Courses

This course traces how "Muslims in China" transformed themselves into "Chinese Muslims" while at once accommodating and conflicting with Chinese states and people throughout history until the present time. Recommended prereq., HIST 1608. HIST 4658 and 5658 are the same course. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Begins with early modern Japan, proceeds through the era of rapid modernization after the Meiji Restoration in the mid-19th century, and concludes with Japan's gradual descent into prolonged war, first with China and then in the Pacific. Restricted to juniors and seniors. HIST 4728 and 5728 are the same course. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Same as HIST 4738. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Same as HIST 4761 and CLAS 5761.

Prereq., graduate standing.

Introduces major topics and themes in imperial history. Reviews central theories of modern colonial empire, ranging from economic and political motivations for expansion, to the cultural and social impact of empire, to post-colonialism.

Examines major themes and topics in the social, political and economic history of Latin America. Possible topics include nationalism and state-building, neocolonialism, revolution and reaction, race, and gender. Recommended prereq., HIST 5128 or 5118. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Introduces classic and recent scholarship on frontiers and borderlands in the Americas. Chronological focus will vary by semester, from contact through twentieth century. A hemispheric approach encourages comparative insights about topics such as colonialism and ecological change, war and violence, indigenous resistance, acculturation, ethnogenesis, and evolving ideas about race, gender, and identity at the margins of empires and nation-states. Restricted to graduate students.

Prereq., graduate standing.

Prereq., undergraduate work in American history.

Explores the history of politics in the U.S., with an emphasis on the period since 1865. Key themes include the relations between state and society, the origins and nature of social movements, and the role played by political culture. Prereq., graduate standing.

Investigates key problems facing museum institutions and studies the staging and representation of historical knowledge, the ethics of collecting and display, the changing nature and uses of historical evidence, and relations between curatorial practice, collecting, and field work. Critically examines different approaches to museums and museology in various disciplines, both past and present. Prereq., MUSM 5011 or instructor consent. Same as MUSM 6150, ARTH 6150, and ANTH 6150.