History
History
556 Hamilton Hall, CB# 3195
(919) 962-9822
First Session, 2024
HIST 107 Medieval History (3)
A survey of Western Europe and the Mediterranean World, 300-1500.
HIST 110 Introduction to the Cultures and Histories of Native North America (AMST 110) (3)
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 140 The World since 1945 (3)
MAYMESTER. ONLINE. This introduction to the contemporary world examines the Cold War and its international aftermath, decolonization, national development across a variety of cases, and trends in the global economy.
HIST 144 Women in the United States from Settlement to Present (WGST 144) (3)
ONLINE. This course will survey the history of women, gender relations, and notions of sex difference in the United States from the colonial era to present times, with a special emphasis on women’s varied experiences and expectations across divisions of class, race, and region. Key themes will include work, politics, citizenship, reproduction, sociability, and sexuality.
HIST 162 Russia under the Last Tsars and Soviet Commissars (3)
ONLINE. This course surveys fundamental issues affecting the Russian/Soviet/post-Soviet multinational empire in the last century and a half, emphasizing regime failures, revolutions, wars, and ethnic challenges.
HIST 262 History of the Holocaust: The Destruction of the European Jews (JWST/PWAD 262) (3)
MAYMESTER. LATE AFTERNOON. Anti-Semitism; the Jews of Europe; the Hitler dictatorship; evolution of Nazi Jewish policy from persecution to the Final Solution; Jewish response; collaborators, bystanders, and rescuers; aftermath.
Second Session, 2024
HIST 110 Introduction to the Cultures and Histories of Native North America (AMST 110) (3)
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 129 Modern America, 1980-2020 (3)
This course explores the history of the United States in the very recent past. Through a sustained analysis of key political, cultural, economic, and social developments, students will gain a deeper understanding of the complex issues and problems that shape American life today.
HIST 140 The World since 1945 (3)
ONLINE. This introduction to the contemporary world examines the Cold War and its international aftermath, decolonization, national development across a variety of cases, and trends in the global economy.
HIST 159 From War to Prosperity: 20th-Century Europe (WGST 159) (3)
ONLINE. A critical overview of 20th-century European history, with particular attention to the constant ethnic, religious, social, economic, and cultural struggles (including Holocaust, Cold War) in various subunits of the old continent.
HIST 262 History of the Holocaust: The Destruction of the European Jews (JWST/PWAD 262) (3)
ONLINE. Anti-Semitism; the Jews of Europe; the Hitler dictatorship; evolution of Nazi Jewish policy from persecution to the Final Solution; Jewish response; collaborators, bystanders, and rescuers; aftermath.
HIST 398 Undergraduate Seminar in History (3)
Monuments, Commemoration, and Historical Memory
The course is in general limited to 15 students. The subject matter will vary with the instructor. Each course will concern itself with a study in depth of some historical problem. Students will write a substantial research paper.
Special Topic:
The aim of this course is to explore the contentious history of commemoration, monument construction, monument preservation, and monument destruction from the ancient world to the present. You are encouraged to conduct research on commemoration in any region and era that interests you.