Department of History
Division of Humanities and Fine Arts
Humanities and Social Sciences 4001
Telephone: (805) 893-2991
Undergraduate e-mail: tucker@history.ucsb.edu
Graduate e-mail: ritzau@history.ucsb.edu
Faculty e-mail: perez@history.ucsb.edu
Website: www.history.ucsb.edu (will open in a new browser window)
Department Chair: Kenneth Mouré
Contents:
Randolph Bergstrom, Ph.D., Columbia University, Associate Professor (American social policy)
Hilary Bernstein, Ph.D., Princeton University, Associate Professor (European renaissance)
Debra G. Blumenthal, Ph.D., University of Toronto, Assistant Professor (medieval Europe)
Sarah Cline, Ph.D., UC Los Angeles, Professor (Mexico, Latin America, Christianity)
Patricia Cline Cohen, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Professor (women, social history)
Douglas H. Daniels, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Professor (American and Afro-American history)
Elizabeth De Palma Digeser, Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara, Associate Professor (late antiquity)
Harold A. Drake, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Professor (Rome)
Francis A. Dutra, Ph.D., New York University, Professor (Brazil, Portugal)
Adrienne L. Edgar, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Associate Professor (modern Russia and the Soviet Union, central Asia)
Sharon Farmer, Ph.D., Harvard University, Professor (medieval Europe)
Mary O. Furner, Ph.D., Northwestern University, Professor (19th- and 20th-century U.S. history, history of public policy)
Nancy E. Gallagher, Ph.D., UC Los Angeles, Professor (Middle East)
Mario Garcia, Ph.D., UC San Diego, Professor (Chicano history)
Gregory R. Graves, Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara, Lecturer (environmental/public history)
Anita Guerrini, Ph.D., Indiana University, Professor (early modern Europe, history of science)
Pekka Hämäläinen, Ph.D., University of Helkinki, Assistant Professor (Spanish Borderlands of North America)
Mary E. Hancock, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Associate Professor (ideology and cultural practice, South Asia, social theory, nationalism, cultural studies, feminist theory, public memory)
Carl V. Harris, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Professor (American South)
Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, Ph.D., University of Washington, Professor (modern Russia)
R. Stephen Humphreys, Ph.D., University of Michigan, King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud Professor of Islamic Studies (Islamic studies)
Lisa Jacobson, Ph.D., UC Los Angeles, Associate Professor (U.S. social and cultural history)
Laura Kalman, Ph.D., Yale University, Professor (20th-century U.S. legal and political history)
Carol L. Lansing, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Professor (medieval Europe)
John W. I. Lee, Ph.D., Cornell University, Assistant Professor (ancient Greece)
Nelson N. Lichtenstein, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Professor (U.S. labor history, 20th-century U.S.)
John D. Majewski, Ph.D., UC Los Angeles, Associate Professor (19th-century American history)
Harold Marcuse, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Associate Professor (modern central/eastern European history)
Patrick W. McCray, Ph.D., University of Arizona, Associate Professor (history of the physical sciences)
J. Sears McGee, Ph.D., Yale University, Professor (Tudor and Stuart Britain)
S. Cecilia Mendez, Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook, Associate Professor (Latin American history)
Stephan F. Miescher, Ph.D., Northwestern University, Associate Professor (African history)
Kenneth J. Mouré, Ph.D., University of Toronto, Professor (European economic history)
Alice M. O’Connor, Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University, Associate Professor (20th-century U.S. history of public policy)
Michael A. Osborne, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Associate Professor (history of biological sciences)
Ann M. Plane, Ph.D., Brandeis University, Associate Professor (U.S. colonial history)
Erika D. Rappaport, Ph.D., Rutgers University, Associate Professor (modern Britain)
Luke S. Roberts, Ph.D., Princeton University, Associate Professor (history of Japan)
David P. Rock, Ph.D., Cambridge University, Professor (Latin America and Argentina)
Paul M. Sonnino, Ph.D., UC Los Angeles, Professor (early modern Europe)
Gabriela M. Soto Laveaga, Ph.D., UC San Diego, Assistant Professor (modern Latin America and Mexico)
Paul Spickard, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Professor (20th-century American social and cultural history)
John E. Talbott, Ph.D., Stanford University, Professor (modern Europe, war and society)
Stefania Tutino, Ph.D.,Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy, Assistant Professor (early modern England)
Zaragosa Vargas, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Professor (modern U.S., labor, Chicano)
Salim Yaqub, Ph.D., Yale University, Associate Professor (U.S. policy in the Middle East)
Lawrence Badash, Ph.D., Yale University, Professor Emeritus (history of science)
F. A. Bonadio, Ph.D., Yale University, Professor Emeritus (Civil War and Reconstruction)
Morton Borden, Ph.D., Columbia University, Professor Emeritus (early national U.S.)
W. Elliot Brownlee, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Professor Emeritus (American economic history)
Alexander B. Callow, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Senior Lecturer Emeritus (American urban history)
Chi-yun Chen, Ph.D., Harvard University, Professor Emeritus (ancient China)
Robert O. Collins, Ph.D., Yale University, Professor Emeritus (Africa)
Alexander DeConde, Ph.D., Stanford University, Professor Emeritus (foreign relations)
Jane S. DeHart, Ph.D., Duke University, Professor Emeritus (modern U.S., women, public policy)
Dimitrije Djordjevic, Ph.D., University of Beograd, Professor Emeritus (Balkans and Eastern Europe)
Abraham Friesen, Ph.D., Stanford University, Professor Emeritus (Reformation)
Frank J. Frost, Ph.D., UC Los Angeles, Professor Emeritus (Greek history)
Jonathan A. Glickstein, Ph.D., Yale University, Professor Emeritus (U.S. intellectual history)
Otis L. Graham, Jr., Ph.D., Columbia University, Professor Emeritus (recent U.S. history)
Harold C. Kirker, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Professor Emeritus (U.S. culture)
Albert S. Lindemann, Ph.D., Harvard University, Professor Emeritus (modern European socialism)
Leonard M. Marsak, Ph.D., Cornell University, Professor Emeritus (modern European intellectual history)
Roderick W. Nash, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Professor Emeritus (American environmental history)
Richard E. Oglesby, Ph.D., Northwestern University, Professor Emeritus (American West and California)
Jeffrey B. Russell, Ph.D., Emory University, Professor Emeritus (medieval Christianity)
Gerardo Aldana, Ph.D. (Chicana and Chicano Studies)
Catherine L. Albanese, Ph.D. (Religious Studies)
Catherine Cole, Ph.D. (Dramatic Art)
Eileen Boris, Ph.D. (Women’s Studies)
Brice Erickson, Ph.D. (Classics)
Sabine Frühstück, Ph.D. (East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies)
Allan Grapard, Ph.D. (East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies)
Richard D. Hecht, Ph.D. (Religious Studies)
Gaye Theresa Johnson, Ph.D. (20th-century U.S. History)
Gurinder Singh Mann, Ph.D. (Religious Studies)
Robert Morstein-Marx, Ph.D. (Classics)
Hyung Pai, Ph.D. (East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies)
Horacio Roque Ramirez, Ph.D. (Chicana and Chicano Studies)
Leila J. Rupp, Ph.D. (Women’s Studies)
Dominic M. Sachsenmaier, Ph.D (Global and International Studies)
Ann Taves, Ph.D. (Religious Studies)
Christine Thomas, Ph.D. (Religious Studies)
Xiaojian Zhao, Ph.D. (Asian American Studies)
History is studied to enhance the quality of life for the individual. Without any knowledge of the past, the individual becomes a prisoner of the present - able neither to comprehend the present circumstances and their causes nor to deal intelligently with present problems. As a liberal discipline, history aims to permit students to transcend their own cultural limits and, by the study of other societies in other ages, to open their eyes to the diversity of the human environment. It has often been noted that history is the first truly “interdisciplinary” discipline. This is true because everything, no matter how specialized, has a history, and therefore everything is a proper subject of study for the historian. In this department, for instance, the course offerings range not only from the ancient world to modern times, but also from the history of philosophy and ideas to the history of science and its role in society, from governmental elites to popular culture.
The Department of History offers two undergraduate degree programs: the bachelor of arts in history, and the bachelor of arts in the history of public policy.
The B.A. in the history of public policy, the first to be offered in American higher education, combines comparative studies in history with studies in related academic disciplines. Students are expected to acquire competence in a foreign language, in statistics and computer operations, and in research and writing skills, culminating in the preparation of a senior thesis. An internship in governmental and public affairs is strongly recommended.
The department offers the M.A. and the Ph.D. in history within two parallel curricula. One, traditional in nature, prepares students primarily, though not exclusively, for teaching careers in higher and secondary education. The second, pioneered at UCSB, is a graduate program in public historical studies, which aims at training historians for careers not in teaching, but in the community at large, primarily as researchers and writers.
Although personal enrichment is the prime reason that students choose history as a field of study, the nature of the discipline makes it highly desirable as a training ground for many professional fields. The traditional career for the history major has been in teaching, but the breadth of knowledge acquired by studying history is an advantage to those intending a career in business and government service. The stress on the development of research skills, as well as on the ability to think and write clearly, has proven to be excellent preparation for law school and for a wide variety of research and writing jobs.
Students with a bachelor’s degree in history who are interested in pursuing a California Teaching Credential should contact the credential advisor in the Graduate School of Education as soon as possible.
The Department of History designates one of its members each year as principal undergraduate advisor; in addition, certain members of the department are appointed undergraduate advisors, each specializing in one of the two majors. Separate advisors are provided for M.A. and Ph.D. candidates. Publications describing both undergraduate and graduate programs are available from the department.
(1) The annual J. Bruce Anderson Fellowship award is endowed by the parents of Dr. Anderson; recipients must be in the Ph.D. program in history. (2) The A. Russell Buchanan Award is presented annually to the graduating senior majoring in history deemed most outstanding. (3) The Richard Kent Mayberry Prize is awarded annually to a history graduate student who has completed at least two years in the doctoral program.
Membership in the Gamma Iota Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, the national history honorary society, is open to students who have completed at least five courses in history with a grade-point average of 3.4 or better. Graduate students and faculty also belong to the organization. In addition to regular meetings on campus, the society sponsors student papers at regional and national meetings. Further information about the organization is available at the department office.
Undergraduate Program
Preparation for the major. Thirty-two lower-division units, including (1) two of the following sequence of History 2A-B-C, 4A-B-C, and 17A-B-C; (2) 4 units of lower-division units in Asian, African, Latin America, or Middle Eastern history ; (3) 4 lower-division units in any history course.
Upper-division major. Forty units of upper-division work in history, at least 4 units of which must be in proseminar courses (any course with the letter P after its number). Four units of History 194AH-BH may substitute for the proseminar requirement, but additional units earned in 194AH-BH may not be applied to the major.
The proseminar. The particular skills of historians are the ability to define issues, to gather information pertinent to a solution, and to digest and report that information in a clear and well-conceived argument. These skills, which are summed up by the word “research,” are especially cultivated in undergraduate proseminars, in which the entire term is devoted to preparing a paper on a specialized topic of research. Majors are required to take at least one such course during their career here, but students serious about developing their research and writing skills are urged to take more than one. Proseminars and their subjects may be readily identified by the letter P after their course number, and by the course title. Since most faculty offer no more than one proseminar a year and enrollment is restricted, advance planning is essential. A list of proseminars to be offered in the current year is available at the Department of History office. Once students have chosen a field for the proseminar, they should approach the faculty to determine when such a proseminar will be offered, so they may plan their schedules well in advance.
Foreign language. Election to Phi Beta Kappa requires proficiency in one foreign language, normally demonstrated by completion of the fourth quarter or its equivalent. Students contemplating graduate study should consult their prospective graduate schools to determine whether specific languages are required.
Graduation with Distinction in History (The Undergraduate Honors Program)
The Department of History at UCSB is committed to excellence in undergraduate education. In addition to the lower-division survey courses in world, American, and European history, the department offers equivalent 5-unit honors courses, History 2AH-BH-CH, History 4AH-BH-CH and History 17AH-BH-CH, for students interested in undertaking additional reading and writing assignments. There are also similar upper- and lower-division levels offered.
Students who have successfully completed at least two such courses, or who have completed the department’s lower-division historiography course, History 6 (Historical Reasoning), are eligible to enroll in History 100H (Historical Writing). This is an intermediate-level departmental seminar in which major works from a variety of historical periods and regions are studied. Qualified students who have not been able to satisfy the honors prerequisite (transfer students, for instance) may petition the department’s honors committee for admission to History 100H.
In their junior year, students who have maintained a grade-point average in the major of at least 3.5 will be invited to join the department’s Senior Honors Seminar, History 194AH-BH, in which students pursue research on a topic of considerable depth and complexity. Students who have successfully completed History 100H will be given priority for this course.
Students admitted into the program will enroll in History 194AH-BH for the two quarters of their senior year. History 194AH-BH may be used to satisfy the proseminar requirement for majors. No more than 4 units earned in this seminar may be applied to the 40 upper-division units required of all majors. In the fall quarter, honors candidates will read, write papers, and build a working bibliography for their thesis. The remaining quarter of the seminar will be devoted to independent research, conducted in consultation with the thesis advisor. At the end of the seminar, students will submit three copies to the department of the thesis. Students who have completed the honors sequence are eligible for graduation with Distinction in the Major.
Students who have not completed the honors seminar will not normally be eligible, although under unusual circumstances, supported by evidence of superior research and writing done in other history courses (such as the proseminars), a student may petition the department’s honors committee. In order to graduate with Distinction in the Major, a student must complete a paper that is recognized by a history faculty member (normally the honors seminar director) as distinguished. The department honors committee will be responsible for verifying the final list of students nominated for graduation with Distinction in the Major.
Bachelor of Arts - History of Public Policy
Preparation for the major. A total of 32 lower-division units in history, composed of the following: (1) History 7; (2) two of the following sequence: History 2A-B-C, 4A-B-C, 17A-B-C; (3) 4 additional units in history which must be in the history of countries or cultures outside of Europe and the United States.
Required work in cognate disciplines: 16 units (four courses) chosen from among the following, with at least one course in each of three of the disciplines indicated: Economics 1, 2, or 109; Political Science 1, 6, 7, 12; Philosophy 3 or 4; Environmental Studies 1 or 3; Sociology 1; Anthropology 2; Black Studies 5, 6, 20; Global Studies 2; Law and Society 1; Women’s Studies 10, 20, 30, 60, 70 (these may also satisfy the General Education requirements).
Recommended for students who intend graduate study in the field: PSTAT 5A or 5E or 5S or Sociology 3. Foreign language: 0-25 units (i.e. completion of course 5) in a foreign language appropriate to the area of historical emphasis chosen in the major. Internship: History 196; History 199 (may be fulfilled by UC Washington Center internship).
Upper-division major. Required work in history: 40 upper-division units including 8 units from History 163A-B, 170A-B, 171A-B and 172A-B; 24 units including 12 units in the history of one nation, continent, or period, and 12 units in the history of a contrasting nation, continent, or period (exclusive of courses used to satisfy the 8-unit requirement above), selected with the approval of the departmental advisor for public policy students; 8 units of History 195IA-IB (senior seminar).
Required work in cognate disciplines: 20 units, taken in one of the following related fields (inclusive of lower- and upper-division courses): Asian American studies, Black studies, Chicana/o studies, global studies, law and society, women’s studies, economics, political science, environmental studies, philosophy, or sociology. Courses should be selected with the approval of the departmental advisor to public policy students. (Courses taken during the lower-division preparation for the major may be counted in satisfaction of this requirement.) Note: Public policy students must secure the departmental advisor’s approval for their program each quarter.
Graduation with Distinction in History of Public Policy (The Undergraduate Honors Program)
History of public policy majors may also enroll in the Honors Program in History, described above. They will do so by fulfilling the listed requirements as to 1-unit honors courses or History 6 (Introduction to History); History 100H; and grade-point average. When invited to join the department’s Senior Honors Seminar (History 194AH-BH), which runs for three quarters in the student’s senior year, they will do so with the understanding that History 194AH-BH will substitute for History 195IA-IB, the required 8-unit senior thesis requirement in the history of public policy major.
Students majoring in other disciplines who have an interest in history may gain, albeit less intensively, the benefits described above by completing a minor in history. The minor consists of any 12 units of lower-division history courses and any 20 units of upper-division history courses. Publications suggesting ways to choose courses so as to focus on particular aspects of history (e.g., women, religion, science, ethnicity, East Asia, the United States, Europe, Africa, Middle East) are available from the department.
All courses to be applied to the minor must be completed on a letter-grade basis, including both courses offered in history and those offered by other departments and applied to the minor.
Preparation for the minor. Twelve lower-division units in history.
Upper-division minor. Twenty upper-division units in history. The department strongly recommends that one of the upper-division courses be a proseminar (undergraduate research seminar).
Note: Substitutions and waivers are subject to approval by the chair of the department. Please see "Academic Minors" for special conditions governing minors in the College of Letters and Science.
Graduate Program
In addition to departmental requirements, candidates for graduate degrees must fulfill the university degree requirements found in the section "Graduate Education at UCSB."
In addition to departmental admission requirements, applicants must also meet the university requirements for admission described in the section "Graduate Education at UCSB."
Admission
The M.A. degree in history is looked upon as a valuable stage on the path to the doctorate. Although it is understood that some students may choose not to continue beyond the M.A., and that others may not be permitted to do so, the aim of the program is to provide students with research training leading to the doctoral degree. Consequently, the department does not admit students solely for the purpose of obtaining a master’s degree. All applicants are admitted to a single M.A./Ph.D. program.
Applicants to the graduate program in history are expected to show high potential for engaging in advanced historical research and analysis. Applicants must meet general university requirements for admission to graduate standing and must have completed an undergraduate major in history or its equivalent. Applicants may be admitted with deficiencies, but those deficiencies must be made up in the first year and do not count in satisfaction of graduate degree unit or course requirements.
Applicants must submit a suitable sample of historical writing, such as a term paper or equivalent, and three letters of recommendation. These should address the applicant’s academic qualifications for graduate work in history. In addition, applicants ordinarily are expected to have a minimum grade-point average of 3.5 in upper-division history courses (or 3.75 in master’s courses), and minimum scores on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) of 85th percentile in verbal and 70th percentile in either quantitative or analytical.
Applications for the fall, winter, and spring quarters must be received by December 5. Applicants requesting Graduate Division and/or history department financial assistance must have their application in to the department by December 5, including the necessary support materials.
It should be stressed that admission to the program is competitive, and satisfying these minimum requirements does not, by itself, guarantee admission. At the same time, the decision to admit is based on consideration of the entire file, and promising applicants in unusual circumstances whose records fall below the minimum should not be discouraged from applying.
Applicants must be accepted by a major professor with whom they wish to work. Applicants unsure of how to choose a major professor should inquire by letter or telephone to the graduate program assistant, Department of History, as to how to proceed. No student will be admitted or allowed to continue without a faculty sponsor.
Degree Requirements
The M.A. degree will be awarded to students who satisfy the requirements prescribed by the Graduate Council and who, in addition, meet the following requirements:
Foreign language. Students must pass a written translation examination in at least one foreign language within one calendar year after taking the M.A. comprehensive examination.
Unit requirements. Students must pass a minimum of 36 units of upper-division and graduate history courses. No course will count for the degree if the grade earned in the class is valued at less than 3.0. At least 24 of these units must be in graduate courses numbered between 200 and 292, with 4 units of History 202 (required of all students who have not had a graduate course in historiography) and at least 8 units in research seminars, which will result in the preparation of an original research paper. Papers produced in these seminars lay the foundation for doctoral work and are taken into account along with the results of the comprehensive examinations in evaluating students for admission to the Ph.D. program. History 596 does not apply to the research seminar unit requirement, but 8 units will apply toward the 36-unit requirement. All research seminars last two quarters. Check with the graduate program assistant for credited seminars.
Students in American history must take History 292A-B-C as part of their 36 unit requirement. All coursework must be completed before a student may take the M.A. comprehensive exam.
Comprehensive examinations. The student must pass one three-hour written examination in one of the graduate fields listed below. The department offers reading courses in many of these fields to help students prepare for the examination. History 200 courses are designed to cover large, general fields; History 201 courses cover more specialized fields.
- United States*
- Colonial Latin America
- National Latin America
- East Asia (pre-1600)
- East Asia (post-1600)
- Africa
- History of Science
- Early Modern Europe (1450-1815)
- Modern Europe (1789-)
- Medieval Europe
- Middle East (600-1700)
- Middle East (1700-)
- Ancient Mediterranean World
- History of Public Policy
*An Afro-American, Chicano, or American-Indian emphasis is acceptable in this field.
Doctor of Philosophy - History
Admission
The M.A. degree in history or a cognate field is normally required for admission into the Ph.D. program. Applicants who do not meet this requirement must complete the M.A. in history before continuing to the Ph.D. The application deadline for those applying with an M.A. degree from another institution is December 15. Students taking the master’s examination at UC Santa Barbara must achieve an average grade of A- or higher. In addition, the candidate must acquire a minimum of three satisfactory recommendations from professors within the department, including at least two from professors who have supervised or reviewed the candidate’s graduate seminar research papers and one from a faculty member who will serve as major professor. These letters must be on file by the third week of the quarter following award of the M.A.
The General Fields of History
The Department of History at UCSB offers doctoral study in eleven general fields of history:
- United States
- Latin America
- East Asia
- Africa
- The Middle East
- History of Science
- Ancient Mediterranean World
- Medieval Europe
- Early Modern Europe (1450-1815)
- Modern Europe (1789-)
- History of Public Policy
- *Comparative Gender
- *World
*Comparative gender and world history are offered only as a third field, and not as a possible first or second field. Please refer to “Degree Requirements: General Examinations” for further description of field 3, the outside field in history.
Students will study, and in due time present themselves for examination, in four examination fields, two of them chosen from one of the above general fields, and the third chosen from a second general field. The fourth examination field will be in an outside academic department or in history (see below, under “General Examinations”). The four professors under whom the students study as they prepare for their examinations constitute their doctoral committee. One of its members is the student’s major professor, who presides.
Program Supervision
Once admitted to the Ph.D. level, each student will be systematically advised by his or her major professor, who will submit a review of the student’s progress and prospects annually in the spring quarter. The results of the annual review will be individually communicated to the student in writing by the director of graduate studies. If the student’s progress is unsatisfactory, the department will recommend to the Graduate Dean that the student be placed on academic probation. If at the end of that year progress is still unsatisfactory, the department chair will recommend to the Graduate Dean that the student be dismissed from graduate study.
Degree Requirements
Unit requirements. Students in the doctoral program must enroll for at least six regular academic quarters (not summer sessions) on the UCSB campus pursuing a program of full-time study (12 units each quarter) and research. Three consecutive quarters of this residency must be completed in regular session before advancement to candidacy. Students must complete 24 units of history research seminars, 8 units of which can be taken from the M.A. requirements. Check with the graduate program assistant for credited seminars. History 596 does not count as a research seminar. Students must take at least one graduate course in each of the four areas presented for examination (research seminars and courses taken while in the M.A. program satisfy this requirement), and a graduate course in historiography (History 202) if such a course has not been taken prior to admission to the doctoral program. Doctoral students in American history must take History 292A-B-C, in addition to the 24 units of research seminars.
Foreign language. The student must pass at least one foreign language examination, a requirement which may be satisfied by passing the foreign language examination for the UC Santa Barbara M.A. in history, or, with the approval of the graduate committee, an examination at another institution. Additional language requirements pertinent to the field of research may be specified by the major professor with the approval of the graduate committee. Preparation and supervision of these additional language examinations are the responsibility of the major professor, who may or may not use the regular departmental foreign language examinations.
Students should plan to satisfy the departmental foreign language requirement as soon as possible, but no later than the end of the second year in the doctoral program. No student will be allowed to take the general examinations for the Ph.D. without having completed the departmental language requirement, as well as any additional language requirements required by the major professor.
General examinations. Upon satisfying the unit and foreign language requirements, students will be eligible to take their general examinations. Candidates are required to present themselves for examination in four fields of study - three within history and the option of taking either a cognate field outside the history department or a fourth history field. Examination in the three history fields will be both written and oral; the examination in the cognate field or fourth history field will be oral only. The four fields are:
1. The major field, taken under the student’s major professor. It will be in that professor’s special field, or, with the approval of the graduate committee, in a closely related field. The major field ordinarily provides the intellectual basis for the dissertation and the student’s later emphasis in teaching and research, and the student is expected to achieve depth and breadth of scholarly sophistication and mastery in this field.
2. The general field is the field within which the student’s major field is located (e.g., U.S. history is the general field if the major field is U.S. diplomatic history). The student is expected to show breadth and perspective in this field in order to set his or her specialty within its encompassing framework and to be able to teach survey courses.
3. The outside field in history, chosen from a second of the department’s graduate fields (see above). This field may be either specialized (as in 1 above) or general (as in 2), depending on the mutual decision of the student, the major professor, and the supervisor of the outside field. This requirement affords the student, for comparative purposes, a deep encounter with the history of a period or culture distinct from that studied in Fields 1 and 2 and also enables him or her to offer survey courses in this field.
4A. A cognate field outside the discipline of history is chosen from within another academic department. This field should strengthen the student’s grasp of Field 1 and be comparable in depth and richness to Fields 2 and 3.
4B. With the approval of the major professor and the director of graduate studies, students may substitute for the cognate field a fourth history field from among a number of other topics. These topics must be sufficiently distinct from the other three fields as to constitute a separate historical specialty. Examples of such topics are environmental history, women’s history, native American history, military history, and religious history.
Doctoral students should select their four fields in consultation with their major professor during their first quarter of study. The three written examinations in history must all be completed within a period of one month from the date of the first examination. Each of these examinations will be of three hours’ duration. Within one week of passing the last of these examinations, the student must take an oral examination in all four fields. The minimum time allotted to this examination is two hours, but the time period may be extended as warranted by the four examiners. Before a student can advance to candidacy, a dissertation prospectus must be approved by the dissertation committee.
The doctoral dissertation. The doctoral dissertation must be an original work of historical research in the field of the candidate’s specialization. It must be in clear prose, have intellectual depth, and demonstrate a mastery of historical methodology. When the dissertation is approved, the candidate will be asked to appear for an oral examination in the field of the dissertation.
Teaching assistantship. A candidate will be required to qualify for and (subject to the availability of funds) to hold a teaching assistantship or a research assistantship as part of the preparation for the Ph.D. degree.
Optional Ph.D. Emphasis in Women's Studies
The Women’s Studies Program, with over 30 core and affiliated faculty members in over eleven disciplines, serves as a mode of interdisciplinary work and scholarly collaboration at UCSB. Women’s Studies doctoral emphasis students are required to complete successfully four seminars that will enhance their understanding of feminist pedagogy, feminist theory, and topics relevant to the study of women, gender, and/or sexuality. Graduate emphasis students are encouraged to apply to teach Women’s Studies courses as teaching assistants and associates as part of their Women’s Studies training.
Applicants must first be admitted to, or currently enrolled in, a UCSB Ph.D. program participating in the women’s studies graduate emphasis: Anthropology; Comparative Literature; Dramatic Art and Dance; English; French and Italian; Germanic, Slavic, and Semitic Studies; History; History of Art and Architecture; Religious Studies; Sociology; or Spanish and Portuguese. Candidates complete four graduate courses and select a member of the women’s studies faculty or affiliated faculty to serve on their Ph.D. exam and dissertation committees. Applications to the Women’s Studies Doctoral Emphasis may be submitted at any stage of Ph.D. work; and applications deadlines are November 1, 2007 and May 1, 2008.
Students pursuing the emphasis in women’s studies will successfully complete four graduate courses. Only one may be taken in the student’s home department.
1. Issues in Feminist Epistemology and Pedagogy (Women’s Studies 270). A one-quarter seminar that considers women’s studies as a distinct field. It offers an interdisciplinary exploration of feminist theories of knowledge production and teaching practices. Readings cover past and present critical debates and provide theoretical approaches through which to analyze interdisciplinary epistemological and pedagogical issues.
2. Special Topics in Women’s Studies (594 AA-ZZ). A one-quarter seminar offered by a women’s studies faculty member on topics of central concern to the field of women’s studies.
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Research Practicum (Women’s Studies 280). A cross-disciplinary seminar in which fundamental questions in contemporary feminist research practice are considered in light of students’ own graduate projects. Students may fulfill the Area 2 requirement by taking either a Special Topics Seminar or the Research Practicum.
3. Feminist Theories. A one-quarter graduate seminar in feminist theory offered by any department, including women’s studies.
4. Topical Seminar. A one-quarter graduate seminar, outside the student’s home department, that addresses topics relevant to the study of women, gender, and/or sexuality.
Optional Ph.D. Emphasis in European Medieval Studies
The Medieval Studies Program offers an interdisciplinary doctoral emphasis to students previously admitted to a Ph.D. program in the Departments of Dramatic Art, English, French and Italian, History, History of Art and Architecture, Music, Religious Studies, and Spanish and Portuguese. Students pursuing the emphasis in European medieval studies must receive a grade of B or better in each of the following: Medieval Latin (Latin 103); one course in a vernacular, western European or Middle Eastern medieval language (English 205, English 230, French 206, Spanish 222A, Spanish 222B, Portuguese 222, Religious Studies 148A, Religious Studies 148 B, Religious Studies 210); Paleography and/or Diplomatics (History 215S, History 215T); Medieval Studies 200A-B-C; and 8 additional units in graduate courses on medieval topics. Students may petition to have appropriate courses from other institutions, or independent study, substituted for these requirements. Medieval Studies 200A-B-C is the program’s colloquium series; graduate students in the emphasis attend the series and write brief papers on each colloquium (one per term), to be reviewed by the chair of the program (2 units). To qualify for the emphasis, at least one member of a Ph.D. candidate’s dissertation committee must be an affiliated faculty member of the European Medieval Studies Program. Contact the European Medieval Studies Program for additional information on faculty interests, course offerings, and program requirements, or visit our website at www.medievalstudies.ucsb.edu.
Optional Ph.D. Emphasis in Global Studies
Students pursuing a Ph.D. in certain departments may petition to add an emphasis in global studies. The departments for which the emphasis is available include anthropology, English, history, political science, religious studies, and sociology. To be eligible for admission to the Ph.D. emphasis, students must be admitted to the Ph.D. program in one of the departments choosing to offer this emphasis with their existing Ph.D. program and petition successfully to add the optional emphasis.
The student’s dissertation committee must have one member from a participating department other than the student’s own department. The student may also elect a global emphasis for his or her department field/area/specialization exam, if such an emphasis is offered within the department. The chair of the Coordinating Committee will determine when the student has successfully completed all of the requirements for the emphasis.
By “global” we refer to transnational economic, political, environmental, social, and cultural interactions and flows that operate at a global (i.e., trans-continental) scale. “Global studies” views the world as comprised of increasingly interdependent processes, rather than as shaped exclusively or even primarily by the interplay of discrete nation-states.
Petitions for adding the emphasis can be made at any time in a student’s graduate career, but typically will be made after at least one successful year of study in the home department. Work completed prior to admission in the emphasis that meets emphasis requirements (as determined by the Ph.D. Emphasis Coordinating Committee) may be counted towards completion.
To satisfy the Ph.D. emphasis in global studies, students are required to take four one-quarter graduate-level courses. One course is Global 201, the introductory gateway seminar, offered by the Global and International Studies Program. Three additional courses must be chosen from among qualifying global theory and global issues courses offered by participating departments. These courses will be selected from an approved list of global theory and global issues graduate courses prepared by the Ph.D. Emphasis Coordinating Committee each spring, for the following academic year. At least one of these three courses must be a global theory course, and at least one must be a global issues course. Courses will typically be taken for a letter grade.
At least one of these three courses will be taken from the student’s home department, and at least two must be taken from the six other participating departments or the Global and International Studies Program. No more than one of the three seminars (excluding Global 201) can be taken from a single instructor.
For additional information, please contact the graduate advisor in one of the participating departments or Global Studies.
Optional Ph.D. Emphasis in Technology and Society
Students pursuing a Ph.D. in this department may petition to add an emphasis in technology and society. The emphasis brings together doctoral students in engineering, social sciences, and the humanities to engage in multidisciplinary coursework and research into the cultural and societal changes resulting from the use of new information technologies. The emphasis features a structured set of courses that may be taught individually and collaboratively by faculty across disciplines: Anthropology, Communication, Computer Science, English, History, Media Arts and Technology, Political Science, and Sociology.
To be eligible for admission to the emphasis, students must be enrolled in good standing in the department. Petitions for adding the emphasis can be made at any time in a student’s graduate career, but typically will be made after at least one successful year of study in the home department. Work completed prior to admission that meets emphasis requirements (as determined by the Ph.D. Emphasis Faculty Executive Steering Committee) may be counted towards its completion.
Requirements for completing the optional emphasis in technology and society include:
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Gateway Technology and Society Colloquium. Students must complete a 1-unit colloquium that brings together students and faculty from multiple disciplines to explore various approaches to studying technology and society. In addition to helping students understand similarities and differences in conceptualization and knowledge production across disciplines, the seminar promotes interaction among students from different departments.
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Graduate Coursework. Students must complete four 4-unit courses with a grade of B or better, two each from Area 1 (Culture and History) and Area 2 (Society and Behavior). Area 1 courses explore the humanistic study of cultures, histories and meanings as they intersect with technology. Area 2 investigates the social scientific study of technology in relationship to human behavior, organizations, and social structures.
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Dissertation. A student’s dissertation must have relevance to at least one of the two Emphasis areas. In addition, the student’s dissertation committee must include a member from another department participating in the emphasis. Exceptions are subject to approval by the Technology and Society Faculty Executive Committee.
Graduate Program in Public Historical Studies
The Department of History has established within its graduate program a public history emphasis at the doctoral level and offers that emphasis in a unique joint doctoral program with the Capital Campus program of California State University in Sacramento, which brings together public history faculty of the two universities to form one faculty offering doctoral instruction between the two campuses.
Public Historical Studies trains professional historians to serve as research historians working within the community at large, rather than in academic institutions. Either as persons in various types of private practice, or on the staffs of public agencies - as in city, county, state, and federal governments - public historians will research and write historical studies of problems of concern to particular communities or political jurisdictions; aid them in recapturing and in recording and understanding their histories as communities and as organizations; and serve in a variety of other professional employments, such as giving testimony in court proceedings, preparing family histories, preparing environmental impact statements, conducting surveys of historic properties and other cultural resources, and working in historical agencies.
Students will specialize in (1) the history of policy, (2) community history, or (3) cultural resources management. Courses are also available in such fields as business history, women’s history, historical editing, and legal history.
Students already holding an M.A. in public history or its equivalent apply directly to the joint UCSB-CSU Sacramento Ph.D. program or the current UCSB Ph.D. program. Students with a B.A. (or M.A. in another field) apply to the M.A. program at CSU Sacramento.
For further information, request from the Department of History a copy of the public historical studies brochure, which describes curriculum and other aspects of the program in detail.
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History Courses
1AA-ZZ. Freshman Seminar in History
(1) Staff
Prerequisite: lower-division standing.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 3 units provided letter designations are different. Letter grade required for majors.
A seminar for lower-division students with an interest in history. Content will vary with instructor.
2A-B-C. World History
(4-4-4) Staff
Not open for credit to students who have completed History 2AH-BH-CH.
Survey of the peoples, cultures, and social, economic, and political systems that have characterized the world’s major civilizations in Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Oceania.
A. Prehistory to 1000 CE
B. 1000 to 1700 CE
C. 1700 CE to present
2AH-BH-CH. World History Honors
(5-5-5) Staff
Prerequisites: consent of instructor; honors standing.
Not open for credit to students who have completed History 2A-B-C.
Lecture is in conjunction with History 2A-B-C along with a weekly two hours honors seminar.
3AA-ZZ. Special Topics
(1-4) Staff
Topics will vary per instructor.
4A-B-C. Western Civilization
(4-4-4) Staff
Not open for credit to students who have completed History 4AH-BH-CH.
General survey courses, designed to acquaint the student with major developments that have influenced the course of western civilization since the earliest times. These developments are as likely to be in religion, the arts, and sciences as in the more traditional political field. Weekly discussion sections are an important feature of this course, enabling the student to develop and expand upon material presented during the lecture hour.
A. Prehistory to A.D. 1050 (F)
B. 1050 to 1715 (W)
C. 1715 to present (S)
4AH-4BH-4CH. Western Civilization-Honors
(5-5-5) Staff
Prerequisite: honors standing.
Not open for credit to students who have completed History 4A-B-C.
Lecture will be concurrent with History 4A-B-C, along with a weekly two hour honors seminar.
5. The History of the Present
(4) Moure
Provides essential historical context for understanding major issues and developments in contemporary life; topics vary each year. Coverage ranges from the local to the global, and encompasses current events in politics, economics, social relations, welfare, science, religion, and popular culture.
6. Historical Reasoning
(4) Drake
Prerequisites: a lower-division course in history and consent of instructor.
Introduction to the development of the history profession, with special attention to the methods and goals of historical research. To develop criteria for judging the value of historical scholarship. Strongly recommended for students considering the Honors Program in History.
7. Great Issues in the History of Public Policy
(4) Bergstrom
Broad exploration of great issues in the history of public policy from ancient times to the present, to understand basic ways in which societies make their major decisions, the shared dynamics in the process, and how varied settings affect it.
7H. Great Issues in the History of Public Policy-Honors
(1) Bergstrom
Prerequisites: concurrent enrollment in History 7 and consent of instructor.
Students will receive 1 unit for the honors seminar (7H) or a total of 5 units for History 7.
8. Introduction to History of Latin America
(4) Cline, Rock, Mendez
Deals with major issues in Latin America’s historical formation: pre-Hispanic cultures, the Spanish conquest, the role of colonial institutions, the development of trade, eighteenth-century reform, independence, the formation of nations; and identify major issues in current Latin American affairs.
8H. Introduction to History of Latin America-Honors
(1) Cline, Rock, Mendez
Prerequisites: concurrent enrollment in History 8; honors standing; consent of instructor.
Students will receive 1 unit for the honors seminar (8H) for a total of 5 units for History 8.
17A-B-C. The American People
(4-4-4) Staff
Not open for credit to students who have completed History 17AH-BH-CH.
A survey of the leading issues in American life from colonial times to the present. The course focuses on politics, cultural development, social conflict, economic life, foreign policy, and influential ideas. Features discussion sections.
A. Colonial through Jacksonian era
B. Sectional crisis through progressivism
C. World War I to the present
17AH-17BH-17CH. The American People-Honors
(5-5-5) Staff
Prerequisites: honors standing; consent of instructor.
Not open for credit to students who have completed History 17A-B-C.
Lecture will be concurrent with History 17A-B-C, along with a weekly two hour honors seminar.
33D. The Holocaust: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
(4) Marcuse
Basic introduction to the history of the Nazi Holocaust. The examination of approaches taken by other disciplines, such as sociology, psychology, and literary studies, is designed to help students understand how history relates to other disciplines.
46. Survey of Middle Eastern History
(4) Gallagher
Course themes include rise of Islam, development of Islamic civilization, the western impact, and current struggles and conflicts.
49A-B. Survey of African History
(4-4) Miescher
Same course as Black Studies 49A-B. Not open for credit to students who have completed History 49.
An introduction to the history of Africa from the earliest times to the present. Course themes include: organization of production, state formation, Africa and the world economy, colonialism, resistance, power and identities in African societies, current struggles and conflicts.
A. Prehistory to 1800CE
B. 1800CE to the present
50. Labor Studies
(4) Lichtenstein
Examines the historical meaning of work and how workplaces have been a terrain of struggle for human rights and democracy in the United States. Also explores what it takes to organize and run a union.
56. Introduction to Mexican History
(4) Cline
An introduction to the basic issues and themes of Mexican history, from the pre-Hispanic era to the present.
80. East Asian Civilization
(4) Staff
Same course as East Asian Cultural Studies 80.
A basic introduction to the history of East Asia focusing on the emergence and evolution of Chinese civilization and its impact upon the distinctive indigenous cultures of Japan, Korea, and Vietnam.
82. The Anthropology of Korea
(4) Pai
Same course as Korean 82. Not open for credit to students who have completed History 80K or Korean 80K.
Introduction to the various features of traditional Korean civilization and society covering its history and topics in anthropology (kinship, inheritance, customs, religion, rice production, and peasant economy).
83. Chinese Thought
(4) Staff
Examines the main Chinese and philosophical traditions from the ancient period through to the present. Focuses on specific themes in the writings of individual thinkers including just rule, human nature, and gender relations.
87. Japanese History Through Art and Literature
(4) Roberts
Not open for credit to students who have completed History 90.
A basic introduction to the history of Japanese culture from its origins to the present day, with particular emphasis on the evidence of architecture and painting (presented through audiovisual modules). Selected examples of fiction and poetry will also be used.
88. Survey of South Asian History
(4) Hancock
An introduction to the history of the South Asian subcontinent, with emphasis on the period from 1500 CE to the present.
99. Introduction to Research
(1-4) Staff
Prerequisites: consent of department and instructor.
Students must have an overall grade-point average of 3.0. May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units, but only 4 units may be applied toward the major. Students are limited to 5 units per quarter and 30 units total in all 98/99/198/199/199AA-ZZ courses combined.
Independent research under the guidance of a faculty member. Exceptional students are offered an opportunity to undertake independent or collaborative research or to act as interns for faculty-directed research projects.
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100H. Historical Writing
(4) Talbott
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Students are required to take two courses from the following: History 2AH, 2BH, 2CH, 4AH, 4BH, 4CH, 6, 7H, 8H, 17AH, 17BH, 17CH, 49AH, or 49BH.
Intermediate-level honors seminar in which students read and critique major primary and secondary works from a variety of periods and regions.
101. Historical Fiction
(4) Staff
Examines the relationship between history and fiction through a close readings of a number of historical novels (such as those of Herman Wouk) and viewing a number of historical dramas (such as Amistad and Gandhi).
101G. Comparative Histories of Contested Sexualities and Same-Sex Practices
(4) Lansing, miescher
Exploration of same-sex behavior in ancient Greek, pre-modern Oceania, medieval Europe, modern Africa, and North America. Introduction to the theoretical questions in the study of sexuality and how scholars have used these tools.
102AA-ZZ. Special Topics
(4) Staff
Course is designed for visiting instructors so that they may teach a course ion their special field. May be repeated for credit provided letter designation is different.
Topics may vary per instructor.
105A. The Atomic Age
(4) McCray
Prerequisite: History 4C or 17C or upper-division standing.
Not open for credit to those who have completed History 105.
The history of military uses of nuclear energy and the attendant problems. Topics included: Manhattan project, decision to use the bomb, legislation, AEC, arms race, testing, fallout, civil defense, disarmament efforts, foreign programs, espionage.
105B. The Space Age
(4) McCray
Prerequisite: History 4C or 17C or upper-division standing.
Course examines history of spaceflight and space exploration in the twentieth century with emphasis on US experience. Considers social, political, and technological aspects of the Space Age with especial consideration to the Cold War era.
105P. Proseminar in Atomic Age Problems
(4) McCray
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Recommended preparation: History 105 or 106C; and Writing 109HU.
Seminar, with research paper, on relationship between science and technology and society. Topics, one each course, will include Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Arms Race, arms control, science and social responsibility, politics of science, scientific advice to government, civilian uses of nuclear energy.
105Q. Readings on the Atomic Age
(4) McCray
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Reading seminar on relationships between science, technology and society. Topics include Hiroshima and Nagasaki, arms race, arms control, science and social responsibility, politics of science, scientific advice to government, and civilian uses of military.
106A. The Origins of Western Science, Antiquity to 1500
(4) Osborne
Prerequisite: History 4A or 4B or Environmental Studies 1 or 2 or 3 or Philosophy 1 or 3 (any course may be taken concurrently), or upper-division standing.
Same course as Environmental Studies 108A.
Examines the emergence and development of science through an examination of ancient cosmology, medicine, natural history, philosophy, and environmental ideas.
106B. The Scientific Revolution, 1500 to 1800
(4) Guerrini
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
The history of science in the West from Copernicus to Lavoisier: the transition from medieval, theocentric views of nature and its operation to secular and mechanistic views in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and the transition from natural philosophy to science. The role of science in Western culture.
106C. History of Modern Science
(4) Osborne
Prerequisite: History 4A or 4B or upper-division standing.
Science in the late nineteenth- and twentieth-century with emphasis on the physical sciences. Topics include end of classical physics; x-rays and radioactivity; quantum revolution; astronomy and cosmology; nuclear physics; the integration of scientists into the national security state.
106D. U.S. Science Policy
(4) McCray
Prerequisite: History 17C or 105 or upper-division standing.
From the time governments first funded scientific projects they had, consciously or not, a science policy. What were the reasons for these expenditures? Topics covered range from the Lewis and Clark Expedition to contemporary medical, environmental, space, and defense research.
106P. Proseminar in Science, Technology, and Medicine
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: History 105 or 106A or 106B or 106C or 108 or 109 or 110 or upper-division standing.
Proseminar on a diverse range of topics in science, technology, and medicine. Topics vary.
107C. The Darwinian Revolution and Modern Biology
(4) Osborne
Prerequisite: History 4B or 4C or 17B or 17C or Environmental Studies 1 or 2 or 3 or Philosophy 1 or 3 or upper-division standing.
Same course as Environmental Studies 107C.
Examines the social and scientific impacts of evolutionary synthesis, the birth of ecology, and molecular biology. Focus is on America and Western Europe.
107E. History of Animal Use in Science
(4) Guerrini
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Same course as Environmental Studies 107E.
Examines history of scientific uses of animals from antiquity to the present. Topics include vivisection, field trials, and the development of drugs and vaccines. Changing ethical ideas about animals, including the relationship between animal rights and environmental ethics, is also considered.
107P. Proseminar on Darwinism and its Social Implications
(4) Osborne
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Evolution, natural selection, religion, teleology, Social Darwinism, using the writings of Charles Darwin, Karl Marx, Herbert Spencer, and William Graham Sumner.
107R. History and Ecological Restoration
(4) Guerrini
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Same course as Environmental Studies 107R.
An examination through case studies of ecological restoration from a historical perspective, featuring the intersection between the historian and the restoration process. Consideration of the definitions of natural and cultural resources and historical artifacts.
108. Science and Contemporary Culture
(4) McCray
Prerequisite: a previous course in history.
In-depth examination of contemporary issues in science and technology in their historical contexts. Topics include: biotechnology and the Human Genome Project; weapons of mass destruction; nanotechnology; national science policy; evolution, science, and religion.
109. Science and Technology in America
(4) McCray
Prerequisite: History 4C or 17C or upper-division standing.
Science and technology in American intellectual, cultural, religious, and political life with focus on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Examples include rise of scientific enterprise and infrastructure; technology and America’s economic growth; American research styles; science and the military; space program; environmentalism; biotechnology.
110. History of Public Health
(4) Osborne, Guerrini, SotoLaVeaga
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Course themes include the development of medicine and health care in the United States, women and the medical profession, alternate medical systems, and current crises in medical policy.
110D. Diseases in History
(4) Osborne, Guerrini
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
The role of infectious diseases in human history, mainly in the West, from prehistory to the present. Emphasis on the interaction between diseases and culture, and the assessment of historical accounts of diseases.
110PP. Proseminar on History of Medicine and Public Health
(4) Staff
Recommended preparation: History 106A, 106B, 107C, 107E, 110, or 110D; and Writing 109HU.
Research seminar on the history of health, disease, and healing.
110Q. Seminar in Medical History
(4) Osborne, Guerrini
Prerequisite: History 110 (may be taken concurrently).
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Topics in Asian, African, European, and American medical systems focusing on their historical evolution in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
111A-B-C. History of Greece
(4-4-4) Lee
Prerequisite: History 2A or 4A or upper-division standing.
A. Early Greece, 3000-750 B.C.
B. Archaic and Classical Greece, 750-323 B.C.
C. The Hellenistic World, 323-31 B.C.
111P. Proseminar in Greek History
(4) Lee
Prerequisite: History 111A or 111B or 111C.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Research seminar in Greek history. A research paper is required.
112A. Roman Imperialism
(4) Digeser
Prerequisite: History 2A or 4A.
Examines the topic of imperialism under the Roman Republic by examining the circumstances and motivations that encouraged Rome to become an imperial power. The justifications for Roman imperialism and some of its consequences are explored.
112B. The Roman Revolution
(4) Digeser
Prerequisite: History 2A or 4A.
Examines the topic of regime change in the Roman Empire by exploring what led to the collapse of Republican institutions, why Romans turned to one-person rule and whether their new institutions resolved the problems of the past.
112C. Disaster and Reform in Rome
(4) Digeser
Prerequisite: History 2A or 4A.
Explores the topic of the Roman Empire’s response to crisis by exploring the extent to which the more autocratic form of late imperial government was a response to the invasions, persecutions and civil wars of the third century.
112D. The Roman World in Late Antiquity
(4) Digeser
Prerequisite: History 2A or 4A or upper-division standing.
Not open for credit for those who have completed History 113C.
A survey of the process by which the late Roman Empire divided into three chief cultural, religious, and political entities (Byzantine, Germanic, and Islamic) between the fifth and eighth centuries.
112P. Proseminar in Roman History
(4) Drake, Digeser
Prerequisite: History 113A or 133B or 113C or History 112A or 112B or 112C or 112D.
May be repeated for credit in combination with History 113P for a maximum of 8 units.
Recommended preparation: Writing 109HU.
Students produce a research paper on a topic of their choice in the history of either the republic or empire. From time to time, a seminar might be devoted to aspects of a particular topic.
113A-B. Roman History
(4-4) Drake
Prerequisite: History 2A or 4A or upper-division standing.
A. From Neolithic times to the fall of the Republic.
B. The Roman Empire.
113C. The Roman World in Late Antiquity
(4) Digeser
Prerequisite: History 2A or 4A or upper-division standing.
A survey of the processes by which the late Roman Empire divided into three chief cultural, religious, and political entities (Byzantine, Germanic, and Islamic) between the fifth and eighth centuries.
113P. Proseminar in Roman History
(4) Drake
Prerequisite: History 113A or 113B or 113C.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Recommended preparation: Writing 109HU.
Students produce a research paper on a topic of their choice in the history of either the republic or empire. From time to time, a seminar might be devoted to aspects of a particular topic.
113Q. Topics in Roman History
(4) Digeser
Prerequisite: History 2A or 4A.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Topics in ancient Roman history. Potential topics include the motivations of Roman imperialism during the Republic, the rise and function of the Principate, and the religious and political problems of the third and fourth century.
114A. History of Christianity: Beginning to 800
(4) Digeser
Prerequisite: History 4A.
The history of Christian communities and doctrines from the first through eighth centuries. Special emphasis on Christians’ evolving relationships with Pagan and Jewish communities throughout the Mediterranean world.
114B. History of Christianity
(4) Tutino
Prerequisites: any two quarters of History 4A-B-C; upper-division students only.
From 800 to 1300.
114C. History of Christianity
(4) Tutino
Prerequisites: any two quarters of History 4A-B-C.
From 1300 to 1648.
115. The Fall of Rome and the Birth of Europe, 300 to 1050
(4) Lansing
Prerequisite: History 2A or 4A.
The political, economic, and cultural evolution of Europe from the time of Constantine to the mid-eleventh century.
115P. Proseminar in Medieval History
(4) Lansing, Farmer, Blumenthal
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Seminar which trains students in the methods of historical research. A research paper will be written on a topic within the general area of medieval European history.
115X. Medieval Scandals
(4) Lansing
Explores medieval European politics and culture through a look at notorious scandals: Pope Joan, Heloise and Abelard, the persecution of the Templars, and the Fourth Crusade.
116. The Civilization of the High Middle Ages: 1050 to 1350
(4) Lansing, Blumenthal
Prerequisite: History 4B.
European civilization during the high Middle Ages. The struggle between church and state, the rise of feudal monarchies, the revival of commerce, and the flowering of medieval culture.
117C. Women, the Family, and Sexuality in the Middle Ages
(4) Farmer
Prerequisite: History 4B or upper-division standing.
Same course as Women’s Studies 117C and Medieval Studies 100A.
Family structure; perceptions and ideals of intimate and familial relations; status, perceptions, and experiences of women in western Europe circa 400-1400 A.D. Special attention on social, political, and religious contexts.
117D. Feminist Perspectives on Jewish and Christian Traditions
(4) Farmer, Hecht
Prerequisite: History 4B or upper-division standing.
Same course as Interdisciplinary 185HF.
This seminar examines selected “clanic” texts (Biblical, Talmudic, Patristic) dealing with women, gender, and sexuality; as well as historic and contemporary uses, reinterpretations and responses to those texts.
117P. Proseminar on Medieval Social History
(4) Farmer
Prerequisite: History 115 or 116 or 117A or 117C.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Recommended preparation: Writing 109HU.
Undergraduate research seminar on selected topics in medieval social history.
117Q. History of the Cult of the Virgin Mary
(4) Farmer
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
This reading/discussion course covers Christian beliefs about the Virgin Mary from the first century CE to the present. Readings include canonical and apocryphal gospels, church fathers, medieval mystics, and accounts of early modern and modern apparitions of the Virgin.
118A. The Crusades in Cross-Cultural Perspectives
(4) Blumenthal
Prerequisite: History 4A and 4B.
Through the analysis of Latin Christian, Byzantine, Jewish, and Muslim sources, this course considers the development of the concept of the crusade and the progress of the crusading movement from the eleventh to the fifteenth centuries.
118B. Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Medieval Spain: Conquest, Colonization, and Coexistence
(4) Blumenthal
Prerequisite: History 4A and 4B.
Assesses the more than seven centuries of Muslim, Christian, Jewish coexistence (convivencia) in the Iberian peninsula, examining intercultural and interfaith relations from the time of the Visigoths (fifth century) to the expulsion of the Moriscos (Muslim converts to Christianity) in 1609.
119. The Crusades and the Near East, 1095-1291
(4) Humphreys
Prerequisite: History 4A and 4B; or upper-division standing.
Survey of the Crusades from their origins to the fall of Acre in 1291; ideology of the Crusading movement; history and institutions of the crusader states in the Near East; Muslim responses, ideological and political, to the Crusader presence.
119Q. Topics in the History of the Crusades
(4) Humphreys
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Recommended preparation: a previous course on Medieval Europe or the Middle East.
Topics on the period of the crusades. These vary from year to year: e.g., the idea of holy war and Jihad, the development of Mediterranean commerce; cultural contact between Islam and Christendom. Term paper required.
120. Orwell’s Century
(4) Talbott
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
The writings of the author of 1984 read in the light of major twentieth-century themes: imperialism, socialism, the Great Depression, the Spanish Civil War, fascism, World War II, totalitarianism, the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the Bosnian War.
121A. Renaissance Italy, 1300-1550
(4) Bernstein
Not open for credit to students who have completed History 121D.
The cultural, political, social, and gender history of the Italian city republics and court societies. Examination of how contemporaries viewed their own society, in an attempt to answer the intriguing question of what was the Italian Renaissance?
121B. Late Medieval and Renaissance Europe, 1348-1550
(4) Bernstein
Prerequisite: History 4B or upper-division standing.
The history of northern Europe from the black death through 1550. Topics include: social disorders, warfare, intellectual and religious culture, changes in northern Europe prompted by spreading Renaissance ideas, explorations of the “New World,” and religious dispute.
121C. History of France from 1500-1700
(4) Bernstein
Prerequisite: History 4B or upper-division standing.
Same course as French 121CX.
Politics, religion, and society in France from the reign of Francis I to Louis XIV. Special emphasis on religious disputes and questions of power.
121M. Renaissance Monarchy in Thought and Practice
(4) Bernstein
Prerequisite: History 4B or 121B.
Seminar in the theories and practices of Renaissance monarchy. Topics include: contemporary discussions of the powers and limitations of kingship; warfare and foreign affairs; royal court and the role of pageantry; female rulers; civil war and rebellion.
121P. Proseminar in Renaissance Europe
(4) Bernstein
Prerequisite: History 121A or 121B.
Recommended preparation: Writing 109HU.
A seminar on Renaissance Europe, 1300-1600. Students develop research skills and use them to complete a research topic in Renaissance history.
121Q. Cultures of Renaissance Europe, 1450-1650
(4) Bernstein
Prerequisite: History 4B or 121A or 121B.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Through original texts and historical commentary, seminar explores individual lived experiences, as manifested through issues of popular and elite cultures, witchcraft, gender relations, nobility, and law.
122A-B. Europe in the Age of the Reformation: 1500-1648
(4-4) Tutino
Prerequisite: History 4B.
The political, economic, social, and cultural evolution of Europe, 1500-1648.
123A. Europe in the Nineteenth Century
(4) Lindemann
Prerequisite: History 4C.
European history from the fall of Napoleon to the end of the nineteenth century.
123B. Europe in War and Revolution
(4) Lindemann
Prerequisite: History 4C.
European history from the end of the nineteenth century to the end of World War II.
123C. Europe Since Hitler
(4) Lindemann
Prerequisite: History 4C.
European history from the end of World War II to the present.
123F. Twentieth-Century Europe: History and Fiction
(4) Mouré
Prerequisite: History 4C.
Not open for credit to students who have completed History 128F.
Examines major political, social, and intellectual change in twentieth-century Europe through the works of contemporary writers.
123P. Proseminar in the History of Europe, 1815-Present
(4) Lindemann, Mouré, Talbott
Prerequisite: History 123A or 123B or 123C.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Recommended preparation: Writing 109HU.
Research seminar in the history of Europe from 1815 to the present.
123Q. Topics in Twentieth-Century Europe
(4) Talbott, Lindemann, Mouré
Prerequisite: History 123B or 123C or 123F.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Topics in twentieth-century European history. Format varies according to topic.
124A. Women, Gender, and Sexuality in Europe, 1750-1914
(4) Rappaport
Prerequisite: History 4C.
Same course as Women’s Studies 124A.
The roles of women, gender, and sexuality in eighteenth and nineteenth century Europe. Exploration of the nature of women and revolution: religious, legal, scientific, and popular conceptions of gender and sexuality; industrialization and family life, the rise of organized feminism.
124B. Women, Gender, and Sexuality in Europe, 1914-Present
(4) Rappaport
Prerequisite: History 4C.
Same course as Women’s Studies 124B.
The relationship between war, revolution, fascism, socialism, feminism, and consumerism and the history of the family, gender, and sexual identities in the twentieth century.
128Q. Topics in Twentieth-Century Europe
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: History 128A, 128B, 128C, or upper division standing.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Topics in twentieth-century European history. Format varies according to topic.
129A-B-C. Europe in the Seventeenth Century
(4-4-4) Sonnino
Prerequisite: History 4B or upper-division standing.
Economic, social, political, and intellectual history of the seventeenth century:
A. 1610-1648
B. 1648-1685
C. 1685-1715
129D-E-F. Europe in the Eighteenth Century
(4-4-4) Sonnino
Prerequisite: History 4C or upper-division standing.
Economic, social, political, and intellectual history of the eighteenth century.
D. 1715 to 1763
E. 1763 to 1789
F. 1789 to 1815
131F. Anti-Semite and Jew in Modern Europe and America, 1870 to Present
(4) Lindemann
Prerequisite: History 4C.
A study of modern anti-Semitism, beginning with the appearance of political anti-Semitism in Germany and Austria-Hungary; the Dreyfus Affair; Jewish patriots and revolutionaries; Nazism and the Jews; Zionism; anti-Semitism since WW II.
132. War and Society Since 1789
(4) Talbott
Prerequisite: History 2C or 4C.
Not open for credit to students who have completed History 138. A seminar with limited enrollment.
Topics in war, the state and society since 1789. Origins and consequences of wars, and the political, social, and economic aspects of both land and sea warfare. A seminar, with limited enrollment.
132W. War in History
(4) Talbott
Prerequisite: History 2 or 4 or 7 or 8 or 17 or 46 or 49 or 80 or 87 or 88.
A survey of Western and non-Western war in practice and theory, on land and at sea, from ancient times to the present.
133A. Nineteenth Century Germany
(4) Marcuse
Prerequisite: History 2C or 4C.
Not open for credit to students who have completed History 193A.
Survey of the history of the German states from the French Revolution through the stages of industrialization and national unification to World War I. Focus on the development and specific nature of German society and political culture.
133C. Twentieth Century Germany, Part II
(4) Marcuse
Prerequisite: History 2C or 4C.
After examining development during the last years of World War II, this course traces the histories of East and West Germany from 1945 to unification in 1989.
133P. Proseminar in German History
(4) Marcuse
Prerequisite: History 133A or 133B or 133C or 133D.
May be repeated for credit in combination with History 193P to a maximum of 8 units.
Recommended preparation: Writing 109HU.
Students learn research skills and use them to explore topics in twentieth century German history.
133Q. Readings on the Holocaust
(4) Marcuse
Prerequisite: History 33D or 133B or 133C or 133D (may be taken concurrently).
Exploration of selected topics pertaining to the Holocaust through memoirs, historiography, and works of fiction. The course is structured as a dialog between students and the instructor based on written analyses of the literature.
135A-B-C. History of Russia
(4-4-4) Hasegawa
Prerequisites: History 4B or 4C or upper-division standing.
A. Russia to 1800. A survey of Russian history from the Kievan and Muscovite periods to the end of the eighteenth century. Emphasis placed on the imperial period after Peter the Great.
B. 1800-1917. A survey of Russian history from the reign of Alexander I to the Russian Revolution.
C. 1917-present. A history of the Soviet Union from the Russian Revolution of 1917 to its collapse, focusing on political and social history.
135P. Proseminar in Modern Russian/Soviet History
(4) Hasegawa
Prerequisite: History 135B or 135C.
Research seminar in modern Russian and Soviet history.
137A-B. The Origins of Contemporary France
(4) Talbott, Mouré
Prerequisite: History 2C or 4C or upper-division standing.
Transformation of a tradition-bound rural society into a leading industrial power
A. 1815 to World War I
B. World War I to present
138B. The Vietnam Wars
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: History 17C or 138A or 166B or 166C or 171B or upper-division standing.
This course covers the history of wars fought in Vietnam since the 1940s, with particular attention to the long period of American involvement. The events will be considered in their relationship to Vietnamese history, American politics and society, and the concurrent Cold War.
138P. Proseminar in the Vietnam Wars
(4) Logevall
Prerequisite: History 138B or 171B.
Recommended preparation: Writing 109HU.
Research seminar on a topic in the history of the Vietnam wars.
140A-B. Early Modern Britain
(4-4) McGee
Prerequisite: History 2A or 2B or 4A or 4B or upper-division standing.
A history of England from the late Middle Ages to the eighteenth century.
140BH. Early Modern Britain
(1) McGee
Prerequisites: concurrent enrollment in History 140B and consent of instructor.
A weekly, one-hour section, open to any students who would like to supplement the material of the lecture course with additional readings and discussion.
140IA-IB. The History of Ireland
(4-4) McGee
Prerequisite: sophomore or junior or senior standing.
Ireland from the earliest times to the present.
140P. Proseminar in Early Modern British History
(4) McGee
Prerequisites: History 4B or 140A and 140B.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Recommended preparation: Writing 109HU.
A writing seminar in which emphasis is placed upon the use of primary sources.
140Q. Readings in Early Modern British History
(4) McGee
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Exploration of selected topics in early modern British history through readings and discussion.
141A. Nineteenth-Century Britain
(4) Rappaport
Prerequisite: History 4C or 140A or 140B or 140C.
The rise of Britain as an industrial, urban, and imperial nation. Topics include the nature of industrialization, urbanization, and class formation, the role of gender and race in cultural society, the arts, and the construction of Victorian identities.
141B. Twentieth-Century Britain
(4) Rappaport
Prerequisite: History 4C or 140A or 140B or 140C or 141A.
Culture, society, and politics in Britain since 1914. Topics include the impact of war on society, the economy and empire; the welfare state and changing roles of women, consumer and youth cultures; the new left and new right.
141P. Proseminar in Modern British History
(4) Rappaport
Prerequisite: History 141A-B.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Research in modern British social, cultural, economic, and political history.
141Q. Readings in Modern British History
(4) Rappaport
Prerequisite: History 4C.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Exploration of selected topics pertaining to modern British history throughmemoirs, historiography, and works of fiction. The course is structured as a dialog between students and the instructor based on written analyses of the literature.
142. History of North Africa
(4) Gallagher
Prerequisite: History 46 or upper-division standing.
Survey of the history of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Themes include the imposition of colonial rule, revolutionary struggles, and post-independence development.
143. The Nile Quest
(4) Staff
An examination of African and Victorian societies during the half century in which English explorers sought the source of the Nile. The greatest geographical puzzle of the nineteenth century, the search opened Africa to European partition, imperialism and modernization.
143Q. Special Topics in African History
(4) Miescher
Prerequisite: History 49 or 147A or 147B or 147C or upper-division standing.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Focus on special topics in African history. Format varies according to topic.
144. Resistance in African History
(4) Miescher
Prerequisite: History 49 or 147A or 147B or upper-division standing.
Exploration of the themes of domination and resistance, struggles within African societies and outside interventions, in nineteenth and twentieth-century Africa. Examination of forms of resistance in a series of case studies and discussion of analytical concepts.
145A. The Islamic World, I: The Formation of Islamic Civilization, 600-1000A.D.
(4) Humphreys
Prerequisite: History 46 or INEST 45 or upper-division standing.
The rise of a world religion and the emergence of a new multi-ethic society under its aegis; the evolution of social and political institutions within the Universal caliphate; the creation of a specifically Islamic culture and intellectual life.
145B. The Islamic World, II: Expansion and Consolidation, 1000-1700
(4) Humphreys
Prerequisite: History 46 or MES 45 or upper-division standing.
Recommended preparation: History 145A.
The failure of the caliphate and the search for a new political order; Turkish military and political domination; the structures of urban society; the rebirth of Persian literature; the classical formulations of Islamic religious thought.
145D. War and Diplomacy in the Middle East: 1876-Present
(4) Humphreys
Prerequisite: History 46 or INEST 45 or upper-division standing.
Selected problems in the relations of Middle Eastern states within the region and with external powers. The problems studied will vary from year to year. Sample topics: World War I settlement, Mossadegh era in Iran, Israeli invasion of Lebanon (1982).
145Q. Tradition and Modernity in Islamic Political Thought
(4) Humphreys
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
The emergence of an Islamic tradition of political thought in medieval times, and the reshaping of this tradition to meet the demands of modernity. Key problems: the purposes of government, autocracy versus popular participation, the nature of legitimacy.
146. History of the Modern Middle East
(4) Gallagher
Prerequisite: History 46 or upper-division standing.
Not open to students who have taken History 146A or History 146B.
Course themes include the western impact, forms of resistance, and political, social, economic, and religious dimensions of current crises in Turkey, Iran, and the Arab world. 1750 to the present.
146P. Proseminar in the History of the Modern Middle East
(4) Gallagher
Prerequisite: History 45 or 46 or 145A or 145B or 145D or 146 or 146A or 146B or 146W or 146W or MES 45.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Recommended preparation: Writing 109HU.
A weekly seminar on a topic in modern Middle East history. A research paper is required.
146PW. Proseminar on Women and Gender in Middle Eastern History
(4) Gallagher
Prerequisite: History 45 or 46 or 145A or 145B or 146 or 146A or 146B or 146D or 146W or MES 45.
Recommended preparation: Writing 109HU.
A weekly seminar focusing on women in Middle Eastern history. A research paper is required.
146T. History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
(4) Gallagher
Prerequisite: History 46 or upper-division standing.
History of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. Course themes include evolution of Zionism, Palestine before World War I, the British Mandate, World War II, the Arab-Israeli wars, rise of Palestinian nationalism, and Israeli and Palestinian societies today.
147A-B. Modern African History
(4-4) Miescher
Prerequisite: History 49A or 49B or upper-division standing.
A historical survey of sub-Saharan Africa since 1800 themes include: pre-colonial states and society, Africa and the world economy, colonialism,labor and migration, gender, missionary activities, constructions of ethnicities and custom, resistance and nationalism, popular culture, post- colonial crisis and struggles.
147C. African Lives: (Auto)Biographies of African Men and Women
(4) Miescher
Prerequisite: History 49A or 49B or upper-division standing.
An introduction to modern African history through reading (auto)biographies of African men and women with different socioeconomic backgrounds. Explores how African lives have been represented in these texts, what we can learn from them about Africa’s past.
147G. Gender and Power in Modern African History
(4) Miescher
Prerequisite: History 49A or 49B or 147A or 147B or 147Q or Women’s Studies 147Q or upper-division standing.
Same course as Women’s Studies 147G.
Examination of gender, power, and authority among and between men and women in response to socioeconomic transformations in nineteenth and twentieth-century Africa. Themes include interpretations of gender, organization of labor, the missionary project, the state, and colonial rule.
147PP. Proseminar in Modern African History
(4) Miescher
Prerequisite: History 49A or 49B or 147A or 147B or upper-division standing.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Recommended preparation: Writing 109HU.
A seminar on a topic in modern African history. A research paper is required.
147Q. Readings on African History
(4) Miescher
Prerequisite: History 49A or 49B or 147A or 147B.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units. Same course as Women’s Studies 147Q.
A discussion and reading seminar on selected topics in African history.
151A-B-C. Latin American History
(4-4) Cline, Rock, Dutra, Mendez
Prerequisite: History 8 or upper-division standing.
A. A general survey of the social, economic, institutional, and intellectual history of colonial Spanish America (1492-1800), with comparisons to colonial Brazil.
B. Nineteenth-century Latin America. Topics include: the independence movements, the consolidation of the new states, and the rise of export-oriented economies.
C. Twentieth-century Latin America: the export economies, industrialization, the rise of U. S. hegemony; populism and military dictatorship in the postwar period; the Mexican and Cuban revolution; Vargas, Peron, Cardenas, Castro, and Allende.
151FQ. Latin America History through Film
(4) SotoLaVeaga
Prerequisite: History 8.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
A weekly seminar discussing films relevant to different periods and topics in the history of Latin America combined with selected readings. Written assignments required.
151P. Proseminar in Latin American History
(4) Rock, Mendez
Prerequisite: History 8 or upper-division standing.
Recommended preparation: Writing 109HU.
A weekly seminar in the history of Latin America. A research paper will be required.
151Q. Readings in Latin American History
(4) Mendez
Prerequisite: History 8.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
A weekly reading seminar on special topics in the history of Latin America. Depending on the topic, it may include primary sources and works of fiction. Written assignments required.
151R. Latin American Revolutions - Twentieth Century
(4) Mendez
Analyzes the leading revolutions of the twentieth century in Latin America to explore issues of citizenship, human rights, and ethnic minorities in the region. Highlights the importance of women and peasants in the making of the Mexican, Cuban, Bolivian, and Nicaraguan revolution.
153. Comparative Seaborne Empires: 1415 to 1700
(4) Dutra
Prerequisite: a prior course in history or upper-division standing.
Analysis of the similarities and differences between the overseas activities of Portugal, Spain, France, England, and the United Provinces of the Netherlands.
153L. History of Argentina from Spanish Settlement to the Present Day
(4) Rock
Prerequisite: History 8 or upper-division standing.
A case study in economic underdevelopment and political instability.
154LB. Andean History: The National Period
(4) Mendez
Prerequisite: History 8 or 154LA or LAIS 10 or upper-division standing.
The birth of the modern Andean republics; the shaping of national identity; the problem of “race’’; Indigensmo; political movements and revolutions from the early nineteenth century to the present.
154Q. Special Topics in Andean History
(4) Mendez
Prerequisite: History 8 or 154B or 154LA.
A weekly semianr on special topics relevant to Andean history from the pre-Columbia period to the present.
155A-B. History of Portugal
(4-4) Dutra
Prerequisite: a lower-division course in history or upper-division standing.
A. A general survey of Portugal from its origins to 1580 with an emphasis on social, economic, and cultural history.
B. Modern Portugal, 1580 to the present.
155E. Portugal Overseas
(4) Dutra
Prerequisite: a lower-division course in history or upper-division standing.
Not open for credit to students who have completed History 154A-B.
A comparative analysis of Portuguese activity in Africa, Asia, and America, 1415 to 1825.
155P. Proseminar in the History of Portugal and Portuguese Expansion
(4) Dutra
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Recommended preparation: Writing 109HU.
A weekly seminar on the history of Portugal including topics on its origins to the present and Portuguese expansion in Africa, Asia