Graduate Courses
The History Department’s Syllabi Library gives students the opportunity to view syllabi for both previously and currently offered history courses. While we believe referencing these syllabi before registering for future courses is helpful, students should take note that courses, even though they may share a course number, title, and instructor, vary from semester to semester and instructor to instructor. Students should also be aware that the instructor may modify his or her course plan as appropriate throughout the semester. If students have any questions or concerns regarding the courses they are considering registering for, we encourage them to consult with the History Department’s academic advisor and/or talk with the course instructor.
Undergraduate Syllabi Library – To view all the syllabi for undergraduate courses, please check out the Undergraduate Syllabi Library.
History 700 and 800 Courses Syllabi
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History 701 - History in a Global Perspective
History 703 - History and Theory
History 704 – Topics in Contemporary History
History 705 – Topics in Global History
History 706 - Topics in Transnational History
History 707 - The Old Regime and the French Revolution
History 710 – Professional Development Seminar
History 719 - Proseminar-Medieval History
History 724 - The Politics of Persuasion: Soft Power in Europe and the United States
History 725 - Seminar in East Asian History
History 730 - Proseminar in Latin American History
History 751 - Seminar on Ottoman and Middle East History
History 753 - Seminar-Comparative World History
History 755 - Proseminar in Southeast Asian History
History 757 - Proseminar in Indian History
History 771 - History of Modern Indonesia and Malaysia
History 774 - Methods for Historical Research in Non-Literate Societies
History 795 - Quantitative Methods for Historical Research
History 796 - The Editing of Historical Materials
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History 800 - Research Seminar in History
History 801 - Seminar in Ancient History
History 804 - Interdisciplinary Western European Area Studies Seminar
History 813 - Seminar-Byzantine History & Civilization
History 825 - Seminar in 19th and 20th Century Europe
History 827 - Research Seminar In Latin American and History
History 829 - Research Seminar In Latin American and Caribbean History
History 831 - Seminar on Early Modern Britain
History 837 - Seminar-History of Modern Britain and Ireland
History 845 - Seminar-Central European History
History 850 - Seminar on the History and Historiography of the Soviet Union
History 851 - Seminar on Ottoman and Middle East History
History 854 - Seminar in Modern Chinese History
History 855 - Seminar in Japanese History
History 857 - Seminar Topics in South Asian History
History 858 - Seminar in Problems of Islamic History
History 861 - Seminar in The History of Africa
History 866 - Seminar in the Social History of Modern Europe
History 867 - Seminar in European Social and Intellectual History
- 2012 Spring – Koshar – “Seminar in European Social and Intellectual History”
- 2009 Spring – Sommerville – “Political and Social Ideas in Early Modern Europe”
- 2006 Spring – Sommerville – “Political and Social Ideas in Early Modern Europe”
- 1994 Spring – Sommerville – “Political and Social Ideas in Early Modern Europe”
- 1990 Fall – Fishman – “Seminar in European Social and Intellectual History
- 1988 Fall – Fishman – “Seminar in European Social and Intellectual History”
History 868 - Seminar in Modern French History
History 891 - Proseminar in Modern European History
- 2015 Spring – Chamedes – “States and Non-State Actors in European International History”
- 2015 Spring – Ciancia – “Historiography of Modern Eastern Europe “
- 2014 Spring – Ciancia – “Historiography of Modern Eastern Europe “
- 2013 Fall – Boswell and Hirsch – “Postwar Europe”
- 2011 Fall – Michels – “Modern Jewish History in comparative Perspective: Russian and the United States”
- 2010 Fall – Sorkin – “Enlightenment and Religion”
- 2010 Spring – Boswell – “Proseminar in Modern European History”
- 2009 Fall – Sorkin – European Jewish History: 1648-1945″
- 2008 Spring – Sorkin – “Enlightenment and Religion”
- 2007 Spring – Boswell – “Proseminar in Twentieth Century European History”
- 2006 Fall – Wandel – “European Jewish History: 1648-1945”
- 2004 Fall – Sorkin & Wandel – “Introduction to Early Modern and Modern European History”
- 1989 Fall – Payne – “The Spanish Civil War, The American dictatorships and the Democratization”
- 1986 Fall – Payne – “The Spanish Civil War”
History 900 Courses Syllabi
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History 900 - Introduction to History for United States Historians
History 901 - Studies in American History
- 2017 Spring – Cheng – “Transnationality and Historical Inquiry”
- 2016 Spring – Johnson – “Homelands, Frontiers, Borders: National and Transnational Perspectives on North American Wests”
- 2015 Fall – Cheng – “Comparative Cold War Immigration and Racial Formations in the U.S.”
- 2013 Spring – Guérin‐Gonzales – “U.S. Social Movements in the Twentieth Century: Labor and Working-Class Coalitions”
- 2012 Fall – Johnson – “Men and Masculinities in U.S. History”
- 2012 Spring – Cheng – “U.S. Cold War Culture”
- 2011 Spring – Cheng – “Transnationality and Historical Inquiry”
- 2009 Spring – Johnson – “Men and Masculinities in U.S. History”
- 2009 Spring – Guérin‐Gonzales – “U.S. Social Movements in the Twentieth Century: Mapping 1960s Struggles for Social Justice”
- 2008 Fall – Cheng – “Asian American History and Culture”
- 2007 Fall – Enstad – “Cultural History/Cultural Studies”
- 2006 Fall – Cheng – “Asian American History and Culture”
- 2005 Spring – Lee – “Slavery and Race: African Backgrounds to the Early Republic”
- 2004 Fall – Johnson – “Men and Masculinities in U.S. History”
- 2004 Spring – Kantrowitz – “Slavery and Freedom, North and South: 1830-1900”
- 2001 Summer – Cohen – “Readings in American History for Teachers of High School Advanced Placement Courses”
- 1994 Fall – Cohen – “Readings in Colonial British North America”
- 1994 Fall – Cronon – “Topics in American Environmental History”
- 1994 Fall – Kaestle – “American Social and Cultural History; 1860-1940
- 1994 Spring – Hollingsworth
- 1993 Fall – Cohen – “Readings in American Religious History to 1860”
- 1993 Fall – Lindstrom – “Readings in American Economic History”
- 1993 Spring – Lee – “Revolutionary America”
- 1992 Fall – Cohen – “Readings in Colonial America”
- 1992 Fall – Kaestle – “American Social and Cultural History; 1860-1940”
- 1992 Fall – Zonderman – “American Labor History, 1830-1930”
- 1992 Spring – Hollingsworth
- 1992 Spring – Sewell – “The Civil War and Reconstruction”
- 1991 Fall – Coffman – “American Military History”
- 1991 Spring – Cooper
- 1991 Spring – Sewell – “The Civil War and Reconstruction”
- 1990 Fall – Boyer – “Readings in American Intellectual and Cultural History”
- 1990 Fall – Cohen – “Readings in the American Revolution
- 1990 Fall – Kaestle – “American Social and Cultural History; 1860-1940”
- 1990 Fall – Lerner – “History of Feminist Theories”
- 1990 Spring – Hollingsworth – “Hollingsworth”
- 1990 Spring – Sewell – “The Civil War and Reconstruction”
- 1989 Fall – Boyer – “Readings in American Intellectual and Cultural History”
- 1989 Fall – Cohen – “Readings in Colonial America”
- 1989 Fall – Lerner – “African-American Women’s History”
- 1989 Spring – Bogue – “American Political Eras: Changing Interpretations”
- 1989 Spring – Boydston – “Topics in Antebellum History “
- 1988 Fall – Boydston – “The Industrialization of Gender”
- 1988 Fall – Dunlavy – “Readings in the History of American Technology”
- 1988 Fall – Hollingsworth
- 1988 Fall – Kaestle – “American Social and Cultural History; 1860-1940”
- 1988 Spring – Cooper
- 1988 Spring – Schultz
- 1987 Fall – Archdeacon – “Immigration and Ethnicity in American History”
- 1987 Fall – Coffman – “American Military History”
- 1987 Fall – Cohen – “Readings in Colonial America”
- 1987 Spring – Bogue – “The History of the American Political Party System”
- 1987 Spring – Sewell – “The Civil War and Reconstruction”
- 1986 Fall – Cooper
- 1986 Fall – Kutler – “The United States Since 1945”
- 1986 Fall – Lerner – “Biography and Autobiography as History and Literature”
- 1986 Fall – Schultz – “Seminar in American Urban History”
- 1986 Spring – Coffman – “American Military History”
- 1986 Spring – Lindstrom
- 1985 Fall – Boyer
- 1985 Fall – Lerner
- 1984 Fall – Gordon
- 1984 Spring – Coffman
- 1983 Fall – Boyer
- 1983 Fall – Hollingsworth
- 1983 Fall – Kaestle
- 1982 Fall – Hollingsworth
History 902 - Research Seminar in American History
- 2010 Spring – Johnson – “North American Regions, Landscapes, and Peoples”
- 2007 Spring – Lee – “Historical Memory”
- 2006 Spring – Johnson – “North American Regions, Landscapes, and Peoples”
- 1992 Fall – Plummer – “The Civil Rights Movement”
- 1990 Fall – Lerner – “Biography and Autobiography as History and Literature”
- 1990 Spring – Schultz – “Research Seminar in American Urban and Social History”
- 1989 Fall – Kutler – “Research Seminar in U.S. History”
- 1989 Spring – Zonderman – “Graduate Research Seminar in American Labor History”
- 1988 Spring – Bogue – “Research Seminar Reading List”
- 1987 Fall – Zonderman – “Graduate Research Seminar in American Labor History”
- 1987 Spring – Schultz – “Research Seminar in American Urban History”
- 1986 Spring – Gordon – “Gender and Class in the US Labor Experience, 1920-50”
- 1985 Fall – Kutler – “Watergate”
- 1984 Fall – Lerner – “Historical Methodology and Women’s History”
- 1983 Fall – Lerner – “Research in Women’s History”
- 1983 Spring – Hollingsworth – “Political Economy in Twentieth Century America”
- 1982 Fall – Herbst – “19th Century Social History”
History 906 -Proseminar on the History of Education
- 2015 Fall – Reese – “The History of School Reform”
- 2015 Spring – Reese – “History of Progressive Education”
- 2013 Fall – Reese – “History of Childhood and Adolescence
- 2012 Fall – Reese – “Cities, Suburbs, and Schools”
- 2011 Fall – Reese – “The History of School Reform”
- 2010 Fall – Reese – “History of Childhood and Adolescence”
- 2009 Fall – Reese – “What is History?”
- 2008 Fall – Reese – “Cities, Suburbs, and Schools”
- 2006 Fall – Reese – “What is History?”
- 2002 Fall – Reese – “History of Childhood and Adolescence”
- 1990 Spring – Kaestle – “History of Education in the United States, 1890 to the Present”
History 910 - History of Colonial North America
History 925 - Seminar-America in the Civil War Era
- 2015 Fall – Kantrowitz – “Slavery and Emancipation in North America”
- 2009 Fall – Kantrowitz – “Slaves’ Politics and the Politics of Slavery”
- 2007 Fall – Kantrowitz – “Slavery, Politics, and Citizenship in Nineteenth-Century America”
- 2007 Spring – Kantrowitz – “Slavery, Politics, and Citizenship in Nineteenth-Century America”