History

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Professors Freund, Goldstein (Chair), Rosenthal
Associate Professor Esposito
Assistant Professor Shire
Adjunct Professors Byczkiewicz, Mueller, Richards, Salzman-Fiske

Writing Requirement

Departmental policy requires that students in upper-level history courses undertake substantial written work exclusive of examinations; oral reports may not be substituted for written work. Faculty read, comment on, evaluate, and, if necessary, return this work for revision and reevaluation. The emphasis is on helping students learn to write effective analytical and research papers.

Internships

The History department has relationships with a number of area historical and cultural institutions that regularly have internship opportunities for undergraduate history majors. These include the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, the Connecticut Historical Society, and the Stowe-Day Foundation. Students interested in an internship (HIS 341 , HIS 342 ) should consult their advisors.

Programs

• History, B.A.

• History Minor

• History Areas

Courses

• HIS 100 - Civilization since 1500: Making the World Modern
• HIS 101 - Civilization to 1650: Unfolding of Traditional Civilization
• HIS 130 - The United States to the Civil War Era
• HIS 131 - The United States since the Civil War Era
• HIS 204 - Arabic Language, Culture and History in Translation
• HIS 205 - Israel: History and Society
• HIS 209 - Civilization in the Ancient World
• HIS 210 - Europe: Renaissance to Revolution
• HIS 212 - Traditions of China and Japan
• HIS 213 - Europe: Napoleon to Gorbachev
• HIS 214 - Jewish History from the Exile to the Enlightenment
• HIS 215 - Introduction to World Religions
• HIS 216 - Modern Jewish History
• HIS 218 - Land of the Rising Sun: Contemporary Media and Print about Japan
• HIS 219 - Modern Irish History
• HIS 222 - History of Women in America
• HIS 224 - History of Health and Disease
• HIS 225 - African American History
• HIS 228 - American Jewish History
• HIS 229 - The Holocaust
• HIS 232 - European and American Witchcraft
• HIS 233 - U.S.-China Relations
• HIS 235 - The Modern Middle East
• HIS 241W - History as Detection: Workshop
• HIS 261 - U.S. Presidential Campaigns: Artifacts, Issues, Personalities
• HIS 263 - History of Sexuality in America
• HIS 271 - Southeast Asia in the 20th Century
• HIS 272 - Industrialization in Asia
• HIS 290 - Special Topics in History
• HIS 291 - Special Topics in History
• HIS 292 - Special Topics in History
• HIS 300 - Independent Study in History
• HIS 301 - Independent Study in History
• HIS 306 - Archaeology of the Land of Israel
• HIS 307 - Archaeological Field Methods and Material Culture
• HIS 308 - Bible and Archaeology—Old Testament
• HIS 317 - The Talmud: Its History and Literary Development
• HIS 318 - Maimonides in Historical Context
• HIS 333 - Revolutions in 20th-Century Asia
• HIS 336 - The Arabs and Israel
• HIS 341 - Student Internship in History
• HIS 342 - Student Internship in History
• HIS 350 - The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Empire
• HIS 351 - Enlightenment and Revolutions: Europe in the 17th and 18th Centuries
• HIS 352 - Romanticism, Nationalism, Reform: Europe in the 19th Century
• HIS 353 - Nationalism in Europe
• HIS 354 - The Experience of World War
• HIS 356 - Genocide in the Modern World
• HIS 361 - History of American Sports
• HIS 362 - The Experience of the American Revolution
• HIS 363 - Democracy, Reform, and Slavery: America from Washington to Lincoln
• HIS 364 - The Experience of the American Civil War
• HIS 365 - The Creation of Industrial America
• HIS 366 - Twenties and Thirties America
• HIS 367 - The Experience of the War in Vietnam
• HIS 368 - America in the 1960s
• HIS 390 - Special Topics in History
• HIS 391 - Special Topics in History
• HIS 408 - The Senior Thesis
• HIS 409 - The Senior Thesis
• HIS 433 - Senior Seminar: Revolutions in 20th-Century Asia
• HIS 441W - Making History
• HIS 490 - Special Topics in History
• HIS 491 - Special Topics in History

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