History Major

Students elect to major in one of the following concentrations: Global History, Regional History, or Thematic History. The rationale and requirements of the three concentrations are described below.

The Global History Concentration is an innovative method of doing history which explores the past by moving beyond the nation-state or a particular region of the world. It uses methodologies of comparison and connection across regions, coupled with deep regional expertise to analyze processes, flows, networks, and migrations across regions that transcend conventional spatially bounded entities such as nations or empires and across temporally limited frames such as pre-modern or modern.

The Regional History Concentration denotes a deep historical exploration of the peoples and cultures of a particular region of the world. Students may choose to explore one of the following five regions of study: United States, Europe, Latin America & Caribbean, Africa, or Asia (East Asia and South Asia).

The Thematic History Concentration affords students the opportunity to self-design a course of study around a particular theme across different regions and periods. Students design their theme in close consultation with their advisor. Suggested themes include Empires and Imperialism; Nations and Nationalism; Race, Class and Gender; and Reforms, Reformations, and Revolutions

Requirements

The major consists of ten or more history courses. At least seven of these courses must be above the introductory level, including a minimum of two 400-level courses and a minimum of one upper-level course outside the area of concentration. (Regional and thematic concentrators must choose an upper level global history course. Global History concentrators must choose an upper level regional history course.)

To acquire regional breadth, students take a course each in four of the six regional areas of United States, Europe, Latin America & Caribbean, Middle East, Africa, Asia (East Asia and South Asia).

The concentration, whether Global, Regional, or Thematic, consists of at least five courses above the introductory level selected in consultation with a departmental adviser. Introductory courses should be completed as early as possible and not later than the end of the junior year.

Interdisciplinary work and languages: The History Department encourages foreign language competency and interdisciplinary work. Students may count one upper-level language course, chosen in consultation with their adviser, among the three required 300- and 400-level courses in the History major (although a language course may not substitute for the one required 400-level course). Students may also include one additional course in another discipline, chosen in consultation with their adviser, which enhances their concentration in History.

Study Away Courses: Majors are allowed to count two history courses taken during study away towards the major if approved by the major adviser.

Honors and Individual Study: Majors are strongly encouraged to undertake independent work in Individual Study courses and especially Honors Study. No student may receive credit for more than sixteen history courses.

 

HISTORY COURSES

Regional history courses - Africa

HIS 103/AFR 103/AMS 102	AFRICAN CIVILIZATIONS TO 1870	4
HIS 245/AFR 245	MOD AFRICAN HIST:1870-PRESENT	4
HIS 346/AFR 346/GWS 346	AFRICAN WOMEN IN COMP PERSP	4
HIS 429	YOUTH & SOC MOVEMNT IN AFRICA	4

Regional history courses - Asia

HIS 113	CONTESTING INDIA'S PAST	4
HIS 115/EAS 115/PHI 115	CC: CHINESE PATH TO HAPPINESS	4
HIS 202/EAS 202	EMPIRE/EXPAN E ASIA,1840-1950s	4
HIS 224/EAS 224/PHI 213/REL 215	CONFUCIAN TRADITIONS	4
HIS 226	MAKING MODERN SOUTH ASIA	4
HIS 233/CRE 232/EAS 233	GLOBAL CHINA	4
HIS 236/EAS 236/ES 236	ENVIRONMENTAL HIST OF JAPAN	4
HIS 254/EAS 254	CONFRONTING IMAGES MODRN JAPAN	4
HIS 255/CRE 255	S ASIA IN POSTCOLONIAL WORLD	4
HIS 262/EAS 262	MOD CHINA:CHANGING NAT'L IDENT	4
HIS 263/GIS 263/REL 263	ISLAM IN ASIA	4
HIS 278/EAS 278/PHI 214/REL 216	DAOIST TRADITIONS	4
HIS 279/GWS 279	GENDER/SEXLTY IN COLONIAL WRLD	4
HIS 322/EAS 322	LEGACY OF WW II POST-WAR JPN	4
HIS 324/EAS 324	GLOBALIZING CHINESE ACTIVISM	4
HIS 325/EAS 325	HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA	4
HIS 345/EAS 345/ES 344	DILEMMAS OF DEV IN EAST ASIA	4
HIS 419/EAS 419/ES 419	SALTWATER JAPAN	4
HIS 420/EAS 420	CONFUCIUS FOR THE MODRN WORLD	4
HIS 421/EAS 421	CHINA'S DAOIST LEGACY	4
HIS 427/EAS 427	THE CHINESE BODY	4
HIS 428/AMS 428/EAS 428	DEBATING CHINA'S GLOBALIZATION	4

Regional history courses - Europe

HIS 107	EUROPE: MEDIEVAL TO MODERN	4
HIS 108/CLA 101	CC: ANCIENT GREECE	4
HIS 128	CC:WORLD WAR I/MAK OF MOD WRLD	4
HIS 208	THE VIKINGS	4
HIS 231/CLA 231	EARLY MIDDLE AGES	4
HIS 234/CRE 234	MODERN EUROPE, 1790s-1990s	4
HIS 235/GIS 235	EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST	4
HIS 237	EARLY MOD EUROPE, 1500-1750	4
HIS 239	REFORMATION & COUNTER-REFORM	4
HIS 243/GER 243/JS 243	DIFFCLT PAST:GER HIS,1850-2000	4
HIS 247/SLA 247	SOVIET UNION & ITS LEGACIES	4
HIS 264/SLA 264	THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE,1700-1920'S	4
HIS 272/GER 272	CC: BERLIN	4
HIS 299A/SRS 299F	ARCHIVE FEVER	4
HIS 314/CLA 314	GRECO-ROMAN HISTORIOGRAPHY	4
HIS 329/CLA 329	THE AGE OF AUGUSTUS	4
HIS 336/CLA 336	ROMAN POLITICAL CULTURE	4
HIS 337/GIS 337	JEWS AND MUSLIMS IN EUROPE	4
HIS 360	A DEEP HISTORY OF ITALY	4
HIS 417	EUROPE'S FIRST EMPIRE	4
HIS 418/GIS 418	RUSSIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST	4
HIS 440	POPULAR CUL EARLY MODERN EUR	4
HIS 441/FRH 441	THE FRENCH REVOLUTION	4
HIS 444	IMPERIAL LIVES:MERCH,MISS,MIGR	4
HIS 449	J.R.R. TOLKIEN	4

Regional history courses - Middle East

HIS 119/GIS 119	THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST	4
HIS 235/GIS 235	EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST	4
HIS 249/GIS 249	EARLY ISLAMIC HISTORY	4
HIS 418/GIS 418	RUSSIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST	4

Regional history courses - Latin America & Caribbean

HIS 114	LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN	4
HIS 212	"RACE" COLONIAL LATIN AMER	4
HIS 216	MODERN LATIN AMERICA	4
HIS 219/CRE 219	REVOLUTIONS IN LATIN AMERICA	4
HIS 220/GWS 222	GENDER IN THE ANDES AND MEXICO	4
HIS 328/EDU 328/AMS 328/GWS 328/SOC 328	ZAPATISMO: MEXICAN SOCIAL MOV	4
HIS 344/CRE 344/SPA 344	DIALOGUE BET SPAIN & AMERICAS	4
HIS 430	LATIN AMERICA/GLOBAL COLD WAR	4
HIS 450/AMS 450/CRE 450	LATIN AMERICAN IMMIGRATION	4

Regional history courses - United States

HIS 104	CC: U.S. NATIVES AND NEWCOMERS	4
HIS 105	U.S. NATIVES AND NEWCOMERS	4
HIS 120	CC: THE AMERICAN WEST	4
HIS 128	CC:WORLD WAR I/MAK OF MOD WRLD	4
HIS 201/AMS 201D/AMS 201S/CRE 201A	INTRO TO AMERICAN STUDIES	4
HIS 203/AMS 203	COLONIAL HIST OF NORTH AM	4
HIS 204/AMS 204	AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY ERA	4
HIS 205/AFR 205	HISTORY OF THE SOUTH	4
HIS 206/AFR 206	CIVIL WAR & RECONSTRUCTION	4
HIS 214/AMS 214	POLIT/CUL IN U.S.,1890 TO 1945	4
HIS 215/AMS 215/CRE 215	POLIT/CULT IN U.S. SINCE 1945	4
HIS 216	MODERN LATIN AMERICA	4
HIS 225/AMS 225/CRE 225	AFRICAN AMER HIST 1865-PRESENT	4
HIS 227/AMS 227/CRE 227	AFRICAN AMER HIST 1619-1865	4
HIS 242/AMS 242/GWS 242	HIST OF WOMEN/GENDER IN U.S.	4
HIS 248/AMS 248	NARRATIVES OF ILLNESS	4
HIS 257/AMS 257/CRE 257/SPA 257	LATINOS IN THE UNITED STATES	4
HIS 258/AMS 258/GWS 257	SEX AND THE STATE	4
HIS 269	IMMIGRAT TO U.S. SINCE 1820	4
HIS 299/AFR 299/SRS 299A	CASES AND HISTORY OF EQUALITY	4
HIS 304/AFR 304	HIST OF HIP HOP MUSIC & CULTUR	4
HIS 309/AFR 309/AMS 309/GWS 309	HIST OF SLAVERY/EMANC IN AMER	4
HIS 313	THE AMERICAN WEST IN 20TH C	4
HIS 319/AMS 319	COLD WAR IN THE THIRD WORLD	4
HIS 328/EDU 328/AMS 328/GWS 328/SOC 328	ZAPATISMO: MEXICAN SOCIAL MOV	4
HIS 330/AFR 330/AMS 330/GWS 330	HIST OF THE AMERICAN SOUTH	4
HIS 334/AMS 334	HISTORICIZING 9/11	4
HIS 338/AMS 338	MEDIEVAL AMERICAN SOUTHWEST	4
HIS 423/AMS 423	FROM SUBJUGATION TO SCIENCE	4
HIS 454/AMS 454	THE REAGAN REVOL:AMER CONSERV	4
HIS 457/AMS 457	NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICA	4
HIS 458/AMS 458/CRE 458	CIV RIGHTS IN NORTH, 1925-1975	4
HIS 460/AMS 460	BLACK FREEDOM STRUGGLE,1946-68	4
HIS 463/AMS 463	CITY UPON A HILL:17 C NEW ENGL	4
HIS 465/AMS 465	GLOBALZTN & AM CUL SINCE 1945	4
HIS 467	HIST/POL OF RACISM/PUBL HEALTH	4
HIS 476/AMS 476	THE GLOBAL 1960S	4

Global history courses

 

HIS 101	CC: BIG HISTORY	4
HIS 114	LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN	4
HIS 115/EAS 115/PHI 115	CC: CHINESE PATH TO HAPPINESS	4
HIS 117	CC: GLOBALIZATION OR EMPIRE?	4
HIS 120	CC: THE AMERICAN WEST	4
HIS 128	CC:WORLD WAR I/MAK OF MOD WRLD	4
HIS 202/EAS 202	EMPIRE/EXPAN E ASIA,1840-1950s	4
HIS 203/AMS 203	COLONIAL HIST OF NORTH AM	4
HIS 209/AMS 206/CRE 206	THEORIZING RACE & ETHNICITY	4
HIS 216	MODERN LATIN AMERICA	4
HIS 231/CLA 231	EARLY MIDDLE AGES	4
HIS 233/CRE 232/EAS 233	GLOBAL CHINA	4
HIS 234/CRE 234	MODERN EUROPE, 1790s-1990s	4
HIS 235/GIS 235	EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST	4
HIS 237	EARLY MOD EUROPE, 1500-1750	4
HIS 239	REFORMATION & COUNTER-REFORM	4
HIS 249/GIS 249	EARLY ISLAMIC HISTORY	4
HIS 252/CRE 252/ES 252/GWS 252	SOCIAL JUSTICE AND ENVIRONMENT	4
HIS 255/CRE 255	S ASIA IN POSTCOLONIAL WORLD	4
HIS 258/AMS 258/GWS 257	SEX AND THE STATE	4
HIS 262/EAS 262	MOD CHINA:CHANGING NAT'L IDENT	4
HIS 269	IMMIGRAT TO U.S. SINCE 1820	4
HIS 274/REL 274	SECULARISM IN GLOBAL CONTEXTS	4
HIS 299/AFR 299/SRS 299A	CASES AND HISTORY OF EQUALITY	4
HIS 306/ECO 305	GLOBALIZATION OF URBAN POVERTY	4
HIS 309/AFR 309/AMS 309/GWS 309	HIST OF SLAVERY/EMANC IN AMER	4
HIS 319/AMS 319	COLD WAR IN THE THIRD WORLD	4
HIS 324/EAS 324	GLOBALIZING CHINESE ACTIVISM	4
HIS 325/EAS 325	HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA	4
HIS 334/AMS 334	HISTORICIZING 9/11	4
HIS 338/AMS 338	MEDIEVAL AMERICAN SOUTHWEST	4
HIS 344/CRE 344/SPA 344	DIALOGUE BET SPAIN & AMERICAS	4
HIS 420/EAS 420	CONFUCIUS FOR THE MODRN WORLD	4
HIS 423/AMS 423	FROM SUBJUGATION TO SCIENCE	4
HIS 428/AMS 428/EAS 428	DEBATING CHINA'S GLOBALIZATION	4
HIS 430	LATIN AMERICA/GLOBAL COLD WAR	4
HIS 440	POPULAR CUL EARLY MODERN EUR	4
HIS 444	IMPERIAL LIVES:MERCH,MISS,MIGR	4
HIS 450/AMS 450/CRE 450	LATIN AMERICAN IMMIGRATION	4
HIS 465/AMS 465	GLOBALZTN & AM CUL SINCE 1945	4
HIS 476/AMS 476	THE GLOBAL 1960S	4
HIS 477	CRAFTING GLOBAL NARRATIVES	4

 

Advisers: D. Canton, S. Chhabria, J. Downs, M. Forster, L. Garofalo, E. Kane, F. Paxton, S. Queen, C. Stock, L. Wilson