Note: Generally, the department will offer two HST Senior Seminars each fall and one HST Senior Seminar each spring. We typically offer at least one USA-option and one non-USA option for HST Senior Seminars each academic year. What follows is the best information available; it is subject to change. To download this schedule, click here.
White slave owners and non-slave owners in the nineteenth century cooperated to build a society based on the cultural degradation of African Americans and the appropriation of their labor. This society--highly profitable, sanctified by religious authorities, and aggressively expansionist-met its apotheosis in the Confederate States of America. We will study in this course the efforts by men and women, blacks and whites, to make their way in a society so characterized by inequality. We will discuss briefly the fragmentation of that society during the Civil War and then devote considerable attention to the subsequent efforts of white and black Southerners to build a "New South". Since this course fulfills the senior seminar requirement for History Majors, students will also work to develop stronger research and writing skills. Indeed, the overarching goal is for students to become producers as well as consumers of history, a task that will be both challenging and rewarding. Building on the lessons of Research Methods, students will each write a sophisticated research paper characterized by organizational clarity, argumentative rigor, historiographical awareness, and deft use of primary sources
This research seminar, which will culminate in a Senior Thesis, focuses not only on the history of Nazi Germany from 1933 - 1945 but also the history of the Nazi movement from the early post - World War I period. It will also look at post - Nazi Europe, particularly as it relates to the various war crimes tribunals set up to deal with Nazi war criminals and efforts to denazify Germany. To better prepare students for the research and writing of their Senior Thesis, there will be some readings to help students better understand the basics of Nazi German history.
White slave owners and non-slave owners in the nineteenth century cooperated to build a society based on the cultural degradation of African Americans and the appropriation of their labor. This society--highly profitable, sanctified by religious authorities, and aggressively expansionist-met its apotheosis in the Confederate States of America. We will study in this course the efforts by men and women, blacks and whites, to make their way in a society so characterized by inequality. We will discuss briefly the fragmentation of that society during the Civil War and then devote considerable attention to the subsequent efforts of white and black Southerners to build a "New South". Since this course fulfills the senior seminar requirement for History Majors, students will also work to develop stronger research and writing skills. Indeed, the overarching goal is for students to become producers as well as consumers of history, a task that will be both challenging and rewarding. Building on the lessons of Research Methods, students will each write a sophisticated research paper characterized by organizational clarity, argumentative rigor, historiographical awareness, and deft use of primary sources.
This research seminar, which will culminate in a Senior Thesis, focuses not only on the history of Nazi Germany from 1933 - 1945 but also the history of the Nazi movement from the early post - World War I period. It will also look at post - Nazi Europe, particularly as it relates to the various war crimes tribunals set up to deal with Nazi war criminals and efforts to denazify Germany. To better prepare students for the research and writing of their Senior Thesis, there will be some readings to help students better understand the basics of Nazi German history.
White slave owners and non-slave owners in the nineteenth century cooperated to build a society based on the cultural degradation of African Americans and the appropriation of their labor. This society--highly profitable, sanctified by religious authorities, and aggressively expansionist-met its apotheosis in the Confederate States of America. We will study in this course the efforts by men and women, blacks and whites, to make their way in a society so characterized by inequality. We will discuss briefly the fragmentation of that society during the Civil War and then devote considerable attention to the subsequent efforts of white and black Southerners to build a "New South". Since this course fulfils the senior seminar requirement for History Majors, students will also work to develop stronger research and writing skills. Indeed, the overarching goal is for students to become producers as well as consumers of history, a task that will be both challenging and rewarding. Building on the lessons of Research Methods, students will each write a sophisticated research paper characterized by organizational clarity, argumentative rigor, historiographical awareness, and deft use of primary sources.
The 1910 Revolution unleashed a wave of social, political, economic, and cultural forces that reshaped Mexican society and the twentieth-century landscape more generally. This considered, it is no surprise that the Revolution continues to be a ubiquitous symbol of both social turmoil and social justice in Mexico and beyond. This course has a threefold purpose. First, it will introduce students to the people, events, and chronology of a series of episodes that collectively have become known as the "Mexican Revolution." Second, it will ask students to engage a variety of historiographic debates about and interpretations of the Revolution and its legacies. Third, and building on the first two goals and the fact that this course fulfills the requirements of a senior seminar, it will have students work to improve their research and writing skills. Students will be required to write a well-crafted research paper that demonstrates a textbook understanding of the events, an analytical engagement with the historiography, and a sophisticated use of primary sources.
How have notions of what it meant to be masculine and feminine changed over the centuries and why did they change? How did men and women experience life differently? What factors affected what was considered appropriate sexually and who enforced the standards? In this seminar, students will read and discuss books and articles related to these questions before choosing an individual research topic. Then they will do high-quality research in primary and secondary sources, show an awareness of historiographical debates, and write a paper with a coherent and well-evidenced argument.
This seminar offers students the opportunity to develop deep research projects on the culture and peoples of the Great Britain in the Victorian Era (1837-1901). Topics will be limited to those that fall within the purview of cultural and intellectual history. These may include studies of specific intellectual movements, cultural trends, or attempts to understand and explain the worldviews of prominent Victorians. The breadth of student research in this seminar should
contribute to our deeper understanding of the ways in which Victorians thought, behaved, and responded to modern transformations and to their global empire.
This research seminar, which will culminate in a Senior Thesis, focuses not only on the history of Nazi Germany from 1933 - 1945 but also the history of the Nazi movement from the early post - World War I period. It will also look at post - Nazi Europe, particularly as it relates to the various war crimes tribunals set up to deal with Nazi war criminals and efforts to denazify Germany. In order to better prepare students for the research and writing of their Senior Thesis, there will be some readings to help students better understand the basics of Nazi German history.
This seminar examines the intersection of federal Indian policies and lived experience in the 20th century.
This seminar course will analyze the formation of the predominant (male-centered) views of gender differences in their political, social, and ideological contexts in Ancient Greece and Rome, as well as the impact of these views on both the social and legal experiences and the status of women. We will discuss women’s responses to the male standards imposed on them, and their varying opportunities to exercise power and control over their own lives. The course will focus upon Ancient Greek and Roman sources, both literary and artistic, contemporary scholarly interpretations of the primary materials, and theoretical models of the Greco-Roman gender system. Using these materials, we will gain insight into the thoughts, emotions, and beliefs of ancient people. Students will also gain practical experience in researching, writing, and presenting a senior thesis relevant to the course topic.
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