*All HIS classes on the 100 through 300 levels carry the Historical Perspectives College Core Designation!
| Course Number | PAWS Number | Course Name | Days | Times | Instructor | Pre-Modern? | Regions | College Core |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIS109-01 | 83517 | Ancient Egypt and Neighbors | Mon/Thu | 9:30am-10:50am | Jones | Yes | Comparative World | Global |
| HIS130-01 | 83086 | Key Moments in Russian History Through Film | Tue/ Fri | 11:00am-12:20pm | Kovalev | No | Eurasia | Global |
| HIS130-02 | 83087 | Key Moments in Russian History Through Film | Tue/ Fri | 3:30pm-4:50pm | Kovalev | No | Eurasia | Global |
| HIS165-01 | 83088 | US Slavery in TV and Film | Mon/Thu | 2pm-3:20pm | Audain | No | United States | None* |
| HIS165-02 | 83089 | Disease and Health in US HIstory | Tue/ Fri | 9:30am-10:50am | Finger | No | United States | None* |
| HIS165-03 | 83090 | Disease and Health in US HIstory | Tue/ Fri | 11:00am-12:20pm | Finger | No | United States | None* |
| HIS173-01 | 83316 | 19th Century US | Mon/Thu | 11:00am-12:20pm | Hollander | No | United States | None* |
| HIS173-02 | 83317 | 19th Century US | Mon/Thu | 2pm-3:20pm | Hollander | No | United States | None* |
| HIS177-01 | 83091 | 20th Century US | Tuesday | 5:30pm-8:20pm | Zvalaren | No | United States | None* |
| HIS179-01 | 83092 | African American History to 1865 | Mon/Thu | 9:30am-10:50am | Audain | No | United States | Race and Ethnicity |
| HIS179-02 | 83093 | African American History to 1865 | Mon/Thu | 11:00am-12:20pm | Audain | No | United States | Race and Ethnicity |
| HIS180-01 | 83100 | African American History 1865-Present | Tue/ Fri | 11:00am-12:20pm | Adair | No | United States | Race and Ethnicity |
| HIS198-01 | 83094 | Teaching American History | Wednesday | 5:30pm-8:20pm | Lifland | No | United States | None* |
| HIS198-02 | 83095 | Teaching American History | Tue/ Fri | 9:30am-10:50am | Benson | No | United States | None* |
| HIS198-03 | 83096 | Teaching American History | Tue/ Fri | 2pm-3:20pm | Benson | No | United States | None* |
| HIS210-01 | 83097 | The Craft of History | Tue/ Fri | 12:30pm-1:50pm | Boero | No | None | Global |
| HIS210-02 | 83098 | The Craft of History | Tue/ Fri | 2pm-3:20pm | Boero | No | None | Global |
| HIS210-03 | 83099 | The Craft of History | Tue/ Fri | 3:30pm-4:50pm | Boero | No | None | Global |
| HIS220-01 | 83101 | Nomadic Empires in the Islamic World | Tue/ Fri | 11am-12:20pm | TBD | Yes | None | None* |
| HIS220-02 | 83102 | Nomadic Empires in the Islamic World | Tue/ Fri | 2pm-3:20pm | TBD | Yes | None | None* |
| HIS300-01 | 83103 | The Greek Polis: The Birth of Politics | Mon/Thu | 9:30am-10:50am | Chiekova | Yes | Europe, Comparative World | None* |
| HIS304-01 | 83104 | The Roman Empire | Mon/Thu | 12:30pm-1:50pm | Jones | Yes | Europe, Eurasia | Global |
| HIS324-01 | 83105 | Women in Eastern Europe 1848-Present | Mon/Thu | 11am-12:20pm | Paces | No | Europe | Gender and Sexuality |
| HIS325-01 | 83106 | Modern Germany | Mon/Thu | 12:30pm-1:50pm | Campo | No | Europe | Global |
| HIS336-01 | 83107 | Late Imperial China | Mon/Thu | 12:30pm-1:50pm | Weinstein | No | East Asia | None* |
| HIS368-01 | 83271 | Queer History of the United States | Tuesday | 5:30pm-8:20pm | Warren | No | United States | Gender and Sexuality |
| HIS388-01 | 83108 | Environmental History | Mon/Thu | 2:00pm-3:20pm | Bender | No | Comparative World | None* |
| HIS456-01 | 83109 | South Africa | Wed | 5:30pm-8:20pm | Bender | No | Africa | None* |
| HIS460-01 | 83112 | Old New Jersey | Monday | 5:30pm-8:20pm | Hollander | No | United States | None* |
| HIS461-01 | 83110 | The First World War | Tuesday | 5:30pm-8:20pm | Marino | No | Europe | None* |
| HIS461-02 | 83113 | Jewish History of Prague | Thursday | 2:00pm-4:50pm | Paces | No | Europe | None* |
| HIS498-01 | 83114 | Honors Capstone Seminar | Tuesday | 2:00pm-4:50pm | McGreevey | No | None | None* |
| HIS499-01 | 83115 | Senior Capstone Seminar | Tue/ Fri | 2:00pm-3:20pm | Kovalev | No | None | None* |
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Topics and Course Descriptions
HIS130: Key Moments in Russian History Through Film- Dr. Roman Kovalev
The course will examine a number of watershed events in the history of Russia through screening films and placing them in their historical context. The course will be chronologically inclusive of all Russian history, from
the Middle Ages to modern times, but naturally examine films from the 20th-21st centuries. To achieve these aims, students will screen films, attend lectures, as well as read select books and articles dedicated to various
larger themes of the topic and discuss them in class.
HIS165-01 US Slavery in TV and Film- Dr. Mekala Audain
Within the past ten years, there has been a renewed interest in showing the experiences of enslaved Black people to both national and international audiences. In this course, students will view films and TV mini-series to learn about eighteenth-century and nineteenth-century U.S. slavery. Students will also read primary sources and scholarly book chapters to better understand the historical context of the films and miniseries that they watch. Among the questions we will consider in this course are: how do people use TV and film to remember slavery and how do these works reimagine the experiences of slavery?
HIS165-02 and -03: Disease and Health in US History- Dr. Simon Finger
This course will explore changing American understandings of what it means to be healthy or sick, and how the quest to promote healthiness and avoid disease shaped American history and culture from the colonial era to the 21st century. Using a variety of sources and an interdisciplinary approach, we will examine the relationship of health and environment, disease outbreaks and the responses to them, and battles over health policy. Topics will include the role of disease in American aboriginal depopulation, the catastrophic outbreaks of Yellow Fever and Cholera in the Early Republic, the doctor-patient relationship, the role of medicine in sustaining slavery, movements for dietary and health reform, the effects of urbanization on American health, debates over quarantine and immigration policy, and the role of the media in spreading information and misinformation about preserving health.
HIS220: Early World History and Geography- TBD
HIS300: The Greek Polis and the Birth of Politics- Dr. Dobrinka Chiekova
HIS456: South Africa- Dr. Matthew Bender
HIS460- Old New Jersey- Dr. Craig Hollander
HIS461- The First World War- Dr. Michael Marino
This reading seminar will address the origins, events, and legacies of the First World War. Perhaps no event in history has been as much written about as the First World War, and to this day significant controversies and disagreements are found within the literature. Furthermore, even though the Great War is fading to distant memory, much about the war and its origins helps us inform and understand life in the present day. For example, just as we struggle with concepts such as racial and ethnic conflict, nationality, terrorism, and imperialism in 2017, so too did the people of 1914. At the same time, to study the First World War is to learn something about a time and place that is quite different from our own, and in this sense the war marks a true turning point in history, as the values and attitudes of one era were replaced with those of another. This is why, for example, writers often argue that the First World War began the 20 th Century. With these facts in mind, the goals of this course are as follows. First, we will use the readings to identify important historiographic controversies related to the First World War and discuss different conclusions and interpretations about these controversies. Second, we will work to identify how the history of the First World War helps us understand life in the present day. Third, we will use the war and its history as a way to understand the lives of the people that experienced it and how the war helps us learn about social history and the history of everyday life. Finally, we will discuss the war’s legacy and how the conflict inaugurated a new era of history, one with different beliefs and values from the one that it replaced.
HIS461- Jewish History of Prague- Dr. Cynthia Paces
Prague, the current capital of the Czech Republic, is known for its beauty and rich cultural history. The city has also housed a diverse community of Czechs, Germans, and Jews for over one thousand years. This course will examine the history of the Jews of Prague, from the Middle Ages to today. Prague had one of the longest-sustained Jewish community in the world until the Holocaust devastated the population. Until then, Jewish writers, philosophers, scientists, and rabbis shaped the city’s culture and history. Our course will examine topics such as early Jewish settlements, medieval pogroms, Jewish residents’ contributions to art, architecture, and philosophy, the work of Franz Kafka and other Prague-Jewish writers, anti- Semitism, the Holocaust, and the experience of Jewish survivors under Communism.