HISTORY

100.102 (H,S)
(W)

HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL CIVILIZATION: THE MEDIEVAL WORLD (3) Gardner  Limit 18 per section

Secs. 13, 14, 15, & 16 added 5/14/07

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ThF 11
M 12
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T 10
T 11
T 12
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T 1
T 2
T 2
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M 12
M 1
M 2
M 3

100.112 (H,S)
 (W)

MAKING AMERICA: MASTERY AND FREEDOM IN BRITISH MAINLAND AMERICA, 1607-1789 (3) Ditz  Limit 119 175

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02
03
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MT 12
W 9
W 10
W 11
Th 9
Th 10
Th 11

100.131 (H,S)
 (W)

HISTORY OF EAST ASIA (3) Rowe
Limit 100
Cross-listed with East Asian Studies

Sec. 01

ThF 9-10:30

100.121 (H,S) (W)

HISTORY OF AFRICA (3) Larson  Limit 50 Course added 03/23/07

Sec. 04 added 8/21/07

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MT 3

T 2

T 4

T 4

T 2

100.153 (H,S) (W)

MAKING AMERICA: IMMIGRATION, RACE, AND CITIZENSHIP (3) Shell-Weiss  Limit 15 per section This course explores debates over immigration and citizenship in the late 19th and 20th centuries as American national identity was redefined legally, socially, and culturally. We will study these issues by reading a variety of fictional works, autobiographies, legal documents, and other primary sources from the time period. Course added 03/21/07 Course canceled 4/11/07

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MW 9

T 12

T 1

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100.193 (H,S)
 (W)

UNDERGRADUATE SEMINAR IN HISTORY (3) Moss   Limit 40 Dept. Majors only    Year course: must be taken both semesters
Sec. 02 added 8/07/07

Sec. 01

02

F 1-3

W 2-4

100.216 (H,S)
 (W)

HISTORY DIGGING UP: ARCHAEOLOGICAL PAST AND CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN 20TH CENTURY ASIA (3) Feng   Limit 15 This course uses archaeological discoveries as a window to explore the connection between the past and present in 20th century East Asia.  No Asian language or history background required.
Dean Teaching Fellowship Course
Cross-listed with East Asian Studies & Museums & Society

Sec. 01

T 2-5

100.219 (H,S)
 (W)

THE CHINESE CULTURAL REVOLUTION (3) Meyer-Fong  Limit 25
Cross-listed with Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and East Asian Studies

Sec. 01

MT 11

100.223 (H,S)
 (W)

CIVIL WAR TO KATRINA: RECONSTRUCTING NEW ORLEANS (3) Young   Limit 20  Hurricane Katrina exposed how Mardi Gras existed alongside poverty and inequality to produce a national tragedy.  This course examines the city’s past of riots, corruption, and racial politics to today. 
Cross-listed with Africana Studies
Dean Teaching Fellowship Course

Sec. 01

MW 2-3:30

100.234 (H,S)
(W)

WOMEN, POLITICS, AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION (3) Caradonna   Limit 15  This seminar will investigate the roles and representations of women in the political culture of the French Revolution.  Recommended: one previous course in European history.
Dean Teaching Fellowship Course Course canceled 4/03/07

Sec. 01

ThF 2-4

100.237 (H,S)
 (W)

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION (3) Ashburn-Miller Limit 25 This class considers the events and legacies of the French Revolution, focusing on cultural and political transformations, issues of violence, and questions of human rights. Course added 4/18/07

Sec. 01

MW 2-3:30

100.321 (H,S)
 (W)

VISIONS OF THE SELF (3) Kagan  Limit 20  Examines a variety of autobiographical texts – male and female, western and non-western, from the Middle Ages to the present, with an eye towards using these texts as “windows” into the society in which they were written.  Course will require weekly reports, a term paper, and final exam.  Organized as a seminar, student-run discussion will be integral to the course.

Sec. 01

MW 2-3:30

100.333 (H,S)
(W)

GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH SINCE WORLD WAR II (3) Galambos/Morgan  Limit 15 per section   Globalization has dramatically reshaped the world economy, providing great advantages to some but leaving poor nations to struggle with hunger, disease and death on a daily basis.  This course explores the impact of globalization on public health in the developed and the developing nations since 1945. 
Cross-listed with Public Health Studies

Sec. 05 added 9/11/07

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W 12

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Th 4:30

100.338 (H,S)
(W)

CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN POLITICAL ECONOMIES IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES (3) Berry   Limit 40    Examines contemporary economic and political issues and changes against the background of colonial rule and postcolonial history.

Sec. 01

ThF 10:30-12

100.352 (H,S) (W)

AGE OF PASTERNAK (3) Brooks  Limit 15    This course covers Russian history, literature, and the arts 1890-1950. Students will develop a theme, keep journals on the readings, and make one oral presentation. Course added 4/26/07

Sec. 01

Th 10-12

100.356 (H,S) (W)

THE BUDDHIST EXPERIENCE (3) Lievens  Limit 30   Introduction to Buddhist theory and practice - from India to East Asia.
Cross-listed with East Asian Studies

Sec. 01

ThF 10:30-12

100.394 (H,S) (W)

AMERICAN IMMIGRATION OLD AND NEW: EXPLORING BALTIMORE'S MULTI-ETHNIC COMMUNITIES Shell-Weiss (3)   Limit 10  This course focues on the city of Baltimore as one of the nation's "new" immigrant cities. An important magnet for the foreign-born from the 18th through the early 20th centuries, immigration to Baltimore slowed to a trickle for much of the 20th century. But over the past decade this has changed dramatically. In this class, we will explore this immigrant past and present. All students will be required to undertake a research project focused on some aspect of Baltimore's immigrant history. Field experiences in the city will also be a core component of this course. Course added 3/21/07 Course canceled 4/10/07 Course reinstated 4/11/07

Sec. 01

W 12-2

100.396 (H,S)
 (W)

HISTORIES: MALE AND FEMALE Ryan (3)   Limit 20  The seminar will examine autobiographical writings in order to understand how meanings of manhood and womanhood have changed over the course of US history. Course canceled 4/11/07

Sec. 01

W 10-12

100.405 (H,S) (W)

EUROPEAN SOCIALIST THOUGHT, 1840-1940 (3) Jelavich
Limit 20

Sec. 01

W 2-5

100.411 (H,S) (W)

COMPARATIVE FREEDOM STRUGGLES: THE U.S. CIVIL RIGHTS AND SOUTH AFRICAN ANTI-APARTHEID MOVEMENTS (3) Shell-Weiss   Limit 10 This course explores and compares the Anti-Apartheid Struggle in South Africa and the Movement for African-Amerian Civil Rights in the U.S. using a wide variety of literature, primary and secondary works. Cross-listed with Africana Studies and Women, Gender, & Sexuality Course added 4/10/07

Sec. 01

W M 12-2

100.439 (H,S) (W)

THE CUBAN REVOLUTION AND THE CONTEMPORARY CARIBBEAN (3) Knight  Limit 30   Cross-listed with Latin American Studies

Sec. 01

ThF 10:30-12

100.466 (H,S) (W)

HISTORY AND HISTORIANS IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY Pocock   Limit 35     This course will investigate the writings of history in the western cultures, during a period both neo-classical and Enlightened.  Histories then ranged from classical narrative to philosophical schemes of the progress of society.  The historians studied will be drawn mainly from the French and British cultures – Voltaire, Robertson, Gibbons, Royal – but students will be encouraged to pursue their own interests and readings.
Open to undergraduate and graduate students.

Sec. 01

MW 11

100.468 (H,S) (W)

BRITAIN FROM THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION TO THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION (3) Marshall Limit 15

Sec. 01

MT 10

191.340 (S)

EDUCATION POLITICS IN URBAN AMERICA (3)  Hayes   Limit 15    This course analyzes the politics of urban public schooling, concentrating on community political dynamics and the struggle for equal educational opportunity and quality education.  The course emphasizes the impact of urban transformation, socioeconomic class inequality, and racial and ethnic politics on the changing character of public school reform since the 1954 Supreme Court decision of Brown v. Board of Education. Cross-listed with Anthropology, Political Science, and Sociology, and Africana Studies Course canceled 4/10/07

Sec. 01

Th 2-4

070.397 (H,S)

INTRODUCTION TO SOUTH ASIA (3) Pandian Limit 50
Cross-listed with Anthropology

Sec. 01

TW 2-3:30

213.252 (H)

WHAT IS A UNIVERSITY? (3)  Tobias  Limit 20   Although the first European universities date back to the ninth century, the idea of a modern research institution is of fairly recent provenance. In this course we will some of the most important works from the 18th and 19th centuries that provided the theoretical framework for institutions like Johns Hopkins and the U of Chicago. A consistent concern of the course will be the relation of the university to the state and education to moral edification and civic duty.  Cross-listed with German & Romance Languages & Literature and Humanities Center

Sec. 01

W 3-5

214.390 (H)

MACHIAVELLI IN CONTEXT (3) CelenzaLimit 20
Cross-listed with German and romance Languages, the Humanities Center, and Philosophy

Sec. 01

T 2-5pm

361.200 (H) (W)

ARGENTINE HISTORY: 19TH & 20TH CENTURY (3) Staff  Limit 30  This course is designed to analyze Argentina's many paradoxes. A chronological history, centered on the country's politics from Independence to the end of the twentieth century, will attempt shed light on the country's past. However, the unfolding of this past will most certainly provide more questions than answers as historians continue to battle over the history of a country which The Economist referred to in the late 19th century as: " The Land of the Unexpected," a title that suites the country even today.
Cross-listed with Latin American Studies Course added 6/06/07 Course canceled 9/04/07

Sec. 01

TBA

362.375 (H,S) (W)

BEBOP, MODERNISM AND CHANGE (3) Hayes   Limit 25 Taught at Peabody
Cross-listed with Africana Studies, Political Science, and Sociology

Sec. 01

MW 12:30-2

Sec. 01

MT 2-3:30

Sec. 01

W 1-4

100.507           (W)

SENIOR THESIS Ryan  A seminar supervised by the Director of Undergraduate Studies and designed to provide a forum for collective exchange among seniors undertaking the senior thesis. All students undertaking the senior thesis must register and attend.

Sec. 01

T 6-8pm

100.535

INDEPENDENT STUDY

100.610

THE DIVINITY OF REASON: MAIMONIDES' THE GUIDE OF THE PERPLEXED  Wieseltier Limit 12 An analytical reading of the major themes of Maimonides' philosophical masterpiece, with reference to the question of whether rational religion is, or was ever, possible. Cross-listed with Jewish Studies Course added 6/25/07

Sec. 01

T 11-1

100.633

SPAIN AND ITS EMPIRE Kagan Limit 15 Course added 6/25/07

Sec. 01

TBA

100.649

THE AMERICAN SOUTH  Johnson Limit 25

Sec. 01

Th 2-4

100.653

RUSSIAN POLITICS AND CULTURE: 1850-1950  Brooks Limit 10 The purpose of this course is to investigate certain themes of Russian high and low culture in the context of Russian politics. Course added 5/11/07

Sec. 01

TBA

100.669

READING SEMINAR: CULTURAL HISTORY OF COLONIAL AMERICA AND THE EARLY UNITED STATES  Ditz  Course canceled 5/15/07

Sec. 01

TBA

100.680

RESEARCH SEMINAR: ATLANTIC HISTORY 1600-1800  Morgan  Course added 6/19/07

Sec. 01

M 6-8pm

100.684

READING SEMINAR: ATLANTIC WORLD 1500-1810  Morgan  Course added 6/19/07

Sec. 01

W 6-8pm

100.695

PROBLEMS IN AMERICAN SOCIAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY   Walters  

Sec. 01

TBA

100.709

MODERN LATIN AMERICA   Knight
Reading knowledge of Spanish. Graduate Students only Cross-listed with Latin American Studies

Sec. 01

W 2-4

100.721

TOPICS IN AFRICAN HISTORY Berry    Limit 25   Topics and debates in historical writings on Africa and interdisciplinary approaches to African history. Will emphasize environmental themes and political economy in fall 2006.

Sec. 01

Th 2-4

100.731

COLONIAL AFRICA: FRENCH AFRICAN EMPIRE Larson Limit 10 Reading seminar on recent research on French Colonial Africa. Course added 03/21/07

Sec. 01

T 10-12

100.733

READING QING DOCUMENTS Meyer-Fong 
Cross-listed with East Asian Studies  

Sec. 01

W 1 T 1-3

100.735

EARLY MODERN BRITAIN Marshall Limit 25

Sec. 01

TBA

100.737

MODERN CHINESE HISTORY Rowe

Sec. 01

TBA

100.749

SOCIAL THEORY FOR HISTORIANS Jelavich   Cross-listed with Political Science

Sec. 01

T 12-2

100.763

SEMINAR: COMPARATIVE WORLD HISTORY Staff   Limit 25

Sec. 01

T 4-6pm

100.765

PROBLEMS IN WOMEN’S HISTORY Walkowitz/Ditz   Exploration of recent work in European and US women’s history, focusing on some of the following: sexuality, cultural production, politics, family formation, work, religion, differences, and civic orders.
Cross-listed with Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Sec. 01

W 12-2:30

100.775

19TH CENTURY AMERICA  Ryan    Readings on 19th century US history from a spatial perspective, particularly attentive to gender, politics, and the city.

Sec. 01

T 2-4

300.637

HISTORY AND EVENT Marrati   
This seminar analyzes different conceptions of historicity and temporality.  Readings include: Husserl, Derrida, Foucault, Deleuze, Badiou, and others.
Cross-listed with Philosophy, Anthropology, German and Romance Languages, Political Science, and the Humanities Center   

Sec. 01

M 5-8pm

The following seminars are for Graduate students only

100.781

THE SEMINAR Staff

Sec. 01

M 4-6pm

100.783

SEMINAR: MEDIEVAL EUROPE

Sec. 01

Th 4-6pm

100.785

SEMINAR: EARLY MODERN EUROPE

Sec. 01

Th 4-6pm

100.787

SEMINAR: MODERN EUROPE

Sec. 01

Th 4-6pm

100.789

SEMINAR: AMERICAN

Sec. 01

W 4-6pm

100.791

SEMINAR: LATIN AMERICAN

Sec. 01

T 4-6pm

100.793

SEMINAR: AFRICAN  Staff

Sec. 01

T 4-6pm

100.801

DISSERTATION RESEARCH

100.803

INDEPENDENT STUDY

100.821

FALL PRACTICUM Course added 7/23/07