From Rome to Istanbul: The Byzantine World, ca. 200 – 1453 CE
HSTY 102
M/W: 12:45 – 2:00 PM
M. Hammond
Development of the Byzantine empire from the emperor Constantine’s conversion of the Roman Empire to Christianity and the founding of the eastern capital at Constantinople, and ending with the city’s conquest and transformation into the Ottoman capital of Istanbul in 1453 CE. Emphasis will be placed on the relationships with Byzantium’s neighbors to the west (Roman Papacy, Venice, Crusaders, etc.) and especially to the east (Persian Wars, rise of Islam, early Ottoman Empire). Offered as ANEE 102 and CLSC 102 and HSTY 102.

Introduction to Modern World History
HSTY 113
M/W/F: 9:30 – 10:20 AM 
J. Geller
An introduction to modern world history, covering European imperialism, the industrial revolution, nationalism, political revolutions, major military conflicts, and the massive social changes that both caused and followed these. Substantial attention will be paid to class and race formation, transformations of gender roles, and the role of cultural differences in shaping modernity.

Women’s Histories in South Asia
HSTY 157
M/W: 12:45 – 2:00 PM
A. Dasgupta
This course traces the history of women in South Asia from pre-colonial times to the present. Themes explored in the course will include (but not be limited to): the historical transformations of institutions shaping women’s lives such as state, family, religious and legal traditions; the impact of colonialism, nationalism, and decolonization on women, as well as the history of women’s movements in various parts of South Asia. As we acquaint ourselves with the vibrant historiography on women in South Asia, we will also examine the theoretical and methodological challenges involved in writing histories using the analytical lens of gender. While a significant portion of the readings will focus on South Asia, we will occasionally bring in insights from histories of women in other parts of the world to help develop comparative perspectives and evaluate the South Asian cases and examples within the broader field of women’s history. Offered as HSTY 157 and WGST 257.

Religion and Medicine in the Early Modern Period
HSTY 170
M/W/F: 2:15 – 3:05 PM
F. Galasi
This course focuses on the development of religion and medicine in the early modern period. Owing largely to the spirit of expansion, in both the geographic and intellectual sense, Europeans questioned established truths and pushed the boundaries of knowledge. We shall examine how these movements in geographic and intellectual expansions–the Renaissance, the Age of Exploration, the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment–helped determine the trajectory of religion and medicine. We shall also investigate the medical traditions of select non-Western societies through the work of religious missionaries, who brought Christianity and Western medical practices to farflung places. In particular, we shall pay close attention to the dialogue not only between historical actors from different cultures, but also between their respective epistemologies to understand more deeply the influences they had on each other. At the end of the course, students will learn how religion and medicine responded to political, social and cultural forces, and appreciate their dynamism and capacity for change and adaptation.

History of Jesuits in the Early Modern Period
HSTY 175
T/Th: 4:00 – 5:15 PM
F. Galasi
No other single religious order has captivated the imagination of early modern scholars quite like the Society of Jesus. From the order’s incorporation in 1540 until its suppression in 1773, the Jesuits, as the Society’s members are called, carved out a unique role for themselves not only in a changing Europe but also in an increasingly expanding world. In this course, we will learn the beginnings of the Society and how it responded to the early challenges of Protestantism and globalization. We will meet these religious men and, through their experiences, see the diversity of people and cultures in the early modern world. And finally, we will analyze and attempt to understand the circumstances that brought about the suppression of this religious order at the close of the eighteenth-century, and the consequences brought about by its dissolution. The course is divided into four main themes: the early years; the missions; Jesuit topics; and, resistance and waning in the early modern period. It is designed to give students a deeper knowledge of Jesuit history and an introduction to the most relevant works of Jesuit scholars in recent years. This is a writing-intensive course. Students will complete a modified book or article review, a reflection paper and finally a research-based argumentative paper. There will be a midterm exam. Participation and active engagement are expected every session.

The Ancient World
HSTY 193
M/W/F: 11:40 AM – 12:30 PM
A. Beek
This course offers students an introduction to the history and culture of several ancient civilizations (including those of Mesopotamia, the Levant, Egypt, Greece, and Rome) as well as their lasting legacies. Offered as ANEE 193 and CLSC 193 and HSTY 193.

Philosophy of Science
HSTY 207
W: 5 – 7:30 PM
C. Haufe
Conceptual, methodological, and epistemological issues about science: concept formation, explanation, prediction, confirmation, theory construction and status of unobservables; metaphysical presuppositions and implications of science; semantics of scientific language; illustrations from special sciences. Second half of a year-long sequence. Offered as HSTY 207 and PHIL 204.

History of the Corporation
HSTY 217
M/W: 12:45 AM – 2:00 PM
T. Steinberg
This course examines the history of the most powerful economic institution in the world today: the corporation. It focuses on the emergence of the modern business corporation in the nineteenth century and proceeds to discuss the corporate revolution (1898-1904) and especially the changes to the economic order as it unfolded in the postwar period, ending with the Great Recession (2007-2009). Students will be able to apply their own sense of moral reason to the dominant economic institution in the world today while also learning to express themselves better in written and oral mediums.

Colonial Latin America
HSTY 230
M: 7 – 9:30 PM
TBD
Colonial Latin American history is a period fraught with bloodshed, deadly disease, and the brutal enslavement of Africans and Indigenous peoples, yet was also a time of resistance, mobilization, and the flourishing of arts, culture, and unique hybrid religious practices. This course is an invitation to focus on primary sources and wrestle with the writing of colonial history throughout the last 500 years, with all its discrepancies, biases, and unanswered questions. We look especially at the role that women, Indigenous peoples, and Africans played in society–voices that have traditionally been silenced. How can we resurrect those voices? We ponder the construction of colonial society and conclude with how the wars of Independence fundamentally altered society.

Gods and Gladiators: The World of ANcient Rome
HSTY 232
T/TH: 1:00 – 2:15 PM
E. Adkins
The enduring significance of the Romans studied through their history, literature, art, architecture, religion, philosophy, and political, economic and social structures. Lectures and discussion. Offered as CLSC 232 and HSTY 232.

The Life and Science of Ernest Everett Just
HSTY 233
T/Th: 10:00 – 11:15 AM
S. Haynesworth
Ernest Everett Just (1883-1941) was one of the most important developmental biologists of the first half of the twentieth century. He made important observations, discoveries, and contributions to the scientific debate regarding the mechanisms of fertilization and early embryonic development. E.E. Just authored over 70 scientific papers and two books during his relatively short life; he died at age 57. E. E. Just was also a Black man who was born and raised in Charleston, South Carolina during the post-reconstruction white redemption; a period characterized by restrictive Jim Crow laws and Klu Klux Klan violence against Black people in the South. This course will explore the life of E. E. Just in the context of his contributions to science, his life as a Black man growing up in the Jim Crow South, and as a Black scientist during a period in American history when racially discriminatory laws and customs at multiple levels prohibited or severely limited the ability of Blacks to participate in the field of scientific research. In so doing, this interdisciplinary course will connect scientific and humanistic disciplines by bringing together students interested in biology, American history, African American history, and the history of science to explore and critically analyze aspects of Just’s life and science from these various perspectives. Offered as AFST 233 and BIOL 233 and HSTY 233.

History of Capitalism
HSTY 245
T: 4:00 – 6:30 PM
A. Dasgupta, T. Steinberg
This course will explore the history of capitalism, from its origins to its recent past, tracing its development into a global system of oppression. It will offer students an understanding of how capitalism manifested itself in various parts of the world, comparing, for example, how it played out in places as diverse as the United States, England, China, and India. Themes under discussion will include, but not be limited to, industrialization, slavery, corporate capitalism, and neoliberalism. We will also study capitalism’s impact on gender, race, environment, education, and time.

Introduction to Latina/o Studies
HSTY 259
M/W: 3:20 – 4:35 PM
J. Flores
Interdisciplinary introduction to the basis for a Latina/o ethnicity through an exploration of commonalities and differences in the peoples of Latin American and Caribbean origin within the continental United States. Topics include methodological and theoretical formulations central to the field (e.g., racial, gender, and sexual formations, modes and relations of production and class, nation and transnation), history and contemporary issues of identity, family, community, immigration, and the potential for a pan-ethnic identity. Discussions will focus on major demographic, social, economic and political trends: historical roots of Latinas/os in the U.S.; the evolution of Latina/o ethnicity and identity; immigration and the formation of Latina/o communities; schooling and language usage; tendencies and determinants of socioeconomic and labor force status; discrimination, segregation and bias in contemporary America; racial and gender relations; and political behavior among Latinas/os. Offered as: ETHS 252B and HSTY 259.

U.S. Slavery and Emancipation
HSTY 260
M/W: 12:45 – 2:00 PM
N. Voltz
Begins with the African encounter with Europeans during the emergence of the modern slave trade. Students are introduced to the documents and secondary literature on the creation and maintenance of slavery, first in colonial America, and then in the United States. The course concludes with the destruction of slavery. Offered as AFST 260, ETHS 260 and HSTY 260.

American Rebellion
HSTY 268
M/W: 4:50 – 6:05 PM
J. Flores
This course examines rebellions in American history, assessing slave revolts, mass strikes, and urban uprisings in relation to several theories of race, class, gender and social movements. Through readings and lectures, we will seek to understand the relationship between oppression and rebellion. We will investigate why some uprisings succeed and others fail and explain what violent acts of dissent and disobedience teach us about the political culture of the United States.

Crime, Society, and Popular Culture in Early America
HSTY 271
T/TH: 2:30 – 3:45 PM
D. Cohen
Since the late seventeenth century, American readers have been endlessly fascinated by the subjects of crime and punishment-and especially by murders and other violent offenses committed in their own communities. Much as Americans today “consume” crime through movies, television, newspapers, magazines, mystery novels, “true crime” books, websites, podcasts, and popular music, so also did Americans of the 1670s through 1850s “consume” crime through a variety of popular genres, including execution sermons, criminal (auto)biographies, trial reports, and murder ballads. Since most convicted criminals in early America came from non-elite backgrounds (and often belonged to oppressed or otherwise subordinated social groups, including African Americans and Native Americans), such publications not only shed light on crime, punishment, the legal system, normative social values, power relations, and popular culture, but also provide historians with some of their most valuable sources on the day-to-day experiences of ordinary men and women. This seminar explores all of these topics. Each week, students will read topically-related clusters of early crime publications, usually in conjunction with relevant modern scholarship drawn from the fields of social history, legal history, psychology, criminology, and literary studies. The types of crimes explored include witchcraft, piracy, burglary, robbery, and various types of homicide, such as infanticide, familicide (men murdering their wives and children), and sexual homicide (or courtship murder). Each student will write several short analytical papers drawn from the shared readings and, at the end of the semester, complete an independent multi-modal, multi-draft research project.

Modern Native American History
HSTY 282
T/TH: 10:00 – 11:15 AM
J. Bickers
This course is the second half of the two-semester survey of Native American history. This course will introduce students to the modern American systems of inequality and racism and how Tribal nations and Native peoples have combated against or engaged with them. We will examine Federal assimilation and termination policies, Native responses to World Wars I & II, the Red Power Movement, Indigenous legal battles and lobbying, and the modern revitalization of Indian Country. This course will encourage students to think about the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, and class regarding Indigenous resistance, survivance, and persistence.

Jews in the Modern World
HSTY 286
M/W: 10:35 – 11:25 AM
J. Geller
This course examines the social, economic, political, and cultural development of the Jews in the modern world from the middle of the eighteenth century to the present. While particular emphasis will be on the Jews of Europe, we will examine the Jewish communities of the Middle East, pre-1948 Palestine, Israel, and the United States. Central themes of the course are the challenges to the traditional religious and social structures of pre-modern Jewry, migration, cultural innovation, and politicization. Offered as ETHS 286, HSTY 286, JWST 286, and RLGN 286.

Seminar: Modern American Historiography
HSTY 311
T: 5:30 – 8:00 PM
M. Haydar
This seminar examines the approaches that professional historians of the United States have taken to the writing of American history in the past fifty years, with emphasis on changes in historical concerns, master debates among historians, and contemporary interests. Topics covered include national politics and government, economic development, social history, the history of ethnicity, race, and gender, and foreign policy and international relations. Each student will read widely and will prepare a series of reports on selected books and authors. Offered as HSTY 311 and HSTY 411.

Reading Capital: Political Economy in the Age of Modern Industry
HSTY 333
T/Th: 1:00 – 2:15 PM
K. Ledford
Since its first publication in German in 1867, and its appearance in English in 1886, Karl Marx’s Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, Volume I, has occupied a seminal position in European thought. Beginning with the presumptions of classical liberal political economy, Marx employed his technique of the materialist dialectic to unmask, in his view, the contradictions and structural limitations that the capitalist mode of production imposed upon capitalists and proletarians alike. Much mentioned, but seldom read, Volume I of Capital remains a crucial window into understanding the intellectual, economic, social, and cultural currents of the 19th century, and its impact extends into the 21st . This course consists of a close, directed reading of the entire text of this volume, combined with discussion, research, and coordinated exploration, so that students can bring this powerful critique to bear on their reading of history and economics in the modern era. Offered as HSTY 333 and HSTY 433.

Ancient Medicine
HSTY 337
T/TH: 10:00 – 11:15 AM
M. Rumor
This course offers a general survey of the history of medicine from its origins in pre-historical times to Galen (2nd c. CE) with a view to gaining a better understanding of the path that eventually lead to modern medical practice. The various medical systems considered, including the ancient Babylonian, Egyptian, Jewish, Chinese, Ayurvedic, Greek and Roman traditions, will be examined through the study of primary and secondary sources, while key conceptual developments and practices are identified within their cultural and social context. Special issues, such as epidemics, women’s medicine, and surgery, are also explored and discussed. Offered as ANEE 337, CLSC 337, CLSC 437, HSTY 337, and HSTY 437.

Indigenous Ohio and the Great Lakes
HSTY 350
T/TH: 2:30 – 3:45 PM
J. Bickers
This course will introduce students to the history of Native peoples across the Great Lakes region, including Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Michigan, among others. We will look at Indigenous and settler-colonial perspectives of pre-contact Great Lakes history, early Native and European interactions, the removal of Native communities from Ohio and the surrounding regions by the United States, and its impact on Native peoples. This course will encourage the students to think about Native resistance, persistence, and survivance over the last several centuries.

Undergraduate Tutorial
HSTY 397
Individual instruction with members of the history faculty. Recommended preparation: 12 hours of History.