Winter 2012 Courses | Department of History

Course Descriptions Winter Quarter, 2012

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 Winter Quarter, 2012. The descriptions are accurate as of October 4, 2011. 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 121 AFRICAN CIVILIZATIONS TO 1870

5 Cr. Hrs.

This course surveys the history of pre-modern African civilization with a focus on specific episodes in the continent's political, economic and cultural developments. We will explore some of the internal and external factors that account for the rise and decline of various African empires and states as well as the impediments the continent encountered in the course of its economic, political and cultural developments prior to formal colonial domination.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

9:30-10:48 TR Dunbar

9:30; 10:30 F (recitations)

HISTORY 122 AFRICAN CIVILIZATIONS 1870 TO THE PRESENT

5 Cr. Hrs.

Using a multi-disciplinary approach and a variety of teaching materials (including movies and documentary films), this course will explore specific episodes in Africa's political, social, and economic history from 1870 to the present. Focusing on European colonialism, African liberation struggles and subsequent emergence of modern nation states, we will attempt to trace the historical roots of Africa's putative economic stagnation and persistent political conflicts, and how Africans grappled with these challenges. Our themes will include struggles for national liberation, the contributions of African Americans in African liberation struggles in the form of Pan Africanism, the search for continental unity, the formation of regional economic blocs, the cold war and its effects, debt crises, civil wars and genocides, the HIV pandemic, and the effects of droughts on national and regional conflicts. While Africa has continued to lag behind most of the world in economic development and political stability, it will be historically inaccurate to neglect the continent's success stories. We will therefore pay close attention to areas where the continent has made and is still making significant progress. Through novels, music and movie clips, students will be exposed to modern African cultures in the context of globalization.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

9:30-10:48 TR Barchiesi

10:30; 11:30 MW

Assignments:

Assignments will include a map quiz, in-class quizzes, a take-home midterm and a final exam.

HISTORY 350 HISTORY OF MODERN AFRICA

5 Cr. Hrs.

The course approaches the major themes of African history over the past two hundred years by focusing on eastern Africa. This general survey addresses the political, economic, and social developments of colonial and post-independence Kenya and Tanzania, with some reference to Uganda and Somalia. Topics include slavery, exploration, Islam and Christianity, colonial rule, ethnicity, conservation and the environment, economic development, anti-colonial nationalism, post-independence governments,

Time Meeting Days Instructor

3:30-5:18 TR McDow

Assigned Readings: will include primary sources, historical novels, and scholarly monographs.

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

Group A, post-1750.

HISTORY 541.02 HISTORY OF ISLAM IN AFRICA

5 Cr. Hrs.

This discussion-driven course explores the historical, religious, political and cultural aspects of the expansion of Islam in Africa from about the 9^th century CE to the present. It will address historical contingencies that account for Islam's local receptivity as well as its dynamic interactions with local cultures, politics, traditional religions, Christianity and European colonialism. The course primarily seeks to understand the transformative relationship between Islam and African religious and cultural expressions in order to tease out the ways by which Islam transformed and was transformed by indigenous religious knowledge and cultures. While the Islamization of Africa is important for understanding African history, the Africanization of Islam is equally important and will be our main theme. Thus, we will analyze the processes by which Africans localized Islamic intellectual traditions, healing practices, music, arts, cultural norms and formal and informal Islamic festivals in order to reconstruct local Muslim cultural and political identities. We will further explore how Islam reconfigured social, political and gender relations throughout its history in Africa by examining different Muslim institutions such as Sufi brotherhoods and Mahdism that led to the founding of political organizations and states. We will proceed to consider shifting strategies of coexistence and accommodation between Muslim leaders and colonial as well as post-colonial regimes. Rather than homogenizing Islam in Africa, we will explore diverse

Time Meeting Days Instructor

3:30-5:18 MW Kobo

Assigned Readings: To be decided but will include two major text books and two novels, in addition to

Assignments:

Midterm and final exams;

Research paper—12-15 pages;

Active

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

Prior knowledge of African and or Islamic history, at least at the introductory level, is essential but not required. Students without any knowledge of African or Islamic history may combine this course with History 121 (African civilization to 1870). Group A, pre-1750.

HISTORY 552 HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA

5 Cr. Hrs.

This course is designed to introduce students to the contemporary history of South Africa, with a focus on the period from the early nineteenth to the early twenty-first century. Particular attention will be paid to the rise and fall of the racist regime known as Apartheid. The course will examine the social, economic, and political dynamics underlying the formation of South Africa's racial state, processes of popular resistance, and the transition to nonracial democracy.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

1:30-3:18 TR Barchiesi

Assigned Readings (tentative):
1 . A. MacKinnon, The Making of South Africa. Culture and Politics, Upper Saddle River NJ: Pearson Education, 2004.

2. W. Beinart, Twentieth Century South Africa, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2001.

3. N. Clark & W. Worger, South Africa. The Rise & Fall of Apartheid, Harlow, Longman,

4. A. Desai, We Are the Poors. Community Struggles in Post-Apartheid South Africa, New York, Monthly Review Press, 2002.

5. N. Ndebele, Fools & Other Stories, NY, Readers Intl, 1986 (ONLY the chapter "Fools", pp.152-280).

Assignments:
1) Class attendance and participation 10% of final grade

2) Mid-Term Examination 25% of final grade

2) Book Report 25% of final grade

4) Final Comprehensive Examination: 40% of final grade

Prerequisites and Special Comments: Group A, post-1750.

HISTORY 742 AFRICAN HISTORIOGRAPHY AND METHODOLOGY

5 Cr Hrs.

The writing of African history has remained a complex and challenging endeavor for historians. This seminar will explore various sources and methodological approaches for constructing or reconstructing pre-colonial, colonial and post-independent African histories, in order to provide students with the critical tools for their own research and for teaching undergraduate African history courses. We will examine the techniques for collecting and using oral traditions with specific emphasis on the contexts within which oral traditions were composed and preserved. We will then proceed to analyze primary sources (mostly pre-colonial manuscripts in English or foreign languages but translated into English), with the intention of critiquing outsiders' conception of pre-modern African history. These primary sources will also include newspapers, popular cartoon images and maps. We will also briefly examine archeological and linguistic sources. By the end of the quarter, students will acquire the techniques for critiquing various historical sources, as well as some skills for collecting archival materials and conducting interviews. Reading materials and assignments are designed to help students acquire the skills for writing micro, regional, and comparative histories. The seminar will focus on sub-Saharan Africa, and for that reason only case studies from sub-Saharan Africa will be considered.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

5:30-7:18 T Kobo

Assigned Readings:

To be decided but may include

Assignments:

Assignments will include a book review, two-page reports from week two through week eight and a

AMERICAN HISTORY

HISTORY 151 AMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS, 1607-1877

5 Cr. Hrs.

This course surveys the political, constitutional, social, and economic development of the U.S. from the Colonial Period through the Era of Reconstruction. This course, in conjunction with HIS 152, furnishes one of the sequence requirements for the LAR and GEC. Not open to students with credit for History 150.01.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

8:30-10:18 MW

*9:30-10:48 TR Roth

12:30-2:18 MW

1:30-3:18 TR

3:30-5:18 MW

*Students signing up for this section must also sign up for a recitation section.

HISTORY 152 AMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS SINCE 1877

5 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 LAR and GEC. Not open to students with credit for History 150.02 or History 150.03.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

8:30-10:18 TR

*9:30-10:48 TR Fernandez

11:30-1:18 TR

1:30-3:18 MW

3:30-5:18 TR

*Students signing up for this section must also sign up for a recitation section.

HISTORY 310 HISTORY OF OHIO

5 Cr. Hrs.

A general survey of Ohio's social, economic, religious, geographical, and political history from the Indian period to the present time.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

10:30-12:18 MW Coil

Assigned Readings:

Van Tine & Pierce (eds.) Builders of Ohio, OSU Press

One other reading to be determined.

Assignments: Midterm, paper and final examination.

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

History majors, fulfills Group B, Area 6, post-1750.

HISTORY 322H HONORS NATIVES & NEWCOMERS: IMMIGRATION AND US

5 Cr. Hrs. MIGRATION

Immigration and migration have been permanent features of American history. From the first indigenous peoples who migrated throughout the continent, to British explorers in search of wealth, Irish farmers fleeing famine, African Americans heading North during the Great Migration, or Mexican farmers recruited during World War II, people have for centuries been in motion throughout what is today the United States. This course will critically examine the dynamics of immigration and domestic migration throughout our history and explore the perspective of both "natives" and newcomers. We will also consider the gendered nature of mobility by asking how women and men experienced im/migration differently and were positioned differentially in relation to both the "host" and the "home" culture.

Note: This course is cross-listed with Women's Studies 322H and will connect via video-conferencing with History 322 at the OSU Newark campus.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

1:30-3:18 TR Fernandez

Assigned Readings(tentative):

Ronald Takaki, A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America

Thomas Dublin, Immigrant Voices: New Lives in America, 1773-1986

Additional readings in course packet

Assignments(tentative): Two papers, final term paper. This is a seminar-style course that requires active student participation in class discussions.

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

(Open to Honors Students). Fulfills the following GEC requirements: Historical Study & Social Diversity in the United States. History majors, fulfills Group B, Area 6, post-1750.

HISTORY 325 INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN'S HISTORY: THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

5 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

10:30-11:48 TR Wu

10:30; 11:30 Fridays (recitations)

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

History majors, fulfills Group B, Area 6, post-1750.

HISTORY 375 AMERICAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE

5 Cr. Hrs.

Crime and punishment are among the most important issues in contemporary America. This course offers an introduction to the historical study of crime in the United States from colonial times to the present. It highlights changes in criminal behavior and in the ways Americans have sought to deter, punish, and rehabilitate. Primary topics include historical patterns of violence, the role and organization of the police, and the evolution of punishment in theory and practice. This course also emphasizes differences in crime and punishment by region, class, ethnicity, gender, and age. Topics will include riots, homicide, capital punishment, organized crime, gangs, prisons, policing, jurisprudence, and official violence.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

1:30-3:18 TR Roth

Assigned Readings:

Walker, Samuel, (1998) Popular Justice: A History of American Criminal Justice, 2^nd. ed.

wButterfield, Fox (1995) All God's Children: The Bosket Family & The American Tradition of Violence.

Michael Massing (1998) The Fix. Berkeley: Univ. of CA Press.

A History of organized crime or the drug trade in the twentieth century (to be determined).

Assignments:

Discussion & Attendance (10% of grade)

Quizzes on the Readings (10% of grade)

Midterm & Final Examinations (40% of grade)

Research Project/Essay (40% of grade): You will be asked to turn in your research notes (in computerized form on a floppy disk or a ZIP disk) and an interpretive essay (5 to 6 pages in length) on the history of crime in Chicago, Illinois, in the late nineteenth century or in an Ohio city or county in the late 1990s.

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

Group B, post-1750.

HISTORY 387 HISTORY OF AMERICAN CAPITALISM

5 Cr. Hrs.

If you are curious about what "capitalism" really is, this course might be for you. You will learn that capitalism is not quite the rosy success story those on the political right would describe, and that it is not quite the evil empire that those on the political left would have you believe.

It is a fascinating, modern story that encompasses the development of western societies from pre-capitalist economies of the medieval period to the "post-industrial" capitalism of the mid-to-late 20th century. The narrative includes several levels of analysis – the evolution of the firm (business strategies, firm structures); evolution of business-government relations (yes, American capitalism has always included government); evolution of management-labor relations; interactions between business and society; and, general developments in economic thought, science, and technology.

Students will gain factual and conceptual knowledge of the development of American capitalism that will furnish a basis for comparison to other nation states' experiences with capitalism, which are covered in History 587.01 and 587.02.

I have designed this course (degree of sophistication, reading assignments, and exams) to be a 300-level course in History. Students will write essays and short answers on topics that require integration of the reading and the lecture material. Thus, a third objective of the course is to improve the student's abilities in analysis and writing.

For a previous syllabus of this course, go on the web to: History 387 (or type in the following url: http://people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/childs1/387sylWi10.htm)

Time Meeting Days Instructor

9:30-11:18 MW Childs

Assigned Readings:

Books assigned in the class have included the following:

Horatio Alger, Ragged Dick and Mark, the Match Boy.

Harold Livesay, American Made: Men Who Shaped the American Economy. [new edition]

Upton Sinclair, The Flivver King: A Story of Ford-America.

Thomas K. McCraw, American Business, 1920-2000: How It Worked. (2^nd edition 2008).

Recommended but not required: Blackford and Kerr, Business Enterprise in American History.

Assignments:

There will be a take-home midterm; a take-home paper; a take-home final exam.

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

Group B, post-1750.

HISTORY 557.02 JEFFERSON & JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY, 1800-1845

5 Cr. Hrs.

In this course we will be discussing the social, economic, cultural, and political history of antebellum America. We will explore the experiences of ordinary people, such as farmers, shopkeepers, factory workers, as well as famous names, such as Andrew Jackson and Harriet Tubman. We will also explore large-scale social processes such as the expansion of slavery, the growth of reform movements, and sectionalism in national politics.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

8:30-10:18 MW Cashin

Assignments:

Students will read several monographs; they will write a paper and take one exam. Students are expected to attend class and meet the course requirements.

Prerequisites and Special Comments: Group B, post-1750.

HISTORY 568.01 NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY FROM EUROPEAN CONTACT TO

5 Cr. Hrs. REMOVAL,

In this 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?

Time Meeting Days Instructor

10:30-12:18 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

Assignments

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

Group B, post-1750.

HISTORY 755.01 AFRICAN AMERICANS IN EARLY AMERICA

5 Cr. Hrs.

This intensive reading and discussion seminar explores African American life and culture during the colonial, revolutionary, and early national eras. Specifically, we will examine the themes of culture, identity, community formation, slavery, and resistance among the enslaved and free populations. The course is intended to introduce students to "classics" in the field, as well as the newest historiographic contributions and debates. This course will be particularly useful to graduate students who are preparing for their general examinations, but it is open to all graduate students.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

5:30-7:18 T Alexander

Assigned Readings:

The reading list to be determined, but will likely be selected from among the following:

Adams, Catherine and Elizabeth H. Pleck, Love of Freedom: Black Women in Colonial and Revolutionary New England

Berlin, Ira. Many Thousands Gone: The First Two Centuries of Slavery in North America

Camp, Stephanie M.H. Closer to Freedom: Enslaved Women & Everyday Resistance in the Plantation South

Fischer, Kirsten. Suspect

Carolina

Frey, Sylvia. Water from the Rock: Black Resistance in a Revolutionary Age

Foote, Thelma Wills. Black and White Manhattan: The History of Racial Formation in Colonial New York City

Hall, Gwendolyn M. Africans

Culture in the Eighteenth Century

Landers, Jane. Black Society in Spanish Florida

Morgan, Philip D. Slave Counterpoint: Black Culture in the Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake & Lowcountry

Melish, Joanne Pope. Disowning Slavery: Gradual Emancipation and "Race" in New England, 1780-1860

Myers, Amrita. Forging Freedom: Black Women and the Pursuit of Liberty in Antebellum Charleston

Piersen, William. Black Yankees: The Development of an Afro-American Subculture in Eighteenth Century New England

Wood, Peter. Black Majority: Negroes in Colonial South Carolina from 1670 to the Stono Rebellion

Young, Jason R. Rituals of Resistance: African Atlantic Kongoand the Lowcountry South in the Era of Slavery

Assignments:

Evaluation for this course will be evenly weighted in four areas:

Attendance and participation 25%

Weekly response papers 25%

Book review 25%

Historiographic essay 25%

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

Graduate standing or permission of instructor.

HISTORY 772 STUDIES IN RECENT UNITED STATES HISTORY

5 Cr. Hrs.

This course introduces graduate students to the literature of modern US history, with an emphasis on both the main themes in that literature and the topical fields in OSU's modern US graduate program (including African-American, Diplomatic, Immigration, Military, Political and Women's).

Time Meeting Days Instructor

1:30-3:18 F Stebenne

Assigned Readings:

Morton Keller, America's Three Regimes (2009)

Stephen Hahn, A Nation under Our Feet (2005)

Daniel Rodgers, Atlantic Crossings (1998)

Mai Ngai, Impossible Subjects (2005)

James Sparrow, Warfare State (2011)

Mark Brilliant, The Color of America Has Changed (2010)

Jefferson Cowie, Capital Moves (2001)

Fredrik Logevall, Choosing War (1999)

Dorothy Sue Cobble, The Other Women's Movement (2004)

Assignments:

Two short (5-7 page) historiographical essays; a short (1-2 page) summary of one week's in-class discussion (which the student will have led); and regular contributions to those discussions. The course grade will be based upon both the written work and class participation, equally weighted.

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

Graduate students only.

HISTORY 789 READINGS IN NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY, 1400-1877

5 Cr. Hrs.

In this reading and discussion course, students will explore the major issues and events in Native American history from the era immediately before European invasion and colonization through the mid-19^th century. After reviewing the variety of indigenous cultures in pre-contact North America, we will assess the 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 19^th century U.S. Indian policy, including forced removal.

Students will consider how Indians experienced these enormous economic, environmental, demographic, cultural, and political challenges, and what kinds of strategies for survival they employed. We will assess the ways in which Indians shaped the African-American and Euro-American societies they interacted with. We will also examine Indian "renascence" movements in the 19^th century, as different groups chose relocation, rebellion, pan-Indian organization, and/or assimilation to Euro-American culture. One key theme will be ethnogenesis—the process by which groups created and recreated new identities in the face of change. What did it mean to be "Indian?" What kinds of cultural, spatial, material, and ethnic change could Indians experience and yet remain Indians? Did key social constructs, such as gender roles, kinship and collective ownership of resources, change or persist over time?

Time Meeting Days Instructor

1:30-3:18 T Newell

Assignments: Students will read the equivalent of 8-10 books and will be expected to participate actively in discussion. Along with 3 biweekly short papers, students will write a final essay on the topic of their choice.

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

Open to graduate students only except with instructor's permission.

HISTORY 867.01 SEMINAR IN EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY

5 Cr. Hrs.

A two-quarter seminar in advanced research, analysis, and writing for graduate students in early American history, defined as running from the era of colonization to the end of Reconstruction. The seminar participants will discuss a limited number of common readings and work in close consultation with the instructor to carry a research project to the completion of a 30-35 page paper of publishable quality. The seminar is designed to maximize the time that you will be working on your individual projects, with a regular schedule of individual presentations to the group, including reports on research design, progress, and outcome, reports on secondary readings, and formal comments on fellow-participants' papers. Through-out, discussion of literature unrelated to your research project will contribute to your developing knowledge of the wider field, and your progress toward graduate general exams.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

3:30-5:30 T Brooke

(please note the slightly extended meeting time)

Schedule:

This autumn:

Preliminary consultation with Professor Brooke on the general subject area of your planned

Winter Quarter:

Discussion of common readings, seminar research proposals

Research design and revision (~ 10 pages, plus bibliography and archival prospectus)

Presentations

Spring Quarter:

Discussion of common readings, paper drafts

Submission, presentation of first draft

Formal comment on peer's first draft

Submission of final draft

HISTORY 869.01 SEMINAR IN 20^TH CENTURY AMERICAN HISTORY I

5 Cr. Hrs.

History 869.01 is the first half of a research seminar open to any grad student interest in writing an original research paper in modern American history. Participants will be discussing research methods and the art of writing. We'll also spend time dealing with practical questions, such as how to write a conference proposal or to contact book publishers. By seminar's end participants will have written either an essay to be submitted to a journal or a dissertation chapter.

Students interested in the seminar are strongly urged to register immediately and to let me know that you've done so. That way, we can begin defining your topics well before the quarter begins

Time Meeting Days Instructor

1:30-3:18 W Boyle

Assigned Readings: TBA

Assignments:

Seminar members will write an original piece of research based on primary sources. Attendance and participation are required.

HISTORY 871.02 SEMINAR IN AMERICAN DIPLOMATIC HISTORY II

5 Cr. Hrs.

The is the second half of a two-quarter research seminar for graduate students.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

1:30-3:18 M Hahn

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

Course is open only to

ANCIENT HISTORY

HISTORY 503.02 EARLY ROMAN EMPIRE, 31 B.C. TO A.D. 180

5 Cr. Hrs.

This course offers an advanced survey of Roman history during the early and middle imperial era, 44 B.C. – c. A.D. 180, from a variety of perspectives: political, social, diplomatic, economic, intellectual and religious. 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. In the process, students will become acquainted with certain of the principle research tools and techniques which ancient historians have developed to aid them in their investigations.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

9:30-11:18 TR Sessa

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

Groups A & B, pre-1750.

HISTORY 505.02D THE LATER BYZANTINE EMPIRES

5 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 software system Carmen. History 505.02 will not be offered in a classroom setting this quarter. 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 505.02D covers the history of the Byzantine Empire from the end of Iconoclasm (843) to the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks (1453). It will examine the period of Byzantine ascendancy and the spread of Byzantine culture to the Slavs, the split between the eastern and the western churches, the Crusades, the Byzantine recovery, and the ultimate collapse. A primary goal 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.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

On-line On-line Gregory

Assigned Readings:

Timothy Gregory, A History of Byzantium (ISBN 0-631-23513-2)

Exploring the European Past, a text with three readings specially designed for this class—make sure you get the correct edition for this course (available only at SBX)

Readings in Later Byzantine History (Online Readings) available on the class site

Assignments:

Regular graded online discussion (mandatory), plus a choice of various other graded assignments, including Mid-term and Final Examination, short papers, and Class Project (you will not have to do all of these assignments, but choose from a list of possible activities to earn your grade).

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

Although this course continues the material covered in History 505.01, there is no prerequisite for the course (beyond those for any 500-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.

Groups A & B pre-1750.

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

HISTORY 808.02 Research Seminar in Ancient History II

5 Cr. Hrs.

This is a continuation of History 808.01 offered autumn quarter 2011. Only those graduate students enrolled in History 808.01 may enroll in this course.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

1:30-3:18 Friday Sessa

ASIAN & ISLAMIC HISTORY

HISTORY 141 HISTORY OF EAST ASIA IN THE PRE-MODERN ERA

5 Cr. Hrs.

History 141 is an introduction to the societies and cultures of preâ€‘modern China, Korea, and Japan, the countries that make up the geographical and cultural unit of East Asia. Of the great civilizations of the world, East Asia grew up in perhaps the greatest isolation from the West; and one goal of this course is to point up what is distinctive about "East Asian civilization." A second goal is the study of the relationship between the evolution of China, and Japan, and to a lesser extent, Korea, as distinct cultures themselves. The course is designed, rather, to provide a broad chronological overview of East Asian history, with special attention to the interrelationships of intellectual, cultural, political, social, artistic, technological, and economic change. Discussions focus on the analysis of primary sources—philosophical and religious texts, government documents, poetry, drama, and fiction—from China, Korea, and Japan.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

9:30-10:18 MWF Brown

8:30; 9:30 TR (recitations)

Assigned Readings:

Ebrey, Palais and , East Asia: A Cultural, Social and Political History -Pre-Modern (First Edition, 2006).

Photo-copied readings for History 141 (on class's Carmen course site or .

Assignments:

Map quizzes (3), one short paper, one , A midterm, final examination,

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

History 141 and its continuation, 142, "History of East Asia in the Modern Era," fulfill the GEC Arts and Humanities requirements for the historical survey and "international issues course: non-western or global."

HISTORY 343 ISLAMIC CENTRAL ASIA

5 Cr. Hrs.

This course is an introductory survey of the political, cultural, religious and economic history of Islamic Central Asia from the eighth-century Arab conquests to the nineteenth-century Russian colonial era. As there are no prerequisites for the course, we will begin the quarter with a brief survey of the historical, anthropological and religious background necessary to navigate this period of Central Asian history. Students will learn about such major social transformations as the gradual association of Central Asian peoples with the Islamic faith and the concomitant "Turkicization" of Central Asia as wave upon wave of Turkic nomads migrated from the northern steppe to the southern sedentary areas. Other topics to be addressed include: the Mongol Empire, the rise and rule of Tamerlane; the early modern transformation of the transcontinental Silk Road caravan trade; and Russian and Chinese colonial expansion into Central Asia during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

1:30-3:18 MW Levi

Assigned Reading:

Four books.

Assignments:

Coursework includes a map quiz, mid-term, research paper and final exam.

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

Group A, pre-1750.

HISTORY 355 HISTORY OF AFGHANISTAN

5 Cr. Hrs.

This course will begin with an introductory survey of Afghanistan's ethnic landscape, cultural diversity and early history. The focus of the course will then quickly shift to more modern concerns, beginning with the emergence of the Afghan state in the mid-eighteenth century, and Afghanistan's central role in the "Great Game," the Anglo-Russian colonial cold war of the nineteenth century. Attention will then turn to Afghanistan's progressive age, which emerged in the early twentieth century and lasted into the 1970s, as the central government in Kabul struggled to implement a series of educational, social and economic reforms intending to provide the foundation for a modern Afghan society. Afghanistan's progress in this period was substantial, but it was also ephemeral. In the winter of 1979, the Soviet Union launched a massive invasion of Afghanistan. Soon thereafter the United States began funding numerous Afghan resistance groups, collectively known as the mujahidin. As the Soviet army withdrew in 1988, the extraordinarily well-armed mujahidin factions descended into a protracted civil war that further transformed the country into a poverty-stricken wasteland. In the power vacuum of the 1990s, this nearly forgotten war zone became an incubator for radical Islamist political movements and a safe haven for global terror organizations.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

10:30-12:18 MW Levi

Assigned Readings: Three books

Assignments: Coursework includes a map quiz, mid-term, research paper and final exam.

Prerequisites and Special Comments: Group A, pre & post-1750.

HISTORY 540.04 MIDDLE EAST IN THE 19^TH CENTURY

5 Cr. Hrs.

This course studies the century when the peoples of the core lands of the Islamic world, more than in any other period in their history, had to confront the onslaught of alien powers. European imperialism confronted them with the threatening face of modernity. At the same time, however, emerging global modernity also offered Middle Eastern peoples many attractive innovations, including print media, photography and telegraphy, travel by railroad and steamship, and for some even modern medicine. Bringing together political, economic, social, and cultural history, this course emphasizes the efforts of the region's governments, religious movements, and peoples to withstand the threats and profit from the opportunities created by accelerating change in an increasingly interconnected world.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

1:30-3:18 TR Findley

Assigned Readings: Now under revision, the final reading list may include titles such as the following:

Baron, Beth, The Women's Awakening in Egypt: Culture, Society & the Press, 1994

Cleveland, William, A History of the Modern Middle East, 4^th ed., 2009

Doumani, Beshara, Rediscovering Palestine: Jabal Nablus, 1700-1900, 1995.

Esposito, John L., Islam, the Straight Path, latest edition

Khater, Akram Fouad, Inventing Home: Emigration, Gender & .

Assignments: thoroughness and completeness in the reading assignments stated in the syllabus; 1 paper based on the readings; 1 mid-term exam (essay and ID); 1 final exam (esay and ID, comprehensive).

Prerequisites and Special Comments: This course is a sequel to courses pertaining to earlier periods of Islamic history (such as History 340 or other History courses numbered 540, 541, or 542). Although no other course on Islamic history is listed as a prerequisite for History 540.04, it is not designed to serve as an introduction to the basics of Islam or Islamic civilization. Students lacking background on those subjects would therefore benefit from getting a head start by reading John Esposito's Islam, the Straight Path (2005) in advance. Such students are also urged to contact the instructor for recommendations.

HISTORY 543.03 COLONIAL INDIA

5 Cr. Hrs.

This course investigates the history of the Indian subcontinent during British rule, ca. 1757-1947. Termed the "jewel in the crown" of Britain's vast overseas empire, India played a pivotal role in the global histories of imperialism and anti-colonial nationalism from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries. In addition to discussing the causes and consequences of British conquest, we will also consider Indian responses to British rule – ranging from important leaders like Gandhi and Nehru to the ordinary men and women who helped to shape the society, politics, and economy of colonial India. We end the course with the partitioning of the subcontinent into the independent nations of Pakistan and India in 1947.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

1:30-3:18 TR Sreenivas, M

Assigned Readings:

Mohandas Gandhi, An Autobiography: A Story of my Experiments with Truth

Stephen Hay, ed. Sources of Indian Tradition, vol. 2

Rabindranath Tagore, Home and the World

Prerequisites and Special Comments: Group A, pre-1750.

HISTORY 545.02 CHINA IN THE EARLY MODERN ERA: THE MING AND QING

5 Cr. Hrs. DYNASTIES

This course surveys early-modern Chinese history, roughly 14^th-18^th 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 a 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

1:30-3:18 MW Zhang

Assigned Readings:

Ming China, 1368-1644: A Concise History of a Resilient Empire (Rowman & Littlefields Publishers, 2012) by John W. Dardess (148 pages) (Required text)

Emperor Qianlong: Son of Heaven, Man of the World (Library of World Biography series, Longman, 2009) by

Assignments:

1 short paper analyzing historical document;

2 short response papers on designated topics;

1 final paper (student chooses one topic out of the

Prerequisites and special comments:

All assigned material will be in English. No knowledge of Chinese language or Chinese history required for taking the course. Group A, pre & post 1750.

HISTORY 545.03 CHINA 1800 TO 1949

5 Cr. Hrs.

This course provides a general but analytic survey of the social, political, and intellectual history of China from 1800 to 1949. After an introduction to China's geography, languages, and cultural background, we will discuss key historical phenomena that have distinguished Chinese society in the modern period. For most of the quarter, the course is organized chronologically and thematically and seeks a balance between detailed examination of particular periods and exploration of patterns of continuity and change across historical periods. When appropriate, comparative historical perspectives will be suggested.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

2:30-4:18 MW Reed

Assigned Readings:

5-6 books.

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

This course assumes that students are familiar with the range of topics covered in History 141 and 142, "Survey of East Asia, I & I. Group A, post-1750.

HISTORY 796 COLLOQUIUM IN JAPANESE HISTORY

5 Cr. Hrs.

History 796 is intended for graduate students taking a field in East Asian history, in this case Japanese history. Others may enroll with the instructor's permission. Emphasis is on reading and discussion.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

1:30-3:18 W Bartholomew

Assigned Readings:

Not all of the following works will have been formally published, and may be available only in manuscript. The

Philip C. Brown, Cultivating Commons: Joint Ownership of Land in Early Modern Japan James Bartholomew, Japan and the Nobel Science Prizes Sheldon Garon, Beyond Our Means Sheldon Garon, The Ambivalent Consumer Sheldon Garon, Molding Japanese Minds Sheldon Garon, The State and Labor in Modern Japan Julia Adeney Thomas, Between Reality and Sex: Japanese Photography in War, Occupation, and After Julia Adeney Thomas, Reconfiguring Modernity: Concepts of Nature in Japanese Political Ideology Federico Marcon, The Names of Nature:

Assignments:

Students are asked to prepare one review essay (about 10 pages). Each of nine (9) monographs will serve

Prerequisites and Special Comments: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.

HISTORY 798 STUDIES IN MODERN CHINESE HISTORY

5 Cr Hrs.

This graduate reading course will survey a range of topics in modern Chinese history, defined for this course as the period of the 19^th and 20^th centuries, as seen through comparative, national and local studies. Readings will include both classics in the field and new historical works. Students are welcome to suggest book- or article-length readings for inclusion in the shared reading, but should do so via e-mail to the instructor as soon as possible.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

1:30-3:18 Tuesday Reed

Assigned Reading:

Selected monographs and articles (see comment about suggestions above),

Prerequisites and Special Comments: Graduate standing or permission of the instuctor. Knowledge of the Chinese language is desirable but not required. Students who have not read Wakeman'sFall of Imperial China and Bianco'sOrigins of the Chinese Revolution should do so before the first meeting. In addition, every student is urged to familiarize him/herself with a standard textbook account of the period (Schirokauer; Fairbank Reishauer & Craig; Murphey; Spence; or Hsu).

HISTORY 827.02 RESEARCH SEMINAR IN ISLAMIC HISTORY: MAMLUKS, OTTOMANS,

5 Cr. Hrs. AND THEIR NEIGHBORS AND PREDECESSORS

This is the second half of a research seminar focusing on the institutions of the Mamluk sultanate, which ruled Egypt, Syria, southeastern Anatolia, and the western Arabian peninsula from 1250-1517; and various states in the region that preceded or co-existed with this empire, such as those of the Safavids, Ayyubids, Seljuks, Akkoyunlu, Shaybanid Uzbeks, Khwarazm-shahs, Delhi Sultans, even the Mughals. During the second quarter, each student will research and prepare a substantial research paper on a topic proposed during the first quarter. During the quarter, students will visit research collections on campus and receive instruction in approaches to and resources for primary research. They will also be exposed to the valuable process of peer review as they prepare their projects.

The course is designed to accommodate exploratory research for Ph.D. dissertations and M.A. theses, as well as contextualization and reinforcement for major and minor candidacy fields in Islamic history.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

1:30-3:18 Wednesday Hathaway

Assignments:

Attendance and active participation; critique of a classmate's research project draft;

Prerequisites and Comments: This is a continuation of History 827.01, offered during autumn quarter 2011.

EUROPEAN

HISTORY 111 WESTERN CIVILIZATIONS FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE 17TH CENTURY

5 Cr. Hrs.

This course surveys the Ancient Civilizations (Near East, Greece, Rome), the Barbarian Invasions, Medieval Civilizations (Byzantium, Islam, Europe), the Renaissance, and the Reformation. A central text focuses on the course and each instructor supplements the text with several other readings. This course, in conjunction with HIS 112, furnishes one of the sequence requirements for the GEC. It is not open to students w/ credit for 100.01.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

8:30-10:18 MW

*12:30-2:18 MWF

1:30-3:18 MW

3:30-5:18 MW

*Students signing up for this section must sign up for a recitation section.

HISTORY 112 WESTERN CIVILIZATION FROM THE 17TH CENTURY TO MODERN

5 Cr. Hrs. TIMES

This course surveys the political, scientific, and industrial revolutions; the rise of nationalism and the decline of empires; the two world wars and the cold war. A central text focuses the course and each instructor supplements the text with other readings. This course, in conjunction with HIS 111, furnishes one of the sequence requirements for the LAR and GEC. It is not open to students with credit for 100.02 or 100.03.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

8:30-10:18 MW

*10:30-11:18 MWF Breyfogle

*10:30-11:48 TR Dragostinova

1:30-3:18 TR

3:30-5:18 MW

*Students signing up for this section, must sign up for a recitation section.

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HISTORY 331 THE HOLOCAUST

5 Cr. Hrs.

This course will examine the state-sponsored murder of millions of Jews and non-Jews by the Nazis and their collaborators during World War II. Together we will trace the interrelated individuals, institutions, historical events, and ideologies that allowed for the Holocaust to occur. This class does not focus only on the Final Solution. Instead, in the first part of the course, we will analyze important historical factors that occurred before the Nazi rise to power. In the next segment of the class, we will examine the crucial period of 1933-1938, paying close to attention to the erratic anti-Jewish policies of the era and the myriad of Jewish responses to them. In the third portion of the course, we will explore the Final Solution itself. Next we will study the perpetrators, bystanders, and victims during the Shoah. Finally, we will consider the Holocaust's aftermath and legacy among Jews and non-Jews in Germany, Israel, and the United States.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

10:30-12:18 MW Judd

Assigned Reading:

Reading List (all books are available at local bookstores and on reserve):

Doris War and Genocide: A Concise History of the Holocaust

Marion Kaplan, Between Dignity and Despair (selections only)

Primo Levi, Survival in Auschwitz

Art Spiegelman, Maus I and II

Assignments:

Midterm, final, short paper

Prerequisites and Special Comments: Group B, post-1750.

HISTORY 381 WARS OF EMPIRE: EUROPE'S "SMALL WARS" OF THE 19^th & 20^th

5 Cr. Hrs. CENTURIES

In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Europe's empires expanded madly. In 1800, Europe and its possessions covered approximately 55% of the globe; in 1878, 67%; and in 1914, Europe and its possessions covered 84.4% of the globe. This grand burst of imperial expansion was only achieved through great military effort. The wars of empire through which the modern European empires "pacified" the regions they conquered were considered to be "Small Wars," because they were felt to be conflicts that were imbalanced, with well-trained, well-equipped regular troops on one side, and what one military theorist called "savages and semi-civilized races" on the other. In these military clashes of civilization vs. semi-civilization, "civilized" Europe was expected to easily triumph.

History tells a different tale, however. Time and time again. Europe's great empires found themselves challenged and thwarted on the battlefields of Asia and Africa. This course will examine the means, methods, challenges and results of Europe's military encounters with the indigenous forces who sought to push back the tide of imperial conquest. We will look at a number of examples from the histories of the British, French, and Russian Empires, discussing both the military and imperial contexts of these struggles.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

10:30-12:18 TR Siegel

Assigned Readings (tentative):

The reading may include:

Callwell, Col. C.E. Small Wars, Their Principles and Practice (1899)

Fraser, George MacDonald, Flashman

Assignments:

Weekly readings and class discussions

Midterm and Comprehensive final

Map quizzes

One short analytical paper.

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

Groups A1, A4 & B, post-1750.

HISTORY 507 HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL CHRISTIANITY

5 Cr. Hrs.

This course will focus on the spiritual, intellectual, and institutional dimensions of the medieval church. The course will trace the development of Christian theology, consider the connections between Christian thought and practice and secular society, and explore the interaction among Christians, Jews, and Muslims from the fifth through the fifteenth century. The course will center upon the critical reading of essential primary texts in translation.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

11:30-1:18 TR Beach, A.

Assigned Readings:

R.I. Moore, The Formation of a Persecuting Society

John Shinners, Medieval Popular Religion

Anselm of Canterbury, Prayers and Meditations

Augustine, Confessions

Benedict, Rule for Monks

Cassiodorus, Institutions of Divine and Secular Learning

Peter Abelard, The Story of my Misfortunes.

Thomas of Celano, The Life of St. Francis

Assignments:

6 1-page Ôresponse papers'

Final Examination

Final Paper

Prerequisites and Special Comments: Group B, pre-1750.

HISTORY 508.01 MEDIEVAL EUROPE I: 300-1100

5 Cr. Hrs.

This course surveys Europe during a time of great transition. We begin with an overview of the three great empires of late antiquity: Rome, Byzantium, and Islam. Next, we turn to three great themes of the seventh and eighth centuries: monasticism, manuscripts, and mass conversion. At the middle of the course stands the imposing figure of Charlemagne and the first European empire. The course concludes with segments on the Vikings and on the tenth century. In the latter, we break free of Europe to survey the entire world at the year 1000. We will tackle this period on two levels. First, using a broad historical brush, we will look at how the growth and collapse of empires, the spread of religions, and the movements of peoples between 300 and 1100 formed what we call "Europe." Second, through primary source readings, we will work to gain a closer appreciation of the formation of early medieval culture, a dynamic mixture of Roman, Christian, and Germanic peoples, social structures, and ideas.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

10:30-12:18 TR Hobbins, D

Assigned Readings (tentative):

Clifford R. Backman, The Worlds of Medieval Europe, 2^nd ed. (2008) custom edition

John Haywood, The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings (1995)

Michelle P. Brown, Painted Labyrinth: The World of the Lindisfarne Gospels (2004)

Timothy Fry (ed.), The Rule of Saint Benedict in English (1980)

Seamus Heaney (trans.), Beowulf: A Verse Translation (2001)

Two Lives of Charlemagne (1969)

Assignments (tentative):

Participation (includes paragraph assignments, 10%)

Essay (20%)

Manuscript Project (10%)

Map Quiz (5%)

Midterm (25%)

Final (30%)

Prerequisites and Special Comments: Group B, pre-1750.

HISTORY 512.01 EARLY MODERN EUROPE, 1600-1775

5 Cr. Hrs.

This course is a topical or problem-oriented survey of Old-Regime Europe from the end of the sixteenth-century wars of religion to the first political and ideological harbingers of the French Revolution. Using both a lecture and discussion formats, this course addresses three main topics: first, the so-called "general crisis of the seventeenth century"; second, the secularization of European thought represented by the eighteenth-century Enlightenment; and third, the renewal of the symptoms of political and social crisis in the form of "patriot" movements in many parts of Europe on the eve of the French Revolution. The first part presents and evaluates the evidence for the thesis that a "general crisis" characterized the mid-seventeenth century. The course will pay attention and evaluate evidence including climate change, economic dislocation, population decline, the destructive Thirty Years' War, the costly revolution in military technique, and the mid-century social and political upheavals such England's "Great Rebellion" and the Fronde in France. But this analysis will also insist on the continuing importance of religious conflicts "left over" from the reformations of the sixteenth century.

The second part of the course introduces another longer-term fall-out from the crisis, the "crisis of the European conscience" that issued into the secularization of European thought known as the Enlightenment. Concerned with intellectual history, this second part will therefore carry the course into the eighteenth century and to such familiar figures as Voltaire and David Hume. After linking the Enlightenment to the "general crisis," the course will try to characterize "enlightened" thought and trace its various implications for conceptions of God, the "natural" universe, human nature, ethics, the state, and society. The chief questions raised are whether "enlightened" thought is best characterized as a singular "Enlightenment" or as a spectrum of related but different "lights," and if, however characterized, it is a repudiation or secularized prolongation of the Europe's Christian heritage.

The third and final part of the course returns to institutional, political, and social history, in this case of the European eighteenth century, throughout asking the question if, and if so, how "enlightened" thought may have enlarged or changed the stakes in the sorts of political and social conflicts—many of them superficially the same—that figured so prominently in the "general crisis" of the seventeenth century. This analysis will also raise the question of whether religious issues ceased entirely ceased to play any role in these conflicts, or if they continued to subtend them and orient them in one direction or another. The course will therefore conclude with a survey of some late-eighteenth-century "patriot" movements analogous to anti-Stamp Act movement in the American colonies, and that in France later issued into the French Revolution.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

1:30-3:18 TR Van Kley

Assigned Readings: Although books have not yet been chosen for the course, the main texts are likely to be John Merriman's Modern Europe: From the Renaissance to the Age of Napoleon, Isaac Kramnick'sThe Portable Enlightenment Reader, James E. Bradley and Dale K. Van Kley'sReligion and Politics in Early-Modern Europe, and a course reader with essays by Geoffrey Parker and Dale K. Van Kley.

Assignments:

Aside from assiduous class attendance and participation in discussions, the main requirements will consist of one 10-15-page paper and one 8-page take home examination. The mid-term may take the form of either the paper on some aspect of the "general crisis" or the take-home essay exam on about the "general crisis," while the finally may similarly take the form of either the paper about some aspect of the Enlightenment and its relation to religion or politics or, again, the take-home essay on the Enlightenment, religion, and the political and social order. Supplementing these two requirements will be much shorter writing assignments or short-answer quizzes.

Prerequisites and Special Comments: Group B, pre-1750.

HISTORY 518.01 GERMANY IN THE 19^TH CENTURY

5 Cr. Hrs.

The purpose of this course is to introduce upper-division students to the major events and issues of in German history from the Napoleonic era to the outbreak of World War I. We will trace the intertwined themes of economic industrialization and political unification, with considerable emphasis on the social and cultural context and consequences of both.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

10:30-12:18 MWF Beyerchen

Assigned Readings:

Readings in the past for this course have included the following items. They are representative of the kinds and numbers of books that will be assigned.

Heinrich von Kleist, The Prince of Homburg

Wolfgang Schievelbusch, The Railway Journey

Eric Eyck, Bismarck and the German Empire

Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morality

Rosa Luxemburg, Reform or Revolution

Assignments:

Attendance and participation are required for success in this course. In addition to required readings, excerpts from videos aid our class discussions and lectures. Grades are based on attendance/participation, a take-home midterm exam, and a final take-home exam. Detailed instructions for the papers will be distributed two weeks in advance of the due dates.

Attendance and Participation:        10% (including quizzes)
Take-home 5-6 page midterm          40%
Take-home 8-9 page final:               50%

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

While no background in European history is required, strong interest in the subject is recommended. Group B, post-1750.

HISTORY 519.02 EASTERN EUROPE IN THE 20^TH CENTURY

5 Cr. Hrs.

This course examines the history of Eastern Europe from World War I until today. Eastern Europe is defined as the area encompassing the Balkans and East-Central Europe, including the territories of contemporary Greece, Bulgaria, the former Yugoslav republics, Albania, Romania, Hungary, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland.

The course will focus on several discrete themes. First, we will examine the political situation in Eastern Europe after the establishment of new nation-states following World War I, paying special attention to the minority problems, refugee flows and political crises that the regimes continuously faced. Next, we will explore the importance of World War II for redrawing the map of Europe, unleashing the most comprehensive ethnic cleansing in the history of the continent, and paving the way for the communist takeovers in Eastern Europe. We will then turn to the socialist experience behind the Iron Curtain through the study of the party-state and nomenklatura, the show trials and the gulag, dissident voices and reform movements, as well as everyday life in socialist society. We will conclude with contemporary problems of transition to democracy and market economy after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s, and Eastern Europe's integration in the European Union in 2004 and 2007.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

1:30-3:18 TR Dragostinova

Assigned Readings:

All required readings are available for purchase at SBX and are placed on 2-hour reserve at Thompson Library.

R. J. Crampton, Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century—and After (New York: Routledge, ISBN-13: 978-0415164238)

Bruce Clark, Twice a Stranger: The Mass Expulsions that Forged Modern Greece and Turkey (London: Granta Books, 2007).

Heda Margolius Kovaly, Under a Cruel Star. A Life in Prague, 1941-1968 (NY: Holmes & Meier, 1997) (ISBN-13: 978-0841913776)

Slavenka Drakulic, Café Europa: Life after Communism (New York: Penguin, 1999).

Assignments:

Two map quizzes: 10% (5% each)

Three essay exams 45% (15% each)

Final

Participation and discussion: 15%

pPrerequisites and Special Comments: Group B, post-1750.

HISTORY 520.01 SCIENCE AND SOCIETY IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE

5 Cr. Hrs.

This course will deal with the scientific revolutions of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. We will discuss changing ideas in astronomy and physics, but also in technology, chemistry, cosmography, medicine, and other areas. The focus of the course will be on the interactions between science and society.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

11:30-1:18 MW Goldish

Assigned Readings:

Readings will consist of a textbook, a book of primary sources, and possibly one or two further small monographs or some articles.

Assignments:

Grades will be based on quizzes, exams, and a paper. No background knowledge is necessary.

Prerequisites and Special Comments: Group B, post-1750.

HISTORY 539 SIBERIAN HISTORY

5 Cr. Hrs.

This course will introduce students to the history, geography, culture, ethnic diversity, inter-communal relations, economy, and strategic importance of Siberia in Eurasia's past and present. For most Americans, "Siberia" conjures up images of vast frozen tundra and the horrors of exile and the GULAGs. Yet, as we will explore in this course, the massive Siberian region of the Russian Federation is more physically beautiful, diverse in human society and culture, rich in resources, and strategically important to international security than these two pervasive images would leave us believing. Located at the meeting of Russia, China, Korea, Mongolia, Japan, and the United States, Siberia is of tremendous geopolitical importance, embroiling Russia in myriad entanglements in the Asia-Pacific zone. It is a region enormously well-endowed with natural resources such as gold, coal, copper, iron ore, oil and gas (Siberian petroleum makes Russia one of the world's leading producers), lumber, and water (Lake Baikal alone holds one fifth of all the world's non-frozen surface water, more than all of the Great Lakes combined). If Siberia were to become an independent country, it would be the largest in the world in terms of territory. The region is home to an extraordinary human diversity with an alluring history and unique ethno-cultural amalgam. Siberia also boasts many natural wonders, including the world's largest wetland. Its history is filled with tales of great triumph—such as the great Russian explorers who traversed and mapped the north Pacific, often in canoe—and great woe, from the terrible prison system to the massive meteor explosion at Tunguska in 1908.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

12:30-1:48 MWF Breyfogle

Assigned Readings:

(This list is a very tentative and the specific books may change)

V K. Arseniev, Dersu the Trapper

Anna Bek, The Life of a Russian Woman Doctor: A Siberian Memoir, 1869-1954

John Scott, Behind the Urals

Anne Applebaum, Gulag: A History

Piers Vitebsky, The Reindeer People: Living with Animals and Spirits in Siberia

Valentin Rasputin, Farewell to Matyora

Valentain Rasputin, Siberia, Siberia

Assignments:

Grades will be determined based on 1) active class participation, informed in-class discussion, regular attendance, and a map assignment; 2) one take-home mid-term examination; 3) a Museum Exhibit Assignment; and 4) one take-home final examination. There will also be the opportunity for extra credit work on Siberian films.

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

For history majors, this course fulfills both pre-1750 and post-1750 requirements. Geographically, it fulfills B5 (Europe) and A2 (East Asia). For students who have completed one 100- or 300-level course in history, this course fulfills the second half of the GEC Category 5. Arts and Humanities A. Historical Survey. (Note: History majors may use this course either to fulfil major requirements or to fulfil GEC requirements, but not both at once.)

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

Groups A & B, pre & post-1750.

HISTORY 581.01 19^TH CENTURY EUROPEAN INTERNATIONAL HISTORY

5 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 nineteenth century international system and the origins and outbreak of the First World War.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

1:30-3:18 TR Siegel

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: Group B, post-1750.

HISTORY 712 STUDIES IN EARLY EUROPEAN HISTORY

5 Cr. Hrs.

Ritual, Faith, and Community in Pre-modern Europe

In this reading seminar we will explore the role that ritual played in European societies, both in religious and secular contexts. Our study will range from Medieval ritual practices, with their many legacies from the pre-Christian world, to the great "rationalization" of ritual norms and behavior during the Protestant and Catholic Reformations, to the ritualization and sacralization of monarchy in the Absolute Age, concluding with the romanticization of ritual in the post-Enlightenment. At the end of the course, students will be asked to submit a seminar-length paper on some aspect of ritual as it impacted on their own area of specialization.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

1:30-3:18 T Davis

Assigned Readings:

Required text: Edward Muir, Ritual in Early Modern Europe, 2nd ed. (Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

This

HISTORY 740 STUDIES IN RUSSIAN & SOVIET HISTORY

5 Cr. Hrs.

This course is a graduate colloquium on selected topics in Soviet history. The purpose of the course is to introduce students to the most influential works and approaches in the field. Each week we will discuss a major book on Soviet history with attention both to the historical events discussed and the historiographical approach utilized by the author. Topics covered will include the Russian Revolution, Marxist ideology, Soviet culture, sex and gender roles in Soviet society, Stalinist industrialization, the postwar era, nationalities in the Soviet system, and the legacy of the past for Russia today.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

1:30-3:18 Thursday Hoffmann

Assignments:

Students will be expected to complete all readings and participate in weekly discussions. Class participation will account for 50% of the final grade. The only written assignment for the course will be a take-home essay at the end of the quarter. At the last class meeting, the instructor will give students several topics, and students should choose one as the basis of the essay. Students will then have two weeks to write a 12-page (typed and double-spaced) essay based on the readings for the course. No additional reading or research will be required. This format is designed to encourage students to give maximum attention and thought to the assigned readings during the quarter. Such attention will provide the best preparation for the final essay.

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

This course is open to all graduate students. Advanced undergraduates may also be admitted with the permission of the instructor.

HISTORY 765 HEALTH, DISEASE AND ENVIRONMENT IN MODERN EUROPE

5 Cr. Hrs.

This class will offer a series of readings on health, disease and environment in modern Europe and European empires. It will begin by exploring the great epidemic diseases of the nineteenth century, particularly cholera and tuberculosis, and appraise the role of large-scale public health programs in reducing mortality. It will then explore the transition to "lifestyle diseases" in the twentieth century, before concluding by examining the impact of the AIDS epidemic on Europe. Throughout the course, there will be a particular focus on the role played by environments (urban, industrial, rural) in shaping patterns of mortality and morbidity. The course will also devote time to the history of epizootics (animal epidemics), parasites, poisons and personal cleanliness.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

1:30-3:18 Monday Otter

HISTORY 824.02 SEMINAR IN MODERN EUROPEAN HISTORY II

5 Cr. Hrs.

This is a continuation of History 824.01 offered autumn quarter 2011, only students who enrolled in that course may enroll in History 824.02.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

3:30-5:18 Wednesday Beyerchen

Assignments:

Completion of the writing project begun in History 824.01.

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

This course is open only to

JEWISH HISTORY

HISTORY 331 THE HOLOCAUST

5 Cr. Hrs.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

10:30-12:18 MW Judd

Assigned Reading:

Reading List (all books are available at local bookstores and on reserve):

Doris War and Genocide: A Concise History of the Holocaust

Marion Kaplan, Between Dignity and Despair (selections only)

Primo Levi, Survival in Auschwitz

Art Spiegelman, Maus I and II

Assignments:

Midterm, final, short paper

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY

HISTORY 171 LATIN AMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS TO 1825

5 Cr. Hrs.

History 171 is an introductory survey of early Latin American history from Pre-Columbian times through independence (1825) that assumes no previous study of the region. It will meet three times each week for lecture and twice for discussion classes. The course will focus on a series of historical problems including: European expansion and the indigenous civilizations of America, the formation of a new "colonial" society, problems of race, ethnicity, class, and gender, and colonial economic and political structures. Our goal is to convey some basic knowledge about Latin American societies during this period and to provide an interpretive framework for understanding the historical changes taking place.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

1:30 MWF Andrien

1:30; 2:30 TR

Assigned Readings:

Kenneth J. Andrien, The Human Tradition in Colonial Latin America

Mark A. Burkholder & Lyman L. Johnson, Colonial (text)

J. Michael Francis, Invading Colombia, Spanish Accounts of the Gonzalo

Jiménez de Quesada Expedition of Conquest

Cathryn Lombardi and John V. Lombardi, Latin American History: A Teaching Atlas (recommended)

Assignments:

There will be a midterm and a final examination and each student will write a critical review of 3-5 pages on Invading Colombia.

Prerequisites and Special Comments: English 110 or 111 and this course fulfills the GEC

HISTORY 534.03 HISTORY OF MEXICO

5 Cr. Hrs.

This course will explore Mexico's dynamic and exciting history from the pre-Conquest era to the present. Several themes analyzed during the course are: 1. The diversity of Mexico's pre-Columbian indigenous societies; 2. The Conquest; 3. The complex interactions between the Spaniards and the indigenous populations of Mexico; 4. The colonial era, including the development of colonial political, economic, and social systems; 5. The Independence movements; 6. The 19^th century breakdown into chaos; 7. The modernizing "Porfirian" dictatorship; 8. The Mexican Revolution; 9. The rise of the country's one-party state, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (P.R.I.); 10. The 1968 student movements; 11. The post-1968 political, social and economic struggles; 12. Mexico's ongoing struggles for just economic development, and the continuing movement for inclusion by Mexico's indigenous population; 13. Mexico's border with the United States, including the movement of peoples; 14. Mexico's current critical issues, including the "Drug Wars." Throughout the course we examine issues of gender and the role of women, race and ethnicity, and Mexico's transcultural interactions and conflicts. We will also enjoy Mexico's rich culture through films, music, and art.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

11:30-1:18 TR Smith

Assigned Readings:

1. Michael C. Meyer, William L. Sherman, The Course of Mexican History, 9^th Edition,

Oxford University Press, 2010.

2. Gilbert M. Joseph and Timothy J. Henderson, ed., The Mexico Reader: History, Culture, Politics, Duke University Press, 2002.

3. Mathew Restall & Amara Solari, 2012 and the End of

& the AMaya Apocalypse, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2011.

4. Jeffrey M. Pilcher, Que vivan los tamales! Food and the Making of Mexican Identity,

University of New Mexico Press, 1998.

5. Jorge G. Casta–eda, ExMex: From Migrants to Immigrants, New York and London:

The New Press.

Assignments: Midterm, paper and a final.

Prerequisites and Special Comments: Group A, pre & post-1750.

HISTORY 751 STUDIES IN LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY

5 Cr. Hrs.

"The Intersection of Ethnicity, Race, and Gender in Latin America"

Scholars have brought race, ethnicity and gender issues to the forefront of recent academic debates. To understand the current discussions on such foundational issues, this course will examine the social, cultural, and political constructions of race, ethnicity and gender in Latin America, and their crucial connections with the process of national formation and identity.

This course will take a broad historical perspective by examining the evolution of the concepts of race, ethnicity and gender from the colonial to the modern eras. We will begin with a theoretical discussion of race, ethnicity and gender in Latin America, and then proceed to an evaluation of the ways in which they have influenced each other throughout history. To explore how issues of gender and ethnicity have intersected with cultural, economic, and political developments over time, we will analyze monographs that cover variety of topics, including the lives and practices of women during the colonial era, notions of science within modern imaginings of national identity, the ways in which indigenous citizens have negotiated their place within Latin American societies, and Mexico's border with the U.S.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

2:30-4:18 T Smith

Assignments: For this course you will be required to write three comparison papers that will analyze a question topic covering the assigned monographs and other articles from the weekly readings.

MILITARY HISTORY

HISTORY 380 THE HISTORY OF WAR

5 Cr. Hrs.

This course is an introduction to the salient concepts and problems involved in the study of military history. It also addresses the effect of war on human society and development and examines the significance of war in human culture. Although it examines war from prehistoric times to the present, the course is thematic rather than chronological — less a survey of wars and military developments per se than a survey of the main concepts involved in studying war. In addition to such topics as the nature of war, the causes of war, and the development of warfare, two concepts in particular will receive extended treatment: the "warrior code" as understood in various cultures (Greek, Roman, Norse, Japanese, Native American, etc.) and the problem of moral judgment in war.

Students will achieve an understanding of the causes and consequences of war, as well as how various societies — past and present, western and nonwestern — have understood and practiced war. They will also hone their skills at critical writing and analysis, and will gain greater insight into the way historians explore the human condition.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

1:30-3:18 MW Grimsley

Assigned Readings:

John R. Ferris, et al. World History of Warfare.

Shannon E. French, The Code of the Warrior: Exploring Warrior Values Past and Present.

Michael Walzer, Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument with

Assignments:

The course grade is based on weekly quizzes administered through Carmen, a take home midterm examination, a final examination, and class participation. These requirements are weighted as follows:

Quizzes 40%

Midterm 20%

Final Exam 30%

Class Participation 10%

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

There are no prerequisites, but a solid grounding in Western Civilization or World History is very helpful. Groups A & B, pre & post -1750.

HISTORY 582.02 AMERICAN MILITARY POLICY, 1914 - PRESENT

5 Cr. Hrs.

This course examines the history of American military policy from the outbreak of World War I in 1914 through the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq after the terrorist attack on the U.S. homeland on 9/11/2001. The course will focus on the interrelationship of foreign and military policy, the conduct of war, the genesis of national security policy and civilian control of the decision-making process, and the influence of American society upon the armed forces as social institutions. The course covers U.S. participation in World War I, the interwar period, World War II, the Cold War, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, and the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Through readings, lectures, audio-visual presentations, and in-class discussion, the class will study the growth of the United States and its armed forces from insular nation to global superpower.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

1:30-3:18 TR Mansoor

Assigned Readings:

- Allan R. Millett and Peter Maslowski, For the Common Defense: A Military History of the United States of America

- Edward M. Coffman, The War to End All Wars: The American Military Experience in World War I

- Mark A. Stoler, Allies and Adversaries: The Joint Chiefs of Staff,

- Tom Ricks, The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq,

Assignments:

In-class mid-term and final examinations

Review essay (2-3 pages) of Tom Ricks, The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008

Two additional 2-3 page review essays on a book chosen by the student from a list provided by the instructor

Prerequisites and Special Comments: Group B, post-1750.

History 698.02 (2 credit hours) The Veteran Experience in the Pacific War, 1944-1945
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THEMATIC COURSE OFFERINGS

HISTORY 398 INTRODUCTION TO HISTORICAL THOUGHT

5 Cr. Hrs.

This course will introduce students to historiography and historical methodology – that is, to different interpretations of history and to different methods of studying it. The course uses a variety of sources and media to let students work with primary documents, autobiographical narratives, fictional and documentary films, and scholarly monographs. It covers a range of topics from a number of historical periods.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

10:30-12:18 TR Hoffmann

Assigned Readings:

A combination of books and articles will be assigned – roughly the equivalent of six books.

Assignments:

Students will be required to write a number of short papers on the readings, as well as conducting group research projects to be presented in oral and written form.

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 or Minor. It may not be used for the GEC Historical Study requirement.

HISTORY 398 INTRODUCTION TO HISTORICAL THOUGHT

5 Cr. Hrs.

How do historians study the past? This course introduces students to the methods and disciplines of historical inquiries. Through readings, discussions, documentaries, films and archival materials, students will be introduced to the methods and disciplines of historical inquiries. We will explore, for example, the ways in which historians use written, oral, archival and archeological sources to develop historical arguments. We will also explore the strengths and weaknesses of each of these sources. By the end of the quarter, I expect students to have acquired adequate skills for analyzing, developing and presenting historical arguments appropriate for undergraduate history majors. Organized in seminar or workshop format, this course will be discussion-driven. As such, success in the course will invariably depend on the student's active and informed participation, as well as timely completion of assignments.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

12:30-2:18 MW Kobo

Assigned Readings (Tentative)

Conal Furay and Michael Salevouris, The Methods and Skills of History.

Robert Harm, The Diligent: A Voyage Through the Worlds of the Slave Trade

***Level-appropriate Journal articles on historical methods

WOMEN'S HISTORY

HISTORY 325 INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN'S HISTORY: THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

5 Cr. Hrs.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

10:30-11:48 TR Wu

10:30; 11:30 Friday (recitations)

Prerequisites and Special Comments: Group B, post-1750.

WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY 181 WORLD HISTORY TO 1500

5 Cr.Hrs.

This course examines the major issues that have shaped the human experience from the beginnings of human civilization (ca. 3500 B.C.) to ca. A.D. 1500, when the European voyages of exploration were beginning to tie the world together more tightly than ever before in a new pattern of global interrelatedness. Before 1500, societies in different parts of the world had far less contact with each other. In particular, Afro-Eurasia and the Americas remained almost entirely cut off from each other. For this reason, the main emphasis of History 181 is the comparative study of civilizations. Within that context, religions (belief systems), trade, and technology will be emphasized as factors that differentiated civilizations while also linking different civilizations at regional and hemispheric, if not yet global, levels.

Time Meetings Days Instructor

9:30-11:18 MW Hathaway

9:30; 10:30 (recitations)

Assigned Readings (tentative):

Richard W. Bulliet, et al., The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History, 3rd ed. (Boston

and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2008), vol. 1

Robert van Gulik, Murder in Canton: A Judge Dee Mystery

Assignments:

in-class midterm and final, a paper related to Murder , attendance at and participation in recitations.

HISTORY 182 WORLD HISTORY 1500 TO PRESENT

5 Cr. Hrs.

This course examines the major issues that have shaped the human experience from 1500 to the present. Our primary goal is to understand the gradual integration of various regions of the world over time. In addition, we will investigate the complexity and variety of human history and develop an interpretive framework for understanding these historical changes. To guide our analysis we will pay close attention to the following themes: (1) the historical processes that brought together various regions of the world; (2) the changes in culture, economy, and politics that resulted from this integration; (3) the conflicts and tensions attending global integration, especially concerning race, gender, class, and nationality.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

9:30-10:48 TR Sreenivas

9:30; 10:30 MW (recitations)

Assigned readings:

Richard W. Bulliet, et al., The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History, Vol. II, since 1500.

Alfred Andrea & James Overfield, The Human Record: Sources of Global History, (Vol. II: since1500)

Adam Hochschild, King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa.

Prerequisites and Special Comments:

This course contributes to the following requirements: GEC Historical Survey, Global Issues, and Non-Western Focus. It also fulfills a requirement for students planning to apply to OSU's Master's degree in Education for social studies licensure.

HISTORY 366.01 GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY

5 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. Term projects allow students to explore problems of individual interest.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

10:30-12:18 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

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

Assignments: Class attendance and participation in discussions (15%), quizzes [IDs and short essays] on Parts I (20%), II (25%), and III (20%), and term project (20%). [Note: We may have occasional flash-quizzes on the readings during the quarter.] All three quizzes are based on ID lists developed by the class and the instructor. Shorter and longer essays will 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 A or Group B, 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.

GEC: This course may be taken to fulfill one [but only one] of three GEC 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 791.

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

HISTORY 597 CRITICAL ISSUES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY WORLD

5 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 twentieth-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

1:30-3:18 TR Bartholomew

Assigned Readings: (tentative)

Carter V. Findley and John A. Rothney, Twentieth-Century World, ^6th ed.

Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart

Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front

Alan Paton, Cry the Beloved Country

Chinua Achebe, A Man of the People

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

Prerequisites and Special Comments: Open to juniors and seniors only.

HISTORY 700 STUDIES IN WORLD HISTORY

5 Cr. Hrs.

The discipline of history stands today at a crossroads where many scholars, reacting to the hyper specialization of the recent past, seek reintegrative approaches to the study of the field and are examining anew its relations with other fields in the humanities and social sciences. The goal of this course is to bring together history graduate students from a variety of specialized backgrounds to participate in this reintegrative effort and reconsider their specialized interests in global perspective.

As we pursue this goal, we shall begin by studying one of the most influential recent approaches to the study of world history: world system theory. After examining influential works that develop this line of analysis in several different disciplinary perspectives, we shall branch out to consider alternative ways of thinking about global interrelatedness via readings like those listed below.

Time Meeting Days Instructor

3:30-6:18 W Findley

Assigned Readings:

The readings for the course are currently under review. Works under consideration include the following:

Wallerstein, Immanuel, World System Analysis, An Introduction, Durham, Duke University Press, 2004

Abu-Lughod, Janet L., Before European Hegemony: The World System A.D. 1250-1350, New York, Oxford U. Press, 1989

Wolf, Eric R., Europe and the People Without History, Berkeley and Los Angeles, U. of California Press, 1982

Braudel, Fernand, Capital and Civilization, 15th-18th Century, III: Perspective of the World, trans. Si‰n Reynolds, New York, Harper and Row, 1984

Christian, David, Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History, Berkeley and Los Angeles, University of California Press, 2004

Crosby, Alfred W., Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900, New York, Cambridge U. Press, 1986

Pomeranz, Kenneth, The Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy, Princeton, Princeton U Press, 2000

McNeill, William H., The Pursuit of Power: Technology, Armed Force, and Society since A.D. 1000, Chicago, U. of Chicago Press, 1982

Jusdanis, Gregory, The Necessary Nation, Princeton, Princeton U Press, 2001

Adas, Michael, Machines as the Measure of Men: Science, Technology, and Ideologies of Western Dominance, Ithaca, Cornell U. Press, 1989

Assignments:

Oral or written reports on weekly readings; one longer paper (15-20 pages), probably in the form of a review of the literature on an important topic

Prerequisites and Special Comments: Graduate standing.