History Research Pathways

The history program encourages its students to carve out their own research pathways. Pathways can be straight or meandering, cover one area exhaustively or take a student across broad stretches. Even though you are required to selected one of three geographic regions—Americas and Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and the Mediterranean World—as your primary area of focus, we encourage you to also think about your degree progress along thematic lines: religion, social movements, science and environment, and gender, to name a few.

Pathways are for advising purposes only. A list of undergraduate history courses and the requirements each satisfy may be found in the Catalog of Course Requirements.


History Research Pathways
Number and Title Instructor Research Pathways

Lower Division Courses (HIS 1 - 99)

2A The World to 1500 Breen To Be Announced
2B The World Since 1500 O'Malley, Matera Colonialism and Imperialism
Diaspora, Emigration, Immigration
4 History of the Present: Investigating the Historical Origins of Contemporary Problems Derr & Jones Science, Technology, and Environment
9 Introduction to Native American History Lonetree, Smyth Civil Rights and Social Justice
Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
10A United States History to 1877 Jones, Smyth, Westerkamp Diaspora, Emigration, Immigration
Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
10B United States History, 1877 to 1977 Lasar Gender, Sexuality, and Women's History
Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
11A Latin America: Colonial Period Diaz To Be Announced
11B Latin America: National Period O'Hara Civil Rights and Social Justice
Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
12 Introduction to Latino American History Delgado Diaspora, Emigration, Immigration
Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
13 Introduction to American Religious Culture Westerkamp Diaspora, Emigration, Immigration
Religions and Secularism
15 The United States of America from its Founding through Our Time Lasar Civil Rights and Social Justice
Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
20 U.S. Popular Music Movements Porter Diaspora, Emigration, Immigration
Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
40A Early Modern East Asia Hu Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern World
War, Conflict, and Peace
40B The Making of Modern East Asia Aso, Christy Colonialism and Imperialism
War, Conflict, and Peace
41 The Making of the Modern Middle East Derr Colonialism and Imperialism
Labor and Social Movements
44 Modern South Asia, 1500 to Present Shaikh Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
Religions and Secularism
50 When Pharaohs Reigned: The History of Ancient Egypt Sullivan Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern World
51 Pyramids of Earth: Religion and Symbol in the Ancient World Sullivan Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern World
Religions and Secularism
58 From Pirates to Refugees: The History of the Modern Mediterranean Davis To Be Announced
59 The History of the English Language (online course) Hedrick Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern World
Colonialism and Imperialism
60 Medical and Scientific Terminology (online course)
Formerly offered as Scientific Vocabulary and the Roots of the European Scientific Tradition
Hedrick Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern World
Science, Technology, and Environment
61 Classical Mythology Hedrick Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern World
Religions and Secularism
62A Classical World: Greece Hedrick Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern World
War, Conflict, and Peace
62B Classical World: Rome Hedrick Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern World
65B Plagues, Peasants, and Pirates: Late Medieval Europe, 1000-1500 Breen To Be Announced
70A Modern European History, 1500-1815 Breen, Silver, Thompson Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern World
Colonialism and Imperialism
70B Modern European History, 1815-Present Thompson Colonialism and Imperialism
War, Conflict, and Peace
74 Introduction to Jewish History and Cultures Deutsch, Heckman, Thompson Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
Religions and Secularism
74A Introduction to Middle Eastern and North African Jewish History: Ancient to Early Modern Heckman Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern World
Diaspora, Emigration, Immigration
74B Introduction to Middle Eastern and North African Jewish History, 1500-2000 Heckman Colonialism and Imperialism
Diaspora, Emigration, Immigration
75 Film and the Holocaust Thompson Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
War, Conflict, and Peace
76 The Holocaust: A Global Perspective
Formerly offered as The Holocaust
Deutsch, Heckman Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
War, Conflict, and Peace
78 Modern Authoritarianism in Europe and Beyond Kehler Civil Rights and Social Justice
War, Conflict, and Peace
80C Global China (online course) Chan Colonialism and Imperialism
Diaspora, Emigration, Immigration
80X Civil Rights Movement: Grassroots Change and American Society Brundage Civil Rights and Social Justice
Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
80Y World War II Memories in the U.S. and Japan Christy, Yang Civil Rights and Social Justice
War, Conflict, and Peace
81 Science in the Colonial World Gutierrez Colonialism and Imperialism
Science, Technology, and Environment
82 California Gold Rush in Global History
Formerly offered as Global History of the California Gold Rush
McGuinness Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
Science, Technology, and Environment

Upper Division Courses (HIS 100 - 189)

101C Oceans in World History Matera Diaspora, Emigration, Immigration
Religions and Secularism
101D World History of Science (online course) Hu Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern World
Science, Technology, and Environment
101E Global 1930s Matera Colonialism and Imperialism
Labor and Social Movements
101F Global Environmental History (online course) Hu Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern World
Science, Technology, and Environment
104C Celluloid Natives: American Indian History on Film Lonetree, Smyth Civil Rights and Social Justice
Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
104D Museums and the Representation of Native American History, Memory, and Culture Lonetree, Smyth Museum Studies, Public History, and Cultural Heritage
Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
105 Nations and Nationalism Silver Colonialism and Imperialism
Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
106A Vietnam War Memories Yang Colonialism and Imperialism
War, Conflict, and Peace
106B Asian and Asian American History, 1941-Present Yang Civil Rights and Social Justice
Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
109A Race, Gender, and Power in the Antebellum South Jones, Smyth Gender, Sexuality, and Women's History
Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
110A Colonial America, 1500-1750 Westerkamp Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern World
Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
110B Revolutionary America, 1740-1815 O'Malley Colonialism and Imperialism
Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
110D The Civil War Era Jones Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
War, Conflict, and Peace
110G Strange Days: The USA and its National Security State, 1945-1991 Lasar Civil Rights and Social Justice
War, Conflict, and Peace
110H Greater Reconstruction: Race, Empire, and Citizenship in the Post-Civil War United States Jones Civil Rights and Social Justice
Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
112 American Feminist Thought, 1750-1950 Westerkamp Civil Rights and Social Justice
Gender, Sexuality, and Women's History
113C Women and American Religious Culture Westerkamp Gender, Sexuality, and Women's History
Religions and Secularism
114 Market Revolution in Antebellum U.S. Jones Labor and Social Movements
Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
116 Slavery Across the Americas O'Malley Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern World
Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
116A Unchained Memory: Slavery and the Politics of the Past Jones Civil Rights and Social Justice
Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
118 The Global Cold War, 1945-1991 Lasar To Be Announced
118A Conspiracy Planet: How Conspiracies, Conspiracy Theories, and Conspiracy Scandals Shape History Lasar War, Conflict, and Peace
120 W.E.B. Du Bois Porter Civil Rights and Social Justice
Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
122A Jazz and United States Cultural History, 1900-1945 Porter Museum Studies, Public History, and Cultural Heritage
Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
122B Jazz and United States Cultural History, 1945 to the Present Porter Museum Studies, Public History, and Cultural Heritage
Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
123 Immigrants and Immigration in U.S. History Brundage Diaspora, Emigration, Immigration
Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
124A Panama Canal and U.S. Empire McGuinness Colonialism and Imperialism
Science, Technology, and Environment
128 Chicana/Chicano History Delgado Diaspora, Emigration, Immigration
Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
130 History of Modern Cuba Diaz To Be Announced
131 Women in Colonial Latin America Diaz To Be Announced
134A Colonial Mexico O'Hara Colonialism and Imperialism
Religions and Secularism
134B History of Mexico, 1850 to Present O'Hara Civil Rights and Social Justice
Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
140B History of Qing China, 1644-1911 Hu Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern World
War, Conflict, and Peace
140C Revolutionary China, 1895-1960 Chan Colonialism and Imperialism
Labor and Social Movements
140D Recent Chinese History Chan War, Conflict, and Peace
140E Women in China's Long 20th Century Chan Gender, Sexuality, and Women's History
141A Classical Chinese Culture and Literature, 10th Century B.C.E. through Sixth Century C.E.
Also offered as LIT 141B. Students cannot receive credit for both courses.
Connery Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern World
141B Classical Chinese Culture and Literature, Sixth Century through 16th Century
Also offered as LIT 141C. Students cannot receive credit for both courses.
Connery Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern World
143B History of the Philippines, 1815 to the Present Gutierrez Colonialism and Imperialism
Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
146A Colonial South Asia 1750-1947 Shaikh Colonialism and Imperialism
Labor and Social Movements
147A History of Premodern India Shaikh Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern World
Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
147B Political and Social History of Modern South Asia Shaikh Colonialism and Imperialism
War, Conflict, and Peace
147C South Asia in the 20th Century Shaikh Colonialism and Imperialism
Labor and Social Movements
147D Intellectual History of South Asia Shaikh Colonialism and Imperialism
Religions and Secularism
149 Plants, People, and the Making of Modern Southeast Asia Gutierrez Colonialism and Imperialism
Science, Technology, and Environment
150A Emperors and Outcasts: Ancient Japan Aso Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern World
Religions and Secularism
150B Tokugawa Japan Christy Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern World
Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
150C Inventing Modern Japan: The State and the People
Formerly offered as Modern Japan
Aso,
Christy
Civil Rights and Social Justice
Colonialism and Imperialism
150D The Japanese Empire, 1868-1945 Christy Colonialism and Imperialism
War, Conflict, and Peace
150E History and Memory in the Okinawan Islands (online course) Christy Museum Studies, Public History, and Cultural Heritage
Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
150F Engendering Empires: Women in Modern Japan and Korea Aso Colonialism and Imperialism
Gender, Sexuality, and Women's History
151 History of Science, Medicine & Technology from Antiquity to the Enlightenment Breen To Be Announced
151A Medicine and the Body in the Colonial World Derr Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
Science, Technology, and Environment
151B Drugs in World History Breen To Be Announced
154 Post-Colonial North Africa Davis To Be Announced
155 History of Modern Israel Thompson Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
War, Conflict, and Peace
156 Interrogating Politics in the Post-Colonial Middle East Derr Labor and Social Movements
Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
156A Art, Culture, and Mass Media in the Arab Middle East Derr Labor and Social Movements
Museum Studies, Public History, and Cultural Heritage
156B Modern Arab Thought Davis To Be Announced
156C Living Egyptian History in the City of Cairo Derr Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern World
Labor and Social Movements
157 The Ottoman Empire Derr Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern World
Colonialism and Imperialism
158A The Escapes of David George: Biographical Research on Slavery and Early America
Enrollment restricted to College Scholars students or by permission of the instructor.
O'Malley Civil Rights and Social Justice
Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
158C Slavery in the Atlantic World: Historical and Archaeological Perspectives
Also offered as ANTH 179. Students cannot receive credit for both courses.
O'Malley, Monroe Diaspora, Emigration, Immigration
Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
159A Cleopatra to Constantine: Greek and Roman Egypt Sullivan Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern World
Colonialism and Imperialism
159B Women and Gender in Ancient Egypt Sullivan Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern World
Gender, Sexuality, and Women's History
159C Temple and City: The Egyptian New Kingdom and the City of Thebes Sullivan Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern World
Religions and Secularism
159D When Cities Were New: the Rise of Urbanism in the Ancient Near East & Mediterranean Sullivan Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern World
Religions and Secularism
160A Athenian Democracy Hedrick Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern World
160C Topics in Greek History
May be repeated for credit.
Hedrick Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern World
War, Conflict, and Peace
161B Topics in Roman History
May be repeated for credit.
Hedrick Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern World
War, Conflict, and Peace
163B Genesis: A History Deutsch To Be Announced
166 Northern Ireland: Communities In Conflict Brundage Colonialism and Imperialism
War, Conflict, and Peace
167A The First World War Thompson Science, Technology, and Environment
War, Conflict, and Peace
167B The Second World War in Europe Kehler Colonialism and Imperialism
War, Conflict, and Peace
169 Dutch & Belgian History, 1500 to Present Kehler Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern World
Colonialism and Imperialism
170A French History: Old Regime and Revolution Silver Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern World
Labor and Social Movements
170B French History: 19th Century Davis To Be Announced
170C From the Trenches to the Casbah: France and its Empire in the 20th Century Davis To Be Announced
172A German History Kehler Colonialism and Imperialism
War, Conflict, and Peace
172B German Film, 1919 - 1945 Kehler Gender, Sexuality, and Women's History
War, Conflict, and Peace
172C History of German Film, 1945 to Present Kehler Labor and Social Movements
War, Conflict, and Peace
174 Spies: History and Culture of Espionage Thompson Science, Technology, and Environment
War, Conflict, and Peace
176 Eastern Europe, 1848-2000 Kehler Colonialism and Imperialism
War, Conflict, and Peace
177A Slaves, Soldiers, and Scientists: History of the Tropics Breen To Be Announced
178A European Intellectual History: The Enlightenment Silver Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern World
Religions and Secularism
178B European Intellectual History: The 19th Century Thompson Gender, Sexuality, and Women's History
Science, Technology, and Environment
178C European Intellectual History, 1870-1970 Thompson Gender, Sexuality, and Women's History
War, Conflict, and Peace
178E Modern Jewish Intellectual History Thompson Diaspora, Emigration, Immigration
Religions and Secularism
181 Modern Britain and the British Empire Matera Colonialism and Imperialism
181A Postcolonial Britain and France
Also offered as ANTH 110O. Students cannot receive credit for both courses.
Fernando,
Matera
Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
Diaspora, Emigration, Immigration
181B Africa and Britain in an Imperial World Matera Colonialism and Imperialism
Diaspora, Emigration, Immigration
184B Racism and Antiracism in Europe: From 1870 to the Present Davis To Be Announced
185C Communism, Nationalism, & Zionism: Comparative Radical Jewish Politics Heckman Civil Rights and Social Justice
Labor and Social Movements
185I Latin American Jewish History in the Modern Period Heckman Diaspora, Emigration, Immigration
Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
185J The Modern Jewish Experience Deutsch To Be Announced
185K Jewish Life in Eastern Mediterranean Port Cities Heckman Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern World
Diaspora, Emigration, Immigration
185L Where Civilizations Met--Jews, Judaism, and the Iberian Peninsula Heckman Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern World
Diaspora, Emigration, Immigration
185M Zionism: An Intellectual History Deutsch To Be Announced
185O The Holocaust and the Arab World Heckman Colonialism and Imperialism
War, Conflict, and Peace
189 @history: Doing History in a Digital Age Sullivan Science, Technology, and Environment

Comprehensive Exit Seminar Courses (HIS 190s, 194s, and 196s)

190A Slavery and Race in Latin America Diaz To Be Announced
190B Race and the Nation in Latin America Diaz To Be Announced
190D Asian and Latino Immigration Since 1875 Delgado Diaspora, Emigration, Immigration
Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
190E Topics in Chicana/o History Delgado Diaspora, Emigration, Immigration
Gender, Sexuality, and Women's History
190F Research Seminar in the Americas
May be repeated for credit.
Lonetree, Smyth Museum Studies, Public History, and Cultural Heritage
Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
190G Comparative History of Redress and Reparations Yang Civil Rights and Social Justice
Colonialism and Imperialism
190H History of Time O'Hara Religions and Secularism
Science, Technology, and Environment
190J Mexican History in the Archives O'Hara Colonialism and Imperialism
Religions and Secularism
190L Personal Politics in the New South Jones Gender, Sexuality, and Women's History
Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
190M History of Children and Culture of Childhood in the 19th Century Jones Gender, Sexuality, and Women's History
Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
190P Early American Society and Culture Westerkamp Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern World
Gender, Sexuality, and Women's History
190Q The Novel and History Westerkamp Gender, Sexuality, and Women's History
Religions and Secularism
190R Research in the History of American Religions Westerkamp Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern World
Religions and Secularism
190T Latin America in the Cold War O'Hara Labor and Social Movements
War, Conflict, and Peace
190V Myths of California McGuinness Museum Studies, Public History, and Cultural Heritage
Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
190W U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction Jones Civil Rights and Social Justice
War, Conflict, and Peace
190X History of the Atlantic World, 1492-1824 O'Malley Colonialism and Imperialism
Diaspora, Emigration, Immigration
190Y The Atlantic Slave Trade O'Malley Diaspora, Emigration, Immigration
Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
190Z The Long Civil Rights Movement Brundage Civil Rights and Social Justice
Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
194C Topics in Modern Chinese History
May be repeated for credit.
Chan Colonialism and Imperialism
Diaspora, Emigration, Immigration
194E Women in Japanese History Aso Civil Rights and Social Justice
Gender, Sexuality, and Women's History
194K Topics in the History of Southeast Asia
May be repeated for credit.
Gutierrez Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
Science, Technology, and Environment
194L Exile, Diaspora, and Displacement: Jewish Lives from North Africa to the Middle East Heckman Colonialism and Imperialism
Diaspora, Emigration, Immigration
194M Literati, Samurai, and Yangban: Comparative History of State and Elite in East Asia, 1600-1900 Hu Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern World
War, Conflict, and Peace
194N Urbanites in the Global South, 18th Century to the Present Shaikh Labor and Social Movements
Science, Technology, and Environment
194O South Asia in the Twentieth Century Shaikh Civil Rights and Social Justice
Labor and Social Movements
194P Urban South Asia Shaikh Labor and Social Movements
Science, Technology, and Environment
194Q Making Space in the Colonial and Post-Colonial World Derr Colonialism and Imperialism
Labor and Social Movements
194S Special Topics in Ancient Egyptian History
May be repeated for credit.
Sullivan Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern World
Museum Studies, Public History, and Cultural Heritage
194T Worlds of Labor in Asia Shaikh Colonialism and Imperialism
Labor and Social Movements
194U The Cold War and East Asia Aso Colonialism and Imperialism
War, Conflict, and Peace
194V Fascism & Anti-Fascism: The Global Spanish Civil War Heckman Colonialism and Imperialism
War, Conflict, and Peace
194W Social Movements in the Modern Middle East Derr Labor and Social Movements
Colonialism and Imperialism
194Y Memories of WWII in the U.S. and Japan Christy,
Yang
Civil Rights and Social Justice
War, Conflict, and Peace
196E Modern Irish History Thompson Colonialism and Imperialism
Diaspora, Emigration, Immigration
196F Topics in European Environmental History
May be repeated for credit.
Breen, Thompson Colonialism and Imperialism
Science, Technology, and Environment
196G Topics in Modern Germany and Europe
May be repeated for credit.
Kehler Labor and Social Movements
War, Conflict, and Peace
196H Sex And The City--The History Of Sexuality In Urban Areas Around The Globe Matera Civil Rights and Social Justice
Gender, Sexuality, and Women's History
196I The French Revolution Silver Labor and Social Movements
Religions and Secularism
196K Studies in European Intellectual History Silver Labor and Social Movements
Religions and Secularism
196M Shtetl: Eastern European Jewish Life Deutsch To Be Announced
196N Eastern European Jewish Social History Kehler, Thompson Diaspora, Emigration, Immigration
Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
196S Special Topics in Ancient History
May be repeated for credit.
Hedrick Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern World
War, Conflict, and Peace
196Z Europe From the Margins: Outside Influences on Modern European Thought and Culture Matera Colonialism and Imperialism