Courses

History of India from 2500 BCE to the 11th century CE. Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx. Not open to students with credit for 543.01. GE historical study course.

The Sultanate and Mughal Empires (1000-1707 AD); emphasis on imperial institutions and the interaction of Hindu and Muslim societies. Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx. Not open to students with credit for 543.02. GE historical study course.

South Asia during the colonial period, from the arrival of Vasco da Gama in 1498 until independence and partition of India and Pakistan in 1947. Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx. Not open to students with credit for 543.03. GE historical study course.

This course traces how people, goods, and ideas moved across the Indian Ocean world before 1500. Through shipwrecks, trade records, and travelers' accounts, we'll examine what enabled connections (monsoons, technologies) and what limited them (geography, social hierarchies). Students will analyze how these patterns of mobility and constraint shaped societies from East Africa to Southeast Asia. GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE theme migration, mobility, and immobility course.

Advanced course in South Asian History. Topics Vary. Prereq or concur: Any 3000-level History course, and English 1110.xx; or Grad standing; or permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 12 cr hrs.

Graduate Readings in South Asian History. Topics will vary. Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs or 5 completions.

Graduate Research Seminar in South Asian History. Topics will vary. Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs or 5 completions.