Undergraduate Courses
The courses we teach are not just about memorizing facts or storylines: they are about understanding where those facts come from and how and why they are used to create the stories historians tell. Our courses will sharpen your skills, expand your mind, and teach you about the world even if you do not become a history major.
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Yearly Course Schedule 2026-2027
OUR GRADUATE COURSES HAVE MOVED
Fall 2026
Course |
Concentration |
Instructor |
Time |
Enrollment |
| 101-7-20 Native Americans in Film and TV | Major: Americas Minor: United States |
Doug Kiel | M/W 3:30 – 4:50pm | 15 |
| 101-7-22 The American Revolution at 250 | Major: Americas Minor: United States |
Caitlin Fitz | T/Th 11:00-12:20pm | 15 |
| 101-7-24 Policing Immigrant Communities | Major: Americas Minor: United States |
Geraldo Cadava | T/Th 3:30 – 4:50pm | 15 |
| 101-7-26 The Dragon & the Snow Lion: Nation & Nationalism in China and Tibet | Major: Asia/Middle East Minor: Asia, Middle East |
Peter Carroll | M/W 3:30–4:50pm | 15 |
| 101-7-28 History with Animals | Major: Global, Americas Minor: United States, Science and Technology, Environment |
Lydia Barnett | T/Th 3:30-4:50pm | 15 |
| 101-7-30 Trans History | Major: Americas, Europe Minor: Science and Technology |
Zavier Nunn |
M/W 3:30 – 4:50pm | 15 |
| 200-0-20 Christianity in Modern History | Major: Europe Minor: Europe |
Ed Muir |
M/W 9:30a-10:50am | 30 |
| 200-0-22 Visions of America | Major: Americas Minor: United States |
Kathleen Belew |
M/W 2:00–3:20pm | 45 |
| 200-0-24 Jim Crow America | Major: Americas Minor: United States |
Brett Gadsden |
TTh 2:00-3:20pm | 45 |
| 200-0-26 Cairo to Kaifeng: Medieval Jews, Global Lives | Major: Europe, Asia/Middle East, Africa/Middle East Minor: Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia |
Jonathan Brack |
MWF 10:00-10:50am | 30 |
| 200-0-28 History of the Black World [BLK_ST 213-0-20] | Major: Global, Americas, Europe, Africa/Middle East Minor: Latin America, Europe, Africa |
Kennetta Perry |
MW 11:00-12:20pm | 20 |
| 201-2-20 Europe in the Modern World | Major: Europe Minor: Europe |
Holly Swenson |
TTh 12:30-1:50pm | 45 |
|
203-2-20 Jewish History II: Early Modern, 1492-1789 [JWSH_ST 203-2-1] |
Major: Europe Minor: Middle East |
Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern |
T/Th 3:30–4:50pm | 30 |
| 215-0-20 History of the American Family | Major: Americas Minor: United States |
Michaela Kleber | T/H 11:00 – 12:20pm | 45 |
| 220-0-20 History of the Future | Major: Global, Americas, Europe Minor: Science and Technology |
Ken Alder | T/Th 2:00 – 3:20pm | 224 |
| 250-2-20 Global History: The Modern World | Major: Global, Americas, Asia/Middle East, Africa/Middle East, Europe Minor: United States, Latin America, Asia, Africa, Europe, Middle East |
Daniel Immerwahr |
M/W/F 11:00-11:50am | 180 |
| Major: Europe Minor: Europe |
Scott Sowerby |
M/W 2:00-3:20pm | 135 | |
|
271-3-20 History of the Modern Middle East, 1789-Present [MENA 290-4-3] |
Major: Africa/Middle East, Asia/Middle East Minor: Middle East |
Henri Lauziere |
M/W/F 3:00 – 3:50pm | 30 |
| 286-0-20 World War II in Asia | Major: Asia/Middle East Minor: Asia |
Laura Hein |
M/W/F 10:00-10:50am | 45 |
| 292-0-20 African Histories of Science | Major: Africa/Middle East Minor: Africa |
Helen Tilley |
T/Th 3:30–4:50pm | 15 |
| 292-0-22 Watching Narcos | Major: Minor: |
Lina Britto | T/Th 3:30-4:50pm | 15 |
| Major: Europe Minor: Europe |
Ed Muir | T/Th 9:30-10:50am | 15 | |
| 292-0-26 Jews and Arabs in Palestine-The Land of Israel, 1880-1948 [JWSH_ST 280-4-1] | Major: Asia/Middle East, Africa/Middle East Minor: Middle East |
Maayan Hilel | M/W 3:30-4:50pm | 15 |
| 300-0-22 Byzantium: Emperors and Hooligans | Major: Europe, Asia/Middle East Minor: Europe, Middle East |
Sergey Ivanov |
T/Th 3:30-4:50pm | 30 |
| 300-0-26 Gender & Sexuality in 19th-Century Black History [GSS 321-0-23] | Major: Americas Minor: United States |
Leslie Harris |
M/W 11:00-12:20pm | 45 |
| 305-0-20 American Immigration [LEGAL_ST 305-0-1] | Major: Americas Minor: United States, Law and Crime |
Shana Bernstein |
M/W 11:00-12:20pm | 30 |
| 342-2-20 History of Modern France: 19th Century to Present | Major: Europe Minor: Europe |
Tessie Liu |
T/Th 3:30-4:50pm | 30 |
| 345-2-20 History of Russia, 1917-1991: The Soviet Union | Major: Asia/Middle East, Europe Minor: Asia, Europe |
Jeff Eden |
T/Th 3:30-4:50pm | 45 |
| 370-0-20 Music and Nation in Latin America | Major: Americas Minor: Latin America |
Lina Britto |
T/Th 11:00-12:20pm | 45 |
| 377-0-20 A History of Sex [GSS 321-0-22] | Major:Global Minor: United States, Europe, Science and Technology |
Zavier Nunn |
T/Th 2:00-3:20pm | 30 |
| Major: Asia/Middle East Minor: Asia |
Peter Carroll |
M/W 12:30-1:50pm | 30 | |
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Major: Asia/Middle East |
Ashish Koul |
M/W 11:00-12:20pm | 30 | |
| 393-0-20 Black Protest | Major: Americas Minor: United States |
Brett Gadsden |
M/W 3:30-4:50pm | 15 |
| 393-0-22 Soviet History Through Film | Major: Europe, Asia/Middle East Minor: Europe, Asia |
Jeff Eden |
M/W 3:30-4:50pm | 15 |
| By application only. |
Robin Bates |
M/W 3:30-4:50pm | 15 | |
| Major: Americas Minor: United States, Environment |
Leslie Harris |
M/W 3:30-4:50pm | 15 | |
| Major: Europe Minor: Europe, Law and Crime |
Benjamin Frommer |
M/W 9:30-10:50am | 15 | |
| By application only. |
Amy Stanley |
Th 2:00-4:50pm | 15 |
Winter 2027
Course |
Concentration |
Instructor |
Time |
Enrollment |
| 101-8-20 Race and the American Presidency | Major: Americas Minor: United States |
Brett Gadsden | M/W 3:30-4:50pm | 15 |
| 101-8-22 Asian American Lives | Major: Minor: |
Ji-Yeon Yuh | M/W 3:30–4:50pm | 15 |
| 101-8-24 Historians, Judges, and Spies | Major: Minor: |
Ed Muir | T/Th 9:30-10:50am | 15 |
| 101-8-26 Here Be Dragons: Medieval Travel | Major: Minor: |
Alexandra Montero Peters | T/Th 3:30-4:50pm |
15 |
| 200-0-20 Civil Rights, Black Power | Major: Americas Minor: United States |
Brett Gadsden |
T/Th 2:00-3:20pm | 45 |
| Major: Americas Minor: United States |
Doug Kiel |
M/W 11:00-12:20pm | 45 | |
| Major: Global Tech Minor: Science and Technology |
Edisson Aguilar |
M/W 3:30-4:50pm | 30 | |
| 201-1-20 Europe in the Medieval and Early Modern World | Major: Europe Minor: Europe |
Alexandra Montero Peters | T/Th 11:00-12:20pm | 45 |
| 203-3-20 Jewish History III: 1789-1948 | Major: Minor: |
Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtren | TBD | 45 |
| 211-0-20 American Wars |
Major: Americas |
Michael Allen | M/W/F 1:00-1:50pm | 90 |
| 216-0-22 Global Asians |
Major: Global |
Ji-Yeon Yuh | M/W 12:30 - 1:50pm | 45 |
| 248-0-20 Global Legal History [LEGAL_ST 248] |
Major: Global |
Helen Tilley | M/W 2:00-3:20pm | 83 |
| 253-0-20 A Global History of Prisons and Camps | Major: Global Minor: |
Benjamin Frommer | M/W 11:00-12:20pm | 90 |
| 255-1-20 African Civilizations | Major: Americas Minor: United States |
Akin Ogundiran |
M/W 9:30–10:50am | 45 |
| Major: Americas Minor: Latin America |
Paul Ramirez |
T/Th 2:00-3:20pm | 30 | |
| Major: Minor: |
Scott Sowerby |
T/Th 2:00-3:20pm | 180 | |
| Major: Global Minor: Law and Crime |
Helen Tilley |
T/Th 11:00-12:20pm | 45 | |
| 292-0-22 Women, Power and Modernity in Islam | Major: Asia/Middle East Minor: Asia |
Ashish Koul |
M/W 2:00-3:20pm | 15 |
| 300-0-20 Reporting on Latino Communities | Major: Minor: |
Geraldo Cadava |
T/Th 3:30-4:50pm | 30 |
| 300-0-22 Muslims and Christians in African History | Major: Africa/Middle East Minor: Africa |
Sean Hanretta | T/Th 3:30-4:50pm | 30 |
| 300-0-24 Cannabis: Global History | Major: Global Minor: Law and Crime |
Lina Britto | T/Th 3:30-4:50pm | 45 |
| 300-0-26 South Asians in the World | Major: Asia/Middle East Minor: Asia |
Ashish Koul | M/W 11:00-12:20pm | 30 |
| 315-3-20 The United States Since 1900: Late 20th Century to Present | Major: Americas Minor: United States |
Michael Allen | T/Th 9:30-10:50pm | 15 |
| 333-0-20 The Europe Renaissance |
Major: Europe |
Ed Muir | M/W 9:30-10:50am | 30 |
| 351-0-20 Europe in the Age of Total War |
Major: Europe |
Robin Bates |
T/Th 2:00-3:20pm |
45 |
| 352-0-20 A Global History of Death and Dying |
Major: |
Sean Hanretta |
T/Th 11:00-12:20am |
45 |
| 374-0-20 The Arabian Peninsula Since the 18th Century |
Major: |
Henri Lauziere | M/W/F 3:00-3:50pm | 30 |
| 381-2-20 Modern China: The Twentieth Century | Major: Minor: |
Peter Carroll | MW 12:30-1:50pm | 30 |
| 388-0-20 The Mongol Empire | Major: Minor: |
Jonathan Brack | TTh 9:30-10:50am | 30 |
| 393-0-20 The Arab Quest for Independence After WWII | Major: Minor: |
Henri Lauziere | TTh 3:30-4:50pm | 15 |
| 393-0-22 Sex and Nazi Germany | Major: Minor: |
Zavier Nunn | TTh 3:30-4:50pm | 15 |
| 395-0-20 Jewish Autobiography as a Historical Source | Major: Minor: |
Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern | MW 3:30-4:50pm | 15 |
| 395-0-22 The Historian's Craft 2 | By application only. | Robin Bates | MW 3:30-4:50pm | 15 |
| 395-0-24 Korean War Legacies | Major: Minor: |
Ji-Yeon Yuh | TTh 3:30-4:50pm | 15 |
| 398-2-20 Thesis Seminar | By application only. | Amy Stanley | Th 2:00-4:50pm | 15 |
Spring 2027
FYI: Courses for Spring are currently being updated - subject to change.
Course |
Concentration |
Instructor |
Time |
Enrollment |
| 101-8-20 Cultural History of Beer,Wine, and Spirits in Africa |
Major: Africa/Middle East |
Akin Ogundiran | M/W 2:00-3:20pm | 15 |
| 101-8 Scientific Lives |
Major: |
Ken Alder | M/W 9:30-10:50am | 15 |
| 200-0-20 Apocalypse Now and Then: A Recent History of the End of the World |
Major:
|
Keith Woodhouse | T/Th 200-3:20pm | 45 |
| 200-0-22 Transformations of the American Childhood |
Major: Americas |
Kathleen Belew | M/W 11:00-12:20pm | 45 |
| 200-0-24 Rulers of the Medieval World: Queens, Emperors, and Caliphs |
Major: |
Alexandra Montero Peters | T/Th 2:00-3:50pm | 30 |
| 201-2-20 Europe in the Modern World |
Major: |
Holly Swenson | M/W 9:30-10:50am | 45 |
| 218-0-20 The History of Latinas and Latinos in the United States |
Major: Americas |
Geraldo Cadava | T/Th 12:30-1:50pm | 45 |
| 250-1-20 Global History: Early Modern to Modern Transition |
Major: Americas, Europe, Asia/Middle East, Africa/Middle East, Global
|
Jonathan Brack | M/W/F 11:00-11:50am | 90 |
| 255-3-20 Modern Africa |
Major: Africa/Middle East |
Sean Hanretta | M/W/F 4:00-4:50pm | 45 |
| 275-2-20 History of Modern Science and Medicine |
Major: |
Ken Alder | M/W 2:00-3:20pm | 90 |
| 292-0-20 From the Assembly Line to AI: Automation and Modernity |
Major:
|
Edisson Aguilar | M/W 12:30-1:50pm | 15 |
| 292-0-20 TBD |
Major:
|
Sean Hanretta | TBD | 15 |
| 300-0-20 Global History of Waste |
Major: Global |
Akin Ogundiran | M/W 3:30-4:50pm | 45 |
| 300-0-22 Indigenous Peoples and US Law |
Major: Americas |
Douglas Kiel | T/Th 11:00-12:20pm | 30 |
| 339-0-20 Cold War Mirrors |
Major: |
Jeff Eden | M/W 3:00-4:20pm | 15 |
| 346-0-20 East Central Europe under Communist Rule and Beyond, 1945 to the Present |
Major: Europe |
Ben Frommer | M/W 12:30-1:50pm | 30 |
| 349-0-20 The Holocaust |
Major: |
Sarah Cushman | T/Th 3:30-4:50pm | 45 |
| 365-0-20 Medicine in Latin America: From Chocolate to Che Guevara |
Major: Americas |
Paul Ramirez | M/W 12:30-1:50pm | 45 |
| 367-0-20 History of Mexico |
Major: Americas |
Paul Gillingham | T/Th 9:30-10:50am | 30 |
| 373-1-20 The Last Empire of Islam: The Ottomans in Europe and Asia in the Early Modern Era |
Major: Asia/Middle East |
Ipek Yosmaoglu | T/Th 2:00-3:20pm | 30 |
| 385-1-20 History of Modern South Asia, 1500-1800 |
Major: Asia/Middle East |
Rajeev Kinra | T/Th 3:30-4:50pm | 45 |
| 393-0-20 Catholicisms in the Americas |
Major: Americas |
Paul Ramirez | T/Th 3:30-4:50pm | 15 |
| 393-0-22 Empires, Borderlands, Nationalisms |
Major: |
Ashish Koul | T/Th 11:00 - 12:20pm | 15 |
| 393-0-24 Comparative Facism |
Major: |
Lauren Stokes | T/Th 3:30-4:50pm | 15 |
| 395-0-20 Spain of the Three Religions |
Major: Europe |
Alexandra Montero Peters | T/Th 3:30-4:50pm | 15 |
| 395-0-22 Modern Presidency |
Major: |
Michael Allen | M/W 3:30-4:50pm | 15 |
| 398-3-20 Thesis Seminar |
By application only. |
Amy Stanley | Th 2:00-4:50pm | 15 |