Introduction to History
HSTY 100
M: 4:40 – 5:30 PM
M. Haydar
Team-taught by the faculty of the Department of History, this course introduces students to the various theories and methods that underlie historical scholarship, and to the value of historical analysis to disciplines, careers, and professions. This course goes beyond high-school level teaching and analysis contained in Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate courses to lead students to think about history as an analytical tool to understand every aspect of the lives that our students will lead in the 21st century. Students with a 5 on an AP History exam or a 6 or 7 on an IB Higher Level History exam who successfully complete HSTY 100 will receive recognition for this work with three additional history elective credits.

Introduction to Medieval History, 500-1500
HSTY 103
M/W/F: 3:10 – 4:00 PM
F. Galasi
Through primary source readings in translation, secondary source readings, written assignments, lectures, and in-class discussion, students will explore the development of Western medieval Europe from c. 500-c. 1500, including its interactions with other civilizations of the Mediterranean and Eurasia; the changing landscape of religious institutions and religious roles for individuals; evolving social structures and roles for people of various classes and genders; the development of institutions and ideas that informed modern Europe and the US; and the abuses of medieval history by modern extremists.

Introduction to Early Modern European History, 1500-1800
HSTY 104
M/W: 8:55- 10:10 AM
G. Weiss
Europe has not always existed. To find out who created it and when, this course will ask two fundamental questions: First, how did the geographic, linguistic, religious and ethnic characteristics of European identity develop during the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries? Second, how did Europeans in this period influence other parts of the world and vice versa? Through close readings of memoirs, treatises and chronicles, and discussions of secondary literature, we will explore the political, social, and religious history of Europe from roughly 1500 to 1800. Topics include: exploration and conquest; Protestant and Catholic reformations; witchcraft and popular culture; science and medicine; Atlantic Slavery; Enlightenment and Revolution.

Introduction to the Ancient Near East and Egypt
HSTY 107
T/Th: 10:00 AM – 11:15 PM
M. Rumor
This course introduces students to the history and culture of the Ancient Near East and Egypt, a region spanning from modern Iraq to Egypt that was home to the earliest known societies in written history. These include the Babylonian, Assyrian, and Egyptian empires, as well as other Levantine and Anatolian powers and smaller nations such as Israel. Students will learn about the relatively recent discoveries concerning these ancient civilizations, including their political, social, literary, scientific, artistic, and religious achievements, as well as their cultural legacy. Offered as ANEE 107 and HSTY 107.

Introduction to Early American History
HSTY 108
T/Th: 11:30 AM – 12:45 PM
D. Cohen
This course offers an introduction to American history through a thematic survey of colonial British North America and the early United States, from the first permanent English settlements of the early seventeenth century to the onset of the American Civil War. It focuses on (1) the emergence and development of contrasting social systems in the various colonies; (2) the causes and consequences of the American Revolution; and (3) the political, religious, and economic transformations of the period 1790 through 1860. Readings include a mix of primary sources (historical documents) and secondary sources (books and articles written by modern scholars). Students will examine a variety of historical methods and approaches but will particularly explore past social experiences and values through the personal (or autobiographical) writings of individual Americans of varying backgrounds. Particular attention will be paid to the experiences of women and African Americans.

What is Science? Introduction to the History and Philosophy of Science
HSTY 111
T/Th: 10:00 – 11:15 AM
C. Haufe, A. Rothman
We look at historical and philosophical aspects of modern science. The objective of the course is to develop a sense of (1) what forms scientific research has taken historically, and (2) what it is about scientific research that makes it distinctive as a form of human knowledge. Offered as HPSC 111, PHIL 111 and HSTY 111.

Introduction to Modern World History
HSTY 113
M/W/F: 9:20 – 10:10 AM 
Y. Gao
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.

Introduction to Modern South Asia
HSTY 137
T/Th: 1:00 – 2:15 PM
A. Dasgupta
This course will introduce students to the history of the region that today includes India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The course will deal with the following themes: global trade between the Indian subcontinent and the West in the 17th century; the rise of the East India Company’s dominance over the Indian subcontinent in the 18th century; the transformation of India into a colonial economy; social and religious reform movements of the 19th century; changing modalities of colonial rule after the transfer of governing power from the East India Company to the British Crown-in-Parliament; the emergence and trajectories of elite and popular anti-colonial nationalisms; the struggles of women, low status groups, and other minorities in the region; decolonization; and the partition of the subcontinent.

Science in Western Thought I
HSTY 201
T/Th: 11:30 AM – 12:45 AM
A. Rothman
Science is a powerful symbol and a source of authority in the modern world. It is also an important and demanding practice, one that has shaped our lives and transformed our knowledge. But the meaning of science, its scope, and its uses, have changed a great deal over time. Likewise, just as science has altered our social and material lives, change has worked in the opposite direction as well: social priorities and cultural contexts have shaped the development of scientific knowledge and practice. This class will allow us to explore the dynamic relationship between science and society by considering key episodes and themes in the history of science from antiquity to the eighteenth century. Throughout the course, we will reflect on some of the very different ways that men and women have tried to organize, extend, and represent their knowledge of nature, and we will consider to what purposes and with what effects they have done so.

Revolutions in Science
HSTY 203
T/Th: 11:30 AM – 12:45 PM
C. Haufe
Historical and philosophical interpretation of some epochal events in development of science. Copernican revolution, Newtonian mechanics, Einstein’s relativity physics, quantum mechanics, and evolutionary theory; patterns of scientific growth; structure of scientific “revolutions;” science and “pseudo-science.” First half of a year-long sequence. Offered as HSTY 203 and PHIL 203.

Ancient and Medieval Spain: Prehistory to 1492
HSTY 206
M/W/F: 2:05 AM – 2:55 PM
A. Beek
This course focuses on the history of the Iberian peninsula from before the Roman conquest from the Iberians, Greek, and Carthaginian settlements, through Roman, Visigothic, and Muslim rule to the conquest of Ferdinand and Isabella of the last non-Christian territory on the peninsula in 1492. The issues of conquest, frontier, cultural diversity, and change, tolerance, and intolerance will be examined. Offered as CLSC 206 and HSTY 206.

The Era of the American Revolution, 1763 – 1789
HSTY 211
T/Th: 2:45 – 4:00 PM
D. Cohen
This is a survey of the Revolutionary period of American history, from the end of the French and Indian War in 1763 to the ratification of the U.S. Constitution in 1789. It begins with some background coverage of the colonial period (1607-1763), but focuses primarily on the underlying causes of the American Revolution, the chain of events leading to the Declaration of Independence, the war with England, postwar conflicts of the 1780s, the Constitutional Convention, and the ratification struggle that followed, with a look forward to the so-called Whiskey Rebellion of 1794. Lectures, readings, and discussions explore the Revolutionary crisis as a complex, multi-racial, transatlantic struggle involving Native Americans, African Americans (enslaved and free), poor whites, wealthy Anglo-American planters and merchants, Scottish traders, and British administrators, as well as multi-racial and multi-national military forces organized on radically opposing principles. The course also examines competing scholarly interpretations of the Revolution as a progressive or retrograde watershed in American gender relations. Finally, it considers competing interpretations of the aftermath of the Revolution during the 1780s and thereafter as representing either an acceleration of “radical” social change or a conservative “counterrevolution”–with corresponding implications for the lower classes and for other historically disempowered social groups.

Southeast Asia And The World: History, Politics, Religions
HSTY 226
T: 6:00 – 8:30 PM
J. Tan
This course explores the background and factors contributing to the development and shaping of contemporary Southeast Asia, as well as the intersection and synthesis of the social, cultural, geographical, religious, and political dimensions by placing ordinary lives within the context of emerging postcolonial nation states in Southeast Asia. It analyzes major trends and transformations across the whole Southeast Asia region during different historical periods — the conquest of traditional kingdoms, colonial rule, the impact of World War II, nationalist revolutions, and the emergence of new postcolonial nations. More broadly, it also examines the intersection and synthesis of the social, cultural, geographical, religious, and political dimensions by placing the ordinary lives of Southeast Asian peoples within the context of emerging postcolonial nation states. At the end of the course, students will gain a firm foundation in acquiring a foundational knowledge in the history, religion, culture, geography, and society of Southeast Asia, as well as understanding the implications of the continuing socio-cultural, economic, and political transformation of contemporary Southeast Asia and the significance that this region has for the rest of the world. Offered as ASIA 226, ETHS 226, HSTY 226, and RLGN 226.

Athens to Alexandria: The World of Ancient Greece
HSTY 231
T/Th: 2:45 – 4:00 PM
R. Sternberg
This course examines the enduring significance of the Greeks studied through their history, literature, art, architecture, archaeology, science, religion, philosophy, daily life, and political, economic and social structures. Lectures and discussion. Offered as CLSC 231 and HSTY 231.

World War I: Crucible of the 20th Century
HSTY 236
M/W: 8:55 – 10:10 AM
K. Ledford
World War I changed everything about Europe and ushered in a changed century of tumult, war, and division. The European experience of the regimentation of the economy and daily life, the impact of new technology on warfare, and the very personal suffering of separation and loss changed how those on that continent viewed their countries and their world. The war affected everything from gender relations to class relations to religious and ethnic relations and laid the foundation for even more disruption ahead. Its legacy reaches our day and colors our own views of what is normal and what is possible. This course will explore those multiple and manifold legacies of this founding experience of modernity.

Issues and Methods in History
HSTY 250
T: 6:00 – 8:30 PM
J. Broich
A methodological introduction to historical research. Students use a variety of approaches to interpret and study historical problems. Specific topics and instructors normally vary from year to year.

Religion and Medicine in Medieval Europe
HSTY 251
T/Th: 2:45 – 4:00 PM
F. Galasi
In the medieval period, both religion and medicine experienced significant changes. Christianity and Islam, as ‘new religions,’ took shape against the background of the fall of the Roman Empire, the rise of the Barbarian kingdoms, and the increased contact among peoples in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. As these religions continually evolved, so did their notions about the body, physical and spiritual health, and medicine. In this course, we shall explore the principles and practices of medicine, and the changes it underwent, as conceived by the two ascending religions of the time.

The Holocaust
HSTY 254
M/W: 12:35 – 1:50 PM
J. Geller
This class seeks to answer fundamental questions about the Holocaust, the German-led organized mass murder of nearly six million Jews and millions of other ethnic and religious minorities. It will investigate the origins and development of racism in modern European society, the manifestations of that racism, and responses to persecution. An additional focus of the course will be comparisons between different groups, different countries, and different phases during the Nazi era. The class concludes with an examination of the memory of the Holocaust. Offered as ETHS 254, HSTY 254, JWST 254 and RLGN 254.

African-American History, 1865 – Present
HSTY 261
M/W: 12:35 – 1:50 PM
N. Voltz
This course examines the African American experience from emancipation to the present. The history of African peoples in the United States has primarily been a chronicle of strivings for liberation, justice, and equality. Much of this story represents Black people’s desires to retain their racial identity and autonomy, to build community, and create a sense of nationalism, while simultaneously asserting their right to be treated as equal American citizens. During this course, student will gain insight into the conditions of life for people of African descent in America while also being introduced to the myriad ways in which African Americans have continually pushed for freedom. This course will discuss a variety of themes in African American history including slavery and freedom, politics, resistance, gender, culture, identity, economy, etc. The specific topics explored include: Reconstruction, the Racial Nadir, the New Negro Movement, Black Radicalism in the Depression Era, The Civil Rights and Black Power Movements, Black Feminism, Black Politics in the 1980s, and finally, the state of Black America in the New Century with particular emphasis placed on contemporary topics including mass incarceration and the rise of the #BlackLivesMatter Movement. Throughout the course, students will be exposed to lectures, readings, films, and class discussion that will enable them to analyze the impact of various forms of human difference on lived experiences and individual and collective choices made by black folks throughout American history. Offered as AFST 261, ETHS 261 and HSTY 261.

The History of Now: The United States Since 1980
HSTY 275
M/W: 3:10 – 4:00 PM
P. Shulman
This course provides a survey of U.S. history since 1980, examining both domestic and global contexts. Topics include the rise and fall of neoliberalism, U.S. wars and foreign policy, dramatic transformations in technology and media, political realignments, social and cultural changes, and the histories of our most divisive current debates. Aside from simply covering “what happened,” we will attempt to go further and explore how historians think about contemporary events, place current events into longer historical contexts, develop skills in media literacy to better evaluate the quality of information we receive, and discuss the uses and misuses of historical analogies in public debate. We will also investigate the importance of structural narrative in making sense of historical events and processes: what questions do we ask of the past and why some questions and not others? Why do our questions about the past change over time? How do present circumstances affect our historical work? When do we draw our chronological boundaries; when do our stories start and when do they end?

The History of Now: The United States Since 1980
HSTY 275
M/W: 3:10 – 4:00 PM & F: 3:10 – 4:00 PM | F: 11:30 AM – 12:20 PM
P. Shulman
This course provides a survey of U.S. history since 1980, examining both domestic and global contexts. Topics include the rise and fall of neoliberalism, U.S. wars and foreign policy, dramatic transformations in technology and media, political realignments, social and cultural changes, and the histories of our most divisive current debates. Aside from simply covering “what happened,” we will attempt to go further and explore how historians think about contemporary events, place current events into longer historical contexts, develop skills in media literacy to better evaluate the quality of information we receive, and discuss the uses and misuses of historical analogies in public debate. We will also investigate the importance of structural narrative in making sense of historical events and processes: what questions do we ask of the past and why some questions and not others? Why do our questions about the past change over time? How do present circumstances affect our historical work? When do we draw our chronological boundaries; when do our stories start and when do they end?

Nineteenth-Century Europe
HSTY 278
M/W/F: 10:25 – 11:15 AM
J. Geller
This course examines the history of Europe during the so-called long nineteenth century, lasting from the French Revolution, which signaled the end of the Old Order, through World War I, which led to the end of the European primacy in the world. Major themes include decline of aristocratic hegemony, the emergence of new ideologies (especially nationalism, liberalism, and socialism), the rise of the bourgeoisie, culture in Europe’s golden age, and increasing national rivalry and competition.

Gender and Sex in the Medieval Period
HSTY 283
M/W/F: 11:30 AM – 12:2o PM
F. Galasi
This course introduces gender and sex in the medieval period as concepts to help us better understand the lives of medieval people. Through lectures, discussions, oral presentations and a research-based, argumentative paper, students will acquire a deep appreciation of how ideas on gender and sex developed and related with other aspects of life in medieval society. Topics will include constructions and understandings of gender, sexual proclivities, regulation of sexual activities, and select sexual practices.

Reform, Revolution, Republics: China 1895 to Present
HSTY 289
M/W/F: 11:30 AM – 12:2o PM
Y. Gao
Beginning with the First Sino-Japanese War (1895), this course reviews the historical development of intellectual discourse, public reaction, and political protest in later Imperial China through the creation of the People’s Republic in 1949 forward to contemporary times. In contrast to the conventional description of China from a Western point of view, this course tries to explain the emergence of modern China in the context of its intellectual, political, and socio-economic transformation as experienced by Chinese in the late 19th and into the 20th century. By discussing the influence of the West, domestic rebellions, and political radicalism, we examine how the Chinese state and society interacted in search for modernization and reforms, how these reforms were continued during the Republican period, and to what extent historical patterns can be identified in China’s present-day development. Offered as ASIA 289 and HSTY 289.

History of the Future
HSTY 289
T/Th: 4:15 – 5:30 PM
J. Flores
This class examines how writers and filmmakers have envisioned the future. Through scientific projections, fiction, movies, and television shows, some visionaries have portrayed a bleak future marred by conflict and societal collapse. Others have depicted a more egalitarian world in which we all have what we need to thrive. This class will survey the history of those who tried to predict the future, focusing mainly on writings and cultural productions from the nineteenth century to the present. Our goal is two-fold: to understand what it was that people saw in their lifetimes that motivated them to offer a prediction; and to determine whether these futuristic fantasies have anything to teach us about our own world.

American Labor History
HSTY 296
T/Th: 6:00 – 7:15 PM
J. Flores
This course examines the lives of the ethnically and racially diverse women and men, skilled and unskilled, and rural and urban laborers that produce the goods and provide the services that society consumes. At critical moments, working people have joined social movements in an effort to improve some aspect of their lives. We therefore will assess workers in relation to several known and less known American social movements, such as the eight-hour day movement during the late nineteenth century, the peace movement during WWI, and the Civil Rights movement in the wake of WWII. As we study these social movements through the lens of labor history, we will focus on making sense of periods of conflict and cooperation between European American, African American, and Mexican American workers. Throughout the course we will also discuss the politics of time-managed work, the role of unions within a competitive market economy, the influence of public policy and government institutions, and the relationship between industrial economies and blue-collar communities.

Ancient Greece: Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic Periods
HSTY 302
T/Th: 11:30 AM – 12:45 PM
TBD
The rise of Hellenic thought and institutions from the eighth to the third centuries B.C., the rise of the polis, the evolution of democracy at Athens, the crises of the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars, fifth-century historiography, the growth of individualism, and the revival of monarchy in the Hellenistic period. Offered as CLSC 302 and HSTY 302.

Alexander the Great: Materials and Methods
HSTY 316
M/W: 3:10 – 4:25 PM
P. Iversen
This seminar is the Disciplinary Communication course for majors in Ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian Studies (ANEE) and Classics (CLSC), though it can also be taken for regular credit in ANEE, CLSC or HSTY by any undergraduate or graduate student. The course offers students a firm grounding in the disciplines of Ancient Near Eastern, Egyptian, and Classical Studies with an emphasis on the diverse materials (particularly primary source material), methods, and approaches that can be brought to bear on the study of these ancient cultures. Students will read and discuss the ancient sources and contemporary scholarship on the enigmatic Alexander the Great drawn from various fields, including historiography, chronology, archaeology, art history, philosophy, gender studies, epigraphy, numismatics, and the reception of Alexander. Based upon this, they will then write a research paper that employs the conventions found in the fields of Ancient Near Eastern, Egyptian and Classical Studies. Offered as ANEE 316, CLSC 316, CLSC 416, HSTY 316 and HSTY 416.

History of Black Women in the U.S.
HSTY 318
M/W: 3:10 – 4:25 PM
N. Voltz
This course focuses on the history of black women in the United States. Moving from enslavement to the present, this course is designed to give you an overview of the lived experiences of women of African descent in this country. This course will focus on themes of labor, reproduction, health, community, family, resistance, activism, etc., highlighting the diversity of black women’s experiences and the ways in which their lives have been shaped by the intersections of their race, gender, sexuality, and class. Throughout the course, students will be exposed to lectures, readings, films, and class discussion that will enable them to analyze the impact of various forms of human difference on lived experiences and individual and collective choices made by black women throughout American history. Offered as AFST 318, ETHS 318, HSTY 318, and WGST 318.

Indigenous Ohio and the Great Lakes
HSTY 350
T/Th: 10:00 – 11:15 AM
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.

Methods in Public Humanities and Civic Engagement
HSTY 360
T: 6:00 – 8:30 PM
M. Haydar
Who has access to knowledge and why? How is knowledge produced and publicized? What and where is the public? Who is included and excluded in this public? What is the role of art and culture in various publics? This innovative new course will address these questions as it introduces students to the theories and methods of the Public Humanities and Civic Engagement. Broadly defined, Public Humanities works to engage diverse publics in the subjects of the humanities by making topics like art history, literary history, film, and theater, accessible and understandable to a wider civic audience, but it also interrogates the concept of the expert and seeks to find experts in the field, rather than exclusively in the academy. Through a combination of reading, discussion, and virtual (or in person) visits from leaders of Cleveland-area organizations, administrators, legislators, and public historians, this course will teach you how to put your degrees to work for the greater good! Although this course is about Public Humanities & Civic Engagement, it is open to students in all fields across the university who are interested in ways to integrate the community in their education and to think creatively about the types of work their academic training prepares them to do. Undergraduate and graduate students will benefit from opportunities to broaden their professional networks and to learn more about the kinds of skills that are necessary in professions across the disciplines. Offered as ARTH 316, ARTH 416, HSTY 360, and HSTY 460.

In Her Shoes III: Multicultural U.S. Women’s History 1945-2000
HSTY 367
T/Th: 1:00 – 2:15 PM
R. Sentilles
This seminar course explores feminism and the impact of feminism in multicultural America from the end of the World War II to the end of the twentieth century. Over the course of the semester, we will explore a plurality of women’s experiences with feminism, including its limitations. We will cover such topics as Civil Rights, Second and Third Wave Feminism, Women’s Liberation, feminism and the media, family planning, and the conservative backlash. Offered as HSTY 367, HSTY 467, and WGST 367.

History of Medicine
HSTY 395
Th: 6:00 – 8:30 PM
J. Sadowsky
This seminar course explores feminism and the impact of feminism in multicultural America from the end of the World War II to the end of the twentieth century. Over the course of the semester, we will explore a plurality of women’s experiences with feminism, including its limitations. We will cover such topics as Civil Rights, Second and Third Wave Feminism, Women’s Liberation, feminism and the media, family planning, and the conservative backlash. Offered as HSTY 367, HSTY 467, and WGST 367.

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