History Course Finder
Karen Hagmann
Graham Memorial Rm 0213
Tu 3:35pm- 6:05PM
The seminar examines twentieth century European history through the lens of women¿s autobiographical writings. It explores women¿s voices from different generational, social and national backgrounds. We will read and discuss autobiographical texts by six women, who grew up in middle class families in Austria, Britain, France and Germany and wrote about their lives in the first half of the twentieth century. They all tried to make a difference in society and politics: Emmeline Pankhurst (1958-1928), a leader of the militant British suffragette movement; Alice Salomon (1872-1948), a liberal Jewish-German social reformer and activist of the German middle class women¿s movement; Vera Brittain (1893-1970), a British volunteer nurse during World War I, who became after the war a peace activist and writer; Toni Sender (1888-1964), a German-Jewish socialist and one of the first female parliamentarians in Weimar Germany, who like Salomon after the Nazi¿s takeover in 1933 had to flee Germany; Genevieve De Gaulle-Anthonioz (1920-2002), a French resistance fighter during World War II and a survivor of the women¿s concentration camp Ravensbrück; and Ruth Klüger (1931-), an Austrian-Jewish student who survived Auschwitz and became a professor in the U.S. The overarching theme of the seminar is the struggle of women for equal economic, social and political rights. We will explore what effects social and political changes, revolutions and wars as well as the Holocaust had on this struggle and the lives of women in Europe more general. Through intensive discussions of the reading in class, group work and the opportunity to do research on the female autobiography of their own choice, the seminar offers students a unique approach to twentieth century European history and will introduce them to research and writing.
HIST 106 Ancient History
Corey Ellithorpe
Dey Hall rm 305
MoWeFr 9:05am-9:55am
A topical survey of the ancient world, especially the civilization of the Near East, Greece, and Rome.
HIST 107 Medieval History
Peter Raleigh
Woollen Gym Rm 303
MoWeFr 1200pm - 1:10pm
A survey of Western Europe and the Mediterranean World, 300-1500.
HIST 110 Introduction to the Cultures and Histories of Native North America
Malina Maynor -Lowery
Dey Hall Rm 0201 & Cobb Hall-0023
Fr 1:25pm- 2:15pm Fr 8:00am-8:50am
An interdisciplinary introduction to Native American history and studies. The course uses history, literature, art, and cultural studies to study the Native American experience.
HIST 120 – Sport and American History
Matthew Andrews
Many classes available
many times available
A survey of American sport history, from the colonial era to the present. Course will explore how sports have reflected larger trends in American life and analyze the different ways sports have influenced American history and shaped the world we occupy today.
HIST 121 – History of Religion in North America
Molly Worthen
Four different times available
Four different times available
Surveys religious thought and practice in the United States and Canada from the colonial era to the present day. Themes include continuities and changes in expressing ancient faiths; the relationship between religion and politics; the intersection of theology with everyday life; and evolving notions of religious truth and toleration.
HIST 125 – The Social History of Popular Music in 20th-Century America
William Brundage
Chapman Hall- Rm 0201 & Murray Hall Rm G205
Tuth 9:30am- 10:45am & Fr 12:20pm- 1:10pm
Explores the relationship between popular music and major developments in 20th-century America. The course's overarching focus is how popular music has simultaneously unified and divided the nation.
HIST 127 – American History to 1865
William Barney & Catherine Conner & Robert Shapard & Garrett Wright
6 different rooms available
6 different times available
A survey of various aspects of American development during the colonial, revolutionary, and national periods, with stress upon major themes and interpretations.
HIST 128 – American History to 1865
Matthew Andrews & Robert Shapard & Joshua Akers
11 different rooms available
11 different times available
A survey of various aspects of American development during a century of rapid industrial, social, political, and international change, with stress upon major themes and interpretations.
HIST 133 – Introduction to Chinese History
Michael Tsin
1005 Global Center- Rm & Cobb Hall 0024Rm
MoWe 1:25pm - 2:15pm Fr 2:30pm-3:20pm
Chinese history from its beginnings to the present, organized around the central theme of how the identity of China and 'Chineseness' was created.