- HIST401 - Atlantic History
(Same as AFR 401) This course examines the origins and development of the Atlantic basin as an intercommunication zone for African, European and American societies from the mid-15th century through the early-19th century. Themes include transformation of environments, forced and voluntary migrations, emergence of distinct Atlantic culture communities, development of Atlantic economics and formulation and implementation of Atlantic revolutionary ideologies.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST403 - American Indians and U.S. Empire
Use historical analysis to investigate sovereignty issues involving American Indians and the United States. The course looks critically at the relationship between Native people and dominant U.S. society in terms of colonialism. Students will read academic scholarship and write papers on related cultural, economic, political, and social topics. The course is designated as Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC). Prerequisite: None, HIST 366 recommended.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST406A - Gender, Family and Sexuality in Pre-Modern Europe
(Same as WGSS 406A) A discussion of the history of the family, creation of gender roles and importance of sexuality from medieval times to the French Revolution.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST406B - Gender, Family, and Sexuality in Modern Europe
(Same as WGSS 406B) A discussion of the history of family, creation of gender roles, and importance of sexuality from the French Revolution to the present. Fulfills the CoLA Writing-Across-the-Curriculum (WAC) requirement.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST407 - History of Latinos in the United States
This course examines the history of Latino/a and Latin American peoples in the United States from the Colonial Era to the present. Themes to be addressed in the course include early imperialism and commercial expansion, the social construction of race, the formation of "borderland" communities, Latino immigration and assimilation, the centrality of work and labor within Latino history, and contemporary Latino culture and politics.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST408 - History of Mexico
This course surveys the history of Mexico from the earliest human inhabitation to the present. It will present different interpretations of the major themes and developments in Mexican history. A goal is to understand Mexico from the perspective of the Mexicans rather than from the point of view of the United States. Themes to be included in the course include the diversity of pre-Columbian indigenous societies; Spanish conquest; colonialism and anti-colonialism; Mexican independence; the historiography of the Mexican Revolution; and the place of Mexico within the world-economic system.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST409 - Food and History
Food is fundamentally about survival-it was for our ancestors millenia ago, and continues to be so, not only for the millions of undernourished worldwide, but for all of humanity as we confront the impact of obesity, globalization and environmental change. Because food is essential to our survival, its history is long, varied, and rich, and touches on themes including (but not limited to) politics and government; gender, race, and ethnicity; the family, religion and culture; health and the environment, and business, industry, and advertising. This class will explore these themes of global food history.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST410 - Europe in the Long Nineteenth Century, 1789-1914
This course offers a topical examination of the history of Europe from the French Revolution to World War I, mainly focusing on the French Revolution, industrialization, nationalism and nation building, and imperialism. There will also be some focus on European intellectual and cultural transformations during this period. Fulfills the CoLA Writing-Across-the-Curriculum (WAC) requirement.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST412A - Empire and Social Conflict in the Roman Republic
The social, political and cultural consequences of Roman expansion during the Republican period (c. 700-44 BCE). Focus on reading and analyzing primary sources. Fulfills the CoLA Writing-Across-the-Curriculum (WAC) requirement.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST412B - Religion and Society in Imperial Rome
Religious, social, and cultural conflict and change in the Roman Empire, first through third centuries. Focus on reading and analyzing primary sources. Fulfills the CoLA Writing-Across-the-Curriculum (WAC) requirement.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST415 - Tudor and Stuart Britain
Course focuses on the political, cultural, and religious worlds of early modern Britain under two momentous, though short-lived dynasties, the Tudors (1485-1603) and the Stuarts (1603-1714). Considerable attention will be paid to Henry VIII and the Henrican Reformation, the English Civil War, and the Glorious Revolution.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST416 - Socialism: The Dream and the Nightmare
The history of socialism, from Marx to the triumph of socialist states around the world and, then, their collapse in the 1990s. Examines the writings of socialist thinkers and their critics, histories of communism in various nations, democratic socialism in Europe, along with the experiences of those who lived under socialism. The Dream was the end of income inequality, rising living standards, and fraternal attachment to "comrades" rather than family, ethnic groups, nations, religions-attachments that had fueled hatred, hostility, and war. Explaining how the Dream became Nightmare is one of the objectives of this course. This is a multi-disciplinary course that incorporates philosophy, history, film, literature and other media.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST418 - The Renaissance Exchange
Course employs the traditional Renaissance themes of economic, political and cultural developments in Italy and Europe from 1300-1550 as the framework for detailed examination of European interactions - economic, ideological, religious - with Asia, the Middle East and the Americas. Fulfills the CoLA Writing-Across-the-Curriculum (WAC) requirement.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST420 - Reformation
Concentrates on the movement of religious reforms in the 16th Century. Emphasis on its roots in the past, particularly in earlier expressions of popular piety and to the wider social and political effects in the 16th and 17th centuries. Fulfills the CoLA Writing-Across-the-Curriculum (WAC) requirement.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST421 - The French Revolution
This course will consider the causes, events and outcomes of the French Revolution and Age of Napoleon (1789-1815) and situate the revolution in a global context. Themes to be considered include the influence of the American Revolution and the Enlightenment, democracy and human rights, forms of popular and female protest, revolutionary culture, French imperialism and the fight for freedom in Haiti and the legacies of the revolution.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST425A - Twentieth Century Europe 1914-1945
Political, social, cultural and economic development of the major European states during the present century.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST425B - Twentieth Century Europe Since 1945
Political, social, cultural and economic development of the major European states during the present century.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST426 - Cities and Culture in Europe 1870-1914
Cultural and social history focusing on four European cities (Paris, Berlin, Vienna, St. Petersburg) in the Fin-de-Si?e period (1870-1914). Fulfills the CoLA Writing-Across-the Curriculum (WAC) requirement.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST427 - World War I
The first World War (1914 - 1918) from a variety of perspectives, with emphasis on cultural, social and political. Seminar-type format with discussions of topics such as the war's causes, nature of trench warfare, the home front, and political and cultural impact of the war. Fulfills the CoLA Writing-Across-the-Curriculum (WAC) requirement.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST429 - Political Violence in the Modern World
This course will look at various forms of state and political violence in the 19th and 20th centuries. We will start with the "Reign of Terror" in the French Revolution, then look at the rise of terrorism in the later 19th century. The course will also cover state violence in the 20th century such as WWI, the Shoah, and the GULag. We will examine the "logic" and justification of both state and non-state political violence. Fulfills the CoLA Writing-Across-the-Curriculum (WAC) requirement.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST437 - Lesbian and Gay History in the Modern United States
(Same as WGSS 437) This course explores the social, political, and cultural history of lesbians, gay men, and other sexual and gender minorities in the United States from the turn of the twentieth century to the present. Themes to be taken up in the class include: the emergence of heterosexuality and homosexuality as distinct categories of identity; the intersection between sexual identity and identities of race, class, gender, and ethnicity; the relationship between homosexuality and transgenderism; the movement for gay liberation; the creation of lesbian and gay urban and rural subcultures; representations of homosexuality in popular culture; anti-gay backlash; and AIDS.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST442 - Victorian Britain: Politics, Society, and Culture
An examination of British politics, society, and culture examining political transformations from the Glorious Revolution to the Great War, industrialization and the emergence of a class society, Ireland and the British Empire in British culture, and Victorian culture. Fulfills the CoLA Writing-Across-the-Curriculum (WAC) requirement.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST444 - The Holocaust
An introduction to Nazi German's systematic mass murder of Europe's Jews and other minorities. Using works of history, literature, and film, we will examine such topics as anti-Semitism, the behavior of "ordinary Germans" during the 30s and 40s, Jewish resistance, Holocaust denial and memory after the Holocaust.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST445 - Science, Crimes, and Criminals in Latin America
This course introduces students to theories, concepts, and the history of crimes, criminals, and scientists in Latin America. It will address the social construction of crime, criminals, and criminality to show the way in which different Latin American societies, and their respective histories viewed, described, defined, and reacted to "criminal" behavior.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST447 - Culture and the British Empire
This course will focus on the culture of modern British imperialism. It will examine the impact that the people and commodities of the empire as well as the practices of imperial rule had on modern British culture. The emphasis of the course will be on the implications of "imperial culture" in mediating gender, race, and class relations within the broader empire as well as contemporary Britain. Fulfills the CoLA Writing-Across-the-Curriculum (WAC) requirement.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST448 - Gender and Family in Modern U.S. History
(Same as WGSS 448) This course explores the history of gender and the family in the United States from the late 19th century to the present. Themes to be explored include: the family and the state, motherhood, race and family life, and the role of the "family" in national politics.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST450A - Colonial America
The evolution of American society from European settlement through the Age of Jefferson, with special emphasis on social and political institutions and thought.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST450B - American Revolution
The evolution of American society from European settlement through the Age of Jefferson, with special emphasis on social and political institutions and thought.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST451 - Antebellum America
The struggle to define the nation in the political, economic and social realms; the emergence of women's rights, slavery, sectional conflict from 1815 to 1860.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST452 - The Civil War and Reconstruction
The study of the background to the Civil War, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the Gilded Age.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST455 - The Conservative View in American History
Readings in American conservative thought, from the eighteenth-century to the present day, including traditionalist, neoconservative and libertarian writers. Fulfills the CoLA Writing-Across-the-Curriculum (WAC) requirement.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST457 - American Environmental History
(Same as GEOG 457) An exploration of the attitudes toward and the interaction with the natural resource environment of North America by human settlers. Coverage from the Neolithic Revolution to the present.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST460 - Slavery and The Old South
(Same as AFR 460) This course examines slavery and southern distinctiveness from the colonial period to 1861. Discussion topics include the plantation system, race relations, women and slavery, and southern nationalism.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST461 - Black Americans on the Western Frontier
(Same as AFR 461) This course examines the history of African Americans in the American West. Taking both a chronological and thematic approach, it begins with a discussion of early black explorers in the age of encounter, and ends with a focus on black western towns established in the United States by the 1880's.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST464 - History of American Capitalism
This course examines the growth of the American economy, economic thought, the evolution of the firm, and the changing place of women and minorities in American business society. It also explores the intersection between business and other institutions in American life, including labor, law, literature, government, education and religion. Fulfills the CoLA Writing-Across-the-Curriculum (WAC) requirement.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST465 - History of Sexuality
(Same as WGSS 465) Comprehensive survey of sexuality from the early modern period to the present. Examines social trends, politics, and cultural debates over various forms of sexuality. Students will engage in discussion, research, and writing. Areas of emphasis vary by instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST466A - History of the American West-Trans-Appalachian Frontier
The American frontier and its impact on American society from the colonial period to the 20th century.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST466B - History of the American West-Trans-Mississippi Frontier
The American frontier and its impact on American society from the colonial period to the 20th century.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST470 - Continuity and Change in Latin America
An in-depth examination of major topics in the history of Latin America since pre-Columbian times, especially themes that have been prominent in recent scholarship. Lectures will be supplemented by outside readings and class discussion.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST471 - History of Modern Japan
An examination of Japanese History from the early Tokugawa period to the present. Major topics include the creation of the Japanese bureaucracy, commercialization and industrialization, and cultural experimentation.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST473 - Comparative Slavery
(Same as AFR 473) A comparative study of slavery from antiquity to its abolition in the 19th century with the differing socio-cultural, political and economic contexts; organized chronologically, regionally and thematically.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST478 - Southern Africa, 1650-1994
(Same as AFR 478) An examination of Southern African history with emphasis on South Africa from 1652 to 1994. Topics to be covered include conflicts and wars, migrations and state formations, the economics of minerals, industrialization and the Anglo-Boer War, intertwined histories of race relations, the politics of exclusion and apartheid, and the making of modern South Africa.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST480A - History of China-Late Imperial China, 1350 to 1890
An in-depth examination of political, economic, social and cultural history of China from 1350 to 1890. Examines the imperial state, gentry and peasants, commercialization and social change in China from 1350 to 1890.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST480B - History of China-Twentieth Century China, 1890 to the Present
An in-depth examination of political, economic, social and cultural history of China from 1890 to the present. Focuses on nation building, ideology and rural-urban culture in 20th Century China.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST481 - History of African American Women
This course examines the history of African American women. Topics include slavery and freedom, community building, leadership, education, politics, religion, and the establishment of African American women's organizations. Participation in the abolition, suffrage, feminist, gay and lesbian, civil rights and black power movements are also topics of discussion. The course speaks to the resilience African American women showed despite the obstacles of race, class, and gender confronting them at every turn.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST482 - Military History
An introduction to the problems of armed conflict throughout history with emphasis varying by instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST484 - Modern Turkey
This course explores the history of modern Turkey from the end of the Ottoman Empire and the foundation of the Republic in 1923 to the present. The goal is to introduce students to major social, political, cultural and economic events and issues in Republican Turkey. The course is organized around major political turning points such as World War One, the foundation of the republic, emergence of the single party regime, transition to a multi-party political system, the 1960, 1971 and the 1980 coups, return to democratization in 1983, and the Justice and Development Party rule. Course topics will range from Ottoman and Islamic legacies to Turkey's experiment with secular modernization and Turkish relations with the West during the Cold War.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST485 - Revolutions in the Middle East
(Same as HIST 485H) This class examines aspects of revolutions and revolutionary attempts in the history of the modern Middle East. Recognizing revolution as a global phenomenon, it begins by considering a variety of historical and theoretical approaches to understanding revolutions. It asks questions such as what constitutes a revolution, what contexts and causes lead to revolutions, and what effects revolutions engender. It then examines revolutions in the modern Middle East more closely by focusing on several specific cases such as the Ottoman and Iranian constitutional revolutions, the secular revolutionary experiment in early twentieth-century Turkey, attempts at a socialist revolution in the Arab world, the Islamic Revolution in Iran, and the Arab Spring. Not open to freshmen.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST485H - Revolutions in the Middle East
(Same as HIST 485) This class examines aspects of revolutions and revolutionary attempts in the history of the modern Middle East. Recognizing revolution as a global phenomenon, it begins by considering a variety of historical and theoretical approaches to understanding revolutions. It asks questions such as what constitutes a revolution, what contexts and causes lead to revolutions, and what effects revolutions engender. It then examines revolutions in the modern Middle East more closely by focusing on several specific cases such as the Ottoman and Iranian constitutional revolutions, the secular revolutionary experiment in early twentieth-century Turkey, attempts at a socialist revolution in the Arab world, the Islamic Revolution in Iran, and the Arab Spring. Honors students will complete an extra project for the course. Not open to freshmen.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST486 - Arab-Israeli Conflict
This course focuses on the background to, and current dimensions of, the continuing conflict between Israel, the Palestinians and the rest of the Arab world. Beginning with origins of Zionism in the late nineteenth century, it examines, the foundation of Israel, Palestinian responses, and relations between Israel and its Arab neighbors.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST487 - The U.S. Civil Rights Movement
(Same as AFR 497) This course provides an overview of the history of the Civil Rights Movement while engaging major debates in the field of Black Freedom Studies. Central themes will include the impact of the Cold War, the roles of women, and the relationship of civil rights to black power. We will also discuss the difference between popular memory and historical scholarship as well as the meaning of such discussions for contemporary issues of racial and economic justice.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST488 - Islamic Political Movements
This course examines the use of Islamic ideals and rhetoric in social and political movements in the Middle East from the nineteenth century to the present. It focuses on political parties such as the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, the Welfare Party in Turkey, and Hamas in Palestine.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST489 - Women, State and Religion in the Middle East
(Same as WGSS 489) Following an introduction to the question of women in Islamic law and Islamic history, this course will examine the changing status and experiences of women in a number of Middle Eastern countries in the 20th century, focusing on Egypt, Iran, and Turkey. Major themes will include legal, social and political rights, participation in social and economic life, cultural and literary production, and recent secular and Islamist women's movements.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST490 - Special Readings in History
Supervised readings for students with sufficient background. Registration by special permission only.
Credit Hours: 1-4
- HIST491 - Historiography
Writings of historians from Herodotus to the present.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST493 - Topics in History
Topics vary with instructor. May be repeated for a maximum of six semester hours provided registrations cover different topics. Topics announced in advance.
Credit Hours: 1-6
- HIST496A - Internship in History
Supervised field work in public or private agencies or operation where history majors are frequently employed, such as archives and libraries, government offices, communications media, historic sites, and museums. Only three hours may be applied to the major and six hours toward the M.A. degree. Special approval needed from the instructor.
Credit Hours: 1-9
- HIST496B - Internship in Local History
(Same as ARC 434) Field experience in research and preservation related to regionally and nationally recognized historic sites in southern Illinois. Special approval needed from the instructor.
Credit Hours: 1-9
- HIST497 - Historical Museums, Sites, Restorations and Archives
The development of museums from antiquity to the present, with emphasis on the United States. Additional topics include historical sites such as battlefields, historic buildings, restorations, monuments and archives. Also examines the purposes and functions of the museum and the tasks of professionals employed in museums or interpretative centers. Given in cooperation with the University Museum.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST498 - Oral History, Storytelling and Media
(Same as RTD 455) This course will develop an appreciation of the field of oral history, methodological concerns, and applications. Students will learn about the oral history process, including interview preparation and research, interview technique, the nature and character of evidence, transcribing, and legal and ethical concerns. Restricted to Junior or Senior standing.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST500 - The Historian's Craft
Examination of historical methodology and recent trends in historiography. How historians conduct research and convey the results of it. Special treatment of selected topics of historiography. Required of M.A. degree students. Ph.D. degree students should consult graduate advisers.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST501 - Recent Historiography
Trends in historical writing and historical interpretation in the 20th Century. Required of M.A. degree students. Ph.D. degree students should consult graduate advisers.
Credit Hours: 4
- HIST522 - Colloquium in European History
Group reading and discussion about major periods, subregions and themes in European history. May be repeated as instructors and topics vary.
Credit Hours: 4
- HIST523 - Research Seminar in European History
Research and writing on selected topics in European history. Students will prepare a major paper. May be repeated as topics and instructors vary.
Credit Hours: 4-20
- HIST551 - Colloquium in Middle East History
Group reading and discussion about major periods, subregions, and themes in the history of the Middle East and the Islamic world. May be repeated as topics vary.
Credit Hours: 4
- HIST552 - Research Seminar in Middle East History
Research and writing on selected topics in the history of the Middle East and the Islamic world. Students will prepare a major paper. May be repeated as topics vary.
Credit Hours: 4
- HIST554 - Colloquium in United States History
Group reading and discussion about major periods, subregions and themes in United States history. May be repeated as instructors and topics vary.
Credit Hours: 4
- HIST555 - Research Seminar in United States History
Research and writing on selected topics in United States history. Students will prepare a major paper. May be repeated as topics and instructors vary.
Credit Hours: 4-20
- HIST570 - Research Seminar in Latin American History
Research and writing on selected topics in Latin American history. Students will prepare a major paper. May be repeated as topics vary.
Credit Hours: 4-12
- HIST571 - Colloquium in Latin American History
Group reading and discussion about major periods, subregions and themes in Latin American history. May be repeated as instructors and topics vary.
Credit Hours: 4
- HIST580 - Research Seminar in Asian History
Research and writing on selected topics in Asian history. Students will prepare a major paper. May be repeated as topics vary.
Credit Hours: 4-12
- HIST581 - Colloquium in Asian History
Group reading and discussion about major periods, subregions and themes in Asian history. May be repeated as instructors and topics vary.
Credit Hours: 4
- HIST582 - Colloquium in World History
Group reading and discussion about major periods, subregions and themes in world history. May be repeated as instructors and topics vary.
Credit Hours: 4
- HIST583 - Research Seminar in World History
Research and writing selected topics in World History. Students will prepare a major paper. May be repeated as topics vary.
Credit Hours: 4-12
- HIST584 - Colloquium in Comparative History
Group reading and discussion relating to cross cultural or other comparative approaches in history. May be repeated as instructors and topics vary.
Credit Hours: 4
- HIST585 - Research Seminar in Comparative History
Research on selected topics employing cross-cultural or other comparative approaches. Students will prepare a major paper. May be repeated as topics vary.
Credit Hours: 4-8
- HIST586 - Colloquium in African History
Group reading and discussion about major periods, subregions and themes in African history. May be repeated as instructors and topics vary.
Credit Hours: 4
- HIST587 - Research Seminar in African History
Research and writing on selected topics in African history. Students will prepare a major paper. May be repeated as topics vary.
Credit Hours: 4
- HIST590 - Readings in History
Individual readings. Registration by special permission only. Student must obtain the consent of the faculty member involved. M.A. degree students are limited to a maximum of 4 hours toward the 30-hour requirement. Graded S/U only. Registration by special permission only.
Credit Hours: 1-3
- HIST596 - Tutorial in History
Research and writing in history in close consultation with an instructor to produce a major paper on a selected topic. This course may count toward graduation as a seminar and the paper will be placed on file in the Department of History. Students may take this course only once at the M.A. level and once at the Ph.D. level. Special approval needed from the director of graduate studies.
Credit Hours: 3
- HIST597 - Practicum in Teaching College-Level History
Students will learn how to lead discussion sections and/or to teach independent courses at the college level. M.A. or Ph.D. students assigned for the first time as a discussion leader must take this course. The course also is required for Ph.D. students who are teaching their own courses for the first time. Graded S/U only. Restricted to graduate students in history. Special approval needed from the director of graduate studies.
Credit Hours: 1-3
- HIST598 - Graduate Internship in History
Supervised field work in occupationally related fields in public history, teaching, university publishing, historical editing. Programs of field work will be designated by students in consultation with their advisory committees. Students at the Ph.D. level can take as many as 9 hours in the course of their studies. Graded S/U or DEF.
Credit Hours: 1-9
- HIST599 - Thesis
Minimum of three hours to be counted toward a Master's degree.
Credit Hours: 1-6
- HIST600 - Dissertation
- HIST601 - Continuing Enrollment
For those graduate students who have not finished their degree programs and who are in the process of working on their dissertation, thesis or research paper. The student must have completed a minimum of 24 hours of dissertation research, or the minimum thesis, or research hours before being eligible to register for this course. Concurrent enrollment in any other course is not permitted. Graded S/U or DEF only.
Credit Hours: 1
- HIST699 - Postdoctoral Research
Must be a Postdoctoral Fellow. Concurrent enrollment in any other course is not permitted.
Credit Hours: 1
