Course Offerings - Fall 2008

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American History

Hist. 80000-Literature of American History I
Syllabus available online.
GC: T, 2:00-4:00 p.m., 5 credits, Prof. Jonathan Sassi [93067]

Hist. 84900-Seminar in American History I
Syllabus available online.
GC: M, 6:30-8:30 p.m., 5 credits, Prof. Barbara Welter
[Open for FIRST YEAR HISTORY students Only] [93074]

Hist. 75000-Early American Women’s History, 1607-1815
GC: Th, 2:00-4:00 p.m., 3 credits, Prof. Carol Berkin [93069]

Hist. 75300-The Gilded Age and the Progressive Era
GC: M, 2:00-4:00 p.m., 3 credits, Prof. Thomas Kessner [93070]

Hist. 75600 –The History of Modern Public Health
GC: M, 4:15-6:15 p.m., 3 credits, Prof. Gerald Oppenheimer
(Cross-Listed with PUBH 85100) [93071]

Hist. 75700-The Civil Rights Movement
Syllabus available online.
GC: W, 4:15-6:15 p.m., 3 credits, Prof. Clarence Taylor [93072]

[See Professor Diggin’s course under Transnational History and Research]


Ancient History

See: CLAS 72800-Roman Republican History
GC: M, 6:30-8:30 p.m., 3 credits, Prof. Yarrow [93011]


Asian History

Hist. 77900-Paths to Chinese Modernity
GC: Th, 6:30-8:30 p.m., 3 credits, Prof. Richard Lufrano [93082]

History of Science

Hist. 78400-Conceptual Structure of Science: the Scientific Revolution
GC: T, 4:15-6:15 p.m., 3 credits, Prof. Joseph Dauben [93086]


Modern Europe

Hist. 83000-Literature of Modern Europe l
GC: T, 6:30-8:30 p.m., 5 credits, Prof. Helena Rosenblatt [93073]

Hist. 84000-Seminar in European and Non-American History
Syllabus available online.
GC: T, 2:00-4:00 p.m., 5 credits, Prof. Dagmar Herzog [93068]

Hist.72900-The Idea of Human Rights
GC: M, 4:15-6:15 p.m., 3 credits, Prof. Richard Wolin [93075]

Hist. 71300-Eighteenth-Century Political Culture
GC: W, 4:15-6:15 p.m., 3 credits, Prof. Cynthia Whittaker [93076]

Hist. 78000-18th Century Eastern Mediterranean Economy,
Society and Culture
GC: T, 4:15-6:15 p.m., 3 credits, Prof. Elena Frangakis-Syrett [93077]

[See Professor Marta Petrusewicz’s course under Transnational History
and Research]

History 84000-Seminar in Early European History
Tuesday, 2:00-4:00 p.m., 5 credits. Professor Thomas Head. [94224]

Jewish History

Hist. 75400- U.S.-Israeli Relations, 1948-Present
GC: Th, 4:15-6:15 p.m., 3 credits, Prof. Isaac Alteras [93078]

Latin American History

Hist. 77100-Nation-Building in Latin America: The Andean Republics in
Comparative Perspective.
Syllabus available online.
GC: Th, 4:15-6:15 p.m., 3 credits, Prof. Jose Renique [93079]


Medieval History

Hist. 70800-Monarchy and Empire in Byzantium
GC: W, 6:30-8:30 p.m., 3 credits, Prof. Eric Ivison [93080]
(Cross-listed with MSCP 80500


Middle East History

Hist. 87900-20TH Century Historiography
GC: M, 6:30-8:30 p.m., 5 credits, Prof. Samira Haj [93081]

[See also Prof. Frangakis-Syrett’s course under Modern Europe]


Women's History

See Also: MALS 72100-Major Feminist Texts
GC: W, 6:30-8:30 p.m., 3 credits, Prof. Sandi Cooper
[Cross-listed with WSCP 80801]


Transnational Historiography and Research

Hist. 89900-Advanced Dissertation Seminar
GC: Th, 4:15-6:15 p.m., 0 credits, Prof. Laird Bergad [93083]
[Open to Level 3 History Students Only]

Hist. 71200-Comparative History: Methods and Problems
GC: W-6:30-8:30 p.m., 3 credits, Prof. Marta Petrusewicz [93084]

Hist. 72100-Philosophy of History
Syllabus available online.
GC: T, 4:15-6:15 p.m., 3 credits, Prof. John P. Diggins [93085]