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Major Concentration History (36 credits)

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Offered by: History and Classical Studies     Degree: Bachelor of Arts

Program Requirements

Complementary Courses (36 credits)

36 credits selected from the areas of History course lists (The Americas, Europe, Asia/Africa/Middle East, and Global/Thematic) with the following stipulations:

A maximum of 12 credits at the 200 level or lower.

6 credits at the 400 level or above.

A maximum of 24 credits from any one area.

3 credits in history of the pre-1800 period.

3 credits in history of the post-1800 period.

3 non-HIST credits pertinent to historical studies may be counted towards a major program in History with the written approval of a program adviser. Faculty regulations stipulate that such courses must not be double-counted between programs.

Students should see an adviser to plan a program that suits their needs. Please consult the Department website for the most up-to-date list of course offerings for the current academic year.

The Americas - FYS & 200 Level

  • HIST 197 FYS: Race in Latin America (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : This seminar explores what it meant to be native, black, or white in Latin America from the colonial period to the present. It explores how conceptualisations of race and ethnicity shaped colonialism, social organisation, opportunities for mobility, visions of nationhood, and social movements.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: LeGrand, Catherine C (Fall)

    • Restriction: Open only to newly admitted students in U0 or U1, who may take only one FYS. Students who register for more than one will be obliged to withdraw from all but one of them.

    • Maximum 25 students

  • HIST 202 Survey: Canada to 1867 (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : A survey of early Canada, from periods known mainly through archaeological records to the Confederation era. Social, cultural, economic and political themes will be examined.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Heaman, Elsbeth Anne (Fall)

    • Fall

  • HIST 203 Survey: Canada since 1867 (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : A survey of the development of Canada from Confederation to the present day. Social, economic and political history will be examined in a general way.

    Terms: Winter 2017, Summer 2017

    Instructors: Morton, Suzanne; Zucchi, John (Winter) McNally, Marie (Summer)

  • HIST 211 American History to 1865 (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Introduction to the history of colonial North America and the United States up to the Civil War, in their Atlantic context.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Opal, Jason (Fall)

    • Fall

  • HIST 221 United States since 1865 (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Examines the defining moments and movements in the U.S. since Reconstruction, including populism, progressivism, the World Wars, the New Deal, the Cold War, the sixties and its consequences. Emphasis on the political, social and ideological transformations that ensued.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Fitzpatrick, Shanon (Winter)

    • Fall

  • HIST 223 Natives of the Americas (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : The history of the indigenous peoples of the Americas on the eve of contact with Europeans and through the period of colonization.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Greer, Allan (Fall)

The Americas - 300 Level

  • HIST 300 Nationalisms in Canada (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : An historical explanation of the Canadian experience of nationalism from the Patriotes to the First Nations, with reference to politics, economics, iconography, ideology and multicultural experience.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Downey, David (Fall)

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking CANS 304

  • HIST 301 U.S. Mass Media (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Surveys the history of American mass media. It covers the rise of various communications technologies and genres within national and transnational contexts and interrogates the relationship between media, politics, culture, identity, and power.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: any course in U.S. history or consent of instructor

  • HIST 303 History of Quebec (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Covering Quebec history from New France to contemporary times, this course will include themes like ethnic relations, citizenship, gender and material culture. It is of particular interest to students in Education who foresee teaching about Quebec.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Rudy, Robert Jarrett (Fall)

    • Prerequisite: HIST 202/HIST 203

    • The ability to read French is helpful but not mandatory

  • HIST 309 History of Latin America to 1825 (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : The social, cultural, and economic aspects of Latin America and the Caribbean in the colonial period. Topics include: pre-Columbian and hispanic cultures in conflict, plantation empires, and the transition to independence. The sequel to this course is HIST 360.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Studnicki-Gizbert, Daviken (Fall)

    • Fall

  • HIST 311 The Gilded Age and The Progressive Era (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : The social, economic, and political consequences of industrialization in the history of the United States between 1877 and 1914. Emphasis on the rise of mass production, urbanization, immigration, rural protest, the labour movement, social and political reform.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Fitzpatrick, Shanon (Fall)

    • Prerequisite: any course in U.S. history or consent of instructor

  • HIST 312 Hist of Consumption in Canada (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : History of consumption in Canada since 1600 in relation to subsistence and the early market; modern class and gender relationships; conceptions of citizenship.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 327 Age of the American Revolution (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Analyzes the origins, contingencies, and outcomes of the American Revolution. Spanning the decades from the 1760s to 1820s, it also seeks to place the Revolution in an Atlantic-wide context and to offer a foundation for studying American institutions.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Opal, Jason (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: HIST 211 or permission of instructor.

  • HIST 331 The United States Between the Wars (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : The history of the United States from the Great War to the end of the 1940s. Social change and conflict, political conservatism, economic prosperity and the culture of consumption during the 1920s; the consequences of the Great Depression and the New Deal.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: A course in U.S. history or permission of instructor.

  • HIST 333 Natives and French (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Encounters between indigenous peoples and French newcomers in Canada and other parts of North America, 16th - 18th century. Through an examination of exploration, Catholic missions, trade, military alliances and colonization, the course focuses on the motives, outlooks and actions of both natives and Europeans.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: Any course in history or permission of instructor

  • HIST 334 History of New France (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Social, political, and cultural history of France's ancien régime settlement colonies in North America. Topics include the nature of the absolutist colonial state and French imperialism; society; family; the Church; gender; and religion.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: Any history course or permission of instructor

  • HIST 335 Science and Medicine in Canada (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : The social and intellectual history of science and medicine in Canada, from early exploration, through the rise of learned societies, universities and professional organizations, to World War II.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken HIST 212

  • HIST 342 Canada and the World (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Examines the historical development of Canada and the World from 1867 to the present. Particular emphasis will be placed on key themes in the history of Canada’s international relations including imperialism and race. Attention will also be paid to major global developments such as wars, peace-making and international governance. The course will consider traditional inter-state relations as well as international relations from a non-governmental, grassroots perspective to include migration, development and humanitarianism.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 343 Women in Post-Confederation Canada (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : This course examines women's contribution to the economic and social development of Canada as well as the changes in the image and status of women. Special emphasis will be on the relationship between women's roles in the private sphere and the public domain.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Morton, Suzanne (Fall)

  • HIST 351 Themes in U.S. History since 1865 (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Aspects of American history from the gilded Age through the Cold War era.

    Terms: Winter 2017, Summer 2017

    Instructors: Moore, Leonard J (Winter) Sharpe, Charles Wesley (Summer)

    • Prerequisite: any course in U.S. history or consent of instructor

  • HIST 353 History of Montreal (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : The history of Montreal from its beginnings to the present day. Montreal's economic, social, cultural and political role within the French and British empires, North America, Canada, and Quebec; the city's linguistic and ethnic diversity.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 357 Cultural Diversity in Canada (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Selected topics in cultural diversity, society and the state in 19th, 20th and/or 21st centuries will be explored through discussion of primary and secondary historical sources.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: HIST 202 and HIST 203

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 101-469

  • HIST 360 Latin America since 1825 (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Themes in the political, economic, and social development of Latin America since the wars of independence. Emphasis on the domestic history of the region, with some attention to relations with the United States and Europe.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Nawrocki, Iwa (Winter)

  • HIST 361 Topics in Canadian Regional History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Topics in Canadian regional history. Topics will vary by year.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 363 Canada 1870-1914 (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : This course will examine social, economic, political and cultural aspects of Canadian society between 1870 and 1914. Topics covered will include aboriginal peoples, European settlement of the West, provincial rights, the national policy, social reform movements, industrialization, immigration and the rise of cities.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 364 Canada 1914-1945 (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : This course will examine Canada and Canadian society between 1914 and 1945. It will focus on the social, political, economic and cultural impact of the two World Wars and the economic crisis of the 1930s. Among the topics will be Canadian external relations, political and social protest, popular culture, demographic changes and prohibition.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 366 Themes in Latin American History 1 (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Exploration of a specific topic in the history of Latin America and the Caribbean, 1492 to the present.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: HIST 309 or HIST 360 or permission of the instructor.

    • Note: Topics will vary from year to year.

  • HIST 367 Canada since 1945 (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Elements of Canada's political, social, economic, and cultural history since World War II. Topics will include constitutional questions, gender and class issues, the role of the state, regionalism, consumer society, the Quiet Revolution, and nationalism in Canada.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Morton, Suzanne (Fall)

    • Pre-requisite(s): HIST 203 or permission of instructor

  • HIST 370 Topics: Canadian Political History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Explores a topic related to the political history of Canada.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Madokoro, Laura (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: HIST 203 or permission of instructor

    • Topics vary from year to year.

  • HIST 371 American Civil Rights 1877-1940 (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : The social, economic, political, and constitutional history of citizenship and civil rights in the United States from the end of Reconstruction through the 1930s. Emphasis on segregation and disfranchisement; immigration restrictions, americanization and national identities; civil rights movements and organizations; women's suffrage; voting rights and representation.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Moore, Leonard J (Fall)

    • Prerequisite: any course in U.S. history or consent of instructor

  • HIST 373 Canadian Labour History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : This course explores themes in labour and working class history in Canada.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: HIST 203 or equivalent or consent of instructor

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken HIST 353

  • HIST 377 The United States, 1940-1965 (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Major events in politics and international affairs, culture and society, and the economy in the U.S. during and after World War II. Topics include: The War and American society; the first years of the Cold War; economic prosperity and social change; the civil rights movement; Vietnam to 1965.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: any course in U.S. history or consent of instructor

  • HIST 392 The United States since 1965 (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Major events in politics and international affairs, culture and society, and economy in the U.S. since 1965. Topics include: social and political upheaval 1965 - 1975; Vietnam to 1975; conservative politics; Nixon and Watergate; economic change in the 1970s and 1980s; presidential leadership from Carter on.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: any course in U.S. history or consent of the instructor

  • HIST 393 Civil War and Reconstruction (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : The causes of the American Civil War; the social, economic, political and military forces that shaped the conflict, attempts to restructure race relations, Southern and American societies after the war.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: any course in U.S. history or permission of instructor

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 101-431

  • HIST 395 Canadian Military Experience (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Canada's military experience since European contact. The course explores social, economic, technological and political themes as well as more traditional themes of military history.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Morton, Desmond (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: CANS 200 or HIST 203 or permission of instructor.

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 106-406

  • HIST 397 Canada: Ethnicity, Migration (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Immigration, ethnicity and race in Canada in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Topics will include the migration process, government policy and legislation, urban and rural migration, acculturation, nativism and multiculturalism.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: HIST 203 or permission of the instructor

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken HIST 423

The Americas - 400 Level

  • HIST 403 History of Quebec Institutions (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Analysis of institutional structures in Quebec with emphasis on the 19th century. Particular attention will be given to legal and property institutions in transition.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: HIST 203 or consent of instructor

  • HIST 408 Colonialism and Native Peoples (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : The nature and consequences of encounters between American native peoples and Europeans.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: HIST 202

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 101-580D

  • HIST 409 Themes in Latin American History 2 (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : In-depth discussion and research on a circumscribed topic in the history of Latin America and the Caribbean, 1492 to the present.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: LeGrand, Catherine C (Fall)

    • Prerequisites: HIST 309 or HIST 360 and at least one other course in the Latin America area or permission of instructor.

    • Note: Topics will vary from year to year.

  • HIST 414 Canadian Cultural History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : A cultural history of Canada, with culture defined in both the anthropological sense as comprising an entire way of life-,material, intellectual and spiritual- and in the familiar sense of embodying the life of the intellect and the arts.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Heaman, Elsbeth Anne (Winter)

  • HIST 419 Central America (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : The study of historical roots of the regional crisis of the 1980s, with particular attention to Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: HIST 309, HIST 360 or permission of instructor

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 101-419D

  • HIST 423 Topics: Migration and Ethnicity (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : The study of various topics and themes in the area of migration, ethnicity and race in Canada. Topics vary from year to year.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: HIST 397 or permission of instructor

  • HIST 431 Topics in U.S. History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Various topics in United States history.

    Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017

    Instructors: Moore, Leonard J (Fall) Moore, Leonard J (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: By permission of instructor.

  • HIST 434 British North America 1760-1867 (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : This course will study the social-cultural and political development of British North American colonies.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Hamon, Michael (Fall)

    • Prerequisite: An introductory course in history or consent or instructor

The Americas - 500 Level

  • HIST 530 U.S. Foreign Relations (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : The history and historiography, approaches and interpretations, of American foreign relations from the pre-Revolutionary era to the present.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: one course in U.S. history or permission of instructor.

    • Restriction: Enrolment limit 25.

The Americas - Honours Seminars

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  • HIST 556D1 Seminar: Colonial America (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Readings in and discussion of a theme in the history of Colonial America.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate Students and Honours students or advanced students with permission of instructor. Not open to students who have taken HIST 556 and HIST 557 with the same topic.

    • 1.Topics will vary by year.

    • 2. Students must register for both HIST 556D1 and HIST 556D2.

    • 3. No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 556D1 and HIST 556D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms.

  • HIST 556D2 Seminar: Colonial America (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Readings in and discussion of a theme in the history of Colonial America.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite(s): HIST 556D1

    • Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate Students and Honours students or advanced students with permission of instructor. Not open to students who have taken HIST 556 and HIST 557 with the same topic.

    • 1. Topics will vary by year.

    • 2. Students must register for both HIST 556D1 and HIST 556D2.

    • 3. No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 556D1 and HIST 556D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms.

  • HIST 564D1 Topics: Latin American History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : This seminar counts as part of the North American concentration for Honours students.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 564D2 Topics: Latin American History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : See HIST 564D1 for course description.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 570D1 Topics: Historical Interpretation (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Topics in historical interpretation. Topic varies by year.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 570D2 Topics: Historical Interpretation (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : See HIST 570D1 for course description.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 580D1 European and Native-American Encounters (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : This seminar will examine European and Native encounters throughout the Americas, from the late 15th century to the mid-nineteenth century. The aim is to introduce students to key primary sources related to contact, and to the methods used to interpret them.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Greer, Allan (Fall)

    • Prerequisite (Undergraduate): Permission of instructor. Priority is given to Graduate students

    • Students must register for both HIST 580D1 and HIST 580D2.

    • No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 580D1 and HIST 580D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms

  • HIST 580D2 European and Native-American Encounters (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : See HIST 580D1 for course description.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Greer, Allan (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: HIST 580D1

    • No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 580D1 and HIST 580D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms

  • HIST 587D1 Topics: Canadian Social History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Topics in Canadian social history. Topic varies by year.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 587D2 Topics: Canadian Social History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : See HIST 587D1 for course description.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 588D1 History of Montreal (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : A history of Montreal.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Rudy, Robert Jarrett (Fall)

  • HIST 588D2 History of Montreal (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : See HIST 588D1 for course description.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Rudy, Robert Jarrett (Winter)

  • HIST 589D1 Topics: History of Women in Canada (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : A research seminar on the history of women in Canada since Confederation. Students will get familiar with primary sources and are expected to produce a major research paper in the second term.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 589D2 Topics: History of Women in Canada (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : See HIST 589D1 for course description.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 592D1 Topics: Canadian Politics (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : An honours seminar on the history of politics in Canada.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: HIST 202 or HIST 203 or permission of instructor

    • Restrictions: Open to undergraduate honours students and graduate students in history and advanced students with permission of instructor. Not open to students who have taken HIST 462D1/D2.

    • Students must register for both HIST 592D1 and HIST 592D2.

    • No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 592D1 and HIST 592D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms.

  • HIST 592D2 Topics: Canadian Politics (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : See HIST 592D1 for course description.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: HIST 592D1

    • No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 592D1 and HIST 592D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms.

  • HIST 593D1 French Atlantic Worlds: Seminar (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : The emergence of French Atlantic Worlds from the fifteenth to the early nineteenth century. Regions include West Africa, Brazil, Canada, Acadia and the Caribbean. Themes will include transatlantic commerce and slavery, colonialism, and indigenous peoples, debates over citizenship and the Haitian Revolution.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: HIST 202 or HIST 203 or HIST 215 or permission of instructor.

    • Restriction: Restricted to graduate students and honours students or advanced students who have permission of instructor.

    • Students must register for both HIST 593D1 and HIST 593D2.

    • No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 593D1 and HIST 593D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms.

  • HIST 593D2 French Atlantic Worlds: Seminar (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : See HIST 593D1 for course description.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: HIST 593D1 and HIST 202 or HIST 203 or HIST 215 or permission of instructor.

    • Restriction: Restricted to graduate students and honours students or advanced students who have permission of instructor.

    • No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 593D1 and HIST 593D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms.

  • HIST 598D1 Topics in Modern U.S. History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Topics in modern U.S. history. Topic varies by year.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Fitzpatrick, Shanon (Fall)

  • HIST 598D2 Topics in Modern U.S. History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : See HIST 598D1 for course description.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Fitzpatrick, Shanon (Winter)

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Asia/Africa/Middle East - 200 Level

  • HIST 200 Introduction to African History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : This course stresses the interactions of the peoples of Africa with each other and with the worlds of Europe and Islam from the Iron Age to the European Conquest in 1880.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 101-200D

  • HIST 201 Modern African History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : While covering the general political history of Africa in the twentieth century, this course also explores such themes as health and disease, gender, and urbanization.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Soske, Jon (Fall)

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 101-200D

  • HIST 206 Africa and the Indian Ocean World (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Examines the rise and development of an Indian Ocean World "global" economy from the first millennium C.E. and Africa's role within it.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 208 Introduction to East Asian History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : An introduction to the history of East Asian civilization from earliest times to 1600, with emphasis on China and Japan, including social, intellectual, and economic developments as well as political history.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Vankeerberghen, Griet (Fall)

    • Restriction(s): HIST 208 or permission of instructor

  • HIST 218 Modern East Asian History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : An introduction to the history of China and Japan from the seventeenth century to the present, including modernization, nationalism, and the interaction of the two countries.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Walker, Gavin (Winter)

    • Winter

  • HIST 240 Modern History of Islamic Movements (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Islamic revival in the Middle East which led to the rise of different versions of Islamic traditions and beliefs. Emphasis on the nature and character of leading nationalist and Islamic movements and their ideologues since the late 19th century.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Abisaab, Malek (Fall)

Asia/Africa/Middle East - 300 Level

  • HIST 308 Formation of Chinese Tradition (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : An examination of the multiple sources of the Chinese imperial system from the period of the neolithic culture interaction sphere to the fall of the Han dynasty in 220 C.E. Special attention is paid to socio-economic developments as well as to the evolution of philosophy, ideology, and social practice. The sequel to this course is HIST 358.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 101-308D

  • HIST 318 Modern Japan (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : A survey of the cultural, social, political, and economic history of modern Japan, from the Meiji Restoration of 1868 to the present day, encompassing the formation of the modern Japanese nation-state, war and reconstruction, and the period of high growth to the recessionary 1990s. Major themes of the place of Japan in modern East Asia, the history of colonialism, the formation of capitalism, and postwar Japan under US hegemony, will be discussed.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 101-318D or 101-293A

  • HIST 328 The Qing Empire (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Explores the origins and crises faced by China's final dynasty. Topics include Manchu conquest and identity, questions of empire and expansion, central and provincial government, the place of women in Qing China, encounters with Europe and the Americas, the Opium Wars, the Taiping Rebellion, and Boxer uprising.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: One previous course in Chinese or Asian history or permission of instructor

  • HIST 337 Modern Japanese Intellectual History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : A survey of modern Japanese intellectual history, focusing on the formation of modern Japanese social and historical thought. Texts of major thinkers in Japanese social, political, and economic history will be examined along with the development of social thought in the long 20th century. Topics include racism, gender, labour, colonialism, postcolonialism, sexuality, nationalism, pan-Asianism, and more.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 338 Twentieth-Century China (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Examines 20th Century China from the fall of the Qing, through Republican China, the emergence of communism, war with Japan, revolution and civil war, the Cultural Revolution, and later economic reforms.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Tai, Jeremy (Fall)

    • Prerequisite: one previous course in Chinese or Asian history or permission of instructor

  • HIST 339 Arab-Israeli Conflict (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : The political, military, and diplomatic history of the Arab-Israeli conflict, with a focus on a number of historiographical debates over specific issues, such as the 1948 and 1967 wars, and the failures of the various peace initiatives.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Restriction: Open to U2 or U3 students only or permission of instructor.

  • HIST 344 The Chinese Family in History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Exploration of the Chinese family in history both as an institution - in its religious, legal, economic, political aspects - and as a lived reality.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 348 China: Science-Medicine-Technology (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : An introduction to traditional Chinese ideas about human beings and their relationship with heaven and earth. Special emphasis on the history of medicine and the body, alchemy, geomancy and divination techniques, agriculture and sericulture, astronomy, and engineering and their relation to changing social and cultural formations.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 358 China's Middle Empires (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Developments of China's middle empires, ca. 600-1300 CE. Studies changing international relations, rapid commercialization, religious developments, the rise of the civil service examination system, and ensuing social change.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: HIST 208 or permission of instructor

  • HIST 359 Japanese Empire to 1945 (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : A survey of the history and culture of the Japanese Empire, with a focus on the history of the development of imperialism in the Asia-Pacific region and on the Asian continent. Topics will include the history of Japanese colonialism in China, Manchuria, Korea, Taiwan, and the South Pacific, the intellectual culture of empire, conceptions of colonizer and colonized, and the relations between imperialism and Japanese economic development.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 101-294B or 101-318D

    • Prerequisite(s): HIST 218 or permission of instuctor.

  • HIST 381 Colonial Africa (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : An overview of the history of foreign intervention and anticolonial resistance in 19th and 20th century Africa. Topics include: theories of colonialism, the scramble for Africa, colonialism and disease, indirect rule, labour, nationalism and resistance, and changing gender roles.

    Terms: Summer 2017

    Instructors: Mazzeo, Vincenza (Summer)

  • HIST 382 History of South Africa (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : History of South Africa from precolonial times to the present. Topics include: precolonial societies; British and Dutch colonialism; slavery in colonial South Africa; the Zulu kingdom; mining capitalism; the Boer War; Afrikaner nationalism; apartheid; the anti-apartheid struggle; music, religion, and art; challenges of the post-apartheid state.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 443 Topics: Modern Japan (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : An intensive study of selected aspects related to the history of modern Japan.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: HIST 218 or permission of the instructor.

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken HIST 352.

Asia/Africa/Middle East - 400 Level

  • HIST 400 Ancient Greece, Rome and China (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : A comparative analysis of the political cultures of ancient Greece, Rome and China, c. 500 BCE to 500 CE, exploring societal distinctions through topics such as the role of historical traditions, power configurations, public oratory, elite representation, funerary rites and political spaces.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 420 Gender and Sexuality in Modern China (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : The history of gender and sexuality in modern China. Topics include Chinese femininities and Chinese masculinities, theories of sexuality, and changing conceptions of gender identity under Confucianism, Western Imperialism, and socialism.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Tai, Jeremy (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: A 300-level course in the History of China or Gender/Sexuality or permission of instructor.

  • HIST 439 History of Women in China (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : This course examines the changing roles of women in traditional and modern China. Topics include political, social, and legal status, sexuality and medicine, religion and culture.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: a previous course in Chinese history

  • HIST 441 Topics: Culture and Ritual in China (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : An examination of selected aspects of the cultural and intellectual life of China. Topics vary from year to year, but include the history of popular religion, Chinese science and medicine, the esoteric arts including divination practices, law, and the influence of ideas in the production of Chinese culture.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 442 Asian Diaspora: Chinese Overseas (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : The contexts and causes of Chinese emigration; historical patterns of migration; Overseas Chinese communities on five continents, with emphasis on Southeast Asia and North America; alienation and identity in Chinatown; relations between the Overseas Chinese and China.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: One previous course in Chinese or Asian history or permission of instructor

  • HIST 444 British Colonies: Africa and Asia (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : History of the British Colonies in Africa and Asia.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 445 Late Imperial China (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : An introduction to the social and economic history of Late Imperial China, focusing on the Ming and early to mid Qing Dynasties (1368 - 1800), and current interpretations thereof. Was this a discrete period in Chinese history? If so, why.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 448 Women, Gender and Sexuality in the Middle East (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : A focus on women in the history of the late-19th- and 20th-Century Middle East, and on the ways in which gender analysis and sexuality illuminate the history of national and religious communities. Topics such as: education, masculinity, sexuality, Western representations of Middle Eastern women, and gender and the nation.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Parsons, Laila (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: A course on women, gender or sexuality or permission of instructor.

  • HIST 478 Pre-modern Chinese Law and Society (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : The history of Chinese law and society from early pre-imperial to late imperial times. Themes include the philosophical basis of Chinese law; development of different forms of legislation; practice of pre-modern law; law and social and political change; military law; legal cases translated from primary sources.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: Any 300-level course in Chinese history or permission of the instructor.

Asia/Africa/Middle East - 500 Level

Revision, June 2016. Start of revision.
  • HIST 508 The Art of War in China (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : A study of the historical development of military theory and practice from earliest times to 1911 from a variety of perspectives, technological, scientific, social, and cultural.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 579D1 Topics: African History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Readings in and discussion of a theme in African history.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite(s): HIST 200 or HIST 201 or HIST 382 or permission of the instructor.

    • Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate students and Honours students or advanced students with permission of the instructor. Not open to students who have taken HIST 486D1/D2.

    • 1. Topics will vary by year.

    • 2. Students must register for both HIST 579D1 and HIST 579D2.

    • 3. No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 579D1 and HIST 579D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms.

  • HIST 579D2 Topics: African History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Readings in and discussion of a theme in African history.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite(s): HIST 579D1.

    • Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate students and Honours students or advanced students with permission of the instructor. Not open to students who have taken HIST 486D1/D2.

    • 1. Topics will vary by year.

    • 2. Students must register for both HIST 579D1 and HIST 579D2.

    • 3. No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 579D1 and HIST 579D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms.

Revision, June 2016. End of revision.

Asia/Africa/Middle East - Honours Seminars

Europe - FYS & 200 Level

  • HIST 205 Ancient Mediterranean History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : A survey of Mediterranean history from the Bronze Age until the 6th century AD, focusing on Greek and Roman civilization.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Fronda, Michael (Fall)

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken HIST 209 prior to September 2006.

  • HIST 214 Introduction to European History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Covers European History from the decline of the Roman Empire to the seventeenth century. The objective of the course is to provide students with both a knowledge of the major developments in pre-modern history and experience in the reading, interpretation and writing of history.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Harvey, Isabel (Fall)

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 101-215D

  • HIST 215 Modern European History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : A social, economic, political and cultural survey of European History from the early seventeenth century to the present.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Lewis, Brian D A (Winter)

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 101-215D

  • HIST 216 History of Russia to 1801 (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : A survey of Russian history, from the origin of the Slavs to the establishment of the Kievan State, the coming of the Mongols, the emergence of Muscovy, and the rise of the Russian Empire.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 226 East Central and Southeastern Europe in 20th Century (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Introductory survey of east central and southeastern European history from the twilight of nineteenth-century imperialism to the most recent expansion of the European Union. Consideration will be given to the two world wars and their consequences; nationalism, fascism, and socialism; and the revolutions of 1989.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 236 Russia from 1801 to 1991 (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : A history of Russia from 1801 to 1991.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

Europe - 300 Level

  • HIST 306 East Central Europe, 1944-2004 (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : An examination of important problems in the postwar history of east central Europe. Topics include: the establishment of Communist regimes; Stalinism and de-Stalinization; everyday life under Communism; the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, the Prague Spring, and Solidarity; political opposition; culture; and the revolutions of 1989.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Krapfl, James (Winter)

  • HIST 307 Jews in Poland (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Analyses of primary sources (in translation) related to the social, economic and institutional history of the Jews in Poland and their place in the East European Jewish community. Topics include: the Jews during "The Flood'' (1648 - 1667), the communal crisis of the late 17th century, the Frankist movement, and Hasidism.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: any course in Jewish history or East European History

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 101-307D

  • HIST 313 Habsburg Monarchy, 1618-1918 (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : History of the central European Habsburg Monarchy from its consolidation in the Thirty Years' War to its demise in the Great War. Topics include: counter-Reformation and the baroque, enlightened absolutism, the partitions of Poland, the revolutions of 1848, the rise of nationalism, and fin-de-siècle society and culture.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: A course in European history or permission of instructor.

  • HIST 314 Themes: British Isles History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Exploration of a theme in British Isles history.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Topics will vary from year to year.

    • Prerequisite: HIST 214 or HIST 215 or permission of instructor.

  • HIST 316 Russia: Revolutions 1905 and 1917 (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Reform and Revolutions: a comparison of the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and of the Tsarist Empire and Provisional Government in 1917, with some discussion of the reforms that anticipated each cataclysm.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Borzecki, Jerzy (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: A course in Russian, Soviet or European history

  • HIST 320 European Thought and Culture 1 (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : The cultural and intellectual history of Europe from the late Middle Ages to the to the 18th century traces the origins of the modern sense of self in popular culture and in the texts of Erasmus, Luther, Calvin, Descartes, Pascal, Voltaire and Rousseau.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: HIST 214 or HIST 215

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 101-320D

  • HIST 321 European Thought and Culture 2 (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : A cultural and intellectual history of Europe from the French Revolution to the present which traces the origins of the modern sense of self in popular culture and in the texts of Goethe, Comte, Marx and Engels, Nietzsche, Dostoevsky.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Hellman, John William (Fall)

    • Prerequisite: HIST 320 or consent of the instructor

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 101-320D

  • HIST 325 Renaissance-Reformation Europe (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : An examination of Western Europe from the late 14th to the end of the 16th century. Topics will include the Renaissance, in and outside Italy, the Reformations, the religious wars of the 16th century and the Scientific Revolution.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Clarke, Paula C (Fall)

    • Prerequisite: HIST 214 or permission of instructor

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 101-325D

  • HIST 332 Women in Europe, 1350-1700 (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : An introduction to concepts of women and the realities of women's lives in western Europe from the Black Death to ca. 1700. Topics will include marriage and the family, female education and literacy, varieties of spirituality and the emergence of a proto-feminism during the Renaissance.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: HIST 214 or permission of instructor

  • HIST 336 France, 1789 to 1914 (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : A study of the history of France from the Revolution to World War I.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Jabbari, Eric (Winter)

  • HIST 345 History of Italian Renaissance (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : An introduction to the economy, society, politics and intellectual developments in Italy from approximately 1300 to the early 16th century.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: HIST 214 or consent of instructor

  • HIST 346 France, 1914 to the Present (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : A study of the history of France from World War I to the present.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 349 Greece: From Ottoman to the European Union (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Examines the emergence of a modern nation state in the Balkans out of the Ottoman empire and its evolution until its present status as a member state of the European Union. A story of Greece and Greeks within the broader regional and global context.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: HIST 214 or HIST 215 or 3 credits in Ancient Greek history or permission of instructor

    • 2-3 film screenings held in a continuous 3-hour slot.

    • Screenings will replace lecture hours the week of screenings.

  • HIST 354 Women in Europe 1700-2000 (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : An overview of the history of women in modern continental Europe, focusing on women's changing roles in the family and society at large, in the context of work, family life, education, and culture, and the changing notions of citizenship, femininity, and masculinity.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Tozer, Angela (Winter)

    • Prerequisites: One course in European history or permission of Instructor

  • HIST 356 Medicine in the Medieval West (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : The history of ideas about the human body, disease and therapeutics and the diverse practices of medicine in western Europe in the Middle Ages (ca. AD 300-1500), with particular attention to their social, intellectual, cultural and religious context.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Wallis, Faith (Winter)

  • HIST 368 Greek History: Classical Period (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : The Classical period of Greek history, from the end of the Persian wars to the death of Alexandra the Great (479-323 BC).

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Beck, Hans (Fall)

  • HIST 369 Greek History: Early Greece (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Historical study of the period from the Mycenean Age to the end of the Archaic Age.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 375 Roman History: Early Empire (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : The history of the Roman Empire from Augustus to Marcus Aurelius.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Fronda, Michael (Winter)

  • HIST 376 Roman History: Later Empire (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : The history of the Roman Empire from Marcus Aurelius to Justinian.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 379 Greek History: Hellenistic Period (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : The Hellenistic Greek world from Alexander the Great to the period of the Roman conquest.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 380 Western Europe: The Middle Ages (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : History of Western Europe from the later Roman Empire through the 15th century: sub-roman and Carolingian civilization, feudal monarchy; the Church and the laity; domestic life and social institutions; cultural developments.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Bruce, Travis (Winter)

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 101-380D

  • HIST 383 Eighteenth-Century Britain (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Cultural, intellectual, political, economic and social history of Britain and Ireland in the eighteenth century; the era of the creation of the United Kingdom and the rise of a great commercial and imperial power.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: HIST 215 or permission of instructor.

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken HIST 383 and HIST 384 prior to 2005.

  • HIST 384 Nineteenth-Century Britain (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Cultural, intellectual, political, economic and social history of Britain and Ireland in an era of unprecedented economic and cultural change as the United Kingdom became the world's first industrial nation and leading imperial power.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Elbourne, J Elizabeth (Fall)

    • Prerequisite: HIST 215 or permission of instructor

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken HIST 384 prior to 2005.

  • HIST 385 Making Great Britain & Ireland (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Evolution of a multinational state in the British Isles and Ireland from antiquity to the seventeenth century revolutions. Emphasis on state making and ethnicity formation in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite(s): HIST 214 or permission of instructor

    • Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken HIST 204.

  • HIST 386 Twentieth-Century Britain (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : From a range of perspectives, including cultural, intellectual, political, economic and social history, this course examines Britain from the height of its power, through two world wars, the building of a welfare state, the dissolution of Empire and entry into Europe, to the start of the 21st century. consensus, decolonisation, immigration, culture and society, Northern Ireland, Scottish and Welsh nationalism, Thatcherism, the European Union.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: HIST 215 or permission of instructor

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken HIST 385 and HIST 386 prior to 2003

  • HIST 390 Eighteenth-Century France (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : The political, social, and cultural history of France, from the accession of Louis XV (1715) to the rise of Napoleon (1799), including the French Revolution.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • A reading knowledge of French is highly recommended.

    • Prerequisite: HIST 214 or HIST 215 or HIST 225 or permission of Instructor

  • HIST 391 Roman History: Republic (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : History of the Roman Republic from its foundation through the death of Julius Caesar.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: HIST 205 or HIST 231 or permission of instructor.

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 101-451

  • HIST 394 British Revolutions 1603-1714 (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : English, Scottish and Irish history during the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, with a particular focus on the origins and consequences of the regicidal revolution of 1649 and the glorious revolution of 1688.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Cowan, Brian (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: A course in European history or permission of instructor.

  • HIST 398 Topics in Italian History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Topics in Italian history. Topic varies by year.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Clarke, Paula C (Winter)

Europe - 400 Level

  • HIST 400 Ancient Greece, Rome and China (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : A comparative analysis of the political cultures of ancient Greece, Rome and China, c. 500 BCE to 500 CE, exploring societal distinctions through topics such as the role of historical traditions, power configurations, public oratory, elite representation, funerary rites and political spaces.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 401 Topics: Medieval Culture and Society (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Selected topics in the intellectual and cultural history of the Middle Ages. Emphasis on modern critical approaches to medieval culture, including literature, the supernatural, religious experience.

    Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017

    Instructors: Wallis, Faith (Fall) Bruce, Travis (Winter)

  • HIST 405 European Cultural History 1 (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : A survey of 19th century French and European cultural/intellectual history. The sequel to this course is HIST 415.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: HIST 214 and HIST 215, or a course in European intellectual history or consent of the instructor

  • HIST 406 Petrine and Catherinian Russia (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : The transformation of Russian society by Peter the Great and the problems and achievements of Russia's Golden Age under the enlightened despotism of Catherine II and of her son.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: A prior course in Russian or European history

  • HIST 407 Topics in Ancient History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : An in-depth look at various topics in ancient history.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Beck, Hans (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: 3 credits in Ancient history at the 300-level or permission of instructor.

    • Restriction: Not open to Honours students in History.

  • HIST 412 Women and Gender in Modern Britain (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Women and gender in modern Britain (1850 on). Topics include early feminist political agitation, including the suffrage movement; working-class women; changing notions of gender, sexuality and women's role; women and empire.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Elbourne, J Elizabeth (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: HIST 215 or a course in British history or permission of instructor

  • HIST 415 European Cultural History 2 (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : A survey of 20th century French and European cultural/intellectual history.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Hellman, John William (Fall)

    • Prerequisite: HIST 214 and HIST 215 or a course in European intellectual history or written consent of instructor

  • HIST 417 British & Irish Nationalisms (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : The history of Irish, Scottish, Welsh and English nationalisms in the British context from 1688 to the present.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: A course in modern British history or permission of instructor.

  • HIST 421 Topics in Early Modern Europe (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Varying subjects of topical interest regarding early-modern Europe.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: a course in Early Modern Europe

  • HIST 425 European Food History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : A history of food and drink in European history. Topics include: feasts and famines; the introduction of new foods and drinks from Asia and the Americas; table manners and the origins of the restaurant.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: HIST 215 or permission of instructor.

  • HIST 426 Topics: British Cultural History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Selected topics in intellectual and cultural history of Britain and Ireland, focusing on discussion of primary texts.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Elbourne, J Elizabeth (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: HIST 215 or a course in British history or permission of instructor

  • HIST 428 History of the Book in Britain (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : The theory and the practice of using books, manuscripts and periodicals in Early Modern British history. Topics include literacy and orality; the print revolution; censorship; readers and reading practices; newspapers and journalism; the origins of scientific persuasion and intellectual property rights.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: A 300-level course in British history or permission of instructor.

  • HIST 433 British Queer History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : An investigation of the changing historical construction of "deviant" and "normal" sexualities in Britain since 1700, and how queer women and men discovered ways of surviving and perhaps even flourishing in the face of persecution and hostility from the state, the churches and the medical profession.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisites: HIST 215 or a course in British History or permission of instructor.

    • Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken HIST 426 in 200209.

  • HIST 436 Topics: European History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : An in-depth look at particular aspects of European history.

    Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017

    Instructors: Hoffmann, Peter C W (Fall) Hoffmann, Peter C W; Cowan, Brian (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

  • HIST 449 Medicine in the Ancient World (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : The evolution of ideas about the human body, disease, and therapeutics, and the diverse practices of medicine in Graeco-Roman antiquity (ca 800BC - ca 600CE), with particular attention given to their social, political, cultural and religious context.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: HIST 349 or an introductory course in Ancient Greek or Roman history

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken HIST 452 and HIST 453

  • HIST 450 Ancient History Methods (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Different methods and strategies employed by Ancient historians, including numismatics, epigraphy, and papyrology.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: 3 credits at the 300-level in Ancient history or permission of the instructor.

  • HIST 451 The Ancient Mediterranean City (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Advanced study of ancient Mediterranean city-states, focusing on their urban setting and political, social, economic, and cultural institutions.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: 3 credits at the 300-level in Ancient history or permission of instructor.

  • HIST 453 History of Revolution in Europe (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : The evolution of the concept and phenomenon of revolution from the 1640s in England to 1989 in eastern Europe. How the experiences of 1789, 1848, and 1917 changed the theory and practice of revolution.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Krapfl, James (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: HIST 215 or permission of instructor

  • HIST 456 Russian Intellectual History 1825-1917 (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Sequel to HIST 446, from the year of the Decembrist insurrection to the Bolshevik Revolution. Discussion of the Russian influence on European and American intellectuals in the 19th century.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: HIST 236 or a course in European intellectual history, or consent of instructor

Europe - 500 Level

  • HIST 509 European Intellectual History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : A study of selected topics in 20th century French and European intellectual and cultural history and popular culture.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

Europe - Honours Seminars

  • HIST 550D1 Ancient History: Seminar (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Topics in ancient Mediterranean history, focusing on Greek and/or Roman society.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite (Undergraduate): 6 credits at the 300 or 400 level in Ancient history or permission of instructor.

    • Restriction: Honours students or advanced undergraduates who have permission of the instructor. Also open to graduate students.

    • Not open to students who have taken or are taking HIST 551.

    • Students must register for both HIST 550D1 and HIST 550D2. No credit wil be given for this course unless both HIST 550D1 and HIST 550D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms.

  • HIST 550D2 Ancient History: Seminar (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Topics in ancient Mediterranean history, focusing on Greek and/or Roman society.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite (Undergraduate): 6 credits at the 300 or 400 level in Ancient history or permission of instructor. HIST 550D1.

    • Restriction: Honours students or advanced undergraduates who have permission of the instructor. Also open to graduate students.

    • Not open to students who have taken or are taking HIST 551.

    • Students must register for both HIST 550D1 and HIST 550D2. No credit wil be given for this course unless both HIST 550D1 and HIST 550D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms.

  • HIST 565D1 Modern Britain: Seminar (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Readings in and discussion of a theme in Modern British history.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Lewis, Brian D A (Fall)

    • Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.

    • Restrictions: Restricted to Graduate students and Honours students or advanced students with permission of instructor. Not open to students who have taken HIST 566.

  • HIST 565D2 Modern Britain: Seminar (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Readings in and discussion of a theme in Modern British history.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Lewis, Brian D A (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.

    • Restrictions :Restricted to Graduate students and Honours students or advanced students with permission of instructor. Not open to students who have taken HIST 566.

  • HIST 567D1 Seminar: Medieval Medicine (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Models of the body, disease and medical intervention current in western Europe between 400 and 1500 AD will be examined through analysis of primary sources in translation, and modern historical scholarship.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 567D2 Seminar: Medieval Medicine (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Models of the body, disease and medical intervention current in western Europe between 400 and 1500 AD will be examined through analysis of primary sources in translation, and modern historical scholarship. The sequel to this course is HIST 496.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 570D1 Topics: Historical Interpretation (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Topics in historical interpretation. Topic varies by year.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 570D2 Topics: Historical Interpretation (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : See HIST 570D1 for course description.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 571D1 Seminar: Italian Renaissance (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Seminar on the Italian renaissance.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Clarke, Paula C (Fall)

  • HIST 571D2 Seminar: Italian Renaissance (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : See HIST 571D1 for course description.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Clarke, Paula C (Winter)

  • HIST 574D1 Topics in Comparative History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Topics in comparative history. Topic varies by year.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 574D2 Topics in Comparative History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 575D1 Topics: Germany (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : A study of topics on Germany. Topic vary by year.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 575D2 Topics: Germany (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : See HIST 575D1 for course description.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 576D1 Seminar: Topics in Russian History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Topics in Russian history. Topic varies by year.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 576D2 Seminar: Topics in Russian History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : See HIST 576D1 for course description.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 577D1 Seminar: Antiquity to Reformation (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Seminar on topics from Antiquity to Reformation.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 577D2 Seminar: Antiquity to Reformation (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : See HIST 577D1 for course description.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 594D1 Seminar in Early Modern Britain (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Topics in early modern British history.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: any university course in British history or consent of instructor

    • Note: Topics will vary from year to year.

    • Restriction: Undergraduate Honours students or Masters students in history.

    • Students must register for both HIST 594D1 and HIST 594D2.

    • No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 594D1 and HIST 594D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms

  • HIST 594D2 Seminar in Early Modern Britain (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : See HIST 594D1 for course description.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: HIST 594D1

    • No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 594D1 and HIST 594D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms

  • HIST 595D1 Seminar: Early Modern Western Europe (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : This course is intended to offer advanced analytical and research training in a selected theme in western European history during the period from the Italian Renaissance to the French Revolution.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite (Undergraduate): permission of instructor

    • Students must register for both HIST 595D1 and HIST 595D2.

    • No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 595D1 and HIST 595D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms

  • HIST 595D2 Seminar: Early Modern Western Europe (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : See HIST 595D1 for course description.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: HIST 595D1

    • No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 595D1 and HIST 595D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms

Global/Thematic - FYS & 200 Level

  • HIST 193 FYS: Topics in History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : An introduction to the discipline of history through an in-depth look at a topic.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Restriction: Open only to newly admitted students in U0 or U1 who may take only one FYS.

    • Students who register for more than one FYS will be obliged to withdraw from all but one. Maximum of 25 students.

  • HIST 194 FYS: Jewish Concepts of Others (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : A survey, using translated primary and selected secondary sources, of the ways in which Jews represented Christians from late antiquity to the present. Legal, liturgical, literary and other sources are examined with the focus on the Medieval and Early Modern periods.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Restriction: Open only to newly admitted students in U0 or U1, who may take only one FYS. Students who register for more than one will be obliged to withdraw from all but one of them.

    • Maximum 25 students.

    • For first year students only.

  • HIST 195 FYS: Sources of World History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : An introduction to the constitutive intellectual traditions of world history.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Restriction: Open only to newly admitted students in U0 or U1, who may take only one FYS. Students who register for more than one will be obliged to withdraw from all but one of them.

    • Maximum 25 students

    • Restriction: For first year students only

  • HIST 198 FYS: Nation Building and Nationalism (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : An introduction to some of the major theories of nationalism; an exploration of the many varieties of nationalism and forms of nation-building; a particular focus on the historical background to case studies of current interest.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Restriction: Open only to newly admitted students in U0 or U1, who may take only one FYS. Students who register for more than one will be obliged to withdraw from all but one of them.

    • Maximum 25 students

  • HIST 207 Jewish History: 400 B.C.E. to 1000 (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : An overview of Jewish history from the period of Ezra and Nehemiah to the death of Hai Gaon, c. 1035. Focus on the experience of the Jews in Hellenistic and Islamic civilizations. Topics include Jewish sects, rabbinic literature in its various genres, the Karaite schism, and the rise of the Gaonate.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Hundert, Gershon (Fall)

    • Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken JWST 216

  • HIST 213 World History, 1300-2000 (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : A thematic and comparative approach to world history, beginning with the rise of the Mongols in the thirteenth century, and ending with globalization in the late twentieth century. Trade diasporas, technology, disease and imperialism are the major themes addressed.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Studnicki-Gizbert, Daviken (Fall)

  • HIST 219 Jewish History: 1000 - 2000 (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : The Jewish experience from the rise of the European centres to the present.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Hundert, Gershon (Winter)

  • HIST 238 Histories of Science (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : An introduction to the history of science, with attention to conceptual development and to institutional and social settings. Coverage will vary by instructor, but will include a range of periods (from antiquity to the 20th century), geographical settings, and themes (e.g. instrumentation; visualisation; experiment; science and society).

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Coverage will vary by instructor.

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken HIST 239 or HIST 335.

  • HIST 249 Health and the Healer in Western History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : The natural history of health and disease and the development of the healing arts, from antiquity to the beginning of modern times. The rise of "western" medicine. Health and healing as gradually evolving aspects of society and culture.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Wallis, Faith; Weisz, George (Fall)

    • Restriction: Not open to students who took HIST 349 prior to Winter 2006.

    • Note: Also available to first-year medical students in their options program.

  • HIST 292 History and the Environment (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Sketch of the history of the material aspects of human interaction with the rest of nature. Included will be a historian's view of the social, technical, and ecological implications of the great variety of activities devised by our species. Though global in outlook, this course will emphasize the relevant historiography of France, England and North America.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

Global/Thematic - 300 Level

  • HIST 302 International Relations History 1: 1750-1950 (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : The history of international relations during the era of the four global wars, the expansion of the West in world affairs, the changes in the balance of power in Europe, the rise and fall of the colonial empires, and the ascendancy of the flank powers, Russia and the United States.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Luthi, Lorenz (Fall)

    • Prerequisite: one course in post-1800 History or permission of instructor.

  • HIST 304 International Relations History 2: Cold War (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : The history of the Cold War. Special attention will be paid to the different viewpoints and experiences of the Cold War participants by studying the historiography and archival materials released in the Eastern Block and Western World.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Luthi, Lorenz (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: HIST 302 or HIST 215 or a 20th C. history course or permission of instructor.

  • HIST 315 Themes in World History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Historical phenomena that transcend the boundaries of nation-status and contributed to the long-term development of globalization.

    Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017

    Instructors: Elbourne, J Elizabeth (Fall) Soske, Jon (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: HIST 213 or Permission of Instructor.

  • HIST 317 Introduction to Indian Ocean World History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Examines the unifying features that linked the entire region from eastern Africa to the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia, and the Far East from early times to c.1900.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Campbell, Gwyn (Fall)

    • Prerequisite: A 200-level African or Asian history course or a political science course or an Islamic Studies course or permission of instructor.

  • HIST 319 The Scientific Revolution (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : The intellectual and cultural history of science and technology, in Europe and in the wider world, from the time of Leonardo to the time of Newton (c. 1500-c.1700).

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Dew, Nicholas (Fall)

    • Prerequisite: A 200-level course in European history, or permission of instructor.

  • HIST 323 History and Sexuality 1 (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Antiquity to Early Modern Europe. The cultural meanings and social institutions that create the historical context for sexual behaviours. Possible topics include: Greek homosocial and homosexual culture; sex and citizenship; wives and concubines in the ancient world; Christianity and aestheticism; misogyny and gender in Medieval Europe; adultery and lineage.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Partner, Nancy F (Winter)

  • HIST 347 History and Sexuality 2 (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : 1700 to the present, with a particular focus on Europe and North America. Possible topics include: patterns of fertility and sexual practice; prostitution; religion and sexuality; the medical and legal construction of sexualities; the rise of sexology; gay liberation movements; queer politics.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Lewis, Brian D A (Fall)

  • HIST 350 Science and the Enlightenment (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Explores the relationship between the natural sciences and the eighteenth-century Enlightenment. Examination of works in post-Newtonian science as well as their broader cultural meaning, the history of material practices, the origins of social science, and the role of geography and international context beyond Western Europe.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Dew, Nicholas (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: HIST 215 or permission of instructor.

  • HIST 387 The First World War (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : A world-wide political, social, economic, cultural and military survey, from the origins of the Great War to the Treaty of Versailles.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Hoffmann, Peter C W (Fall)

  • HIST 388 The Second World War (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : A world-wide political, social, economic, cultural and military survey, from the Treaty of Versailles to the first years of the Cold War.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Hoffmann, Peter C W (Winter)

  • HIST 399 History and Historical Methods (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : The nature and functions of history; changing conceptions of time and of the past; techniques historians use to find and appraise evidence; methods of reconstructing the past. Emphasis will be given not only to documentary sources but also to the range of techniques used by historians to find and appraise evidence.

    Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017

    Instructors: Soske, Jon; Partner, Nancy F (Fall) Madokoro, Laura (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: 6 credits of History

Global/Thematic - 400 Level

  • HIST 408 Colonialism and Native Peoples (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : The nature and consequences of encounters between American native peoples and Europeans.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: HIST 202

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 101-580D

  • HIST 410 Topics in History of Science (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Specific theme in the history of science, such as scientific instruments, experimental practices, uses of the body, knowledge and museums, scientific institutions, or science and empire.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Dew, Nicholas (Fall)

    • Prerequisite: A prior course on history of science or HPSC 300 or permission of Instructor.

    • Restriction(s): Not open to U0 or U1 students

    • Themes (and/or periods) vary year to year.

  • HIST 418 Topics: Atlantic World (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Exploration of a specific theme in Atlantic history, 1500 to 1850.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Dew, Nicholas (Winter)

  • HIST 424 Gender, Sexuality & Medicine (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Gender, sexuality, and medicine since the colonial era, with a focus on North American experience. Topics will include reproductive medicine (puberty, childbirth, fertility control, menopause), changing perceptions of men's and women's health needs and risks, and ideas about sexual behaviour and identity.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Tone, Andrea (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: A 300-level History course in gender, sexuality or medicine or permission of instructor.

  • HIST 427 The Hasidic Movement (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : A historical examination of the history of the Hasidic Movement from its beginnings in 18th-century Poland to the present. Although emphasis will be placed on the social history of the movement, doctrinal developments will be examined as well.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: HIST 307 or a course in East-European history or consent of instructor

  • HIST 430 Topics in Modern Medicine (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Selected topics in the history of medicine in the 19th, 20th and/or 21st centuries will be explored through discussion of primary and secondary historical sources.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Wright, David John (Winter)

    • Prerequisites: HIST 249 (or HIST 349 prior to Winter 2006) or permission of the instructor.

  • HIST 438 Topics in Cold War History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : One large aspect of Cold War, either thematic or regional, will be explored.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: HIST 304 or other 300-level course relevant to the current topic of the course or permission on the instructor.

  • HIST 440 Fiction and History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : This course examines why and how books are classified as fiction or history. Topics include: social expectations and uses of literature; evidence and verification; the author as authority. Readings include history and fiction from various historical periods, and relevant scholarship.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Partner, Nancy F (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: 6 credits at the 300 level in either history or literature

  • HIST 457 Topics in Medical History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : This course explores different topics in medical history. Topics to be explored include the role of medicine from ancient to modern times.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Tone, Andrea (Fall)

Global/Thematic - 500 Level

  • HIST 505 Topics: The British Empire (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Topics in the history of British formal and informal imperialism and the colonial encounter from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 506 Theory for Historical Studies (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Approaches to the interpretation and understanding of historical evidence which are outside the traditional historical discipline - reading of central texts in, for example, psychoanalytic theory, gender theory, or literary criticism and exercises in the use of these theories for historical research.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 525 Women, Work and Family in Global History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : The shifting historical context of female labour and family in selected western and non-western countries; the interaction between labour and gender relations with special focus on women's experiences on the shop floor and in the family.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: A 300 or 400-level course in women's history or labour history or permission of instructor

    • Restriction: Restricted to students in History and Women's Studies

  • HIST 526 Women and War (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Examines the impact of war on individuals, families and societies. Studies the experiences of women and children in exile, mass persecutions, and punishments associated with social unrest, revolution or wars during twentieth century.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Abisaab, Malek (Winter)

    • Prerequisite(s): A 300 or 400-levelcourse in women's history or permission of instructor

  • HIST 527 Topics: Indian Ocean World History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : This course studies pivotal topics in Indian Ocean World (IOW) history. Topics may include (i) the rise and development of the IOW global economy; (ii) The Swahili Civilisation and the IOW; (iii) Islam and the IOW; (iv) Imperialism in the IOW; (v) IOW Slavery and Slave Trades; (vi) History of Madagascar.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: Any 200 or 300 level history course or any course on Africa, Asia, global or labour studies or permission of instructor

  • HIST 528 Indian Ocean World Slave Trade (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : The origins, structure and impact of the Indian Ocean World slave trade from early times to the present day. Enslavement, the trading structure, slave functions, reactions to slavery, emancipation and 'slave' diaspora. Comparisons will be made to the Atlantic slave system.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Campbell, Gwyn (Fall)

    • Prerequisites: HIST 200 or HIST 213 or permission of instructor.

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken HIST 467.

  • HIST 599D1 Honours Tutorial (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Individualized guided research on an approved topic.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.

    • Restriction(s): Restricted to History Honours and Joint Honours program students. Not open to students who have taken HIST 490D1/D2.

    • No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 599D1 and HIST 599D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms

  • HIST 599D2 Honours Tutorial (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Individualized guided research on an approved topic.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.

    • Restriction(s): Restricted to History Honours and Joint Honours program students. Not open to students who have taken HIST 490D1/D2.

    • No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 599D1 and HIST 599D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms

Global/Thematic - Honours Seminars

Honours two-part seminars in the list below: HIST 558/HIST 559

  • HIST 552D1 International Relations: Seminar (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Readings on and discussion of a theme in the history of international relations.

    Terms: Fall 2016

    Instructors: Luthi, Lorenz (Fall)

    • Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.

    • Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate students and Honours students or advanced students with permission of the instructor. Not open to students who have taken HIST 553.

  • HIST 552D2 International Relations Seminar (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Readings on and discussion of a theme in the history of international relations.

    Terms: Winter 2017

    Instructors: Luthi, Lorenz (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: Permission of instructor and HIST 552D1

    • Restriction: Restricted to Graduate students and Honours students or advanced students with permission of the instructor. Not open to students who have taken HIST 553.

  • HIST 558 Modern Medicine: Seminar (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : The emergence of scientific medicine, medical professionalization, the development of public health and the process of medical specialization since 1700.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 559 Modern Medicine: Research (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Supervised design, research, writing, and discussion of a major research paper on a theme in the history of modern medicine since 1700.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 560D1 World History: Seminar (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Readings on and discussion of a theme in world history.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

    • Restrictions: Restricted to Graduate Students and Honours students or advanced students with permission of instructor. Not open to students who have taken HIST 561.

  • HIST 560D2 World History: Seminar (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Readings on and discussion of a theme in world history.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

    • Restrictions: Restricted to Graduate Students and Honours students or advanced students with permission of instructor. Not open to students who have taken HIST 561.

  • HIST 570D1 Topics: Historical Interpretation (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Topics in historical interpretation. Topic varies by year.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 570D2 Topics: Historical Interpretation (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : See HIST 570D1 for course description.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 574D1 Topics in Comparative History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Topics in comparative history. Topic varies by year.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • HIST 574D2 Topics in Comparative History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

Courses Offered by Other Units

The following course(s) may be chosen by History Major concentration and Honours students as part of their programs.

Please consult with History Department program advisers for courses that do not appear here.

Art History (ARTH)

Please consult with History Department program advisers.

Canadian Studies (CANS)

Please consult with History Department program advisers.

Islamic Studies (ISLA)

Please consult with History Department program advisers.

Jewish Studies (JWST)

  • JWST 305 American Jewish History / Colonial Era to WWI (3 credits)

    Offered by: Jewish Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Jewish Studies : The interaction of Jewish and American historical traditions in forging the American Jewish experience. The themes of acculturation, immigration and political behaviour will be treated.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • JWST 306 The American Jewish Community (3 credits)

    Offered by: Jewish Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Jewish Studies : Issues affecting American Jewry in the post-World War I era until today and the American Jewish community's responses to those issues. Special emphasis on understanding the community responses and reactions to developments in both the American society and in the Jewish world.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • JWST 356 Jewish Labour Movement/Eastern Europe (3 credits)

    Offered by: Jewish Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Jewish Studies : The development of the Jewish labor and socialist movement in Eastern Europe from the last quarter of the 19th century to the Bolshevik Revolution.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

  • JWST 357 Jewish Labour Movement/North America (3 credits)

    Offered by: Jewish Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Jewish Studies : The development of the Jewish labor and socialist movement in North America from the last quarter of the 19th century to WWI.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.

Quebec Studies (QCST)

Please consult with History Department program advisers.

Faculty of Arts—2016-2017 (last updated Aug. 26, 2016) (disclaimer)
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