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Laurier History
History Courses
2014/2015
Thinking about History?
Looking for an Elective?
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First Year AF Seminar Courses
These courses are small seminars led by history faculty sponsored by
the Dean of Arts. These interdisciplinary seminars offer an opportunity
for students to study a topic in-depth.
AF101B - Peace and Conflict: Jews/Arabs - Winter Term 2015
What is it like to walk in the shoes of Arabs and Jews whose lives are shaped by the Israeli-
Palestinian conflict? When did this dispute begin and why has it continued for so long? We
will explore this critical subject through memoirs, historical fiction, short stories and film. We
will meet Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish as well as members of Ontario’s Jewish community in
person. Whatever our own sympathies and personal commitments we will engage in
thoughtful and mutually respectful dialogue as we work together to understand a conflict
that has impacted the lives of millions and promises to do so for the foreseeable future.
8:30—11:20 am 3-106 Instructor: Dr. Gavin Brockett
AF101C - Battle: A History - Fall Term 2014
In this seminar, we will explore eleven of the most famous battles in world history. We will
study these battles not only as important episodes in military history but also for what they
can tell us about the states, societies and cultures that fought them. Through weekly
readings and discussions, we will examine such topics as the experience of battle; leadership
and generalship; courage and cowardice; injury and trauma; morality in war and war crimes;
and memory and commemoration. Finally, we will learn that history is not just “facts”; it is
interpretation, analysis and argument. Students in this course must also be enrolled in HI123
Great Battles in History.
W 9:30—12:20 PM 5-103 Instructor: Dr. Darryl Dee
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AF101G - Animals and Society - Winter Term 2015 contd.
interest in protecting animals? In this course we will examine the
various ways that humans have interacted with and thought about
animals throughout history. We'll look at the emergence of pet
keeping; the history of zoos; animals as sources of food; animal
diseases and their effect on human health; the use of animals in
scientific research; and animals as entertainment. This class requires
writing a number of short assignments and active participation in the
weekly seminar discussions.
F 8:30—11:20 am 3-106 Instructor: Dr. Eva Plach
AF101J - Finding Jack the Ripper - Fall Term 2014
"Jack the Ripper” is probably the most famous serial killer in history.
The crimes committed in 1888 were never solved, there were few
clues, and no one was ever charged with the crimes. Even the name
"Jack the Ripper" came from a letter sent to the Central News
Agency that was widely dismissed as a hoax. The graphic murder of
part-time prostitutes in the East End of London terrified residents for
years to come, and it continues to haunt our popular imagination.
The killings in Whitechapel, while horrific, were neither the most
graphic, numerous, or unusual the world had ever seen: so why does
this mystery continue to resonate? In this course we will see why the
very lack of real information allows this case to stand in for a
society's deepest fears and anxieties. The course will study the
history of Jack the Ripper in Victorian London, and we will also
examine popular representations including film, graphic novels,
criminal copycats, and even video games.
MW 1:30 - 2:50 pm 5-103 Instructor: Dr. Amy Milne-Smith
First Year
AF Seminar AF101U - History Whodunits - Winter Term 2015
Courses An 18th century slave in New France was charged with arson and
after a brutal interrogation, she was executed. But was she really
guilty of the crime? Were the killings of a road-construction crew by
an Indigenous group in the 19th century colony of British Columbia
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AF101U - History Whodunits - Winter Term 2015 contd.
an act of murder or a war? In 1924 the charismatic leader of an immigrant religious sect was
killed when the train on which he was travelling suddenly exploded. Was this a terrible
accident or an assassination (and if so, by whom?). Using a problem-based approach and the
Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History website as our 'textbook', this course explores
historical "cold cases" in depth. Students become detectives, working with a vast digital
archive of texts, maps, images, and multimedia, learning how to weigh evidence, assess all
the possibilities, and unravel (or at least, explain) some of the great unsolved mysteries in
Canadian History. As a Faculty of Arts first-year seminar, this course also strives to develop
some student expertise in not only historical thinking but also the kinds of academic skills
that will serve them in other courses they might take while at university. Through our
assignments, required readings, class discussions and other activities, students will learn
how to construct arguments, use evidence, and create interpretations. Students will acquire
and hone their critical assessment, communication, research, and writing talents through
both group and individual assignments and presentations based on both primary and
secondary materials.
T 8:30—11:20 am 3-106 Instructor: Dr. Susan Neylan
Digital Humanities Courses
DH100—Digital Creativity Fall 2014
The web has dramatically transformed our access to the past; from online archives to virtual
museums, history has never been more tangible. Digital humanities teaches students with no
prior training to both access and transform digital sources in dynamic ways. This course
introduces students to the practical world of digital tools in an interactive setting with
opportunities for collaborative lab work and experimentation. They will, as their major
assignment, design a digital project that processes information of particular interest to them
using digital tools and deploys the results in a new digital creation. In an increasingly digitized
world, this course is key for students hoping to learn about and transform that world.
MW 5:30—6:50 pm P1025/25 Instructor: Dr. Karljurgen Feuerherm
Tutorial 1 M 1:30—2:20 BA206
Tutorial 2 M 2:30—3:20 BA206
Tutorial 3 M 3:30—4:20 BA206
Tutorial 4 W 1:30—2:20 BA206
Tutorial 5 W 2:30—3:20 BA206
Tutorial 6 W 3:30—4:20 BA206
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First Year Courses
Learn about key people, forces, and events that caused the present
world to emerge out of the past. Understand the diversity of human
experiences in a range of times and places.
HI 102 - Central/Late Middle Ages 1100-1450 - Winter Term 2015
An examination of Western European civilization in the period known as the Central Middle
Ages (c. 1100-1300) – a time of remarkable growth, development and innovation – and the
Late Middle Ages (c. 1300-1450), an era of major disasters and challenges which
nevertheless gave birth to the Renaissance and sowed the seeds for the coming of the
Reformation and the Early Modern period.
TR 8:30-9:20 am BA101 Instructor: Dr. Chris Nighman
Tutorial 1 T 10:30-11:20 S102 Instructor: TBA
Tutorial 2 T 11:30 –12:20 S102 Instructor: TBA
Tutorial 3 T 12:30-1:20 S102 Instructor: TBA
Tutorial 4 T 1:30-2:20 S102 Instructor: TBA
Tutorial 5 R 10:30-11:20 P2015 Instructor: TBA
Tutorial 6 R 11:30-12:20 P2015 Instructor: TBA
Tutorial 7 R 12:30-1:20 P2015 Instructor: TBA
Tutorial 8 R 1:30-2:20 P2015 Instructor: TBA
Laurier History 6 HI 112 - Problems in Modern Canadian History - Winter Term 2015 This course examines the ways in which factors such as region, institutions, and individuals influenced the course of modern Canadian history. Topics may include the impact of industrialization on ordinary Canadians; the resettlement of the west; Canada and the World Wars; youth culture in the 1950s-70s; Americanization; and the Soviet-Summit hockey series. HI112 will also expose students to the ways in which historians construct arguments, use evidence, and interpret and represent the past. TR 2:30-3:20 BA102 Instructor: Dr. Susan Neylan Tutorial 1 R 4:30-5:20 S102 Instructor: TBA Tutorial 2 R 5:30-6:20 S102 Instructor: TBA Tutorial 3 R 6:30-7:20 S102 Instructor: TBA Tutorial 4 F 11:30-12:20 S102 Instructor: TBA Tutorial 5 F 12:30-1:20 S102 Instructor: TBA Tutorial 6 F 1:30-2:20 S102 Instructor: TBA HI 121 - Ancient History in Global Context - Fall Term 2014 This introductory world history course surveys a selection of ancient civilizations of Asia, Europe, Africa and the Americas prior to European cultural and economic ascendancy. Among these civilizations are Han dynasty China, Classical Greece, the Roman Empire, and the early Indus valley cultures. This course looks at political and historical events and how they shaped culture, slavery, warfare, trade and commerce. Among topics that may be covered are Mexica (Aztec) human sacrifice, Chinese Terracotta warriors, the lost libraries of Timbuktu, Egyptian Pharaohs’ death tombs, the conquests of Alexander the Great, and Ancient Greek cross- dressing. T 7:00-8:50 pm BA102 Instructor: TBA Tutorial 1 T 4:30-5:20 P2015 Instructor: TBA Tutorial 2 T 5:30-6:20 P2015 Instructor: TBA Tutorial 3 W 2:30-3:20 P2015 Instructor: TBA Tutorial 4 W 3:30-4:20 P2015 Instructor: TBA Tutorial 5 R 2:30-3:20 P2015 Instructor: TBA Tutorial 6 R 3:30-4:20 P2015 Instructor: TBA Tutorial 7 F 10:30-11:20 P2015 Instructor: TBA Tutorial 8 F 11:30-12:20 P2015 Instructor: TBA
Laurier History 7 HI 123 - Great Battles in History - Fall Term 2014 This course will explore eleven of the most important battles in world history. We will examine such topics as: the context of these battles; the commanders and armies; the strategy and tactics employed; the experience of combat; and the outcomes. Military history, however, is more than just an account of fighting. We will therefore also analyze how these battles affected the states, societies, and cultures that fought them. TR 10:00-11:20 BA102 Instructor: Dr. Darryl Dee HI 125 - Business History - Fall Term 2014 How have entrepreneurs in the past executed to produce fundamental change? What is the history of the corporation? Why do we have mortgages? This course surveys business history in Western Europe and the Americas from 1500 to the present day. We debate the development of the corporation, the role of the individual in the market, the importance of consumerism, explanations for government regulation, and the history of economic thought. Structured around case studies, this course provides historical context to contemporary debates over business and society, while tracing how commerce and industry have had a transformative effect on the modern world. MW 2:30-3:20 N1002 Instructor: Dr. David Smith Tutorial 1 M 10:30-11:20 S102 Instructor: TBA Tutorial 2 M 11:30-12:20 S102 Instructor: TBA Tutorial 3 M 12:30-1:20 S102 Instructor: TBA Tutorial 4 T 10:30-11:20 S102 Instructor: TBA Tutorial 5 T 11:30-12:20 S102 Instructor: TBA Tutorial 6 T 12:30-1:20 S102 Instructor: TBA Tutorial 7 T 1:30-2:20 S102 Instructor: TBA
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Learn to frame contemporary and historical events in national, comparative, and
global contexts. Students gain an enhanced understanding of contemporary
Canadian and global citizenship through coursework in each of four tracks that
traverse time and place: Social Issues and Globalization; Peace and War; Politics,
Power, and Law; and Culture, the Arts and Society.
HI 126 - War and Society – Winter Term 2015
This course studies the changing face of warfare in the Western World from Ancient times to
the present within a broad social and political context. It examines how soldiers have been
recruited, how armies have fought, how tactics and strategy have evolved over the centuries,
and finally how warfare has affected non-combatant civilians.
MWF 1:30-2:20 1E1 Instructor: Dr. Michael Sibalis
HI 199 - Roots of Now: Modern World History – Winter Term 2015
Who are we and how did we get here? Using comparative or transnational approaches,
students will learn about the most important and influential historical events, movements, and
people who shaped the modern world. Topics could include the rise and fall of global
colonialism, the divisions of the Islamic caliphates, the roots of environmental activism, and
the lasting influence of the Cold War. Students will come out of this course with an
appreciation of the strong links between contemporary problems and their historical
antecedents.
MW 12:30-1:20 BA102 Instructor: Dr. Amy Milne-Smith
Tutorial 1 W 1:30-2:20 P2027 Instructor: TBA
Tutorial 2 M 1:30-2:20 P2027 Instructor: TBA
Tutorial 3 F 8:30-9:20 P2015 Instructor: TBA
Tutorial 4 F 9:30-10:20 P2015 Instructor: TBA
Tutorial 5 F 10:30-11:20 P2015 Instructor: TBA
Tutorial 6 F 11:30-12:20 P2015 Instructor: TBA
Tutorial 7 F 12:30-1:20 P2015 Instructor: TBA
Tutorial 8 F 1:30-2:20 P2015 Instructor: TBA
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History and Philosophy of Science
The HPS Minor Programme attracts students from diverse faculties who
engage critically in the study of science, technology, medicine, and
environment from the varied perspectives of an increasingly sophisticated
scholarly field of study.
HP 202 - Science in the Modern World, 1800 to the Present – Winter Term 2015
This interdisciplinary survey course offers an introduction to central topics in the History and
Philosophy of Science since 1800. Themes include changing ways of knowing the physical
and natural world; changing responses to (and representations of) nature; the impact of
modernity and the forces of modernization; the growth and impact of scientific institutions;
problems of scientific method; the rise of Big Science; and postmodernist critiques of
science. No background is required in either History or Science. A core course in the HPS
Minor Programme, HP 202 surveys major scientific developments within their broader
socio-cultural contexts, highlighting major historical and philosophical issues in the relevant
scholarly literature.
T 7:00-9:50 BA202 Instructor: Dr. Suzanne Zeller
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HI 202 - Europe, 1789-1871: War – Winter Term 2015
This course covers the principal events in European history during the “long nineteenth
century” from the start of the French revolution (1789) to the outbreak of WW1 (1914). It
examines the causes of the French Revolution and why it led to the bloody Reign of Terror;
the rise and fall of Napoleon; the appearance of modern Ideologies (conservatism,
liberalism, socialism); the Industrial Revolution and how it transformed economic and social
life; the emergence of nationalism and the unification of Italy and Germany; the
development of mass democracy; the global spread of European imperialism; and the
conflict between the Great Powers in the lead-up to WW1.
MWF 10:30-11:20 BA209 Instructor: Dr. Michael Sibalis
HI 205 - The Rise, Splendour and Fall of Imperial Russia, 862-1917 – Fall Term 2014
This course charts Russia's spectacular rise and fall over more than a thousand years. We see
how scattered city states in 900 managed to control one sixth of the world land mass by
1900. Along the way we investigate the vital roles played by Ivan the Terrible, Peter the
Great, and Catherine the Great. Important topics include: the Mongol invasion, the peasant
village, the rise of Moscow and St. Petersburg; and the way in which Lenin's Communist
Revolution overwhelmed the Russian empire during World War One.
TR 1:00-2:20 BA110 Instructor: Dr. Leonard Friesen
Second Year Courses
Learn to approach and solve problems using a variety of historical
methodologies, such as social, political, cultural, economic, gendered,
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HI 206 - Russia from Communist Revolution to Soviet Collapse, 1917-1991 – Winter Term
2015
The Soviet Union played an enormous role in the history of the twentieth century, but what
was it exactly? This course considers Russia's transformation from an Imperial to a
Communist state and charts its ultimate demise. It highlights the vital roles played by Lenin,
Stalin, and Khrushchev. We pay particular attention to the societal impact of
Collectivization and famine, the purges, the rise of the GULAG prison system, the 900-day
siege of Leningrad during World War Two, and the rise and fall of Perestroika under
Gorbachev.
TR 8:30-9:50 am BA111 Instructor: Dr. Leonard Friesen
HI 209 - United States: 1865 to Present – Winter Term 2015
This course surveys major historical trends and changes in the United States since 1877.
Themes addressed include politics, immigration, gender relations, minorities, mass culture,
social movements, and the rise of America as a global power.
MWF 11:30-12:20 BA111 Instructor: Dr. David Monod
Learn to identify primary and secondary sources in print, material,
and digital media.Laurier History 12
Organize information and distill the important from the trivial: place
data and evidence into context; identify, evaluate, and assess key
arguments; grasp and analyze cause and effect; understand “bias” and
perspective.
HI 225/CL225 - History of Ancient Greece – Fall Term 2014
A survey of Greek history from the rise of the city-state to the empire of Alexander with
emphasis upon the evolution of Athenian democracy and upon movements toward unification
of the Greek cities.
(Cross-listed as CL225.)
MW 4:00-5:20 BA208 Instructor: Dr. Alexis Young
HI 226/CL226 - History of Ancient Rome – Winter Term 2015
A survey of the development of Rome from its founding to the later Roman Empire. The
emphasis is upon the unification of Italy, the growth of political institutions and the expansion of
the Empire.
(Cross-listed as CL226.)
MW 2:30-3:50 BA208 Instructor: TBA
HI 228 - Modern Asian History – Fall Term 2014
This course is a survey of Asian civilization over the last two centuries. Special attention will be
paid to East Asia, South Asia and the Middle East. General themes will include changing
traditions, comparative colonialism, nationalism, revolution and independence.
MWF 12:30-1:20 BA209 Instructor: Dr. Blaine Chiasson
HI229 - Survey of African History – Winter Term 2015
This course is a survey intended to introduce students to the wide sweep of sub-Saharan African
history, and to some of the methodological and interpretative problems associated with it.
MW 2:30-3:50 BA111 Instructor: Dr. Jeff GrischowLaurier History 13 Explore topics in both geographical and thematic ways—learn about the condition of the world, and how we got here. HI 233 - Sea Power Since 1914 – Fall Term 2014 The object of the course is to offer a survey of major developments in the development and use of navies over the course of the twentieth century. Themes to take away from the course include the following, the importance of technology and the evolution in the application of naval power; Navies as complex social institutions; the interaction of politics, culture, and social values in the formulation of policy and the nature and complexity of infrastructure required to support naval establishments. TR 4:00—5:20 pm 2-106 Instructor: Dr. Roger Sarty HI 246- Canadian External Relations – Winter Term 2015 The main goal is to provide a basic chronological and thematic map of the history of Canadian external relations. The course will focus on Canada’s relations with Britain and the United States, the two nations that have had the greatest influence on Canada’s development and its position in the world. There will be an emphasis on Canada's part in the great international questions of war and peace, and on the domestic considerations that have shaped Canadian participation in these great questions. MWF 1:30—2:20 pm BA208 Instructor: Dr. Roger Sarty
Laurier History 14 HI 250 – Bloodlands: Violence Eastern Europe 1880-WWII – Fall Term 2014 From the late 19th c. through to the end of WWII millions of civilians were murdered in the territory that stretches from central Poland through to western Russia. This course surveys specific examples of political mass murder in the bloodlands both during wars and in peacetime, and considers the role that political ideologies, nationalism, racism and Anti- Semitism played in unleashing violence. MW 2:30—3:50 pm 2-106 Instructor: Dr. Eva Plach HI 253 - Race, Rights and Law in US History – Fall Term 2014 How did the United States begin to limit rights along racial lines? Why, beginning in the seventeenth century, did the legal system in that young nation use race to diminish people’s legal status? In this course we will trace out this phenomenon from colonization through the development of slavery and its establishment in law, and end with the reconstruction after the Civil War. We will also study the many activists that aimed to reform United States politics and culture. Change in the social and political structures of the United States has come only through struggle, and this class promises to appeal to students interested in the law as well as battles for equality and human rights. It particularly focuses on Native Americans and African Americans, and among the course themes are race, gender, class, education, and labour. TR 10:00—11:20 pm BA209 Instructor: Dr. Dana Weiner HI 259 - War in Asia – Winter Term 2015 Is there a distinctive Asian way of war? The course answers this question by introducing students to the major philosophers and military thinkers in Asian history. Using important conflicts over a 1200 year period it examines Asian military history in the context of the effects of war on society, and war as a driver of social, political and technological change. MW 4:00—5:20 pm BA111 Instructor: Dr. Blaine Chiasson
Laurier History 15 HI 260 - History on Film – Fall Term 2014 This course examines a series of historical films on a selected theme. These films will be placed in their historical context and examined for content, bias and interpretation. The theme for Fall 2014 is America at War. The course will examine filmic representations of the United States involvement in war from the Second World War to the "war on terror" in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and considering what these films reveal about Americans' attitudes to warfare and the place of the US in the world. T 2:30—3:50 pm BA111 Instructor: Dr. Darren Mulloy Screening W 7:00-9:50 HI261– Ancient World in Contemporary Culture – Winter Term 2015 This course explores representations of the ancient world and allusions to ancient mythic themes in cultural products since the early twentieth century until the present day. Students examine films, television shows, graphic novels, comic books and cartoons, novels, children’s literature, poetry, art and other media to analyze how historical moments and mythological themes of the Greco-Roman world are borrowed and adapted for contemporary sensibilities. TR 2:30—3:50 pm BA111 Instructor: Dr. Judith Fletcher
Laurier History 16 HI 265 - Ten Moments in the Making of the Modern Middle East – Fall Term 2014 This course explores ten distinct events that contributed to the formation of the Middle East as we know it. Throughout, we examine just how important religion has been to the history of the region. Events include the Fall of Jerusalem to Crusaders, the Fall of Constantinople, the establishment of Israel, the Iranian Revolution, and Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait. R 4:00—6:50 pm DAWB2-104 Instructor: Dr. Gavin Brockett HI 292 - Canada to Confederation – Fall Term 2014 As a foundational survey course, HI 292 introduces broad structures and themes in the history of pre-Confederation Canada, in order to prepare students for more specialized upper-year courses in Canadian history. In particular, we will emphasize the historical presence in North America of its indigenous peoples; the development of European colonial societies and identities in New France and British North America; and the historical processes by which they formed the Dominion of Canada at Confederation. Canada emerged within broader imperial and even global historical contexts that lend its history broader significance. Shifting relationships with (and between) the French and British Empires form a necessary backdrop for any understanding of early Canadian history; so does the presence of the nearby Thirteen Colonies/ United States of America. Within this broad framework we will explore geographical, cultural, individual, and other factors as they shaped the diverse colonies that entered into Confederation in 1867 and after. MW 10:30—11:20 am BA111 Instructor: Dr. Suzanne Zeller Tutorial 1 M 2:30—3:20 pm P2015 Instructor: TBA Tutorial 2 M 3:30—4:20 pm P2015 Instructor: TBA Tutorial 3 T 2:30—3:20 pm P2015 Instructor: TBA Tutorial 4 T 3:30— 4:20 pm P2015 Instructor: TBA
Laurier History 17 HI 293 - Canada Since Confederation – Winter Term 2015 How did Canada come to be the way it is today? This course explores the primary social, political, cultural, and economic developments in Canadian history from 1867 to the present. Major themes include: Aboriginal/non-Aboriginal relations; immigrant experiences; the status of women and the nature of gender relations; tensions and accommodation between French and English Canada; the evolution of work and family life in rural, industrial, and post-industrial economies; the changing role of the state in society; the emergence of agrarian and working- class radicalism; and the evolution of Canada’s place in the world. MW 10:30—11:20 am BA111 Instructor: Dr. Adam Crerar Tutorial 1 M 2:30—3:20 pm P2015 Instructor: TBA Tutorial 2 M 3:30—4:20 pm P2015 Instructor: TBA Tutorial 3 T 2:30—3:20 pm P2015 Instructor: TBA Tutorial 4 T 3:30—4:20 pm P2015 Instructor: TBA HI 299B - History of Modern Art 1835-1970 – Winter Term 2015 A survey of avant-garde modern art movements, primarily of Europe and the United States, from the mid-19th century until the early 1970’s. Trends in painting, sculpture, photography, design and architecture are studied in relation to the social conditions of modernity, that post- feudal period associated with the rise of capitalism and related social and political relations. This study will reveal how modernism’s credo of newness and originality was driven by a faith Work independently and collaborate with colleagues on defining and analyzing a specific historical problem. Develop professional and academic integrity.
Laurier History 18 HI 299B - History of Modern Art 1835-1970 – Winter Term 2015 contd. in progress similar to which freed the forces of industrialization, democratization, urbanization, commodity capitalism, mass communication, individualism and other institutional clusters of modernity. MWF 12:30—1:20 pm 2C15 Instructor: Dr. Anne Brydon HI 299H - Natural Disasters in a Global Context: Drought, Disease, and Devastation – Winter Term 2015 This course examines the history of natural disasters throughout the world. We will take a case study approach to look at historical disasters from volcano eruptions to famines, floods to meteorite impacts, and fires to pandemics. Students will learn about the impacts of these disasters, how societies coped with them, and, more broadly, the complex relationships between humans and their environments. MW 9:30—10:20 am BA111 Instructor: Dr. Lianne Leddy Tutorial 1 F 12:30—1:20 pm P3015 Instructor: TBA Tutorial 2 F 1:30—2:20 pm P3015 Instructor: TBA Tutorial 3 M 11:30—12:20 pm P2027 Instructor: TBA Tutorial 4 M 12:30—1:20 pm P2027 Instructor: TBA HI 299J - Vikings – Fall Term 2014 The period of the Viking raids has often been characterized as a 'second dark age' in Medieval Europe. In reality, the Northmen must be seen as more than simply raiders. This course will survey the major events of the Viking Age in order to examine how the Vikings also became neighbours, allies, co-religionists, and even political leaders in the wider medieval world. The course will also assess how the influence of Scandinavian settlement and culture reshaped the social and political structures of regions from Ireland to Russia. Other topics addressed will include Viking colonization in the North Atlantic, conversion and state-building within Scandinavia, and popular perceptions (and misconceptions) about the Vikings. M 7:00—9:50 pm 2-106 Instructor: TBA
Laurier History 19 HI 299K - Life and Times: Biography and Memory in Canada – Fall Term 2014 This course approaches Canadian history (19th and 20th centuries) through life stories. We will examine how the personal histories of Canadians from various backgrounds and during various historical moments shine light on the “times” of their lives as much as on their individual experiences. We will discuss the “doing” of biography and the uses of memory, oral history, and such “intimate” life-writings as diaries, personal correspondence, memoirs and autobiographical accounts. We will explore these themes and topics through different forms of biography, popular and scholarly, hagiographic and critical. We will pay particular attention to the ways in which actual lives, as well as life stories, are framed within sociocultural, political and ideological constructs of gender, race, class, and the various identifying categories prevailing in different historical moments. TR 1:00—2:20 pm BA208 Instructor: Dr. Cindy Comacchio HI 299L - Represent Sexuality 1800-Present – Winter Term 2015 This course introduces students to the history of sexuality and offers a thematic survey of some of the major topics in the history of sexuality in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Topics to be discussed include definitions of sex, gender, and sexuality; sexual identities, communities, desires, and behaviours; and the various intersections between sexuality and class, gender, religion, age, ethnicity, and race. Course lectures and discussions will focus on representations of sexuality in medicine, politics, education, advertising, and popular culture. While the focus of the class is on the history of sexuality in the Western world, predominantly North America and Europe, Canadian examples and contexts will be highlighted whenever possible. R 7:00—9:50 pm 2-106 Instructor: TBA
Laurier History 20 HI 299N - Advertising in the Twentieth Century – Winter Term 2015 This course provides an overview of the history of print advertising in the twentieth century. Students will explore ideas about advertising as well as study images of advertisements. There is a focus of the message or promise offered by the advertisement, as well as an examination of how cultural and societal norms are reflected in the media. The question “how does media sell ideas of health and well-being?” is a prevalent theme throughout this course. MWF 12:30—1:20 pm 2C16 Instructor: Gwenith Cross HI 299P - World War I — Fall Term 2014 In this course, students will study the social and military history of the conflict which shaped the modern world. Lectures will be organized thematically around questions focusing on strategic decision making, tactics and technology, the experience of combat, the health effects of war, and trench culture. At the hundredth anniversary, we will try to understand both the lives of the soldiers who fought and the military culture which made this one of the deadliest conflicts in history. R 7:00—9:50 pm 1E1 Instructor: Dr. Mark Humphries HI 299Q - The History of Us: The Public Life of History and Memory – Winter Term 2015 History is not just what happened ‘before now,’ and history does not ‘just happen’ on national and world stages. Individuals, groups, communities, participate in, contribute to, and ‘make’ history, as well as remembering and commemorating historic events. In short, history and memory are in everything that makes up our individual lives, private and public, and the lives of us all. And history is just as much in the ways, private and public, that we remember and commemorate and study all these. Public history, consequently, is the “history of us”, as we experience it and as we interpret it personally and publicly. The study of public history, where history and memory intersect, bridges the gap between the academic study of history and the public uses of history. In learning the approaches and methods of doing public history, we will understand how to communicate history, engage the public in our shared histories, and inform ourselves historically about contemporary social values and citizenship ideals.
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Third Year Courses
Develop a capacity for oral leadership in dialogue and debates, and in
individual and team presentations. The ability to express clear written
arguments in a variety of modes, including précis, proposals,
literature reviews, and research essays.
HI 307 - Modern Japan – Fall Term 2014
This course explores the principal themes and issues in modern Japanese history, and
encourages thought and reflection on Japan’s position in the modern world. From an
archipelago little known in Europe, Japan has become the second largest industrial economy
in the world, and the most affluent and stable society in East Asia. This remarkable
economic, social and political transformation was neither easy nor smooth. This course will
chart this transformation topically by examining political, economic, military and social
change.
MWF 1:30—2:20 pm 1C16 Instructor: Dr. Blaine Chiasson
HI 310 - The Italian Renaissance – Fall Term 2014
This course explores the intellectual, cultural, socio-economic and political history of Italy
during the Renaissance, focusing on the development of renaissance humanism in terms of
education and scholarship, politics and statecraft, sex and gender, artists and aesthetics,
philosophy and religion.
MWF 12:30—1:20 pm 2C16 Instructor: Dr. Chris NighmanLaurier History 22 HI311 - The Reformation – Winter Term 2015 This course examines and assesses the Reformation as a major transformative event in early modern European history. Students will see how the fragmentation of a unitary Latin Christendom produced not only religious change but also significantly influenced social, political and cultural developments. Topics that we will explore include: the late medieval background to the Reformation; the ideas of the principal Reformers; the radical sects; the secular implementation and enforcement of Reformation ideas; the efforts to reform Catholicism; the links between the Reformation and the Great Witch Hunt; and the Wars of Religion. MW 2:30—3:50 pm 2C16 Instructor: Dr. Chris Nighman HI 312/NO312 - Canadian-American Relations – Winter Term 2015 History / North American Studies 312 examines Canadian-American relations, from the 18th century to the present. Emphasizing foreign political relations, the course begins with an examination of the emergence of political cultures that defined the nature of bilateral relations in the period prior to, and just following, Canadian Confederation. The course proceeds through the twentieth century, exploring how Canadian-American relations have evolved along a trajectory of increasing continental integration, all the while lurching at times between periods of cooperation and conflict. Key events and issues addressed include: Canadian-American diplomacy at the outbreak of, and during, WWII; relations in the early Cold War years; the Cuban Missile Crisis; the Vietnam War; economic integration; and relations in the post 9/11 period, with particular reference to the border, defence policy, and security integration. 7:00—9:50 pm 1-101B Instructor: Dr. Kevin Spooner HI 315 – The Other Europe: Eastern Europe in 20th Century – Winter Term 2015 This course surveys the 20th-century histories of the countries of Eastern Europe. Topics to be covered may include: the creation of independent states in the aftermath of World War I; the collapse of interwar democracies; World War II and the Holocaust; the establishment of Communist regimes in the postwar period; and anti-Communist protest movements. MW 5:30—6:50 pm 2-101 Instructor: Dr. Eva Plach
Laurier History 23 HI 317 - Golden Age Spain – Winter Term 2015 This course examines the history of Spain and its Empire during what historians call their Golden Age (c.1492-1700). It focuses on three basic questions: why was Spain the first country to create an empire extending across the globe; what were Spain’s strengths and weaknesses as an imperial power; and how did the imperial experience affect the development of Spanish society and culture? TR 2:30—3:50 pm 2C16 Instructor: Dr. Darryl Dee HI 320 - Canada Since 1945 – Fall Term 2014 This course aims to provide students with a deeper understanding of the events of Canada's second half-century, encompassing the years from the Second World War through the beginning of the 21st century. TR 11:30—12:50 pm 1-101B Instructor: Dr. Cynthia Comacchio HI 322 - Social History of Modern Canada – Fall Term 2014 This course will examine selected aspects of Canadian social development since Confederation. It explores the changing socio-economic framework within which Canadians have lived, and focuses on specific problem areas such as the immigrant experience, social reform movements, the history of women and the emergence of the welfare state. MWF 12:30 - 1:20 pm 1C16 Instructor: Dr. Lianne Leddy
Laurier History 24 HI 339 - Ontario Since 1791 – Fall Term 2014 This course explores the history of Ontario from the establishment of Upper Canada in 1791 to the end of the twentieth century. Through a combination of lectures and seminars, it will investigate aspects of the province’s social, cultural, political, and economic history, with special emphasis on themes related to Ontario as an imagined community, including: cultural conflict and pluralism; public memory; regionalism; political culture; Aboriginal/ non-Aboriginal relations; the province at war; the colony’s place in the British Empire and the province’s place in Confederation; and perceptions of urban life, the rural countryside, and the North. On one of the course’s assignments, students will have the opportunity to research the history of an Ontario community, such as one’s home city, town, or village. TR 2:30—3:50 pm 1-101A Instructor: Dr. Adam Crerar HI 341 - Canadian Military History – Winter Term 2015 In this exciting course, students will explore the military history of modern Canada from the 1837 Rebellions to the recent past. The course will be organized chronologically with lectures and readings on the Fenian Raids and development of the Canadian Militia, unrest and resistance in the Northwest (1870-1885), Imperial adventures overseas (Sudan Expedition and Boer War), the two World Wars, Canada and NATO, Peacekeeping, and the War in Afghanistan. In each unit we will interrogate the relationship between the military and society, war and political culture, and war's lasting legacy for Canada. M 7:00—9:50 pm 1-101A Instructor: Dr. Mark Humphries HI 345 - Native Peoples of Western Canada – Fall Term 2014 History of Aboriginal peoples (status and non-status "Indians," Inuit and Métis) in Western Canada. Topics may include ancient Aboriginal Canada, contact, fur trade(s) and later economic developments, Native-missionary relations, Inuit and other Aboriginal peoples of the Arctic, Métis, treaties, governmental policies, Aboriginal activism and cultural reclamation. TR 2:30—3:50 pm 1-101B Instructor: Dr. Susan Neylan
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HI 346D - Childhood and Youth in Canadian History: Growing Up Under the Maple
Tree – Winter Term 2015
This course examines the changing historical understandings of “growing up” in Canada.
Childhood and youth are experienced within the context of prevailing understandings of
class, “race”, gender, religion, sexuality, disability, and age and generational relations .
Discussions will focus on such topics/themes as evolving theories about child
development; schooling; health; paid and unpaid work; the expanding role of experts;
popular culture and material culture; and above all, the lived experiences of the young in
Canada over the past two centuries.
TR 10:00—11:20 am 1-101B Instructor: Dr. Cindy Comacchio
HI 346I—Behind Bars: Historical Perspectives on Prisons – Winter Term 2015
This course focuses on the history of the penitentiary showing how the penitentiary and
its predecessors were the products of an intellectual and political milieu that served the
distinct sociological purpose of modifying human action through deterrence,
reformation, or separation of criminals. The prison has never been a static institution;
rather, the prison system was redesigned and rearticulated several times between its
origins in 1779 and the 1970s, when this course ends. By understanding the ideological
and practical influences that went into these penal innovations, we will gain a better
understanding of intellectual, social, and political realities in the western world.
MW 2:30—3:50 pm 1-101A Instructor: TBA
HI 346K—Digital Applications – Winter Term 2015
Digital history is a new and exciting area of inquiry that blends traditional historical
methods with the analytical and creative power of computing. In this project-based
course, students will work collaboratively as well as independently to contribute to a
major archival initiative, gaining important experience in the digital humanities. This
course will appeal to both students interested in history, as well as those seeking hands-
on experience in applying digital skills to real world problems in a creative environment.
T 7:00—9:50 pm 2-104 Instructor: Dr. Lianne LeddyLaurier History 26 HI 349 - International Relations, 1890-1991 – Fall Term 2014 This course analyses the intensifying economic and strategic struggle among the Great Powers, which led to the two World Wars and the Cold War. It will focus on the stages by which the European system became absorbed into a global system, the revolutionary challenges to the status quo and the responses to them. TR 4:00—5:20 pm 1-101B Instructor: Dr. Leonard Friesen HI 363 - Jews in Modern Europe, 1750-1938 – Winter Term 2015 This course examines Jewish-Gentile relations in Europe from the mid-18th century to 1938. Topics will include Jewish emancipation and acculturation, anti-Jews sentiment and violence, modern racial and national ideologies, Fascist and National Socialist antisemitism, and the dis-emancipation of Jews in Nazi Germany that foreshadows the Holocaust. MW 2:30—3:50 pm 1-101B Instructor: Dr. Erich Haberer HI 364 - The Holocaust & Nazi Germany – Winter Term 2015 This course explores Nazi Jewish policies in the context of German and European Jewish sentiments, modern bureaucratic structures, the varying conditions of war, and the Nazi occupation and domination of Europe. Particular attention will be paid to the evolution of the “Final Solution”: the role of specific institutions and non-German collaboration, the motives of the perpetrators and the reaction of Jews, Bystanders, and Allied governments. The ultimate goal is to aid students’ understanding of the Holocaust and to enable them to discuss the political and moral lessons that should be drawn from such a study of state sponsored and racially motivated murder of millions of people. TR 5:30-6:50 pm 2-108 Instructor: Dr. Erich Haberer
Laurier History 27 HI 372 - Colonial & US Women, 1607-1869 – Winter Term 2015 This course explores how women’s actions and circumstances changed in the United States from the early days of European colonization through the late nineteenth century. Through learning about colonists, accused witches, slaves, Natives, and activists, among others, we will consider how different people have socially constructed notions of sex and gender at different times in history. This class also looks at shifts in gender relations and expectations, and discusses the diversity of women’s experience in terms of their class, race, immigration status, region, and religion. MW 4:00—5:20 pm 2-101 Instructor: Dr. Dana Weiner HI 379 - The Third World Since 1945 – Fall Term 2014 This course will examine the rise and fall of the ideology of the “Third World” after 1945 within the context of postwar global history. Topics will include decolonization and revolutions in Africa, Asia and Latin America, the development project in the global south, the origins and course of the ideology of “Third Worldism” as a tool of nonalignment, and the legacy of decolonization in the postcolonial world. MWF 9:30-10:20 am 2-101 Instructor: Dr. Jeff Grischow
Laurier History 28 HI 387 - American Protest Music – Winter Term 2015 This course examines the history of American protest music from the 1930s onwards. Topics to be considered include civil rights, black power, anti-war movements, and opposition to capitalism through such figures as Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Billie Holiday, Gil-Scott Heron and Public Enemy. TR 4:00-5:20 pm 2-101 Instructor: Dr. Darren Mulloy HI 388 - Performing Gender in Ancient Greece – Fall Term 2014 This course explores the representation of gender and sexuality in the tragedies and comedies produced in 5th and 4th century BCE Athens. Students analyze how the construction of gender and ideologies of sexuality in ancient Greece are reflected in these literary works, and how the theater acted as a means of interrogating assumptions about gendered identities and sexuality. MW 2:30-3:50 pm 2-101 Instructor: Dr. Judith Fletcher HI 389/MU310 - Music, Sound and Environment – Winter Term 2015 An exploration of music and sound in relation to natural and human environments and environmental issues. Students will gain insight into the historical and contemporary ways music engages and defines nature, and develop an analytical approach to understanding and managing sonic environments. Topics may include the pastoral, place-based music, music and environmental activism, preservation of soundscapes, noise pollution, and sounds of transformation/devastation. Cross-listed with MU310. MW 2:30-3:50 pm 3-105 Instructor: Dr. Anne Brydon
Laurier History 29 HI 398 - Historian’s Craft – Fall Term 2014 This is a course about the many different ways historians think and do their work. The course explores a range of matters associated with the writing of history, including: how the practice of history has changed over time; the nature of historical sources; how historians claim to know about the past; the differences and relationships between history and memory; and the major approaches to understanding the past that have influenced the writing of history today. TR 10:00-11:20 am 1-101B Instructor: Dr. Adam Crerar
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HI 410 / HI 460- Seminar: Israeli-Palestinian Conference – Fall Term/Winter Term
At a time when the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel is
attracting increased support on North American university campuses we will explore the
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applicability of a comparative historical perspective to a contemporary conflict in which
human rights feature as a major issue. We will explore the similarities between the histories
of the Israeli-Palestine conflict and Apartheid in South Africa. Is such a comparison
appropriate and accurate? Does a comparative context help us better understand the
experiences of Jews and Palestinians? How should the historian reconstruct past events in
light of intense debate about current events today? What is the role of the historian at a
time when interpretations of the past are used to justify or argue against the present? We
will explore these and many other pressing questions as we make sense of the vast literature
dealing with the longest unresolved conflict of the
last century.
M 7:00-9:50 pm 3-106 Instructor: Dr. Gavin BrockettLaurier History 31 HI 430/ HI 480 - Seminar: Canada In the 20th Century History 430/480 are paired courses intended to offer advanced study of selected topics in the history of Canada in the twentieth century. In this seminar-style course, we will explore a wide range of themes relating to this history-among them the construction of racial and sexual identities, the nature of historical memory, the changing role of the state, and the uses of alternative approaches to history. Together these two courses are designed to allow students to develop an advanced awareness of the varied ways in which historians interpret evidence, construct arguments, and represent the past R 10:00-12:50 4-106 Instructors: Drs. Susan Neylan & Lianne Leddy HI 439/ HI 489 - Seminar: Napoleon and His Times This seminar will examine Napoleon as man (his life and personality), political dictator and commander of armies. It will study the Napoleonic Wars, but also look beyond them to examine French and European politics, culture and society during Napoleon's rule as First Consul (1799-1804) and Emperor (1804-1814). R 7:00-9:50 pm 4-106 Instructor: Dr. Michael Sibalis HI 445/ HI 495 - Seminar: Era of US Civil War The United States Civil War is one of the most fruitful and lively fields of scholarship today. The era that encompasses the events leading up to, during, and after the war contains something of interest to every enthusiast of history, whether one is captivated by soldiers, slaves, politics, gender history, economics, race, labour, class, or even immigration and western history. We will examine the slave South, northern antislavery activism, politics in the West and nationally, various soldiers’ perspectives and views on the war, the war’s impact on civilians, African Americans’ struggles for freedom and rights, and the roles of men and women in the war. M 7:00-9:50 pm 3-105 Instructor: Dr. Dana Weiner
Laurier History HI 496K / HI 496L - War and Society These courses will explore some of the greatest military conflicts in world history. The course will look at not only great battles and military leaders, but will also look at what war does to the societies that live through it. Dr. Sarty is a renowned expert in the field, and students should look forward to learning a great deal. T 7:00-9:50 pm 3-103 Instructor: Dr. Roger Sarty HI 496M / HI 496N – The First Globalization Business has a history. From the struggles of workers to achieve rights in the workplace, to the contemporary challenges of debt and income inequality, the story of business shapes lives, access to resources, and the distribution of power within a society. This reading seminar examines how historians have written the history of business and attempted to create narratives of the development of Western capitalism. We examine topics such as the industrial revolution, the development of the corporation, government involvement in the economy, and the ethics of capitalism. No background in economic or business history is required or assumed. T 7:00-9:50 pm 4-106 Instructor: Dr. David Smith HI 496P / HI 496Q – Memory and Legacy of WW II What is the difference between "history" and "memory"? How can traumatic events be remembered and historicized? How does the distant past live on in the present? Is there or should there be a collective national memory? What about "collective guilt"? We will answer these questions with reference to the European and Asian experiences of World War Two. Our aim will be to understand how and why the war has been remembered and commemorated in different ways in various national contexts and at various points during the post-1945 period. We will study, for example, how Germans have come to terms with Nazism and with responsibility for the Holocaust. And we will ask how postwar Asian societies dealt with the brutal experiences of Japanese occupation. We will consider, too, how the Cold War determined definitions of victims and perpetrators and how it shaped both popular and official rememberings of the war. W 6:00-8:50 pm 4-106 Instructors: Drs. Blaine Chiasson & Eva Plach
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