will use primary & secondary source documents to examine the oftentimes violent changes in power in the political, economic, social and spiritual realms of African history.
HISE 3110 Hist of Gardens, Parks and Green Space
(Pollock) SL WO
Cultivated green space is a powerful setting for human
life. We will examine the creation of gardens, parks and
public green space in Europe and the Americas from
1500 to the present day, focusing on design, development, technology and what green space means to people.
HISL 3910 Explorers, Liars & Travelers (Wolfe) M
This course will explore Latin America through eyes that
saw it– travelers, tourists, revolutionaries, criminals, diplomats, and more. Students will learn to dig into primary
source and the practice of being a historian.
HISU 3120 New Orleans’ Free People of Color
(Clark) M
Course explores the fascinating free people of African descent who lived in antebellum New Orleans. They numbered in the thousands and were soldiers, property owners,
poets and surprisingly, slave owners.
HISU 3541 Reproductive Health in the U.S. (Haugeberg)
SO
Students will have opportunities to examine the history of
reproductive health in the U.S. by studying the history of
midwifery, coerced sterilization, SI treatment, contraception
and IVF.
4000
HISE 4140 Household, Gender, Sex in Europe (Pollock)
WO
We will look at the structure, function and emotional content of families in Europe from the renaissance to the eighteenth century, focusing on such topics as the role of women,
family relationships, childhood, masculinity, as well as
attitudes to and the regulation of sexuality.
HISL 4840 Piracy in the Americas to 1750 (Lane)
Who were the "golden age" pirates and who were their main
victims? What tactics did pirates use and what was done to
stop them? How was piracy related to imperial expansion
and resistance to it? How did the golden age pirates come to
be lasting iconic cultural figures? Piracy in the Americas
traces the rise and fall of sea predators in the Atlantic and
Pacific Oceans from the 16th to 18th centuries.
H– Honors
M– Methods Seminar
SL– Service Learning
6000
HISA 6010 Roman Imperial Army (Harl) WO
This research seminar examines why the Roman imperial army,
the first professional army ever, conquered and defended the
Mediterranean world for seven centuries and indelibly transformed society and economy. Optional writing practicum and
also elective for Classical Studies.
HISE 6510 Russian Revolution 1900-1921 (Ramer) WO
The Russian Revolution was a transformative moment in the
history of the twentieth century. Readings and seminar discussions examine the ways historians have answered four questions:
Why did the tsarist regime collapse? Why did the Provisional
Government fail? Why did the Bolsheviks come to power?
What were the consequences of the Bolshevik victory? Class
meetings focus upon assigned readings.
HISE 6910 Immigration and Identity in Contemporary
France (Edwards)
This seminar will explore the history of immigration to France
since the late 19th century and attendant debates over national
identity, secularism, and race. We will examine colonial and
postcolonial migration, the rise of xenophobic extremist political
parties, minority activism, and controversies over the place of
Islam in French society.
HISL 6780 Caribbean Themes (Adderley) WO
This seminar explores major themes in Caribbean History from
European arrival to the end of the 20th century. Slavery, nationalism, race, gender and the Haitian and Cuban revolutions are all
covered.
HISL 6910 Rebellion & Crime in Latin America (Cruz)
We will explore several forms of resistance and rebellion
throughout Latin America, from slave rebellions and armed insurgencies to everyday forms of resistance against oppression. In
the context of understanding how Latin American governments
have maintained social order, we will also look at crime, policing and other forms of state control.
HISU 6560 Plantation South (Sparks) SO
This seminar will explore the rise of the southern plantation as
an agricultural, social, cultural and economic unit. We will explore the origin of the plantation system in the early modern
Atlantic World, its rise in the southern part of North America,
and its role in shaping the economic, social, cultural, and political life of the region. We will explore the variations in the plantation system governed by the production of the region’s staple
crops: tobacco, rice, cotton and sugar.
HISU 6911 Slavery, Banjos & Moonshine (Gilpin)
Investigates the distinct intellectual and cultural identity of the
American south.
SO– Optional Service Learning
WI—Writing Intensive
WO– Optional Writing Intensive
Department of History
Fall 2016
Course Listings
1000
HISL 1710 Intro to Latin American History (Martin)
This course introduces students to the politics, society,
and culture of Latin America from pre-Columbian times
to the present. We will explore scholarly texts, primary
sources, and a variety of media from the region to provide
a foundation in Latin America’s diversity and shared history.
HIST 1910 History of Eating and Drinking (Lipman)
What is the history of chocolate in the Americas? Do you
want to know the history of vodka in Russia? How can
food be a weapon of war? A religious experience? Come
learn about the political, cultural, labor and economic
history of eating and drinking across time and cultures. This is a team-taught class by the History Department Faculty.
HISU 1800 Early New Orleans (Clark)
Course explores the history of New Orleans during the
colonial and early national periods, when the city was a
crossroads of the Atlantic World that linked Africa, the
Americas and Europe. It locates the city’s past in a transnational Atlantic context that reaches back to the fifteenth
century and concludes with the emergence of New Orleans as a major American city in the early nineteenth century.
HISE 2910 Visual Culture/Politics of Memory (Otte)
This course examines the intersections of visual culture,
commemorative politics, nationalism and trauma in a
transnational perspective. We examine the debates over
memorialization that follow the collective experiences of
trauma in countries such as Spain, Yugoslavia, Germany,
Poland, South Africa, and United States. The realizations
of memory through art, photography, digital media, and
design will constitute the heart of our discussion.
HISE 2911 France Since the Revolution (Edwards)
A survey of French history since 1789, with particular
attention to social, cultural, and political change. Among
other topics, we will examine political upheaval, imperialism, class dynamics, changing gender roles, and questions of French identity in the modern era.
2000
HISL 2820 Modern Brazil (Cruz)
A course on post-independence Brazil focused on social
and cultural history, starting with the 19th century Brazilian Empire and its slave society, then moving to the
fractured early Brazilian republic and how culture was
used to create a unified national identity through World
War II, and ending with the Brazilian military dictatorship in the Cold War, and an overview of democratic
Brazil in our age. Students will work closely with the
professor to produce a research paper or an alternative
media research project.
HISA 2001 Warring States of Greece (Harl)
In this lecture course students will learn how the Greeks
created Western civilization based on the consent of citizens and rule of law, artistic and literary values stressing
the human condition, and inquiry based on reasoned analysis. This course also meets Foundations in Western civilization and is an elective for Classical Studies.
HISL 2910 Modern Latin America (Wolfe)
This course explores Latin America from its raucous
independence movements, through democratic, dictatorial, and revolutionary transformations between the 1820s
and the 21st century. How the former colonies became
independent states is equally crucial to understanding
current conflicts and aspirations.
HISE 2240 Russian History to 1825 (Ramer)
This course explores the main outlines of Russian history
& culture from Kievan Rus’ to reigns of Ivan the Terrible,
Peter the Great, Catherine the Great, & Alexander I. We
will concentrate on Russian political culture & evolving
condition of Russian society.
HISU 2610 Old South (Sparks) SO
Was the South born racist? What caused the Civil War?
These are two of the questions that will be addressed in
this history of the southern US from the settlement of
Jamestown through the Civil War.
HISE 2410 Spain 1369-1716 (Boyden)
Spain from the Reconquest through its rise as a European
and imperial power to the end of the Habsburg Dynasty,
with attention to political, religious, cultural and economic history.
HISU 2650 US Immigration History (Lipman) SO
Ellis Island. Angel Island. The U.S.-Mexican border.
The U.S.-Canadian border. Immigration at the airport.
What does it mean to be an immigrant in America? What
are immigrant histories? How have they changed over
time. This course s includes: immigration and American
M– Methods Seminar
SL– Service Learning
SO– Optional Service Learning
WI—Writing Intensive
labor, changing immigration laws, the intersection of
immigration and U.S. racial formations, and the prominence of immigrant narratives in American culture.
HISU 2690 African American Slavery (Adderley)
Basic introduction to African-American history, particularly the years before slave emancipation. African background, the Atlantic slave trade, slave communities,
and free black populations all covered. Also addresses
impacts of slavery and anti-black racism today.
HISU 2840 Louisiana History (Kelley)
A survey of Louisiana history from pre-European contact
to the present. Lectures and readings will cover the political and economic development of this state as well as
important social and cultural movements. Students will
emerge from this course with a firm understanding of
how diverse factors such as geography, economics, race,
ethnicity, and politics formed the state of Louisiana as
we know it today.
HISU 2910 History of Medicine in the U.S.
(Haugeberg)
This course will examine the social history of medicine
in the United States with special attention to public
health, changing ideas about disease and illness and the
politics of healthcare.
HISU 2911 The Bloodiest War 1861-1865 (Gilpin)
This course explores the causes, course, and consequences of the American Civil War, from roughly 1800 to
1877, studying slavery, total war, and the challenge of
reconstructing the nation.
3000
HISA 3070 Dante and His World (Luongo)
This interdisciplinary seminar seeks to introduce students
to the medieval Italian poet and intellectual Dante Alighieri, and through Dante to the vibrant culture of Florence
and Italy in the late 13th and early 14th centuries. The
course will be structured around a close reading of Dante’s masterwork, the Commedia—his visionary account
of a tour through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven-- within
which the seminar will read and discuss scholarship on
various aspects of the political, literary, religious and
social setting of Dante’s world.
HISB 3910 Power in African History (McMahon)
In the 19th & 20th centuries the dynamics of power significantly shifted across sub-Saharan Africa. This course
WO– Optional Writing Intensive