SECOND SEMESTER 2009-10
GRADUATE LEVEL COURSES
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AMS/HST 433/533 Oral Tradition: History and Practice – T R 2:15-3:30
Dr. Nishani Frazier

Traces the use of oral tradition in historical writing and introduces theory and practice of oral history as a methodology basic to historical research.

HST 452/552 Florence in the Time of the Republic, 1250-1530 – T R 12:45-2:00
Dr. Renée Baernstein

Few European city-states have aroused as much comment from contemporaries and from historians as the Republic of Florence. This course begins with the emergence of the republican commune, continues through the crisis of the 14th century (plague, depression, and workers' revolts), the Medici family domination, the foreign invasions, and the fall of the republic. Special attention to Florence's role as the "cradle of the Renaissance," and its unique political institutions and political theory, including Machiavelli's Prince and Discourses. Other topics include: civic religion; business and banking; families and clans; art and architecture.

BWS/HST 495/595 Modern African Environmental History – M 6:00-8:40
Dr. Osaak Olumwullah

Offers a multidisciplinary approach to the social, economic, and political aspects of environmental change in sub-Saharan Africa. Explores the utility of social science and historical analyses for understanding long-term changes in the region’s environment. Concerned with the way the idea of development has been conceptualized and applied in the region in the last 100 or so years. Considers how Africans perceived and responded to environmental crises in the 20th century.

HST 710 Colloquium in U.S. History – M 12:45-3:25
Topic: 20th Century America
Dr. Allan Winkler

HST 780 Colloquium in World and Comparative History- M 5:30-8:10
Topic: Spanish Borderlands (American Southwest)
Dr. Tatiana Seijas

The Spanish Borderlands refer to a region covering present-day Northern Mexico and the Southwestern states. This frontier region was the site of cultural and economic exchange, accommodation, and political resistance to imperial intrusions. Students will read the latest scholarship on the subject, which has primarily focused on intercultural relations between Indigenous and European peoples, geographical rivalry, and the antecedents to today’s border crisis. A primary-source based paper will be required.

HST 794 History and Theories – T 5:30-8:10
Dr. Wietse de Boer

Introduction to theories and models of the practice of history from 1850 to the present.

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