History

Master of Arts

Candidates for the degree of Master of Arts in History are required to complete 30 hours of course work, including 6 hours of non-topical research, culminating in a master’s essay. These requirements must be conpleted within two years.

Doctor of Philosophy

Candidates for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in History are required to pass at least 12 graded semester courses (54 credits including 18 hours of nontopical research and 9 hours of non-graded course work), specific seminar and colloquium requirements, a set of written exams, and a two hour general oral examination covering one major field, a special field within the major field, and a special field outside the major field. This examination must be taken after the seminar and colloquium requirements has been met, after the written exams have been passed, and after at least one mastery-level foreign language examination has been passed.

All candidates must demonstrate a reading knowledge of at least one foreign language. Reading knowledge of a second foreign language is regularly required in most non-American fields, and a third or even fourth language may be necessary in certain fields.

After submission of the dissertation, a final oral examination is given in which the candidate must defend the dissertation.

All fields of study are chosen in consultation with the major professor. At least 24 graded credits must be in history, with 18 of these in topical history research seminars and colloquia, or their approved equivalents.

Program in Legal History

The history department, in cooperation with the School of Law, enables students to develop special competency in American legal history and in English legal history. For the M.A. degree students must offer at least one field in legal history in the M.A. oral examination. For the Ph.D. two special fields in legal history are required. A joint committee of the faculty in history and in law administers the program. Admission to the program is through the usual procedures of admission to the Department of History.

African History

• HIAF 5559 - New Course in African History Credits: 1 to 4
• HIAF 7001 - The History and Historiography of Africa Credits: 3
• HIAF 7002 - The History and Historiography of Africa Credits: 3
• HIAF 7031 - History and Historiography of North Africa, ca. 1800-Present Credits: 3
• HIAF 8002 - Graduate Seminar in Modern African History Credits: 3
• HIAF 8011 - African History Credits: 3

East Asian History

• HIEA 5151 - Mao and the Chinese Revolution Credits: 3
• HIEA 7011 - Traditional East Asian History Credits: 3
• HIEA 7021 - Traditional East Asian History Credits: 3
• HIEA 7031 - Modern East Asian History Credits: 3
• HIEA 7041 - Modern East Asian History Credits: 3
• HIEA 7061 - Modern Chinese History Credits: 3
• HIEA 8011 - East Asian History Credits: 3
• HIEA 8021 - East Asian History Credits: 3
• HIEA 8111 - Traditional Chinese History Credits: 3
• HIEA 8211 - Japanese History Credits: 3

European History

• HIEU 5001 - Dark Age Greece Credits: 3
• HIEU 5011 - Late Archaic Greece Credits: 3
• HIEU 5021 - Greece in the Fifth Century Credits: 3
• HIEU 5031 - Greece in the Fourth Century Credits: 3
• HIEU 5041 - Roman Republic Credits: 3
• HIEU 5051 - Roman Empire Credits: 3
• HIEU 5061 - Roman Imperialism Credits: 3
• HIEU 5072 - Modern Theory Credits: 3
• HIEU 5082 - Modernity and History Credits: 3
• HIEU 5101 - Early Christian Thought Credits: 3
• HIEU 5111 - Early Medieval England Credits: 3
• HIEU 5131 - Medieval France Credits: 3
• HIEU 5141 - Thucydides Credits: 3
• HIEU 5181 - Historians in the Middle Ages Credits: 3
• HIEU 5191 - War and Society in the Middle Ages Credits: 3
• HIEU 5201 - The Culture of the Renaissance Credits: 3
• HIEU 5211 - Early Modern Germany, 1350-1750 Credits: 3
• HIEU 5221 - English Social History, 1550-1800 Credits: 3
• HIEU 5241 - The Carolingian World Credits: 3
• HIEU 5261 - Russian History to 1700 Credits: 3
• HIEU 5302 - Nationality, Ethnicity, and Race in Modern Europe Credits: 3
• HIEU 5312 - Era of the World Wars, 1914-1945 Credits: 3
• HIEU 5332 - The German World After 1918 Credits: 3
• HIEU 5352 - The British Economy Since 1850 Credits: 3
• HIEU 5362 - British History Since 1760 Credits: 3
• HIEU 5372 - British History Since 1760 Credits: 3
• HIEU 5382 - The British Empire Credits: 3
• HIEU 5452 - The History of Twentieth-Century Europe, 1900-1941 Credits: 3
• HIEU 5462 - The History of Twentieth-Century Europe Since 1941 Credits: 3
• HIEU 5612 - The Age of Reform and Revolution in Russia, 1855-1917 Credits: 3
• HIEU 5622 - Russia Since 1917 Credits: 3
• HIEU 5642 - Russian and Soviet Diplomatic History Credits: 3
• HIEU 5662 - Nineteenth-Century Russian Intellectual History Credits: 3
• HIEU 5672 - Russian Social History Credits: 3
• HIEU 5722 - Germany 1500-2000 Credits: 3
• HIEU 5732 - European Social History Credits: 3
• HIEU 5752 - Evolution of the International System, 1815-1950 Credits: 3
• HIEU 5772 - History of Modern Science Credits: 3
• HIEU 5791 - European Intellectual History Credits: 3
• HIEU 5792 - European Intellectual History Credits: 3
• HIEU 7001 - Colloquium in Medieval European History Credits: 3
• HIEU 7002 - Colloquium in Early Modern European History Credits: 3
• HIEU 7003 - Colloquium in Modern European History I Credits: 3
• HIEU 7004 - Colloquium in Modern European History II Credits: 3
• HIEU 7011 - Historiography Credits: 3
• HIEU 7012 - Roman Religion Credits: 3
• HIEU 7013 - Anthropology of Ancient Greece Credits: 3
• HIEU 7014 - Ancient History Credits: 3
• HIEU 7071 - Fragmentary Roman Historians Credits: 3
• HIEU 7111 - Medieval History Credits: 3
• HIEU 7211 - The Renaissance Credits: 3
• HIEU 7221 - The Age of Reformation Credits: 3
• HIEU 7231 - Early Modern Europe Credits: 3
• HIEU 7241 - Popular Religion 1300-1800 Credits: 3
• HIEU 7261 - Early Modern England Credits: 3
• HIEU 7271 - Early Modern Inquisitions Credits: 3
• HIEU 7291 - Modern European Social History Credits: 3
• HIEU 7301 - History of Science Credits: 3
• HIEU 7311 - The Enlightenment Credits: 3
• HIEU 7321 - Europe in the Eighteenth Century and Revolutionary Period Credits: 3
• HIEU 7331 - The Fortune of Gender in Early Modern Europe Credits: 3
• HIEU 7351 - Modern France Credits: 3
• HIEU 7356 - Victorian England Credits: 3
• HIEU 7391 - Europe Since 1789 Credits: 3
• HIEU 7401 - Nineteenth-Century Europe Credits: 3
• HIEU 7451 - Twentieth-Century Europe Credits: 3
• HIEU 7471 - European Economic History Credits: 3
• HIEU 7611 - Russia 1894-1917 Credits: 3
• HIEU 7661 - Russian Social and Cultural History, 1815 to the Present Credits: 3
• HIEU 7781 - Modern European Intellectual History Credits: 3
• HIEU 8011 - Ancient History Credits: 3
• HIEU 8111 - Medieval History Credits: 3
• HIEU 8211 - The Renaissance Credits: 3
• HIEU 8221 - The Reformation Credits: 3
• HIEU 8231 - Early Modern Europe Credits: 3
• HIEU 8232 - Early Modern Europe Credits: 3
• HIEU 8251 - History of Russian Empire Credits: 3
• HIEU 8261 - Early Modern England Credits: 3
• HIEU 8330 - Saints and Society Credits: 3
• HIEU 8356 - Victorian England Credits: 3
• HIEU 8401 - Nineteenth-Century European History Credits: 3
• HIEU 8452 - Twentieth Century Europe Credits: 3
• HIEU 8461 - Twentieth-Century Europe and Russia Credits: 3
• HIEU 8641 - Soviet Domestic and Foreign Policy Credits: 3
• HIEU 8642 - Soviet Domestic and Foreign Policy Credits: 3
• HIEU 8671 - Russian History Credits: 3
• HIEU 8781 - Modern European Intellectual History Credits: 3

Latin American History

• HILA 5001 - Colonial Latin American History Credits: 3
• HILA 5002 - Modern Latin American History Credits: 3
• HILA 7001 - Colonial Latin America Credits: 3
• HILA 7002 - Modern Latin America Credits: 3
• HILA 8011 - Colonial Latin America Credits: 3
• HILA 8021 - Modern Latin America Credits: 3

Middle Eastern History

• HIME 5002 - Seeking Justice in the Middle East Credits: 3
• HIME 5021 - Revolution, Islam, and Gender in the Middle East Credits: 3
• HIME 5052 - World War I in the Middle East Credits: 3
• HIME 7011 - History and Historiography of the Middle East, ca. 570-1500 Credits: 3
• HIME 7021 - History and Historiography of the Middle East, ca. 1500-Present Credits: 3

South Asian History

• HISA 5021 - Historiography of Early Modern South Asia Credits: 3
• HISA 5101 - Economic History of India Credits: 3
• HISA 7011 - Society and Politics in Eighteenth-Century India Credits: 3
• HISA 7031 - Social History of Modern India Credits: 3
• HISA 7041 - Readings in Indian History Credits: 3
• HISA 7111 - Peasant Movements in Modern India Credits: 3
• HISA 7505 - Readings in Indian History Credits: 3
• HISA 8011 - Society and Politics in Eighteenth-Century India Credits: 3
• HISA 8021 - Readings and Research in the History of Early Modern South Asia Credits: 3
• HISA 8022 - Readings and Research in the History of Modern South Asia Credits: 3
• HISA 8061 - Social History of Modern India Credits: 3
• HISA 8111 - Peasant Movements in Modern Indian History Credits: 3

General History

• HIST 5011 - Documentary Editing: Procedures and Practice Credits: 3
• HIST 5012 - Documentary Editing: Procedures and Practice Credits: 3
• HIST 5031 - Quantitative Analysis of Historical Data Credits: 3
• HIST 5041 - Monticello Internship Credits: 3
• HIST 5051 - History, Memory, Subjectivity Credits: 3
• HIST 5061 - Philosophy of History Credits: 3
• HIST 5062 - Commerce, Culture, and Consumption in World History Credits: 3
• HIST 5063 - Theory and/of History: Recent Perspectives Credits: 3
• HIST 5071 - Internship in History: Interpreting African-American Life at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello Credits: 3
• HIST 5077 - Pius XII, Hitler, the US and World War II Credits: 3
• HIST 5091 - Nation-State, National Identity, Collective Memory Credits: 3
• HIST 5092 - Multiculturalism in the Ottoman Empire Credits: 3
• HIST 5111 - Slavery in World History Credits: 3
• HIST 5131 - The Atlantic Slave Trade Credits: 3
• HIST 5291 - History of US Intelligence in the 20th Century and its Impace on Policymaking Credits: 3
• HIST 5621 - Genocide Credits: 3
• HIST 5891 - South Atlantic History Credits: 3
• HIST 5920 - History of Documentary Photography Credits: 3
• HIST 7001 - Approaches to Historical Study Credits: 3
• HIST 7002 - Graduate Colloquium on World History Credits: 3
• HIST 7011 - Atlantic World Credits: 3
• HIST 7051 - Economic History Credits: 3
• HIST 7061 - Comparative Readings in British America and Latin America Before 1800 Credits: 3
• HIST 7071 - Methods in Social History Credits: 3
• HIST 7081 - Colloquium in Methodological Perspectives Credits: 3
• HIST 7111 - Modern French Imperialism Credits: 3
• HIST 7151 - History, Memory, Narrative Credits: 3
• HIST 7191 - History of Technology: Theory and Methods Credits: 3
• HIST 7201 - History of Environment and Technology Credits: 3
• HIST 7231 - Topics in Environmental History Credits: 3
• HIST 7331 - History of Gender and Sexuality Credits: 3
• HIST 8011 - Summer Research Seminar Credits: 3
• HIST 8051 - Economic History Credits: 3
• HIST 8211 - English Legal Thought Credits: 3
• HIST 8212 - English Legal History Credits: 3
• HIST 8240 - Law: Comparative Contexts, to 1850 Credits: 3
• HIST 8331 - Research Seminar in the History of Gender and Sexuality Credits: 3
• HIST 8421 - Writing Transnational History Credits: 3
• HIST 8451 - Twentieth-Century History: Europe and America Credits: 3
• HIST 8501 - Forced Migration in the Modern World Credits: 3
• HIST 8998 - Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research Credits: 3 to 12
• HIST 8999 - Non-Topical Research Credits: 3 to 12
• HIST 9011 - College Teaching Credits: 3
• HIST 9012 - Dissertation Prospectus Credits: 3
• HIST 9960 - Graduate-level Section of Undergraduate Course Credits: 3
• HIST 9961 - Supervised Reading and Tutorial Credits: 3
• HIST 9998 - Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Doctoral Research Credits: 3 to 12
• HIST 9999 - Non-Topical Research Credits: 3 to 12

United States History

• HIUS 5021 - Counterpoint Seminar: Teaching Post-Civil War American History Credits: 3
• HIUS 5081 - Turning Points in U.S. History: Micro-Analytic Methods Credits: 3
• HIUS 7001 - Introductory Colloquium in American History Credits: 6
• HIUS 7002 - Introductory Colloquium in American History Credits: 6
• HIUS 7031 - Colonial British America Credits: 3
• HIUS 7041 - The Early American Republic, 1783-1830 Credits: 3
• HIUS 7051 - Antebellum America Credits: 3
• HIUS 7061 - New Approaches to American Political History Credits: 3
• HIUS 7071 - Civil War and Reconstruction Credits: 3
• HIUS 7101 - Early American Military History Credits: 3
• HIUS 7131 - The Emergence of Modern America, ca. 1870-ca. 1930 Credits: 3
• HIUS 7141 - America Since 1930 Credits: 3
• HIUS 7151 - The United States, 1945-Present Credits: 3
• HIUS 7152 - The United States, 1945-Present Credits: 3
• HIUS 7171 - The American Culture of Consumption, 1920-1990 Credits: 3
• HIUS 7201 - US History of Technology and Environment, Special Topics – Energy Credits: 3
• HIUS 7231 - The American South Before 1900 Credits: 3
• HIUS 7232 - The South Since 1900 Credits: 3
• HIUS 7235 - Southern History Credits: 3
• HIUS 7261 - American Political Development in Action Credits: 3
• HIUS 7301 - American Studies Seminar Credits: 3
• HIUS 7451 - Urban History Credits: 3
• HIUS 7471 - American Labor History Credits: 3
• HIUS 7481 - Approaches to Social History Credits: 3
• HIUS 7611 - Women’s History Credits: 3
• HIUS 7641 - The American West Since 1850 Credits: 3
• HIUS 7651 - The History of United States Foreign Relations Credits: 3
• HIUS 7652 - Constitutional History I: From the Revolution to 1896 Credits: 3
• HIUS 7653 - Constitutional History II: The Twentieth Century Credits: 3
• HIUS 7654 - Civil Rights from Plessy to Brown Credits: 3
• HIUS 7655 - American Legal History Credits: 3
• HIUS 7656 - 20th Century U.S. Social and Legal History Credits: 3
• HIUS 7657 - Colloquium in Modern US History – Conservatism and the Right Credits: 3
• HIUS 7658 - Nineteenth-Century American Social and Cultural History Credits: 3
• HIUS 7659 - Twentieth Century US Cultural Hisory Credits: 3
• HIUS 8002 - Topics in United States Political History Since 1840 Credits: 3
• HIUS 8031 - The Early Period of American History Credits: 3
• HIUS 8041 - The Age of Jefferson Credits: 3
• HIUS 8051 - Antebellum America Credits: 3
• HIUS 8061 - Nineteenth-Century American Political History Credits: 3
• HIUS 8121 - Civil War and Reconstruction Credits: 3
• HIUS 8131 - The Emergence of Modern America, ca. 1870-ca. 1930 Credits: 3
• HIUS 8141 - American History, 1929-1945 Credits: 3
• HIUS 8142 - American History, 1945-Present Credits: 3
• HIUS 8230 - The Nineteenth-Century South Credits: 3
• HIUS 8235 - Topics in Modern Southern History Credits: 3
• HIUS 8451 - The History of United States Foreign Relations Credits: 3
• HIUS 8471 - Twentieth-Century United States Labor History Credits: 3
• HIUS 8611 - Graduate Seminar in Women’s History Credits: 3
• HIUS 8671 - The Civil Rights Movement Credits: 3
• HIUS 8755 - American Legal History Credits: 3
• HIUS 8756 - Lawyers in American Public Life Credits: 3
• HIUS 8757 - Nineteenth-Century American Social and Cultural History Credits: 3