Spring 2020
| Number | Title | Course Description | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|
| HISTORY 130D - 001 | Amer Dreams/Amer Realities |
Examines the role of such myths as "rags to riches," "beacon to the world," "the frontier" and "... |
Wilson, Gerald |
| HISTORY 130D - 01D | Amer Dreams/Amer Realities |
Examines the role of such myths as "rags to riches," "beacon to the world," "the frontier" and "... |
Wilson, Gerald |
| HISTORY 130D - 02D | Amer Dreams/Amer Realities |
Examines the role of such myths as "rags to riches," "beacon to the world," "the frontier" and "... |
Wilson, Gerald |
| HISTORY 130D - 03D | Amer Dreams/Amer Realities |
Examines the role of such myths as "rags to riches," "beacon to the world," "the frontier" and "... |
Wilson, Gerald |
| HISTORY 130D - 04D | Amer Dreams/Amer Realities |
Examines the role of such myths as "rags to riches," "beacon to the world," "the frontier" and "... |
Wilson, Gerald |
| HISTORY 373 - 01 | American Indians Since 1806 |
Examines images and realities of North American Indian cultures and history from early 19th... |
Barr, Juliana |
| HISTORY 231 - 01 | Ancient Athletics |
The athletic festivals of the ancient Greeks and Romans are among the most enduring legacies of... |
Jazwa, Kyle |
| HISTORY 216S - 01 | Between Moscow, Beijing, Delhi |
Exercise in reconstructing Eurasian history from the 13th century Mongol invasions to post-... |
Tuna, Mustafa |
| HISTORY 476S - 01 | Cap Sem: American Militarism |
Explores the debate over U.S. militarism in past and present. Fears of an American militarism... |
Bonker, Dirk |
| HISTORY 470S - 01 | Cap Sem: Leadershp In Amer Hst |
Focuses on political, social, business and artistic leaders in American history and problems... |
Wilson, Gerald |
| HISTORY 457S - 01 | Cap Sem: Maroon Societies |
Origins and development of fugitive slave communities throughout the Americas from the sixteenth... |
Gaspar, Barry |
| HISTORY 480S - 01 | Capstone Seminar |
Specific aspects of the history, art, and literature of classical Greece and Rome. Open only to... |
Davis, N. |
| HISTORY 220 - 01 | China Antiquity To 1400 |
Beginning with the early neolithic cultures, focus on the evolution of Han civilization, the... |
Mazumdar, Sucheta |
| HISTORY 103 - 01 | Comp Appr Global Issues |
Introduction to critical transnational studies through several disciplinary approaches. Examines... |
Namakkal, Jessica |
| HISTORY 313 - 01 | Crime And The City |
Compares representation of crime and the city in two key "texts": Charles Dickens's "Oliver... |
Thorne, Susan |
| HISTORY 253 - 01 | Dante's Divine Comedy |
A voyage through the three otherworldly places of Dante's philosophical poem (Hell, Purgatory,... |
Eisner, Martin |
| HISTORY 382S - 01 | Digital Durham |
Representing Durham past and present with digital media. Digitize historical and cultural... |
Szabo, Victoria |
| HISTORY 125S - 01 | Doc Exper: A Video Appr |
A documentary approach to the study of local communities through video production projects... |
Hawkins, Gary |
| HISTORY 117 - 01 | Early Modern Europe |
A survey of Europe between approx. 1440-1750 that highlights changes in European society... |
Lubin, Matthew |
| HISTORY 227 - 01 | Emergence Of Modern Japan |
A survey of modern Japanese history from 1850 to the present. Emphasis on social change as... |
Lauro, Daniele |
| HISTORY 383 - 01 | Engineering Global Middle East |
This class is a global techno-environmental history, with a special emphasis on the modern... |
Mestyan, Adam |
| HISTORY 222 - 01 | Environ/capitalism In Lat Amer |
Global capitalism relies on the ever increasing extraction and displacement of natural resources... |
Goldin Marcovich, Gabriela |
| HISTORY 286 - 01 | Europe In Twentieth Cent |
An examination, emphasizing cultural and political trends, of the turning points that have... |
Nealy, James |
| HISTORY 89S - 01 | First-Year Seminar (Top) |
Topics vary each semester offered. Instructor: Staff |
Thorne, Susan |
| HISTORY 89S - 02 | First-Year Seminar (Top) |
Topics vary each semester offered. Instructor: Staff |
Lentz-Smith, Adriane |
| HISTORY 89S - 03 | First-Year Seminar (Top) |
Topics vary each semester offered. Instructor: Staff |
Shapiro, Karin |
| HISTORY 202 - 01 | Gender And Socialism |
History of socialist feminism as a global political movement and philosophical-theoretical... |
Krylova, Anna |
| HISTORY 272 - 01 | Genocide And Human Rights |
Analyzes the phenomenon of genocide from an interdisciplinary perspective, exploring the ways... |
Sharman, Bill |
| HISTORY 201 - 01 | Globalization And History |
Examination of globalization issues in a historical perspective. Reviews phenomena, institutions... |
Zanalda, Giovanni |
| HISTORY 250 - 01 | Green Germany |
Exploration of Germany's leading global role in developing and implementing "green" technologies... |
Dolan, Kristen |
| HISTORY 183S - 01 | Gtwy Sem: Civ Rghts/asian Amer |
Study of crucial legal and political moments in the struggle for equal civil rights of... |
Mazumdar, Sucheta |
| HISTORY 156S - 01 | Gtwy Sem: Cold War America |
A gateway seminar designed to introduce undergraduates to historical analysis, research, and... |
MacLean, Nancy |
| HISTORY 157S - 01 | Gtwy Sem: Empires/hst Perspect |
Study of modern empires in historical comparative-connective perspective. Approaches, methods,... |
Kaiwar, Vasant |
| HISTORY 171S - 01 | Gtwy Sem: History Of Intimacy |
Examines how changing definitions of friendship, family structure, childhood, romantic love,... |
Staff, Departmental |
| HISTORY 160S - 01 | Gtwy Sem: The Global Sixties |
The 1960s in global context, focusing particularly on Europe, Latin America, and the United... |
Chappel, James |
| HISTORY 120 - 01 | History Of American Democracy |
This course explores the sweep of US history, from the colonial period to the present, through... |
Ontiveros, Hannah |
| HISTORY 307 - 01 | History Of Economic Thought |
Approaches to economic problems from Aristotle to Keynes, emphasizing certain models and... |
Medema, Steven |
| HISTORY 203 - 01 | History Of Global Health |
The course begins with the development of ancient medicine in Europe & China, and continues... |
Humphreys, Margaret |
| HISTORY 122 - 01 | History Of Latinxs In Us |
This introductory course will cover the social, cultural, and political histories of Latino/as... |
Marquez, Cecilia |
| HISTORY 190S - 01 | History Special Topics |
Topics vary from semester to semester. Instructor: Staff |
Chang, Joanna |
| HISTORY 290 - 01 | History Special Topics |
Topics vary from semester to semester. Instructor: Staff |
Starn, Orin |
| HISTORY 190S - 07 | History Special Topics |
Topics vary from semester to semester. Instructor: Staff |
Kirk, Robin |
| HISTORY 190S - 03 | History Special Topics |
Topics vary from semester to semester. Instructor: Staff |
Shapiro, Karin |
| HISTORY 129 - 01 | Intro To African Studies |
A range of disciplinary perspectives on key topics in contemporary African Studies: nationalism... |
Daly, Samuel Fury Childs |
| HISTORY 351S - 01 | Islam In The Americas |
Explores how Muslim communities live and practice Islam in the American context. Examines... |
Hassan, Mona |
| HISTORY 264 - 01 | Latin Am Wars Of Independence |
This course covers the conspiracies, uprisings, and wars that led to the independence of Haiti... |
French, John |
| HISTORY 284 - 01 | Life Within Capitalism |
Examination of how capitalism has profoundly shaped people's ethical values, with focus on... |
Philipsen, Dirk |
| HISTORY 260 - 01 | Magic/rel/sci Since 1400 |
The history of magic and witchcraft in western culture from the Renaissance to the present, with... |
Robisheaux, Thomas |
| HISTORY 342 - 01 | Making Modern America |
Transformations in society, politics, foreign relations, and arts and literature between Spanish... |
Lentz-Smith, Adriane |
| HISTORY 244 - 01 | Med Christianity In Film/fictn |
Exploration of modern popular fictional representations of Christianity in the Middle Ages,... |
Dubois, Katharine |
| HISTORY 311S - 01 | Men, Women, And Sports |
Examines the way sports have been tied to and expressed ideals of manhood and womanhood, race,... |
Deutsch, Sarah |
| HISTORY 324 - 01 | Mexico Since Before Cortes |
Survey of Mexican history since before the encounter between European and native peoples, the... |
Goldin Marcovich, Gabriela |
| HISTORY 218 - 01 | Modern & Global India |
Examines the historical foundations for the emergence of India as a modern and global society... |
Wani, Kena |
| HISTORY 223 - 01 | Modern China,1800-Present |
The course introduces the broad political and social changes of the last two hundred years in... |
Barnes, Nicole |
| HISTORY 225S - 01 | Muslim Women Across The Ages |
This course explores the diverse realities of Muslim women's lives, from the origins of Islam to... |
Hassan, Mona |
| HISTORY 336 - 01 | North America To 1760 |
Early oceanic explorations, European invasion of North America, the evolution of race slavery,... |
Barr, Juliana |
| HISTORY 345 - 01 | North American Environmntl Hst |
Historical roles of nature as a cultural construct and a set of biological relationships in... |
Bruno, Louis |
| HISTORY 238S - 01 | Political Nonviolence |
In this seminar, we will investigate cases of peaceful resolutions of intractable conflicts... |
Miller, Martin |
| HISTORY 346S - 01 | Politics Of Sexuality |
Explores intersections among sexual identity, desire, and behavior and political institutions,... |
Rosenberg, Gabriel |
| HISTORY 248S - 01 | Publishing & Mktg Pop Fiction |
A case study of the US romance fiction industry and its global reach. The romance novel is the... |
Dubois, Katharine |
| HISTORY 488S - 01 | Research In Human Rights |
A primary learning objective is to have students connect the intellectual themes and scholarly... |
Chappel, James |
| HISTORY 233 - 01 | Roman History |
From the founding of Rome by Romulus to the founding of Constantinople by Constantine: social,... |
Boatwright, Mary |
| HISTORY 276 - 01 | Russian Cultural History |
Medieval origins of the Imperial Russian state, concentrating on the period between the reign of... |
Miller, Martin |
| HISTORY 106 - 01 | Science And The Modern World |
This course surveys the history of science from the sixteenth century through the present day.... |
Hepler-Smith, Evan |
| HISTORY 496S - 01 | Senior Thesis Seminar |
Continuation of History 495S. Instructor: Staff |
Malegam, Jehangir |
| HISTORY 112 - 01 | Sexual Pleasure/modern World |
Interdisciplinary study of ways societies around the globe have understood sexual pleasure.... |
Sigal, Peter |
| HISTORY 266D - 001 | Soccer Politics |
Explores global history of soccer with focus on Europe, Africa, and Latin America. Examines... |
Dubois, Laurent |
| HISTORY 266D - 01D | Soccer Politics |
Explores global history of soccer with focus on Europe, Africa, and Latin America. Examines... |
Dubois, Laurent |
| HISTORY 266D - 02D | Soccer Politics |
Explores global history of soccer with focus on Europe, Africa, and Latin America. Examines... |
Dubois, Laurent |
| HISTORY 266D - 03D | Soccer Politics |
Explores global history of soccer with focus on Europe, Africa, and Latin America. Examines... |
Dubois, Laurent |
| HISTORY 450S - 01 | South African Life Histories |
Explores the last century of South African history through the lens of biography and... |
Shapiro, Karin |
| HISTORY 273S-1 - 01 | Spanish Civil War: History&lit |
The Spanish Civil War of 1936-39 through literary and historical readings, art, music, and film... |
Sieburth, Stephanie |
| HISTORY 297 - 01 | The Holocaust |
Antisemitism and the Jewish question in Central Europe, the development of Nazi policy, the... |
Gengler, Peter |
| HISTORY 365D - 001 | The Modern Regulatory State |
Interdisciplinary inquiry into the origins/evolution of modern regulatory institutions in... |
Cinq-Mars, Tom J. |
| HISTORY 365D - 01D | The Modern Regulatory State |
Interdisciplinary inquiry into the origins/evolution of modern regulatory institutions in... |
Cinq-Mars, Tom J. |
| HISTORY 365D - 02D | The Modern Regulatory State |
Interdisciplinary inquiry into the origins/evolution of modern regulatory institutions in... |
Cinq-Mars, Tom J. |
| HISTORY 334S - 01 | The University As A Culture |
The university generates some of the most influential forms of knowledge in the world, yet we... |
Matory, J. |
| HISTORY 256S - 01 | The Viking Age |
The history of Viking raiding, trading, exploration, and settlement, with attention to the... |
Norberg, Jakob |
| HISTORY 390 - 01 | Topics In History Lecture |
Individual courses in this series may be taught more than once or on a one-time basis only.... |
de Almeida, Silvio |
| HISTORY 390S - 01 | Topics In History Seminar |
Instructor: Staff |
Chafe, William |
| HISTORY 390S - 02 | Topics In History Seminar |
Instructor: Staff |
Chafe, William |
| HISTORY 390S - 04 | Topics In History Seminar |
Instructor: Staff |
Aidoo, Lamonte |
| HISTORY 269 - 01 | Tudor/stuart Britain |
Introduction to the history and culture of sixteenth and seventeenth century England; the... |
Stern, Philip |
| HISTORY 362 - 01 | U S Political Hst 1900-Present |
U.S. political history from 1900 to the present. Topics include the emergence, evolution, and... |
McKinnon, Garrett |
| HISTORY 344 - 01 | U.s. Social Movements |
Examines the social movements that have shaped U.S. history, starting with the American... |
MacLean, Nancy |
| HISTORY 381S - 01 | Veterans Oral History Project |
Explore methods of oral history, specifically focusing on interviewing U.S. military veterans... |
Lanier, Michelle |
| HISTORY 405 - 01 | What Machiavelli Really Says |
Everyone knows what Machiavellian means, but what does Machiavelli really say? Reading his... |
Eisner, Martin |
| Number | Title | Course Description | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|
| HISTORY 850S - 01 | Anthropology And History |
A continuation of History 572S/Cultural Anthropology 501S. Recent scholarship that combines... |
Starn, Orin |
| HISTORY 554S - 01 | Contemporary Dance History |
A survey course spanning twentieth- and twenty-first-century developments in selected dance... |
Shah, Purnima |
| HISTORY 514S - 01 | Culture/env In Modern China |
Examination of the changing patterns through which the physical environment and culture are... |
Duara, Prasenjit |
| HISTORY 758S - 01 | Digital Durham |
Bass Connections course. Representing Durham past and present with digital media. Digitize... |
Abel, Trudi |
| HISTORY 703S - 01 | Focusing On Tchng & Pedagogy |
A required course that focuses on a range of pedagogical issues, both to support student's work... |
Neuschel, Kristen |
| HISTORY 548S - 01 | Global History Of Medicine |
The study of medicine as an object of critical analysis is a rapidly growing and exciting... |
Barnes, Nicole |
| HISTORY 577S - 01 | Hist/phil Perspect On Science |
An integrated introduction to the nature of science and scientific change, and its impact on... |
Brading, Katherine |
| HISTORY 501S - 01 | History Of Sexuality |
Explore history of sexuality around the globe, covering diverse time periods and regions.... |
Sigal, Peter |
| HISTORY 774S - 01 | Ideology And Islam In Eurasia |
While Islam as a lived religion offers a common starting point to understand the experiences of... |
Tuna, Mustafa |
| HISTORY 522S - 01 | Jerusalem After Rome |
In this discussion seminar, we trace the history of how a city became sacred to three religions... |
Malegam, Jehangir |
| HISTORY 520S - 01 | Microhistory |
Examines methods of micro-historical analysis, focusing on distinctive practices that define... |
Robisheaux, Thomas |
| HISTORY 542S - 01 | Migration/exile/second Slavery |
This seminar explores the collective identities of migrant and exiled Spaniards away from the... |
Rodríguez García, José María |
| HISTORY 790S-04 - 01 | North American History (Top) |
The department offers a series of rotating courses, covering the history and historiography of... |
Glymph, Thavolia |
| HISTORY 790S-10 - 01 | Rdngs Empr/colonial Encounters |
The department offers a series of rotating courses, covering the history and historiography of... |
Mestyan, Adam |
| HISTORY 790S-14 - 01 | Readings In Cultural History |
Students read representative "classics" in cultural history, explore the theoretical foundations... |
Dubois, Laurent |
| HISTORY 702S - 01 | Research Seminar In Hst |
This seminar is required of all entering first-year doctoral candidates in history. Instructor... |
French, John |
| HISTORY 890S-08 - 01 | Rsch Top In Gender |
The department offers a series of rotating courses that offer students the opportunity to... |
Hasso, Frances |
| HISTORY 890S-13 - 01 | Rsch Top Methods & Theory |
The department offers a series of rotating courses that offer students the opportunity to... |
Krylova, Anna |
| HISTORY 780S - 01 | Teaching Race, Teaching Gender |
Interdisciplinary analyses of the problematics of teaching about social hierarchies, especially... |
Lubiano, Wahneema |
| HISTORY 538 - 01 | The Roman Empire |
The foundation, consolidation, and transformation of Roman rule from Augustus to Diocletian.... |
Boatwright, Mary |
| HISTORY 590S - 01 | Topics In History Seminar |
Seminars in advanced topics designed for graduate students and advanced undergraduates. Topics... |
Bassiri, Nima |
| HISTORY 590S - 02 | Topics In History Seminar |
Seminars in advanced topics designed for graduate students and advanced undergraduates. Topics... |
de Almeida, Silvio |
| HISTORY 743 - 01 | What Machiavelli Really Says |
Everyone knows what Machiavellian means, but what does Machiavelli really say? Reading his... |
Eisner, Martin |