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, and America. A research paper will be required.
156A. History of Mexico
(4) Cline, SotoLaVeaga
Prerequisite: History 8 or upper-division standing.
Socioeconomic history of colonial Mexico with special attention on the indigenous peoples.
156AH. History of Mexico–Honors
(1) Cline, SotoLaVeaga
Prerequisites: upper-division standing; honors standing.
Honors seminar for History 156A.
156B. History of Mexico
(4) Cline, SotoLaVeaga
Prerequisite: History 8 or 156A or upper-division standing.
Post independence Mexico.
156I. Indians of Colonial Mexico
(4) Cline
Prerequisites: History 8 or upper-division standing.
Not open for credit to students who have completed History 150I.
History of Colonial Nahuas, particularly focusing on indigenous sources in translation.
157B. History of Brazil
(4) Dutra
Prerequisite: a lower-division course in history or upper-division standing.
A general survey of the history of Brazil in two quarters:
A. From the discovery of the New World to the formation of the empire. (Offered every other year; alternates with History 155A).
B. Modern Brazil. (Offered every other year; alternates with History 155B).
159B. Women in American History
(4) Cohen, Dehart
Prerequisites: any two quarters of History 17A-B-C or upper-division standing.
Same course as Women’s Studies 159A-B
Social history of women in America. Changing marriage, reproduction and work patterns, and cultural values about the female role. Attention to racial, class and ethnic differences. Analysis of feminist thought and the several women’s movements. From 1800-1900.
159C. Women in American History
(4) Cohen, Dehart
Same course as Women’s Studies 159C.
Social history of women in America. Changing marriage, reproduction and work patterns, and cultural values about the female role. Attention to racial, class and ethnic differences. Analysis of feminist thought and the several women’s movements. From 1900 to the present.
159P. Proseminar in Women’s History
(4) Cohen, Dehart
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Research seminar on the history of women in America.
159Q. Special Studies in Women’s History
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: History 159A or 159B.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
The study of special topics in the history of women in the United States.
160A. The American South to 1865
(4) Harris
Prerequisite: History 17A or upper-division standing.
The origins and development of distinctive economic, social, political, and cultural patterns in the ante-bellum South.
160B. The American South, 1865 to the Present
(4) Harris
Prerequisite: History 17B or 17C or upper-division standing.
Change and resistance to change in Southern economic, social, political, and cultural life since the Civil War.
160P. Proseminar in the History of the American South
(4) Harris
Prerequisite: History 160A or 160B.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Research in selected problems in the history of the American South.
161A-B. Colonial and Revolutionary America
(4-4) Cohen, Plane, Hämäläinen
Prerequisite: History 17A or upper-division standing.
A social and political history of colonial and revolutionary America with emphasis on the interaction of Native American, Europeans, and African Americans. The course will combine lectures with discussion of both primary and secondary sources.
A. From initial settlement to the mid-eighteenth century
B. From mid-eighteenth century to 1800
162. America in the Early Republic
(4) Majewski
Prerequisite: History 17A or 17B or upper-division standing.
Not open for credit to student who have completed History 162A or 162B.
History of the United States from 1788-1840, emphasis on the interaction of economics, social, and political trends. Special attention to nationalism, slavery, domestic ideology, and reform movement.
163A. Women and Public Policy in Twentieth-Century America
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: History 159A or 159B or 159C or a prior course in women’s studies.
Same course as Women’s Studies 163A.
How gender-based cultural attitudes and social roles, collective action, and economic and social change interacted to shape law and public policy with respect to work, family, legal and reproductive rights. From 1900 through approximately 1945.
163P. Proseminar on Women and Public Policy Issues in Twentieth-Century America
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: History 7 or 159C or 163A or 163B or 170A or 170P or 172A or 172B or 172P or Women’s Studies 124B or 131 or 161 or Law and Society 140.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Recommended preparation: Writing 109HU.
A research seminar utilizing team research and focusing on basic problems in public policy to be identified each year. Will use traditional sources and oral history, interviewing community leaders, government officials, etc. Individual papers will be integrated into group reports.
164C. Civil War and Reconstruction
(4) Majewski
Prerequisite: History 17B or upper-division standing.
A history of the United States during the second half of the nineteenth century. Emphasis is placed on the causes of the Civil War, the outstanding developments of the war itself, and the major consequences of the Reconstruction period.
164CP. Proseminar in Civil War and Reconstruction
(4) Majewski
Prerequisite: History 164C or History 17B.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Research seminar on events leading up to the outbreak of the Civil War.
164IA-. American Immigration
(4) Spickard
Prerequisite: History 17A or 17B or 17C or upper-division standing.
U.S. immigration history from the eighteenth century to the twentieth. Examines the forces that brought people from various parts of the globe to the U.S., their experiences in migrating and in subsequent generations, and enduring racial and ethnic hierarchies.
164IP. Proseminar on American Immigration History
(4) Spickard
Prerequisite: History 164I or 164IB or 168C or 168D or 168E or 168F of 168L or 168LB or 168R or 168AR or 168BR or 168CR or 169SA or an upper division course in Asian American Studies, Chicano Studies, or Black Studies.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Recommended preparation: Writing 109HU.
Research seminar on American immigration history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and the evolution of American immigration.
165. America in the Gilded Age, 1876 to 1900
(4) Furner
Prerequisite: History 17B or upper-division standing.
The responses of American people and institutions to the opportunities and problems of industrialization and rapid social change in the late nineteenth century.
166A-B-C. United States in the Twentieth Century
(4-4-4) Kalman, Furner, O’Connor, Lichtenstein
Political, cultural, social, and economic development of the United States from 1900 to the present:
A. 1900-1929
B. 1930-1959
C. 1960-present
166LB. United States Legal History
(4) Kalman
Prerequisite: upper-division standing
The evolution of American law from the progressive era to the present. Examines changes in the legal profession, legal education, jurisprudence, private law, and the Supreme Court.
166P. Proseminar in Twentieth-Century United States History
(4) Kalman, Furner, Garcia, O’Connor
Prerequisites: History 166A or 166B or 166C.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Recommended preparation: Writing 109HU.
A seminar for students who have completed History 166A-B and wish to pursue research projects on aspects of twentieth-century American history.
167CB. History of the American Working Class, 1900-Present
(4) Vargas, Lichtenstein
Prerequisites: History 17C or sophomore or junior or senior standing.
A survey of American workers from the turn of the century to the present period. Topics include workers and American socialism, the 1919 steel strike, the rise of the CIO, labor and the Cold War, and deindustrialization and workers.
167CP. Proseminar in American Working Class History
(4) Vargas, Lichtenstein
Prerequisites: History 17A or 17B or 17C or upper-division standing.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Recommended preparation: Writing 109HU.
A research and writing seminar in American working class history with emphasis on the twentieth-century period. A major research paper will be required on a seminar related topic.
167E. Studies in Work, Labor, and Political Economy
(4) O’Connor, Lichtenstein, Vargas, Boris
From an historical and public policy standpoint. Examines key issues confronting the U.S. working class. These include globalization of production, wage inequality, the fate of the unions, racial and gender identities at work, and the future of the welfare state.
167Q. Labor Studies Internship Research Seminar
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
This research seminar provides students with a set of readings and assignments to develop a 20-page research paper that is based on historical and social science methods and on some aspect of their internship.
168A-B. History of the Chicanos
(4-4) Garcia, Vargas
Prerequisite: 17A or 17B or 17C, or Chicano Studies 1A or 1B or 1C, or upper-division standing.
Same course as Chicano Studies 168A-B.
The history of the Chicanos, 1821 to the present; traces the social-cultural lifeline of the Mexicans who have lived north of Mexico.
168D. Asian American History Since 1965
(4) Spickard
Asian backgrounds to emigration; migrations of various Asian groups; settlement and employment; anti-Asian actions; family systems; community organization; education and cultural life; formation of Asian American panethnicity.
168E. History of the Chicano Movement
(4) Garcia, Vargas
Prerequisite: Chicano Studies 1A or 1B or 1C or upper-division standing.
Same course as Chicano Studies 168E.
An examination of the Chicano movement in the United States from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s. Topics will include the student movement, the farmworker movement, the Plan de Aztlan, the Raza Unida Party, Chicana feminists, the anti-war movement, and Chicano studies.
168G. Autobiography in American History
(4) Garcia
Prerequisite: any quarter of History 17A-B-C or upper-division standing.
This course will examine the autobiography as a specific historical genre. Autobiographies involving a range of Americans and including class, race, ethnic, and gender issues will be examined as a way of interpreting the history of the United States.
168GQ. Minority Autobiography and United States History
(4) García
Prerequisite: Chicano Studies 1A or 1B or 1C or History 17A or 17B or 17C.
Same course as Chicano Studies 168GQ.
Seminar utilizes autobiographical or life-stories texts by U.S. minority writers to better understand the diversity of U.S. history and the racialized ethnic experience.
168I. Latino Autobiography and History
(4) Garcia
Prerequisite: Chicano Studies 1A or 1B or 1C or upper-division standing.
Same course as Chicano Studies 168I.
Examines a diverse number of Latino autobiographical texts that reflect the changing nature of the Latino historical experience. Topics covered include issues of race, gender, immigration, politics, religion, and culture.
168LA. History of Chicano Workers from the Nineteenth Century to the Early 1930’s
(4) Vargas
History of Chicano workers from the late nineteenth century to the early Great Depression, focusing on immigration, regional labor migrations, class formation, unionization, and work lives. The history of Chicano workers is examined within the framework of U.S. labor history.
168LB. History of Chicano Workers from the Late 1930’s to the Present Era
(4) Vargas
History of Chicano workers from the late 1930’s to the present era, focusing on labor struggles, union organization, civil rights politics, migration and immigration, and work. The history of Chicano workers is examined within the framework of U.S. labor history.
168LP. Proseminar on the History of Twentieth-Century Chicano and Chicana Workers
(4) Vargas
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Studies in selected aspects of Chicano/a with an emphasis on social, economic, and political history.
168M. Middle Eastern Americans
(4) Spickard
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing or one of the following history courses: 45, 46, 145A, 145B, 145D, 145P, 145Q, 146A, 146B, 146P, 146PW, or 146W.
The history of migration to the United States by Arabs, Persians, and other peoples of the Middle East; the communities they have built; their families, social, cultural, and religious lives; relationships with other Americans; and ongoing links to the Middle East.
168N. Interracial Intimacy
(4) Spickard
Prerequisite: sophomore, junior or senior standing.
Historical, sociological, and psychological exploration of several interconnecting phenomena, including interracial and interethnic romance and marriage, and changing identities and social positions of multicultural and multiethnic individuals. Concentrates mainly on the United States, with selected international comparisons.
168P. Proseminar in Chicano History
(4) Garcia
Prerequisite: History 168A or 168B, or Chicano Studies 168A or 168B.
Same course as Chicano Studies 168P. May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Studies in selected aspects of Chicano history with an emphasis on social and economic history.
169AR-BR-CR. Afro-American History
(4-4-4) Daniels
Prerequisite: Black Studies 1 or 5, or History 17A or 17B or 17C, or upper-division standing.
Same course as Black Studies 169AR-BR-CR.
Influence/experience of Africans/African Americans in United States history.
AR. Origins and development of slavery and racism in British Colonies.
BR. Nineteenth-century expansion of slavery, Anti-slavery, Civil War, Reconstruction and development of segregation.
CR. Twentieth-century New South, urban migration and desegregation.
170A. A History of Social Policy in the United States
(4) Bergstrom, O’Connor
Prerequisite: History 7 or 17A or 17B or 17C or upper-division standing.
Not open for credit to students who have completed History 148A-B.
Study of the identification, formation, and consequences of social policy in the United States over the past 200 years. Policies toward poverty, civil rights, family and population, health, education, crime, religion, and urban development are studied, among others.
171C. The United States and the World, 1898-1945
(4) Yaqub
Prerequisite: a previous history course or upper-division standing.
Not open for credit to students who have completed History 171B.
Analysis of developments in foreign affairs in first half of twentieth century. Formation and execution of foreign policy; interaction between foreign and domestic affairs.
171D. The United States and the World Since 1945
(4) Yaqub
Prerequisite: a previous history course or upper-division standing.
Not open for credit to students who have completed History 171B.
Analysis of developments in foreign affairs after 1945. Formation and execution of foreign policy; interaction between foreign and domestic affairs.
171P. Proseminar in American Diplomacy and Politics
(4) Yaqub
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Recommended preparation: Writing 109HU.
Focuses on training in historical research methods. Requires an essay on some aspect of American history, most likely in the areas of diplomacy and politics, chosen jointly by the student and the instructor.
171YQ. Topics in Twentieth-Century International History
(4) Yaqub
Prerequisite: History 2C or 4C or 8 or 17C or 46 or 49B.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Topics in twentieth century international history. Format varies according to topic.
172A-B. Politics and Public Policy in the United States.
(4-4) Bergstrom, Furner, O’Connor
Prerequisites: History 7; or any two quarters of History 17A-B-C; or upper-division standing.
The interaction of politics and public policy from the Revolution to the present, focusing upon the key issues of each era in social, economic, cultural, racial, and other policy areas. A particular concern for the policy-making process, ideology, and the cultural origins of politics.
173RA. The American Radical Tradition - Nineteenth Century
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: History 17A or 17B.
A history of such movements as abolitionism, utopian and Marxist socialism, land reform, and populism.
173RP. The American Radical Tradition - Proseminar
(4) Lichtenstein, Vargas
Prerequisite: History 17A or 17B or 17C or 173RA or 173RB.
Research seminar in the history of the American radical tradition.
173T. American Environmental History
(4) Staff
Same course as Environmental Studies 173.
Traces the history of American attitudes and behavior toward nature. Focus on wilderness, the conservation movement, and modern forms of environmentalism.
174A-B-C. Wealth and Poverty in America
(4-4-4) Furner, O’Connor
Prerequisite: History 17A or 17B or 17C or upper-division standing.
Changing patterns and conceptions of inequality, seventeenth century to present. Examines influence of economic transformation, race, gender, class, attitudes towards work and welfare, social movements, social knowledge, law and public policy on opportunity, income, status, and power. Divides at Civil War and World War II.
174P. Proseminar in Wealth and Poverty in America
(4) Furner, O’Connor
Prerequisite: History 174A or 174B or 174C.
Recommended preparation: Writing 109HU.
A proseminar for undergraduate students who wish to pursue independent research on social class in America, lives of rich and poor, economic and social policy, the rise and present controversy over the welfare state, and related questions.
175A-B. American Cultural History
(4-4) Jacobson
Prerequisite: a prior course in history.
A study of dominant and alternative representations of American values and identity in high and popular culture.
175P. Proseminar in American Cultural History
(4) Jacobson
Prerequisite: a prior course in history.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Recommended preparation: Writing 109HU.
A research seminar on the use of artifacts in American cultural history.
175Q. Food in American History
(4) Jacobson
Prerequisite: a prior course in history.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Explores the impact of economic, cultural, technological, and geopolitical change on the role of food and drink in American life from the colonial era to the present. Particular attention given to the changing social, cultural, and political meanings of food.
176A-B. The American West
(4-4) Hämäläinen
Prerequisite: a lower-division course in history or upper-division standing.
The West as a frontier and as a region, in transit from the Atlantic seaboard to the Pacific, and from the seventeenth century to the present.
176BQ. Readings in North American Cultural Borderlands
(4) Brooks
Prerequisite: History 17A or 17B or 156A or 156B or 176A.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Explores conflict and accomodation among the indigenous, European, African,and Asian peoples who met in North America from the colonial era to the present. Particular emphasis is given to comparative analysis of Spanish, French, English, and Russian colonies.
177. History of California
(4) Staff
California as a case study of national trends, and as a unique setting with its special problems and culture.
178Q. Studies in American Urban History
(4) O’Connor
Prerequisites: History 178A-B.
Limited to ten students. May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
A reading and discussion course.
179A. Native American History to 1838
(4) Plane, Hämäläinen
Prerequisite: History 17A or upper-division standing.
A lecture course on the history of the indigenous peoples of North America from European contact to Cherokee removal. The course stresses comparative cultural responses to European colonization and from American history from a native point of view.
179B. Native American History, 1838 to Present
(4) Plane, Hämäläinen
Prerequisite: History 17B or 17C or upper-division standing.
A lecture course on the history of the indigenous peoples of North America from Cherokee removal to the present. The course stresses native history, relations with the U.S. government, and offers American history from a native point of view.
179P. Proseminar in Native American History
(4) Plane, Hämäläinen
Prerequisite: History 179A or 179B or upper-division standing.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Recommended preparation: Writing 109HU.
Research seminar on the history of the indigenous peoples of North America.
182A. Korean History and Civilization: Part I
(4) Staff
Same course as Korean 182A. Not open for credit to students who have completed History 180DA or Korean 180DA.
The history of Korea from prehistory to the rise of states and kinship, Buddhism, Confucianism, cultural interaction with China, Japan, and the Mongols.
182B. Korean History and Civilization: Part II
(4) Staff
Same course as Korean 182B. Not open for credit to students who have completed History 180DB or Korean 180DB.
Survey of the history of Korea from the Yi dynasty to the present day. Topics include Yangban society, Japanese invasions, the Korean War, and political division.
182P. Proseminar in Korean History
(4) Staff
Same course as Korean 182P. May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Undergraduate research seminar in Korean history.
184A-B. History of China
(4-4) Staff
Prerequisite: History 2A or 2B or 2C or 80 or EACS 80 or upper-division standing.
Same course as Chinese 184A-B. Not open for credit to students who have completed History 186A-B or Chinese 186A-B.
A. Ancient China, to 589 CE
B. Sixth to seventeenth centuries.
185A-B. Modern China
(4-4) Staff
Prerequisite: a prior course in history or upper-division standing.
Survey of the last four centuries of Chinese history, from the late Ming dynasty to the People’s Republic of China. Examines social, economic, political, and cultural developments as part of an exploration of the sources of Chinese unity, the accomodation of Manchu power, the nature of “traditional” society, and the problems of modernization in the world’s only ancient empire to survive to the present day.
A. Ca. 1600 to 1911
B. From 1911 to present
185P. Proseminar on Modern China
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: History 185A or 185B.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Recommended preparation: Writing 109HU.
Undergraduate research seminar in the history of modern China.
186P. Proseminar on the History of the Book: East and West
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: a prior course in history.
Focuses on the history of the book in both the West and East Asia. After four weeks of readings in the theoretical literature, students write research papers on book culture in a specific country or region.
187A. Japan Under the Tokugawa Shoguns
(4) Roberts
Prerequisite: History 2A or 2B or 2C or 87 or upper-division standing.
A survey of Japanese social and cultural history from the mid-sixteenth to the nineteenth century.
187B. Modern Japan
(4) Roberts
Prerequisite: History 2A or 2B or 2C or 87 or upper-division standing.
A survey of Japanese history from the early nineteenth century until World War II, in an effort to explain how, and at what price, Japan became the first successful modernizer in the nonwestern world.
187P. Proseminar in Japanese History
(4) Roberts
Prerequisite: History 87 or 187A or 187B or 187C or upper-division standing.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Recommended preparation: Writing 109HU.
A research seminar in Japanese history. Topics will vary depending on the interests and background of the participants. Reading knowledge of Japanese is not required.
187Q. Samurai Japan
(4) Roberts
Prerequisite: History 2A or 2B or 87 or upper-division standing.
Not open for credit to students who have completed History 102LR. May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
An intensive reading and discussion course on the history of samurai in Japan from the eleventh century through the nineteenth century. Emphasis is on changing samurai identities over the ages.
187S. The Samurai
(4) Roberts
The samurai of Japan were a hereditary military class that evolved over a millennium. Course traces this history and clarifies the range of differences that separated samurai in each era as their roles and ideologies changed.
188A. History of Women in China: From the Ancient Period to the Nineteenth Century
(4) Staff
Exploration of the diverse roles women have played in Chinese culture and society up to the nineteenth century by examining the many contexts within which women operated: the family, the imperial court, literati and popular culture.
188B. History of Women in China: From the Late Nineteenth Century to the Present
(4) Staff
Examination of the role of women in culture, politics, and society in China’s “century of revolution.” Exploration of their participation in revolutionary and women’s movements and their daily lives in the family and the workplace.
188S. Representations of Sexuality in Modern Japan
(4) Fruhstuck
Same course as Anthropology 176 and Japanese 162.
The main ideologies guiding the establishment of various representations of sexuality from prewar scientific writings to contemporary popular culture.
189A. Vietnamese History
(4) Staff
Same course as East Asian Cultural Studies 189A. Not open for credit to students who have completed History 138A.
An introduction to the history of Vietnam and its place in East and Southeast Asia. Vietnamese history from antiquity through the early twentieth century.
189M. South Asian Public Culture
(4) Hancock
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Historical and contemporary forms of South Asian expressive and popular culture, including cinema, television, popular music, material culture, performance, and literature. Focuses on relations among popular culture, everyday life and social history in post-colonial South Asia.
191A. Diplomatic History of the Great Powers, 1815-1914
(4) Hasegawa
Prerequisite: History 2C or 4C.
A diplomatic history of great powers from the Congress of Vienna to World War I, emphasizing the international system created by great powers in Europe and shifting alliances and balance of power leading to World War I.
191B. Diplomatic History Between the World Wars
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: History 2C or 4C.
Diplomatic history between the two World Wars. Changes in foreign relations resulting from the rise of fascism, communism, and militarism in Europe and Asia.
191C. History of the Cold War, 1945-1991
(4) Hasegawa
Prerequisite: History 2C or 4C.
The history of the Cold War from 1945-1991. Emphasis on US-Soviet relations, as well as the Cold War in Europe, Asia and the third world.
191P. Proseminar on the Cold War
(4) Hasegawa
Prerequisites: History 2C or 4C; and History 191C.
Students write a research paper on a topic dealing with an aspect of the Cold War, using primary sources.
192. Public History
(4) Plane, Hancock
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Not open for credit to students who have completed History 191.
Topical history course to explore the field of public history. Course explores preservation, government, media, historical societies and museums, archives, and teaching of public history. Emphasis on field surveys and case studies.
192P. Proseminar in Public History
(4) Plane
Prerequisite: History 17B or 17C or 192 or 192Q or upper-division standing.
Recommended preparation: Writing 109HU.
Students conduct field research on original project in any sector of public history. Includes, but not limited to, preservation, government, media, historical societies and museums, archives, and teaching public history.
192Q. History, Memory, and Museums
(4) Plane
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Readings in the field of public memory and its relationship to the discipline of history with emphasis on the role of museums. Students explore a variety of topics including commemoration, tourism, re-enactment, and living history. Geographical and temporal focus vary.
194AH-BH. Senior Honors Seminar
(4-4) Staff
Prerequisites: major in History or History of Public Policy; admission to senior honors program.
Same course as Medieval Studies 194AH-BH. A two-quarter, in-progress sequence course with grades for both quarters issued upon completion of History 194BH. Four of the eight units of may be applied to the upper-division units required for the major.
Recommended preparation: Writing 109HU.
Students taking part in departmental honors program will write a senior thesis on a research topic of suitable depth under close supervision of faculty mentors.
195IA-IB. Senior Thesis - Public Policy
(4-4) Staff
Prerequisites: a major in history of public policy; senior standing; consent of instructor.
Students should enroll by instructor number. Eight units of credit will be awarded at the end of two quarters assigned for the thesis. A two-quarter in-progress sequence course with grades for both quarters issued upon completion of History 195IB.
A two-quarter individual research project, under the direction of a history professor selected with the advice of the departmental advisor to public policy students.
196. Internship in History
(2-8) Staff
Prerequisites: upper-division standing; consent of department.
Students must have a 3.0 overall grade-point average. May be repeated for up to 8 units.
This course enables students to obtain credit for history-related internship experience, such as in the Capitol Hill or Sacramento programs. The course is graded P/NP and must be taken in conjunction with History 199, for which a written project related to the internship experience must be completed.
197. Special Topics
(4) Staff
May be repeated for credit provided letter designation is different.
Content varies with each instructor.
199. Independent Studies
(1-5) Staff
Prerequisites: upper-division standing; completion of two upper-division courses in history; consent of department and instructor.
Students must have a minimum 3.0 grade-point average for the preceding three quarters and are limited to 5 units per quarter and 30 units total in all 98/99/198/199/199AA-ZZ courses combined. Students must be majors in history or present justification to both the instructor and the department for diverting from this norm. No more than 8 units of History 199 may be applied to the majors in history or the history of public policy.
The description of any one 199 must not be identical to any existing course description.
199RA. Independent Research Assistance
(1-5) Staff
Prerequisites: upper-division standing; completion of two upper-division courses in history; consent of department and instructor.
Students must have a minimum 3.0 grade-point average for the preceding three quarters and are limited to 5 units per quarter and 30 units total in all 98/99/198/199/199AA-ZZ courses combined.
Faculty supervised research. Written work is usually required.
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200AF-AM-AS-C-E-G-HS-ME-WD-WN-WO. Historical Literature
(4 each) Staff
May be repeated for credit.
A reading course in a general area of history, specifically designed to prepare M.A. candidates for their comprehensive examination fields, but also appropriate for Ph.D. students seeking broad preparation. Introduces the student to the sources, historiography, and general literature of the field in question.
AF. Africa
AM. America
AS. Asia
E. Europe
HS. History of Science
WD. World
WN. Women
WO. World
201AF-AM-C-E-G-HS-LA-LI-PP-W-WD-WN. Advanced Historical Literature
(4 each) Staff
May be repeated for credit. Open to both M.A. and Ph.D. candidates.
A reading course in a field of the professor’s specialty. Introduces the student to the sources and literature of the field in question. Written work as prescribed by the instructor. (Usually offered quarterly.)
AF. Africa
AM. America
C. Comparitive
E. Europe
G. Gender
HS. History of Science, Technology and Medicine
LA. Latin America
LI. Latin America and Iberia
PP. Public Policy
W. Historical Writing
WD. World
WN. Women
201AS. Advanced Historical Literature
(4) Staff
Same course as East Asian Cultural Studies 201AS. May be repeated for credit. Open to both M.A. and Ph.D. candidates.
A reading course in a field of the professor’s specialty. Introduces the student to the sources and literature of the field in question. Written work as prescribed by the instructor. (Usually offered quarterly.)
202. Historical Methods
(4) Staff
Normally required of all entering M.A. candidates other than those in public history. Open to other students on a space available basis.
A general introduction to selected historiographical issues and historical methods. (F)
203A-B. Seminar in Comparative History
(4-4) Rappaport
A two-quarter in-progress sequence course with grade for both quarters issued upon completion of History 203B.
Research seminar in selected issues in comparative history. Such topics might include urban history, history of religion, slavery, family, gender systems, and consumer societies. Themes vary with instructor.
205A-B. Public Historical Studies
(4-4) Bergstrom, Plane, Hancock
To acquaint students with relevant research methods (oral history, legal research, family history, government documents and sources, historical preservation, field research).
206. History and Theory
(4) Staff
An introduction to the major theoretical debates within the historical profession over questions of epistemology, methodology, and interpretation.
209B. The Academic Profession of History
(4) Staff
This course provides students with the practical knowledge needed for obtaining an academic position, develops skills for effective teaching, and prepares students to deal with funding agencies, publishers, employers, and professional organizations.
210. Topics in History and Ethnography of Religion
(4) Hancock
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Explores religion in cross-cultural and historical contexts using theoretical sources and case studies. Topics include ritual agency and power, religion and media, relations among religion, gender, ethnicity, nationalism. Periods and regions vary.
211A-B. Seminar in Greek History
(4-4) Lee
Prerequisite: reading knowledge of French, German or Italian.
Research seminar in Greek history. From time to time the seminar will be limited to candidates specializing in ancient history, and with a reading knowledge of classical Greek.
212. Research Tools for Ancient History
(4) Lee, Digeser, Drake
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Introductory training for the student of ancient history in the use of specialized research materials. Topics include numismatics, epigraphy, hagiography archaeology, textual criticism, critical theory and use of specialized databases.
213A-B. Seminar in Roman History
(4-4) Drake, Digeser
Prerequisite: reading knowledge of appropriate foreign language.
Selected topics in the history of the Roman Republic and Empire, with particular emphasis on problems of the later Roman Empire.
215A-B. Seminar in Medieval History
(4-4) Lansing
Prerequisite: History 116.
A two-quarter course.
215E-F. Research Seminar in Medieval Social History
(4-4) Farmer
Prerequisite: History 117A.
A two-quarter graduate research seminar in medieval social history.
217D. Feminist Perspectives of Jewish and Christian Tradition
(4) Farmer, Hecht
Prerequiste: consent of instructor.
Same course as Interdiscplinary 201HF.
This seminar examines selected “clanic” texts (Biblical, Talmundic, Patristic) dealing with women, gender, and sexuality; as well as historic and contemporary issues, reinterpretations and responses to those texts.
218A. Colloquium in Public History
(4) Bergstrom, Furner, O’Connor
Readings in the fundamentals of policy history including selections in social theory, governance, political ecomomy, knowledge production, political culture and comparative analysis. Offered as a foundations coursefor students with a broad range of more specialized policy interests.
218B-C. Seminar in Policy History
(4-4) Bergstrom, Furner, O’Connor
A two-quarter in-progress sequence course with grades for both quarters issued upon completion of History 218C.
A two-quarter research seminar on select topics in policy history.
219A-B. Research Seminar in Gender and History
(4-4) Staff
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
A two-quarter in-progress sequence course with grades for both quarters issued upon completion of History 219B.
A two-quarter research seminar involving gender analysis of late nineteenth and twentieth century topics in U.S. history.
232. War Studies
(4) Talbott
Prerequisite: open to qualified undergraduates with consent of instructor.
A one-quarter research seminar on 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 are considered.
233A-B. Seminar in Modern German History
(4-4) Marcuse
A two-quarter in-progress sequence course with grades for both quarters issued upon completion of History 233B.
A two-quarter research seminar for graduate students interested in aspects of nineteenth and twentieth century German history. Students will learn and apply researching techniques, as well as writing, editing and presentation skills.
235A-B. Seminar in Russian History
(4-4) Hasegawa
Prerequisite: reading knowledge of appropriate foreign language.
A two-quarter in-progress sequence course with grades for both quarters issued upon completion of History 235B.
A two-quarter research seminar on selected topics in modern Russian history.
240A-B. Seminar in Tudor-Stuart History
(4-4) McGee
Research seminar in Tudor-Stuart history; selected topics requiring use and interpretation of primary sources.
245. Special Topics in Islamic History
(4) Humphreys
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Research topics in Islamic and Middle Eastern history which can be completed within a one-quarter framework.
245A-B. Seminar in Islamic History
(4-4) Humphreys
Prerequisites: consent of instructor; graduate standing.
Research seminar on selected topics in the social and political history of the Islamic Middle East between A.D. 600 and 1700. Language requirements will vary.
246. Special Topics in Modern Middle Eastern History
(4) Gallagher
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Research topics in modern Middle Eastern and North African history which can be completed within a one quarter framework.
246A-B. Postcolonial and Postmodern Discourses on Africa and the Middle East: Points of Contention
(4) Gallagher
Prerequisite: one upper-division course in African or Middle Eastern history.
A two-quarter in-progress sequence course with grades for both quarters issued upon completion of History 246B.
A two-quarter seminar focusing on the writings of major postcolonial and postmodern theorists in the context of Middle Eastern and African history. Students will suggest materials for the Reader and will lead weekly discussions. One term paper is required.
247. Social Dimensions of Stem Cell Research
(4) Osborne
Same course as MCDB 247.
Overview of ethical, social and legal contexts of biological research with special reference to stem cells, embryology, and policy.
250A-B-C. Foundations of Latin American History
(4-4-4) Staff
Prerequisites: graduate standing; reading ability in Spanish.
Seminar introduces the important issues, themes, and literature in Latin American history, from the colonial period to the present.
A. Colonial period.
B. The nineteenth century
C. Twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
251A-B. Seminar in Latin American History
(4-4) Cline, SotoLaveaga, Mendez
Prerequisites: graduate standing; reading ability in Spanish.
Two-quarter sequence course; final grade given upon completion of History 251B.
A two-quarter research seminar on a given topic. Topics may include religion and politics from the colonial era to the present, colonial Indians, evolution of Latin American society, methods of social history.
253A-B. Special Seminar in Latin American History
(4-4) Rock
A two-quarter seminar. Available on demand.
Discussion meetings for postgraduates. Reading, research, and writing in the history of Latin America in subject of student’s choice.
254B. Latin America, Spain, and Portugal
(4) Dutra, SotoLaveaga
Prerequisite: reading knowledge of Spanish or Portuguese required (in special cases, French, German, Dutch, or Italian acceptable.)
Individual reading, research, and writing in the history of Spain, Portugal, and their empires in the Americas, Africa, and Asia. For Brazil and Mexico, national periods included.
255A-B. Ecological Imperialism: Science, Nature and Conquest in Latin America
(4-4) SotoLaveaga
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Analyzes the environmental impact of the conquest and how the process of nation-building in Latin America transformed the ecological landscape. In addition, it looks at how the royal botanical expeditions helped shape our definition of the region.
256. Topics in Mexican History
(4) Cline
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Selected topics in Mexican history.
259A-B. Seminar in American Social History
(4-4) Cohen
A two-quarter research seminar on selected topics in the “new” social history, including the history of women and the family. (Offered infrequently.)
264IA-IB. American Immigration
(4-4) Spickard
Not open for credit to students who have completed History 263A-B. A two-quarter in-progress sequence course with grades for both quarters issued upon completion of History 264IB.
A research seminar in the history of American immigration, particularly during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
265A-B. Seminar in American Political and Social History
(4-4) Harris
A two-quarter in-progress sequence course with grades for both quarters issued upon completion of History 265B.
Research in American political and social history of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
266A-B. Research Seminar in Recent U.S. History
(4-4) Kalman
A research seminar for graduate students interested in any aspect of recent U.S. history.
268A-B. Seminar on Ethnicity and Community
(4-4) Garcia
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
A two-quarter research seminar on historical development of ethnic communities in the United States. Focus on community institutions such as the family, the church, voluntary associations, and the ethnic press. Particular research emphasis will be on Santa Barbara and Southern California ethnic communities.
268CA-CB. Seminar in Chicano History
(4-4) Garcia
Not open for credit to students who have completed History 249A-B. A two-quarter in-progress sequence course with grades for both quarters issued upon completion of History 268CB.
This two-quarter research seminar explores various facets of Chicano history, but concentrates on the twentieth century. Examination of literature, an projects covering immigration, labor, women, the Mexican-American generation, and the Chicano movement.
272A-B. Seminar in American Political and Intellectual History
(4-4) Furner
Prerequisites: graduate standing and consent of instructor.
A two-quarter in progress seminar.
General research seminar on the history of politics and ideas in the United States, broadly conceived.
274. Biography and U.S. Political History
(4) Garcia
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Biography as a historical genre is explored to study U.S. political history predominantly in the twentieth century.
275A-B. American Cultural History
(4-4) Staff
Student must take two consecutive quarters.
277A-B. Topics in the History of Science
(4-4) Osborne, Guerrini, McCray
Research seminar selected from such topics as Babylonian astronomy, Greek science, Age of Newton, rise of modern physics, scientific instruments, nationalism/internationalism in science, science and society, sociology of science, public conceptions of science, organization and profession of science. (Offered periodically.)
281A-B. Sino-Japanese Cultural and Political Relations, 1850-1945
(4-4) Staff
Prerequisite: knowledge of Chinese and/or Japanese.
Same course as East Asian Cultural Studies 281A-B. Not open for credit to students who have completed History 289A-B. A two-quarter in-progress sequence course with grades for both quarters issued upon completion of History 281B.
Reading and research seminar on the interrelationship between Chinese and Japanese history from the first modern contacts until the end of World War II. Emphasis on cultural and political interactions.
286A-B. Women and Modernity in the Non-Western World
(4-4) Staff
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
A two-quarter in-progress sequence course with grades for both quarters issued upon completion of History 286B.
Course problematizes modernity and probes its gendered nature. After reading in the theoretical literature, each student writes a paper on the question of women and modernity in their geographic area of specialization.
288A-B. Seminar in Japanese History
(4-4) Roberts
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
A two-quarter research seminar on selected problems in Japanese history. Some working knowledge of the Japanese language desirable but not necessary.
290. US-Soviet Relations in the Cold War
(4) Hasegawa, Yaqub
Prerequisite: open to graduate students in history and political science.
A one-quarter reading seminar discussing basic issues of US-Soviet relations during the Cold War, as well as historiographical issues. A number of specialists from outside the class will make presentations.
291A-B. Seminar on Knowledge and Policy, Institutions and Power
(4-4) Furner
A two-quarter in-progress sequence course with grades for both quarters issued upon completion of History 291B.
A two-quarter seminar for historical research on the cultural and political power of ideas, formulated as policy-relevant knowledge within specific institutional contexts in the history of the modern state and civil society.
292A. Foundations of U.S. History to 1846
(4) Staff
A colloquium introducing the important issues, themes, and literature in the history of the United States, from colonial origins to 1846. Historiographical in nature, the course assumes a basic familiarity with the period.
292B. Foundations of U.S. History, 1846-1917
(4) Staff
A colloquium introducing the important issues, themes and literature in the history of the United States, from 1846 to 1917. Historiographical in nature the course assumes a basic familiarity with the period.
292C. Foundations of U.S. History, 1917-Present
(4) Staff
A colloquium introducing the important issues, themes, and literature in the history of the United States, from 1917 to the present. Historiographical in nature, the course assumes a basic familiarity with the period.
293. Space, Culture, Power
(4) Hancock
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Exploration of the cultural production of built environments; spatiality and public culture; spaces of memory; historical landscapes; spatial theory; geographical and temporal focus vary.
294. Colloquium in Work, Labor, and Political Economy
(1) Staff
Hosts leading scholars of the nineteenth- and twentieth-century U.S. whose work touches upon the history and character of work, employment, labor, poverty, race, ethnicity, political economy, and public policy. The colloquium meets three to four times per quarter.
500. Laboratory for Teaching Assistants
(2-4) Staff
Units do not apply toward completion of the Ph.D. requirement. Required each quarter for teaching assistants.
Subject oriented, designed to relate directly to the teaching of a particular course in progress, to improve the skills and effectiveness of the department’s teaching assistants.
594. Special Topics
(4) Staff
May be repeated for credit.
Special seminar on research subjects of current interest.
HS. Colloquium in the History of Science: Badash; Osborne; Guerrini
596. Directed Reading and Research
(2-12) Staff
Prerequisites: graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Minimum of 2 units per quarter.
Individual tutorial. Instructor usually student’s major professor. Each faculty member has a unique letter designation available from graduate secretary.
597. Independent Study for Master’s Comprehensive Examinations and Ph.D. Examinations
(2-12) Staff
No unit credit allowed toward advanced degree.
599. Ph.D. Dissertation Preparation
(2-12) Staff
Prerequisites: graduate standing and consent of
instructor.
Only for writing the dissertation. Instructor should be the chair of the student’s doctoral committee. Each faculty member has a unique letter designation available from graduate secretary.
