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History Courses for Fall
2004
100 Level Courses
History 101B
& 101C. Western Civilization to 1700 (in
a Mediterranean context) (4c/3h).
TR 9:30-10:45 & 12-1:15. B117. Hughes.
This course will
introduce you to the perennial problems of human existence
in complex societies by focusing on a historically important
but diverse area of the world, the Mediterranean basin and
its outliers, over an extended period of time. Some of the
problems that will concern us in the course are: the nature
of divinity and people's relationship to the divine; the nature
of evil; the nature and sources of human knowledge; forms of
social intercourse; the organization and legitimation of political
power. Two particular emphases will be environmental history
(why did the Mediterranean remain a center of world power for
4500 years—and then become a backwater?) and cultural
interaction (why and how did human groups develop different
cultures within similar, neighboring environments and how did
their interaction with one another affect their development?).
Americans are, perforce, cultural heirs to this part of the
world, and a study of its development should give you some
understanding of how the culture you live in—and some
of your own attitudes and values—came to be.
History 102A
& 102F. Europe and the World in the Modern Era (4c/3h). MWF
9-9:50 & 11-11:50. A208 & A102. Bobroff. A
survey of modern Europe from 1700 to the present. Focus
varies with instructor.
History 102B.
Europe and the World in the Modern Era (4c/3h). MWF
9-9:50. B117. Rupp.
This course provides a survey of European history in
the modern era. Broad themes addressed in the course include
the following: differing forms of government and the principles
upon which they have been based; the role of ideas in influencing
historical change; the impact of social structures and struggles
on forms of political power; the rights and powers of the individual
and how these have been defined relative to the community and
the state.
History 102D.
Europe and the World in the Modern Era (4c/3h). TR
12-1:15. A103. Sinclair. A
survey of modern Europe from 1700 to the present. Focus
varies with instructor. History 102H.
Europe and the World in the Modern Era
(4c/3h). MWF
12-12:50. A102. Barefield.
A survey of modern Europe from 1700 to the present. Focus
varies with instructor.
History 103A.
Western Civilizations to 1500 (4c/3h).
MWF 11-11:50. A103. O'Connell. A
survey of the ancient, classical and medieval civilizations
of Eurasia with a brief look at American and sub-Saharan
societies. Focus varies with instructor.
History 103B.
Western Civilizations to 1500 (4c/3h). MWF
12-12:50. A208. Lerner. History
103 surveys the social, political and cultural development
of a
variety of world civilizations. Our focus will concern
a detailed
analysis of those civilizations, which represent the
most spectacular
example of social formation: the relationship between
the individual and
deity as a religious expression; the relationship between
society and
nature as a philosophical dilemma; and the relationship
between the
individual and society as a cultural and political
manifestation. In
each case, the unifying theme we shall explore is how
these peoples
organized themselves politically, economically, and
socially as a Response
to their particular geographical and environmental
condition. We shall
see that the legacy of these civilizations is one of
cultural
syncretism manifested in the diversity and complexity
of their
traditions and ideas.
History 104B.
World Civilizations since 1500 (4c/3h). MWF
12-12:50. B117. Wilson. A
survey ofthe major civilizations of the world in the
modern
and contemporary periods.
History
104C & 104G. World Civilizations since 1500 (4c/3h).
MWF 10-10:50 & 11-11:50. A208. Parent. A
survey of the major civilizations of the world in
the modern and contemporary periods.
History 104D
& 104H. World Civilizations since 1500 (4c/3h).
TR 9:30-10:45 & 3-4:15. A102. McConnell. A
survey of the major civilizations of the world in the
modern and contemporary periods.
History 104E & 104F
& 104I. World Civilizations since 1500 (4c/3h).
MWF 10-10:50 & 1-1:50 & 2- 2:50. A103 & A102. Fitzgibbon. This
course will provide you with an overview of world history since
1500. Topics covered will include state building, long-distance
trade, the development of capitalism, plantation economies, the
political and religious ideologies of major 18th c. states, new
urban cultures, new ideas and political movements, industrialization,
imperialism, mass societies, anti-colonial struggles, woman’s
emancipation, the Cold War, and globalization. We will pay special
attention to cultural interactions, which took the form of cooperation
and collaboration as well as conquest, exploitation, and resistance.
History 104J & 104K.
World Civilizations since 1500 (4c/3h).
MWF 12-12:50 & 1-1:50. A305. Hastings. This
course will consider the major world civilizations
as they
have
developed
both
in isolation
and in contact with other cultures over the past 600 years. The
focus will be on the civilizations of India, China, the Islamic
World, Latin America, and Africa...their internal developments
as well as their respective encounters with European culture.
We will be concerned with such topics as exploration and conquest,
trade, slavery, colonialism, resistance and negotiation. We will
therefore incorporate into our analysis non-Western and non-elite
perspectives on history, concerning ourselves with how historical
events have affected the lives of ordinary people and how they
have dealt with change.
History 162.
History of Wake Forest (2c/1.5h). T
3-4:15. B117. Hendricks. A survey of the history
of Wake Forest University from its beginnings--to include
reading assignments, lectures, tours, and presentations.
A tour of the Old Campus is encouraged. More...
Credit cannot be
received for both 101 and 103 or 102 and 104.
All classes held in Tribble Hall unless otherwise noted.
200 Level Courses
History 211A.
Oral History of Integration: Winston-Salem (2c/1.5h).
W 2-3:30. A102. Smith. Students will
learn how to do oral history interviews and then develop
oral histories of participants in the integration of
Winston-Salem. They will meet with people who worked
at bridging the gap between the cultural communities
in the city. What methods were used? What organizations
were tried? Who were the first teachers who taught
in integrated schools? What did churches do?
Participants will receive instruction in the use of oral
history techniques and do the required study to prepare for
good interviews. They will make tapes and transcripts of the
interviews and complete summary papers based on their interviews.
The course will include collaboration with students participating
in a comparable course at Winston-Salem State University.
The resulting materials will be added to university and community
archives for the benefit of future students of integration
practices and to create an accurate community memory of the
1950’s-1970’s Civil Rights Era.
History 211A.
Jacksonian Biography (2c/1.5h). R 3-4:15.
B117. Hendricks.
History 211A.
Religion in American History (4c/3h). TR
12-1:15. A102. McConnell.
History 211E.
Origins of the First World War (4c/3h).
MWF 1-1:50. B117. Bobroff. The
subject of the course "The Road to World War I, 1905-1914" is
the immediate origins of the First World War, with
a concentration on the events of 1911-1914. The core
of the course is diplomatic history, examining the
crises which led to the outbreak of World War One.
In the process of this, not only the foreign relations
of the major powers but also their internal politics
will be examined in an effort to understand better
the comparative foreign-policy formulation in the different
states. To do this, political structures and systems
of government, nationality problems, and the balance
of power between government and society will be studied.
Students will read both texts and contemporary documents
that will illuminate the differing perspectives among
the participants. These materials will also assist
us in considering the causes of the war from various
interpretive angles.
History 211WA/
REL 390. Religion, Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict
in Modern South Asia (4c/3h). TH 3-5:30.
A104. Hastings. In recent decades,
the news from India and other nations of South Asia has seemed
to center on increasingly violent confrontations between religious
and ethnic communities: advocates of a Sikh homeland in India,
a Buddhist-Hindu civil war in Sri Lanka, militant Muslims attacking
Hindus in Kashmir and Christians in Pakistan, militant Hindus
attacking Muslims throughout India, riots, bombings, and other
forms of communal and collective violence. Though these conflicts
appear to be religious in nature, and to reflect older animosities,
they are also seemingly dominated by the ideologies and rhetoric
of modern religious and ethnic nationalism. The goal of this
course is thus to understand the ways in which these conflicts
are, on the one hand, related to the global rise in incidents
of religious and ethnic violence and, on the other hand, have
their own social and political histories.
History 232.
Euro. Hist. Novels (2c/1.5h).
W 2-4:30. Barefield. Meet
every other week. Arranged with professor.
History 251.
United States before 1865 (4c/3h). MWF 9-9:50.
A102. Hendricks.
History 287.
Honors in History I: History
of Ancient Greek Democracy (4c/3h).
F 2-4:30. A208. Lerner. The seminar
will trace the history of how the ancient Greeks invented
and implemented the ideal that citizens of a community could
govern
themselves directly by means of an institution called demokratia,
“
people power.” Students will actively participate in
the process of
historical investigation by analyzing a variety of ancient
testimony
(textual and epigraphical) and modern scholarship to glean
insight into
the phenomenon of Greek democracy primarily from its inception
in the
Archaic Period (6th century B.C.E.) to its manifestation in
the
Classical Period (5th-4th century B.C.E.). The course will
stress the
current state about the study of demokratia, and the approaches
and
methods that ancient historians use to understand it. All
honors students must take History 287. POI.
History 287.
Honors in History II (4c/3h).
Staff. Writing of a major research paper. Arranged
with professor. POI.
300 Level Courses
History 307&
607. High Middle Ages through Renaissance (4c/3h).
MWF1-1:50. A103. O'Connell. European history
from the mid-twelfth through the early sixteenth centuries,
stressing
social and cultural developments.
History
310A & 610A.
History of WFU: Oral & Otherwise (4c/3h).
W 3-5:30. A305. Hendricks.
History
310A & 610A. Theodore Roosevelt's Era (4c/3h).
W 2-4:30. B116. Watts.
History
310W & 610W. Cold War in Asia (4c/3h).
T 3-5:30. A104. Sinclair.
History
315 & 615. Greek History (pre-modern) (4c/3h).
MW 2-3:15. A208. Lerner. The course surveys the social and
intellectual history of the Ancient
Greek World from the eighth to fifth centuries B.C.E. Throughout
this
period the Greeks developed many ideas and institutions that
were new to
antiquity. These achievements will be seen as the result of the
varied
and rich response of a gifted people to a more complex and changing
historical landscape than had existed in the ancient Near East.
Though
largely new, the Greek experience was not entirely unique. Some
of it
can be found in the thought and experience of our own civilization:
democracy and philosophy, individual character and the freedom
of social
choice.
We shall attempt to appreciate
the significance of these achievements through the historians
and philosophers
who actually witnessed
these
events, from numerous Greek plays (comedy and tragedy), as
well as from
art and architecture. The main themes of the course will be:
(i) the
development of city life and colonization, and the revolutionary
changes
in society, culture, and religion that it brought; (ii) the ‘Classical
Moment’; and (iii) the struggle between Athens and Sparta
for control of
the Greek world. No background in Greek History is necessary.
History
323 & 623. Great Britain (pre-modern) (4c/3h).
MWF10-10:50. A102. Barefield. Britain from the Anglo-Saxons
to the Glorious Revolution (1688). Cultural, social, and political
topics will be stressed. Readings will include selections from
Bede, Chaucer, Malory, the Paston Letters, and Pepys.
History
331 & 631. Russia: Origins to 1865 (4c/3h).
MWF 11-11:50. A305. Rupp. A survey of
the political, social, and economic history of Russia, from its
origins to the period
of the Great Reforms under Alexander II.
History 339 & 639.
The History of American Medicine (4c/3h). MWF
10-10:50. B117. Caron. This course
is a broad survey of the social history of American
medicine from the precolonial period to the present.
We will examine the indigenous healing methods of Native
Americans; the introduction of European methods; the
development of medical technology; the use of anesthesia
and surgical progression; the professionalization of
medicine; changes in medical education; changes in
childbirth procedures; health care during war time;
the impact of diseases; the economics of health care;
the ethics of human experimentation; sexually transmitted
diseases; and reproductive health issues. The class
is a combination of lecture and discussion, with a
heavy emphasis on the latter.
History 342
& 642.
Middle Eastern Survey (4c/3h). TR
1:30-2:45. A103. Opwis.
History 359 & 659.
US from WWI through WWII (4c/3h).
TR 1:30-2:45. A208. Smith. The
course covers United States development through the
transitions from World
War I, the Roaring Twenties with Flappers and Fundamentalism,
the Crash, the GREAT Depression of the 30’s,
and the cultural emergence of World War II. It was
a period full of major changes—rural to urban,
pristine national isolation to international primacy,
Cincinnatus to standing army, Harlem Renaissance to “To
Secure These Rights,” free market to corporate
society, and Woodrow Wilson to Harry Truman.
History 369 &
669. Modern Military History (4c/3h). MWF 11-11:50.
B117. Hughes. After the Vietnam War, where
the US won all the battles and lost the war, the Department
of Defense and others began asking how that could have happened.
This course is designed to help Americans answer that question
by putting military experience in a broader political, economic,
cultural, and social context. We will talk about military technology,
tactics, and strategy and about battles and wars, but we will
always seek to situate them within the larger historical context.
We can’t understand how the narrowly military elements
developed and how and why they were successfully—or unsuccessfully—deployed
unless we recognize the complex range of factors that influence
both military choices and ultimate outcomes.
History 372
& 672. Introduction African History (4c/3h).
W 2-4:30. B117. Wilson. An introduction to African history
from the perspective of the continent as a whole. The historical
unity of the African continent and its relation to other continents
will be stressed.
History
376 & 676. Civil Rights & Black Consciousness
Movement.
(4c/3h). TR 9:30-10:45. A103. Parent. A
social and religious history of the African-American
struggle
for citizenship rights and freedom from World War
II to the present. Also listed as REL 341.
History 397.
Historical Writing Tutorial (2c/1.5h). Staff. Arranged
with professor.
History 398
& 698. Individual Study (1-4c/1-3h).
Staff. Arranged
with professor.
History
399 & 699. Directed Reading (1-4c/1-3h).
Staff. Arranged with professor.
History 771.
Intership (1-4c/1-3h).
Staff. to be announced.
First Year Seminars
FYS
100.The Great Depression through the Eyes of American
Novelists (4c/3h) W 2-4:30. A104. Caron.
FYS
100. Images of Wealth and Poverty (4c/3h). TR 9:30-10:45.
A104. Smith.
FYS
100. Manhood in American Politics (4c/3h). T 2-4:30.
Tribble C3. Watts.
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