Lower-Division

HIS 1 Theories of History/Theories of Society

European social thought understands society to be the product of the historical process. Readings from early-modern natural law thinkers (Hobbes, Lock, Rousseau), 19th-century theorists of the democratic and industrial revolutions (Tocqueville, Marx), and 20th-century social scientists (Weber, Braudel), explore the nature of this fertile connection.

Credits

5

General Education Code

TA

Quarter offered

Winter

HIS 3 Slavery in World History

Although most teaching and research on slavery has focused on slavery in the Americas (and not always from a comparative perspective), the institution of slavery has been part of societies in nearly every part of the world. This course addresses questions such as the shape slavery took in different times and places, the bases and justification for enslavement, who could or could not be enslaved, occupational employment, possibilities for manumission, and the weaning or abolition of the institution. The last third is dedicated to slavery in the Americas. (Formerly course 36.)

Credits

5

HIS 5B Early Christianity: First to Fourth Century A.D.

Christianity from its origins as a Jewish messianic movement, its expansion in multiple forms in the Greco-Roman world and the East, to its transformation into the major religion of the Roman and Byzantine empires.

Credits

5

General Education Code

CC

Quarter offered

Spring

HIS 7 Archives and Public History

Through readings on local history topics and bi-weekly field expeditions, students discover different types of archives and historical repositories, the diversity of sources that they contain, and the varied uses to which they can be put. Course also explores the range of career opportunities open to history majors (sometimes loosely grouped together under the rubric public history).

Credits

5

Quarter offered

Spring

HIS 14 Race and Ethnicity in the U.S

An introductory course on the racial/ethnic history of the U.S. Of central concern are issues of race, ethnicity, oppression, resistance, mass migrations, city life in urban America, and power and protest in modern America. Priority enrollment to freshmen and sophomores.

Credits

5

General Education Code

ER

Quarter offered

Spring

HIS 43 Traditional India

A survey of the early histories of Indus Valley, Vedism, the epics, Buddhism, Jainism, with an exploration among original sources: archaeological, visual, ritual, literary, and epic texts. Thematic focus on communities, social systems, elite and popular cultures, and their mutual interaction. (Formerly Histories of Traditional India)

Credits

5

General Education Code

CC

Quarter offered

Winter

HIS 65A From the Martyrs to the Vikings: Medieval Europe, 200-1000

A survey of Europe from the third through 10th centuries. Emphasizes cultural conflict and assimilation (Roman and Germanic, pagan and Christian, East and West). Topics include the rise of Christianity, Germanic migrations, Byzantium and Islam, the cult of saints and relics, Vikings, and gender roles. (Formerly Medieval Europe: 200-1000.)

Credits

5

Instructor

Cynthia Polecritti

General Education Code

CC

HIS 65B Europe, 1000-1500

Reviews major social, political, economic, and cultural developments in Europe from 1000 to 1500 and themes including gender, warfare, ethnicity and religion, through primary sources and secondary readings. Primary focus is Western Europe: England, France, the Iberian Peninsula, the Holy Roman Empire, the Low Countries, and Italy.

Credits

5

Instructor

Nuria Silleras-Fernandez

Quarter offered

Fall

HIS 71 The Holocaust: Destruction of European Jewry

Focuses on the destruction of the Jews of Europe by Nazi Germany. Issues and themes are historically grounded and include works of literature, social sciences, philosophy, and film. Online course.

Credits

5

General Education Code

ER

HIS 80H Class, Gender, and Community in China, 1700-Present

Examines gender, sexuality, and family across classes in late imperial China, and the transformation of all three by revolution (and vice versa). Concentrates throughout on gender as a category of historical analysis that has remained largely invisible in the construction of conventional Chinese history.

Credits

5

Instructor

Gail Hershatter

General Education Code

CC

HIS 80N Gender, Labor, and Feminist Productions

Examines how constructions of gender and intersecting constructions of race, class, and sexuality define the power of women differentially in the world of work. Beginning with the history of emancipation, traces the broader constructions of paid and unpaid labor in the 20th-century U.S. Traces the specific histories of transgender women workers, specific regional and industrial histories, and those marked by the meaning given to African, Asian, Euro-, indigenous, and Mexican descent in the construction of gender and work. Uses feminist methodology and contemporaneous visual and written work by women artists and filmmakers.

Credits

5

Instructor

Lisbeth Haas

General Education Code

CC

HIS 80Q History and Public Policy

An examination of the history of public policy in the U.S. considering the changing political, racial, and gender ideologies that have informed social policies over time and led to inequality in American society. Students are required to have a field placement in addition to class time. Will be offered in the 2002–03 academic year.

Credits

5