Courses in History (Division 390)

Fall Term, 1999 (September 8 – December 22, 1999)

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History 110. Medieval, Renaissance, and Reformation Europe.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Michael Wintroub (wintroub@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (SS).

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History 121/Asian Studies 121. Great Traditions of East Asia.

Section 001.

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU).

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Section 001.

Instructor(s): Gary Beckman (sidd@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU).

Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

See Arabic, Armenian, Persian, Turkish, and Islamic Studies 100.001.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Sumathi Ramaswamy (sumathi@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU).

Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

This course is an introduction to the civilization of India, that is, the region of South Asia consisting of the modern nation-states of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. We will begin with the first Indian "civilization", that of the Indus Valley, and then go on to consider the political history of the sub-continent in terms of the formation of empire systems from 6th c. B.C. through the "classical" period and the establishment of Muslim rule in the 13th c. C.E. Against this background, we will study the following themes: kingship and polity; social and religious identities; the development of urban cultures, and commercial relations with a wider world; cosmography, geography and maps; and gender and sexuality. We will close with a consideration of India's encounter with the European world, the establishment of colonial rule in the subcontinent, and the formation of the nation-states of today. Course requirements include a midterm and a final exam.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Victor Lieberman (eurasia@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (SS).

Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

Southeast Asia is one of the world's most culturally diverse regions, home to Buddhist, Muslim, Confucian, and Christian civilizations. It boasts ancient monuments of surpassing grandeur and symbolic complexity. It was the scene of the bloodiest conflict since 1945, the Vietnam War. Until recently it had the world's fastest growing regional economy, and it remains an area of great importance to Japan as well as the United States. This course offers an introduction (and thus assumes no prior knowledge) to Southeast Asian history from the earliest civilizations, through the colonial conquest, the indigenous political reaction – of which Vietnamese Communism and the Vietnam Wars were one expression – and the contemporary economic scene. The course seeks to define Southeast Asia's uniqueness as well as its evolving ties to the rest of the world. Midterm, final, and optional paper. Two lectures, one discussion section per week.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Maris Vinovskis (vinovski@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (SS).

Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

This lecture/discussion course will examine central issues and events in the history of the territories that became the United States, and the peoples who lived there, from the late 16th to the middle of the 19th centuries. Among the topics that will be considered are the territorial expansions of Europeans into the Americas; the creation of Anglo-American colonies; the social, political, and cultural orders of British North America; the creation of an independent American republic in the Revolution; and the destruction of that first republic in the War Between the States. The required readings will include both primary and secondary sources, and will be examined in weekly discussion sections. There will be both a midterm and a final examination, and active class participation will be expected in the sections.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Maria Montoya (mmontoya@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (SS).

Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

This course is an undergraduate survey of U.S. history from 1865 to the present. We will examine major social, cultural, political, and economic events that shaped the United States after the Civil War. We will focus particularly on: Reconstruction, Westward Movement, Industrialization, Progressivism, World War I, Depression, the New Deal, World War II, the Cold War, the Civil Rights Movement, the Sixties, and Reagan Republicanism. This survey introduces the students to urban, labor, ethnic, and women's history of the time period through extensive use of primary sources. The students will be examined in weekly discussion sections over their readings of both primary and secondary sources. There will be a midterm and a final. Active class participation will be expected in the sections.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Fredrick Amrine (amrine@umich.edu), Geoffrey Eley (ghe@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU).

Credits: (4).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

See German 171.001.

History 195. The Writing of History.

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (Introductory Composition). This course may not be included in a history concentration.

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History 195. The Writing of History.

Section 001.

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (Introductory Composition). This course may not be included in a history concentration.

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History 195. The Writing of History.

Section 002.

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (Introductory Composition). This course may not be included in a history concentration.

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History 195. The Writing of History.

Section 003.

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (Introductory Composition). This course may not be included in a history concentration.

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History 195. The Writing of History.

Section 004.

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (Introductory Composition). This course may not be included in a history concentration.

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History 195. The Writing of History.

Section 005.

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (Introductory Composition). This course may not be included in a history concentration.

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History 195. The Writing of History.

Section 006.

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (Introductory Composition). This course may not be included in a history concentration.

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Section 001 – History of Jewish Women from Talmud to Tekhines

Instructor(s): Stefanie Siegmund (siegmund@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: Only first-year students, including those with sophomore standing, may pre-register for First-Year Seminars. All others need permission of instructor. (3). (SS).

First-Year Seminar

Credits: (3).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

In this first-year history seminar you will be introduced to fundamental historical questions such as the relationship between law and social reality and the interplay of class and gender. You will do this while developing skills in reading primary (prescriptive and descriptive) sources, studying the history of Jewish women in pre-modern Christian and Muslim contexts (mainly North Africa, Spain, Italy and western Europe). Specific topics we may examine include: marriage, dowry, and inheritance; divorce, the 'agunah; widowhood; marital and extra-marital sexuality; concubinage, child marriage, slavery, and polygyny. We will also step outside of social history to examine the image of women in rabbinic texts written by men, the roles assigned to women in some aspects of rabbinic culture and the qabbalah, and the history of Jewish women's piety (including kashrut) and prayer in different Jewish sub-cultures. Grades will be based on active participation in the seminar and from a series of short papers and oral reports.

Section 002 – Criminal Responsibility in Anglo-American History. (Honors)

Instructor(s): Thomas Green (tagreen@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: Only first-year students, including those with sophomore standing, may pre-register for First-Year Seminars. All others need permission of instructor. (3). (SS).

Credits: (3).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

This seminar deals with several fundamental issues in western civilization as they have manifested themselves in the Anglo-American past: the requisites for criminal guilt; the means of determining whether one possesses those requisites (typically, the criminal trial); and the most common justifications for imposition of punishment (retribution, deterrence, and reform). We shall study these matters in relation to two central ideas of freedom: political liberty and human free will. Special attention will be given to: the history of the jury as a "buffer" between the state and the individual or the community; the manner in which challenges to the presumption that humans possess the ability freely to control their behavior have shaped the institutions and ideas of Anglo-American criminal justice. Students will analyze and discuss primary sources and recent historical writings and will write several short papers.

Section 003 – Politics and Culture of Race in Post-1945 U.S. Meets with American Culture 102.001. Evening Meetings. on Sept. 13 & Nov. 13, 7-10 P.M. Required As Part of First-Year Intergroup Relations Seminars (FIGS)

Instructor(s): Matthew Countryman (mcountry@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: Only first-year students, including those with sophomore standing, may pre-register for First-Year Seminars. All others need permission of instructor. (3). (SS).

First-Year Seminar

Credits: (3).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

See American Culture 102.001.

Section 001 – Caesar, Augustus, and the Roman Revolution

Instructor(s): Raymond Van Dam (rvandam@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: Only first-year students, including those with sophomore standing, may pre-register for First-Year Seminars. All others need permission of instructor. (3). (HU).

First-Year Seminar

Credits: (3).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

An overview of the transition from Roman Republic to Roman empire, from ca. 70 B.C. to ca. A.D. 20. Topics to be discussed include the career of Pompey, Caesar's military campaigns and civil wars, Augustus' rise to power and consolidation of support, and his refashioning of Roman society. Readings include Plutarch's biographies, Caesar's histories, Cicero's speeches and letters, Augustus' autobiography, Suetonius' biographies, and the histories of Cassius Dio and Tacitus. All classes will be discussions; final grade is based on participation in discussions and a series of short papers. No prerequisites; everyone is welcome.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Sarah Humphreys

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU).

Credits: (4).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

This course presents a survey of history from human beginnings through Alexander the Great. Primary emphasis is on the development of civilization in its Near Eastern and Greek phases. Students need no special background except an ability to think in broad terms and concepts. In view of the extent of historical time covered in the course, a general textbook is used to provide factual material. There are two hour examinations plus a final examination. Discussion sections are integrated with lectures and reading.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Paolo Squatriti (pasqua@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (SS).

Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

An introduction to the transformation of the Roman Empire into Byzantine, Islamic, and west European successor states between A.D. 300 and 1000. The course focuses on the social, cultural, and economic developments in the barbarian kingdoms of Europe. Lectures are integrated with weekly discussion of early medieval texts; two short papers and two tests are the basis of evaluation of performance.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Michael MacDonald (mmacdon@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (SS).

Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

This course introduces students to the sweep of English history from Roman times until the Glorious Revolution. The first half of it is devoted to the Middle Ages and focuses on the formation of the English monarchy, the role of the church in politics and culture, and basic social and economic structures. The second half treats the early modern period (c.1450-1700) and concentrates on the growth of the state, the Protestant Reformation, the English Revolution, and the social and economic changes that followed the Black Death and played themselves out during the reigns of the Tudor and Stuart monarchs. No prior knowledge of English history is assumed in this course, and it is intended to serve as the basis for more advanced work in British history and to provide background and comparisons for courses in English literature and European and American history.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Chung-shu Chang

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (HU).

Credits: (3).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

This course consists of a survey of early Chinese history, with special emphasis on the origins and development of the political, social, and economic institutions and their intellectual foundations. Special features include class participation in performing a series of short dramas recreating critical issues and moments in Chinese history, slides especially prepared for the lectures, new views on race and gender in the making of China, intellectual and scientific revolutions in the seventeenth century, and literature and society in premodern China.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Nicholas Steneck (nsteneck@umich.edu), Margaret Steneck (msten@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU).

Credits: (4).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

The University of Michigan has been a leader in shaping the modern American university. The course will examine this heritage and history from the perspectives of students, faculty, fields of study, administration, etc. It will explore the factors that have shaped the University and place it within the larger social, political, national, and international context. The only prerequisite is an interest in your University and its place in history. Presentation will be through lectures with slides. Grading will be based on essay/ objective exams; term project or research paper; photo quiz to acquaint students with central campus, its architecture and embellishment. Readings will be from a course pack and 2 or 3 required texts.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Jonathan Marwil (jmarwil@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU).

Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term).

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This course will examine the American experience of war in this century. Lectures, readings, films, and discussions will focus not only on the military experience itself, but on how America's wars – real and imagined – have shaped the country's economy, politics, and culture. The course will also examine the processes of transmission and memory: how Americans who did not fight learned about those who did, and what all Americans have remembered or have been taught to remember about the wars of this century. Finally, we will consider how the nation's wartime conduct, at home and on the battlefield, has fit into long-standing social patterns and behavior such as our alleged propensity for violence. In brief, we will be looking at the American experience of war as inclusively as a term will allow.

History 275/CAAS 231. Survey of Afro-American History, II.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Michele Mitchell (mmitch@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (SS).

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Section 001.

Instructor(s): Martin Pernick (mpernick@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: First-year students must obtain permission of the professor. (3). (SS).

Credits: (3).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

From devastating infectious epidemics to the quiet suffering of malnutrition, health problems have both affected and reflected the evolution of modern society. The course will study four different historical periods, exploring such issues as: the effects of individual habits, environmental conditions, and medical innovation on public health; the role of ethics, economics, and politics in medical decision making; the changing health problems of the disadvantaged, including Native Americans, women, Blacks, immigrants, and workers; the changing meaning of concepts like "health," "disease," "cause," and "cure"; the dissemination and impact of medical discoveries; and the changing organization and power of the healing professions. We will focus on American history, although comparisons will be drawn to other societies. The course is a basic introduction, however, first-year students must obtain permission of the professor to enroll. Classes are taught in lecture format, and will include a variety of audio-visual sources. Reading assignments will range from modern histories to poetry and old medical journals. There will be two essay-style examinations, and frequent short quizzes. This is a challenging and demanding course. Those who miss the first meeting without advance permission will be dropped from the course. Required purchases cost $15, but additional required reading assignments, available on reserve or for optional purchase, cost up to $110 additional if bought.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): John Fine

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (HU).

Credits: (3).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

This course traces Eastern Christianity from the 4th through the 18th century. A broad survey course aimed at undergraduates of all concentrations, there are no prerequisites; the course focuses on both Church history and theology. It begins with Constantine's conversion and traces the growth of the Church, the rise of monasticism, the creation of the creed (the Councils of Nicea and Chalcedon), and the secession of the Eastern churches (Coptic and Syriac), the role of religious pictures and the iconoclast dispute and relations with the West (Rome) which were frequently strained before the official break in the 11th century. We cover the conversion of the Slavs and the eventual formation of independent Slavic national churches. We treat the fall of the Byzantine and Medieval Slavic states to the Turks and the position of the Orthodox under the Turks. Attention is also given to the Russian Church from the 9th century to the Old Believer schism and Church reforms of Peter the Great. Readings are varied. There is no textbook. A relevant paper of the student's choice, an hour exam, and a final are required.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Brian Porter (baporter@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (SS).

Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

In 1945 Europe lay in ruins. Entire cities had been leveled by the destructive powers of modern warfare, and the cultural, political, and social norms of the pre-war world had been shattered. What made such violence possible, and how did ordinary men and women experience it? History 318 will explore the ideological, political, economic, social, and cultural forces that both caused and were destroyed by the savagery of the early 20th century. We will not only study the origins and consequences of World Wars I and II, but also the ways in which everyday life was transformed during this turbulent era. We will look at Europe from the inside (by studying relations of class, gender, and nationality), and from the outside (by tracing the ideology and practice of imperialism). Grading will be based on a midterm and a final exam, on active participation in a discussion section, and on two take-home essay assignments.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Kali Israel (kisrael@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl).

Credits: (3).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

This course will examine British culture and politics from the death of Queen Victoria through the Second World War, with particular attention to the nature and structure of politics and the state; the First World War and the processes through which the war experience of mass participation and trauma were understood; cultural and political debates in the interwar years; the growth of mass media; gender; the empire and colonial subjects; the Great Depression; British politics during the rise of Nazi and fascist governments in Europe; and the experience of the Blitz and World War II. Students will be asked to think critically about the various means by which national and personal stories are constituted, repressed, re-imagined, and deployed in debates about the meaning and uses of the past. Readings and other course materials will include autobiographies, novels, films, and photographs, and class sessions will include extensive discussion. No previous knowledge of British history will be assumed or required.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Stephanie Platz

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (SS). Laboratory fee ($10) required.

Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term).

Lab Fee: Laboratory fee ($10) required.

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

See Russian and East European Studies (REES) 395.001.

Section 001 – Meets with RC Social Science 306.001 and SNR&E 556.001

Instructor(s): Richard Tucker (rptucker@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl).

Credits: (3).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

See RC Social Science 306.001.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Mills Thornton (jmthrntn@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. (3). (Excl).

Credits: (3).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

See Great Books 350.001.

History 361. U.S. Intellectual History, 1750-1940.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): John Carson

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl).

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Section 001.

Instructor(s): Regina Morantz-Sanchez (reginann@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (SS).

Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

This course aims to help students gain a perspective on the contemporary family by studying the development of this important institution in the American past. Particular emphasis will be placed on changing attitudes toward and experiences of sex roles, sexuality, childrearing, work patterns, and relationships between men, women, and children. We will explore race, ethnicity, and class; cover economic developments as well as shifting conceptions of the role of the state; and ask about the impact of these factors on family life. We will want to examine how much the family has changed over time and try to project, on the basis of historical evidence, whither the family is going.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Carol Karlsen (ckarlsen@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl).

Credits: (3).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

This course is an introduction to the history of American women – as a group, as individuals, and as members of different classes, and racial, regional and ethnic communities. Using work, politics, and sexuality as organizing concepts, it focuses particularly on the significance of gender in determining women's experiences from the early seventeenth century to 1870. Special attention is paid to initial and continuing encounters of Native Americans, Euro-Americans, and African-Americans; to evolving constructions of "womanhood" and their significance for different groups of women; to the meaning of religious movements, wars, economic transformations, and demographic shifts for women's individual and collective efforts to determine the course of their own histories.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Matthew Countryman (mcountry@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (SS).

Credits: (3).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

See American Culture 374.001.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Stefanie Siegmund (siegmund@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl).

Credits: (3).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

This course will survey major historic developments in medieval Jewish society under both Islam and western Christendom. Broadly, the course will look at the divergence of Judaism and Christianity, the rise of the Babylonian geonim, the social and cultural history of Jews in the Arab Mediterranean world, the emergence of Jewish communities in Medieval Ashkenaz, and the impact on Jewish society of the Crusades, the Reconquista, the emergence of the mendicant orders, and the Black Death. The course will examine the interaction of Jews with the majority culture, political structure, and economy, as well as changing cultural trends within Jewish society. The distinctive religious climate of the medieval period will serve as a unifying theme throughout. We will study primary sources as well as recent historical scholarship, and our focus will include the history of women as well as that of men. Class is conducted as lecture and discussion of texts with an occasional film or slide lecture. >Requirements for the course: several short written and oral assignments, tests, and final examination. >Prerequisites: None, and no knowledge of Judaism is presumed. History 110/111 or 307/ACABS 322/Religion 359 is highly recommended background; History concentrators and students who are interested in Jewish history or Judaism, in Christianity and/or in Islam are particularly welcome.

History 383. Modern Jewish History to 1880.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Todd Endelman (endelman@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl).

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History 393. Topics in U.S. and Latin American History.

Section 002 – U.S. Intellectual History, 1750-1940

Instructor(s): John Carson

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl). May be elected for credit twice.

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History 394. Reading Course.

Prerequisites & Distribution: Open only to history concentrators by written permission of instructor. Only 12 credits of History 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, and 399 may be counted toward a concentration plan in history. (1-4). (Excl). (INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for credit only with permission of the Associate Chairman.

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History 396. History Colloquium.

Section 001 – Jewish Responses to Antisemitism, 1870-1933. Enrollment Limited to Senior History Concentrators By Override Only. Check for Override Information At History Dept. – 1029 Tisch Hall Before March 1

Instructor(s): Todd Endelman (endelman@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: History concentrators are required to elect Hist. 396 or 397. Only 12 credits of History 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, and 399 may be counted toward a concentration plan in history. (4). (SS). May be repeated for a total of twelve credits.

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Section 002 – Witchcraft in Europe. Enrollment Limited to Senior History Concentrators By Override Only. Check for Override Information At History Dept. – 1029 Tisch Hall Before March 1

Instructor(s): Valerie Kivelson (vkivelso@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: History concentrators are required to elect Hist. 396 or 397. Only 12 credits of History 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, and 399 may be counted toward a concentration plan in history. (4). (SS). May be repeated for a total of twelve credits.

Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

Attitudes toward witchcraft prove to be extremely revealing as a way to understand early modern society, community structure, gender relations, intellectual and religious attitudes, and legal culture. The phenomenon of witchcraft has produced an enormous array of modern reactions, ranging from historical and anthropological analyses, to satanic and feminist revivals of witchcraft practice, to popular, sensationalized novels and movies.

This course is designed to expose students to the wide variety of mystical, political, literary, historical, and anthropological approaches taken toward the subject of witchcraft. Students will read and interpret trial records, diaries, sermons, and modern popular and scholarly works, from the fifteenth-century Hammer of Witches to The Wizard of Oz. Geographically, material ranges from Salem, Massachusetts, to Russia. The course will meet jointly once a week with Professor Thomas Tentler's class on the same subject. The course is designed as a Junior/Senior seminar for History majors and other interested students, with stress on analytical discussion and writing. Requirements: participation in weekly lecture and discussion sections, oral presentations, several short papers, and a longer research paper.

Section 003 – Medicine and Health in U.S. Culture Since 1875. Meets with American Culture 496.002. Enrollment Limited to Senior History Concentrators By Override Only. Check for Override Information At History Dept. – 1029 Tisch Hall Before March 1

Instructor(s): Martin Pernick (mpernick@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: History concentrators are required to elect Hist. 396 or 397. Only 12 credits of History 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, and 399 may be counted toward a concentration plan in history. (4). (SS). May be repeated for a total of twelve credits.

Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

Unprecedented technical advances and cultural changes transformed the health of Americans and the power of the healing professions since 1875. This course examines how gender, race, ethnicity, economics, politics, and changing cultural meanings of disease and science combined with new technical discoveries to alter medicine, health, and society. Class is discussion format, with occasional brief lectures. Students are expected to read and discuss thoughtfully about 150 pages per week, drawn from often-divergent sources. A 15 page paper based on original historical research, a weekly journal, and two 5-page book review papers are required. Those absent from the first class without advance permission WILL BE DROPPED from the course. Cost:1-5. Required purchases cost about $25 but additional required reading available on reserve may be purchased for about $125.

Section 004 – Court Narratives: Gender and Justice in the U.S. Meets with American Culture 496.003. Enrollment Limited to Senior History Concentrators By Override Only. Check for Override Information At History Dept. – 1029 Tisch Hall Before March 1

Instructor(s): Carol Karlsen (ckarlsen@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: History concentrators are required to elect Hist. 396 or 397. Only 12 credits of History 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, and 399 may be counted toward a concentration plan in history. (4). (SS). May be repeated for a total of twelve credits.

Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

This seminar will focus on a series of trials and other matters of law that illuminate the history of women and gender relations in the United States. Beginning with prosecutions involving slander, rape, infanticide, illicit sex, heresy, and witchcraft in 17^th-century British and Spanish colonies and ending with 20^th-century legal battles over employment discrimination, reproductive rights, sexual harassment, and surrogate mothering, our approach will be to examine judicial proceedings as sites of competing "stories in the law" told about gender, race, class, and ethnicity. A primary concern will be how these stories have been narrated in and beyond the courtroom. We will also ask what they tell us about continuities and changes in constructions of womanhood and manhood, in the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, and in the relations of power within families and among different groups of men and women.

Section 001 – History of Children in Japan. Enrollment Limited to Senior History Concentrators By Override Only. Check for Override Information At History Dept. 1029 Tisch Hall Before March 1

Instructor(s): Uno

Prerequisites & Distribution: History concentrators are required to elect Hist. 396 or 397. Only 12 credits of History 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, and 399 may be counted toward a concentration plan in history. (3). (HU). May be repeated for a total of twelve credits.

Credits: (3).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

This course explores approaches to children's history and the culture and social institutions surrounding children in Japanese history in premodern and modern times through documents, literature, and secondary readings. We will focus on nineteenth- and twentieth-century developments.

Section 002 – European Diaries and the Modern Self. Enrollment Limited to Senior History Concentrators By Override Only. Check for Override Information At History Dept. 1029 Tisch Hall Before March 1

Instructor(s): Jochen Hellbeck (hellbeck@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: History concentrators are required to elect Hist. 396 or 397. Only 12 credits of History 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, and 399 may be counted toward a concentration plan in history. (3). (HU). May be repeated for a total of twelve credits.

Credits: (3).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

It is customary to think of the diary as the realm of the most intimate and private self, in distinction from official policies and values of the time. The course will critically reassess this notion by investigating a range of European diaries from the first half of the 20th century. The historical context of the course is Europe during and between the two World Wars, an era of total war, nationalist revival, fascist mobilization, and Communist revolution. Our focus will be on how diarists weave their personal life stories into larger narratives of class, nation, gender, or race, and how in the process their individual sense of self is politicized, magnified, and thrust into the public domain. Readings will include diaries from England and France during and in the aftermath of World War I, from Weimar and Nazi Germany, and from Communist Russia. All sources are available in English.

The class is designated for junior/senior history concentrators and will be held in a discussion format. Students are expected to do a fair amount of reading, including both theoretical literature on modern selfhood and concrete 20th century diaries. In addition to periodic reaction papers, each student will be responsible for a specific diary. This will involve both an oral presentation and a term paper.

Section 003 – Orientalism and Western Film. Enrollment Limited to Senior History Concentrators By Override Only. Check for Override Information At History Dept. 1029 Tisch Hall Before March 1

Instructor(s): Juan Cole (jrcole@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: History concentrators are required to elect Hist. 396 or 397. Only 12 credits of History 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, and 399 may be counted toward a concentration plan in history. (3). (HU). May be repeated for a total of twelve credits.

Credits: (3).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

This course will involve a study of Western cinematic depictions of episodes in Middle Eastern and South Asian history. It will involve showings of the films, readings in the academic historiography surrounding those episodes, readings in film criticism, and consideration of issues in the representation of the Other along the lines of Edward Said's classic Orientalism. Students will write weekly short precis on the film topics, as well as a longer 10-page term paper, and will participate in a weekly discussion.

History 397. History Colloquium.

Section 005 – European Peasants. Enrollment Limited to Senior History Concentrators By Override Only. Check for Override Information At History Dept. 1029 Tisch Hall Before March 1

Instructor(s): Paolo Squatriti (pasqua@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: History concentrators are required to elect Hist. 396 or 397. Only 12 credits of History 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, and 399 may be counted toward a concentration plan in history. (3). (HU). May be repeated for a total of twelve credits.

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Section 006 – Witchcraft in Europe. Enrollment Limited to Senior History Concentrators By Override Only. Check for Override Information At History Dept. 1029 Tisch Hall Before March 1

Instructor(s): Thomas Tentler (ttentler@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: History concentrators are required to elect Hist. 396 or 397. Only 12 credits of History 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, and 399 may be counted toward a concentration plan in history. (3). (HU). May be repeated for a total of twelve credits.

Credits: (3).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

Attitudes toward witchcraft prove to be extremely revealing as a way to understand early modern society, community structure, gender relations, intellectual and religious attitudes, and legal culture. The phenomenon of witchcraft has produced an enormous array of modern reactions, ranging from historical and anthropological analyses, to satanic and feminist revivals of witchcraft practice, to popular, sensationalized novels and movies.

This course is designed to expose students to the wide variety of mystical, political, literary, historical, and anthropological approaches taken toward the subject of witchcraft. Students will read and interpret trial records, diaries, sermons, and modern popular and scholarly works, from the fifteenth-century Hammer of Witches to The Wizard of Oz. Geographically, material ranges from Salem, Massachusetts, to Russia. The course will meet jointly once a week with Professor Valerie Kivelson's class on the same subject. The course is designed as a Junior/Senior seminar for History majors and other interested students, with stress on analytical discussion and writing. Requirements: participation in weekly lecture and discussion sections, oral presentations, several short papers, and a longer research paper.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Rudi Lindner (rpl@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: Honors student, Hist. 398, and senior standing. Only 12 credits of History 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, and 399 may be counted toward a concentration plan in history. (1-6). (Excl). May be repeated for a total of six credits.

Credits: (1-6).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

This course is a workshop for thesis writers. It concentrates on practical and theoretical problems of research and writing with special reference to methodological questions.

Section 001 – Frontiers of the Roman Empire

Instructor(s): Raymond Van Dam (rvandam@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl).

Credits: (3).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

A survey of the rise and fall of the Roman empire, as seen from the perspective of frontier societies. Topics to be discussed include imperialism and the establishment of frontiers, the assimilation of provincials and the maintenance of troops, and the settlement of barbarians. This is a course about culture, society, and economy, not military history. Readings include selections from Caesar's "Conquest of Gaul," Tacitus' biography of Agricola, and the history of Ammianus. All classes will be discussions; final grade is based on participation in discussions and a series of papers. No prerequisites; everyone is welcome.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Diane Hughes (dohughes@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl).

Credits: (3).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

How did a medieval city of bankers and cloth merchants become, in the fifteenth century, the center of an original humanist culture that offered Europeans new ways of seeing and portraying themselves and their society – from artistic perspective to the writing of history? The course will trace the history of renaissance Florence not only as a chronicle of its development but also as the process by which it self-consciously constituted itself as a society and a history. Among the topics taken up will be the reshaping of the city, both physically and constitutionally; the transformation of the Medici from bankers to humanist rulers; the development of humanism into an enabling code for civil life; the new valuation of wealth and the civic use of magnificence (from palaces to wedding and funeral processions); social organization and changing attitudes toward the disempowered (slaves, Jews, the poor, women); and forms of religious expression, from confronternal devotions and processions to the fire and brimstone of prophetic preachers (e.g., Savonarola). Considerable use will be made of original sources (historical, literary, and visual). This is designed as a lecture course, but there will be ample time allotted for discussion.

History 414/MARC 428. Northern Renaissance and Reformation.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Thomas Tentler

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl).

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Section 001.

Instructor(s): John Fine

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl).

Credits: (3; 2 in the half-term).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

A general survey of the Balkans (including Medieval Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, and Bosnia and the relations of these states with Byzantium and Hungary) from the arrival of the Slavs in the 6th and 7th century through the Turkish period to the 19th century independence struggle and state creation of the Serbs and Greeks. The reading list consists of monographs, articles, and a few translated sources. The reading list can be altered (with permission of the instructor) and to accommodate special interests. There will be an hour exam, a paper (topic to be chosen by student with permission of the instructor) of about 15 pages, and a final exam. Students who prefer to write a major paper (ca. 25 pages) can skip the hour exam.

History 433. Imperial Russia.

Section 001.

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (SS).

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Section 001.

Instructor(s): Brian Porter (baporter@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl).

Credits: (3).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

This course will survey the history of Eastern Europe up to 1900, concentrating on the lands now included within Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary. We will explore the development and collapse of a political and social system marked by both unparalleled liberties for the nobility and crushing oppression for the peasantry. East European history has been shaped by the interactions of two great religions – Christianity and Judaism – and we will discover some of the rich diversity within each tradition. In this course we will see how the cultural and ethnic divisions of the region took shape over the centuries, and how the sometimes violent, sometimes creative force of nationalism assumed its modern form. By looking at a region which always sat precariously on the boundaries of that elusive concept called "Europe," we will critically examine the questions of economic and social underdevelopment which remain so important in our own day.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Michael Bonner (mbonner@umich.edu), Rudi Lindner (rpl@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: Junior standing. (3). (Excl).

Credits: (3).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

See Arabic, Armenian, Persian, Turkish, and Islamic Studies 461.001.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Juan Cole (jrcole@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl).

Credits: (3).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

This lecture course surveys the emergence of the modern Middle East from the three great Muslim empires of the early modern period, the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal. It discusses both indigenous developments and the Western impact in the nineteenth century, looking at reform bureaucracy and millenarian movements as responses to these changes. We then examine the rise of nationalism and the break-up of the Ottoman Empire during and after WW I, and these phenomena are seen as the context for the beginnings of the Palestine issue. Attention is paid to the interwar efforts at building strong states in the region, whether in the Turkey of Ataturk, the Iran of Reza Shah, or Wafdist Egypt. The last part of the course looks at the rise of socialist and pan-Arab ideologies, as well as of opposing ideologies such as Islamic activism after WW II. The impact of petroleum, the Palestinian issue, the turn toward bourgeois liberalism, and Shi'ite movements such as the Iranian Revolution and the Hizbullah phenomenon in Lebanon, and the Gulf War of 1991, will all be addressed in this section. Students will take a midterm and a final examination, and will write a ten-page term paper on a subject of their choosing. Reading in this class comes to about 150 pages per week.

History 446/CAAS 446. Africa to 1850.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Diouf

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (SS).

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History 451. Japan Since 1800.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Uno

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl).

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Section 001.

Instructor(s): Rudolf Mrázek (rdlf@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl).

Credits: (3).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

The major theme of this course is "emancipation" of Southeast Asia, a historical confrontation between the societies of the region and the imagined global community of "developed" nations. Geographic coverage will include the principal countries of the mainland (Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos) and the island world (Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, and the Philippines). Lectures and reading assume no prior knowledge of the region. There will be a midterm, a final, and a term paper.

History 454. The Formation of Indian Civilization to 320 A.D.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Thomas Trautmann (ttraut@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl).

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Section 001 – Peoples of Early America

Instructor(s): Susan Juster (sjuster@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: History 160, or a similar survey course in early American history, is strongly recommended thought not required. (3). (SS).

Credits: (3).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

"Colonial America" focuses on the people of the time, often encountered speaking in their own voices, and on their broad cultural characteristics and problems as settlers first encountered the New World and its inhabitants and matured into colonial societies. Through weekly discussion of primary documents and historical studies, we will explore some of the key themes of early American history from the vantage point of the historical actors themselves: the clash between Puritanism and capitalism; the confrontation between Native American and European cultures; the emergence of a native gentry in the colonial South; and the enslavement of Africans and their transportation to the New World. History 160, or a similar survey course in early American history, is strongly recommended thought not required. Students will be expected to read closely each week (average 150 pages/week), take a midterm exam, and write several short essays and a long research paper.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Sidney Fine (sidneyf@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (SS).

Credits: (4).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

The course is concerned with the progressive era, the era of World War I, the 1920's, and the Great Depression. The emphasis is on political history and foreign relations, but considerable attention is given to social, cultural, and economic factors and to the position of minority groups and women in American society. There is no textbook for the course, but several paperbacks are assigned. Course requirements include a midterm, a final examination, and a paper. History 466 is a lecture/discussion course. Undergraduates electing this course must register for Section 001 and one discussion section.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): David Frye (dfrye@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (SS).

Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

See Cultural Anthropology 416.001.

Section 001 – Literature and Social History (Brazil, 1850-1920). Meets with Portuguese 474.001 and Latin American and Caribbean Studies 455.002

Instructor(s): Sidney Chalhoub

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl).

Credits: (3).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

In writing their stories, 19^th- and early 20^th-century Brazilian novelists sought to describe and interpret the history of the nation since independence. As is the case elsewhere, such novelists thought that writing fiction was to analyze social transformations, to debate the meaning of history and to project the future of the nation. The course will focus primarily on the evidence regarding changes in the politics of social dominance prevailing in the period – from slavery and paternalism to the worlds and meanings of "free" labor. Thus, questions of race, class, and gender in the more general context of defining and setting the new limits of citizenship rights will be emphasized. Authors and books to be studied include (tentatively): Manoel Antônio de Almeida, Memórias de um Sargento de Milícias; José de Alencar, Tronco do Ipê; Aluísio Azevedo, O Mulato and O Cortiço; Adolpho Caminha, O Bom Crioulo; Lima Barreto, O Triste Fim de Policarpo Quaresma; Machado de Assis, Helena, Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas, Dom Casmurro, and Papéis Avulsos (short stories).

Section 002 – Epidemics and Social History. Meets with Latin American and Caribbean Studies 455.001

Instructor(s): Sidney Chalhoub

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl).

Credits: (3).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

This course will consider different ways that urban populations and policy-makers responded to epidemics such as yellow fever, cholera, and smallpox, that ravaged diverse urban centers in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. A major focus will be the role of epidemics in the construction of theories of "civilization" and "scientific" racism in Latin American, U.S., and European cities. Finally, the course will consider popular healing practices that competed with official methods of disease control in Brazil, particularly those derived from Afro-Brazilian medical knowledge and practices.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Warren Whatley

Prerequisites & Distribution: Econ. 101 or 102. (3). (Excl).

Credits: (3).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

See Economics 491.001.

History 512. From Oligarchy to Reform: Georgian Britain, 1714-1832.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Michael Macdonald

Prerequisites & Distribution: Hist. 111 or 221. (3). (Excl).

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Section 001.

Instructor(s): Ernest Young (epyoung@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl).

Credits: (3).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

In this course we will treat a selected set of major aspects of Chinese history from the 18th century to the present. A central task will be to sort out the roots, processes, and consequences of the Chinese revolution. We shall examine the testimony of conservatives as well as revolutionaries, of Confucians as well as Marxists. Among the topics will be: secret societies and religious cults; trends in Confucian thought and the role of popular culture; Christian missions and imperialism; nationalism and ethnicity; women's liberation; cultural iconoclasm and neotraditionalism; Marxism and the Chinese peasant, Maoism and its debunking. Previous familiarity with the broad outline of events will be useful but is not required. Readings will be drawn from analytical literature and translated documents. Participants will be asked to write two papers and take a final exam.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): David Lewis (lewisdl@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: Junior, senior, or graduate standing. (3). (Excl).

Credits: (3).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

A study of the origins, development, and growth of business. The course traces the beginnings of business enterprise in Europe and describes business activities during the American colonial, revolutionary, and pre-Civil War periods. It then discusses economic aspects of the Civil War, post-Civil War industrial growth, business consolidation and the anti-trust movement, economic aspects of World War I, business conditions during the 1920s, effects of the 1929 depression and the New Deal upon business, economic aspects of World War II, and a multitude of recent business developments and trends.

Section 001 – France, Africa, and Genocide: A Focus on Rwanda. (2 credits). Meets with Afroamerican and African Studies 490.001 and French 636.001. Undergraduates with Permission of Instructor Only

Instructor(s): Jose Kagabo

Prerequisites & Distribution: (1-2). (Excl).

Mini/Short course

Credits: (1-2).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

Seminar-style mini-course devoted to considering the history and politics of France's relations with Africa, with a particular focus on genocide and human rights in Rwanda, including France's involvement therein. Course will be taught by the Rwandan historian, Dr. Jose Kagabo, visiting UM from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes in Paris. Several other faculty with relevant expertise, including Frieda Ekotto of the French Department, Fred Cooper and Nancy Hunt from History, and Mamadou Diouf, Visiting Professor in History and CAAS (from CODESRIA in Dakar, Senegal), will be seminar participants. Discussion will be in English. About one third of the readings and films will be in French. A knowledge of French is not necessary, though French speakers and readers are encouraged to take this course. Course readings will include historical, contemporary political, and literary texts.

History 590. History Topics Mini-course.

Section 002 – Narrative, Case Files, and Women's Health. (1 credit). September 30-October 21. Meets with Women's Studies 698.002

Instructor(s): Nancy Hunt (nrhunt@umich.edu), Timothy Johnson

Prerequisites & Distribution: (1-2). (Excl).

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History 593. Topics in U.S. History.

Section 001 – Theories of Race/Practices of Difference. Meets with CAAS 558.001

Instructor(s): John Carson, Michele Mitchell

Prerequisites & Distribution: Upper-class standing. (3). (Excl). May be elected for credit twice.

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