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History (HIST)Head of Department: Professor Shirley Roe For major requirements, see the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences section of this Catalog.
1100. The Historian as Detective (135) Either semester. Three credits. Uses historical documents focusing on a single incident in the past to reconstruct what happened and why. Emphasizes development of historical research skills such as evaluating evidence, explaining cause and effect, and understanding events in their larger social, political, cultural, and economic contexts. CA 1. 1100W. The Historian as Detective (135W) Prerequisite: ENGL 1010 or 1011 or 3800. CA 1. (108) Either semester. Three credits. Omara-Otunno A survey of the historical experiences of the world's major civilizations during recent centuries with particular attention to the modernization of the traditional cultures of Asia, Latin America, and Africa. CA 1. (121) (Also offered as WS 1121.) Either semester. Three credits. The historical roots of challenges faced by contemporary women as revealed in the Western and/or non-Western experience: the political, economic, legal, religious, intellectual, and family life of women. CA 1. CA 4. 1206. Living Through War in World History Since 1500 (126) Either semester. Three credits. Watson Experiences and perceptions of both military and civilian participants in different kinds of wars around the world over the past 500 years. CA 1. CA 4-INT. 1300. Western Traditions before 1500 (100) Either semester. Three credits. An analysis of the traditions and changes which have shaped Western political institutions, economic systems, social structures and culture in ancient and medieval times. CA 1. 1400. Modern Western Traditions (101) Either semester. Three credits. History of political institutions, economic systems, social structures, and cultures in the modern Western world. CA 1. 1501. United States History to 1877 (131) Either semester. Three credits. Not open to students who have passed HIST 231 or HIST 231W. Surveys political, economic, social, and cultural developments in American history through the Civil War and Reconstruction. CA 1. 1501W. United States History to 1877 (131W) Prerequisite: ENGL 1010 or 1011 or 3800. CA 1. 1502. United States History since 1877 (132) Either semester. Three credits. Not open to students who have passed HIST 232 or HIST 232W. Surveys political, economic, social, and cultural developments in American history from 1877 to the present. CA 1. 1502W. United States History since 1877 (132W) Prerequisite: ENGL 1010 or 1011 or 3800. CA 1. 1503. Introduction to American Studies (165) (Also offered as AMST 1503 and ENGL 1503.) First semester. Three credits. Not open to students who have passed INTD 276. What is an American? A multi-disciplinary inquiry into the diversity of American societies and cultures. CA 4. 1800. The Roots of Traditional Asia (106) Either semester. Three credits. Wang A survey of the early development and staying power of the traditional cultures from which the major societies of modern Asia have evolved. CA 1. CA 4-INT. 1805. East Asian History Through Hanzi Characters (107) Either semester. Three credits. Wang East Asian history taught through analysis of select “hanzi” (Chinese ideographic symbols), focusing on their changing meanings and institutional manifestations in different regions over time. CA 1. CA 4-INT. (195) Either semester. Credits, prerequisites, and hours as determined by the Senate Curricula and Courses Committee. May be repeated for credit with a change in topic. (198) Either semester. Three credits. With a change in content may be repeated for credit. A major topic in history through contemporary sources and historical interpretations. (211) Either semester. Three credits. Open only to history majors. Learning critical reading, thinking and writing skills by interpreting a variety of primary sources. (206) (Also offered as SCI 2206.) First semester. Three credits. Roe Development of modern science and technology in relation to culture, politics, and social issues. CA 1. 2240. History of War in the Modern World (225) Either semester. Three credits. Recommended preparation: HIST 1400. Dintenfass Selected topics analyzing the interactions of warfare, military theories and practice with social, economic and technological developments since 1815. 2401. Europe in the Nineteenth Century (228) First semester. Three credits. Recommended preparation: HIST 1400. This course examines the Restoration, the mid-century revolutions, and the forces of nationalism, liberalism and imperialism. New social and economic movements and currents of thought are described and explored. CA 1. 2401W. Europe in the Nineteenth Century (228W) Prerequisite: ENGL 1010 or 1011 or 3800. Recommended preparation: HIST 1400. CA 1. 2402. Europe in the Twentieth Century (229) Either semester. Three credits. Recommended preparation: HIST 1400. Twentieth Century Europe and its world relationships in the era of two world wars, the great depression, and the cold war. CA 1. 2402W. Europe in the Twentieth Century (229W) Prerequisite: ENGL 1010 or 1011 or 3800. Recommended preparation: HIST 1400. CA 1. (292W) Second semester. Three credits. Two class periods of 75 minutes. Prerequisite: ENGL 1010 or 1011 or 3800. What the lives of significant individuals reveal about major historical periods and themes. Variable topics. 3101W. History through Fiction (295W) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 1010 or 1011 or 3800; open to juniors or higher. What classic novels and other works of fiction reveal about major historical periods and themes in history. Variable topics. May be offered from an American or European perspective. 3102. Topics in Public History Either semester. Three credits. With a change in content, may be repeated for credit. Forbes, Rozwadowski, Woodward Introduction to the field of public history; in-depth study and practice of one selected topic in public history, such as exhibit design, oral history, institutional history, or archive management. 3201. The History of Human Rights (253) (Also offered as HRTS 3201.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Case studies in the emergence and evolution of human rights as experience and concept. 3202. International Human Rights (226) (Also offered as HRTS 3202.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Omara-Otunnu Historical and theoretical survey of the evolution of human rights since 1945. (209) (Also offered as HDFS 3423.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Not open for credit to students who have passed HDFS 3423. Pre-industrial and industrial family life in Western society since the Middle Ages, with emphasis on the changes in demography, family size and structure, family economy, social expectations, sex roles, sexuality, and affective bonds. 3204. Science and Social Issues in the Modern World (207) Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Roe Social context of science in the United States and Europe since 1850. Genetics and eugenics; ecology and the environment; nuclear issues; gender, race, and science. CA 4. 3204W. Science and Social Issues in the Modern World (207W) Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 1010 or 1011 or 3800; open to juniors or higher. CA 4. 3205. Personality and Power in the Twentieth Century (291) Second semester. Three credits. Dynamic leadership in historical crises, including, for example, Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, Hitler, DeGaulle, Kennedy, and Mao. 3206. Black Experience in the Americas (266) (Also offered as AFAM 3206.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Recommended preparation: HIST 3563, 3564, 3609, or 3620. Pappademos Major themes in recent scholarship of African-descended communities in the Americas and their interconnection beyond geopolitical boundaries; race, gender, class, religion, cultural movements and practices, slavery, political economy, political movements, and African consciousness, from historical perspective. 3300. Near Eastern Pre-History (212) (Also offered as ANTH 3513.) Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. From the earliest hunter-gatherers to the rise of the state: the transition from food-gathering to food-producing and the development of complex societies in the Near East. (213) (Also offered as CAMS 3253.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. The history of Near Eastern civilization from the Neolithic period to the Persian Empire. The birth of civilization in Mesopotamia and Egypt. The political, economic, social, and cultural achievements of ancient Near Eastern peoples. (214) (Also offered as CAMS 3254.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Caner The history of Greece from Minoan and Mycenaean times into the Hellenistic period with special emphasis on the Fifth Century and the "Golden Age" of Athens. (216) (Also offered as CAMS 3255.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Caner From the beginning of Rome to the reign of Justinian. The growth of the Roman Republic and Empire, Roman civilization and its influence upon later history. 3330. Palestine Under the Greeks and Romans (218) (Also offered as CAMS 3256, HEB 3218, and JUDS 3218.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: CAMS 1101 or 1102 or CAMS 3253/HIST 3301 or HIST 3320 or 3325 or INTD 3260 or HEB 1103 or JUDS 3202 or instructor consent; open to juniors or higher. Taught in English. May not be used to meet the foreign language requirement. Miller The political, historical and religious currents in Greco-Roman Palestine. Includes the Jewish Revolts, sectarian developments, the rise of Christianity and the Talmudic academies. 3335. The Early Church and Christian Thought (257) (Also offered as CAMS 3250.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Recommended preparation: HIST 3325 or CAMS 3255. Caner A critical approach to the evolution of Christian thought, social organization and institutions ca. 50-450 C.E. Topics include gnosticism, apostolic succession, heresy, orthodoxy. (217) (Also offered as CAMS 3243.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Caner The profound social and cultural changes that redefined the cities, frontiers, and economies of the classical world and led to the Middle Ages. Developments in the eastern and western Mediterranean lands between the second and seventh centuries, including neo-Platonism, the spread of Christianity, Rabbinic Judaism, and Islam. (250) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. A survey of the major developments from the fourth through the fifteenth centuries: religious controversies, the theme system, the Crusades, Byzantine civilization, its law, art, literature, and its impact upon European and Russian civilization. (219) First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Olson The decline of Rome, rise of Christianity, the barbarian invasions and kingdoms, culminating in the civilizations of the Carolingian Empire, of Byzantium, and of Islam. (220) Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Olson The history of Europe from the tenth through the fourteenth centuries. The development and expansion of European civilization, the revival of a money economy and town life, the development of feudal monarchy, the conflict of Empire and Papacy, the Crusades. (271) First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Gouwens Europe in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. (272) Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Europe in the sixteenth century with emphasis on religious developments, rise of the modern state, birth of science, expansion of Europe, and the Commercial Revolution. 3400. Europe in the Seventeenth Century (273) First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Conflict of constitutionalism and absolutism, colonial expansion and rivalry, development of science, and the age of reason, the age of the baroque, the age of Louis XIV. 3401. Europe in the Eighteenth Century (274) Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Intellectual, political, and socioeconomic developments in Europe from 1713 to 1789. 3412. Intellectual and Social History of Europe in the Nineteenth Century (258) First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Lansing The thought and feeling of Europeans in their social context. 3412W. Intellectual and Social History of Europe in the Nineteenth Century (258W) Prerequisite: ENGL 1010 or 1011 or 3800; open to juniors or higher. 3413. Intellectual and Social History of Europe in the Twentieth Century (259) Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Lansing The thought and feeling of Europeans in their social context. 3413W. Intellectual and Social History of Europe in the Twentieth Century (259W) Prerequisite: ENGL 1010 or 1011 or 3800; open to juniors or higher. 3416. Gender and Sexuality in Modern Europe (208) (Also offered as WS 3416.) Either semester. Three credits. Schafer The construction of gender difference and ideas about sexuality in western Europe since 1789. Masculinity and femininity; sexuality, identity and the state; European power and personhood in global context. (202) (Also offered as HEB 3203 and JUDS 3203.) Either semester. Three credits. Origins, development, and legacy of the Holocaust. Topics include the history of modern European anti-Semitism, the creation of the Nazi state, the catalytic role of the Second World War, the actions and attitudes of the perpetrators, victims, and bystanders, and the diverse ways in which scholars and societies have dealt with the legacy of the Holocaust. (261) First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Kane A survey of English history from its origin to the close of the Tudor period. Emphasis is placed on the development of the English nation and the growth of its culture. Recommended to majors in English. 3421. History of Modern England (262) Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Watson Cultural, political, economic, and intellectual development of modern Britain, with special emphasis on changing ideas of national identity. 3422. History of Southern Africa (263) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Vernal Survey of Southern African societies with an emphasis on the socio-economic and political structure of indigenous societies, the imposition of colonial rule, gendered experiences of colonialism, colonial economies, the rise of nationalism and post-independence developments. 3426. Social and Economic History of Modern Britain (264) First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Watson The change from an agrarian to an industrial society. (265) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Kane History of Ireland, with emphasis on the modern period. The rise of Irish nationalism, the Irish Literary Revival, and the problems of Northern Ireland. (279) Second semester. Three credits. Schafer The disintegration of the monarchical synthesis prior to and during the French Revolution; the attempts to harmonize French society under subsequent regimes. 3450. Germany from the Reformation to 1815 (255) First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. A political and cultural survey of German history with topical emphasis on the Reformation, the religious wars, the Age of Enlightenment, the rise of Brandenburg-Prussia, Germany during the revolutionary era. (256) Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Lansing A study of German political, social, and intellectual history since the Napoleonic Wars. This course also considers European and world problems as reflected in the emergence of Germany as a pivotal force in international affairs. 3456. The Habsburg Monarchy and Its Peoples, 1740-1918 (254) Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Recommended preparation: HIST 1400. The rise and fall of the multinational, dynastic state of the Habsburgs, with emphasis upon those forces which sustained it through the nineteenth century and those which brought its collapse in 1918. (267) Either semester. Three credits. Gouwens Italy from the triumph of the city-state and the popolo grosso to the end of the Renaissance. The complex interrelationship between society and culture will be the focus of study. 3463. The Modernization of Italy from 1815 to Present (269) Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Davis The modernization of Italy's traditional sociopolitical and economic structure; Industrialization, unification, the liberal regime, fascism, and the republic. 3470. Medieval and Imperial Russia to 1855 (251) First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. The development of Russia from the emergence of the Slavs to the reign of Alexander II. Russian political institutions, orthodoxy and cultural traditions, nobility, peasantry, and townsmen. 3471. History of Russia Since 1855 (252) Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Recommended Preparation: HIST 3470. Continuation of History 3470. Late imperial Russia, the former Soviet Union, and contemporary Russia. 3502. Colonial America: Native Americans, Slaves, and Settlers, 1492-1760 (243) First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Dayton The legacy of Columbus, creative survival of native Americans in the face of disease and warfare, religious utopianism and the profit motive in colonization. The growth of a distinctive Anglo-American political culture, gender and family relations, and the entrenchment of a racial caste system. 3502W. Colonial America: Native Americans, Slaves, and Settlers, 1492-1760 (243W) Prerequisite: ENGL 1010 or 1011 or 3800; open to juniors or higher. (244) Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Brown Creation of the United States of America from the beginnings of the independence movement through the adoption of the Constitution and Bill of Rights. (236) Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Waller The social, economic and cultural forces that shaped the Civil War and its aftermath. Sectional conflict, industrialization, reform and abolitionism, race relations, and class, gender and constitutional issues from the 1830s to the 1880s. 3516. Rise of U.S. Global Power (249) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Costigliola The people and ideas that powered the growth of America's global empire. Emphasis on the world wars, the Cold War, the Vietnam War, intervention in Latin America, and the global economy. 3520. Social and Cultural History of Connecticut and New England (227) Either semester. Three credits. Either 3520 or 3522, but not both, may be counted for credit toward the History major. Baldwin, Clark, Woodward Race, class, gender, religion, politics, and economy in New England. Interpretations of the region's culture from the 1600's through the 1800's. Introduces accessible primary sources and interpretive issues at public history sites. (239) First semester in odd-numbered years. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Either 3520 or 3522, but not both, may be counted for credit toward the History major. A survey of Connecticut's history from 1633 to the present from a constitutional and political perspective. 3530. Asian-American Experience Since 1850 (294) (Also offered as AASI 3578.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Wang Survey of Asian-American experiences in the United States since 1850. Responses by Asian-Americans to both opportunities and discrimination. 3531. Japanese Americans and World War II (268) ( Also offered as AASI 3531.) First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Buckley The events leading to martial law and executive order 9066, the wartime experience of Japanese Americans, and national consequences. CA 1. CA 4. 3540. American Environmental History (230) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Rozwadowski, Shoemaker, Woodward Transformations of the North American environment: the effects of human practices and policies, varying ideas about nature across cultures and time periods; and the rise of environmental movements. 3540W. American Environmental History (230W) Prerequisite: ENGL 1010 or 1011 or 3800; open to juniors or higher. 3541. The History of Urban America (241) (Also offered as URBN 3541.) Either semester. Three credits. Baldwin The development of Urban America with emphasis on social, political, physical, and environmental change in the industrial city. 3541W. The History of Urban America (241W) (Also offered as URBN 3541W.) Prerequisite: ENGL 1010 or 1011 or 3800. (245) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Seafaring and society since the age of Columbus. Emphasis on the Anglo-American experience. 3550. Constitutional History of the United States (235) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. The Constitution and the Supreme Court in relation to the political, economic, and intellectual history of the United States. 3551. Topics in U.S. Legal History (248) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. With change in content, may be repeated for credit. Dayton Introduction to legal culture and appellate case materials from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries. Topics include: child custody and family law, the courts' role in industrial development, the law of slavery and freedom in the North, and various aspects of civil rights. 3551W. Topics in U.S. Legal History (248W) Prerequisite: ENGL 1010 or 1011 or 3800; open to juniors or higher. 3554. Immigrants and the Shaping of American History (247) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Recommended preparation: One course in American History. Chang The origins of immigration to the United States and the interaction of immigrants with the social, political, and economic life of the nation after 1789, with emphasis on such topics as nativism, assimilation, and the "ethnic legacy." 3555. Work and Workers in American Society (242) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Changes in work from the 17th through the 20th centuries. Workers' experiences, ideologies, and activities as shaped by gender, race/ethnicity, region, occupation, and industry. 3555W. Work and Workers in American Society (242W) Prerequisite: ENGL 1010 or 1011 or 3800; open to juniors or higher. 3556W. History Workshop: Topics in American Society and Culture (240W) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 1010 or 1011 or 3800; open to juniors or higher. May be repeated for credit with a change in topic. Techniques of primary historical research based on collaborative research and writing on a topic selected by the instructor. 3561. History of Women and Gender in Early America (210) (Also offered as WS 3561.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Compares the evolving gender systems of native American groups, transplanted Africans, and immigrant Europeans up to the early Nineteenth Century. Topics include women's work, marriage and divorce, witch-hunting, masculinity, and women's Revolutionary War roles. 3562. History of Women and Gender in the United States, 1790-Present (215) (Also offered as WS 3562.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Women and gender in family, work, education, politics, and religion. Impact of age, race, ethnicity, region, class, and affectional preference on women's lives. Changing definitions of womanhood and manhood. 3563. African American History to 1865 (238) (Also offered as HRTS 3563 and AFAM 3563.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Ogbar History of African-American people to 1865, from their West African roots, to their presence in colonial America, through enslavement and emancipation. Adaptation and resistance to their conditions in North America. Contributions by black people to the development of the United States. 3564. African American History Since 1865 (246) (Also offered as AFAM 3564.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Ogbar History of African-American people since the Civil war. Contributions by black people to American development. African-American activity in international arenas. 3568. Hip-Hop, Politics and Youth Culture in America (260) ( Also offered as AFAM 3568.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Ogbar History of hip-hop, its musical antecedents and its role in popular culture. Race, class, and gender are examined as well as hip-hop's role in popular political discourse.
* Read an UConn Traditions article about this course: AFAM/HIST 3568. (Photo by Peter Morenus)
(237) Either semester. Three credits. Shoemaker Surveys American Indian History in what is now the United States from precolumbian times up to the present. Cultural diversity among Indian peoples, the effects of European contact, tribal sovereignty, and other current issues. CA 4. 3575. Latinos/as and Human Rights (284) (Also offered as HRTS 3221 and PRLS 3221.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Overmyer-Velázquez, Silvestrini Latino/a issues related to human, civil and cultural rights, and gender differences. 3607. Latin America in the Colonial Period (281) (Also offered as LAMS 3607.) First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to sophomores or higher. Spalding Pre-Columbian Civilization in America, the epoch of conquest and settlement, together with a study of the Ibero-Indian cultural synthesis which forms the basis of modern Latin American civilization. 3608W. The Hispanic World in the Ages of Reason and Revolution (283W) First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 1010 or 1011 or 3800; open to juniors or higher. Recommended preparation: HIST 3607. Silvestrini The transformation of Spanish America from the Bourbons in 1700, through the wars of independence and the struggle to build stable national states in the Nineteenth Century. 3609. Latin America in the National Period (282) (Also offered as LAMS 3609.) Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to sophomores or higher. Silvestrini Representative countries in North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean together with the historic development of inter-American relations and contemporary Latin American problems. CA 1. CA 4-INT. 3610. Latin America and the Great Powers (275) First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Great power diplomatic, commercial, and cultural relations with Latin America from the end of the colonial period to the present. Emphasis on the United States and Great Britain. 3620. Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Spanish Caribbean (285) ( Also offered as AFAM 3620.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Pappademos, Silvestrini Discovery and settlement, slavery and plantation economy, recent political and economic developments, and United States relations with the Spanish Caribbean. 3621. Cuba in Local and Global Perspective Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Recommended preparation: HIST 3607, 3608W, 3609, 3620, 3635. Major themes in Cuban politics and culture. Local and global perspective. Key topics include race, gender, class, cultural movements and practices, slavery, political economy and movements, nationalism. 3635. Mexico in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (280) (Also offered as LAMS 3635.) Either semester. Three credits. Recommended preparation: HIST 3607. The emergence of modern Mexico from independence to the present with emphasis on the Revolution of 1910. CA 1. CA 4- INT. (276) Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Recommended preparation: HIST 3607 or 3609. Spalding History of the geographical and social region occupied by the Inca Empire: pre-Columbian cultures, the period of Spanish colonial rule, and the modern Andean republics (primarily Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia). 3643. Argentina and LaPlata Region (286) First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Recommended preparation: HIST 3607 or 3609. Colonial heritage, social and economic transformation of Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, foreign relations and contemporary turmoil. 3660W. History of Migration in Las Américas (233W) (Also offered as LAMS 3660W and PRLS 3660W.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 1010 or 1011 or 3800; open to juniors or higher. Recommended preparation: LAMS 1190, ANTH 3042, HIST 3635, HIST 3609, or HIST 3674/PRLS 3220; PRLS 3210. Spanish useful, but not required. Instructor consent. Gabany-Guerrero, Overmyer-Velázquez Applies broad chronological and spatial analyses of origins of migration in the Americas to the experiences of people of Latin American origin in Connecticut. Addresses a range of topics from the initial settlement of the Americas to 21st century migrations. CA 1. CA 4. 3674. History of Latino/as in the United States (278) (Also offered as PRLS 3220.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Overmyer-Velázquez, Silvestrini Settlement and growth of Hispanic-origin populations in the United States today, from Spanish and Mexican settlement of the western United States to the growth of Latino communities. Student oral history project. CA 1. CA 4. 3704. Medieval Islamic Civilization to 1700 (204) First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Recommended preparation: HIST 1300 or 1400. Azimi The social dynamics of faith, culture, and change from the rise of Islam to the Ottoman decline and the Islamic challenge to Greek and Latin Christendom. 3705. The Modern Middle East from 1700 to the Present (205) Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Azimi Tradition, change, modernization and development in the Middle East from the Ottoman decline and rise of successor states to the Arab-Israeli and oil crises. CA 1. CA 4-INT. 3712. The Middle East Crucible (290) First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Azimi Twentieth-century issues in the Middle East heartland with analysis focusing on the Ottoman heritage, nationalism, Arab-Israeli and other conflicts, Islam, oil, water, rapid sociopolitical change, trends in development, super-power rivalries, and the search for identity, independence, and peace with justice. 3752. History of Pre-Colonial Africa (222) (Also offered as AFAM 3752.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Omara-Otunnu, Vernal The history of pre-colonial Africa with particular attention to the rise and fall of African kingdoms, interaction between different ethnic groups, African trade with other continents, and the impact of foreigners on African societies. 3753. History of Modern Africa (223) (Also offered as AFAM 3753.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Omara-Otunnu, Vernal The history of African perceptions of and responses to the abolition of the slave trade, Western imperialism and colonialism, and the development of nationalism and struggle for independence. 3770. History of Pan-Africanism (224) (Also offered as AFAM 3224.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Recommended preparation: At least one of the following, HIST 3563, 3564, 3752, or 3753. Omara-Otunnu The development of ideas of Pan-Africanism, beginning with the proto-Pan-Africanists in the nineteenth century; examination of the linkages between those ideas in Africa and the evolution of Pan-Africanism as a movement in the African Diaspora. 3808. East Asia to the Mid-Nineteenth Century (287) (Also offered as AASI 3808.) First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Wang The major problems and issues of traditional Chinese and Japanese history and historiography. Special emphasis on the "Great Tradition" in ideas of both civilizations. 3809. East Asia Since the Mid-Nineteenth Century (288) (Also offered as AASI 3809.) Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Wang The reactions of East Asia to the Western threat, and the rise of Asian nationalism, communism, and fascism. Special attention to the tensions caused by the conflict of ideas. (277) (Also offered as AASI 3812.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Buckley An introduction to the history of India from the Mughal and European invasions of the 16th Century to the present. India's synthesis of Eastern and Western culture, traditional and new, will be the focus. (221) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Wang Survey of patterns of modern China since 1800. Topics will include reforms and revolutions, industrialization and urbanization, and family and population growth. 3863. War and Diplomacy in East Asia (289) First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Dudden European struggle for power in Asia since 1842, in the context of the rise of Japan and the reassertion of Chinese power. (201) Either semester. Credits and hours by arrangement. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. May be repeated for credit up to a maximum of 12 credits. No more than six credits will count toward the department's major or minor requirements. Open only with consent of Department Head. Internship in applied history. (293) Either or both semesters. Credits and hours by arrangement. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. May be repeated for credit. Consent of department head required, normally to be granted before the student's departure. May count toward the major with consent of the advisor. (298) Either semester. Credits and hours by arrangement. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. With a change of content, may be repeated for credit. Prerequisites and recommended preparation vary. (270) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. With a change in topic, may be repeated for credit. Prerequisites and recommended preparation vary. (296) Either or both semesters. Three credits. Open only to senior history majors. An introduction to research methods and resources in history. (297W) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: HIST 2100; ENGL 1010 or 1011 or 3800. Open only to undergraduate history majors in their senior year. With a change in content, may be repeated for credit. These seminars give students the experience of reading critically and in depth in primary and secondary sources, and of developing and defending a position as an historian does. 4997W. Senior Thesis in History (200W) Either semester. Three credits. Hours by arrangement. Open only to Honors students with consent of instructor and History Honors advisor. Prerequisite: HIST 2100 and either HIST 4994W or 4999; ENGL 1010 or 1011 or 3800. (299) Either or both semesters. Credits and hours by arrangement. Open only with consent of instructor. With a change in content, may be repeated for credit.
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