Transfer Student Courses in HistoryConsult the new Course Guide at: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/lsa/cg_subjectlist/0,2030,8,00.html?show=20&termArray=f_04_1510&cgtype=ug This page was created at 12:40 PM on Wed, May 5, 2004. Fall Academic Term, 2004 (September 7 - December 23)HISTORY 110 / MEMS 110. Medieval, Renaissance, and Reformation Europe.
Section 001.Instructor(s):Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (SS). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. The first half of the European history survey course covers a sweeping period of over a millennium. This course is designed to expose students to general outlines and chronology of European history and to encourage critical, skeptical analytical thinking. To anchor our flying coverage of this long and varied time, we will focus on developments in culture (art, architecture, literature), social organization (family, community, gender relations), and in political organization and theory. Readings will include a textbook, primary sources, challenging interpretive essays. Lecture time will be punctuated by small-group discussions, and active participation is strongly encouraged. Slides will frequently accompany lectures.
HISTORY 132 / AAPTIS 100 / ACABS 100 / HJCS 100. Peoples of the Middle East.
Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle EastSection 001 — Taught in English.Instructor(s): Kathryn Babayan (babayan@umich.edu) , Gary M Beckman (sidd@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: Taught in English. (4). (HU). May not be repeated for credit.
Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
HISTORY 160. United States to 1865.
U.S. HistorySection 001.Instructor(s): Maris A Vinovskis (vinovski@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (SS). May not be repeated for credit. 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. Required readings may be purchased at Shaman Drum and are on reserve at the UGLi.
HISTORY 161. United States, 1865 to the Present.
U.S. HistorySection 001.Instructor(s): Penny M Von Eschen (pmve@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (SS). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This term's HISTORY 161 will emphasize popular culture as as a terrain for social and political contests over the meaning of American nationhood, and social movements seeking to redefine and expand citizenship and rights and democratic freedoms. At the same time, as we trace shifts in American popular culture and politics, we will emphasize the importance of America's relationship to the non-American world, and the extent to which growing U.S. global dominance over the course of the twentieth century has effected every facet of American life. Drawing on a variety of media such as film and to popular music, we will revisit familiar issues through the lens of popular culture including: urbanization, immigration, World Wars, imperial expansion, social movements, the Depression, the Black struggle for equality, the Cold War, the Women's Movement, Détente, Environmental History and the Stweardship of Natural Resources, Globalization, and the spread of American Popular Culture abroad. The course will not neglect the recent past, but will take us into the first years of the twenty-first century. Required texts:
HISTORY 171 / GERMAN 171. Coming to Terms with Germany.
Section 001 — Taught in English.Instructor(s): Andrei S Markovits (andymark@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: Taught in English. (4). (HU). May not be repeated for credit.
Credits: (4). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
HISTORY 195. The Writing of History.Instructor(s):Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (Introductory Composition). May not be repeated for credit. This course may not be included in a history concentration. Credits: (4). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. No Description Provided. Contact the Department.
HISTORY 200. Greece to 201 B.C.
Section 001.Instructor(s): Beate D Dignas (bidgnas@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (4). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. Homer, Aristotle and Socrates, Odysseus, Pericles and Alexander the Great, Medea, Cassandra and Antigone, Athens, Sparta and Troy... names and places that pop up in many different contexts. Wouldn't it be great to know who and what they really were and why these names and places still carry meaning today? This survey course introduces participants to ancient Greece from the Mycenaean age to the end of the Hellenistic period. It covers ancient works of literature as well as inscriptions, papyri, coins, and archaeological evidence. Lectures and the section discussions focus on the development of Greek society, the role of the individual in Greek history, and the dynamics of historical change. Throughout the term, corresponding and contrasting issues relevant to our own society and history will be addressed. There will be two exams. Each will include essay questions and also test knowledge of historical figures, places and events (2 x 30% of the grade). 20% of the grade will be based on contributions to discussions in sections, the remaining 20% on assignments and quizzes in sections. HISTORY 200 is the "prequel" to HISTORY 201 (The Roman Empire and Its Legacy). NO PREREQUISITES. EVERYBODY WELCOME.
HISTORY 204(121) / ASIAN 204. East Asia: Early Transformations.
Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle EastSection 001.Instructor(s): Hitomi Tonomura (tomitono@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU). May not be repeated for credit.
Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This course is an introduction to the history of East Asia before 1700, with an emphasis on China, Korea, and Japan. It aims to provide an overview of the main trends which not only transformed the society, politics, economy, and culture of each country but also laid the ground for future shaping of this region into three distinctly different but closely connected modern nations. Confucian style governments, gender relations, popular religions, peasant rebellions, technological innovation, and demographic shifts are some of the topics we will cover.
HISTORY 206(151) / ASIAN 206. Indian Civilization.
Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle EastSection 001.Instructor(s): Nita Kumar (nitak@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU). May not be repeated for credit.
Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This course is an introduction to the civilizations of India, that is, the region of South Asia consisting of the modern countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. We will concentrate on five topics through the ages, covering the period from the Harappan Civilizations to the present. These are:
The course is organized thematically and not chronologically. While dealing with each topic, we will look at at least the following time points in history to maintain a balanced overview of the history: Harappan civilizations; classical India; the Delhi Sultanate; the Mughal empire; the colonial period; and contemporary India. Requirements for the course will be somewhat unconventional: a quiz on facts; a test in historical analysis; extra-textual presentation; and a problem-solving exercise on contemporary India.
HISTORY 207(152) / ASIAN 207. Southeast Asian Civilization.
Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle EastSection 001.Instructor(s): Victor B Lieberman (eurasia@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (SS). May not be repeated for credit.
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, Moslem, Confucian, and Christian civilizations. It boasts ancient monuments of surpassing grandeur and symbolic complexity. It was the scene of the bloodiest conflict since World War II, the so-called Second Indo-China War (c.1960-1975). Until very recently it boasted the world's fastest growing regional economy. HISTORY 207 offers an introduction to Southeast Asian history — the earliest civilizations, through the colonial conquest, the struggle for independence, and the development of an interdependent region. The following paperback books can be purchased at Shaman Drum, 313 South State:
In addition, you will need a course pack which is also available at Shaman Drum Bookstore.
HISTORY 220. Survey of British History to 1688.
Section 001.Instructor(s): Michael P MacDonald (mmacdon@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (SS). May not be repeated for credit. 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.
HISTORY 227. The British Empire, 1776-1914.Section 001.Instructor(s):Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (Excl). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (4). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. No Description Provided. Contact the Department.
HISTORY 227. The British Empire, 1776-1914.Section 001.Instructor(s):Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (Excl). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (4). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. No Description Provided. Contact the Department.
HISTORY 241. America and Middle Eastern Wars.
Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle EastSection 001.Instructor(s): Juan R Cole (jrcole@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (SS). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (4). Course Homepage: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jrcole/syl/war/war.htm This course treats the impact and experience of warfare on the Twentieth Century Middle East. It examines the impact of the World Wars, the Cold War, the Arab-Israeli Wars, Afghanistan, the Gulf Wars, and the War on Terror on the shaping of the 20th-century Middle East. Grading is based upon a midterm and a final. Texts: (Available at Shaman Drum Books and at the Undergrad. Library Reserve Reading Rm. Course pack is at Dollar Bill.
HISTORY 246 / CAAS 246. Africa to 1850.
Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle EastSection 001.Instructor(s): Jean-Herve Jezequel (jezequel@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (SS). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (4). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. The course is an introduction to the peoples and cultures of Sub-Saharan Africa. It begins with a survey of the origins of man and early African civilizations and concludes with the Trans-Atlantic slave trade.
HISTORY 250. China from the Oracle Bones to the Opium War.
Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle EastSection 001.Instructor(s): Chun-Shu ChangPrerequisites & Distribution: (3). (HU). May not be repeated for credit. 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.
HISTORY 265. A History of the University of Michigan.
U.S. HistorySection 001.Instructor(s): Nicholas H Steneck (nsteneck@umich.edu), Margaret L Steneck (msten@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (4). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. The University of Michigan has been a leader in shaping the modern American university. This course examines the University's history from the perspective of students, faculty, fields of study, administration, and alumni. It will also explore the factors that have shaped the University and place it within its larger social, political, national, and international contexts. The primary prerequisite is an interest in your University and its place in history. Lectures are accompanied by extensive slide presentations and a few movies. Readings include a course pack and textbook. Grading is based on essay/objective exams; two short papers or a term project; and a campus tour photo quiz to acquaint students with central campus, its architecture and embellishments. Two of the five discussion sections (taught by the course instructors) are limited to upper-class enrollment only and will encourage UM-related projects. Books, available at the bookstores; some used copies may be available:
Course packs, available at Ulrich's Bookstore:
*Two copies of Peckham, Bordin, Harju and the Campus Practicum are on UGLI reserve.
HISTORY 266. Twentieth-Century American Wars as Social and Personal Experience.
U.S. HistorySection 001.Instructor(s): Jonathan L Marwil (jmarwil@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. 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.
U.S. HistorySection 001 — African-American History II (1865 to the Present).Instructor(s): Michele Mitchell (mmitch@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: CAAS 111. (3). (SS). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
HISTORY 284. Sickness and Health in Society: 1492 to the Present.
U.S. HistorySection 001 — [3 credits].Instructor(s): Martin S Pernick (mpernick@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: First-year students must obtain permission of the instructor. (Lectures: 3 credits; lectures and discussion: 4 credits). (SS). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (Lectures: 3 credits; lectures and discussion: 4 credits; 3 in the half-term). 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:
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. 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. Reading assignments will range from modern histories to poetry and old medical journals. Required Readings:
HISTORY 287 / ARMENIAN 287. Armenian History from Prehistoric Times to the Present.Section 001.Instructor(s):Prerequisites & Distribution: Taught in English. (3). (Excl). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. No Description Provided. Contact the Department.
HISTORY 300. Epidemics Throughout History.
Section 001.Instructor(s): Joel D Howell (jhowell@umich.edu), Powel H KazanjianPrerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. In this course students will study several epidemics that have transformed the world, including plague in ancient Athens, leprosy in the European middle ages, and HIV/AIDS and SARS throughout the modern world. Themes will include the nature of demographic and epidemiological change, the social and cultural significance of each scourge, the organized public health response to each epidemic, the epidemics' impact on health, and the development of medical therapeutics and technologies. This course will provide a historical perspective on past diseases as well as on what today's lay public expects from health professionals. It will also demonstrate how studying responses to an epidemic can provide insights into the nature of a specific society. The class will include lectures, audiovisual presentations, and discussions. Students will read both primary documents and interpretive essays and will be evaluated by two short papers. A final exam will be a combination of short answer and essay questions.
HISTORY 301. Discovery of the Universe.
Section 001.Instructor(s): Rudi P Lindner (rpl@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. How did we get here? What's going on? Where are we going with this? These questions define the physical sciences, and this course examines the history of the ways and means, human, observational, experimental, and theoretical, that astronomers and physicists have used to answer them. The course begins with what has been called the "Scientific Revolution," with Galileo and the Inquisition, but quite rapidly we come to the nineteenth century, and the heart of the course is on the development of our study of the universe, its origin, structure, and future, during the last few generations. Among topics we shall consider are the financing of science, the politics and security implications of modern research, history of computers, the roles of women, the geographical and cultural spread of research, popularization and demonization of science, pseudo-science, and the various contexts of science, in addition to the development of research and thought. So this is a history, and not a science, course, although many of the readings will come from scientists themselves, and our discussions will be centered on the human history rather than on the science itself.
HISTORY 318. Europe in the Era of Total War, 1870-1945.
Section 001.Instructor(s): Brian A Porter (baporter@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (SS). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. In 1945, Europe was in ruins. Entire cities had been leveled by the destructive powers of industrialized warfare, the Holocaust had brought genocide into the modern world, and the cultural, political, and social norms of the pre-war era had been irrevocably transformed. What made such violence possible, and how did ordinary men and women experience it? History 318 will explore the political, economic, social, and cultural forces that both caused and were destroyed by the savagery of the first half of the 20th century. World War I and World War II will provide the two focal points for our class, but we will extend far beyond the battlefield as we study that era's momentous social changes and the new ideologies that arose in their wake. Our readings will include both historical works about early 20th century Europe and personal accounts and documents that will help bring that era alive. Active participation in a weekly discussion section is required.
HISTORY 320. Britain, 1901-1939: Culture and Politics.
Section 001.Instructor(s): Kali A K Israel (kisrael@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (Excl). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term). 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.
HISTORY 323(523). French Enlightenment.
Section 001.Instructor(s): Dena Goodman (goodmand@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (HU). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This course examines the predominant cultural and intellectual movement of the eighteenth century. We will think about the Enlightenment as a site of contestation on two levels: as lively community that developed in the eighteenth century and thrived on debate about its own practices and about the world in which it operated; and as the very controversial site of current debates on the origins of modernity and its influence on the world in which we live. While this is a course primarily in the intellectual history of eighteenth-century France, it is set in the context of two cultures and societies on which the Enlightenment sheds light: our own and that of France Before the French Revolution. Through primary source readings, discussions, and lectures, students will gain an understanding of the French Revolution, including education, social order, the family, gender relations, colonialism, and consumer society. Through readings in secondary sources they will be introduced to current debates about the modern world and its contribution to their own way of thinking. Primary source readings include texts by major Enlightenment authors such as Voltaire, Diderot, Rousseau, and Montesquieu, as well as lesser know writers such as Charrille, Graffigny, Mercier, and Raynal. All readings will be in English translation. Requirements include class participation in weekly discussion and written preparation for the discussion, 1 short paper, and 1 term paper. This course is intended for advanced undergraduates, especially in the Humanities, and for History, French and Philosophy majors.
HISTORY 341 / POLSCI 397. Nations and Nationalism.Section 001.Instructor(s): SunyPrerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. No Description Provided. Contact the Department.
HISTORY 348. Latin America: The National Period.
Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle EastSection 001.Instructor(s): Sueann Caulfield (scaul@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (SS). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This course examines the history of Latin America from the early nineteenth century until the present, focusing on the social, political, ideological, and economic issues that surrounded the development of modern nation-states. The first six weeks are devoted to the consolidation of independent nations over the "long nineteenth century," from the crises of the Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires in the late eighteenth century to the crisis of liberal political economies in the early twentieth century. The second half of the course will examine the trend toward state-led national development, considering the diverse forms it took and conflicts it generated in different nations. Within this chronological framework of national and regional political economy, we will consider the ways that various Latin American social actors shaped their own lives and collective histories, sometimes challenging and sometimes accommodating the ideals of the national elite. General regional trends will be illustrated by selected cases, including Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Cuba, the Andean Republics and Central America.
HISTORY 353 / AMCULT 353. Asians in American Film and Television.
Section 001 — Asians in American Film &TV.Instructor(s): Scott T Kurashige (kurashig@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (ID). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
HISTORY 361. U.S. Intellectual History, 1750-1940.
U.S. HistorySection 001.Instructor(s): John S Carson (jscarson@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. America, one historian has remarked, is a nation of words. In this lecture course we will examine some of the words and concepts that have been central within American culture from the Enlightenment to World War II and how they have been articulated, debated, instantiated, and used at a variety of times and by a variety of people. Our approach, derived from the cultural history of ideas, will examine not just the world of thinking, but how those thoughts get translated into doing and making, and in the process are themselves transformed. Our reading will include such major figures as Thomas Jefferson, Harriet Beecher Stowe, William James, and Langston Hughes, as well as a host of less well known writers, scientists, political thinkers, popular commentators and the like. We will focus throughout, however, as much on how the words are used — in producing arguments, laws, social movements, consumer goods, and machines — and on the technologies that make them available, as on the language itself. Required readings include the following:
HISTORY 367 / AMCULT 367. American Indian History.
U.S. HistorySection 001.Instructor(s): Gregory E Dowd (dowdg@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (SS). (R&E). May not be repeated for credit.
Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
HISTORY 368 / AMCULT 342 / WOMENSTD 360. History of the Family in the U.S.
U.S. HistorySection 001.Instructor(s): Regina Morantz-Sanchez (reginann@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (SS). May not be repeated for credit.
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.
HISTORY 384. Modern Jewish History 1880-1948.
Section 001.Instructor(s): Todd Endelman (endelman@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl). May not be repeated for credit.
Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This course surveys the history of the Jewish people in Europe, America, and the Middle East over the last one hundred and twenty-five years. The course begins with the rise of virulent forms of antisemitism at the end of the nineteenth century and examines how this undermined Jewish assimilation in Western Europe and dashed all hope for emancipation in Eastern Europe. The course then considers the various ways in which Jews responded to this new crisis: nationalism, revolutionary socialism, emigration, assimilationist defense activities, and conversion. The last third of the course is devoted to the dramatic and often tragic events of the twentieth century that totally changed the face of world Jewry - the Bolshevik revolution, the Holocaust, the creation of the State of Israel, and the emergence of the American Jewish community as the largest and most secure community in the history of the diaspora. There will be a midterm and a 10-12 page paper.
HISTORY 391. Topics in European History.
Section 001 — Ethnicity, Nation, and Empire in Central Europe, 1750-Present. Meets with HISTORY 591.001.Instructor(s): Rita ChinPrerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl). May be elected twice for credit. Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This course examines the shifting meanings and histories of ethnic minorities in Central Europe over the past 250 years. Its prime focus is the interactions between German-speaking peoples and the numerous ethnic groups within the Habsburg Empire (Hungarians, Czechs, Serbs, Croats, etc.), as well as Jews, Poles, Turks, and Afro-Germans. The course uses two key analytical frameworks for thinking about ethnic minorities in this part of the European continent. The first, Central Europe or Mitteleuropa, complicates our conventional image of Germany as an ethnically homogeneous society. By broadening the geographic scope, the course draws attention to the specificity of the place itself, an area where competing empires (Napoleonic, Habsburg, Ottoman) overlapped and cross-pollinated. We will consider how different empires dealt with ethnic minorities and how minority status often shifted depending on one's territorial location. The second framework for the course is nationalism. We will examine how the construction of nation-states, as well as the drawing and re-drawing of borders, played an important role in determining minority status. The course focuses on specific moments — the 1848 revolutions, the unification of Germany, World War I, the Third Reich, and Reunification — which radically altered the definition of who would be included and excluded as part of the "nation." The format of the course will be a mixture of lecture and discussion. Course requirements include a map quiz, two exams, and a short paper.
HISTORY 392. Topics in Asian History.
Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle EastSection 002 — History of Chinese Science. Meest with ASIAN 380.001.Instructor(s): Miranda BrownPrerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl). May be elected twice for credit. Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
HISTORY 431. History of the Balkans Since 1878.
Section 001.Instructor(s): John FinePrerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (3; 2 in the half-term). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This is a lecture course which surveys the history of the modern Balkans — the area which consists of the ex-Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Greece, and Albania — from roughly 1878 to the present. There are no prerequisites nor required background. Interested first-year students should feel welcome. Grading is based on: one hour exam, a one-hour written exam, writing on one essay question out of about four, one course paper (approximately 15 pages, topic according to student interest but cleared with instructor), and a written final exam (two essay questions to be chosen from a list of about eight questions). Major issues to be covered are: the crisis of 1875-78 with international involvement ending with the Treaty of Berlin, Croatia and Bosnia under the Habsburgs, the development of Bulgaria after 1878, the Macedonia problem, terrorist societies, World War I, the formation of Yugoslavia, nationality problems in Yugoslavia between the Wars, German penetration and the rise of dictatorships in the inter-war Balkans, World War II with Yugoslav and Greek resistance movements (including the Greek Civil War), Tito's Yugoslavia, its 1948 break with the USSR and Yugoslavia's special path to socialism. Nationality problems, the break-up of Yugoslavia, and the ensuing wars.
HISTORY 433. Russia Under the Tsars: From Peter the Great to the Revolutions of 1917.
Section 001 — St. Petersburg & Leningrad: City as History. Graduate students elect 433.005. [4 credits].Instructor(s): William G Rosenberg (wgr@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (Excl). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (4). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This course will examine the cultural, social, and political revolutions that created St. Petersburg in a desolate Baltic marshland, situated the city as the center of Russia's "Europeanization", and ultimately transformed it symbolically into Leningrad. Our focus will be on the contrasts between cultural glories and social deprivations, between the being "Western" and "Russian", and between reason and belief as influences on historical change. Throughout, the city itself, Peter the Great's "Window on the West", will serve itself as a window on the broader issues of gradual development and revolutionary change in Russia, a symbol of what both tsars and commissars wanted and expected Russia to be.
HISTORY 451. Japan Since 1700.
Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle EastSection 001.Instructor(s): Leslie B Pincus (lpincus@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (3; 2 in the half-term). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. In this course, we explore the history of Japan from the transformation and decline of a semi-feudal system in the 18th and early 19th century to Japan's rise as a world economic power in the latter half of the 20th century. We will cover a number of major historical themes that emerge from these centuries of radical change: the deterioration of official forms of control during the latter part of the Tokugawa era (1600-1867) and the rise of new commoner social and cultural spheres; Japan's entry into a world market in the mid-19th century and the establishment of the modern Japanese nation-state; industrial modernization and its social effects; the changing status of women; new forms of social protest and mass culture in the early 20th century; the rise of Japanese imperialism in Asia; the Pacific Asian War and its aftermath; the U.S. Occupation and postwar recovery; "high-growth economics" and its social-environmental costs; culture and political economy in "post-industrial" Japan. The course focuses on the diversity of historical experiences as well as the conflicts that have shaped the history of modern Japan. Class sessions combine lecture, discussion and audio-visual presentation. Course pack available at Dollar Bill. Required texts are available at Shaman Drum.
HISTORY 454. The Formation of Indian Civilization to 320 A.D.
Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle EastSection 001.Instructor(s): Thomas R Trautmann (ttraut@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This course is about the historical processes that formed classical Indian civilization. It starts with the Indus Valley Civilization (c. 2300-1700 BC) and ends with the Gupta empire (320 AD), the point at which Indian civilization had achieved its classical form. We will examine these processes "in the round," showing the connections between society, political life, religion and the economy. This is an introductory course. Previous coursework on Indian history is not required, but you should be prepared to explore the subject and the problems of historical explanation it presents in depth.
HISTORY 458. The History of South Asia in the 20th Century.Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle EastSection 001.Instructor(s): MetcalfPrerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. No Description Provided. Contact the Department.
HISTORY 461. The American Revolution.U.S. HistorySection 001 — Meets with HISTORY 593.001.Instructor(s): David J Hancock (hancockd@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (Excl). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. No Description Provided. Contact the Department.
HISTORY 469. Precolonial Southeast Asia.
Section 001 — The Ancient Empires of Southeast Asia. Meets with HISTORY 667.001.Instructor(s): Victor B Lieberman (eurasia@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This course examines select problems in the history of both mainland and island Southeast Asia from the start of the first millennium C.E. to the early 19th century, on the eve of colonial rule. Its focus is simultaneously political, cultural, and economic. It seeks to explain why, particularly on the mainland, localized political and economic systems coalesced with increasing speed and success, chiefly from the 15th century, and why similar integrative trends in the island world were less sustained. But at the same time it seeks to explore in open-ended fashion the relation between international and domestic economic stimuli, cultural importation and cultural creativity, institutional demands and patrimonial norms. Principal thematic topics include: Indianization, the rise of the classical states and their chief features, the collapse of the classical states, reintegration on the mainland, the age of commerce thesis, comparisons between Theravada, Neo-Confucian, the Muslim Southeast Asia, the early role of Europeans, the 18th century crises, Southeast Asia on the eve of colonial intervention. Requirements: Meets weekly, two to three research papers using secondary sources, no final exam, all graduate and advanced undergraduates welcome.
HISTORY 472. Topics in Asian History.
Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle EastSection 001 — Chinese History before the Mongols (As Seen from the Perspective of Non-Conformists, Women, and Gossips). Meets with ASIAN 455.001.Instructor(s): Miranda BrownPrerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl). May be elected up to three times for credit.
Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
HISTORY 478. Topics in Latin American History.Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle EastSection 002.Instructor(s):Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. No Description Provided. Contact the Department.
HISTORY 481. Topics in European History.
Section 001 — Conflict and Diplomacy in the South Caucasus. Meets with POLSCI 489.002.Instructor(s): LibaridianPrerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl). May be elected up to three times for credit. Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
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