Department of History

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Faculty Members

Rachel Applebaum Assistant Professor Modern Russia; Modern Central/Eastern Europe

Virginia G. Drachman Professor Modern America, Women in the U.S., Medicine and Society in the U.S.

David Ekbladh Associate Professor U.S. in the World, International History, Modern U.S. History

Leila Fawaz Professor Middle East

Kendra Field Assistant Professor Nineteenth-century U.S., African American, Native American

Elizabeth Foster Associate Professor Modern France in the World, Colonial West Africa

Ayesha Jalal Professor South Asia, the Muslim World Gary P. Leupp Professor Japan

Kris Manjapra Associate Professor Modern South Asia, Modern Germany, Intellectual History

Beatrice F. Manz Professor, Department Chair Middle East and Inner Asia

Steven P. Marrone Professor Medieval, Early Modern Europe Ina Baghdiantz McCabe Professor Armenia and Cross-Cultural World Jeanne Marie Penvenne Professor Africa

David Proctor Senior Lecturer Late Antique & Medieval Western Europe, Byzantium, Southeastern Europe, Papal-Imperial relations

Alisha Rankin Associate Professor Early Modern Europe

James Rice Professor Early American, Native American and environmental history

Hugh Roberts Professor North African and Middle Eastern History, North Africa, Middle East

Reed Ueda Professor Industrial and Urban U.S., Immigration Peter Winn Professor Latin American Man Xu Assistant Professor Chinese history

Lecturers

Melissa Castillo-Garsow Part-Time Lecturer Latin American History Robert Cross Part-Time Lecturer European History Kerri Greenidge Part-Time Lecturer African-American History Asher Orkaby Part-Time Lecturer Middle Eastern History

Spring 2018 History Department Course Listings Foundations Seminars (High Demand, Open to undergraduates only.)

Course # Course Title Professor

90 Foundation Seminars, World/Transregional: The Great Crisis (7 W 1:30 – 4 pm) Ekbladh 93 Foundation Seminars, North America: Gender and Containment in Post WWII America (8 R 1:30 – 4 pm) Drachman 94 Foundation Seminars, East Asia: The World of Early Modern Japan (8+ R 1:20 – 4:20 pm) Leupp 97 Foundation Seminars, Middle East/Central Asia: Men, Women, and Patriarchy in the Middle East (6 T 1:30 – 4 pm) Manz

Research Seminars (High Demand, Graduate Students by special permission only.) Course # Course Title Professor

193 Research Seminar, North America: Family Histories and American Culture (5+ M 1:20 – 4:20 pm) Field

195 Research Seminar, South Asia: Muslims, Liberalism and Modernity (5+ M 1:20 – 4:20 pm ) Jalal 196 Research Seminar, Europe: First World War and its Legacy (6 T 1:30 – 4:00 pm) Foster

Survey Courses (Open to undergraduates only.) Course # Course Title Professor

04 Empires and Nations (D+ T/R 10:30 - 11:45 pm) Foster 17 Americas (10+ M 6:00 - 9:00pm) Winn 25 Antebellum And Civil War America, 1815-1877 (H+ T/R 1:30 – 2:45 pm) Rice 29 U.S. Foreign Relations Since 1900 (E+ M/W 10:30 – 11:45 am) Ekbladh 32 Women in America since the 1950's (G+ M/W 1:30 – 2:45 pm) Drachman 36 Communities and Diversity in U.S. History (0 M 9:00 – 11:30 am) Ueda 41 Modern Chinese History (D+ T/R 10:30 -11:45 am) Xu 43 Japan Since 1868 (E M/W/F 10:30 – 11:20 am) Leupp 54 Europe Since 1815 (G+ M/W 1:30 – 2:45 pm) Proctor 56 Europe In The Early High Middle Ages (J M 4:30 – 5:20 pm; L T/R 4:30 – 5:20 pm) Marrone 65 Great Britain And the British Empire (L+ T/R 4:30 – 5:45pm) Cross 71 Middle East and North Africa WWI (K+ M/W 4:30 – 5:45 pm) Orkaby 82 Introduction to Latino/a (L+ Block T/R 4:30 to 5:45 pm) Castillo-Garsow

Thematic Courses (Open to undergraduates and graduate students.) Course # Course Title Professor

110 Race, Class, And Power in Southern Africa (A+ M/W 8:05 – 9:20 am) Penvenne 115 Revolution in Latin America: Mexico and Cuba (6 T 1:30 – 4:00 pm) Winn 129 Black Political Thought in the Twentieth Century (F+ T/R 12:00 – 1:15 pm) Greenidge 137 Material Culture in China (7 W 1:30 – 4:00 pm)) Xu 154 Health and Healing in Medieval and Early Modern Europe (J+ T/R 3:00 – 4:15 pm) Rankin 157 Empresses, Saints, & Scholars: The Women of Byzantium (K+ M/W 4:30 – 5:45 pm) Proctor 173 Advanced Special Topics, North America: Indigenous Peoples of North America ( 2 W 9:00 – 11:30 am) Rice 175 Advanced Special Topics, South Asia: Contemporary South Asia (Fletcher T 3:20 – 5:20 pm) Jalal 177 Advanced Special Topics, Middle East/Central Asia: History of Chemical Warfare in the Middle East (I+ M/W 3:00 – 4:15 pm) Orkaby

Graduate Courses (Open to graduate students only.) Course # Course Title Professor

203 Comparative Colloquia: The Search for Community (1 T 9:00 – 11:30 am) Ueda 215 Exhibition Planning (11+ 6:00 – 9:00 pm) Turino & Kirchman 290 Material Culture (13+ R 6:00 – 9:00 pm) Schwartz 291 Collections Care and Preservation (12+ W 6:00 – 9:00 pm) Newman

Foundations Seminars HIST. 90 – Foundation Seminars, World/Transregional: The Great Crisis David Ekbladh

Block 7 W 1:30 – 4:00 pm

Three critical eras—the Great Depression, World War II, and the start of the Cold War—constitute a hinge moment in the global history of the 20th Century. However, historians commonly treat each as separate epochs. Emphasizing new historical perspectives and methodologies this course will explore the three as one interrelated crisis. Big interlocking questions about ideology, the shape of society, the individual, and the composition of the international system were argued with means ranging from propaganda to total war. The outcomes of these disputes left the outlines of the world we live in today. By repositioning our understanding of these vital events, the course explores how different styles and methods of writing history can lead to new understandings of well-known historical events. We will also critically discuss how historical research can support different assertions on the same issue. Beyond basics of craft, a goal of the course is to expose them to the plural nature of history and historical debate. HIST. 93 – Foundation Seminars, North America: Gender and Containment in Post WWII America Virginia Drachman Block 8 R 1:30 – 4:00 pm

An examination of coming of age and gender roles in an era of domesticity and containment from post-World War II America to the early 1960s, before the rise of the second wave of feminism. HIST. 94 - Foundation Seminars, East Asia: The World of Early Modern Japan Gary Leupp

Block 8+ R 1:20 – 4:20 pm This course is an intensive examination of Japan’s early modern period (1572-1868), particularly the period of Tokugawa rule (from 1600). During these centuries, feudal institutions reached their highest level of development, while an increasingly sophisticated urban-driven economy worked to undermine feudal social relations and pave the way for Japan’s subsequent transformation into an advanced capitalistic, industrial power. HIST. 97 – Foundation Seminars, Middle East/Central Asia: Men, Women, and Patriarchy in the Middle East Beatrice Manz Block 6 T 1:30 – 4:00 pm Patriarchy and gender in the Middle East from the rise of Islam. Topics include women and marriage in the Qur'an, Islamic tradition and law; the impact of patriarchy on the lives of men and women; honor killing; issues of women and family in contemporary Islamic states.

Research Seminars HIST. 193 - Research Seminar, North America: Family Histories and American Culture Kendra Field Block 5+ M 1:20 – 4:20 pm Explores diverse experiences of family and kinship in U.S. history, especially in the context of racial slavery, Indian removal, and transnational migration. Contextualizes the recent groundswell in scholarly approaches to family history, as well as the popularization of DNA testing and genealogical research in American culture. Allows students to develop skills and perspective necessary for the production of scholarly research based on family histories, including their own. Readings will include family histories, micro-histories, and memoir. HIST. 195 – Research Seminar, South Asia: Muslims, Liberalism and Modernity Ayesha Jalal

Block 5+ M 1:20 – 4:20 pm

This course explores Muslim responses to liberal ideals propagated by European empires in South, West and Southeast Asia during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. HIST. 196 – Research Seminar, Europe: First World War and its Legacy Elizabeth Foster Block 6 T 1:30 – 4:00 pm This research seminar explores the First World War and its legacy from a variety of angles using a mixture of primary and secondary sources. Major topics and themes include the varied nature and outcomes of combat on the different fronts, civilian experience of the war, the impact of the war on Europe’s colonies, the problematic peace settlement, and the cultural, psychological, and political consequences of the conflict. The course aims to develop students’ research and writing skills by guiding them through a semester long research project, which culminates in an oral presentation and a twenty to twenty-five page paper.

Survey Courses HIST. 4 Empires and Nations Elizabeth Foster Block D+ T/R 10:30 – 11:45 pm Empires and nations in world history. Forms of empires, the relationship between empires and nations, historical contextualization of the recent emergence of nation states. Strategies of rule in empires and nations, imperial and national ideologies; exploration of sovereignty, autonomy, and minority perspectives within empires and nations. HIST. 17 - Americas Peter Winn Block 10+ M 6:00 – 9:00 pm Latin America and the Caribbean from the colonial period to the contemporary era. A multimedia, interdisciplinary introduction focusing on nation-building, migration, race relations, women's roles, political economy, sovereignty, religion, culture, revolutionary movements, and Latino communities in the United States. HIST. 25 – Antebellum and Civil War America, 1815-1877 (Cross-listed as AMER 45) James Rice Block H+ T/R 1:30 – 2:45 pm This course begins with the so-called "Era of Good Feelings" in American history and chronicles the decidedly bitter feelings that followed. Through lectures and discussions, we will explore the Jacksonian Era and democratic politics, westward expansion and sectional tensions, religious and cultural developments, the issue of slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. Students will engage both primary and secondary sources and take a field trip during the semester. HIST. 29 – U.S. Foreign Relations Since 1900 David Ekbladh Block E+ M/W 10:30 – 11:45 am The rise of the United States to global preeminence over the course of the twentieth century is a fundamental element of recent international history. This transition had a profound impact on global life as well as the United States itself. This course will trace those changes. HIST. 32 – Women in America since the 1950’s Virginia Drachman Block G+ M/W 1:30 – 2:45 pm Examination of the progress and challenges in women’s lives since the 1950s. An examination of the rise and decline of second-wave feminism, the enduring challenge of juggling women’s public lives with domesticity, and the tension between equality and difference in advancing women’s lives. Attention to diversity, including race, class, and sexual preference, in women’s experiences.

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HIST. 36 – Communities and Diversity in U.S. History Reed Ueda Block 0 M 9:00 – 11:30 am The historical construction of U. S. democratic pluralism in a civil society of diverse communities including comparisons with pluralism in other countries. Ethnicity, class, gender, race, nationalism, regionalism, religion, consumerism, and popular media in this process. HIST. 41 – Modern Chinese History Man Xu Block D+ T/R 10:30 – 11:45 pm The history of modern China from the dynamic seventeenth-century of the Ming Dynasty to the social backlash against market economic reforms of the 1980s. Lectures and discussions provide a big picture survey of historical chronology and important historiographical debates in Chinese history, as well as opportunities for in-depth investigation into selected materials and topics that illuminate the everyday lives of Chinese people. HIST. 43 – Japan since 1868 Gary Leupp Block E M/W/F 10:30 – 11:20 am From the eve of the Meiji Restoration to the twentieth century. Topics include the unequal treaties with Western powers, the Meiji Restoration, early industrialization, growth of the imperialist state, fascism, war, defeat, recovery, and recent role as a member of the Western camp. HIST. 54 -Europe since 1815 David Proctor Block G+ M/W 1:30 – 2:45 pm The forces that shaped and characterized the history of Eastern and Western Europe from the Congress of Vienna into the contemporary era. Topics include nationalism, ethnic consciousness, the Industrial Revolution, political ideologies, the development of nation-states, Great Power diplomacy, the impact of the "Eastern Question," the disruptions of the First and Second World Wars, and the current conditions of the European states. HIST. 56 - Europe In The Early High Middle Ages Steven Marrone Block J + L M, T/R 4:30 – 5:20 pm Western Europe from the middle of the eleventh to the beginning of the fifteenth century, the period of the flowering and decline of medieval culture and society. Topics include the economic revolution of the twelfth century, the growth of towns and development of urban culture, the reform of the church, the challenge of heresy and the emergence of popular religion, the consolidation of knighthood and the creation of an ideal of chivalry, Scholasticism and vernacular literature, Romanesque and Gothic art and architecture, and the social and cultural crisis of the fourteenth century.

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HIST. 65 –Great Britain and the British Empire Robert Cross Block L+ T/R 4:30 – 5:45 pm The growth of British world power after the loss of America in the late 18th century, and its domestic social, economic, and political context. War, patriotism, and the popular culture of imperialism. Decolonization, immigration, and the search for a post-imperial identity after the Second World War. HIST. 0071 - Middle East and North Africa WWI Asher Orkaby Block K+ M/W 4:30 – 5:45 pm Introduction to the politics, society and culture of the Middle East and North Africa. Examination of the transformations that occurred during and following WWI and WWII, the rise of anti-colonial nationalism and Islamism, the emergence of nation-states, the creation of the state of Israel and the evolution of the Arab-Israel conflict. Discussion of the impact of globalisation, the development of democratic, feminist, minority rights and Islamist movements, the dynamics and evolution of the ‘Arab Spring’ and the current crisis of the MENA region, following the end of the Cold War. HIST. 82 - Introduction to Latino/a History Melissa Castillo-Garsow Block L+ T/R 4:30 – 5:45 pm This course introduces scholarship on the histories of Latinos and Latinas in the United States, a field of critical importance to Ethnic Studies, American Studies, Latin American Studies, African American Studies, and US History. Assigned readings and discussions focus on Mexican American, Puerto Rican, Dominican, Central American, South American, and Cuban communities. Taken together, these histories argue for a more international approach to studies of the United States, for a better reckoning of “the south in the north”, and for an analysis of Latin American history more fully attentive to the Latino/a diaspora. Key themes include the nature and legacies of conquest and colonialism; the politics of sexuality in the late-19th and early-20th century Caribbean; patterns of past and present immigration; the changing face of border enforcement, of US naturalization policy, and of US citizenship; trans-border connections with 20th-century revolutions in Latin America; the importance of race and social class in defining politics and culture; the development of “barrios” and urban enclaves; postwar youth cultures and student politics; and the rise of ethnic nationalisms.

Thematic Courses HIST. 110 – Race, Class and Power in Southern Africa Jeanne Penvenne Block A+ M/W 8:05 – 9:20 am Continuity and change in Southern African history from the mineral revolution of the late nineteenth century to the present. Themes include regional struggles for land, labor, and political authority within the developing regional economy; strategies to shape the migrant labor system; patterns of urbanization and dispossession; political articulation and recent dismantling of racial segregation and apartheid in the region's core; interrelated experiences of war, exile, refugee status; commitments to political reconciliation; and the issue of economic redistribution. HIST. 115 - Revolution In Latin America: Mexico and Cuba Peter Winn Block 6 T 1:30 – 4:00 pm Twentieth-century Latin America's paradigmatic revolutions in comparative historical perspective. Exploration of the roots, unfolding, and aftermath of the 1910 Mexican Revolution and the 1959 Cuban Revolution, as well as the establishment of revolutionary states and cultural traditions, such as Mexican muralism and Cuban cinema, in each country.

HIST. 129 – Black Political Thought in the Twentieth Century Kerri Greenidge Block F+ T/R 12:00 – 1:15 pm Examines black political thought in the twentieth century. Topics include the debates over "Negro rights" between W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington; the New Negro political radicalism of Marcus Garvey and Hubert Harrison; black feminism from Ida B. Wells to Shirley Chisholm; debates over race and American democracy that pivoted around civil rights and Black Power leaders such as Martin Luther King and Malcolm X; black politicians from Jesse Jackson to Barack Obama.

HIST. 137 – Material Culture in China Man Xu Block 7 W 1:30 – 4:00 pm Interdisciplinary study of material culture and everyday life in Chinese history. Examination of how political, ethnic, religious, and gender identities have been constructed and shaped by the production and consumption of material artifacts ranging from household goods and tomb objects to built forms and bodily dispositions. Case studies include food, tea culture, textiles, clothing and fashion, urban space, architecture and gardens, furniture, vernacular painting, printing and publishing, and burial. HIST. 154 – Health and Healing in Medieval and Early Modern Europe Alisha Rankin Block J+ T/R 3:00 – 4:15 pm Medicine in Western Europe from approximately 1100-1700. Key intellectual, social, and cultural themes and trends in pre-modern medicine. Major topics include the development of university medicine from its Greek and Arabic roots through the theoretical upheavals of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; medical practice, particularly the diverse types of healers and their relationship with patients; epidemic disease such as plague and syphilis and early public health measures formed in response; the development of hospitals and other medical institutions. Overlapping naturalistic, religious, and magical approaches to disease and healing.

Thematic Courses (continue) HIST. 157 – Empresses, Saints, & Scholars: The Women of Byzantium (Cross-listed as CLS 110). David Proctor Block K+ M/W 4:30 – 5:45 pm Examination of the themes of political legitimacy, spirituality, education, gender roles, the spread of Byzantine culture, and the evolution of Christian theology through a careful study of the lives of various women of the Byzantine world. This will include examination of the lives of women of the Byzantine Empire, Southeastern Europe, Russia, Western Europe, the kingdoms of Armenia and the Ottoman Empire. HIST. 173 -Advanced Special Topics, North America: Indigenous Peoples of North America James Rice Block 2 W 9:00 – 11:30 am This seminar style course examines major themes in the histories of North America's indigenous people from the first human habitation to the present. Drawn from multiple disciplines, the readings strike a balance between those focusing on specific Native American communities and individuals (often from indigenous perspectives) and those taking a big-picture approach that emphasizes the connections between indigenous people throughout the continent. The course also has a theoretical dimension, as it explores rival ideas about historical causation and considers the nature and structure of traditional academic disciplines. The emphasis throughout is on reading, discussion, and developing a term paper elaborating on one of the course themes. HIST. 175 – Advances Special Topics, South Asia: Contemporary South Asia Ayesha Jalal Fletcher Course T 3:20 – 5:20 pm Going beyond the simplistic notion of a great civilization divide, this course lends historical depth and comparative context to the currently vexed relationship between Islam and the West. It puts both categories 'Islam' and 'the West' under the spotlight of searching analysis. After providing some essential background, the course concentrates on the colonial and post-colonial encounter between Muslim and Western societies and polities.

It does so with particular but not exclusive reference to the South Asian subcontinent. Organized along both historical and thematic lines, the course studies both the domains of culture and politics, thought and practice, in their interaction in order to elucidate the aspects of dialogue, tension and confrontation between the worlds of Islam and the West. HIST. 175 – Advances Special Topics, Middle East/Central Asia: History of Chemical Warfare in the Middle East Asher Orkaby Block I+ M/W 3:00 – 4:15 pm There is a widespread assumption that chemical weapons are a morally reprehensible weapon and that the international community will not hesitate to respond to their use. Recent history has demonstrated that there are political and economic limits to international moral judgement. Countries have used chemical weapons and suffered few repercussions. Most recently Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s use of chemical weapons against internal opposition in the ongoing Syrian civil war has led to a debate about the appropriate international reaction to chemical weapon use in warfare. Assad's chemical attack in April 2017 was met with a barrage of Tomahawk missiles, marking the first concrete international response to the use of chemical weapons since WWI. This course will trace the origins of chemical weapons and the moral debate surrounding their use in warfare. Through historical case studies, students will be able to draw lessons from the first uses of poison gas to contemporary chemical wars and gain a better understanding of the crisis in Syria.

Graduate Courses HIST. 203 – Comparative Colloquia: The Search for Community Reed Ueda Block 1 T 9:00 – 11:30 am The questions-- “What is a community?” and “Who are the community?” --explored in comparative historical perspective. Origins of nations, relation of culture and community, and the ties of regionalism and community. HIST. 215 – Exhibition Planning Kenneth Turino & Matt Kirchman Block 11+ T 6:00 - 9:00 pm Learn the mechanics of exhibition production by planning and installing an exhibition from start to finish. Collectively, students determine the exhibition’s thesis, conduct research, write text, prepare objects, design the layout, and install the contents in time for a public reception at the end of the semester. Coursework addresses setting curatorial and educational goals, investigating design options, identifying audience needs and interests, and solving technical installation challenges. In addition, students select objects, arrange loans, and develop and implement marketing strategies. Guest speakers and site visits provide access to the latest trends, issues, and technological advances in exhibition design and development. Prerequisites: ED/FAH/HIST0285 plus one other museum studies course” HIST. 290 - Material Culture George H. Schwartz Block 13+ R 6:00 - 9:00 pm The interpretation of past societies and cultures through artifactual material, and the problems involved in presenting these interpretations to contemporary audiences. The course draws on modes of analysis developed in social history, archaeology, anthropology, folklore, and material culture studies, with an emphasis on New England between the precontact period and the urban industrial present. . HIST. 291 – Collections Care and Preservation Ingrid A. Newman Block 12+ W 6:00 - 9:00 pm (Cross-listed as FAH 288) The chemical and physical nature of material culture, agents of deterioration, preventive conservation strategies and protocol, proper care and handling of artifacts, and the appropriate cleaning and maintenance of museum art objects and historic artifacts. Students learn to survey a collection, establish a basic Integrated Pest Management program, prepare ofr and respond to an emergency, execute a condition request, construct an artifact preservation plan, and establish safe exhibition and storage techniques. Trips to museums and conservation laboratories, and hands-on opportunities to learn about tools and equipment essential for documenting artifacts and monitoring the museum environment. Prerequisite: ED/FAH/HIST 285