Subject Profile: History

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1 Subject Profile: History (Department of History, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Carleton University) Description of Program/Degrees offered The Department of History offers the following degree programs: Bachelor of Arts (General) Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Bachelor of Arts (Honours; Concentration in International History) Bachelor of Arts (Combined Honours) Minor in History Master of Arts Master of Arts (Public History) Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Related programs/areas of cooperation Collaborative Ph.D. with a Specialization in Political Economy (with Institute of Political Economy) Language emphasis and limitations English-language works will be the primary focus of the collection. Selected works in French will also be included. Works in other languages, including but not limited to German, Russian, Spanish and Italian will not be routinely collected. Requests for foreign language materials must be approved by the Department s Library Committee. Material Formats Books, journals, conference proceedings, historical reproductions, maps, and government documents, in print, online and microform formats Some reprints may be purchased. Textbooks will not be purchased. Exceptions: updated editions of regularly circulating items or by faculty request. Time period covered 800 C.E Events occurring before 800 C.E. and after 2000 will be covered by other profiles with the exception of some aspects of early Asian and Latin American societies. These are clearly indicated within the collection profile. Subject Coverage 1. Intellectual and Cultural History European (Medieval, Renaissance, Reformation, Enlightenment); Scottish (Enlightenment); British; French; Canadian; American; Japanese History or emotion and friendship Shopping and material culture 2. Historiography/ Historical Theory and Method/ the Writing of History Digital History Canada and International

2 3. Public History Representation of history in film/popular culture and new media; museums/cultural institutions and public memory; historical presentation and cultural resource management; oral history; archival and conservation techniques Special Focus: Rideau Canal Museums/Cultural Institutions and Public Memory Canada and International Oral History History of Photography History on Film/Television Canada and International Visual culture 4. Medieval History Political, intellectual, and social history; culture and family life; religion, law (England), history of science and the university Special Focus: History of Christianity Countries of interest: Continental Europe and England 5. Renaissance Political, social, and intellectual history; art, culture and religion; law (England); history of science and the university Special Focus: History of books and libraries History of communication Countries of interest: Western Europe, including England 6. Protestant and Catholic Reformations Political and social history; art, culture and religion Counter-Reformation Reformation (England) Countries of interest: Continental Europe and England 7. Europe (transnational) 16th century to 2000 Political, diplomatic, economic, social and cultural history; war and society Early modern France and Italy First and Second World Wars Interwar Period Jesuits and European Culture Colonial conquest and settlement, migration within the Atlantic World British Imperial History

3 8. England Mid-15 th century to 2000 Political and social history; culture and religion; law; war and society, modernism, urbanism, imperialism Experience of the First World War Experience of the Second World War Victorian writers and fiction 19 th century gold and diamond rushes in global perspective Connections between trade, consumption, shopping, material culture, and modern imperialism 9. France 16 th century to 2000 Political, economic and social history; family life, culture and religion Origins and course of the Revolution to Germany 800 CE to 2000 Political and social history; family and everyday life; culture and religion; national identity; history of sexuality; memory and memorialization; social movements 18 th to 20 th century Germany Holocaust studies German Democratic Republic Cold War 11. Central & East Central Europe 19 th and 20 th century Political, social, cultural and economic history 12. Russia/Soviet Union & Successor States 9 th century to 2000 Political, diplomatic, and social history; war and society; history of women 20 th century diplomatic activity and foreign policy 13. Japan, China and Korea China: 221 BCE to 2000 Japan: 660 BCE to 2000 Korea: 1894 to 2000 Political, intellectual (Japan), diplomatic and economic history; foreign relations with Western nations Japan Pan-Asianism Japanese and Asian nationalism/racism/anti-semitism Japan: Modern and Contemporary (Meiji, Taisho, Showa, Heisei) politics, foreign policy, international relations China: China since Republican (Xinhai Revolution) 1911: politics, foreign policy, international relations, nationalism Korea: Politics, Confucianism, foreign policy, international relations, nationalism since 1894

4 14. Canada and the Provinces 16th century - Early exploration and settlement; political, cultural, economic, social, military and intellectual history; regionalism; labour, business, and urban history, immigration and ethnic settlement; law, education (public and higher), religion and family life; peace operations and conflict resolution; popular culture, health, women and gender, environment 19 th and 20 th century Quebec; nationalism and separatism Immigration to and within British North America and Canada 19 th and 20 th century women s and gender history Cultural nationalism and cultural policy Atlantic Canada Development of the Canadian welfare state Canadian environmental history Ontario history Foreign relations with the United States and Commonwealth countries World Wars Diplomatic History History of the Archives Photography, Place, Public Memory in Prairie Canada Heritage Movement in Ottawa Canadian Peacekeeping and Peace operations Canadian defence Metis and fur trade History of Aboriginal Peoples of Canada 15. United States (transnational) 18 th century to 2000 Political, economic, intellectual, cultural and social history and theory; popular culture; global political, economic and cultural expansion; gender; race; imperialism, post-colonialism; environmental history 19 th century (in particular, the American South) African-American history and civil rights movements Slavery and abolitionism Plantation societies Foreign relations with Canada U.S. environmental history Cold War period Foreign Relations with Latin America Modern foreign/international relations Cultural history of death in 19 th century American South 16. Latin America 1000BCE to 2000 Colonial expansion and conquest; migration; postcolonial societies; social and political history; social unrest, civil wars and revolutions; education; native peoples (particularly the Maya, Aztec and Inca civilizations); gender; popular culture Aztec social system, culture, religion and philosophy History of women and family Honor Studies (values) Latin American sexuality Nahuas, Nahuatl studies French Canadian explorers in New Mexico Countries of interest: Mexico, Brazil, Peru, Argentina (20 th century)

5 17. Caribbean Political, social and economic history; colonial expansion and conquest; postcolonial societies Slavery and emancipation Labour Children/Childhood Race relations 18. Africa 17th century to 2000 Conquest and colonial expansion; decolonization and postcolonial societies; liberation movements; medical, social, political and gender history; race relations West African states and empires 19 th and 20 th century South Africa Slavery Labour Children/Childhood Medieval and Modern History of Africa Reproduction, Birth Control, Abortion and Fertility Control (20 th century) Critical Whiteness studies Ancient & Pre-Colonial Africa Modern South Africa 19. India and South Asia British empire and modern south Asia; colonialism and decolonization; political, economic, cultural, social history; modernism; caste, race, gender history, South Asian diaspora history; Indian cinema Dalits and colonization and decolonization, nationalism, Christianity Slave narratives Caste, race and gender in popular media 20. Middle East Late 18 th century to 2000 Social and cultural history; colonialism 21. Foreign Policy Formulation, International and Diplomatic History 19 th century to 2000 Political, economic, military-civil relations; intelligence and peace movements, globalization; imperialism; missionaries; history of development History of international human rights and humanitarian aid Gender and international history Cosmopolitanism Countries of interest: Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Russia/Soviet Union, Japan, China, United States, and Canada

6 22. Women s History 15 th century to 2000 Social, economic, cultural, religious, political and intellectual history Theory and method of writing women s history History of black and native women in North America Women, gender and the body Gender and environmentalism Countries of interest: Europe, Great Britain, Canada, United States, and Latin America 23. History of Gender and Sexuality History of Sexuality East & West German treatment of sexual deviance Persecution of homosexuals in Nazi and post-war periods 24. Environmental History 18 th century to 2000 Uses of the natural world; environmental movements; history and significance of rivers, trees, forests Human interaction with animals 25. History of Food and Drink 800AD to 2000 Religious, cultural, economic, political and social history; temperance and prohibition, consumption Beer and breweries History of wine Countries of interest: Western Europe, North America 26. Youth and History 18 th century to 2000 Education; revolutionary and mass politics; war and military training; popular culture, sexuality and leisure Countries of interest: Western Europe Subjects to be excluded South Pacific New Zealand Australia Ancient Near East Pre-20th century Jewish history Local histories of American states and/or towns History of specific military regiments or installations Technical descriptions of military weapons, battles, naval vessels or aircraft Margaret McLeod Subject Specialist May 2, 2012