Department of
History
Course NEWSLETTER
Descriptions
Winter 2016
Department Location: 416 Varner
Department Phones: (248)370-3510 or
(248)370-3511
Undergraduate Advisor: Craig Martin
403 Varner
(248) 370-3527
martin@oakland.edu
Department Office Hours:
M-F 8am-4:30pm
Please call department phone #’s for
undergraduate advising appts.
Chair: Todd Estes
411 Varner (248)370-3534
estes@oakland.edu
Graduate Advisor: Don Matthews
404 Varner (248)370-3525
matthews@oakland.edu
Information contained in this memo is current as of 10/29/15 and is subject to change.
Noteworthy Items:
 Requirement for all history
courses: There is an appropriate
writing component in all history
courses at all levels.
requirement in U.S. diversity: HST
114, HST 115, HST 292, HST 318,
HST 319, HST 322, HST 361, & HST
362. (Note: not all courses are
offered every semester.)
 Courses that satisfy the
university general education
requirement in the Western
civilization knowledge area: HST
101, HST 102, HST 114, HST 115 &
HST 292. (Note: not all courses are
offered every semester.)
Winter 2016 Classes
Courses that satisfy the
university general education
J. Naus
MWF, 9:20-10:27 AM, 205 VAR
HST 101
(CRN # 12186)
Introduction to European
History Before 1715
Surveys the history of Europe
from the ancient period through
the Middle Ages, Renaissance,
Reformation and the Early Modern
periods.
Style: TBA
Requirements: TBA
Books: Cole, Symes, Coffin &
Stacey, Western Civilization: Their
History and Their Culture;
Euripides, The Trojan Women;
Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars;
Machiavelli, The Prince.
HST 101
(CRN #: 14023)
Introduction to European
History Before 1715
I. Greenspan
MWF, 12:00-1:07 PM, 233 HH
Surveys the history of Europe
from the ancient period through
the Middle Ages, Renaissance,
Reformation and the Early Modern
periods.
Style: TBA
Requirements: TBA
Books: Spielvogel, Western
Civilization: A Brief History.
HST 101
(CRN #: 10821)
Introduction to European
History Before 1715
D. Hastings
TR, 1:00-2:47 PM, 206 VAR
Surveys the history of Europe
from the ancient period through
the Middle Ages, Renaissance,
Reformation and the Early Modern
periods.
Style: TBA
Requirements: TBA
Books: Kegan, The Western
Heritage, Vol. 1; Brophy et al,
Perspectives from the Past, Vol. 1;
Abelard, The Letters of Abelard
and Heloise.
HST 102
(CRN #: 10043)
Introduction to European
History Since 1715
I. Greenspan
MWF, 1:20-2:27 PM, 233 HH
Surveys the history of Europe
from the Enlightenment to the
present.
Style: TBA
Requirements: TBA
Books: Spielvogel, Western
Civilization, Vol. II.
HST 102
(CRN #: 12187)
Introduction to European
History Since 1715
J. Powell
R, 6:30-9:50 PM, 206 VAR
Surveys the history of Europe
from the Enlightenment to the
present.
Style: Lecture and discussion
Requirements: TBA
Books: Perry, Western
Civilization; France, The Gods Will
Have Blood; Bessel, Life in the
Third Reich.
HST 114
(CRN #: 12543)
Introduction to American
History Before 1877
C. Shelly
MWF, 9:20-10:27 AM, 206 VAR
This survey of American history
emphasizes political, economic,
and social themes. Major topics
include English colonization,
origins of the American
Revolution, development of
American political thought and
practice, origins of the Civil War,
etc.
Style: Lecture & discussion.
Requirements: 3-5 page paper
based on assigned reading; two or
three exams (primarily essay).
Books: Tindall & Shi, America;
Franklin, The Autobiography and
other Writings; Douglass,
Narrative of the Life of Frederick
Douglass; Stowe, Uncle Tom’s
Cabin.
HST 114
(CRN #: 12544)
Introduction to American
History Before 1877
M. J. Miles
TR, 8:00-9:47 AM, 363 SFH
Surveys American history from
colonial times through the
Reconstruction era. Focuses on
the social, political, and economic
development of the United States.
Style: Lecture, discussion, and
film.
Requirements: In-class mid-term
exam (essay and objective), inclass final exam (essay and
objective); book review paper;
eight in-class open-book textbook
reading quizzes; attendance.
Books: Oaks, Of the People,
Concise 2nd Edition, Vol. 1;
Douglass, Narrative of the Life of
Frederick Douglass, an American
Slave; Dew, Apostles of Disunion;
Akers, Abigail Adams.
HST 114
(CRN #: 10646)
Introduction to American
History Before 1877
E. Dwyer
TR, 10:00-11:47 AM, 168 SFH
Surveys American history from
colonial times through the
Reconstruction era, focusing
upon the formation of the United
States and the forces promoting
unity and division in the new
nation.
Style: TBA
Requirements: TBA
Books: Shi, For the Record; A
Documentary on History of
America, Vol.1; Jacobs, Incidents
in the Life of a Slave Girl.
HST 114
(CRN #: 10751)
Introduction to American
History Before 1877
B. Zellers
W, 6:30-9:50 PM, 206 VAR
The course traces the
transformation of America from a
place, a destination for
immigrants from many nations, to
a distinctive social order. We will
examine the evolution of
American society, culture,
economy, and politics through the
era of Reconstruction after the
Civil War.
Style: Lecture & discussion.
Requirements: Two examinations
and two essays.
Books: Tindall, America; Binder &
Reimers, The Way We Lived, Vol.
1; Wood, The Americanization of
Benjamin Franklin; Frost, I’ve Got
a Home in Glory Land.
Recommended: Hacker, A Pocket
Style Manual; Linderman,
Embattled Courage.
HST 114
(CRN #: 10047)
Introduction to American
History Before 1877
D. Prentiss
R, 6:30-9:50 PM, 205 VAR
Surveys American history from
colonial times through the
Reconstruction era, focusing
upon the formation of the United
States and the forces promoting
unity and division in the new
nation.
Style: TBA
Requirements: TBA
Books: Schultz, HIST: US History
Since 1865, Vol 2; Douglass,
Narrative of the Life of Frederick
Douglass.
HST 114
(CRN #: 12203)
Introduction to American
History Before 1877
D. Prentiss
ON LINE
Surveys American history from
colonial times through the
Reconstruction era, focusing
upon the formation of the United
States and the forces promoting
unity and division in the new
nation.
Style: TBA
Requirements: TBA
Books: Schultz, HIST: US History
Since 1865, Vol 2; Douglass,
Narrative of the Life of Frederick
Douglass.
HST 115
(CRN #: 10049)
Introduction to American
History Since 1877
C. Shelly
MWF, 8:00-9:07 AM, 206 VAR
This survey of American history
since Reconstruction emphasizes
political, economic, social, and
diplomatic themes. Major topics
include immigration, race
relations, politics and political
reform efforts, the Great
Depression, twentieth-century
wars (hot and cold), etc.
Style: Lecture & discussion.
Requirements: 4-6 page paper
based on assigned reading; two or
three exams (primarily essay).
Books: Tindall & Shi, America,
Vol. 2; Bell, Out of This Furnace;
McElvaine, Down & Out in the
Great Depression.
HST 115
(CRN #: 10050)
Introduction to American
History Since 1877
D. Clark
MWF, 1:20-2:27 PM, 302 PH
Surveys American history from
Reconstruction to the present,
emphasizing the emergence of the
United States as an industrialurban nation with global interests.
Style: TBA
Requirements: TBA
Books: Faragher et al, Out of
Many, Vol II; Argersinger, The
Triangle Fire; Howard-Pitney,
Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X,
and the Civil Rights; Schlosser,
Fast Food Nation.
HST 115
(CRN #: 10051)
Introduction to American
History Since 1877
M. J. Miles
TR, 10:00-11:47 AM, 363 SFH
Surveys American history from
Reconstruction to the present.
Focuses on the social, political,
and economic development of the
United States.
Style: Lecture, discussion & film.
Requirements: In-class mid-term
exam (essay and objective), inclass final exam (essay and
objective); book review paper;
eight in-class open-book textbook
reading quizzes; attendance.
Books: Oaks, Of the People,
Concise 2nd Edition, Vol. II;
Washington, Up From Slavery;
Youngs, Eleanor Roosevelt: A
Personal and Public Life; Seiler,
Republic of Drivers: A Cultural
History of Automobility in
America.
HST 115
(CRN #: 10477)
Introduction to American
History Since 1877
K. Miller
TR, 3:00-4:47 PM, 281 EC
Surveys American History from
Reconstruction to the present,
emphasizing the emergence of the
United States as an industrialurban nation with global interests.
Style: Mostly lecture with some
discussion.
Requirements: 2 book essays, 3
quizzes, and a final exam.
Books: Schaller, et.al, American
Horizons, Vol. II; Nasaw, Children
of the City; Steinbeck, In Dubious
Battle; Povich, The Good Girls
Revolt.
HST 115
(CRN #: 10472)
Introduction to American
History Since 1877
J. Powell
TR, 3:30-5:17 PM, 302 PH
Surveys American history from
Reconstruction to the present,
emphasizing the emergence of the
United States as an industrialurban nation with global interests.
Style: Lecture & discussion.
Requirements: TBA
Books: Tindall & Shi, America: A
Narrative; Von Drehle, Triangle:
The Fire that Changed America;
O’Brien, The Things They Carried.
HST 115
(CRN #: 10695)
Introduction to American
History Since 1877
B. Zellers
M, 6:30-9:50 PM, 365 SFH
Surveys American history from
Reconstruction to the present,
emphasizing the emergence of the
United States as an industrialurban nation with global interests
and challenges these posed
American hopes and expectations.
Style: Lecture & discussion.
Requirements: Two brief essays,
two examinations.
Books: Tindall, America; Binder &
Reimers, The Way We Lived, Vol.
2; Hayden, Building Suburbia;
Hayden, A Field Guide to Sprawl.
Recommended: Hacker, A Pocket
Style Manual; Youngs, Eleanor
Roosevelt.
HST 262
(CRN #: 14024)
Introduction to Latin
America History Since
1825
E. Shesko
MWF, 9:20-10:27 AM, 316 PH
Surveys the national period of
Latin America from 1825 to the
present, emphasizing the role of
race in national identities, the
problems of nation-building and
modernization, the emergence of
nationalism and militarism, and
the root of social revolutionary
ferment.
Style: Discussion & Lecture
Requirements: Reading
responses, two short essays,
midterm and final.
Books: Meade, A History of
Modern Latin America; Beezley,
Judas at the Jockey Club and
Other Episodes of Porfirian
Mexico.
HST 300
(CRN #: 10048)
Seminar in Historical
Research
G. Bekele
MWF, 12:00-1:07 PM, 206 EH
Prerequisites: WRT 160; one
history course; History major or
instructor permission.
The course introduces students to
historiography, methods of
historical research, and the
writing of research papers.
Style: Discussion
Requirements: Book Reviews, a
major (22 page-long) term paper,
and presentations.
Books: Gaddis, The Landscape of
History; Brown, The Myth of the
Strong Leaders; Cooper, Africa in
the World; Easterly, The Tyranny
of Experts; Turabian, A Manual for
Writers.
HST 300
(CRN#: 10053)
Seminar in Historical
Research
J. Naus
MWF, 1:20-2:27 PM, 310 PH
Prerequisites: WRT 160; one
history course; History major or
instructor’s permission.
The development of critical
judgment regarding the nature
and use of historical evidence;
historiographical readings, library
investigation into specific topics
within a general historical subject,
a research paper and a
presentation of the paper to the
seminar.
Style: TBA
Requirements: TBA
Books: TBA
HST 300
(CRN#: 10422)
Seminar in Historical
Research
T. Estes
TR, 8:00-9:47 AM, 204 EH
Prerequisites: WRT 160; one
history course; History major or
instructor permission.
The course introduces students to
historiography, methods of
historical research, and the
writing of research papers.
Style: Lecture and Discussion
Requirements: A 20-25 page
research paper with footnotes and
bibliography plus other shorter
assignments.
Books: Rampolla, A Pocket Guide
to Writing in History; Booth,The
Craft of Research; Hoeffelle, The
Essential Historiography Reader.
HST 300
(CRN#: 10425)
Seminar in Historical
Research
K. Miller
T, 6:30-9:50 PM, 272 SFH
Prerequisite: WRT 160; This
course is designed to teach the
fundamental techniques of
historical research. Students will
learn how to set the parameters of
a research topic, investigate
secondary literature, and locate
source material. In addition,
students will learn the principles
of historical analysis. Each
student will select a research
topic concerning the New Deal
Style: Seminar
Requirements: A series of
assignments culminating in a
research paper. This final paper
will be at least 20 pages long and
demonstrate an ability to use both
primary and secondary sources.
Books: Turabian, A Manual for
Writers of Research Papers, 8th
edition; Presnell, The Information
Literate Historian; Other articles
and internet sources will be
required.
HST 301/501
(CRN #: 12208, 12209)
History of American
Cities
D. Dykes
TR, 10:00-11:47 AM, 316 PH
Prerequisite: WRT 160;
A survey of the growth and
development of American cities
and the quality of city life from
colonial times to the present. The
effect of such forces as
industrialization, immigration,
migration, and transportation as
well as trade and economic
patterns upon city organization
and life will be discussed. Special
attention will be given to the
positions of cities and suburbs
within metropolitan areas.
Style: Lectures, speakers and
films.
Undergraduate Requirements:
Two examinations and a research
project.
Undergraduate Books: Chudacoff
& Smith, The Evolution of
American Urban Society; Warner,
The Private City: Philadelphia in
Three Periods of Its Growth;
Teaford, Cities of the Heart
Land: The Rise and Fall of the
Industrial Midwest; Darden &
Thomas, Detroit; History 301/501
coursepack articles.
Graduate Requirements: TBA
Graduate Books: all of the above
and Chudacoff, Major Problems in
American Urban History.
HST 302/502
(CRN #: 13378, 13379)
American Labor History
D. Clark
M, 6:30-9:50 PM, 373 SFH
Prerequisite: WRT 160; Explores
U.S. history since 1877 largely
from the perspectives of workers.
What have workers wanted? What
have managers wanted? How
have disagreements been
resolved? Among the themes this
course addresses are the rise and
fall of various union movements
and the impact of race, gender,
ethnicity, and globalization in
workplaces and in communities.
Style: Discussion & film.
Undergraduate Requirements:
Three take-home papers,
attendance, participation.
Graduate Requirements: Three
take-home papers, attendance,
plus extra reading/writing.
Undergraduate Books:
Ehrenreich, Nickel and Dimed;
Clark, Like Night and Day;
Geoghegan, Which Side Are You
On?; Sugrue, Origins of the Urban
Crisis; Cohen, Making a New Deal;
Dubofsky & McCartin, American
Labor.
Graduate Books: Same as above
plus TBA.
HST 306/506
(CRN #13376, 13377)
History of North
American Colonies
G. Milne
TR, 1:00-2:47 PM, 204 EH
Prerequisites: WRT 160 or
equivalent with a grade of 2.0 or
higher; Traces the development of
Spanish, French, Dutch, and
English colonies in North America
from 1492 to 1763. Reviews their
social, political, and religious
dimensions. Attention given to
roles of Africans and non-elite
European and Euro-American men
and women.
Style: TBA
Requirements: Four book reviews,
a midterm, and a take-home final
exam.
Books: Richter: Before the
Revolution: America's Ancient
Pasts; Dawdy: Building the Devil's
Empire: French Colonial New
Orleans; McConville: The King's
Three Faces: The Rise and Fall of
Royal America, 1688-1776;
Lepore: The Name of War: King
Philip's War and the Origins of
American Identity: Brooks,
Captives and Cousins: Slavery,
Kinship, and Community in the
Southwest Borderlands.
HST 318
(CRN #: 14026)
Civil Rights Movement in
America
D. Dykes
TR, 1:00-2:47 PM, 316 PH
Prerequisite: WRT 160;
The course will survey the system
of racial segregation and
discrimination established in the
19th century, the contributions of
early 20th century civil rights
organizations and the significance
of World War II in the fight against
racial discrimination before
emphasizing the mass action
campaigns of the 1950's and
1960's and their aftermath.
Recently released documentary
videotapes, autobiographical and
biographical accounts,
sociological analyses and
historical interpretations will be
used to evoke the spirit of the
times.
Style: Lecture, discussion, films.
Requirements: Two examinations
(objective and essay) and a
research paper.
Books: Williams, Thurgood
Marshall: Marable, Race, Reform,
and Rebellion: The Second
Reconstruction and Beyond the
Black America, 1945-2006, Third
Edition; Aldridge, The American
History Series Becoming
American The African American
Quest for Civil Rights, 1861-1976.
HST 326/526
(CRN #: 14027, 14028)
The Italian Renaissance
C. Martin
MWF, 9:20-10:27 AM, 235 EH
Prerequisite: WRT 160;
The European Renaissance
period, with emphasis on the
Italian experience: art, humanism,
politics and society, the economy
and religion, c. 1300-c. 1550.
Style: Lecture & discussion.
Undergraduate Requirements:
Term paper, weekly discussions,
midterm and final exams.
Graduate Requirements: As
above, with term paper 26-31
pages, to include
historiographical problems.
Undergraduate Books: Brucker,
The Society of Renaissance
Florence; Kaborycha, A Short
History of Renaissance Italy; Musa
& Bondanella, The Italian
Renaissance Reader.
Graduate Books: same as above,
plus Woolfson, Palgrave
Advances in Renaissance
Historiography; with additional
readings/meetings, TBA.
required participation in class
discussions, pop quizzes on
course readings.
Graduate Books: Same as above,
plus additional readings and
seminar meetings TBA.
HST 341/541
(CRN #: 14029, 14030)
Europe Since 1914
S. Moran
MWF, 1:20-2:27 PM, 374 SFH
Prerequisite: WRT 160;
Style:TBA
Requirements: TBA
Books: Moran, Patrick Pearse and
the Politics of Redemption;
Fussell, Great War and Modern
Memory; Smith, Europe in the
Contempory World; Fromm,
Escape From Reason; Orwell,
Road to Wigan Pier; Anonymous,
A Woman in Berlin; Solzhenitsyn,
A Day in the Life of Ivan
Denisovich.
HST 343/543
HST 339/539
(CRN #:11769, 11770)
Women Early Modern
Europe 1500-1789
S. Chapman Williams
TR, 1:00-2:47 PM, 312 PH
Prerequisite: WRT 160;
Assesses women’s contributions
to the changes and events of early
modern Europe, examines women
in the private and public spheres,
and explores the dynamic of
gender in studying the impact of
women on politics, the economy,
literacy and culture, and religious
practices and beliefs. (Identical
with WGS 339.)
Style: Lecture and discussion.
Undergraduate Requirements:Two
seven page papers, mid-term and
final exams, required participation
in class discussions, pop quizzes
on course readings.
Undergraduate Books: WiesnerHanks, Women and Gender in
Early Modern Europe; Marie de
I’Incarnation, From Mother to Son;
Gluckel, Memoirs of Gluckel of
Hameln; Davis, The Return of
Martin Guerre; Mènètra, Journal of
my Life.
Graduate Requirements: One
research paper (15 pages with
historiography and primary
sources), one book review essay,
mid-term and final exams,
(CRN #: 14031, 14032)
Germany Since 1740
D. Hastings
TR, 3:00-4:47 PM, 239 EH
Prerequisite: WRT 160;
German politics, society and
culture from Frederick the Great to
the present.
Style: Lecture and discussion.
Undergraduate Requirements:
TBA
Books: Kitchen, History of Modern
Germany; Fulbrook, German
History Since 1800; Orlow, History
of Germany, 1871 to Present;
Browning, Ordinary Me; Time Kirk,
Nazi Germany.
HST 346
(CRN #: 14033)
Scientific Revolution
C. Martin
MWF, 10:40-11:47 AM, 235 EH
Prerequisite: WRT 160;
Style: TBA
Requirements: TBA
Books: Principe, Scientific
Revolution; Oster, Science in
Europe; Oster, Science in Europe;
Bacon, New Atlantis and Great
Instauration.
HST 358/558
(CRN #: 14034, 14035)
Cold War in Middle East
D. Matthews
TR, 10:00-11:47 AM, 312 PH
Prerequisite: WRT 160; Examines
conflict and peace making in the
Middle East in the context of the
Cold War, especially
decolonization, nationalism, and
revolution as these issues were
affected by U.S. – Soviet rivalry.
Style: TBA
Requirements: TBA
Books: James, The Eagle and the
Lion; Farouk-Sluglett, Iraq Since
1858; Mansfield, A History of the
Middle East; Palmer, Guardians of
the Gulf; Shlaim, The Iron Wall.
HST 366/566
(CRN #: 13434, 13435)
Slavery and Race in Latin
America
E. Shesko
MWF, 2:20-3:47 PM, 204 EH
Prerequisite: WRT 160; A
comparative approach to the
study of slavery in Latin America
and the Caribbean and to present
ideas about race in these areas
Style: Discussion & Lecture
Undergraduate Requirements:
Reading Responses, Essay,
Midterm, Research Paper
Graduate Requirements: Reading
Responses, Essay,
Historiographic Paper.
Undergraduate Books: Andrews,
Afro-Latin America; Sweet,
Recreating Africa; Landers,
Atlantic Creoles in the Age of
Revolutions; Ferrer, Insurgent
Cuba; Chasteen, John Charles,
National Rhythms, African Roots:
The Deep History of Latin
American Popular Dance.
Graduate Books: TBA
HST 369
(CRN #: 14424)
The Middle Ages, 11001500
J. Naus
MWF, 12:00-1:07 PM, 310 PH
Prerequisite: WRT 160;
Style: TBA
Undergraduate Requirements:TBA
Graduate Requirements:TBA
Undergraduate Books: TBA
Graduate Books:TBA
HST 374/574
(CRN #: 14036, 14037)
China in Revolution 19111949
Y. Li
M, 6:30-9:50 PM, 174 SFH
Prerequisite: WRT 160;
China’s 20th century revolutionary
experience, focusing on the 1911,
1928 and 1949 revolutions. Topics
include the struggle between
China’s two revolutionary parties,
the Nationalists and Communists;
social change under the Republic;
World War II in Asia; and the civil
war.
Style: TBA
Undergraduate Requirements:
TBA
Graduate Requirements: TBA
Undergraduate Books: Zarrow,
China in War and Revolution,
1895-1949; Spencer, The Gate of
Heavenly Peace: the Chinese and
Their Revolution, 1895-1980
Graduate Books: Selden, China in
Revolution: The Yenan Way
Revisited; Mitter, A Bitter
Revolution; Kark, Mao Zedong and
China in the Twenieth-Century
World: A Concise History.
Recommended: Pei-kai Cheng,
The Search for Modern China: A
Documentary Collection.
HST 376/576
(CRN #: 14038, 14039)
China Since 1949
Y. Li
MWF, 10:40-11:47 AM, 307 PH
Prerequisite: WRT 160;
Style: TBA
Requirements: TBA
Books: Yarong Jiang & David
Ashley, Mao’s Children in the New
China; Sijie, Balzac and the Little
Chinese Seamstress; Ye, China
Candid; Gerth, As China Goes, So
Goes the World.
HST 385/585
(CRN #: 14491, 14492)
Ancient African
Civilizations
G. Bekele
MWF, 1:20-2:27 PM, 206 EH
Prerequisite: WRT 160; This
course deals with the history of
Africa in prehistoric, ancient, and
"medieval" times. Topics include
human evolution, the beginning
and spread of farming, the rise of
organized states, the spread and
Impact of the world religions
(Christianity and Islam) and of
commerce, migration and
settlement, war and peace, and
Africa's encounter with the
outside world
Style: lecture, discussion, video
Requirements: Take-home
assignments, term-paper, and a
final exam.
Books: Marc Van De Mieroop, A
History of Ancient Egypt; Ehret,
The Civilization of Africa;
Stenhouse, The Conquest of
Abyssinia; Bovill, The Golden
Trade of the Moors; Phillipson,
Foundation of an African
Civilization.
HST 389
(CRN #: 12212)
African Environmental
History
G. Bekele
W, 6:30-9:50 PM, 170 SFH
Prerequisite: WRT 160;This
course examines causation and
change in Africa’s regional
environments in the modern era.
Major topics include agriculture,
demography, economic
development, energy production,
and conservation of natural
resources. Although focused on
Africa, the course pays closer
attention to contemporary debates
on climate change and the use
and future of fossil energy (oil) as
well.
Style: discussion, lecture, video
Requirements: take-home
assignments, one review paper, a
term project , a paper, and a final
exam.
Books: Giles-Vernick, Cutting the
Vines of the Past; McCann, Maize
and Grace; Diamond, Guns,
Germs, and Steel; Radkau, Nature
and Power; Black, Crude Reality.
HST 390
(CRN #: 12153)
ST: Introduction to Public
History
E. Dwyer
TR, 3:00-4:47 PM, 312 PH
Prerequisites: WRT 160; For
majors and non-majors. Topics
vary from year to year. May be
repeated for additional credit.
Style: TBA
Undergraduate Requirements:
TBA
Graduate Requirements: TBA
Books: Meringolo, Museums,
Monuments, and National Parks.
Recommended: Perks, The Oral
History Reader.
HST 390/REL 420
(CRN #: 10058, 14013)
ST: Jewish Experience in
America
I. Greenspan
MWF, 2:40-3:47 PM, 233 HH
Prerequisites: WRT 160;
Style: TBA
Undergraduate Requirements:
TBA
Graduate Requirements: TBA
Books: Diner, The Jews of the
U.S.; Dinnerstein, Antisemitism in
America, Goldstein, The Price of
Whiteness-Jews, Race and
American Identity; Staub, Torn at
the Roots-The Crisis of Jewish
Liberalism in Postwar America;
Gabler, An Empire of their OwnHow the Jews Invented
Hollywood; Epstein, The Haunted
Smile-The Story of Jewish
Comedians in America; Abrams,
The New Jew in Film-Exploring
Jewishness and Judaism in
Contemporary Cinema.
Recommended: Sarna, American
Judaism.
HST 391
(CRN #: TBA)
Directed Readings in
History
Staff
Prerequisites: WRT 160; and
instructor permission.
Independent but directed readings
for juniors and seniors interested
in fields of history in which
advanced courses are not
available. Offered each semester.
It is the student’s responsibility to
contact and make arrangements
with an instructor prior to
registering for this course.
HST 399
(CRN #: TBA)
Field Experience: Public
History
Staff
Prerequisites: HST 300 with a
grade of 3.3 or higher and JR/SR
standing; 24 credits in history, of
which at least 8 must be at the
300-400 level; instructor
permission. Field experience in
history, with faculty supervision
that incorporates student
performance in an occupational
setting. May not be repeated for
credit. It is the student’s
responsibility to contact and make
arrangements with an instructor
prior to registering for this course.
HST 447
(CRN #:11774)
French Revolution
S. Chapman Williams
TR, 10:00-11:47 PM, 312 PH
Prerequisite: WRT 160; and HST
101 or HST 102.
Survey of the revolutionary era in
France beginning with the reign of
Louis XVI (1774) and ending with
the Battle of Waterloo (1815).
Course will examine the origins,
development and impact of the
French Revolution with an
emphasis on topics in political
and cultural history.
Style: Lecture & discussion group.
Requirements: Two seven-page
papers, mid-term and final essay
exams, required participation in
weekly discussions on course
readings.
Books: Popkin, A Short History of
the French Revolution; Mason,
The French Revolution: A
Document Collection; Doyle,
Origins of the French Revolution;
Tackett, When the King Took
Flight; primary documents on The
Terror.
HST 491
(CRN #: TBA)
Directed Research in
History
Staff
Prerequisites: WRT 160; HST 300;
instructor permission.
Directed individual research for
advanced history majors. It is the
student’s responsibility to contact
and make arrangements with an
instructor prior to registering for
this course.
HST 494
(CRN #: 12554)
Capstone/Cross Cultural
History
D. Matthews
T, 6:30-9:50 PM, 479 VAR
Prerequisites: History Major &
HST 300; 20 credits in history;
senior standing or instructor
permission. This capstone
investigates the culture, politics,
and strategy of American
involvement in the Middle East in
the nineteenth and twentieth
centuries. Under guidance of the
faculty leader substantive issues,
research techniques and
historiographical problems will be
considered as the student
prepares a research paper to be
submitted at the conclusion of the
course.
Style: Discussion
Requirements: Research Paper
and Exercises.
Books: Davidson, America’s
Palestine; Vitalis, America’s
Kingdom; Little, American
Orientalism; Gardner, Three
Kings.
HST 497
(CRN #: 13388)
Capstone in American
History
D. Clark
MWF, 2:40-3:47 PM, 310 PH
Prerequisites: HST 300; 20 credits
in history: senior standing or
instructor permission.
In the capstone course students
investigate topics in American
history in a seminar setting.
Under the guidance of the faculty
leader, substantive issues,
research techniques and
historiographical problems will be
considered as the student
prepares a research paper to be
submitted at the conclusion of the
course.
Style: TBA
Requirements: TBA
Books: Turabian, A Manual for
Writers.
HST 497
(CRN #: 14040)
Capstone Seminar in
American History
G. Milne
TR, 10:00-11:47 AM, 206 EH
Prerequisites: Senior standing or
permission of instructor, HST 300.
Recommended but not required:
HST 114, or HST 306.
In this capstone course students
investigate topics in American
history in a seminar setting. Under
the guidance of the faculty leader,
substantive issues, research
techniques and historiographical
problems will be considered as
the student prepares a research
paper to be submitted at the
conclusion of the course. This
section will focus on the history of
colonial era New England.
Style: TBA
Requirements: a final research
paper and interim assignments
including a prospectus, book
reviews, and a complete first draft
submitted for revision.
Books: Turabian: A Manual for
Writers of Research Papers,
Theses, and Dissertations 8th
Edition (do not buy previous
editions); Conforti, Saints and
Strangers: New England in British
North America; Gaglano et al.,
Doing History: Research and
Writing in the Digital Age; Bremer,
The Puritan Experiment: New
England Society from Bradford to
Edwards.
HST 591
(CRN #: TBA)
Directed Readings for
Graduate Students
Staff
Prerequisite: grad status,
permission of supervising
instructor.
Directed individual readings on
specific topics.
HST 600
(CRN #: TBA)
Field or Thesis
Examination
Staff
Prerequisite: grad status,
permission of faculty advisor.
Examination taken in the last
semester of the student’s
program; student must secure
permission of the faculty advisor
before registering.
HST 681
(CRN#: TBA)
Research Tutorial
Staff
Prerequisite: grad status,
permission of supervising
instructor.
Directed individual research
leading to the writing of a
scholarly paper of substantial
length. May be repeated for
credit.