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HIST 405 - History of Early America
Credits:
4.00
America from the early age of European discovery to the
mid-19th century. Emphasis on the interaction of European,
Native American, and African peoples; on the separation of
the English colonies from Great Britain; and on the
establishment and early history of the United States. Not
open to majors or minors who elected HIST 410.
HIST 405H - Honors/History Early America
Credits:
4.00
See description for HIST 405. Writing intensive.
HIST 405W - History of Early America
Credits:
4.00
See description for HIST 405. Writing intensive.
HIST 406 - History of the Modern United States
Credits:
4.00
History of the United States since the mid-19th century.
Political, social, and economic developments as well as
relationships of the modern U.S. with other countries. Not
open to majors or minors who elected HIST 410.
HIST 406H - Honors/History of the Modern United States
Credits:
4.00
See description for HIST 406. Writing intensive.
HIST 406W - History of the Modern United States
Credits:
4.00
See description for HIST 406. Writing intensive.
HIST 410 - Historical Survey of American Civilization
Credits:
4.00
Topical survey, within broad chronological divisions, of the
development of American civilization since 1600. Not open
to majors or minors who have elected HIST 405 or 406.
Writing intensive.
HIST 410H - Honors/Historical Survey of American Civilization
Credits:
4.00
See description for HIST 410. Writing intensive.
HIST 421 - World History to the 16th Century
Credits:
4.00
The global experience of human communities with special
emphasis on the development of the major civilizations and
their interactions. Comparisons of social, cultural,
religious, and political life and the emergence of
distinctive and diverse human societies are examined.
HIST 422 - World History in the Modern Era
Credits:
4.00
Emergence of major global human interactions due to the
growth of major civilizations. The global context for the
rise of the modern West. The rise and decline of Western
global domination and the emergence of new states and
changing societies throughout the world.
HIST 422H - Honors/World History in the Modern Era
Credits:
4.00
See description for HIST 422.
HIST 425 - Foreign Cultures
Credits:
4.00
Introduction to the culture of a particular nation or
region; preparation for experiencing a foreign culture.
Consult department for listing of topics.
HIST 425H - Honors/Foreign Cultures
Credits:
4.00
See description for HIST 425. Writing intensive.
HIST 425W - Foreign Cultures
Credits:
4.00
See description for HIST 425. Writing intensive.
HIST 435 - Western Civilization
Credits:
4.00
The classical origins and evolution of European civilization
through the Renaissance, Reformation, and voyages of
discovery. The rise of Europe to global supremacy in the
19th century and its transformation in the 20th century.
HIST 435H - Honors/Western Civilization
Credits:
4.00
See description for HIST 435. Writing intensive.
HIST 435W - Western Civilization
Credits:
4.00
See description for HIST 435. Writing intensive.
HIST 436 - Western Civilization
Credits:
4.00
See description for HIST 435.
HIST 436H - Honors/Western Civilization
Credits:
4.00
See description for HIST 436. Writing intensive.
HIST 436W - Western Civilization
Credits:
4.00
See description for HIST 436. Writing intensive.
HIST 483 - History of World Religions
Credits:
4.00
Introduction to the religions of the world in terms of
historical development, relationship to society, belief
system, central texts, and ritual practices. Begins with the
religions of small and tribal societies (e.g., African,
Native American), moves through religions of complex
societies (e.g., Hinduism), and then studies the various
traditions that emanated from ancient revelations:
Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam,
and certain new forms of Christianity. This initial survey
of world religions prepares students for HIST 484. Writing
intensive.
HIST 484 - Patterns in World Religions
Credits:
4.00
Introduction to the comparison of religions and religious
patterns. Examines cross-cultural themes like sacred places,
sacred books, and sainthood. Through readings, students
become acquainted with methods used in the historical
study of religions. Primary and secondary readings encompass
a wide variety of religious practices and ideas in Hinduism,
Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, as well as tribal
religions. Ethnographic films supplement readings and
lectures. Some classes may be adjusted to accommodate
guest lecturers in medieval European history. Prereq:
HIST 483 recommended. Writing intensive.
HIST 497 - Explorations in Historical Perspectives
Credits:
4.00
Seminar for freshmen and sophomores. In-depth exploration
of a particular historical question or topic: for example,
the French Revolution, Chaucer's England, or the New
Deal. Students should consult with the Department of History
for a list of topics and instructors.
HIST 497H - Honors/Explorations in Historical Perspectives
Credits:
4.00
See description for HIST 497. Writing intensive.
HIST 497W - Explorations in Historical Perspectives
Credits:
4.00
See description for HIST 497. Writing intensive.
HIST 500 - Introduction to Historical Thinking
Credits:
4.00
Basic skills essential to the study of history: critical
reading of historical literature, improvement of written and
oral analysis of historical material, and use of library
resources. Intensive study of books and documents from
varying historical fields and periods. Required of history
majors; open to other interested students. Writing
intensive.
HIST 505 - African American History
Credits:
4.00
Experiences, aspirations, and contributions of black
Americans from their ethnic origins in Africa to the present
American crisis in race relations; comparative study of
cultures and institutions. Colonial America to the Civil
War. Writing intensive.
HIST 506 - African American History
Credits:
4.00
See description for HIST 506. Reconstruction to the present.
Writing intensive.
HIST 507 - Native Peoples of the Americas
Credits:
4.00
Indian societies of the American continents, their reactions
to, and interaction with, the Europeans who invaded and
conquered them. Emphasis on North America.
HIST 509 - Law in American Life
Credits:
4.00
Investigates the role of law in American social, political,
and economic life from the European settlements to the
present. Traces the development of legal institutions, but
focuses on the various functions of law (e.g., in
structuring social relationships, allocating resources,
defining governmental authority, expressing social and
moral values, and as a mechanism for control).
HIST 511 - History of New Hampshire
Credits:
4.00
From presettlement times to the present, emphasizing the
use of locally available materials and sources.
HIST 521 - Origins of Modern Science
Credits:
4.00
Development of scientific ideas in Europe from the
Renaissance through the Scientific Revolution to the
Enlightenment. Topics include themes in the physical and
biological sciences and their relations to cultural and
social contexts. No special science background is
required.
HIST 522 - Science in the Modern World
Credits:
4.00
Development of science, particularly in Europe and North
America, from the 18th century to the present. Themes
including Darwinism, the growth of modern physical and
biological sciences and science in the contemporary world.
No special science background is required.
HIST #523 - Introduction to the History of Science
Credits:
4.00
Introduces the role of science in Western culture, from
the ancient world to the 20th century. Covers important
themes of the development of the physical and biological
sciences, and indicates their place in broader social and
cultural changes. No specific technical background is
required.
HIST 531 - Americas: Introduction to Latin America and the Caribbean
Credits:
4.00
The thirty-three countries of the region are important
trading partners and resource suppliers for the
United States. Examines the history, culture, politics,
economics, social structures, and the international
relationships of this region. Ranges from the macro-level
discussion of economics, to personal and family issues, to
key moments in history, to aspects of local and
transnational cultures. Individual community and country
examples illustrate larger processes affecting the whole
region. Stereotypes and generalizations challenged by
stressing the human face of national development, military
rule, democratization, migration, urbanization, color,
class, identity, women's roles, religion, popular culture,
sovereignty, revolution, and the impact of migrants from the
region on the United States.
HIST 532 - Modern Latin America
Credits:
4.00
Provides a broad overview of Latin America from the 18th
century to the present. It examines the breakdown of
colonial rules, the establishment of independent countries,
the formation of viable nation states, the importance of
geography, the roles of the different elements of society.
Social, political, and economic changes and continuities
emphasized to give a sense of the ambiguities of the
historical process. Cultural differences illustrated with
slides and music. The effects of elite rule and of
United States interventions studied. Writing intensive.
HIST 537 - Espionage and History
Credits:
4.00
Introduction to the history and politics of espionage and
intelligence organizations in modern times. Special
attention to intelligence work among the major powers
in World War I, World War II, and the Cold War. Readings
include autobiographical accounts and other primary sources
as well as novels.
HIST 540 - Foundations of Medieval History: 300-1300 CE
Credits:
4.00
Introduction to the history of Western Europe from the end
of the Roman Empire to the late twelfth century. Particular
focus on the history of Christianity, social and economic
structures, the role of women in medieval culture, and
literacy and learning. Writing intensive.
HIST 559 - History of Great Britain
Credits:
4.00
History of Great Britain from the earliest times to the
present; from social, constitutional, economic, political,
and intellectual perspectives. Designed for history students
as well as those interested in literature, Western political
and social systems, American studies, education, and prelaw.
HIST 560 - History of Great Britain
Credits:
4.00
See description for HIST 559.
HIST 563 - Introduction to Russian Culture and Civilization
Credits:
4.00
Interdisciplinary course on the development of Russian
culture from its origins through the end of the 19th
century. Historical documents, literary works, ethnographic
materials, films, slides of Russian art, and music.
HIST 565 - Women in Modern Europe
Credits:
4.00
A social history of women in Europe from 1700 to the
present. Examines the development of the "modern
nuclear family", transformations in women's work during the
industrial revolution, and women's political evolution from
bread rioters to hearth tenders to petitioners. Sources
include published diaries, historiographical studies, and
novels.
HIST 566 - Women in American History
Credits:
4.00
Key changes in women's roles in the past three centuries
with an emphasis upon the peculiarities of the American
setting. How, for example, were women's lives affected by
the frontier; the intersection of Europe, African, and
Native American cultures; religious diversity; the problem
of defining citizenship in a democratic republic? Students
will sample recent scholarship in women's history and study
a wide variety of documents produced by women.
HIST 567 - History of Canada
Credits:
4.00
Covers the development of Canada from first contacts to the
modern era, with an emphasis on the twentieth century.
Particular focus is on Canada's position between
Great Britain and the United States, Anglo-French tensions
internally, and the shifting place of the First Nations in
Canadian society.
HIST 575 - Ancient Near East
Credits:
4.00
From the Neolithic revolution to the time of Alexander the
Great. Rise of civilization; nature of human artistic and
intellectual development in the earliest civilizations of
Mesopotamia and Egypt; Judaism in its historical setting.
HIST 576 - Hebrew Bible in Historical Context
Credits:
4.00
An introductory study of the Hebrew Bible, or Old Testament,
examining the development of biblical literature in the
context of ancient Near Eastern cultures and history.
Interpretations of the creation stories and patriarchal
narratives using literary and folklore methods; the
transformation of Israelite religion from Moses to David to
Ezra; the role of prophets and nature of ancient prophecy;
the concept of the messiah; "wisdom" literature and the
biblical interpretations of misfortune; the formation of a
biblical canon; and the critical analysis of sacred texts.
(Also offered as RS 576.) Writing intensive.
HIST 577 - New Testament in Historical Context
Credits:
4.00
A study of the collection of writings known as the
New Testament as both literature and historical
documentation. Assigned readings from primary and
secondary sources will stress the historical, social,
religious, and literary backgrounds of gospels, Paul's
letters, and the Apocalypse, and will include a variety of
early Christian texts left out of the canonical New
Testament. Other more general themes are: the formation
of the Christian canon, the division of the Jesus-movement
from Judaism, the status of Jesus in his own time, the
nature of parables, the end of the world, and the
authority of women in early churches. Emphasis on the
historical understanding of sacred scripture. (Also offered
as RS 577.) Writing intensive.
HIST 579 - History of China in Modern Times
Credits:
4.00
The transformation of Chinese society from 1600 to the
present. Attention will be given to political and cultural
developments as well as China's interaction with the outside
world.
HIST 580 - History of Japan in Modern Times
Credits:
4.00
Explores major tendencies in Japanese history from the
Tokugawa period to present. Will stress the interrelatedness
of political, social, institutional, and literary
developments so as to achieve a complex view
of modern Japanese society.
HIST #583 - Mystic and Saint in Islam
Credits:
4.00
Examination of how and why a cult of Sufi saints became
such a significant part of religious practice in medieval
Islamic Egypt and Anatolia.
HIST 585 - Venture of Islam: 6th-15th Century
Credits:
4.00
The origins and expansion of Islam and the development of
the Muslim community from the time of Muhammed until the
Islamic empires of the 16th century. Attention is given to
religious and artistic as well as political developments.
HIST 586 - Islam in the Modern Age, 15th Century to present
Credits:
4.00
Emergence of modern Middle Eastern states and societies
from the time of the Ottoman Empire to the present. A survey
of major developments, including the emergence of
nationalism, the Islamic resurgence, and social
transformations.
HIST 587 - History of Africa South of the Sahara
Credits:
4.00
From ancient times to the present. Semester I: from
prehistoric times to 1870. African migrations, kingdoms,
and societies; African responses to the slave trade; Islam;
European imperialism, colonialism, and industrialization;
African nationalism, independence, and post-independence
problems.
HIST 588 - History of Africa South of the Sahara
Credits:
4.00
From ancient times to the present. Semester II: from 1870
to present. African migrations, kingdoms, and societies;
African responses to the slave trade; Islam; European
imperialism, colonialism, and industrialization; African
nationalism, independence, and post-independence problems.
HIST #589 - Islam in Africa
Credits:
4.00
Focuses on the advent, spread, and major consequences of
Islam in Africa. Examines the major phases of Islamic
expansion: early conquests in North Africa and the Iberian
Peninsula, the spread of Islam across the Sahara into the
Sudan, the jihadist and reformist movements of the 18th
and 19th centuries and the development of Islam during the
colonial and postcolonial era. Emphasis on the varieties of
the practice of Islam, the role of Islam in states
formation and the impact of Islam on the religious and
social life of the African peoples. The intersections of
Islam with the issues of trade, slavery, politics, gender,
imperialism, and modernization, the rise of Islamic
fundamentalism, the place of North Africa within
the Mediterranean Islamic culture, as well as the
relationships of Islam with indigenous religions and with
Christianity in African history and societies explored.
HIST #590 - City in History
Credits:
4.00
The pre-industrial and modern city as a philosophical and
cultural institution, with emphasis on city design and
architecture. Certain great cities, such as Athens,
Florence, Paris of 1900, and Berlin of the 1920's,
dealt with in detail.
HIST 595 - Explorations
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
See department listings for semester topic.
HIST 595A - Explorations
Credits:
1.00
HIST 595B - Explorations
Credits:
1.00
HIST 595C - Explorations
Credits:
1.00
HIST 595D - Explorations
Credits:
1.00
HIST 595E - Explorations in History
Credits:
1.00
HIST 595F - Explorations
Credits:
1.00
HIST 595G - Explorations
Credits:
1.00
HIST 596 - Explorations
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
See department listings for semester topic.
HIST 600 - Advanced Explorations
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
See department listings for semester topic. Barring
duplication of subject, may be repeated for credit.
HIST 601 - Seminar in Religious Texts
Credits:
4.00
Close study of sacred text(s) from a particular religious
tradition (Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism, etc.) or
a thematic selection of texts across religions. (Also
offered as RS 601.)
HIST 603 - European Conquest of America
Credits:
4.00
Study of the social consequences of colonization,
migration, and war in America, 1500-1775. Emphasis
on the interaction of British colonies with competing
European cultures (French, Dutch, Portuguese, and
Spanish), with Native Americans, and with African American
slaves.
HIST 605 - Revolutionary America, 1750-1788
Credits:
4.00
Examines the social, political, and cultural transformation
of thirteen British colonies into the United States, up to
the adoption of the Constitution.
HIST 606 - History of the Early Republic
Credits:
4.00
Explores the histories of the people and institutions that
transformed the new United States from a coastal republic
of largely independent freeholders to a transcontinental
democracy increasingly driven by class. Topics include
slavery, the family, reform movements, and the formation
of national identity.
HIST #607 - Religion in American Thought and Life
Credits:
4.00
Interdisciplinary study of American religious experience and
its relationship to other aspects of American culture,
taught by a team of three specialists, each in a different
discipline: American intellectual and cultural history,
American literature, and American church history. Central
emphasis on several transforming themes of the 19th century
and their effects upon the interplay of religion and
society. (Also offered as ENGL 607, HUMA 607, and
RS 607.) Writing intensive.
HIST 608 - Arts and American Society: Women Writers and Artists, 1850-Present
Credits:
4.00
Team-taught course studying the impact of gender definitions
on the lives and works of selected American artists.
Considers lesser-known figures such as Fannie Fern,
Lilly Martin Spencer, and Mary Hallock Foote as well as
better-known artists such as Willa Cather and Georgia
O'Keefe. Prereq: permission or one of the following:
WS 401, HIST 566, ENGL 585 or 586, ENGL 685 or 785, or a
600-level art history course. (Also offered as ARTS 608,
ENGL 608, and HUMA 608.) Writing intensive.
HIST 609 - Special Topics in American Legal History
Credits:
4.00
In-depth thematic exploration of law in American life.
Topics include race and equality in America; community,
pluralism, and American law; property, liberty, and law;
gender and law. May be repeated for credit with instructor's
permission. Prereq: HIST 509 or instructor's permission.
Consult department listings of topics. Writing intensive.
HIST 610 - American Studies: New England Culture in Changing Times
Credits:
4.00
A team of three instructors from history, literature, and
art investigates major contributions New England has made
to American life. Focus on three periods: the Puritan era,
1620-90; the Transcendental period, 1830-60; and the
period of emerging industrialism in the late 19th century.
Prereq: second-semester sophomore. (Also offered as
ARTS 610, ENGL 610, HUMA 610.) Not for art studio
major credit. Writing intensive.
HIST 611 - Civil War Era
Credits:
4.00
Surveys the period from the presidency of Andrew Jackson
to the end of the Reconstruction. Focuses on causes, course,
and consequences of the Civil War. Topics include slavery in
the Old South, antebellum reform movements, creation and
breakdown of the Second Party System, social and economic
(as well as military) events during the war and major
developments during Reconstruction after the war.
HIST 612 - Emergence of Industrial America
Credits:
4.00
Investigates the economic transformation of 19th-century
America from a rural, agricultural society to an urban,
industrial one. Explores the sweeping economic changes
and focuses on such topics as change in work and leisure,
westward expansion and its effects on Native Americans,
shifts in gender roles, growth of a consumer culture, rise
of the labor unions, Populism, immigration, reform and
regulation movements, growth of American imperialism, and
intellectual developments.
HIST 615 - 20th Century America
Credits:
4.00
U.S. after 1900; cultural, political, and social factors
causing major changes in American life. Progressivism
through the New Deal.
HIST 616 - 20th Century America
Credits:
4.00
U.S. after 1900; cultural, political, and social factors
causing major changes in American life. World War II to
present.
HIST 617 - Vietnam War
Credits:
4.00
An advanced interdisciplinary study of the American
experience in Vietnam which utilizes fiction, film, music,
and historical analysis to examine such matters as how and
why the United States became involved in Vietnam, went to
war there, and failed to win, as well as the consequences
and legacies of that fateful conflict. It is strongly
suggested that students first complete courses in
modern American history.
HIST 618 - American Environmental History
Credits:
4.00
This course examines how nature has been a factor in
American history and how Americans have wrestled with the
concepts of nature and culture. Topics include
industrialization, evolution, conservationism,
environmentalism, and environmental diplomacy.
HIST 619 - Foreign Relations of the United States
Credits:
4.00
The history of American diplomacy from the colonial era to
the present, with the dividing point at 1900. The focus will
be on both the foreign and domestic influences that shaped
American diplomacy.
HIST 620 - Foreign Relations of the United States
Credits:
4.00
See description for HIST 619.
HIST 621 - History of American Thought
Credits:
4.00
Significant American thinkers considered in their social
context. 1600 to 1860.
HIST 622 - History of American Thought
Credits:
4.00
Significant American thinkers considered in their social
context. 1860 to present. Writing intensive.
HIST #623 - Early American Social and Cultural History
Credits:
4.00
This course is designed to give students the opportunity to
explore some of the recent findings of scholars who have
studied Early American social and cultural history. It
focuses on the experiences of Anglo-Americans and on the
experiences of many of the other people with whom
Anglo-Americans were frequently in contact, and who also
shaped Early America. The course will include consideration
of the pan-Atlantic context of Early America, cross-cultural
contacts, family and gender, labor systems, religious
observations, crime, and other themes explored in recent
social and cultural theory.
HIST 624 - Topics in Modern United States Social History
Credits:
4.00
Advanced study of topics in U.S. social history since the
Age of Jackson. Topics will vary; may include such
examples as slavery and the antebellum South; reform
movements in U.S. history; family history; labor history;
the impact of war on American society; race in recent
U.S. history. May be repeated as topics change.
HIST 625 - Southern History and Literature since the Civil War
Credits:
4.00
Equal focus on the history and literature of the South since
the Civil War. Topics include reconstruction, the age of
segregation, and the Civil Rights Movement. Literary focus
is on the period since 1920, including the
"Southern Renaissance". Authors include William Faulkner,
Robert Penn Warren, Flannery O'Connor, and Zora Neale
Hurston.
HIST #626 - Muslims in America
Credits:
4.00
Exploration of history of Muslim communities in the United
States with the purpose of examining how these communities
created spaces for Muslim practice and community formation.
HIST 631 - History of Brazil
Credits:
4.00
Brazil has the fifth largest territory, the sixth largest
population, and the eighth largest industrial economy in the
world. Its colorful history has many distinctive features:
the only country in the Americas to have been the capital of
a European monarchy and then to have its own emperor for
most of the last century; an outwardly peaceful image
masking internal violence and turmoil; a suspicion of
foreigners balanced by a desire to be accepted by them as
equals; seemingly benevolent racial attitudes that serve to
keep people of color on society's lower range; a tremendous
cultural creativity that has given the world samba, film
star Carmen Miranda; composer Heitor Villa Lobos, songwriter
Antonio Carlos Jobim, poet Vinicius de Morais, and novelist
Jorge Amado. Includes an examination of the roles of various
elites; political, social, economic, military, cultural, and
religious. HIST 531, 532 recommended.
HIST 632 - Latin American History: Topics
Credits:
4.00
Topics vary (see department listing for current semester).
Seminar entails reading, discussion, and research on
literature and documents related to the selected topic.
Provides students with the opportunity to do research
under close direction.
HIST 639 - Christian Monasticism in the Medieval West
Credits:
4.00
A multi-faceted exploration of Christian monastic life in
Western Europe from its origins in pre-Christian history,
through the early Desert Fathers and Mothers, St. Augustine
and St. Benedict, to its flowering in the Cluniac,
Cistercian, and mendicant reforms. The course will
focus on the intellectual, artistic, and pastoral
aspirations and achievements of medieval monastics.
HIST 640 - Holy War in the Holy Land: The Medieval Crusades
Credits:
4.00
Survey of the medieval military expeditions organized by
Christians to secure the Holy Land during the 12th and 13th
centuries. Topics considered include the formulation of a
"just war" theory; political, intellectual, religious, and
military interactions between Christians, Jews, and Muslims;
the Crusader State of Jerusalem; and the histories of
individual crusades.
HIST 641 - Europe after the Black Death
Credits:
4.00
Explores the dramatic changes that characterized Western
Europe as it rebounded in the fifteenth through the
seventeenth centuries from the ravages of the Black Death of
1348. Examines the social, political, and artistic
developments in late medieval and Renaissance Italy before
"crossing the Alps" to trace the expansion of Renaissance
culture in Northern Europe. Topics covered include the
humanist movement, new patterns of social organization,
the revival of classical antiquity in the arts,
architecture, religion, and political theory, the effects on
European society of the encounter with the "New World,"
shifting roles for men and women in early modern European
societies, religious war, and conflict.
HIST 642 - Religious Conflict in Early Modern Europe
Credits:
4.00
Religious, social, and political maps of Europe were
profoundly and permanently altered in the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries due to the split of the Protestant
churches from the Roman Catholic church initiated in 1517 by
Martin Luther. Explores the background to the Protestant
Reformation of the sixteenth century and investigates the
various personalities--the Protestant and Catholic
reformers, the princes, artisans and peasants, the
Anabaptist radicals--that shaped this era of religious
change and conflict. Also explores the important effects
of religious change on European society and culture at that
time, including changes in gender roles, family life, and
popular cultural practices such as magic and witchcraft.
HIST 643 - British Empire
Credits:
4.00
This course examines the cultural and social history of the
British Empire from the nineteenth century to the period of
de-colonization after 1945. Looking at issues of racial
"otherness", gender difference, and popular participation in
the culture of Empire, students will be asked to think about
the appeal of the Empire for British men and women as well
as its devastating impact upon the peoples of Africa and
Asia. There will be a strong emphasis on reading, class
discussion and written assignments.
HIST 644 - Victorian Britain
Credits:
4.00
The Victorian Era was a time of contrasts. Upon the throne
sat Queen Victoria, a monarch known for her moral
uprightness, sexual probity and rigid sense of decorum. The
streets of London, however, teemed with prostitutes,
pickpockets and impoverished Irish immigrants whose lives
seemed untouched by either the prosperity or moral
stringency that characterized the age. In this class we will
explore the varieties of Victorian experience both at home
and in the global empire Britain had amassed during the
nineteenth century. Examining sources such as the novels of
Charles Dickens, the decorative arts of William Morris, and
the scientific writings of Charles Darwin, we will attempt
to uncover the many-faceted culture, society and political
life of Victorian Britain. The instructor will place a
strong emphasis on reading, class participation and writing.
HIST 647 - Early Modern France
Credits:
4.00
An exploration of the culture and politics of early modern
French society. Popular culture, religion, gender relations,
the family, state-building, political theory, and revolution
will be emphasized. Primary documents in translation will
be read and discussion encouraged.
HIST 648 - Modern France
Credits:
4.00
French society from Napoleon to Mitterand. Topics
include the Revolution of 1848 and the Paris Commune;
World Wars and the Vichy regime; Existentialism, DeGaulle,
and the Revolt of May-June 1968.
HIST 649 - Comparative Topics in the History of Early Modern Europe
Credits:
4.00
Topics will vary, but may include enlightenment and
revolution; the peasantry; gender and family; crime and
deviance; science and society. May be repeated for a
maximum of 8 credits.
HIST #650 - History of European Socialism
Credits:
4.00
Socialist thought in Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Examines Utopian Socialism, the development of Marxism,
the emergence of the New Left and new socialist developments
in the late 20th century.
HIST 651 - Topics in European Intellectual History
Credits:
4.00
Exploration of such major developments as the Enlightenment,
Russian intellectual history, ancient world views and
cosmologies, and the relationship between gender and
intellectual history. Includes topics up to the Scientific
Revolution. Since topics vary, students should check the
department newsletter or office for course theme in any
given term. May be repeated as topics change.
HIST 652 - Topics in European Intellectual History
Credits:
4.00
Exploration of such major developments as the Enlightenment,
Russian intellectual history, ancient world views and
cosmologies, and the relationship between gender and
intellectual history. Includes topics since the Renaissance.
Since topics will vary, students should check the department
newsletter or office for course theme in any given term. May
be repeated as topics change.
HIST 654 - Topics in History of Science
Credits:
4.00
Advanced study of a selected topic in the history of
European science since the Renaissance.
HIST #655 - British History, 1688-1832
Credits:
4.00
Examines British history from the Glorious Revolution to the
passage of the First Reform Bill. Topics include the
consolidation of parliamentary democracy, the rise of the
middle-class family, and the emergence of a broad-based
consumer society. We will also consider the integration of
England, Scotland, and Ireland into a single British state,
as well as the consequences of Britain's growing imperial
power in North America, India, and Africa.
HIST 656 - 20th Century Europe
Credits:
4.00
World War I, European totalitarianisms, World War II, the
loss of European primacy and the search for a new Europe.
HIST #659 - History of Modern Spain and Portugal
Credits:
4.00
Iberian states and their peoples from the coming of
liberalism to the present. Failure of Iberian liberalism and
liberal government. Political and social change, imperial
and intellectual movements, influence of Western European
thought and activity.
HIST 661 - England in the Tudor and Stuart Periods
Credits:
4.00
Political, religious, socioeconomic, and intellectual forces
for change at work in England from the accession of
Henry VII to the revolution of 1688-89.
HIST 662 - England in the Tudor and Stuart Periods
Credits:
4.00
See description for HIST 661.
HIST #663 - Russia: Origins to 1905
Credits:
4.00
Russia from its foundations through the Revolution of 1905.
Political, social, and economic developments; intellectual
and ideological currents.
HIST 664 - Russia: Modernization through Soviet Empire
Credits:
4.00
The challenges of modernization, experience, and legacy of
Leninist and Stalinist revolutions. Soviet consolidation,
and decline through the Gorbachev era.
HIST 665 - Themes in Women's History
Credits:
4.00
In-depth examination of a selected topic in women's history.
Topics may include Women and Health, Women in Modern
European Political Theory, Comparative History of Women and
Revolution. See Time and Room Schedule of history department
newsletter for the specific topic. May be repeated for
credit with permission of instructor.
HIST 666 - Environmental History of Northwest Atlantic Commercial Fisheries
Credits:
4.00
After centuries of groundfishing humans have radically
transformed the northwest Atlantic marine ecosystem,
creating a tragedy for both fish and fisherman. This marine
environmental history course considers the changing
technology, ecology, and sociology of the commercial fishery
off New England and the Canadian maritime from 1500 to the
present.
HIST #667 - Germany from the Late Medieval Period Through the Reign of Frederick the Great of Prussia
Credits:
4.00
Concentrates on the political, economic, and social
structure of the Holy Roman Empire, the Reformation in
Germany, the Thirty-Years War, and the rise of Prussia.
HIST #668 - Germany from 1786 to 1918
Credits:
4.00
Concentrates on the end of the Holy Roman Empire and
Napoleonic domination of much of Germany, the Prussian
Reform Era, industrialization, the revolutions of 1848,
national unification under Bismarck, the second Empire, and
World War I.
HIST 669 - Germany from 1918 to Present
Credits:
4.00
Begins with the revolution of 1918 and then explores the
political, social, and intellectual character of the Weimar
Republic, the rise and nature of Nazism, the Holocaust, the
foundation of both the German Democratic Republic and
Federal Republic and their evolution in the shadow of the
Cold War, and concludes with the unification of Germany
after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
HIST #670 - Historical Thinking for Teachers
Credits:
4.00
Examines the sources, methods, and interpretive strategies
of the historian. Emphasis on texts and topics relevant to
the middle- and high-school classroom. Designed for
history teachers as well as individuals in the Master of
Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) program.
HIST 675 - Early History of Ancient Greece
Credits:
4.00
Greek history from the Minoan and Mycenaean eras through the
Persian Wars of the early fifth century. Emphasis on
original sources including the Homeric epics, Plutarch,
Sappho, and Herodotus. Examination of the distinctive
developments of political systems in Sparta and Athens, as
well as issues of colonization, diplomacy, religion and
culture. Through discussion of types of available evidence
and their integration into historical understanding.
HIST 676 - Classical and Hellenistic Greek Worlds
Credits:
4.00
Greek history from the Persian Wars of the early fifth
century through the life of Alexander the Great and the
creation of the Hellenistic world. Emphasis on original
sources including Herodotus, Thucydides, the Athenian
playwrights, and Plato. Examination of the transformation
from city-state political organization to large Hellenistic
kingdoms, as well as discussion of Greek historiography,
intellectual life, and social theory. Thorough discussion of
types of available evidence and their integration into
historical understanding.
HIST 677 - Roman Republic
Credits:
4.00
Covers pre-Roman Italy, the Etruscans, and the foundation
of the Republic. Rome's expansion through the Punic Wars and
relations with the Hellenistic kingdoms. Disintegration and
final collapse of the Republic. Includes discussions of
Roman art, engineering, and political theory. Emphasis on
Latin sources in philosophy, history, and literature.
HIST 678 - Roman Empire
Credits:
4.00
Collapse of the Roman Republic and creation of the Augustan
principate. History of the principate through the division
of the empire, with discussion of the fall of Rome in the
west and the eastern empire through Justinian. Discusses
Roman art, literature, philosophy, and religious
developments such as the proliferation of mystery
religions and the rise of Christianity.
HIST 681 - Modern China Topics
Credits:
4.00
Problems in modern Chinese history from 1800 to the present.
Topics may vary. Students will read translated primary
sources, analyze literary works, and write critical essays
and a research paper. History 579 is recommended.
HIST #682 - Cults and Charisma
Credits:
4.00
Examines religious sects and charismatic leaders using
case-studies from history and the contemporary world, as
well as analytical principles from religious studies and
anthropology. Explores various approaches to the question,
what makes a person powerful over others?, in connection
with the formation of messianic sects, the genesis of the
"cult," the traditional authority of priests and kings,
sainthood, the events at Jonestown and Waco, and the
popular image of the "cult." Students learn to employ a
variety of tools and models to understand historical
situations of charismatic leadership. (Also offered as
RS 682.)
HIST 684 - History of Southern Africa since 1652
Credits:
4.00
Examination of the major themes in the history of a
troubled sub-region of Africa. In-depth exploration of the
nature and impact of socio-cultural formations, the
evolution of centralized societies, the initiation and
expansion of white settlements, and the Mfecane
revolution. Analysis of the dynamics and consequences of
European imperialism, economic competition and
industrialization, European settler-nationalism, racial
conflict, slavery, class and gender politics, Indian and
African nationalism, democratization, and development in
post-colonial and post-apartheid Southern Africa.
HIST #685 - Modern Middle East
Credits:
4.00
From the 18th century to the present. Problems created
by modernization and reform of the traditional society;
conservative reaction to reform, impact of nationalism, and
appearance of new ideologies.
HIST #686 - States and Societies in Precolonial West Africa
Credits:
4.00
An in-depth exploration of the nature and dynamics of state
formation processes in West Africa. Focuses on major states
such as Ghana, Mali, Songhai, Asante, Dahomey, Oyo, Benin,
Borno and the Hausa states. Through a critical analysis of
primary and secondary sources, film footage and video
documentaries, the course examines the significance of
such issues as oral tradition, migrations, religion, art,
slavery, gender, trade, state, kingship and warfare in
African history.
HIST 688 - African Religions
Credits:
4.00
An interdisciplinary introduction to basic principles of
African religions including historical and recent
developments in the study of religion in Africa. Covers
the place of religion in African societies and the
interrelatedness of religion with myth, ritual, music, art,
orality, gender, economics, social process, illness and
healing, and kingship and power. Particular attention to
African religions in the Americas and the history and impact
of Islam and Christianity in Africa. Helps students to
understand what is typical about religion, and special
about African religion, while appreciating the role of
religion in non-Western societies. Slides, films, maps and
other visual aids as well as readings.
HIST 690 - Introduction to Public History
Credits:
4.00
Introduction to the theory, methodology, and practices of
public historians. Examines the history and contemporary
practices of historians whose research and scholarship is
aimed at public audiences through the creation of diverse
media and interpretive frameworks. Encourages
interdisciplinary thinking about history. CR/F.
HIST 691 - Internship
Credits:
4.00
Supervised internship with a governmental agency, private
corporation, philanthropic institution, library, archives,
museum, historical society, or other institution seeking
individuals interested in historical research. CR/F.
HIST 695 - Independent Study
Credits:
4.00 to 8.00
A) Early American History; B) American National History;
C) Canada; D) Latin America; E) Medieval History; F) Early
Modern Europe; G) Modern European History; H) Ancient
History; I) Far East and India; J) Near East and Africa;
K) European Historiography; L) American Historiography;
M) Russia; N) World History; O) English History; P) New
Hampshire History; Q) Historical Methodology; R) Irish
History; S) History of Science; T) Maritime. For students
showing a special aptitude in history who desire to study an
area or subject for which no appropriate course is offered.
Prereq: permission.
HIST 695A - Independent Study in Early American History
Credits:
4.00 or 8.00
HIST 695B - Independent Study in American National History
Credits:
4.00 or 8.00
HIST 695E - Independent Study in Medieval History
Credits:
4.00 to 8.00
HIST 695G - Independent Study in Modern European History
Credits:
4.00 to 8.00
HIST 695I - Independent Study in Far East and India
Credits:
4.00 or 8.00
HIST 695J - Independent Study in Near East and Africa
Credits:
4.00 or 8.00
HIST 695O - Independent Study in English History
Credits:
4.00 or 8.00
HIST 696H - Independent Study in Ancient History
Credits:
4.00 or 8.00
HIST 696O - Independent Study in English History
Credits:
4.00 or 8.00
HIST 698 - Internship in Museum Studies
Credits:
4.00
Supervised position with a museum, historical society,
archive, or other history related site. CR/F.
HIST 771 - Museum Studies
Credits:
4.00
Introduction to theory, methods, and practice of museum
studies. Examination of various museum functions, as well as
contemporary historical controversies.
HIST 772 - Studies in Regional Material Culture
Credits:
4.00
An introduction to the theory and methodology of material
culture, that is, the study of history through the analysis
of buildings, human-created landscapes, and artifacts made
and used in the United States, particularly in New England.
May be repeated for credit with permission of undergraduate
adviser.
HIST 774 - Historiography
Credits:
4.00
Analysis of ancient and modern historians. Open to
undergraduates with permission. (Not offered every
year.)
HIST 775 - Historical Methods
Credits:
4.00
Contemporary historical methods. Required of all
entering Ph.D. candidates; open to undergraduate
with permission. (Not offered every year.)
HIST 780 - Special Topics in Museum Studies/Material Culture
Credits:
3.00
Study of a selected topic related to museum studies or
material culture. May be repeated for course credit with
permission of the undergraduate adviser.
HIST 787 - Quantitative Methods and Computers for Historians
Credits:
4.00
The historian's use of computers and statistics:
opportunities and problems in using and analyzing
quantitative sources; elementary statistical techniques;
practical applications involving microcomputers and
applications programs. No previous knowledge of computers
or college mathematics is assumed or required. Prereq:
admission as an undergraduate major or graduate student
in history; or permission of the instructor. (Not offered
every year.)
HIST #789 - Seminar in the History of Science
Credits:
4.00
In-depth examination of a selected topic in the history
of science. Subject varies. Open to undergraduates with
permission of the instructor. No special background in
science required.
HIST 796 - Research Internship
Credits:
2.00 to 4.00
Intensive collaborative experience in research for
undergraduate majors. Students will gain professional
skills while assisting a faculty member on a continuing
research project. Permission Required.
HIST 797 - Colloquium
Credits:
4.00
Selected topics in American, European, and non-Western
history. Required of history majors. Students must elect
section in the department office at the time of
registration. Writing intensive.
HIST 799 - Senior Thesis
Credits:
4.00
Supervised research leading to the presentation of a major
research paper. Open only to history majors. Permission of
department chairperson required. May not be used as a
substitute for the required senior colloquium.