These writing-intensive seminars introduce students to the richness of historical approaches to the past and to the contested subjects on which historians focus. They emphasize the acquisition of skills needed in the advanced study of history and are ideal for students contemplating a major in History. Each seminar is limited in enrollment to nineteen students, and each tutorial, to ten students. In the case of seminars, preference will be given to first-year students and then to sophomores. First-year students and sophomores will be given equal preference in the case of tutorials, to which the writing of five or six essays and the oral presentation of five or six critiques of another student's essays are central. In any case, first-year students will not normally be permitted to enroll in a tutorial during their first semester. Because first-year seminars and tutorials serve as an introduction to the study of history, only one course of each type may count towards the History major; it can also be used to meet the department's group and concentration requirements.
* Denotes courses that meet the college Peoples & Cultures requirement.
(W) Denotes courses that are considered "writing intensive".
Africa and the Middle East (102-111):
- HIST 111 Movers and Shakers in the Middle East (Same as Leadership Studies 150) (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) (W) HIST 117T Clash of Empires: China and the West, 1800-1900 (Same as Asian Studies 117T) (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) (W) HIST 124 The Vikings (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) (W) HIST 129 Blacks, Jews, and Women in the Age of the French Revolution (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) (W) HIST 135T The Great War, 1914-1918 (Same as Leadership Studies 135T) (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) (W) HIST 148 The Mexican Revolution: 1910 to NAFTA (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) (W) HIST 154T The American Way of War: The First Three Centuries (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) (W) HIST 166 The Age of Washington and DuBois (Same as Africana Studies 166) (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) (W) HIST 202 Early-African History Through the Era of the Slave Trade (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) HIST 209 The Origins of Islam: God, Empire and Apocalypse (Same as Religion 231) (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) HIST 212 Transforming the "Middle Kingdom": China, 2000 BCE-1600 (Same as Asian Studies 212) (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) HIST 213 Modern China, 1600-Present (Same as Asian Studies 213) (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) HIST 214 Japanese Religions and the State (Same as Religion 259) (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) (W) HIST 222 Greek History (Same as Classics 222) (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) HIST 229 European Imperialism and Decolonization (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) HIST 240 Muscovy and the Russian Empire (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) HIST 241 The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) HIST 242 Latin America From Conquest to Independence (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) HIST 284 Topics in Asian American History (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) (D) HIST 286 Latina/o History From 1846 to the Present (Same as Latina/o Studies 286) (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) (D) HIST 293 History of Medicine (Same as History of Science 320) (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) HIST 301F Approaching the Past: Remembering American History (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) HIST 304 South Africa and Apartheid (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) HIST 307 Islam and Modernity (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) (D) (W) HIST 311 The United States and the Middle East (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) HIST 315 Cultural Foundations: The Literature and History of Early China (Same as Chinese 224 and Comparative Literature 220) (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) (D) HIST 318 Nationalism in East Asia (Same as Asian Studies 245 and Political Science 245) (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) HIST 319 Gender and the Family in Chinese History (Same as Asian Studies 319 and Women's and Gender Studies 319) (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) HIST 321 History of U.S.-Japan Relations (Same as Japanese 321) (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) HIST 323 Leadership, Government, and the Governed in Ancient Greece (Same as Classics 323 and Leadership Studies 323) (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) (W) HIST 324 The Development of Christianity: 30-600 C.E. (Same as Religion 212) (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) (W) HIST 325 The World of Charlemagne (Same as Religion 219) (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) (W) HIST 326 War in European History (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) HIST 327 Knighthood and Chivalry (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) HIST 328 Medieval Empires (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) HIST 329 The Christianization of Europe (Same as Religion 214) (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) (W) HIST 330 Reformation and its Results (Same as Religion 220) (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) HIST 334 The Fin-de-Si#cle: Vienna-Paris-St. Petersburg (Same as Women's and Gender Studies 334) (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) HIST 342 Creating Nations and Nationalism in Latin America (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) (D) HIST 346 History of Modern Brazil (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) (D) HIST 359 Autobiography as History: An American Character? (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) HIST 368 Cultural Encounters in the American West (Same as American Studies 368) (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) (D) HIST 373 Va Va Vroom!-A Nation on Wheels (Same as Environmental Studies 373) (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) HIST 380 Comparative American Immigration History (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) (D) HIST 384 Comparative Asian-American History, 1850-1965 (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) (D) HIST 385 Contemporary Issues in Recent Asian-American History, 1965-Present (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) (D) HIST 386 Latinas in the Global Economy: Work, Migration, and Households (Same as Latina/o Studies 386 and Women's and Gender Studies 386) (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) (D) HIST 387 Community Building and Social Movements in Latina/o History (Same as Latina/o Studies 387 and Women's and Gender Studies 387) (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) HIST 392 Producing the Past (Same as Asian Studies 345 and Sociology 345) (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) HIST 393 Sister Revolutions in France and America (Same as Leadership Studies 212 and French 212) (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) HIST 396 Muslims and Europe: Colonialism, Migration, and Racism in 19th and 20th Century Europe (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) HIST 408 Archaeology, Politics, and Heritage in the Middle East (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) HIST 425 The First Crusade (Same as Religion 215) (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) (W) (D) HIST 443 Slavery, Race and Ethnicity in Latin America (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) (D) HIST 466 Imagining Urban America, Three Case Studies: Boston, Chicago, and L.A. (Same as American Studies 364) (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) HIST 471 Comparative Latina/o Migrations (Same as Latina/o Studies 471) (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) (W) (D) HIST 475 Modern Warfare and Military Leadership (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) HIST 476 Apocalypse Now and Then: A Comparative History of Millenarian Movements (Same as Religion 217) (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) (D) HIST 480T Historical Narratives of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) (W) (D) HIST 483T African Political Thought (Not offered 2008-2009; to be offered 2009-2010) (W)
Asia (112-121):
- HIST 119(S) The Japanese Empire (W) HIST 128T(S) Conquistadors in the New World (W) HIST 136(S) Before the Deluge: Paris and Berlin in the Interwar Years (W) HIST 158(S) Thicker than Water: American Political Dynasties (W) HIST 164(S) Slavery in the American South (W) HIST 203(S) A Survey of Modern African History (Same as Africana Studies 203) HIST 215T(S) Crises and Critiques: The Literature and Intellectual History of Early 20th Century China (Same as Chinese 251T and Comparative Literature 256T) (W) (D) HIST 216(S) The Greater Game? Central Asia and its Neighbors Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Same as International Studies 101 and Religion 236) HIST 218(S) Modern Japan (Same as Asian Studies 218 and Japanese 218) HIST 225(S) The Middle Ages (Same as Religion 216) HIST 226(S) Europe From Reformation to Revolution: 1500-1815 HIST 228(S) Europe in the Twentieth Century HIST 230(S) Modern European Jewish History, 1789-1948 (Same as Jewish Studies 230) HIST 252B(S) America From San Gabriel to Gettysburg, 1492-1865 HIST 253(S) The United States from Appomattox to AOL, 1865-Present HIST 263(S) The United States and the World, 1914 to the Present (Same as Leadership Studies 263) HIST 282(S) African-American History From Reconstruction to the Present (Same as Africana Studies 282) HIST 292(S) Africans in Europe: Slaves, Abolitionists, Artists, Intellectuals and Migrants in the Modern Era (Same as Africana Studies 292) HIST 294(S) Scientific Revolutions: 1543-1927 (Same as History of Science 224) HIST 301D(S) Approaching the Past: Is History Eurocentric? HIST 301E(S) Approaching the Past: Three Historians of the Dark Ages HIST 308(S) Gender and Society in Modern Africa (Same as Africana Studies 308 and Women's and Gender Studies 308) HIST 310(S) Iraq and Iran in the Twentieth Century (D) HIST 322(S) The Construction of Gender in Ancient Greece and Rome (Same as Classics 239 and Women's and Gender Studies 239) HIST 332(S) The Revolutionary Tradition in France, 1789-1871 HIST 352(F,S) America and the Sea, 1600-Present (Same as Maritime Studies 352) (Offered only at Mystic Seaport.) (W) HIST 353(S) North American Indian History: Pre-Contact to the Present (Same as Environmental Studies 353) HIST 354(S) The Revolutionary Generation: Galaxy of Leaders (Same as Leadership Studies 285 and Political Science 285)
Europe and Russia (122-141):
Latin America and the Caribbean (142-151):
United States (152-191):
Transnational/Comparative (192-199):