Department of History SPRING 2017 Courses
Faculty Members Rachel Applebaum Assistant Professor Modern Russia; Modern Central/Eastern Europe Virginia G. Drachman Professor Modern America, Women in the U.S., Medicine and Society in the U.S. David Ekbladh Associate Professor U.S. in the World, International History, Modern U.S. History Leila Fawaz Professor Middle East Kendra Field Assistant Professor Nineteenth-century U.S., African American, Native American Elizabeth Foster Associate Professor Modern France in the World, Colonial West Africa Ayesha Jalal Professor South Asia, the Muslim World Gary P. Leupp Professor Japan Kris Manjapra Associate Professor Modern South Asia, Modern Germany, Intellectual History Beatrice F. Manz Professor, Department Chair Middle East and Inner Asia Steven P. Marrone Professor Medieval, Early Modern Europe Ina Baghdiantz McCabe Professor Armenia and Cross-Cultural World Jeanne Marie Penvenne Professor Africa David Proctor Senior Lecturer Late Antique & Medieval Western Europe, Byzantium, Southeastern Europe, Papal-Imperial relations Alisha Rankin Associate Professor Early Modern Europe James Rice Visiting Professor Early American, Native American and environmental history Hugh Roberts Professor North African and Middle Eastern History, North Africa, Middle East Reed Ueda Professor Industrial and Urban U.S., Immigration Peter Winn Professor Latin American Man Xu Assistant Professor Chinese history Lecturers Adrian Brettle Part-Time Lecturer American History Robert Cross Part-Time Lecturer Europe Rodolfo Fernandez Part-Time Lecturer Latin American Kerri Greenidge Part-Time Lecturer African-American History
Spring 2017 History Department Course Listings Foundations Seminars (High Demand, Open to undergraduates only.) Course # Course Title Professor 90 Foundation Seminars, World/Transregional: Great Crisis (7 W 1:30-4 PM) Ekbladh 93 Foundation Seminars, North America: Coney Island to the Hollywood Sign (0 M 9-11:30 AM) Ueda 96 Foundation Seminars, Europe: History of the Book (3 R 9-11:30 AM) Rankin Research Seminars (High Demand, Graduate Students by special permission only.) Course # Course Title Professor 190 Research Seminar, World/Transregional: Cold War (2 W 9-11:30 AM) Applebaum 190 Research Seminar, World/Transregional: Travel Writing and History (6 T 1:30-4 PM) Baghdiantz McCabe 192 Research Seminar, Latin America: Contemporary Chile in Comparative Perspective (6+ T 1:20-4:20) Winn 193 Research Seminar, North America: Colonial/Revolutionary America and the Atlantic World (2+ W 8:30-11:30 AM) Survey Courses (Open to undergraduates only.) Course # Course Title Professor 12 Science and Technology in World History (I+ M/W 3-4:15 PM) Rankin 13 Reconstructing Africa s Past to 1850 (A+ M/W 8:05-9:20 AM) Penvenne 23 Colonial North America & The Atlantic World To 1763 (H+T/R 1:30-2:45 PM) Rice 29 U.S. Foreign Relations Since 1900 (E+ M/W 10:30-11:45 AM) Ekbladh 41 Modern Chinese History (D+ T/R 10:30-11:45 AM) Xu 43 Japan Since 1868 (E M/W/F 10:30-11:20 AM) Leupp 54 Europe since 1815 (G+ M/W 1:30-2:45 PM) Proctor 62 Reform & Revolution: Late Imperial Russia & the Soviet Union (I+ M/W 3-4:15 PM) Applebaum 65 Great Britain And The British Empire (K+ M/W 4:30-5:45 PM) Cross 71 Middle East and North Africa since WWI (K+ M/W 4:30 5:45 PM) Roberts 82 Special Topics, Latin America: Latino/Latina History (J+ T/R 3-4:15 PM) Fernandez 83 Special Topics, North America: The United States after 1865 (0 M 9-11:30 AM) Brettle 83 Special Topics, North America: African American Politics from Slavery to Black Power (K+ M/W 4:30-5:45 PM) Greenidge 87 Special Topics, Middle East/Central Asia: Algeria since 1900 (G+ M/W 1:30-2:45) Roberts Thematic Courses (Open to undergraduates and graduate students.) Course # Course Title Professor 109 Decolonization and Postcolonial Thought (G+ M/W 1:30-2:45) Manjapra 116 Revolution in Central and South America (10+ M 6-9 PM) Winn 135 Gender and Sexuality in Japanese History (8R 1:30-4:00 PM) Leupp 139 Women and Gender in East Asian Tradition (7 W 1:30-4 PM) Xu 156 Science, Magic, and Society, 1100-1700 (J+T/R 3-4:15 PM) Marrone 157 Empresses, Saints, and Scholars: The Women of Byzantium (K+ M/W 4:30-5:45 PM) Proctor 166 History of Afghanistan (8 R 1:30-4 PM) Manz 173 Advanced Special Topics, North America: African American Freedom Trail: Race and Citizenship in Greater Boston from Winthrop to White (0 M 9-11:30 AM) Greenidge Graduate Courses (Open to graduate students only.) Course # Course Title Professor 203 Comparative Colloquia The Search for Community (1T 9-11:30 AM) Ueda Rice
Foundations Seminars HIST. 90 Great Crisis David Ekbladh Block 7 W 1:30 4:00 pm Three critical eras the Great Depression, World War II, and the start of the Cold War constitute a hinge moment in the global history of the 20th Century. However, historians commonly treat each as separate epochs. Emphasizing new historical perspectives and methodologies this course will explore the three as one interrelated crisis. Big interlocking questions about ideology, the shape of society, the individual, and the composition of the international system were argued with means ranging from propaganda to total war. The outcomes of these disputes left the outlines of the world we live in today. By repositioning our understanding of these vital events, the course explores how different styles and methods of writing history can lead to new understandings of well-known historical events. We will also critically discuss how historical research can support different assertions on the same issue. Beyond basics of craft, a goal of the course is to expose them to the plural nature of history and historical debate. HIST. 93 Coney Island to the Hollywood Sign (Communities and Cultures) Reed Ueda Block 0 M 9:00 11:30am Comparisons between communities in the industrializing north and the globalizing west of the twentieth century. Exploration of inter-regional cultural continuity and innovation. HIST. 96 History of the Book Alisha Rankin Block 3 R 9:00 11:30 am This class traces the development of the European book from medieval manuscripts to the focus on the book in the Renaissance. The main topics discussed will be: the book before print; the social, technical and economic developments that led to the invention of print; the aftermath of printing and the spread of the book trade; "print culture" and the extent of its effects on religious, scientific, and social changes in the Renaissance; developments in printing and the book trade through the nineteenth century; and the effects of the internet on the book and printing. Throughout the class we will discuss the impact of digitalization on studying the book in pre-modern Europe. In addition to teaching students the subject material of book history, as a Foundation seminar, this class will also impart crucial historical skills. Students will learn to use different kinds of primary sources, to distinguish between primary and secondary sources, to examine secondary sources carefully for the author's argument, to use Tufts' rare books collection, and to create a set of sources for writing a history paper. Our series of short assignments aim to build these skills.
Research Seminars HIST. 190 The Cold War Rachel Applebaum Block 2 W 9:00-11:30 am The Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States was the defining geopolitical conflict of the second half of the twentieth century. This research seminar will provide an in-depth chronological and thematic examination of the Cold War. We will analyze some of the key political events of the conflict, including the postwar division of Europe, the Sovietization of Eastern Europe, the development of nuclear weapons, the construction of the Berlin Wall, détente, and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. We will also examine how the Cold War impacted social and cultural life in the two superpowers, including family structure, gender and race relations, popular culture, and consumption. While the course will focus primarily on the Soviet Union, the Eastern Bloc, and the United States, we will devote some attention to how the Cold War shaped the superpowers relations with recently decolonized countries in Africa and Asia. This course will demand significant class participation, reading, and writing. Throughout the semester, students will work on a major research paper. Students with backgrounds in Latin American, Middle Eastern, Asian, or African history are welcome to take the course so long as they select a research topic related to the Cold War. HIST. 190 Travel Writing and History Baghdiantz-McCabe Block 6 T 1:30 4:00 pm This research seminar examines the literary roots of historiography. Travel accounts and their major influence in shaping historiography, from Marco Polo, to colonial reports, to travelogues and journalism today. The focus is on how cross-cultural encounters and exchanges shaped historiography, revolutionary writing and political philosophy in Europe and how narrative style and description still shapes historical text. Travel descriptions of Europe, the New World, Persia, India and China and Africa, some integrated into later historical texts are used as primary sources. Sources include text; early maps, photographs and documentary film are analyzed. Several short oral and written papers. Sources are analyzed for views of the "other", views of the world, post-colonial issues of representation, Orientalist discourse, expressions of racism, sexism, imperialism and colonialism. HIST. 192 - Contemporary Chile in Comparative Perspective Peter Winn Block 6+ T 1:20 4:20 pm The history of Chile since World War II, years in which it was a laboratory for successive economic, social and political experiments. Populism before revolution, counter-revolution, authoritarianism, neo-liberalism and the restoration of democracy. The experience of Chile will be compared to that of other countries of the region; comparative research papers are encouraged. Students research papers would be based on primary as well as secondary sources; a reading knowledge of Spanish is strongly recommended.
HIST. 193 Colonial/Revolutionary America and the Atlantic World James Rice Block 2+ W 8:30 11:30 am This research seminar examines early America in the broadest possible sense. Though Britain's American colonies are at its core, our readings, discussions, and research projects will consider them in the context of the Atlantic World, Native America, and French, Spanish, and Dutch colonization; the chronology will range from the sixteenth to the early nineteenth centuries. Students will research and write a substantial paper, on a topic of their choosing, within these broad parameters. Survey Courses HIST. 12 Science and Technology in World History Alisha Rankin Block I+ M/W 3:00-4:15 pm A broad survey of the history of science from the ancient world to the 20th century. The course places a particular emphasis on the wider context of global trade, knowledge sharing, and colonialism throughout the development of scientific thought. Topics and themes include: science in ancient Babylonia, Greece, China, and India; Islamic science and its influence on medieval Europe; Mayan science; the discovery of the New World and its influence on conceptual and philosophical changes of the "Scientific Revolution"; globalization and colonialism; Darwin and human evolution; science and religion; race, science, and eugenics; science and warfare. Students will be challenged to consider the processes involved in the development of scientific theories and the ways in which global developments affected (and continue to affect) scientific thought. HIST. 13 Reconstructing Africa s Past to 1850 Jeanne Penvenne Block A+ M/W 8:05 9:20 am African history and culture from earliest times to the eve of European imperial expansion in Africa. Early patterns of settlement and cultural interaction; origins of African states; development of regional trading systems; the nature and impact of Africa's shifting participation in global trade. HIST. 23 Colonial North America & The Atlantic World to 1763 James Rice Block H+ T/R 1:30 2:45pm European imperialism and the creation of colonial societies in North America. Transatlantic perspective on religious, economic, and political forces joining Europe, Africa, and America. American society's emergence within Spanish, French, Dutch, and British empires. Trade, slavery, race, and ethnicity; family and community; work and economy; politics and war. HIST. 29 U.S. Foreign Relations Since 1900 David Ekbladh Block E+ M/W 10:30 11:45 am The rise of the United States to global preeminence over the course of the twentieth century is a fundamental element of recent international history. This transition had a profound impact on global life as well as the United States itself. This course will trace those changes.
HIST. 41 Modern Chinese History Man Xu Block D+ T/R 10:30 11:45 pm The history of modern China from the dynamic seventeenth-century of the Ming Dynasty to the social backlash against market economic reforms of the 1980s. Lectures and discussions provide a big picture survey of historical chronology and important historiographical debates in Chinese history, as well as opportunities for in-depth investigation into selected materials and topics that illuminate the everyday lives of Chinese people. HIST. 43 Japan since 1868 Gary Leupp Block E M/W/F 10:30 11:20 am From the eve of the Meiji Restoration to the twentieth century. Topics include the unequal treaties with Western powers, the Meiji Restoration, early industrialization, growth of the imperialist state, fascism, war, defeat, recovery, and recent role as a member of the Western camp. HIST. 54 Europe since 1815 David Proctor Block G+ M/W 1:30 2:45 pm The forces that shaped and characterized the history of Eastern and Western Europe from the Congress of Vienna into the contemporary era. Topics include nationalism, ethnic consciousness, the Industrial Revolution, political ideologies, the development of nation-states, Great Power diplomacy, the impact of the "Eastern Question," the disruptions of the First and Second World Wars, and the current conditions of the European states. HIST. 62 - Reform & Revolution: Late Imperial Russia & the Soviet Union Rachel Applebaum Block I+ M/W 3:00 4:15 pm An introduction to modern Russia from the great reforms of the mid-19 th century until the collapse of the Soviet Union. Topics to be covered include the emancipation of the serfs; late imperial society, politics, and culture; revolutionary movements; national minorities and nationalities policy in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union; the Russian Revolution and Civil War; Stalinism; World War II and the Holocaust on Soviet territory; the Cold War; de-stalinization and the Thaw; the impact of Western culture on Soviet society; Soviet engagement with the Third World; Brezhnev and the era of stagnation; perestroika and the end of the Communist system. Students will be exposed to a wide variety of primary sources, including government documents, fiction, diaries, propaganda posters, and films. HIST. 65 Great Britain and the British Empire Robert Cross Block K+ M/ W 4:30 5:45 pm The growth of British world power after the loss of America in the late 18th century, and its domestic social, economic, and political context. War, patriotism, and the popular culture of imperialism. Decolonization, immigration, and the search for a post-imperial identity after the Second World War.
HIST. 71 Middle East and North Africa since WW1 Hugh Roberts Block K+ M/W 4:30 5:45 am Major themes of the history of the region in light of long-term historical and cultural trends, including the impact of the West, World War I and the dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire, the emergence of nation states, the role of Islam in a changing society, tradition and revolution, the oil boom, and the Arab-Israeli conflict. HIST. 82 Latino/Latina History Rodolfo Fernandez Block J+ T/R 3:00 4:15 pm This class introduces students to the complex histories of Latinos in the United States. The first section of the class will focus on the historical roots of Latino communities, particularly along the region that today is the U.S.-Mexico border. The second part of this class analyzes the histories, cultures, and current socio-political realities of Latino communities in the United States beyond the border. The last segment of the class will also focus on current issues affecting Latinos. By approaching the subject from these different perspectives and methodologies, and by using readings and texts that range from historical documents to television programs, this class will serve as a general introduction while avoiding homogenizing the rich and complicated details of Latino histories. HIST. 83 The United States after 1865 Adrian Brettle Block 0 M 9:00 11:30 am This course is an interpretive survey of American History covering the fourteen decades since the end of the Civil War. The main topics are the creation of a huge capitalist market economy, the ascent of the U.S. to world power and engagement in world affairs, and the domestic challenge of keeping a mass society democratic how to balance the preservation of individual liberty with the growth of government power. The course will combine lecture and discussion of a range of primary sources, including two novels, in order to investigate both the individual experience and the long-term forces in history. In particular, the class will examine the social and economic changes wrought by Reconstruction and Progressivism on the nation. Attention will be given to the causes, experience, and outcomes of the two world wars. We will debate the background to the Great Depression and the effectiveness of the New Deal Program. We will discuss the difference both the Cold War and Civil Rights Movement have made to the United States. The course will conclude with an preliminary assessment of the impact of both terrorism and globalization on American domestic and foreign policy up to the present. HIST. 83 - African American Politics from Slavery to Black Power Kerri Greenidge Block K+ M/ W 4:30 5:45 pm Between ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865, and passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, millions of African- Americans transformed from slaves to free people, non-citizens to citizens, and "problem" to leading advocates for expanded civil rights. This course examines the contested meaning of this transformation through various strands of African-American political thought and the historical, cultural, and racial contexts from which this thought emerged. Special attention will be paid to the African-American literary tradition, black women's rights, and racial uplift politics.
HIST. 87 Algeria since 1900 Hugh Roberts Block G+ M/W 1:30 2:45 pm This course examines the revolutionary transformation of Algeria in the course of the 20th century and the subsequent political history of the independent state from 1962 to the present. Beginning with an examination of the character of the colonial system, we will consider the development of Algerian anti-colonialism and nationalism from the 1920s onwards, the war of liberation (1954-62) and the character of the National Liberation Front (FLN) and its armed forces (ALN), the Ben Bella regime (1962-5), the Boumediène regime (1965-78), its development strategy and foreign policy, the Chadli regime (1979-92) and the growth of domestic protest, the Kabyle question, the riots of 1988 and the political opening of 1988-1991, the descent into violence (1992-2002), the Zeroual and Bouteflika presidencies (1993-98 and 1999 to present) and the current succession crisis. Thematic Courses HIST. 109 - Decolonization and Postcolonial Thought Kris Manjapra Block G+ M/W 1:30 2:45 pm Third World and postcolonial theorists, including Guha, Spivak, Said, Gramsci, Hall, Chatterjee, Mohanty. Study of structures of colonialism, modes of resistance, and the processes of creative response among the colonized. Analysis of large-scale developments in the rise of modern global empires. Study of local and transnational social and cultural forces that critique, resist or counteract imperialism. Close reading of works by Marx, Fanon and Foucault. Analysis of capital and power. Attention to gender and sexuality, ideas about selfhood and subjectivity, forms of subordination. HIST. 116 - Revolution in Central and South America Peter Winn Block 10+ M 6:00-9:00 PM A comparative study in historical perspective of the causes, course, and consequences of revolution and counterrevolution in twentieth-century Central and South America. HIST. 135 Gender and Sexuality in Japanese History Gary Leupp Block 8 R 1:30 4:30 pm Discussion of ancient matriarchy, marriage customs, the status of women in ancient courtly and medieval military society, female samurai, childhood, initiation rites, monastic and samurai homosexuality, male and female prostitution, ruling-class "deployment" of sexuality, and the appeal of androgyny in theatre and other arts. HIST. 139 Women and Gender in East Asian Tradition Man Xu Block 7 W 1:30 4:00 pm How women made history and how history made women. An international and comparative study of women and gender in traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean societies from the seventh to the nineteenth centuries. Women s multiple roles in political, economic, legal, social, intellectual, and literary history.
HIST. 156 - Science, Magic, and Society, 1100-1700 Steve Marrone Block J+ T/R 3:00 4:15 pm Western European intellectual and cultural history from the twelfth-century Renaissance to the scientific revolution: the development of a rationalist worldview among intellectuals, the persistence of magic among the lower classes, and the phenomenon of the witch craze in the seventeenth century. HIST. 157 Empresses, Saints, and Scholars: The Women of Byzantium David Proctor Block K+ M/W 4:30 5:45 pm Examination of the themes of political legitimacy, spirituality, education, gender roles, the spread of Byzantine culture, and the evolution of Christian theology through a careful study of the lives of various women of the Byzantine world. This will include examination of the lives of women of the Byzantine Empire, Southeastern Europe, Russia, Western Europe, the kingdoms of Armenia and the Ottoman Empire. HIST. 166 History of Afghanistan Beatrice Manz Block 8 R 1:30 4:00 pm History, society, and culture of Afghanistan. Ethnic groups and ways of life. History from Alexander the Great to the Taliban, with emphasis on modern. Formation of the afghan state in the 18th century, 19th century imperial politics, Cold War, Soviet invasion, civil war. HIST. 173 African American Freedom Trail: Race and Citizenship in Greater Boston from Winthrop to White Kerri Greenidge Block 0 M 9:00 11:30 am Boston is a city of contradictions political liberalism marked by racial tension; economic opportunity punctuated by wealth and racial disparity. This course explores Boston s diverse history through the African-American communities that have lived in the area since the 17th Century. Special attention will be paid to site visits, independent student research, and the compilation of a historical archive of African-American communities in greater Boston as part of Tufts / Medford African American Freedom Trail. Graduate Courses HIST. 203 Comparative Colloquia: The Search for Community Reed Ueda Block 1 T 9:00 11:30 am The questions-- What is a community? and Who are the community? --explored in comparative historical perspective. Origins of nations, relation of culture and community, and the ties of regionalism and community.