Timeroom: Fall 2019

Durham Liberal Arts :: History

HIST 815 (01) - The Rise of Modern United States, 1900-1945

Rise of Modern US

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2019 - Full Term (08/26/2019 - 12/09/2019)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 10
CRN: 16748

By 1900, the United States had emerged as the world's leading industrial power and leading destination for millions of immigrants and had begun to become a major player in world affairs. Americans enjoyed unprecedented prosperity and became eager consumers of new inventions and popular culture: cars, radios, jazz records, and the "motion pictures." But they also experienced the worst depression the country had ever known and struggled to make sense of a world that went to war twice within a generation. Women, African Americans, immigrants - all struggled to carve out their place in the new political order. By World War II, the United States assumed many of its "modern" characteristics. Using novels, movies, photographs, sporting events, political speeches and political debates, we will explore both the domestic and the international aspects of the development of modern U.S.

Instructors: STAFF

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2019	12/9/2019	MW	12:10pm - 1:30pm	HORT 215

Durham Liberal Arts :: History

HIST 818 (01) - American Environmental History

American Environmental History

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2019 - Full Term (08/26/2019 - 12/09/2019)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 10
CRN: 16749

This course examines how nature has been a factor in American history and how Americans have wrestled with the concepts of nature and culture. Topics include industrialization, evolution, conservationism, environmentalism, and environmental diplomacy.

Instructors: STAFF

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2019	12/9/2019	TR	8:10am - 9:30am	HORT 215

Durham Liberal Arts :: History

HIST 824 (01) - Topics in Modern US History

Top/The American Century

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2019 - Full Term (08/26/2019 - 12/09/2019)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 10
CRN: 15716

Advanced study of topics in U.S. history. Barring duplication of subject, may be repeated. Course meets the History major requirement for Group I.

Repeat Rule: May be repeated for a maximum of 8 credits.

Instructors: STAFF

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2019	12/9/2019	MW	2:10pm - 3:30pm	HORT 215

Additional Course Details:

THE AMERICAN CENTURY

This course will provide an in-depth look at the history of the United States during the twentieth century. The emphasis will be on how historical change reshaped politics, culture and the society itself from 1900 through the 1990s in ways that defined the nation we inhabit today. The emphasis will be on the rise of the activist presidency and its critics, the clash between the federal government and politics at the state and local level, the changing role of mass media and the press (from radio to television and beyond), political violence and scandal, war, assassination, economic abundance and downturns as well as the challenges of diversity and pluralism. The history was tumultuous, the cast of characters colorful and the consequences long lasting. Format will consist of lecture and discussion with film, literature, firsthand accounts, and studies by historians among our regular assignments.

Durham Liberal Arts :: History

HIST 832 (01) - Topics in Latin American History

Topics/Colonial Latin America

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2019 - Full Term (08/26/2019 - 12/09/2019)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 10
CRN: 16750

Topics vary (see department listing for current semester). Seminar involves reading, discussion, and research on literature and documents related to the selected topic. It provides students with the opportunity to do research under close direction.

Instructors: STAFF

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2019	12/9/2019	TR	2:10pm - 3:30pm	HORT 201

Additional Course Details:

COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA

Colonial Latin America is a survey of social, economic, and political patterns in colonial Spanish America with a focus on everyday life experiences of a variety of individuals and groups. We will learn about Pre-Columbian cultures (Aztec, Inca, Maya), the Europeans they encountered in 1492, and the resulting complex societies that emerged. In addition to the diverse and varied everyday experience of people from all walks of life, we will study systems of Spanish colonial power in the context of other European empires, including colonial political and ideological structures as well as subjects' reactions, including forms of accommodation, reform, resistance, and rebellion.

Durham Liberal Arts :: History

HIST 840 (01) - Holy War in the Holy Land: The Medieval Crusades

Holy War in the Holy Land

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2019 - Full Term (08/26/2019 - 12/09/2019)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 10
CRN: 16751

Survey of medieval military expeditions organized by Christians to secure the Holy Land during the 12th and 13th centuries. Topics considered include the formulation of a "just war" theory, political, intellectual, religious, and military interactions between Christians, Jews, and Muslims; the Crusader State of Jerusalem; and the histories of individual crusades.

Instructors: STAFF

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2019	12/9/2019	TR	9:40am - 11:00am	HORT 201

Durham Liberal Arts :: History

HIST 854 (01) - Topics in History of Science

Top in Hist of Science/Weather

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2019 - Full Term (08/26/2019 - 12/09/2019)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 10
CRN: 16752

Study of a selected topic in the history of European science since the Renaissance.

Section Comments: Full Title: Weather and Climate in History

Instructors: STAFF

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2019	12/9/2019	MW	2:10pm - 3:30pm	HORT 304

Additional Course Details:

Storms, blizzards, floods, hurricanes, droughts … These weather emergencies can greatly disrupt people’s lives. Are they also signs that the climate is changing? How would we know? In this class, we turn to history for answers. We will examine episodes of extreme weather in Europe and America in the last three centuries and consider how the climate has changed over that period. We will focus on people’s attempts to adapt to and understand the atmospheric changes that affect their lives. Knowing more about this history will help us appreciate why climate change is now such a crucial and contested issue, one that bears upon the future of humanity as a whole but also reflects our divergent opinions and interests.

Durham Liberal Arts :: History

HIST 871 (01) - Museum Studies

Museum Studies

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2019 - Full Term (08/26/2019 - 12/09/2019)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 10
CRN: 16847

Introduction to theory, methods, and practice of museum studies. Examination of various museum functions, as well as historical controversies. Prereq: graduate students only. May be repeated with departmental approval.

Repeat Rule: May be repeated for a maximum of 8 credits.

Instructors: STAFF

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2019	12/9/2019	R	5:10pm - 7:00pm	HORT 422

Durham Liberal Arts :: History

HIST 875 (01) - Historical Methods

Historical Methods

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2019 - Full Term (08/26/2019 - 12/09/2019)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 10
CRN: 16753

Introduction to contemporary historical methods. Required of all entering Ph.D. candidates; open to undergraduates with permission.

Equivalent(s): HIST 870

Instructors: STAFF

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2019	12/9/2019	T	9:10am - 11:00am	HORT 445

Durham Liberal Arts :: History

HIST 877 (01) - Roman Republic

Roman Republic

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2019 - Full Term (08/26/2019 - 12/09/2019)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 10
CRN: 16754

Covers pre-Roman Italy, the Etruscans, and the foundation of the Republic. Rome's expansion through the Punic Wars, and relations with the Hellenistic kingdoms. Disintegration and final collapse of the Republic. Includes discussion of Roman art, engineering, and political theory. Emphasis on Latin sources in philosophy, history, and literature.

Instructors: STAFF

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2019	12/9/2019	MWF	11:10am - 12:00pm	MURK 202

Durham Liberal Arts :: History

HIST 890 (01) - Seminar: Historical Expl

Race in 20th Cen. America

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2019 - Full Term (08/26/2019 - 12/09/2019)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 10
CRN: 15391

Seminar in one of the fields listed below: A) American History, B) Atlantic History, C) Canadian History, D) Latin American History, E) Medieval History, F) History, G) History of Islam, H) Ancient History, I) East Asian History, J) African History, K) Middle Eastern History, L) Historiography, M) Russian History, N) World History, O) British History, P) New Hampshire History, Q) Historical Methodology, R) Irish History, S) History of Science, T) Maritime History, U) Museum.

Section Comments: Full Title: Race in 20th Century America

Repeat Rule: May be repeated for a maximum of 8 credits.

Equivalent(s): HIST 801

Instructors: STAFF

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2019	12/9/2019	W	11:10am - 1:00pm	HORT 422

Additional Course Details:

Race in 20th Century America

In 1903, W.E.B. Du Bois famously wrote that “the problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.” This seminar examines major works on race in twentieth-century America. It focuses most closely (but not exclusively) on the African American experience. This course places particular emphasis on the modern civil rights struggle, its origins, and the movement’s evolving legacy. We read classic texts as well as the most recent scholarship. We will also explore the nature of historical inquiry itself, modes of interpretation, and different approaches to writing history – from monographs to works of narrative history.