Graduate Program

Fall Term Schedule

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Fall 2019

Number	Title	Instructor	Time
HIS 400 (HIS 300W) History of Nature WEAVER S W 2:00PM - 4:40PM
This course explores the history of the idea and condition of "nature" from the 17th century to the present. Taking as a case study New York's Adirondack Park, the oldest and largest state preserve in the nation, we will study the many ways in which humans have interacted with and conceptualized nature, landscape, and wilderness. Topics will include colonial settlement and Native American displacement, the forest industry, the romantic invention of wilderness, the history of the park, and contemporary conflicts over wilderness protection and land use. The course features an optional three-day excursion to the Adirondack High Peaks Wilderness. BUILDING: RRLIB \| ROOM: 362
HIS 404 (HIS 304W) Readings in Atlantic History JARVIS M R 2:00PM - 4:40PM
This course surveys recent scholarship on the early modern Atlantic world emphasizing comparative, transnational and connective methodologies. Topics will include imperial rivalries, the emergence of creole cultures, trade and smuggling, oceanic and coastal environments, the circulations of commodities, diseases, print, and ideas, slavery and the slave trade, community studies of Atlantic places, and the promise and limits of an Atlantic perspective. Students will produce an original research paper on an Atlantic topic. BUILDING: RRLIB \| ROOM: 362
HIS 421 (HIS 321W) Early Modern Data-Mining: Words and Concepts, 1500-1800 GREENWOOD J M 2:00PM - 4:40PM
Intended for both upper-division undergraduates and graduate students, this seminar will explore the intersection between the digital humanities and early modern historical studies through data-mining, the discovery of patterns in large databases. Students will analyze early modern European concepts using scholarship and large volumes of digitized primary sources in online databases. The result will allow students to research early modern concepts by way of aggregating data, effectively, combining traditional historiography with digital analysis. During the semester, enrollees will pursue a case study of their design in consultation with the instructor BUILDING: RRLIB \| ROOM: 362
HIS 451 (HIS 351W) The City in Latin America, 1850-Present BALL M T 2:00PM - 4:40PM
Widespread urbanization in the twentieth century has occurred throughout the world. As a region, however, Latin America experienced the most complete transition from rural to urban society. This seminar explores the process by which cities like São Paulo, Buenos Aires, Mexico City and Bogotá developed. We will investigate the conflicts and challenges associated with the juxtaposition of urbanization and nationhood formation. Students will explore themes of immigration, informality and celebration through a combination of primary and secondary sources, film and literature and will be introduced to and work with arcGIS software. Prior knowledge of Latin American history is not required. BUILDING: LCHAS \| ROOM: 182
HIS 471 (HIS 282) Digital History: Historical Worlds, Virtual Worlds, Virtual Museums JARVIS M TR 10:25AM - 11:40AM
In this course, students will learn how to research historical sites, create digital versions of them, and then author curated or interactive "scenescapes" that impart historical knowledge in dynamic new ways. Using sites in Bermuda, Ghana, and locally, the course adopts a hands-on experimental approach to digital history by creating visualizations that use diverse documentary and visual sources and presenting the past to the public through new digital media. BUILDING: RRLIB \| ROOM: 445
HIS 473 (HIS 373W) American Health Policy and Politics RAZ M T 2:00PM - 4:40PM
This course examines the formation and evolution of American health policy from a political and historical perspective. Concentrating on developments from the early twentieth century to the present, the focus of readings and discussions will be political forces and institutions and historical and cultural contexts. Among the topics covered are periodic campaigns for national health insurance, efforts to rationalize and regionalize health care institutions, the creation of Medicare and Medicaid and the further evolution of these programs, the rise to dominance of economists and economic analysis in the shaping of health policy, racial and gender disparities in access to care and in quality of care, the formation and failure of the Clinton administration's health reform agenda, health reform in the George W. Bush administration and the 2008 presidential campaign, and national health reform and pushback during the Obama administration. BUILDING: RRLIB \| ROOM: 362
HIS 480 (AH 385) VISUAL CULTURE OF HERITAGE & IDENTITY BERLO J TR 12:30PM - 1:45PM
Cultural critic Stuart Hall has observed “Heritage is a discursive practice. It is one of the ways in which the nation slowly constructs for itself a sort of collective social memory.” In this upper level seminar, we will look at case studies of how people (through the collectivities of gender, ethnicity, race, or nation) construct visual narratives about the past. Among the topics for consideration are Holocaust memorials, Native American and Polynesian museums and cultural centers, African American quilt histories, and even individual artists’ projects of the last few decades (Judy Chicago, Fred Wilson, Silvia Gruner, José Bedia, and Jolene Rickard, among others). Readings will be drawn principally from the disciplines of history, anthropology, cultural studies, and art criticism. BUILDING: MOREY \| ROOM: 502 PREREQUISITES: Juniors and Seniors in Art History, Anthropology and History, as well as graduate students, will have preference in registering for this course. Familiarity with the language and theoretical concerns of cultural studies or anthropology would be helpful.
HIS 491 Reading Course at the Master's Level – –
Individual, specialized reading courses; topics, relevant to student's program, chosen in consultation with faculty member. BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 495 Research at the Master's Level – –
Graduate level research course for the M.A. level. BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 496 Extended Reading at the M.A. – –
Individual, specialized extended reading courses; topics, relevant to student's program, chosen in consultation with faculty member. BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 500 Problems in Historical Analysis LENOE M F 10:00AM - 12:40PM
This course addresses questions of interest to beginning graduate students in history. These may include: the history of the historical profession, styles of historical writing, relations between history and literature, ethno-history, and the functions of history as criticism and as social memory. BUILDING: RRLIB \| ROOM: 456
HIS 510 Advanced Historical Studies SLAUGHTER T –
No description BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 520 Advanced Historical Studies SLAUGHTER T –
No description BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 530 Advanced Historical Studies SLAUGHTER T –
No description BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 590 Supervised Teaching in History – –
Individual instruction in the teaching of history under the supervision of a faculty member. For first-year Ph.D. students. BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 591 Reading Course at the PhD Level – –
Individual, specialized reading courses; topics, relevant to student's program, chosen in consultation with faculty member. BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 592 Independent Reading Course FLEISCHMAN T –
Individual, specialized independent reading courses; topics, relevant to student's program, chosen in consultation with faculty member. BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 592 Independent Reading Course – –
Individual, specialized independent reading courses; topics, relevant to student's program, chosen in consultation with faculty member. BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 593 Apprentice Teaching in History – –
Experience, under faculty supervision, in conducting discussion sections and examinations in undergraduate history courses. BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 595 Research at the PhD Level – –
Graduate level research course for the Ph.D. level. BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 595A N/A – –
No description BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 596 N/A – –
No description BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 895 Continuation of MA Enrollment – –
No description BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 897 Master's Thesis in Absentia – –
No description BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 899 Master's Thesis – –
No description BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 899A N/A – –
No description BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 899B N/A – –
No description BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 985 Leave of Absence – –
No description BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 986V FULL TIME VISITING STUDENT – –
No description BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 995 Continuation of PhD Enrollment – –
No description BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 997 PhD Dissertation – –
No description BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 997A PhD Dissertation In-Absentia – –
No description BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 999 PhD Dissertation – –
No description BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 999A Doctoral Dissertation in Absentia – –
No description BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 999B PhD Dissertation In-Absentia Abroad – –
No description BUILDING: \| ROOM:

Number	Title	Instructor	Time
Monday
HIS 421 (HIS 321W) Early Modern Data-Mining: Words and Concepts, 1500-1800 GREENWOOD J M 2:00PM - 4:40PM
Intended for both upper-division undergraduates and graduate students, this seminar will explore the intersection between the digital humanities and early modern historical studies through data-mining, the discovery of patterns in large databases. Students will analyze early modern European concepts using scholarship and large volumes of digitized primary sources in online databases. The result will allow students to research early modern concepts by way of aggregating data, effectively, combining traditional historiography with digital analysis. During the semester, enrollees will pursue a case study of their design in consultation with the instructor BUILDING: RRLIB \| ROOM: 362
Monday and Wednesday
Tuesday
HIS 451 (HIS 351W) The City in Latin America, 1850-Present BALL M T 2:00PM - 4:40PM
Widespread urbanization in the twentieth century has occurred throughout the world. As a region, however, Latin America experienced the most complete transition from rural to urban society. This seminar explores the process by which cities like São Paulo, Buenos Aires, Mexico City and Bogotá developed. We will investigate the conflicts and challenges associated with the juxtaposition of urbanization and nationhood formation. Students will explore themes of immigration, informality and celebration through a combination of primary and secondary sources, film and literature and will be introduced to and work with arcGIS software. Prior knowledge of Latin American history is not required. BUILDING: LCHAS \| ROOM: 182
HIS 473 (HIS 373W) American Health Policy and Politics RAZ M T 2:00PM - 4:40PM
This course examines the formation and evolution of American health policy from a political and historical perspective. Concentrating on developments from the early twentieth century to the present, the focus of readings and discussions will be political forces and institutions and historical and cultural contexts. Among the topics covered are periodic campaigns for national health insurance, efforts to rationalize and regionalize health care institutions, the creation of Medicare and Medicaid and the further evolution of these programs, the rise to dominance of economists and economic analysis in the shaping of health policy, racial and gender disparities in access to care and in quality of care, the formation and failure of the Clinton administration's health reform agenda, health reform in the George W. Bush administration and the 2008 presidential campaign, and national health reform and pushback during the Obama administration. BUILDING: RRLIB \| ROOM: 362
Tuesday and Thursday
HIS 471 (HIS 282) Digital History: Historical Worlds, Virtual Worlds, Virtual Museums JARVIS M TR 10:25AM - 11:40AM
In this course, students will learn how to research historical sites, create digital versions of them, and then author curated or interactive "scenescapes" that impart historical knowledge in dynamic new ways. Using sites in Bermuda, Ghana, and locally, the course adopts a hands-on experimental approach to digital history by creating visualizations that use diverse documentary and visual sources and presenting the past to the public through new digital media. BUILDING: RRLIB \| ROOM: 445
HIS 480 (AH 385) VISUAL CULTURE OF HERITAGE & IDENTITY BERLO J TR 12:30PM - 1:45PM
Cultural critic Stuart Hall has observed “Heritage is a discursive practice. It is one of the ways in which the nation slowly constructs for itself a sort of collective social memory.” In this upper level seminar, we will look at case studies of how people (through the collectivities of gender, ethnicity, race, or nation) construct visual narratives about the past. Among the topics for consideration are Holocaust memorials, Native American and Polynesian museums and cultural centers, African American quilt histories, and even individual artists’ projects of the last few decades (Judy Chicago, Fred Wilson, Silvia Gruner, José Bedia, and Jolene Rickard, among others). Readings will be drawn principally from the disciplines of history, anthropology, cultural studies, and art criticism. BUILDING: MOREY \| ROOM: 502 PREREQUISITES: Juniors and Seniors in Art History, Anthropology and History, as well as graduate students, will have preference in registering for this course. Familiarity with the language and theoretical concerns of cultural studies or anthropology would be helpful.
Wednesday
HIS 400 (HIS 300W) History of Nature WEAVER S W 2:00PM - 4:40PM
This course explores the history of the idea and condition of "nature" from the 17th century to the present. Taking as a case study New York's Adirondack Park, the oldest and largest state preserve in the nation, we will study the many ways in which humans have interacted with and conceptualized nature, landscape, and wilderness. Topics will include colonial settlement and Native American displacement, the forest industry, the romantic invention of wilderness, the history of the park, and contemporary conflicts over wilderness protection and land use. The course features an optional three-day excursion to the Adirondack High Peaks Wilderness. BUILDING: RRLIB \| ROOM: 362
Thursday
HIS 404 (HIS 304W) Readings in Atlantic History JARVIS M R 2:00PM - 4:40PM
This course surveys recent scholarship on the early modern Atlantic world emphasizing comparative, transnational and connective methodologies. Topics will include imperial rivalries, the emergence of creole cultures, trade and smuggling, oceanic and coastal environments, the circulations of commodities, diseases, print, and ideas, slavery and the slave trade, community studies of Atlantic places, and the promise and limits of an Atlantic perspective. Students will produce an original research paper on an Atlantic topic. BUILDING: RRLIB \| ROOM: 362
Friday
HIS 500 Problems in Historical Analysis LENOE M F 10:00AM - 12:40PM
This course addresses questions of interest to beginning graduate students in history. These may include: the history of the historical profession, styles of historical writing, relations between history and literature, ethno-history, and the functions of history as criticism and as social memory. BUILDING: RRLIB \| ROOM: 456
TBA
HIS 491 Reading Course at the Master's Level – –
Individual, specialized reading courses; topics, relevant to student's program, chosen in consultation with faculty member. BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 495 Research at the Master's Level – –
Graduate level research course for the M.A. level. BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 496 Extended Reading at the M.A. – –
Individual, specialized extended reading courses; topics, relevant to student's program, chosen in consultation with faculty member. BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 510 Advanced Historical Studies SLAUGHTER T –
No description BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 520 Advanced Historical Studies SLAUGHTER T –
No description BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 530 Advanced Historical Studies SLAUGHTER T –
No description BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 590 Supervised Teaching in History – –
Individual instruction in the teaching of history under the supervision of a faculty member. For first-year Ph.D. students. BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 591 Reading Course at the PhD Level – –
Individual, specialized reading courses; topics, relevant to student's program, chosen in consultation with faculty member. BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 592 Independent Reading Course FLEISCHMAN T –
Individual, specialized independent reading courses; topics, relevant to student's program, chosen in consultation with faculty member. BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 592 Independent Reading Course – –
Individual, specialized independent reading courses; topics, relevant to student's program, chosen in consultation with faculty member. BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 593 Apprentice Teaching in History – –
Experience, under faculty supervision, in conducting discussion sections and examinations in undergraduate history courses. BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 595 Research at the PhD Level – –
Graduate level research course for the Ph.D. level. BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 595A N/A – –
No description BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 596 N/A – –
No description BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 895 Continuation of MA Enrollment – –
No description BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 897 Master's Thesis in Absentia – –
No description BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 899 Master's Thesis – –
No description BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 899A N/A – –
No description BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 899B N/A – –
No description BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 985 Leave of Absence – –
No description BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 986V FULL TIME VISITING STUDENT – –
No description BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 995 Continuation of PhD Enrollment – –
No description BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 997 PhD Dissertation – –
No description BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 997A PhD Dissertation In-Absentia – –
No description BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 999 PhD Dissertation – –
No description BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 999A Doctoral Dissertation in Absentia – –
No description BUILDING: \| ROOM:
HIS 999B PhD Dissertation In-Absentia Abroad – –
No description BUILDING: \| ROOM: