Graduate Courses Department of History (600 & 700 Level)
HIS 640: American History to 1877
Dr. Vanessa Holden
Wednesday 5:00pm-7:30pm
Course will examine major scholarly debates in American history to 1877.
HIS 663: The Atlantic World
Dr. Hilary jones
Thursday 3:30pm-6:00pm
History 663, "The Atlantic World," is a colloquium intended to introduce students to the burgeoning field of the Atlantic World, in the era approximately 1600-1850. The course aims to familiarize specialists in US history with broader trends in the world during the period of colonial and early national American history and to decenter the United States and Britain in familiar stories such as slavery and revolution. The course aims to offer students in other specializations like Europe or Latin America with an introduction to the content and most current analytical tools of Atlantic World history.
HIS 669: Oral History
Dr. Kathryn Newfont
Tuesday 3:30-6:00pm
This course is an introduction to selected topics in oral history methodology and theory. It is designed for persons intending to use oral and life history interviews in historical or other qualitative research. The course examines how: oral history projects are initiated, projects are administered, interviews are conducted, and oral history interviews are preserved in archives and libraries. The course also explores the reliability of memory and the utilization of oral histories in public presentations. Readings in the course focus on the development of oral history as a research methodology. Assignments and discussions will provide experience with interviewing, recording and transcribing, editing and publishing oral histories. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits but no more than three may be earned under the same subtitle.
HIS 675: Readings in Modern American Politics and American Political Development
Dr. David Hamilton
Monday 6:30pm-9:00pm
This seminar will focus on various ways of interpreting and approaching the study of American political history from the nineteenth century to the present. It will explore topics such as the development of the American national state and governing capacities, the emergence of the historically-oriented field of American Political Development (APD) in the discipline of Political Science, the emergence of what is sometimes called the "new new political history," the expanding field of "policy history," and other developments. Hence, it will focus extensively on topics such as the development (and decay) of political institutions and regimes, the evolution of the American state, and changing conceptions of citizenship.
HIS 701: Research Seminar in American History
Dr. Tracy Campbell
Monday 3:30pm-6:00pm
Graduate research seminar in American history. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 credits.
HIS 650/ BSC 750-001: History of Medicine among African Americans
Dr. Claire Clark
Wednesday 5:45pm-8:15pm
This inquiry-based course explores the historical roots of contemporary health disparities facing African Americans in the U.S. and invites students to consider past and present methods for addressing them. We will investigate the origins and legacy of medical racism, including associated histories of racial violence, exploitation, exclusion, and oppression. We will also explore sources of resistance to medical racism as well as the pursuit of health and healing among African American communities. In addition to analyzing scholarly monographs and articles written by historians of medicine, students will be invited to explore course material through engagement with primary sources and with other media forms such as art, craft, poetry, podcasts, and film.