Examples of Research in History Courses

In addition to the research course offerings in History, many instructors include research papers or optional research papers in their courses. Following is a sample of such assignments. For more information, be sure to check the UHO Course Listings booklet (available on the main undergraduate page and in hard copy in Dulles 106) every quarter.

History 398 Introduction to Historical Thought

Reconstruction of life in a particular place and time using newspapers as sources

History 523 Women in the Western World (Prof. Robertson, Columbus campus)

Were Roman women liberated?

How did gender affect women's contributions to cultural life during the Renaissance?

Why were women still the ones mostly persecuted as witches during the 17th century?

History 530.03 European Jewish History (Prof. Judd, Columbus campus)

Topics on 19th and 20th c Jewish life.

History 530.04 American Jewish Experience (Prof. Judd, Columbus campus)

Oral histories of Jewish people in the Columbus community.

History 542.01 Intellectual and Social Movements in the Muslim World (Prof. Prior, Columbus Campus)

Role of the Arab Conquest in the Spread of Islam Throughout Central Asia

Sufism: Philosophical Islam

Islamic Resurgence in the Post-Stalin Soviet Union

Radical and Political Islam in Central Asia

History 546 Topics in Chinese History

Analysis of a literary work focused on Shanghai in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Various topics on Chinese business history in the Late Imperial and Republican Periods.

History 557.01 American Revolution (Prof. Newell, Columbus campus)

Using newspapers, research social, political, and economic life in two towns or two regions; analyze responses to epidemic diseases, debates over the ratification of the Constitution, life of soldiers in the Continental Army.

History 566 U.S. Since 1963 (Prof. Lerner, Newark and Columbus campuses):

Community Action Programs and the Great Society

Jazz and the African-American Community

Daniel Ellsberg and the Vietnam War

Origins of the Black Panther Party

History 568.01 Native American History from European Contact to Removal (Prof. Newell, Columbus campus)

Research assignments include using Native American newspapers and/or oral history.