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SPRING 2021
Department of History
Undergraduate Courses (HIST)
The planned teaching modality is noted for each section.
HIST 101 – Studies in World Civilization to 1500
3 credits
Instructor: Dr. Jessica Fields
Description:
Studies in selected world civilizations from the beginnings to the early modern age. Those themes which have a
direct bearing upon contemporary culture and society will be stressed.
Foundational Studies Credit:
Global Perspectives and Cultural Diversity
Meets: MWF 9:00-9:50am
On-Campus Traditional
HIST 102 – Studies in World Civilization since 1500
3 credits
Instructors: Dr. Andrea Arrington-Sirois
Dr. Anne Foster
Description:
Studies in world history dealing with the modern era and contemporary world problems.
Foundational Studies Credit:
Global Perspectives and Cultural Diversity
Meets: MW 3:30-4:45pm
On-Campus Traditional
HIST 213 – Topics in History
3 credits
Topics vary by instructor
Instructors: Dr. Christopher Fischer
Dr. Taylor Easum
Dr. James Gustafson
Dr. Kimberly Stanley
Dr. Barbara Skinner
Dr. Donald Maxwell
Dr. Jessica Fields
Ms. Michelle Morahn
Description:
Topics in History helps students explore the discipline of history through focused study of particular topics. Each
section provides students with an introduction to reading, writing, and research in history, as well as to the ways
in which study of the past helps in better understanding society today. Students learn to analyze and evaluate
evidence, make and assess persuasive arguments, and understand multiple causation and the importance of
context, continuity, and change over time. History majors may count this course for credit in the major.
Prerequisites
Completion of ENG 105, ENG 107, or ENG 108
Foundational Studies Credit:
Historical Perspectives
Topics and Meeting Times:
African American Women
Dr. Kimberly Stanley
TR 12:30-1:45pm & 3:30pm-4:45pm
Online Synchronous
This course will examine the experience of African American
Women in United States history. It is designed with the idea
that there is not one singular experience of black women
and that black women were foundational in the building of
the United States. This course will take a chronological and
thematic approach in the study of African American
Women’s history.
World War II Dr. Christopher Fischer MWF 12:00-12:50pm On-Campus Traditional World War II led to the death of at least 60 million people and a complete reshaping of global order. This course seeks to understand the Second World War by answering three fundamental questions: How did the Allies win (spoiler alert) and the Axis powers lose the conflict? Why did so many people perish during the war? And how did the World War change the world’s political and social order? Cold War Dr. Barbara Skinner TR 2:00-3:15pm On-Campus/Online Hybrid In the second half of the 20th century, the world divided into two opposing camps, armed for nuclear Armageddon. Centered on the two superpowers of the United States and the Soviet Union, this was a battle between the ideologies of Communism and democratic capitalism that affect every region of the globe. This course will consider how the bipolar division of the world affected political, cultural, technological, and social trends from the aftermath of World War II through the collapse of Communism in 1991 and it legacies in the post-Cold War world. We will not only investigate the major events such as the arms race, the building of the Berlin Wall, the “hot” and “proxy” war in the decolonized Third World, and the Cuban Missile Crisis, but we will also discuss the impact of the Cold War in the everyday lives of people behind the “Iron Curtain,” the role of Hollywood and film in promoting the position of each side, the advanced spy-craft of the KGB and CIA, and the human cost behind the building of powerful nuclear arsenals of the US and the USSR. We will assess the nature of superpower conflict, question and critique the political behavior behind key events, discuss the psychological and cultural responses, and ask whether we are entering a new Cold War today.
U.S. History to 1890 Ms. Michelle Morahn MWF 1:00pm-1:50pm & 2:00pm-2:50pm On-Campus Traditional This course is a whirlwind tour of US history from the American Revolution to the Gilded Age. It will cover such important events as the founding of the nation, westward expansion, collapse of native societies, the Civil War, and the second Industrial Revolution. No one topic will be discussed in great depth, but this will feature a broad overview with emphasis on how earlier events influenced our present situation. A special emphasis will be placed on Indiana’s role in shaping the nation. This will be a fast- paced, but enjoyable tour of history. (The 1:00pm section is reserved for Elementary Education majors.) The Black Death Dr. Jessica Fields MWF 11:00-11:50am & 12:00pm-12:50pm On-Campus Traditional The Black Death wrought havoc across Europe and Asia in the 14th Century, and remained endemic in many places for centuries to come. Within three years of its arrival, at least one-third of Europe’s population had succumbed to the horrific disease. This led to massive social, religious, and political upheaval that would be felt for the rest of the Middle Ages and well beyond. This class will study those impacts through a historical consideration of primary source materials, and will also highlight anthropological and epidemiological perspectives through the latest scientific literature. Modern Iran and Central Asia Dr. James Gustafson Online Asynchronous This course is an introduction to the social and cultural history of Iran, Central Asia, and the broader Persian speaking world. Students will engage with primary sources and the works of prominent historians of this region, while placing Persianate history into the broader scope of modern world history. Students will learn to think historically in this class, with an emphasis on critical and contextual reading, seeing our perspectives on the past as reflections of the present, and viewing isolated historical events as parts of long term social and cultural developments.
Southeast Asia Dr. Taylor Easum MWF 10:00-10:50am & 11:00-11:50am On-Campus/Online Hybrid This course will introduce students to the history and culture of Southeast Asia, a region located south of China and East of India, with incredible religious, ethnic, cultural, and political diversity. We will engage with a variety of sources, including primary historical sources, narrative and documentary films, contemporary journalism, and serious academic histories. The course is divided into five parts: First, we explore the very definition of Southeast Asia through its very early history. Then, we examine the early contact between Southeast Asians and the West during the Early Modern era. In part three we turn to the spread of both colonialism and the nationalist resistance it engendered. Part four focuses on Southeast Asia during WWII and the rise of the Cold War, and final part of the course connects this long history to the political and social issues facing Southeast Asia today. 1968: The Year That Rocked the World Dr. Donald Maxwell TR 11:00am-12:15pm & 12:30-1:45pm & 3:30-4:45pm Online Synchronous It’s an entire course about one year. The course uses a microhistory approach to explore social and cultural history of the 1960s in the United States and the world. The course considers the origins and the ramifications of the events of 1968, including the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy, the 1968 U.S. presidential campaign and election, the Vietnam War, the antiwar, black nationalist, student, and women’s movements in the United States, the Prague Spring in Czechoslovakia, students’ and intellectuals’ protests in communist Poland, a general strike in France, protests that resulted in a government-led massacre of demonstrators in Mexico City days before it hosted the Olympics, and events in Cuba, Nigeria, Spain, Haiti, the Middle East, and Germany. Course reading materials include Mark Kurlansky’s book 1968: The Year That Rocked the World, along with chapters from other history books, newspaper articles, website content, and primary sources. The course also incorporates film and television clips.
HIST 302 – United States History
3 credits
Instructor: Dr. Daniel Clark
Description:
An intensive survey of United States History for History and Social Studies Education majors; traces major
developments and issues through a unifying theme and prepares students for advanced U.S. history courses.
Restrictions
History majors/minors and Social Studies Education majors
Meets: MWF 9:00-9:50am
On-Campus Traditional
HIST 313 – Topics in History
3 credits
Topics vary by instructor
Instructors: Dr. Lisa Phillips
Dr. Isaac Land
Dr. Ruth Fairbanks
Dr. Donald Maxwell
Mr. Eric Petenbrink
Description:
Topics in History allows students to explore the discipline of history through focused study of a particular topic.
Students learn to analyze and evaluate evidence, make and assess persuasive arguments, and understand
multiple causation and the importance of context, continuity, and change over time. History majors may not
count this course for credit in the major.
Foundational Studies Credit:
Historical Perspectives
Topics and Meeting Times:
The Civil Rights Movement Mr. Eric Petenbrink Online Asynchronous The African American civil rights struggle was one of the most influential historical moments of the 20th century, fundamentally altering the democratic tradition, addressing deep racial injustices, and paving the way for numerous protest movements that further expanded the reach of equal rights in America. This course explores the complex history of the post-World War II black freedom struggle, the various activists who participated in a range of political and protest efforts, and the profound reforms that resulted from their hard work and sacrifice. Focusing on a combination of well- known leaders – like Martin Luther King and Malcolm X – as well as average African American citizens in both the north and south, this class examines civil rights activism in the broadest sense, including different philosophies about black advancement, the benefits and shortcomings of integrated institutions, and the goals of the movement beyond ending Jim Crow segregation in the south. By the end of the semester, students will have a better sense of the evolution of African American politics, the growth and expansion of the protest tradition in American democracy, the changing nature of African American identity in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, and the profound impact the movement had on the race relations of our present-day society. Colonial North America Dr. Donald Maxwell Online Asynchronous The history of colonial North America is more than the story of English-speaking people preparing to create the United States. When Christopher Columbus arrived in 1492, five million natives were already there, banded into dozens of nations. Over the next three centuries, Spain, England, France, Holland, Sweden, and Russia had various plans for North America, but their descendants took control and created a new, experimental government to preside over it. By 1800, nearly a million people of African descent had been brought to the New World as slave labor. This course will demonstrate the work of historians of colonial North America: reading recently written histories and reading and interpreting historical writings by people of North America from 1500 to 1800 to try to create a story that is meaningful in the 21st century.
American Health Policy Dr. Ruth Fairbanks Online Asynchronous This is a course on the history of American Health Policy. In this course we will study the rules, regulations, policies and governmental functions and practices meant to reduce disease, promote health or to allow or promote the delivery of medical care. We will examine public health policies and also policies that affect the provision of medical care, like insurance. We will try to understand how the various complicated structures (physical, legal, political and professional) that the United States has built in the past shape the American system of Health Care today. (Note that this class is reserved for College of Health and Human Services majors.) The Gay and Lesbian Rights Movement Mr. Eric Petenbrink Online Asynchronous The struggle for LGBT rights has been one of the most important social transformations of the past 20 years. To understand how this vital political movement has affected modern public attitudes and policies in such a brief period of time, this class examines the history of the gay and lesbian rights movement from the end of World War II to the present day. The gay and lesbian rights movement allows us to explore the emergence of new perspectives on human sexuality, the rise of modern sexual and gender identities, and the use of classic social protest methods to push for fundamental reforms to the civil rights of the LGBT community. This course covers the period from the earliest gay and lesbian activists of the 1950s to the Stonewall Riots and Gay Liberation in the 1960s and 1970s, and from the AIDS crisis of the 1980s to the present day struggles for same-sex marriage and legal protections against discrimination in order to demonstrate the profound political, social, and cultural changes that the LGBT rights movement has made on contemporary American society.
American Environmentalism Mr. Eric Petenbrink Online Asynchronous Many scientists and social commentators argue that the greatest threat facing the world today is the rapidly changing nature of our climate and the effect of these environmental shifts on human society. Yet while these concerns have become more pressing in the last few decades, American environmentalism is hardly new, with deep roots in U.S. history stretching back to the colonial era. This course examines the long history of conservation and environmentalism in the United States, from the early naturalists and Romantics to the contemporary fight against climate change. We’ll examine the emergence of important environmental protections like the National Park Service, educational activities like the formation of Earth Day, and dramatic protests like the Standing Rock Sioux’s efforts to divert oil pipelines from their tribal lands. Along the way, we’ll gain a better understanding of the methods and goals of environmentalists during different points in American history, as well as the divisions and conflicts among these activists. And finally, we’ll be able to better appreciate our own historical and environmental moment and how it fits into much longer debates about the balance between modern society and environmental preservation. Genocide and Post-Genocide Societies Dr. Isaac Land MWF 1:00-1:50pm On-Campus Traditional This course takes a historical and comparative approach to genocide, including the Holocaust but extending well beyond it. This subject matter will test your intellectual and emotional limits, again and again. Why do people behave in these ways, and what does that say about us as human beings? Is there any way for a traumatized society to move beyond the pain and make a serious attempt at peace, justice, and—if not forgiveness—then at least coexistence? How can we respond to people who seek to add insult to injury, and pretend that a genocide simply did not happen? As an international community, why do we repeatedly say “never again,” and then continue to allow genocides to happen in the world? Is there a way to spot the warning signs of a genocide before it happens and intervene before much harm has been done? There will be no easy answers to any of these questions, and yet "we will never know" seems like an unacceptable response. This is a course about human nature at its worst, but surprisingly, along the way, we will see examples of human nature at its best as we examine the struggle to understand, the struggle to cope, and the struggle to respond in intelligent and constructive ways to the most destructive things that one group of people could do to another. Race, Class, and Gender in U.S. History Dr. Lisa Phillips TR 9:30-10:45am & 12:30-1:45pm On-Campus Traditional
HIST 334/AFRI 323 – African American History from 1890 to the Present
3 credits
Area A
Instructor: Dr. Kimberly Stanley
Description:
A survey of African American history in the modern United States, emphasizing urbanization, the sources and
styles of Black leadership, civil rights movements, and the varied forms of Black nationalism.
Foundational Studies Credit:
Ethics and Social Responsibility
Meets: TR 11:00am-12:15pm
Online Synchronous
HIST 355 – Early Modern Europe, 1500-1815
3 credits
Area B
Instructor: Dr. Isaac Land
Description:
Introduces the major themes and trends in the history of Europe from the Renaissance through the
Enlightenment. Nation-building within Europe is placed in a global context.
Meets: MWF 10:00-10:50am
On-Campus Traditional
HIST 400 – History Capstone Seminar
3 credits
Instructor: Dr. Daniel Clark
Description:
The History capstone asks students to employ the skills that they have developed over their time in the major.
The focus of this course will ultimately be a research project the student develops in consultation with the
instructor and in light of potential future interests.
Meets: MWF 11:00am-11:50am
On-Campus TraditionalHIST 439B — Women in History: Europe
3 credits
Area B
Instructor: Dr. Steven Stofferahn
Description::
An in-depth examination of women’s history in Europe, with particular attention to their status and roles in
different historical periods and cultures, and to cultural constructions of gender.
Note
Open to graduate students as HIST 539B. Graduate students are required to do additional work.
Meets: TR 2:00-3:15pm
On-Campus Traditional
HIST 474 – World Empires
3 credits
Area C
Instructor: Dr. Taylor Easum
Description:
This course explores the development, structure, and functioning of imperialism throughout the world,
beginning in antiquity and with the landed empires of Rome, China and Russia. The bulk of the course focuses on
the modern-era overseas empires ruled by European countries.
Note
Open to graduate students as HIST 574. Graduate students are required to do additional work.
Meets: MWF 1:00pm-1:50pm
On-Campus Traditional
HIST 494 – U.S. Foreign Relations to 1900
3 credits
Area A
Instructor: Dr. Anne Foster
Description:
Note
Open to graduate students as HIST 594. Graduate students are required to do additional work.
Meets: MW 2:00-3:15pm
On-Campus TraditionalUndergraduate Courses (AFRI)
The planned teaching modality is noted for each section.
AFRI 113 — Foundations of African and African American Studies
3 credits
Instructor: Rev. Terry Clark
Description:
An exploration of the philosophical, political, historical, and sociological components that form the basis
of African and African American studies.
Meets: MWF 10:00am-10:50am, 12:00pm-12:50pm, 1:00pm-1:50pm
On-Campus Traditional
Foundational Studies Credit:
Global Perspectives and Cultural Diversity
AFRI 212 — African American Cultural Traditions
3 credits
Instructor: Rev. Terry Clark
Description:
A focused and analytical examination of Black thought, ideology, and culture, as well as the institutional aspects
of Black American life.
Meets: TR 9:30am-10:45am
On-Campus Traditional
Foundational Studies Credit:
Global Perspectives and Cultural Diversity
AFRI 222 — African American Cultural Traditions
3 credits
Instructor: Dr. Andrea Arrington
Description:
An overview of African cultural thought and practice. Emphasis on understanding specific aspects of African
cultural life, such as religion, aesthetics, political organization, and social institutions, and how these cultural
areas relate to the struggle for liberation.
Meets: Online Asynchronous
Foundational Studies Credit:
Global Perspectives and Cultural DiversityAFRI 312 — The African Diaspora
3 credits
Instructor: Dr. Colleen Haas
Description:
This course traces the spread of African culture and ideas through the African Diaspora as a result of slavery and
colonialism, and the ways that African traditions were re-interpreted and combined with European culture.
Topics include: ideas of the Diaspora, religious beliefs, food traditions, music, and kinship traditions in the
United States, Caribbean, and South America.
Meets: Online Asynchronous
Foundational Studies Credit:
Global Perspectives and Cultural Diversity
AFRI 323/HIST 334 – African American History from 1890 to the Present
3 credits
Instructor: Dr. Kimberly Stanley
Description:
A survey of African American history in the modern United States, emphasizing urbanization, the sources and
styles of Black leadership, civil rights movements, and the varied forms of Black nationalism.
Foundational Studies Credit:
Ethics and Social Responsibility
Meets: TR 11:00am-12:15pm
Online Synchronous
AFRI 334/ARTH 388 — Introduction to African Art
3 credits
Instructor: Dr. Colleen Haas
Description:
This course is an introduction to African Art, from traditional forms to contemporary artistic expressions. When
studying African art we encounter a broad spectrum of works, artistic practices, belief systems, and cultural
values connected to artistic production. Throughout the course students gain practice at viewing,
contextualizing (historical/social/cultural), researching and analyzing African art in terms of their formal
characteristics as well as their levels of social use and cultural meaning. Everyone will express what they discover
through written, reflective, oral and creative assignments as well as group class activities.
Meets: TR 2:00-3:15pm
Online SynchronousGraduate Courses
All classes are online. Each class meets synchronously for a bloc of time one evening each week.
HIST 514 – Antebellum America, 1815-1848
3 credits
Instructor: Dr. Christopher Olsen
Description:
This course covers roughly the time between the 1820s and 1860s, focusing on the northern states. Major
themes include: the economic, communication, and information revolutions; mass immigration and Nativism;
individual and national identity; religion, reform, and racial inequality; popular culture; and creation of a modern
political culture. The course does not include the history of slavery or sectionalism and the coming of the Civil
War, topics covered in depth in other courses at ISU.
Meets: Online on Tuesday evenings
HIST 570 – Tsarist Russia
3 credits
Instructor: Dr. Barbara Skinner
Description:
This course covers major issues in the development of the Russian state and empire from the time of Mongol
rule to the abolition of serfdom in 19th century. We will discuss native Russian political, social, and cultural
characteristics, including autocracy, serfdom, and Russian Orthodoxy, and the challenges raised against these
institutions. But we will give equal time to assessing the external influences on Russia’s development and
identity, particularly the Western influences so critical to the 18th-century transformations under Peter the
Great, and the complex development of Russia’s empire across Eurasia.
Meets: Online on Monday evenings
HIST 621 – Research Seminar
3 credits
Instructor: Dr. Lisa Phillips
Description:
This course is designed to teach students how to do historical research at the graduate level. Early on in the
semester, students will work with both the professor teaching the course and their Master’s committee chair to
identify a research topic, create a bibliography of both secondary and primary sources related to the topic, and
develop a research plan. The emphasis over the remainder of the semester will be on finding, reading, and
analyzing historical documents and situating the analysis within the historical debates surrounding the
topic. Upon successful completion of the course, students will have produced a 25+ page draft of their Master’s
project. The student should take this course only after having taken two other courses at the 600-level.
Meets: Online on Wednesday eveningsHIST 670 – Readings Seminar: Revolutionary Movements in the Modern Middle East
3 credits
Instructor: Dr. James Gustafson
Description:
This seminar will engage students in a multidisciplinary study of theoretical debates in the fields of comparative
revolutions and the sociology of revolutions as applied to the historical experience of the modern Middle
East. We will cover several major structural theories of revolution, the role of culture and ideology,
relationships between revolutionary movements and modernization and technology, the importance of
categories of ethnicity and class, and discourses surrounding gender and women’s rights. Case studies will range
from the constitutionalist and anarchist movements of the early 20th century Ottoman and Qajar Empires, to
Arab socialist movements after World War II under Nasser and the Ba’ath Party, to the Islamic Revolution in
1979 Iran and the Arab Spring in 2011. Students can expect to develop a strong historical background in the
history of the modern Middle East in this seminar, while also engaging in a critical discussion of key theoretical
issues that remain relevant to conceptualizing social and revolutionary movements today.
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