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Courses with numbers 100–299 are designed for freshmen and sophomores but are open to all undergraduate students. Advanced courses, with numbers 300–599, are generally designed for students who have completed introductory courses in the appropriate area.
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Course # (Section)
Title
Day/Times
Instructor
Room
PosTag(s)
Info
AS.010.325 (01)
Arts of the Spanish Empire
MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Hyman, Aaron M.
Gilman 119
HART-RENBAR
Arts of the Spanish Empire AS.010.325 (01)
From the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries, visual forms and practices linked such far-flung places as Mexico City and Naples, Manila and Lima, Cuzco and Antwerp, Quito and Madrid: all cities in the Spanish Empire. This course is conceived as a voyage, moving city by city to explore objects that connected Spain’s vast holdings. We will investigate how the Spanish Crown and the Catholic Church used visual strategies to consolidate political power and instill religious faith across the world; and, alternatively, we will consider how local conditions, concerns, and resistance reshaped those efforts. This course surveys a diverse range of artistic production: religious paintings and sculptures; maps used for imperial surveillance; luxury goods crafted from shimmering feathers, ceramics, ivory, and precious metals; urban design and architecture from the ports of Europe to the highland outposts of the Andes; ephemeral cityscapes for civic performances. In examining such materials, students will be introduced to the art historical methods and theoretical concerns used to study a wide diversity of objects within an imperial frame.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Instructor: Hyman, Aaron M.
Room: Gilman 119
Status: Open
Seats Available: 16/19
PosTag(s): HART-RENBAR
AS.100.102 (02)
The Medieval World
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Spiegel, Gabrielle M
Olin 305
HIST-EUROPE
The Medieval World AS.100.102 (02)
This course will explore selected topics in the political, economic, social, and intellectual history of Western Europe in the period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the thirteenth century. Special emphasis will be given to understanding the ways in which medieval society functioned as a pioneer civilization, compelled to reorganize itself after the almost total collapse of the ancient world, and to the interplay between material and cultural forces in the processes of social organization.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Instructor: Spiegel, Gabrielle M
Room: Olin 305
Status: Open
Seats Available: 13/25
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE
AS.060.328 (01)
Malcolm and Martin: An Introduction to the Lives and Thought of Two Icons of the Black Freedom Struggle
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Jackson, Lawrence P
Maryland 217
ENGL-GLOBAL
Malcolm and Martin: An Introduction to the Lives and Thought of Two Icons of the Black Freedom Struggle AS.060.328 (01)
Using their recorded speeches, written lectures and published writings and drawing from their biographies, this course will explore the important life work of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. We intend to upend traditional conversations about political radicalism and ethnic politics by analyzing these spokesmen associated most indelibly with black nationalism and racial integration, respectively.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Jackson, Lawrence P
Room: Maryland 217
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/18
PosTag(s): ENGL-GLOBAL
AS.100.102 (01)
The Medieval World
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Spiegel, Gabrielle M
Olin 305
HIST-EUROPE
The Medieval World AS.100.102 (01)
This course will explore selected topics in the political, economic, social, and intellectual history of Western Europe in the period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the thirteenth century. Special emphasis will be given to understanding the ways in which medieval society functioned as a pioneer civilization, compelled to reorganize itself after the almost total collapse of the ancient world, and to the interplay between material and cultural forces in the processes of social organization.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Instructor: Spiegel, Gabrielle M
Room: Olin 305
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/25
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE
AS.100.102 (03)
The Medieval World
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Spiegel, Gabrielle M
Olin 305
HIST-EUROPE
The Medieval World AS.100.102 (03)
This course will explore selected topics in the political, economic, social, and intellectual history of Western Europe in the period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the thirteenth century. Special emphasis will be given to understanding the ways in which medieval society functioned as a pioneer civilization, compelled to reorganize itself after the almost total collapse of the ancient world, and to the interplay between material and cultural forces in the processes of social organization.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Spiegel, Gabrielle M
Room: Olin 305
Status: Open
Seats Available: 16/25
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE
AS.100.104 (02)
Modern Europe and the Wider World
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Hindmarch-Watson, Katie
Levering Arellano
HIST-EUROPE
Modern Europe and the Wider World AS.100.104 (02)
The Modern European World familiarizes students with key moments, ideas, communities, individuals, and movements which have formed European History since the Revolutionary era.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Instructor: Hindmarch-Watson, Katie
Room: Levering Arellano
Status: Open
Seats Available: 15/20
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE
AS.061.396 (01)
Modern Paris on Film
Th 3:00PM - 5:20PM, W 7:30PM - 10:00PM Screenings
Mason, Laura
Gilman 17
FILM-CRITST
Modern Paris on Film AS.061.396 (01)
This course uses French film to examine the history of twentieth-century Paris. We will consider how filmmakers interpreted the social, political, and technological transformations that shaped Paris in the modern era, treating movies as expressions of change and means by which filmmakers comment on it.
Taught in English.
$50 lab fee.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: Th 3:00PM - 5:20PM, W 7:30PM - 10:00PM Screenings
Instructor: Mason, Laura
Room: Gilman 17
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/18
PosTag(s): FILM-CRITST
AS.100.102 (04)
The Medieval World
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Spiegel, Gabrielle M
Olin 305
HIST-EUROPE
The Medieval World AS.100.102 (04)
This course will explore selected topics in the political, economic, social, and intellectual history of Western Europe in the period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the thirteenth century. Special emphasis will be given to understanding the ways in which medieval society functioned as a pioneer civilization, compelled to reorganize itself after the almost total collapse of the ancient world, and to the interplay between material and cultural forces in the processes of social organization.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Spiegel, Gabrielle M
Room: Olin 305
Status: Open
Seats Available: 24/25
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE
AS.100.104 (01)
Modern Europe and the Wider World
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Hindmarch-Watson, Katie
Levering Arellano
HIST-EUROPE
Modern Europe and the Wider World AS.100.104 (01)
The Modern European World familiarizes students with key moments, ideas, communities, individuals, and movements which have formed European History since the Revolutionary era.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Instructor: Hindmarch-Watson, Katie
Room: Levering Arellano
Status: Open
Seats Available: 11/20
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE
AS.100.104 (03)
Modern Europe and the Wider World
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Hindmarch-Watson, Katie
Levering Arellano
HIST-EUROPE
Modern Europe and the Wider World AS.100.104 (03)
The Modern European World familiarizes students with key moments, ideas, communities, individuals, and movements which have formed European History since the Revolutionary era.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Hindmarch-Watson, Katie
Room: Levering Arellano
Status: Open
Seats Available: 2/20
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE
AS.100.104 (04)
Modern Europe and the Wider World
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Hindmarch-Watson, Katie
Levering Arellano
HIST-EUROPE
Modern Europe and the Wider World AS.100.104 (04)
The Modern European World familiarizes students with key moments, ideas, communities, individuals, and movements which have formed European History since the Revolutionary era.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Hindmarch-Watson, Katie
Room: Levering Arellano
Status: Open
Seats Available: 2/20
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE
AS.100.113 (01)
Making America: Race, Radicalism, and Reform
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Walters, Ronald
Ames 234
HIST-US
Making America: Race, Radicalism, and Reform AS.100.113 (01)
This course examines race and social movements in America from the Revolution to 1921.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Walters, Ronald
Room: Ames 234
Status: Open
Seats Available: 2/20
PosTag(s): HIST-US
AS.100.113 (02)
Making America: Race, Radicalism, and Reform
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Walters, Ronald
Ames 234
HIST-US
Making America: Race, Radicalism, and Reform AS.100.113 (02)
This course examines race and social movements in America from the Revolution to 1921.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Walters, Ronald
Room: Ames 234
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/14
PosTag(s): HIST-US
AS.100.113 (03)
Making America: Race, Radicalism, and Reform
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Walters, Ronald
Ames 234
HIST-US
Making America: Race, Radicalism, and Reform AS.100.113 (03)
This course examines race and social movements in America from the Revolution to 1921.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Instructor: Walters, Ronald
Room: Ames 234
Status: Open
Seats Available: 11/13
PosTag(s): HIST-US
AS.100.113 (04)
Making America: Race, Radicalism, and Reform
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Walters, Ronald
Ames 234
HIST-US
Making America: Race, Radicalism, and Reform AS.100.113 (04)
This course examines race and social movements in America from the Revolution to 1921.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Instructor: Walters, Ronald
Room: Ames 234
Status: Open
Seats Available: 8/13
PosTag(s): HIST-US
AS.100.123 (01)
Introduction to African History: Diversity, Mobility, Innovation
MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Larson, Pier M
Gilman 17
HIST-AFRICA
Introduction to African History: Diversity, Mobility, Innovation AS.100.123 (01)
An introduction to African history with emphasis on diversity, mobility, and innovation. Considers both early and modern times.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Larson, Pier M
Room: Gilman 17
Status: Open
Seats Available: 14/40
PosTag(s): HIST-AFRICA
AS.100.130 (01)
Freshman Seminar: US-USSR Cold War
Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Brooks, Jeffrey P
Gilman 186
HIST-EUROPE
Freshman Seminar: US-USSR Cold War AS.100.130 (01)
Focus on Stalin, Khrushchev/ Truman-Eisenhower period but includes Brezhnev-Nixon. 2 sides of cold war, write 6 journals of 300 words, 2 papers of 1200 words, 2 quizzes, no midterm or final.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Brooks, Jeffrey P
Room: Gilman 186
Status: Open
Seats Available: 7/19
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE
AS.100.135 (01)
Freshman Seminar: In the Land of Others: Minorities in the Pre-Modern Mediterranean
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Glazer-Eytan, Yonatan
Bloomberg 176
HIST-EUROPE, HIST-MIDEST, HIST-AFRICA
Freshman Seminar: In the Land of Others: Minorities in the Pre-Modern Mediterranean AS.100.135 (01)
This course examines the history of ethno-religious minorities in the Mediterranean during the Later Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Glazer-Eytan, Yonatan
Room: Bloomberg 176
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/18
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE, HIST-MIDEST, HIST-AFRICA
AS.100.140 (01)
Freshman Seminar: Displacement: A History of U.S. Cities from Urban Renewal to Gentrification
Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Speller, Morris Elsmere Longley
Gilman 305
HIST-US
Freshman Seminar: Displacement: A History of U.S. Cities from Urban Renewal to Gentrification AS.100.140 (01)
“Displacement” explores historical conflicts over urban planning, clearance, and redevelopment. Students will conduct archival research and contribute to an online exhibit that develops the histories of displaced Baltimore neighborhoods.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Speller, Morris Elsmere Longley
Room: Gilman 305
Status: Open
Seats Available: 6/12
PosTag(s): HIST-US
AS.100.170 (01)
Chinese Cultural Revolution
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Meyer-Fong, Tobie
Gilman 132
HIST-ASIA
Chinese Cultural Revolution AS.100.170 (01)
The Cultural Revolution was Mao Zedong's last attempt to transform Chinese society spiritually and structurally. The events of this period were marked by social upheaval, personal vendettas, violence, massive youth movements, and extreme ideological pressure. This course will explore the Cultural Revolution from a variety of perspectives, focusing on the relationship between events in China from 1966-1976, and their interpretation in China and the West during the Cultural Revolution decade and since. (Previously offered as AS.100.219 and AS.100.236. )
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Meyer-Fong, Tobie
Room: Gilman 132
Status: Open
Seats Available: 4/20
PosTag(s): HIST-ASIA
AS.100.170 (03)
Chinese Cultural Revolution
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Meyer-Fong, Tobie
Gilman 132
HIST-ASIA
Chinese Cultural Revolution AS.100.170 (03)
The Cultural Revolution was Mao Zedong's last attempt to transform Chinese society spiritually and structurally. The events of this period were marked by social upheaval, personal vendettas, violence, massive youth movements, and extreme ideological pressure. This course will explore the Cultural Revolution from a variety of perspectives, focusing on the relationship between events in China from 1966-1976, and their interpretation in China and the West during the Cultural Revolution decade and since. (Previously offered as AS.100.219 and AS.100.236. )
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Meyer-Fong, Tobie
Room: Gilman 132
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/15
PosTag(s): HIST-ASIA
AS.100.170 (04)
Chinese Cultural Revolution
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Meyer-Fong, Tobie
Gilman 132
HIST-ASIA
Chinese Cultural Revolution AS.100.170 (04)
The Cultural Revolution was Mao Zedong's last attempt to transform Chinese society spiritually and structurally. The events of this period were marked by social upheaval, personal vendettas, violence, massive youth movements, and extreme ideological pressure. This course will explore the Cultural Revolution from a variety of perspectives, focusing on the relationship between events in China from 1966-1976, and their interpretation in China and the West during the Cultural Revolution decade and since. (Previously offered as AS.100.219 and AS.100.236. )
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Instructor: Meyer-Fong, Tobie
Room: Gilman 132
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/15
PosTag(s): HIST-ASIA
AS.100.233 (01)
History of Modern Germany
TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Harms, Victoria Elizabeth
Gilman 55
HIST-EUROPE, INST-GLOBAL
History of Modern Germany AS.100.233 (01)
There is more to Germany than beer, BMWs, and Bayern Munich. We will explore politics, culture, economics and society to understand Germany and its position within Europe and the world.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Instructor: Harms, Victoria Elizabeth
Room: Gilman 55
Status: Open
Seats Available: 2/40
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE, INST-GLOBAL
AS.100.273 (01)
A Comparative History of Jewish and Christian Mysticism
MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Maciejko, Pawel Tadeusz
Gilman 277
HIST-EUROPE, HIST-MIDEST, INST-GLOBAL
A Comparative History of Jewish and Christian Mysticism AS.100.273 (01)
This course will trace the historical development of Jewish and Christian mysticism between the 11th and the 19th centuries.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Instructor: Maciejko, Pawel Tadeusz
Room: Gilman 277
Status: Open
Seats Available: 11/15
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE, HIST-MIDEST, INST-GLOBAL
AS.100.291 (01)
Medicine in an Age of Empires, 1500-1800
TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Dorner, Zachary
Gilman 377
HIST-EUROPE, HIST-US
Medicine in an Age of Empires, 1500-1800 AS.100.291 (01)
How did medicine emerge as a distinctive body of knowledge and a profession in the early modern period? The answers lie in the histories of disease, empire, and global commerce.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Instructor: Dorner, Zachary
Room: Gilman 377
Status: Open
Seats Available: 2/19
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE, HIST-US
AS.100.230 (01)
Bones, Blood, and Ecstasy: Religious Culture in Western Christendom, 1100-1700
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Rowe, Erin
Hodson 311
HIST-EUROPE
Bones, Blood, and Ecstasy: Religious Culture in Western Christendom, 1100-1700 AS.100.230 (01)
Explores religious culture in medieval and early modern Europe, with an emphasis on spiritual beliefs and practices, relics, miracles, pilgrimage, and saint-making. Emphasis on reading and discussing written sources and visual culture.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Rowe, Erin
Room: Hodson 311
Status: Open
Seats Available: 14/30
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE
AS.100.258 (01)
Theorizing Marriage in the United States: Historical and Present Considerations
M 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Feldman, Lauren B
Gilman 313
HIST-US
Theorizing Marriage in the United States: Historical and Present Considerations AS.100.258 (01)
This course provides a historical and theoretical overview regarding thinking about marriage. Students will think critically about how matrimony has changed over time, and marriage in contemporary culture.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: M 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Feldman, Lauren B
Room: Gilman 313
Status: Open
Seats Available: 9/14
PosTag(s): HIST-US
AS.100.293 (02)
Undergraduate Seminar in History
W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Thornberry, Elizabeth
Gilman 75
Undergraduate Seminar in History AS.100.293 (02)
The first semester of the two-semester sequence required for majors, this course introduces students to the theory and practice of history. Following a survey of approaches to the study of the past and an introduction to research methods, students undertake original research and write an extended essay. Intended for history majors and prospective majors.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Thornberry, Elizabeth
Room: Gilman 75
Status: Open
Seats Available: 9/19
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.100.238 (01)
Expansion and the Early U.S. Republic
MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Furstenberg, Francois
Gilman 219
HIST-US
Expansion and the Early U.S. Republic AS.100.238 (01)
This course will introduce students to some major issues and problems in the history of the Early U.S. Republic, c. 1750 to 1815, by focusing on the theme of “expansion.”
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Instructor: Furstenberg, Francois
Room: Gilman 219
Status: Open
Seats Available: 14/25
PosTag(s): HIST-US
AS.100.328 (01)
Caged America: Policing, Confinement, and Criminality in the "Land of the Free"
TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Shahan, Morgan J
Gilman 400
HIST-US
Caged America: Policing, Confinement, and Criminality in the "Land of the Free" AS.100.328 (01)
This course focuses on the evolution of law enforcement practices, the history of federal and state prison systems, and the ways in which Americans have understood and reacted to crime.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Instructor: Shahan, Morgan J
Room: Gilman 400
Status: Open
Seats Available: 4/18
PosTag(s): HIST-US
AS.100.293 (01)
Undergraduate Seminar in History
T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
El-leithy, Tamer
Gilman 219
Undergraduate Seminar in History AS.100.293 (01)
The first semester of the two-semester sequence required for majors, this course introduces students to the theory and practice of history. Following a survey of approaches to the study of the past and an introduction to research methods, students undertake original research and write an extended essay. Intended for history majors and prospective majors.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: El-leithy, Tamer
Room: Gilman 219
Status: Open
Seats Available: 6/19
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.100.170 (02)
Chinese Cultural Revolution
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Meyer-Fong, Tobie
Gilman 132
HIST-ASIA
Chinese Cultural Revolution AS.100.170 (02)
The Cultural Revolution was Mao Zedong's last attempt to transform Chinese society spiritually and structurally. The events of this period were marked by social upheaval, personal vendettas, violence, massive youth movements, and extreme ideological pressure. This course will explore the Cultural Revolution from a variety of perspectives, focusing on the relationship between events in China from 1966-1976, and their interpretation in China and the West during the Cultural Revolution decade and since. (Previously offered as AS.100.219 and AS.100.236. )
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Instructor: Meyer-Fong, Tobie
Room: Gilman 132
Status: Open
Seats Available: 15/20
PosTag(s): HIST-ASIA
AS.191.333 (01)
Dictatorship, Dissidence and Democracy: Central Europe in the 20th Century
MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Applebaum, Anne E
Krieger Laverty
INST-CP, INST-GLOBAL
Dictatorship, Dissidence and Democracy: Central Europe in the 20th Century AS.191.333 (01)
Central Europe in the second half of the twentieth century was ground zero in the Cold War, as well as in the battle of ideas that accompanied it. In this course, we will first examine the theory of communism and the practice of Stalinism in the region; then seek to understand the tactics of dissent and the ideas behind it; and finally focus on the collapse of communist in 1989 and the struggle to “democratize” the region in the decade that followed. Over the course of the semester we will examine the relationship between political ideology and everyday life, seeking to understand what big concepts like ‘democracy’ and ‘dictatorship’ really meant for ordinary people from Warsaw and Tallinn to Budapest and East Berlin. We will also discuss Soviet, American and, in the latter part of the course, Russian foreign policy, with special emphasis on outsiders’ use of propaganda and violence to affect political change in the region.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Instructor: Applebaum, Anne E
Room: Krieger Laverty
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/19
PosTag(s): INST-CP, INST-GLOBAL
AS.100.373 (01)
Crime, Punishment, Felony and Freedom: Law and Society in Pre-Modern England
MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Lester, Anne
Gilman 219
HIST-EUROPE, INST-GLOBAL
Crime, Punishment, Felony and Freedom: Law and Society in Pre-Modern England AS.100.373 (01)
Using legal texts as a window into English society, we will address the changing nature of royal power, trial by jury, treason, felony, and the freedoms enshrined in the Magna Carta.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Lester, Anne
Room: Gilman 219
Status: Open
Seats Available: 2/19
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE, INST-GLOBAL
AS.100.408 (01)
Theorizing the Age of Enormity: Social Theory and the History of the 20th Century
T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Moss, Kenneth
Gilman 10
INST-GLOBAL, INST-PT
Theorizing the Age of Enormity: Social Theory and the History of the 20th Century AS.100.408 (01)
We will read and analyze key works of social and critical theory produced in relation to 20th and 21st century problems of state and society, nationalism, empire, totalitarianism, genocide, capitalism, political order, gender, race, sexuality, secularism, religion, environmental catastrophe. Possible readings include Weber, Du Bois, Adorno, Arendt, Foucault, Balibar, Beck
among others.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Moss, Kenneth
Room: Gilman 10
Status: Open
Seats Available: 9/15
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, INST-PT
AS.100.361 (01)
Age of Tolstoy
T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Brooks, Jeffrey P
Gilman 377
INST-GLOBAL, INST-NWHIST, HIST-EUROPE
Age of Tolstoy AS.100.361 (01)
Tolstoy and his era, 1820s to 1910s. Topics include state and politics, empire, the Russian identity, and forms of cultural expression. Students consider "War and Peace" and other masterworks.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Brooks, Jeffrey P
Room: Gilman 377
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/19
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, INST-NWHIST, HIST-EUROPE
AS.100.374 (01)
Conquest, Conversion, and Language Change in the Middle Ages
Conquest, Conversion, and Language Change in the Middle Ages AS.100.374 (01)
Examines case-studies of imperial conquests (Islamic, Mongol, reconquista, early colonialism) and attendant changes in religion (Christianization; Islamization) and in language (Arabization; transition from Latin to European vernaculars) across medieval Eurasia.
Technology and the Making of the Modern World AS.140.393 (01)
This course critically examines the role of technology in some of the main developments that have shaped the modern world, ranging from industrialization and globalization processes to the rise of new political ideologies and gender patterns. This course is co-taught by an instructor from the Smithsonian Institution and will include a public history research project.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Mercelis, Joris Hans Angele, Molella, Arthur
Room: Gilman 377
Status: Open
Seats Available: 14/19
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.100.348 (01)
20th-Century China
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Rowe, William T
Gilman 132
INST-GLOBAL, INST-NWHIST, HIST-ASIA
20th-Century China AS.100.348 (01)
The history of China from the last years of the Qing Empire to the post-Mao reforms.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Rowe, William T
Room: Gilman 132
Status: Open
Seats Available: 26/50
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, INST-NWHIST, HIST-ASIA
AS.100.497 (01)
The Year 1968: Rebels, Revolutions & the Right-Wing Backlash
W 4:30PM - 7:00PM
Harms, Victoria Elizabeth
Gilman 377
HIST-EUROPE, INST-GLOBAL, HIST-US
The Year 1968: Rebels, Revolutions & the Right-Wing Backlash AS.100.497 (01)
The shorthand “1968” stands for rebels and revolutions, but also for incremental changes throughout the 1960s that fundamentally changed the post-war order and the Cold War in East and West.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 4:30PM - 7:00PM
Instructor: Harms, Victoria Elizabeth
Room: Gilman 377
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/19
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE, INST-GLOBAL, HIST-US
AS.100.376 (01)
The Haitian Revolution in Global Perspective
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Gaffield, Meredith Michelle
Gilman 186
HIST-EUROPE, HIST-AFRICA, HIST-LATAM, INST-GLOBAL
The Haitian Revolution in Global Perspective AS.100.376 (01)
An advanced undergraduate seminar tracing the history of the Haitian Revolution from its origins in the early modern Atlantic world to its global impact and continuing legacies in the present.
Course provides an overview of the medical traditions of six ancient cultures; the development of Greek and Islamic traditions in Europe; and the reform and displacement of the Classical traditions during the Scientific Revolution.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Instructor: Fissell, Mary E
Room: Hodson 210
Status: Open
Seats Available: 7/20
PosTag(s): MSCH-HUM
AS.100.413 (01)
London 1580-1830: The History of Britain's capital city
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Marshall, John W
Krieger 300
INST-GLOBAL, HIST-EUROPE
London 1580-1830: The History of Britain's capital city AS.100.413 (01)
Seminar-style class analyzing the social, cultural, gender, religious, economic, and political history of London from Shakespeare's time through revolutions, plague, fire, and commercial, colonial, and industrial expansion.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Marshall, John W
Room: Krieger 300
Status: Open
Seats Available: 2/25
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, HIST-EUROPE
AS.100.444 (01)
Migrants and Refugees in Africa
W 3:00PM - 5:30PM
Larson, Pier M
Gilman 400
HIST-AFRICA, INST-GLOBAL, INST-CP
Migrants and Refugees in Africa AS.100.444 (01)
A history of forced and voluntary migration and displacement in Africa, its causes and consequences, with a focus on refugees and labor migrants since 1960.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 3:00PM - 5:30PM
Instructor: Larson, Pier M
Room: Gilman 400
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/18
PosTag(s): HIST-AFRICA, INST-GLOBAL, INST-CP
AS.140.105 (03)
History of Medicine
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Fissell, Mary E
Hodson 210
MSCH-HUM
History of Medicine AS.140.105 (03)
Course provides an overview of the medical traditions of six ancient cultures; the development of Greek and Islamic traditions in Europe; and the reform and displacement of the Classical traditions during the Scientific Revolution.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Instructor: Fissell, Mary E
Room: Hodson 210
Status: Open
Seats Available: 8/20
PosTag(s): MSCH-HUM
AS.140.105 (01)
History of Medicine
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Fissell, Mary E
Hodson 210
MSCH-HUM
History of Medicine AS.140.105 (01)
Course provides an overview of the medical traditions of six ancient cultures; the development of Greek and Islamic traditions in Europe; and the reform and displacement of the Classical traditions during the Scientific Revolution.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Instructor: Fissell, Mary E
Room: Hodson 210
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/20
PosTag(s): MSCH-HUM
AS.140.356 (01)
Man vs. Machine: Resistance to New Technology since the Industrial Revolution
M 3:00PM - 5:20PM
Mercelis, Joris Hans Angele
Krieger 302
GECS-SOCSCI
Man vs. Machine: Resistance to New Technology since the Industrial Revolution AS.140.356 (01)
This course analyzes different episodes of “luddism” in the history of science and technology, from the destruction of textile machinery in the early 1800s up to recent controversies about biotechnology and ICT.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: M 3:00PM - 5:20PM
Instructor: Mercelis, Joris Hans Angele
Room: Krieger 302
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/13
PosTag(s): GECS-SOCSCI
AS.130.328 (01)
Ancient Egypt /Africa
MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Bryan, Betsy Morrell
Gilman 130G
ARCH-ARCH
Ancient Egypt /Africa AS.130.328 (01)
Recent excavation and research have shed light on several ancient cultures of the Nile and its tributaries.
We will look at the available archaeological and textual (all Egyptian) evidence for these societies and their interactions with Egypt between 3500 and 300 B.C. We will also discuss research aims and methods employed now and in the past in Egypt and the Sudan.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Bryan, Betsy Morrell
Room: Gilman 130G
Status: Open
Seats Available: 9/19
PosTag(s): ARCH-ARCH
AS.100.482 (01)
Historiography Modern China
W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Rowe, William T
Gilman 77
INST-GLOBAL, INST-NWHIST, HIST-ASIA
Historiography Modern China AS.100.482 (01)
A survey of assumptions and approaches in the study of modern Chinese history, as written by Chinese, Japanese, and Western historians.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Rowe, William T
Room: Gilman 77
Status: Open
Seats Available: 6/12
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, INST-NWHIST, HIST-ASIA
AS.140.105 (04)
History of Medicine
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Fissell, Mary E
Hodson 210
MSCH-HUM
History of Medicine AS.140.105 (04)
Course provides an overview of the medical traditions of six ancient cultures; the development of Greek and Islamic traditions in Europe; and the reform and displacement of the Classical traditions during the Scientific Revolution.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Fissell, Mary E
Room: Hodson 210
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/20
PosTag(s): MSCH-HUM
AS.211.265 (01)
Panorama of German Thought
TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Dornbach, Marton
Gilman 313
GRLL-ENGL, GRLL-GERM, INST-PT
Panorama of German Thought AS.211.265 (01)
This course explores the rich terrain of German literature and philosophical thought, from the Enlightenment to today. At each meeting, we will investigate canonical texts of the German intellectual tradition, with an eye to establishing their well-deserved place in wider, global discourses. In this way, we will learn to think critically with these important literary and philosophical texts from German-speaking lands as a means of viewing and appreciating the full panorama of German thought. Authors discussed may include Kant, Goethe, Schiller, Hegel, Kleist, Heine, Fontane, Nietzsche, Freud, Kafka, Heidegger, Mann and Bernhard. Readings and discussion will be in English. German is appreciated but not required. Students have the option of an additional hour of German discussion (to be scheduled at a mutually agreed time) and doing all the assignments in German for German-language credit (3+1) towards the major or minor. Students interested in that option should register for section 2.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Instructor: Dornbach, Marton
Room: Gilman 313
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/12
PosTag(s): GRLL-ENGL, GRLL-GERM, INST-PT
AS.214.479 (02)
Dante Visits the Afterlife: The Divine Comedy
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM, Th 11:00AM - 11:59AM
Stephens, Walter E
Hodson 216
ENGL-PR1800
Dante Visits the Afterlife: The Divine Comedy AS.214.479 (02)
Dante’s Divina commedia is the greatest long poem of the Middle Ages; some say the greatest poem of all time. We will study the Commedia critically to find: (1) What it reveals about the worldview of late-medieval Europe; (2) how it works as poetry; (3) its relation to the intellectual cultures of pagan antiquity and Latin (Catholic) Christianity; (4) its presentation of political and social issues; (5) its influence on intellectual history, in Italy and elsewhere; (6) the challenges it presents to modern readers and translators; (7) what it reveals about Dante’s understanding of cosmology, world history and culture. We will read and discuss the Commedia in English, but students will be expected to familiarize themselves with key Italian terms and concepts. Students taking section 02 (for 4 credits) will spend an additional hour working in Italian at a time to be mutually decided upon by students and professor.
Introduction to Korean History and Culture AS.310.106 (01)
This course offers a comprehensive overview of Korean history and culture from ancient times to the modern era. Through primary, secondary, and audio-visual sources, students will become familiar not only with the overall contours of the entirety of Korean history, but also with its cultural and religious legacy. The course combines lectures and class discussions.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Kim, Nuri
Room: Maryland 217
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/18
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, INST-NWHIST
AS.310.402 (01)
Labor Politics in China
Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
He, Gaochao
Krieger 306
INST-CP, INST-GLOBAL, INST-NWHIST, INST-ECON
Labor Politics in China AS.310.402 (01)
This course explores the transformation of labor relations in China over the past century. It will cover the origins of the labor movement, the changes brought about by the 1949 Revolution, the industrial battles of the Cultural Revolution, the traumatic restructuring of state-owned enterprises over the past two decades, the rise of private enterprise and export-oriented industry, the conditions faced by migrant workers today, and recent developments in industrial relations and labor conflict. The course is designed for upper division undergraduates and graduate students. Cross-listed with Sociology and International Studies (CP).
Experimental Bodies: Histories of Human Subjects Research in the 19th and 20th Centuries
TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Nuriddin, Ayah
Gilman 300
Experimental Bodies: Histories of Human Subjects Research in the 19th and 20th Centuries AS.140.314 (01)
This course traces the history of human subjects research as a medical and scientific practice. It will focus on the human subjects themselves, and how their experiences intersect with the histories of race, class, gender, sexuality, and disability.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Instructor: Nuriddin, Ayah
Room: Gilman 300
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.211.265 (02)
Panorama of German Thought
TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM, W 5:00PM - 6:00PM
Dornbach, Marton
Gilman 313
GRLL-ENGL, GRLL-GERM, INST-PT
Panorama of German Thought AS.211.265 (02)
This course explores the rich terrain of German literature and philosophical thought, from the Enlightenment to today. At each meeting, we will investigate canonical texts of the German intellectual tradition, with an eye to establishing their well-deserved place in wider, global discourses. In this way, we will learn to think critically with these important literary and philosophical texts from German-speaking lands as a means of viewing and appreciating the full panorama of German thought. Authors discussed may include Kant, Goethe, Schiller, Hegel, Kleist, Heine, Fontane, Nietzsche, Freud, Kafka, Heidegger, Mann and Bernhard. Readings and discussion will be in English. German is appreciated but not required. Students have the option of an additional hour of German discussion (to be scheduled at a mutually agreed time) and doing all the assignments in German for German-language credit (3+1) towards the major or minor. Students interested in that option should register for section 2.
Credits: 4.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM, W 5:00PM - 6:00PM
Instructor: Dornbach, Marton
Room: Gilman 313
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/4
PosTag(s): GRLL-ENGL, GRLL-GERM, INST-PT
AS.211.394 (01)
Brazilian Culture & Civilization
MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM
De Azeredo Cerqueira, Flavia Christina
Hodson 305
INST-NWHIST, INST-GLOBAL, GRLL-ENGL
Brazilian Culture & Civilization AS.211.394 (01)
The course is taught in English. No knowledge of Portuguese is required.
This course is intended as an introduction to the culture and civilization of Brazil. It is designed to provide students with basic information about Brazilian history, art, literature, popular culture, theater, cinema, and music. The course will focus on how indigenous Asian, African, and European cultural influences have interacted to create the new and unique civilization that is Brazil today.
The course is taught in English, but ONE extra credit will be given to students who wish to do the course work in Portuguese. Those wishing to do the course work in English for 3 credits should register for section 01. Those wishing to earn 4 credits by doing the course work in
Portuguese should register for section 02. The sections will be taught simultaneously.
Section 01: 3 credits
Section 02: 4 credits (instructor’s permission required)
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Instructor: De Azeredo Cerqueira, Flavia Christina
Room: Hodson 305
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/33
PosTag(s): INST-NWHIST, INST-GLOBAL, GRLL-ENGL
AS.211.217 (01)
Freshman Seminar: From Rabbis to Revolutionaries: Modern Jewish Identities
TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Lang, Beatrice
Gilman 443
GRLL-ENGL, INST-GLOBAL
Freshman Seminar: From Rabbis to Revolutionaries: Modern Jewish Identities AS.211.217 (01)
Many Jews in the modern period abandoned the traditional religious way of life, but continued to identify strongly as Jews, and even those who remained committed to tradition had to adapt. Through the prism of the Yiddish language, the vernacular of Eastern European Jewry, this course will explore different ways in which Jews reacted to historical developments and embraced political and cultural movements of their time, from the founding of modern Yiddish theater in Romania, to the creation of a Jewish autonomous region in the far east of the Soviet Union, to the development of avant-garde poetry in New York. In addition to studying a wide range of texts—including fiction, poetry, memoir, song, and film—students will learn how to read the Yiddish alphabet, and will explore food culture by preparing a meal of Eastern European Jewish dishes. No prior knowledge of Yiddish is necessary for this course
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Instructor: Lang, Beatrice
Room: Gilman 443
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/12
PosTag(s): GRLL-ENGL, INST-GLOBAL
AS.363.201 (01)
Introduction to the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality
T 1:30PM - 4:30PM
Shepard, Todd
Gilman 305
Introduction to the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality AS.363.201 (01)
This course offers an introduction into the fields of Women’s Studies, Gender Studies, and Sexuality Studies. It explores why we need these fields of inquiry, how they have emerged historically, what some of the major and most interesting contributions are and where we might go from here. The course is meant as a preparation for the other WGS core courses.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 1:30PM - 4:30PM
Instructor: Shepard, Todd
Room: Gilman 305
Status: Open
Seats Available: 31/40
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.100.331 (01)
Reading through Things: Early Modern Chinese Medicine, Technology, and Art
TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Ji, Xiaoqian
Gilman 413
HIST-ASIA, INST-GLOBAL
Reading through Things: Early Modern Chinese Medicine, Technology, and Art AS.100.331 (01)
This course introduces the history of late imperial China from the perspective of medicine, technology, and the arts.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Instructor: Ji, Xiaoqian
Room: Gilman 413
Status: Open
Seats Available: 4/18
PosTag(s): HIST-ASIA, INST-GLOBAL
AS.389.201 (01)
Introduction to the Museum: Past and Present
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Kingsley, Jennifer P
Shriver Hall 104
HIST-EUROPE, ARCH-ARCH, PMUS-INTRO
Introduction to the Museum: Past and Present AS.389.201 (01)
This course surveys museums, from their origins to their most contemporary forms, in the context of broader historical, intellectual, and cultural trends including the social movements of the 20th century. Anthropology, art, history, and science museums are considered. Cross-listed with History and History of Art.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Kingsley, Jennifer P
Room: Shriver Hall 104
Status: Open
Seats Available: 22/30
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE, ARCH-ARCH, PMUS-INTRO
AS.215.309 (01)
An Interdisciplinary Introduction to the Study of Latin America
W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Castro-Klaren, Sara
Smokler Center 213
GRLL-ENGL, GRLL-SPAN, INST-GLOBAL, INST-CP
An Interdisciplinary Introduction to the Study of Latin America AS.215.309 (01)
The course is an interdisciplinary introduction to the study of Latin America. It brings together archeology, ethno-history, art history, literature and environmental studies.
Heaven on Earth: Art, Power, and Wonder in the Vatican from Antiquity to the Enlightenment
T 3:00PM - 5:30PM
Havens, Earle Ashcroft, II.
BLC Macksey
GRLL-ENGL, GRLL-ITAL
Heaven on Earth: Art, Power, and Wonder in the Vatican from Antiquity to the Enlightenment AS.389.357 (01)
A material cultural exploration of the Vatican from the founding of St. Peter’s basilica in antiquity to the establishment of the Vatican Library and Museums in the Renaissance and Enlightenment.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 3:00PM - 5:30PM
Instructor: Havens, Earle Ashcroft, II.
Room: BLC Macksey
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/15
PosTag(s): GRLL-ENGL, GRLL-ITAL
AS.214.479 (01)
Dante Visits the Afterlife: The Divine Comedy
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Stephens, Walter E
Hodson 216
ENGL-PR1800
Dante Visits the Afterlife: The Divine Comedy AS.214.479 (01)
Dante’s Divina commedia is the greatest long poem of the Middle Ages; some say the greatest poem of all time. We will study the Commedia critically to find: (1) What it reveals about the worldview of late-medieval Europe; (2) how it works as poetry; (3) its relation to the intellectual cultures of pagan antiquity and Latin (Catholic) Christianity; (4) its presentation of political and social issues; (5) its influence on intellectual history, in Italy and elsewhere; (6) the challenges it presents to modern readers and translators; (7) what it reveals about Dante’s understanding of cosmology, world history and culture. We will read and discuss the Commedia in English, but students will be expected to familiarize themselves with key Italian terms and concepts. Students taking section 02 (for 4 credits) will spend an additional hour working in Italian at a time to be mutually decided upon by students and professor.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Stephens, Walter E
Room: Hodson 216
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/13
PosTag(s): ENGL-PR1800
AS.310.322 (01)
Korean History Through Film and Literature
W 4:00PM - 6:20PM
Kim, Nuri
Greenhouse 113
INST-GLOBAL
Korean History Through Film and Literature AS.310.322 (01)
In this course, students will engage with select topics in Korean history from premodern and modern times and examine how the past has been represented through various forms of film and literature. This will be combined with readings of academic articles to allow students to gauge the distance between scholarship and cultural expressions of history. Through this, students will be introduced to the highly contested and often polarizing nature of Korean history and the competition surrounding historical memory. Prior coursework in East Asian Studies strongly recommended.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 4:00PM - 6:20PM
Instructor: Kim, Nuri
Room: Greenhouse 113
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/12
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL
AS.310.210 (01)
Documentary Photography in a Changing China
W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
He, Gaochao
Bloomberg 278
INST-CP
Documentary Photography in a Changing China AS.310.210 (01)
This course aims to inspire students to explore the impacts, meanings, and explanations of social transformation in contemporary China, via the lens of documentary photography. The photographic images of selective topics will include the products of photojournalism and documentary photography, and several documentary films, by both Chinese and non-Chinese photographers. While one picture is worth thousand words, one picture may also provoke countless interpretations. Students are strongly encouraged to read broadly about different aspects of social transformations in contemporary China, and to select and curate their own subjects of photo images. The spirit of comparative study of documentary photography of China and other parts of world will be strongly encouraged. Active class participation is imperative. A small exhibition on the campus will be organized by the Spring semester. The course is designed for upper division undergraduates. Cross-listed with Sociology and International Studies (CP).
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: He, Gaochao
Room: Bloomberg 278
Status: Open
Seats Available: 13/19
PosTag(s): INST-CP
AS.362.111 (01)
Introduction to African American Studies
MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Jackson, Lawrence P
Gilman 55
Introduction to African American Studies AS.362.111 (01)
This course introduces students to the interdisciplinary field of African American Studies, with attention to the literature, film, culture, history, and politics of black life in the United States. Our reading list will likely include texts by David Walker, Frederick Douglass, Frances E.W. Harper, W.E.B. Du Bois, James Baldwin, Amiri Baraka, Toni Morrison, and others.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Instructor: Jackson, Lawrence P
Room: Gilman 55
Status: Open
Seats Available: 11/18
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.389.410 (01)
Sharing Knowledge: Participatory Archives, Collaborative Storytelling, and Social Justice
Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Plaster, Joseph
Gilman 277
Sharing Knowledge: Participatory Archives, Collaborative Storytelling, and Social Justice AS.389.410 (01)
This course introduces students to collaborative humanities projects that encourage democratic
participation among publics more broadly conceived than the academy. We investigate indigenous research methods; collaborative oral history and ethnography; interactive theater;
and community archives. Final projects draw on the university’s archival, museum, and library
collections.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Plaster, Joseph
Room: Gilman 277
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/12
PosTag(s): n/a
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Day/Times
Instructor
Room
PosTag(s)
Info
AS.100.232 (01)
American Dreams: The Middle Class in U.S. History
Th 3:00PM - 5:30PM
Backer, Sam E
Shaffer 304
HIST-US
American Dreams: The Middle Class in U.S. History AS.100.232 (01)
Why does so much of America consider itself middle class? And how did we get that way? “American Dreams” traces that history from 19th century elites to 20th century suburbia.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: Th 3:00PM - 5:30PM
Instructor: Backer, Sam E
Room: Shaffer 304
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 1/15
PosTag(s): HIST-US
AS.100.270 (01)
Europe since 1945
TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Harms, Victoria Elizabeth
Shaffer 100
HIST-EUROPE, INST-GLOBAL, HIST-US
Europe since 1945 AS.100.270 (01)
In this class we focus on such topics as the transatlantic alliance, the Cold War divide, the arms race, détente, migration, European integration and the EU from the end of World War II until today. We will discuss academic literature, movies, documentary films, textual and visual primary sources, and more.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Instructor: Harms, Victoria Elizabeth
Room: Shaffer 100
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 1/45
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE, INST-GLOBAL, HIST-US
AS.100.282 (01)
Race & Power in Modern South Africa
MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Thornberry, Elizabeth
Gilman 17
INST-GLOBAL, HIST-AFRICA
Race & Power in Modern South Africa AS.100.282 (01)
Overview of modern South African history, with a focus on the origins of the racial state and the development of black liberation movements.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Instructor: Thornberry, Elizabeth
Room: Gilman 17
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/18
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, HIST-AFRICA
AS.100.282 (02)
Race & Power in Modern South Africa
MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Thornberry, Elizabeth
Gilman 17
INST-GLOBAL, HIST-AFRICA
Race & Power in Modern South Africa AS.100.282 (02)
Overview of modern South African history, with a focus on the origins of the racial state and the development of black liberation movements.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Thornberry, Elizabeth
Room: Gilman 17
Status: Open
Seats Available: 9/18
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, HIST-AFRICA
AS.100.283 (01)
Making and Unmaking Queer Histories, 1800-Present
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Hindmarch-Watson, Katie
Shriver Hall 001
HIST-EUROPE, HIST-US, INST-GLOBAL
Making and Unmaking Queer Histories, 1800-Present AS.100.283 (01)
Making and unmaking queer histories introduces students to some of the major themes and historical developments which shape contemporary understandings of past queer lives and communities in the United States and Western Europe since the nineteenth century.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Hindmarch-Watson, Katie
Room: Shriver Hall 001
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/18
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE, HIST-US, INST-GLOBAL
AS.100.294 (02)
Undergraduate Seminar in History
W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Thornberry, Elizabeth
Undergraduate Seminar in History AS.100.294 (02)
The second semester of the two-semester sequence required for majors, this course further introduces students to the theory and practice of history. Students write an essay based on original research.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Thornberry, Elizabeth
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.061.397 (01)
French Masculinities
T 3:00PM - 5:20PM, M 7:30PM - 10:00PM Screenings
Mason, Laura
Latrobe 120
FILM-CRITST
French Masculinities AS.061.397 (01)
Examines changing ideals of masculinity in France after 1960 as they found expression on film, rooting the work of iconic stars and directors in their cultural, political and historical contexts.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 3:00PM - 5:20PM, M 7:30PM - 10:00PM Screenings
Instructor: Mason, Laura
Room: Latrobe 120
Status: Open
Seats Available: 13/18
PosTag(s): FILM-CRITST
AS.100.242 (01)
Pop History from King Arthur to Game of Thrones
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Megerian, Jonathan Ryan
Krieger Laverty
HIST-EUROPE, INST-GLOBAL
Pop History from King Arthur to Game of Thrones AS.100.242 (01)
This course explores the use of history for cultural & political purposes in the Anglo-American world from 1500-today. Students will examine how real and imaginary histories have functioned as political propaganda, catalysts of national identity, and weapons in culture wars. The course draws on a range of media, including text, YouTube, video games, podcasts, and movies.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Megerian, Jonathan Ryan
Room: Krieger Laverty
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/18
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE, INST-GLOBAL
AS.100.294 (01)
Undergraduate Seminar in History
T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
El-leithy, Tamer
Mudd 26
Undergraduate Seminar in History AS.100.294 (01)
The second semester of the two-semester sequence required for majors, this course further introduces students to the theory and practice of history. Students write an essay based on original research.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: El-leithy, Tamer
Room: Mudd 26
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.100.295 (01)
American Intellectual History since the Civil War
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Burgin, Angus
Gilman 50
HIST-US
American Intellectual History since the Civil War AS.100.295 (01)
Readings in American social thought since 1865, ranging across developments in philosophy, literature, law, economics, and political theory.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Instructor: Burgin, Angus
Room: Gilman 50
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): HIST-US
AS.100.295 (02)
American Intellectual History since the Civil War
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Burgin, Angus
Gilman 50
HIST-US
American Intellectual History since the Civil War AS.100.295 (02)
Readings in American social thought since 1865, ranging across developments in philosophy, literature, law, economics, and political theory.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Burgin, Angus
Room: Gilman 50
Status: Open
Seats Available: 6/15
PosTag(s): HIST-US
AS.100.295 (03)
American Intellectual History since the Civil War
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Burgin, Angus
Gilman 50
HIST-US
American Intellectual History since the Civil War AS.100.295 (03)
Readings in American social thought since 1865, ranging across developments in philosophy, literature, law, economics, and political theory.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Instructor: Burgin, Angus
Room: Gilman 50
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): HIST-US
AS.100.295 (04)
American Intellectual History since the Civil War
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Burgin, Angus
Gilman 50
HIST-US
American Intellectual History since the Civil War AS.100.295 (04)
Readings in American social thought since 1865, ranging across developments in philosophy, literature, law, economics, and political theory.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Burgin, Angus
Room: Gilman 50
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/15
PosTag(s): HIST-US
AS.100.318 (01)
The Rise and the Fall of the Modern City: An Environmental History Perspective
The Rise and the Fall of the Modern City: An Environmental History Perspective AS.100.318 (01)
This course explores how environmental history analyzes the transformations of cities in the West from 1750 to the early 2000s. An emphasis will be placed on historiographical debates and concepts, but also on agency and relations of power. The course also analyze how the environment is a construct, a production of discourses, representations, and debates.
The Domestic Slave Trade in Antebellum America AS.100.322 (01)
An introduction to the domestic slave trade of the 19th century United States. Topics will include the scale of the trade, its impact on enslaved families and redistributive justice/reparations.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Williams, Jennie Katherine
Room: Bloomberg 178
Status: Open
Seats Available: 13/15
PosTag(s): HIST-US
AS.100.333 (01)
Making Money in the Atlantic World
Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Dorner, Zachary
Hodson 110
HIST-US, HIST-EUROPE
Making Money in the Atlantic World AS.100.333 (01)
The history of money is a history of power exercised by states, institutions, and individuals. It is also a history of the structural possibilities and constraints faced by people in the past. We will address making, using, and conceptualizing money in the early modern Atlantic World, a time and a place of expanding empires, extractive enterprises, and changing categories of difference like race, gender, and class.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Dorner, Zachary
Room: Hodson 110
Status: Open
Seats Available: 6/15
PosTag(s): HIST-US, HIST-EUROPE
AS.100.335 (02)
The American West
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Walters, Ronald
Gilman 55
HIST-US
The American West AS.100.335 (02)
This course explores the expansion and creation of an American West—and its inhabitants—from the Constitution to the end of the nineteenth century.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Instructor: Walters, Ronald
Room: Gilman 55
Status: Open
Seats Available: 14/20
PosTag(s): HIST-US
AS.100.305 (01)
Peter to Putin: Survey
Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Brooks, Jeffrey P
Gilman 413
HIST-EUROPE, INST-GLOBAL, INST-NWHIST
Peter to Putin: Survey AS.100.305 (01)
Seminar on modern Russia. No midterm and no final. 6 short weekly journals, two short papers, and two small quizzes.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Brooks, Jeffrey P
Room: Gilman 413
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/16
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE, INST-GLOBAL, INST-NWHIST
AS.100.335 (01)
The American West
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Walters, Ronald
Gilman 55
HIST-US
The American West AS.100.335 (01)
This course explores the expansion and creation of an American West—and its inhabitants—from the Constitution to the end of the nineteenth century.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Walters, Ronald
Room: Gilman 55
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/20
PosTag(s): HIST-US
AS.100.422 (01)
Society & Social Change in 18th Century China
W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Rowe, William T
Gilman 308
INST-GLOBAL
Society & Social Change in 18th Century China AS.100.422 (01)
What did Chinese local society look like under the Qing Empire, and how did it change over the early modern era?
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Rowe, William T
Room: Gilman 308
Status: Open
Seats Available: 6/12
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL
AS.100.398 (01)
Images of Postwar Japan
Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Kim, Hayang
Maryland 109
INST-GLOBAL, HIST-ASIA
Images of Postwar Japan AS.100.398 (01)
This seminar explores Japan’s changing place in the world in the decades following World War II, with an emphasis on analyzing visual media such as photographs, films, advertisements, and comic books. Topics include relations with the U.S. and other countries in East Asia, particularly the two Koreas; the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki; and the global contexts for an expanding Japanese consumerism in the late 20th century.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Kim, Hayang
Room: Maryland 109
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/12
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, HIST-ASIA
AS.100.415 (01)
The Holocaust in Jewish History and in Global Culture
T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Moss, Kenneth
Maryland 114
HIST-EUROPE, INST-GLOBAL
The Holocaust in Jewish History and in Global Culture AS.100.415 (01)
Key works on the history of Nazi Germany’s murder of European Jewry during the Second World War; Jewish responses; the recasting of Jewish and global thought in relation to this signal event; genocide and ‘ethnic cleansing’ since the Holocaust.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Moss, Kenneth
Room: Maryland 114
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/19
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE, INST-GLOBAL
AS.100.336 (01)
The United Kingdom? A Cultural History of Four Nations, 1707-Present
TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Hindmarch-Watson, Katie
Gilman 134
HIST-EUROPE, INST-GLOBAL, INST-CP
The United Kingdom? A Cultural History of Four Nations, 1707-Present AS.100.336 (01)
This course delves into the variegated, often divergent national politics, social landscapes, and cultural shifts in England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland since Britain’s Acts of Union in 1707.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Instructor: Hindmarch-Watson, Katie
Room: Gilman 134
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/18
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE, INST-GLOBAL, INST-CP
AS.100.346 (01)
Soviet-American Cold War
T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Brooks, Jeffrey P
Gilman 413
HIST-EUROPE, HIST-US, INST-GLOBAL, INST-NWHIST
Soviet-American Cold War AS.100.346 (01)
The focus will be on Soviet-American interactions, Cold-War Cultures, and the impact on both societies.
Playing in the White: Black Writers, the Literary Colorline and Writing Whiteness
Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Mott, Shani T
Hodson 316
HIST-US
Playing in the White: Black Writers, the Literary Colorline and Writing Whiteness AS.100.354 (01)
This course will turn to known and not-so-known black writers during the early to mid-twentieth century who defied literary expectation and wrote stories that featured or focused on whiteness. We will consider what whiteness offered black writers and the political work that their literary experimentations did for a white American publishing industry.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Mott, Shani T
Room: Hodson 316
Status: Open
Seats Available: 4/15
PosTag(s): HIST-US
AS.100.394 (01)
Brazilian Paradoxes: Slavery, Race, and Inequality in Brazil (from a Portuguese Colony to the World’s 8th Largest Economy)
TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Hebrard, Jean Michel Louis
Smokler Center Library
HIST-LATAM, INST-GLOBAL, INST-NWHIST
Brazilian Paradoxes: Slavery, Race, and Inequality in Brazil (from a Portuguese Colony to the World’s 8th Largest Economy) AS.100.394 (01)
Place of contrasts, Brazil has a multi-ethnic cultural heritage challenged by social and racial inequalities. Its political life remains chaotic. We will examine these problems through Brazilian history and culture.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Instructor: Hebrard, Jean Michel Louis
Room: Smokler Center Library
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): HIST-LATAM, INST-GLOBAL, INST-NWHIST
AS.100.369 (01)
Themes and Concepts in Jewish History
MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Maciejko, Pawel Tadeusz
Gilman 134
INST-GLOBAL, HIST-EUROPE, HIST-MIDEST
Themes and Concepts in Jewish History AS.100.369 (01)
The course will introduce the student to the main themes and debates in Jewish historiography from the 19th century to the present.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Instructor: Maciejko, Pawel Tadeusz
Room: Gilman 134
Status: Open
Seats Available: 11/18
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, HIST-EUROPE, HIST-MIDEST
AS.100.365 (02)
Culture & Society in the High Middle Ages
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Spiegel, Gabrielle M
Gilman 17
HIST-EUROPE, INST-GLOBAL
Culture & Society in the High Middle Ages AS.100.365 (02)
History 100.365 will consist of two lectures a week and one discussion section. Readings focus when possible on primary sources. It will cover the social, economic, political and intellectual development of medieval society, beginning with the rise of feudal society, the development of medieval courtly culture, primarily the creation of epic and romance literature in the various courts of Europe; the creation of universities and the intellectual revival of Europe in the form of scholasticism; the re-emergence of trade and, with it, the rise of a middle class, the political development of royal authority which was tantamount to the creation of the modern national state and finally, the emergence of heresy and new forms of spirituality in the late Middle Ages to combat it, especially with the creation of the Dominican and Franciscan monastic orders.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Instructor: Spiegel, Gabrielle M
Room: Gilman 17
Status: Open
Seats Available: 20/20
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE, INST-GLOBAL
AS.100.377 (01)
The Age of Reason on the Silver Screen: Cinematic Representations of the Enlightenment
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Maciejko, Pawel Tadeusz
Smokler Center 213
HIST-EUROPE, HIST-EUROPE, GRLL-ENGL
The Age of Reason on the Silver Screen: Cinematic Representations of the Enlightenment AS.100.377 (01)
This course will discuss the problem of historical representation on the basis of an analysis of movies depicting the Age of the Enlightenment.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Maciejko, Pawel Tadeusz
Room: Smokler Center 213
Status: Open
Seats Available: 2/15
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE, HIST-EUROPE, GRLL-ENGL
AS.100.365 (01)
Culture & Society in the High Middle Ages
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Spiegel, Gabrielle M
Gilman 17
HIST-EUROPE, INST-GLOBAL
Culture & Society in the High Middle Ages AS.100.365 (01)
History 100.365 will consist of two lectures a week and one discussion section. Readings focus when possible on primary sources. It will cover the social, economic, political and intellectual development of medieval society, beginning with the rise of feudal society, the development of medieval courtly culture, primarily the creation of epic and romance literature in the various courts of Europe; the creation of universities and the intellectual revival of Europe in the form of scholasticism; the re-emergence of trade and, with it, the rise of a middle class, the political development of royal authority which was tantamount to the creation of the modern national state and finally, the emergence of heresy and new forms of spirituality in the late Middle Ages to combat it, especially with the creation of the Dominican and Franciscan monastic orders.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Spiegel, Gabrielle M
Room: Gilman 17
Status: Open
Seats Available: 11/20
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE, INST-GLOBAL
AS.100.371 (01)
Modernity, Catastrophe, and Power in Jewish History: 1881 to the Present
M 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Moss, Kenneth
Gilman 308
INST-GLOBAL, HIST-EUROPE, HIST-US, HIST-MIDEST
Modernity, Catastrophe, and Power in Jewish History: 1881 to the Present AS.100.371 (01)
Jewish history, politics, and culture across a century of enormous transformations and transformative enormities in Europe, the US, and the Middle East. Topics include: impacts on Jewish life of World War I, the Russian Revolution, and the post-imperial reordering of the Eastern Europe and the Middle East; Zionism and other modes of Jewish contestatory politics; the consolidation of American Jewry; Nazism and the Holocaust in Europe; formation and development of the State of Israel; the global reordering of Jewish life amid cross-currents of the Cold War, conflict in the Middle East, and success in the US. Substantial attention to recent and contemporary history including the dramatic changes in Israeli society and polity over the past forty years and the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The year 2020 will mark 100 years since the 19th Amendment guaranteed American women the right to vote. Or did it? This course will examine the long history of women’s voting rights in the United States, including the story that extends from a convention at Seneca Falls, NY to a constitutional amendment. It will also examine alternative stories, especially those of women of color whose campaigns for the vote did not end in 1920 – and continue until today.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: M 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Jones, Martha Suzanne
Room: Ames 218
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/18
PosTag(s): HIST-US
AS.100.347 (01)
Early Modern China
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Rowe, William T
Krieger 170
HIST-ASIA, INST-NWHIST, INST-GLOBAL
Early Modern China AS.100.347 (01)
The history of China from the 16th to the late 19th centuries.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Rowe, William T
Room: Krieger 170
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/40
PosTag(s): HIST-ASIA, INST-NWHIST, INST-GLOBAL
AS.100.426 (01)
Popular Culture in Early Modern Europe
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Marshall, John W
Gilman 75
INST-GLOBAL, HIST-EUROPE
Popular Culture in Early Modern Europe AS.100.426 (01)
Witchcraft, magic, carnivals, riots, folk tales, gender roles; fertility cults and violence especially in Britain, Germany, France, and Italy.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Marshall, John W
Room: Gilman 75
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/25
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, HIST-EUROPE
AS.100.386 (01)
The Cold War as Sports History
W 3:00PM - 5:30PM
Harms, Victoria Elizabeth
Shriver Hall 001
HIST-EUROPE, INST-GLOBAL
The Cold War as Sports History AS.100.386 (01)
Sport is key to understanding the Cold War. We will investigate how the Cold War has shaped sports, the Olympic movement, the role of athletes and international competitions and how sports relate to race, gender, and class. We will discuss the ways in which sports confirm and consolidate but also challenge and change social structures and opportunities of self-fulfillment and social advancement.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 3:00PM - 5:30PM
Instructor: Harms, Victoria Elizabeth
Room: Shriver Hall 001
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/19
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE, INST-GLOBAL
AS.194.201 (01)
Jews, Muslims, and Christians in the Medieval World
MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Ferrario, Gabriele
Hodson 216
ISLM-ISLMST, INST-GLOBAL
Jews, Muslims, and Christians in the Medieval World AS.194.201 (01)
The three most widespread monotheisms have much more in common than is generally portrayed: a common founding figure, a partly shared succession of prophets, closely comparable ethical concerns and religious practices, a history of coexistence and of cultural, religious, social and economic interaction. This course will focus on a number of key texts and historical events that have shaped the relationships between Jews, Muslims, and Christians during the Middle Ages and contributed to their reciprocal construction of the image of the “other.” The geographical center of the course will be the Mediterranean and the Near and Middle East, a true cradle of civilizations, religions, and exchange.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Ferrario, Gabriele
Room: Hodson 216
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/30
PosTag(s): ISLM-ISLMST, INST-GLOBAL
AS.389.230 (01)
Queer & Trans Public History
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Plaster, Joseph
PMUS-INTRO
Queer & Trans Public History AS.389.230 (01)
This course introduces students to a blend of public history, queer studies and transgender studies. Students learn oral history and archival research methods as they draw on and contribute to the university’s archival, museum, and library collections.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Plaster, Joseph
Room:
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): PMUS-INTRO
AS.362.112 (01)
Introduction to Africana Studies
WF 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Mott, Shani T
Shaffer 300
Introduction to Africana Studies AS.362.112 (01)
This course introduces students to the field of Africana Studies. It focuses on the historical experience, intellectual ideas, theories, and cultural production of African-descended people. We will consider how people of the black diaspora remember and encounter Africa. We will explore, too, how such people have lived, spoken, written, and produced art about colonialism and enslavement, gender and mobility, violence and pleasure. This course will be thematically organized and invite you to center your own stories about black people within your understanding of the modern world and its making.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: WF 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Instructor: Mott, Shani T
Room: Shaffer 300
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.389.275 (01)
Interpreting Hopkins as Historic Site
T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Kingsley, Jennifer P
Hackerman 320
PMUS-PRAC, ARCH-RELATE
Interpreting Hopkins as Historic Site AS.389.275 (01)
This hands-on course explores interpretive strategies for historic sites and culminates in the production of original, research-based, outdoor interpretive exhibits on the Homewood Campus.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Kingsley, Jennifer P
Room: Hackerman 320
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/12
PosTag(s): PMUS-PRAC, ARCH-RELATE
AS.100.495 (01)
Senior Honors Seminar
M 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Rowe, Erin
Smokler Center 213
Senior Honors Seminar AS.100.495 (01)
The Senior Honors Seminar is a coordinating seminar for senior history majors who are writing senior honors theses and wish to graduate with departmental honors. To be taken concurrently with AS.100.508, Senior Thesis.
Credits: 1.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: M 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Rowe, Erin
Room: Smokler Center 213
Status: Approval Required
Seats Available: 14/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.130.126 (01)
Gods and Monsters in Ancient Egypt
MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Jasnow, Richard
Gilman 50
ARCH-RELATE
Gods and Monsters in Ancient Egypt AS.130.126 (01)
A basic introduction to Egyptian Religion, with a special focus on the nature of the gods and how humans interact with them. We will devote particular time to the Book of the Dead and to the "magical" aspects of religion designed for protective purposes.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Jasnow, Richard
Room: Gilman 50
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 4/100
PosTag(s): ARCH-RELATE
AS.310.222 (01)
The Religions of Korea
MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Kim, Nuri
Mattin Center 160
INST-CP, INST-GLOBAL, INST-NWHIST
The Religions of Korea AS.310.222 (01)
This course offers an overview of the religions of Korea, both indigenous and foreign, old and new. Attention will be paid to the history of these religions, their impact on society, as well as their teachings and objectives. Students will engage with various forms of secondary as well as primary sources including scriptures, sermons, and religious tracts.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Kim, Nuri
Room: Mattin Center 160
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/19
PosTag(s): INST-CP, INST-GLOBAL, INST-NWHIST
AS.100.490 (01)
Writing Power, or Dueling in Print with Light Sabers: An RIC Seminar on Scholarly Composition
W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Connolly, Nathan D
Krieger 306
Writing Power, or Dueling in Print with Light Sabers: An RIC Seminar on Scholarly Composition AS.100.490 (01)
A first-of-its kind seminar hosted by the Program in Racism, Immigration, and Citizenship, this course explores the practice of composition for professional writers. It considers the “light” and “dark” sides of clear, direct scholarly writing and intentional, academic obfuscation, respectively. Attendees will also learn strategies and potential hazards that accompany the written description of power in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Connolly, Nathan D
Room: Krieger 306
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.211.477 (01)
Witchcraft and Demonology in Literature and the Arts
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Stephens, Walter E
Gilman 132
GRLL-ENGL, GRLL-ITAL
Witchcraft and Demonology in Literature and the Arts AS.211.477 (01)
Who were the witches? Why were they persecuted for hundreds of years? Why were women identified as the witches par excellence? How many witches were put to death between 1400 and 1800? What traits did European witch-mythologies share with other societies? After the witch-hunts ended, how did “The Witch” go from being “monstrous” to being “admirable” and even “sexy”? Answers are found in history and anthropology, but also in theology,literature, folklore, music, and the visual arts, including cinema.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Stephens, Walter E
Room: Gilman 132
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 1/40
PosTag(s): GRLL-ENGL, GRLL-ITAL
AS.100.423 (01)
Multiethnic Japan
W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Kim, Hayang
Hodson 213
INST-GLOBAL, HIST-ASIA
Multiethnic Japan AS.100.423 (01)
An advanced undergraduate seminar on the intertwined histories of race, ethnicity, and empire in Japan and its former colonies from the early twentieth century to the present.
