History
Overview
The Department of History offers a comprehensive program of courses in the history of the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa, and in global and comparative studies. At the graduate level, students develop broad historical knowledge and acquire training in historical interpretation and methods.
Degrees
Briggs, Charles; Senior Lecturer, Department of History; PHD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Brown, Dona L.; Professor, Department of History; PHD, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Buchanan, Andrew N.; Senior Lecturer, Department of History; PHD, Rutgers University
Deslandes, Paul Raymond; Associate Professor, Department of History; PHD, University of Toronto
Ergene, Bogac A.; Professor, Department of History; PHD, Ohio State University
Esselstrom, Erik W.; Associate Professor, Department of History; PHD, University of California Santa Barbara
Field, Sean Linscott; Professor, Department of History, PHD, Northwestern University
Grimmer, Ian; Senior Lecturer, Department of History; PHD; University of Chicago
Gustafson, Melanie Susan; Associate Professor, Department of History; PHD, New York University
Huener, Jonathan D.; Associate Professor, Department of History; PHD, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Kornbluh, Felicia A.; Associate Professor, Department of History; PHD, Princeton University
Massell, David Perera; Professor, Department of History; PHD, Duke University
McGowan, Abigail S.; Associate Professor, Department of History; PHD, University of Pennsylvania
Osten, Sarah Elizabeth; Assistant Professor, Department of History; PHD, University of Chicago
Phelps, Nicole M.; Associate Professor, Department of History; PHD, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Schrafstetter, Susanna B.; Professor, Department of History; PHD, University of Munich
Steinweis, Alan E.; Professor, Department of History; PHD, University of North Carolina
Stilwell, Sean Arnold; Professor, Department of History; PHD, York University
Whitfield, Harvey Amani; Professor, Department of History; PHD, Dalhousie University
Zdatny, Steven M.; Professor, Department of History; PHD, University of Pennsylvania
Courses
HST 201. History on the Land. 3 Credits.
Identifying and interpreting evidence of the cultural forces - early settlement patterns, transportation, industry, agriculture, planning, conservation - that have shaped our land, buildings, towns, and cities. Prerequisites: Admission to the Historic Preservation graduate program; or twelve hours of History and minimum Junior standing. Cross-listed with: HP 201.
HST 209. Seminar in Global History. 3 Credits.
Topics examining themes in Global history. May be repeated for credit with different content. Prerequisite: Twelve hours of History; minimum Junior standing.
HST 224. Seminar in Medieval Europe. 3 Credits.
Topics examining themes in Medieval European history. May be repeated for credit with different content. Prerequisites: Twelve hours of History; minimum Junior standing.
HST 225. Seminar in Early Modern Europe. 3 Credits.
Topics examining themes in Early Modern European history. Representative topics: Books & Readers in Europe, 1250- 1650. May be repeated for credit with different content. Prerequisites: Twelve hours of History; minimum Junior standing.
HST 227. Seminar in Modern Europe. 3 Credits.
Topics examining themes in Modern European history and Holocaust Studies. Representative topics: The Holocaust & Memory; Auschwitz; The Holocaust in Poland. May be repeated for credit with different content. Prerequisites: Twelve hours of History; minimum Junior standing. Cross-listed with: HS 227.
HST 240. D2: Comparative Slavery. 3 Credits.
History of slavery from a comparative perspective, including Classical Antiquity, Islam and the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and the Southern United States. Prerequisites: Twelve hours of History; minimum Junior standing.
HST 250. Seminar in East Asian Hst. 3 Credits.
Topics examining East Asian history. Representative topics: Postwar Japan; Japan in the World; Modern Japan-China Relations. May be repeated for credit with different content. Prerequisites: Twelve hours of History; minimum Junior standing.
HST 252. Seminar on China. 3 Credits.
Topics examining Chinese history. Representative topics: China under Chairman Mao; 20th-century China; China and the West. May be repeated for credit with different content. Prerequisites: Twelve hours of History; minimum Junior standing.
HST 265. Seminar in Canadian History. 3 Credits.
Topics in Canadian history. May be repeated for credit with different content. Prerequisite: Twelve hours of History; minimum Junior standing.
HST 271. Seminar in American Social Hst. 3 Credits.
Topics examining themes in American social history. Representative topics: US Social History. May be repeated for credit with different content. Prerequisites: Twelve hours of History; minimum Junior standing.
HST 275. Seminar in Early American Hst. 3 Credits.
Topics examining themes in early American history. Representative topics: American Slavery; Early Republic. May be repeated for credit with different content. Prerequisites: Twelve hours of History; minimum Junior standing.
HST 280. D2:Queer Lives: LGBT History. 3 Credits.
Advanced readings and research on the diverse history of LGBT peoples in Europe and North America with a focus on case studies, recent scholarship, and major theoretical works. Prerequisites: minimum Junior standing. Cross-listed with: GSWS 280.
HST 284. Seminar in Vermont History. 3 Credits.
Topics exploring themes in Vermont history. May be repeated for credit with different content. Prerequisites: Twelve hours of History; minimum Junior standing.
HST 301. Graduate Historiography. 3 Credits.
Historical methods, philosophy of history, and the history of history writing. Prerequisite: Graduate students only.
HST 391. Master's Thesis Research. 1-6 Credits.
Required of all candidates for the M.A. who are writing a thesis. Normally arranged for two semesters at three hours each. Prerequisite: Graduate students only.
HST 393. Graduate Internship. 1-6 Credits.
On-site supervised work experience combined with a structured academic learning plan directed by a faculty member or a faculty-staff team in which a faculty member the instructor of record, for which academic credit is awarded. Offered at department discretion. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
HST 395. Advanced Special Topics. 1-18 Credits.
See Schedule of Courses for specific titles. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
HST 397. Special Readings and Research. 1-6 Credits.
Directed individual study of areas not appropriately covered by existing courses. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.