to demonstrate your understanding of the significance and interconnection of various topics and themes developed in the readings, lectures, and discussions.

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

Undergraduate Program Credit:

History: This course may be counted as Group Global, and either “pre-1750” or “post-1750.”

International Studies: This course may be taken as a part of the Minor in Globalization Studies offered by the Program in International Studies, to fulfill part of the requirement in “Economic, Environmental, and Political Dimensions.”

Public Health: This course may be taken as an elective in the Minor in Public Health.

GE: This course may be taken to fulfill one [but only one] of three GE Requirements:

3. Historical Study; 4C: Social Science: Human, Natural, and Economic Resources; 6B: Diversity Experiences: International Issues (Global or Non-Western). Students taking the course for either 4C or 6B need to plan their projects in consultation with the instructor so as to meet the requirement guidelines.

Graduate credit: Graduate students preparing for fields in World History or Global Material History may attend the lectures in conjunction with enrollment in 7193.

Recommendation: High school-level science background is assumed; university courses in history, archaeology, anthropology, biology, geology, or technology will all be useful background.