HIAF 1501: Runaways, Rebels and Revolutionaries

Instructor: James La Fleur

Introduces the study of history intended for first- or second-year students. Seminars involve reading, discussing, and writing about different historical topics and periods, and emphasize the enhancement of critical and communication skills. Several seminars are offered each term. Not more than two Introductory Seminars may be counted toward the major in history.

Concentrations: 

• Global and Transnational History
• War, Violence and Society

HIAF 2002: Modern Africa

Instructor: Emily Burrill

Studies the history of Africa and its interaction with the western world from the mid-19th century to the present. Emphasizes continuities in African civilization from imperialism to independence that transcend the colonial interlude of the 20th century.

Concentrations: 

• Race, Ethnicity and Empire

HIAF 3051: West African History

Instructor: James La Fleur

History of West Africans in the wider context of the global past, from West Africans' first attempts to make a living in ancient environments through the slave trades (domestic, trans-Saharan, and Atlantic), colonial overrule by outsiders, political independence, and ever-increasing globalization.

Concentrations:

• Capitalism and Economic Life
• Global and Transnational History
• Race, Ethnicity and Empire

HIAF 3559: Disease, Medicine, & Health in Africa

Instructor: James La Fleur

This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of African History.

Concentrations:

• Environtment, Space and Society

HIAF 4501: Genter & Sexuality in African History

Instructor: Emily Burrill

The major seminar is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the seminar. Seminar work results primarily in the preparation of a substantial (ca. 25 pp. in standard format) research paper. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies.

Concentrations:

HIEA 1501: Japan’s Fukushima Disaster

Instructor: Robert Stolz

Introduces the study of history intended for first- or second-year students. Seminars involve reading, discussing, and writing about different historical topics and periods, and emphasize the enhancement of critical and communication skills. Several seminars are offered each term. Not more than two Introductory Seminars may be counted toward the major in history.

Concentrations:

• Environment, Space and Society
• War, Violence and Society

HIEA 1501: The China Question

Instructor: Xiaoyuan Liu

Introduces the study of history intended for first- or second-year students. Seminars involve reading, discussing, and writing about different historical topics and periods, and emphasize the enhancement of critical and communication skills. Several seminars are offered each term. Not more than two Introductory Seminars may be counted toward the major in history.

Concentrations:

• Global and Transnational History
• Race, Ethnicity and Empire
• War, Violence and Society

HIEA 2011: History of Chinese Civilization

Instructor: Cong Zhang

An intro to the study of Chinese civilization. We shall begin with the earliest human remains found in China & conclude in the present. The goal of this coure is not merely to tell the story of Chinese history, rich and compelling though the story is. Rather, our aim will be to explore what makes Chinese civilization specifically Chinese, & how the set of values, practices, & institutions we associate with Chinese society came to exist.

Concentrations:

• Global and Transnational History
• War, Violence and Society

HIEA 2031: Modern China

Instructor: Xiaoyuan Liu

Studies the transformation of Chinese politics, society, institutions, culture and foreign relations from the Opium War. through the post-Mao Reform Era. Emphasizes the fluid relationship between tradition and transformation and the ways in which this relationship continues to shape the lives of the Chinese people.

Concentrations:

• Global and Transnational History
• Race, Ethnicity and Empire
• War, Violence and Society

HIEA 2101: Modern Korean History: One Peninsula, Two Paths

Instructor:  Joseph Seeley

This course traces Korea's history from its unified rule under the Choson dynasty (1392-1910) to Japanese colonization (1910-1945) and subsequent division into the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and Republic of Korea (South Korea). It examines how processes of reform, empire, civil war, revolution, and industrialization shaped both Koreas' development and how ordinary people experienced this tumultuous history.

Concentrations:

• Global and Transnational History
• Race, Ethnicity and Empire
• War, Violence and Society

HIEA 3481: Postwar Japan

Instructor: Robert Stolz

An examination of the history of Japan from 1945 to the present, as it transforms from an empire to a modern industrial capital state.  We will explore the key contradictions, debates, and fault lines that run through the period, many of which persist to today.

Concentrations:

HIEA 3501: Gods, Ghosts and Ancestors in Chinese History

Instructor: Cong Zhang

Required for history majors, to be completed before enrollment in the Major Seminar. Introduces a variety of approaches to the study of history, methods for finding and analyzing primary and secondary sources, and the construction of historical arguments. Workshops are offered on a variety of topics each term.

Concentrations:

HIEA 4501: North Korea

Instructor:  Joseph Seeley

A small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the seminar. The work of the seminar results primarily in the preparation of a substantial (ca. 25 pp. in standard format) research paper. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies.

Concentrations:

• War, Violence and Society

HIEU 2041: Roman Republic and Empire

Instructor: Elizabeth Meyer

Surveys the political, social, and institutional growth of the Roman Republic, focusing on its downfall and replacement by an imperial form of government, the subsequent history of that government, and the social and economic life during the Roman Empire, up to its own decline and fall.

Concentrations:

• Race, Ethnicity and Empire
• War, Violence and Society

HIEU 2721: Supernatural Europe, 1500-1800

Instructor: Erin Lambert

Surveys the intellectual, religious, and social history of Europe c.1500-1800 through the lens of changing beliefs about the supernatural. Selected topics include the rise and decline of witch-hunting, changing understandings of the universe, the impact of religious reform on traditional belief, and the "disenchantment" of European society as beliefs in the supernatural declined in the 18th century.

Concentrations:

HIEU 3021: Greek and Roman Warfare

Instructor: Jon Lendon

Surveys the history of ancient warfare from the Homeric era until the fall of Rome.

Concentrations:

• War, Violence and Society

HIEU 3091: Ancient Law and Society

Instructor: Elizabeth Meyer

Study of the interrationships between law, politics and society in ancient Greece (chiefly Athenian) culture, the Hellenistic kingdoms and Rome (from the XII Tables to the Justinianic Code). Focuses particularly on the development of the idea of law; on the construction of law's authority and legitimacy; on the use of law as one method of social control; and on the development, at Rome, of juristic independence and legal codification. Prerequisite: HIEU 2031 or HIEU 2041, or permission of the instructor.

Concentrations:

• Law and Society

HIEU 3141: Age of Conquests: Britain from the Romans to the Normans (43-1066)

Instructor: Paul Kershaw

Surveys the history of Britain from the establishment of Roman rule to the Norman Conquest of 1066. Particular focus falls upon the social, political and cultural history of early England and its neighbors in Wales and Scotland, the Scandinavian impact of the 8th through 11th centuries, and Britain's links with the wider late antique and early medieval worlds.

Concentrations:

• Global and Transnational History
• Race, Ethnicity and Empire
• War, Violence and Society

HIEU 3312: Europe at War, 1939-1945

Instructor: William Hitchcock

This course examines the range of human experience in Europe during the Second World War. Why did Nazi Germany invade and attempt to colonize large parts of Europe? What were the methods of Nazi rule? How did European peoples respond to the Nazi project, whether through forms of resistance or collaboration? Who were the principal victims of the war--and why is this question so difficult to address even today?

Concentrations:

• War, Violence and Society

HIEU 3501: Doing Legal History in England & Empire

Instructor: Paul Halliday

Required for history majors, to be completed before enrollment in the Major Seminar. Introduces a variety of approaches to the study of history, methods for finding and analyzing primary and secondary sources, and the construction of historical arguments. Workshops are offered on a variety of topics each term.

Concentrations:

• Global and Transnational History
• Law and Society
• Race, Ethnicity and Empire

HIEU 4502: Stalinism

Instructor: Jeffrey Rossman

The major seminar is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the seminar. The work of the seminar results primarily in the preparation of a substantial (ca. 25 pp. in standard format) research paper. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies.

Concentrations:

• War, Violence and Society

HIEU 4511: Viking Worlds

Instructor: Paul Kershaw

The major colloquium is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the colloquium. Colloquia are most frequently offered in areas of history where access to source materials or linguistic demands make seminars especially difficult. Students in colloquia prepare about 25 pages of written work. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies.

Concentrations:

HIEU 5021: Greece in the Fifth Century

Instructor: Jon Lendon

Examination of the political, diplomatic, and social history of Greece from the end of the Persian Wars in 479 b.c. to the end of the Peloponnesian War in 404/3 b.c. Investigates the origins, course, and importance of the latter war, the major watershed in classical Greek history. Prerequisite: HIEU 2031 or equivalent.

Concentrations:

HIEU 5585: Intimacies of French Empire

Instructor: Janey Horne and Jennifer Sessions

A seminar offering in-depth investigations of topics and research methodologies in modern European history and culture. Topics vary.

Concentrations:

• Global and Transnational History
• Race, Ethnicity and Empire

HILA 3021: Human Rights in Latin America

Instructor: Lean Sweeney

Covers issues of human rights violations, defense, reparations, and prevention, from independence movements through the Cold War, neoliberalism, extractivism, racism, and transnational migration, trade and crime.

Concentrations:

• Capitalism and Economic Life
• Global and Transnational History
• Law and Society
• Race, Ethnicity and Empire
• War, Violence and Society

HILA 3501: Race and State in Mexico

Instructor: Lean Sweeney

Required for history majors, to be completed before enrollment in the Major Seminar. Introduces a variety of approaches to the study of history, methods for finding and analyzing primary and secondary sources, and the construction of historical arguments. Workshops are offered on a variety of topics each term.

Concentrations:

• Global and Transnational History
• Law and Society
• Race, Ethnicity and Empire
• War, Violence and Society

HILA 4501: Latin America and the United States

Instructor: Thomas Klubock

The major seminar is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the seminar. Seminar work results primarily in the preparation of substantial (ca. 25 pp. in standard format) research paper. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies.

Concentrations:

• Global and Transnational History

HIME 2001: Making of the Islamic World

Instructor: Kristina Richardson

Explores the history of the Middle East and North Africa from late antiquity to the rise to superpower status of the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century. Topics include the formation of Islam and the first Arab-Islamic conquests; the fragmentation of the empire of the caliphate; the historical development of Islamic social, legal, and political institutions; science and philosophy; and the impact of invaders (Turks, Crusaders, and Mongols).

Concentrations:

• Global and Transnational History
• Race, Ethnicity and Empire
• War, Violence and Society

HIME 4501: The US and the Middle East

Instructor: Caroline Kahlenberg

The major seminar is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the seminar. The work of the seminar results primarily in the preparation of a substantial (ca. 25 pages in standard format) research paper. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies.

Concentrations:

• Global and Transnational History
• War, Violence and Society

HIST 2014: Fascism: A Global History

Instructor: Manuela Achilles and Kyrill Kunakhovich

This class studies fascism as an ideology, movement, and regime in a global framework. Thematic perspectives include: the origins and theories of fascism, key terms in the fascist lexicon, motives that brought people to fascism, fascism as an aesthetics and lived experience, and the role of women in fascism. We will also study the historical articulations of antifascism, i.e. groups and individuals who have fought against fascism over the years.

Concentrations:

• Global and Transnational History
• Race, Ethnicity and Empire
• War, Violence and Society

HIST 2152: Climate History

Instructor: Christopher Gratien

Climate change is widely regarded as the most important environmental question of the present. This course equips students to engage with the study of climate change from multiple perspectives. Part 1 surveys how understandings of the climate developed and transformed. Part 2 explores how historical climatology lends new insights to familiar historical questions. Part 3 explores the history of environment and climate as political issues.

Concentrations:

• Environment, Space and Society
• Global and Transnational History

HIST 2559: Espionage: A Global History

Instructor: Jeffrey Rossman

This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of general history.

Concentrations:

• Global and Transnational History
• War, Violence and Society

HIST 3501: Digital Map History

Instructor: S. Edelson

Required for history majors, to be completed before enrollment in the Major Seminar. Introduces a variety of approaches to the study of history, methods for finding and analyzing primary and secondary sources, and the construction of historical arguments. Workshops are offered on a variety of topics each term.

Concentrations:

• Capitalism and Economic Life
• Environment, Space and Society
• Race, Ethnicity and Empire

HIST 3501: Photos & Protest: UVA & Beyond

Instructor: John Mason

Required for history majors, to be completed before enrollment in the Major Seminar. Introduces a variety of approaches to the study of history, methods for finding and analyzing primary and secondary sources, and the construction of historical arguments. Workshops are offered on a variety of topics each term.

Concentrations:

• Environment, Space and Society
• War, Violence and Society

HIST 3501: A Moral History of the Rich

Instructor: Brian Owensby

Required for history majors, to be completed before enrollment in the Major Seminar. Introduces a variety of approaches to the study of history, methods for finding and analyzing primary and secondary sources, and the construction of historical arguments. Workshops are offered on a variety of topics each term.

Concentrations:

HIST 3559: History Internship

Instructor: Jennifer Sessions

This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of general history.

Concentrations:

HIST 3861: Soccer Politics

Instructor: Laurent Dubois

Explores the history of soccer to understand how and why it has become the most popular sport on the planet. We focus on the culture, economics and politics of the sport. Examples are drawn from Europe, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East, and include a focus on women's soccer. Class materials include scholarly works, essays, fiction, and film; students work on digital projects related to upcoming international tournaments.

Concentrations:

• Environment, Space and Society
• Global and Transnational History

HIST 4501: Using and Abusing Medieval Past in Modern World

Instructor: Paul Kershaw

The major seminar is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the seminar. The work of the seminar results primarily in the preparation of a substantial (ca. 25 pages in standard format) research paper. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies.

Concentrations:

HIST 4991 Dinstinguished Majors Program - Special Seminar

Instructor: Kyrill Kunakhovich

Analyzes problems in historical research.  Preparation and discussion of fourth-year honors theses.  Intended for Distinguished Majors who will have studied abroad in the fall of their fourth year. Prerequisite: Open only to students admitted to the Distinguished Majors Program.

Concentrations:

HIST 5004: Cold War, Human Rights, & Environmental History

Instructor: Penny Von Eschen

The course explores the intersections of the late cold war and its aftermath, human rights history and environmental history. 

Concentrations:

• Environment, Space and Society
• Law and Society
• War, Violence and Society

HIST 5130: Global Legal History

Instructor: Paul Halliday

Examines European legal regimes as they moved around the globe and considers those regimes' interactions with one another and with non-European legal cultures from 1500 to the twentieth century. Themes include: empire formation and legal pluralism; conflicting ideas of property; interaction of settler and indigenous peoples; forced labor and migration; the law of nations; and piracy and the law of the sea.

Concentrations:

• Global and Transnational History
• Law and Society
• Race, Ethnicity and Empire

HIST 5351: The International Economy since 1850

Instructor: Mark Thomas

This seminar will focus on key aspects of the development of the international economy since the mid-nineteenth century. Emphasis will be on the process of change, the impact of policy, and the operation of international institutions. Special focus will be paid to the economics of the Great Depression, the impact of the First and Second World Wars, and the drivers of growth.

Concentrations:

• Capitalism and Economic Life
• Global and Transnational History

HIUS 2002: American History since 1865

Instructor: Andrew Kahrl

Studies the evolution of political, social, and cultural history of the United States from 1865 to the present.

Concentrations:

• Race, Ethnicity and Empire

HIUS 2051: War and the Making of America to 1900

Instructor: Elizabeth Varon

This course examines warfare and military developments in America from the colonial period to 1900. Major topics include debates over the role of the military in society; the motivations and experiences of soldiers; interaction between the military and civilian spheres; the development of a professional army and navy; and the social and cultural context, impact, and legacies of warfare.

Concentrations:

• War, Violence and Society

HIUS 2053: American Slavery

Instructor: Justene Hill Edwards

This course will introduce students to the history of slavery in the United Sates.

Concentrations:

• Capitalism and Economic Life
• Race, Ethnicity and Empire

HIUS 2201: US Immigration Law and Policy in Historical Perspective

Instructor: S. Deborah Kang

This course will trace the origins of today's immigration policy debates by providing students with a comprehensive overview of American immigration law and policy from the eighteenth century to the present. The course will also explore how state and federal policies impacted a wide array of immigrants, including the Irish, Chinese, and Mexican arrivals of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Concentrations:

• Global and Transnational History
• Law and Society
• Race, Ethnicity and Empire

HIUS 3011: Colonial British America

Instructor: S. Edelson

This course tells the story of British America from an Atlantic perspective. The thirteen colonies that formed the United States were once part of a larger empire that spanned eastern North America and the Caribbean. From 1500 to 1800, cross-cultural encounters among Africans, Native Americans, and Europeans created a dynamic new world. Key topics trade, religion, agriculture, slavery, warfare, and the origins of the American Revolution.

Concentrations:

• Environment, Space and Society
• Race, Ethnicity and Empire

HIUS 3051: The Age of Jefferson

Instructor: Christa Dierksheide

This course uses Thomas Jefferson as a lens to explore the post revolutionary era in the United States (ca. 1776-1830), with a focus on race and slavery, trans-nationalism, imperialism, and legal/constitutional developments.

Concentrations:

• Law and Society
• Race, Ethnicity and Empire

HIUS 3072: The Civil War and Reconstruction

Instructor: Caroline Janney

Examines the course of the Civil War and Reconstruction in detail and attempts to assess their impact on 19th century American society, both in the North and in the South.

Concentrations:

HIUS 3171: U.S. since 1945

Instructor: Sarah Milov

Surveys post World War II U.S. politics uncovering the links between long range social and economic phenomenon (suburbanization, decline of agricultural employment, the rise and fall of the labor movement, black urbanization and proletarianization, economic society and insecurity within the middle class, the changing structure of multinational business) and the more obvious political movements, election results, and state policies of the last half century.

Concentrations:

• Law and Society

HIUS 3232: The South in the Twentieth Century

Instructor: Grace Hale

Studies the history of the South from 1900 to the present focusing on class structure, race relations, cultural traditions, and the question of southern identity.

Concentrations:

• Capitalism and Economic Life

HIUS 3620: All Politics Is Local

Instructor: Andrew Kahrl

The history of local government and local politics in shaping American life. Course examines issues, themes, and problems of local democracy in historical and contemporary contexts. Class meetings combine lectures and discussions. Course includes local civic engagement component.

Concentrations:

• Capitalism and Economic Life
• Law and Society

HIUS 4501: American Capitalism, American Slavery

Instructor: Matthew Grace

The major seminar is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the seminar. The work of the seminar results primarily in the preparation of a substantial (ca. 25 pp. in standard format) research paper. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies.

Concentrations:

HIUS 4501: Immigrants in American History & Life

Instructor: S. Deborah Kang

The major seminar is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the seminar. The work of the seminar results primarily in the preparation of a substantial (ca. 25 pp. in standard format) research paper. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies.

Concentrations:

• Capitalism and Economic Life
• Global and Transnational History
• Law and Society

HIAF 2001: Early African History

Instructor: James La Fleur

Studies the history of African civilizations from the iron age through the era of the slave trade, ca. 1800. Emphasizes the search for the themes of social, political, economic, and intellectual history which present African civilizations on their own terms.

Concentrations: Race, Ethnicity and Empire

HIAF 3021: History of Southern Africa

Instructor: John Mason

 Studies the history of Africa generally south of the Zambezi River. Emphasizes African institutions, creation of ethnic and racial identities, industrialization, and rural poverty, from the early formation of historical communities to recent times.

Concentrations: Race, Ethnicity and Empire

HIAF 3031: History of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

Instructor: Amir Syed

This course concerns the trans-Atlantic slave trade, with an emphasis on African history. Through interactive lectures, in-class discussions, written assignments and examinations of first-hand accounts by slaves and slavers, works of fiction and film, and analyses by historians, we will seek to understand one of the most tragic and horrifying phenomena in the history of the western world.

Concentrations: Global and Transnational History

HIAF 3112: African Environmental History

Instructor: James La Fleur

This course explores how Africans changed their interactions with the physical environments they inhabited and how the landscapes they helped create in turn shaped human history. Topics covered include the ancient agricultural revolution, health and disease in the era of slave trading, colonial-era mining and commodity farming, 20th-century wildlife conservation, and the emergent challenges of land ownership, disease, and climate change.

Concentrations: Global and Transnational History

HIAF 3501: Africa and Virginia, 1619 - Now

Introductory History Workshop

Instructor: James La Fleur

Required for history majors, to be completed before enrollment in the Major Seminar. Introduces a variety of approaches to the study of history, methods for finding and analyzing primary and secondary sources, and the construction of historical arguments. Workshops are offered on a variety of topics each term.

Concentrations: Global and Transnational History

HIEA 2091: Korean Civilization to 1900

Instructor: Joseph Seeley

This course covers the history of Korean civilization from its archeological and mythical origins to the late nineteenth century. Together students will examine sources on premodern Korean warfare, society, sex, politics, religion, and culture to understand how this seemingly distant past continues to shape Korea's present and future. We will also explore the influence of Korean civilization on regional and global histories beyond the peninsula.

Concentrations: Global and Transnational History

HIEA 3171:Meiji Japan

Introductory Seminar in East Asian History

Instructor: Robert Stolz

This course will examine the rise of the nation-state form in Japan as a new form of historical subjectivity. It will explore in depth the political, economic, social, and cultural changes in the wake of the collapse of the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1868 to the start of the Tasiho period in 1912.

Concentrations: Global and Transnational History; War, Violence and Society

HIEA 3321: China and the Cold War

Instructor: Xiaoyuan Liu

The class examines China's entanglement with the Cold War from 1945 to the early 1990s. The course raises China-centered questions because it is curious in retrospect that China, a quintessential Eastern state, became so deeply involved in the Cold War, a confrontation rooted in Western history. In exploring such questions, this course does not treat China as part of the Cold War but the Cold War as a period of Chinese history.

Concentrations: Global and Transnational History; Race, Ethnicity and Empire; War, Violence and Society

HIEA 3351: Borders, Maps, and Conflict in East Asia

Instructor:  Joseph Seeley

This course examines the history of territorial disputes in East Asia by examining the demarcation, mapping, & policing of borders from the 1600s - present. With case studies including Xinjiang, the Korean peninsula, & current territorial disputes in the South & East China Seas, we will interrogate the social, political, cultural, & environmental factors that defined boundaries in East Asia historically & contribute to ongoing border tensions.

Concentrations: Global and Transnational History; Race, Ethnicity and Empire; War, Violence and Society

HIEA 3501: Horrors as History

Introductory Workshop

Instructor: Robert Stolz

Required for history majors, to be completed before enrollment in the Major Seminar. Introduces a variety of approaches to the study of history, methods for finding and analyzing primary and secondary sources, and the construction of historical arguments. Workshops are offered on a variety of topics each term.

Concentrations: War, Violence and Society

HIEA 4501: Cultural Revolution in China

Seminar in East Asian History

Instructor: Xiaoyuan Liu

A small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the seminar. The work of the seminar results primarily in the preparation of a substantial (ca. 25 pp. in standard format) research paper. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies.

Concentrations: Race, Ethnicity and Empire

HIEA 9058: Tutorial in Song Dynasty Documents

Instructor: Cong Zhang

This course introduces students to the major types of source materials (official documents, treatises, biographies, anecdotal writing, ji accounts, letters, etc.) for the study of Song Dynasty history.

HIEU 2031: Ancient Greece

Instructor: Jon Lendon

Studies the political, military, and social history of Ancient Greece from the Homeric age to the death of Alexander the Great, emphasizing the development and interactions of Sparta and Athens.

Concentrations: Global and Transnational History; War, Violence and Society

HIEU 2061: The Birth of Europe

Instructor: Paul Kershaw

Studies ways of life and thought in the formation of Western Europe from the 4th century a.d. to the 15th. Includes a survey of the development of society and culture in town and countryside, the growth of economic, political, and religious institutions, and the impact of Muslim and Byzantine civilizations.

Concentrations: Race, Ethnicity and Empire; War, Violence and Society

HIEU 2071: Early Modern Europe and the World

Instructor: Erin Lambert

European history, from the Reformation to Napoleon, in global perspective.

Concentrations: Global and Transnational History

HIEU 2559: Medieval and Renaissance Europe: 1100-1500

New Course in European History

Instructor: Melissa Vise

This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of European History.

Concentration: Global and Transnational History

HIEU 3041: The Fall of the Roman Republic

Instructor: Elizabeth Meyer

Surveys the history and culture of the last century of the Roman Republic (133-30 b.c.), emphasizing the political and social reasons for the destruction of the Republican form of government and its replacement by a monarchy.

Concentrations: War, Violence and Society

HIEU 3390: Nazi Germany

Instructor: Manuela Achilles

Detailed survey of the historical origins, political structures, cultural dynamics, and every-day practices of the Nazi Third Reich. Cross-listed in the German department, and taught in English.

Concentrations: War, Violence and Society

HIEU 3462: Neighbors and Enemies in Germany

Instructor: Manuela Achilles

Explores the friend/foe nexus in Germany history, literature and culture, with an emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries.

Concentrations: War, Violence and Society; Transnatonal and Global History

HIEU 3471: English Legal History to 1776

Instructor: Paul Halliday

The development of legal institutions, legal ideas, and legal principles from the medieval period to the 18th century. Emphasizes the impact of transformations in politics, society, and thought on the major categories of English law: property, torts and contracts, corporations, family law, constitutional and administrative law, and crime.

Concentrations: Race, Ethnicity and Empire; War, Violence and Society

HIEU 4511: Roman Imperialism

Colloquium in Pre-1700 European History

Instructor: Elizabeth Meyer

The major colloquium is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the colloquium. Colloquia are most frequently offered in areas of history where access to source materials or linguistic demands make seminars especially difficult. Students in colloquia prepare about 25 pages of written work. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies.

Concentrations: Race, Ethnicity and Empire; War, Violence and Society

HIEU 5061: Roman Imperialism

Instructor: Elizabeth Meyer

Examines Roman transmarine expansion to determine how and why it happened, and what consequences it had, both in Rome and abroad. Prerequisite: HIEU 2041 or equivalent.

HIEU 7013: Anthropology of Ancient Greece

Instructor: Jon Lendon

A survey of anthropological methods useful for the study of the past: simultaneously an economic introduction to the Great Books of anthropology, to a prominent aspect of contemporary classical scholarship, and to the opportunities and problems presented by using the methods of one field to illuminate another.

HIEU 9025: Tutorial in the Late Roman Republic

Instructor: Elizabeth Meyer

This tutorial will cover the most tumultuous period in Roman Republican history, that which stretches from 133 BC to the establishment of Octavian (Augustus) as the first emperor in 27 BC.

HIEU 9027: Tutorial in English Legal History

Instructor: Paul Halliday

Considers key ideas and practices in English law from the late medieval period. Attention given to institutions, their development, and their interaction. Legal change will be studied in its social, political, and economic contexts. Also explores transformations in English law as it moved across a burgeoning empire.

HIEU 9030: Tutorial in the History of Early Modern Europe

Instructor: Erin Lambert

This course introduces students to the modern history of Central and Eastern Europe. We will consider topics like the rise of nationalism, the challenges of state-building, the spread of left- and right-wing ideologies, interactions with the "West," and the experience of war and revolution.

HILA 2001: Colonial Latin America, 1500-1824

Instructor: Thomas Klubock

Introduces major developments and issues in the study of Latin American history from Native American societies on the eve of the Spanish Conquest to the wars of national independence in the early 19th century.

Concentrations: Capitalism and Economic Life; Global and Trnsnational History; Law and Society

HILA 3051: Modern Central America

Instructor: Lean Sweeney

Studies the history of Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and El Salvador from 19th century fragmentation, oligarchic, foreign, and military rule, to the emergence of popular nationalisms.

Concentrations: Law and Society; Race, Ethnicity and Empire; War, Violence and Society

HILA 3261: The Great Encounter and Making the Modern World

Instructor: Brian Owensby

The course explores the Great Encounter between Indigenous people, Europeans, and Africans in America from 1492. Topics include: crises of knowledge and ethics sparked by the radical novelty of the Encounter; Columbian Exchange and the remaking of nature; tensions of difference and identity; silver, slavery, and dispossession in making a global economy; discovery and cultural devastation in modern life. This is history with philosophical intent.

Concentrations: Capitalism and Economic Life; Environment, Space and Society; Global and Transnational History

HIME 2002: The Making of the Modern Middle East

Instructor: Caroline Kahlenberg

What historical processes that have shaped the Middle East of today? This course focuses on the history of a region stretching from Morocco in the West and Afghanistan in the East over the period of roughly 1500 to the present. In doing so, we examine political, social, and cultural history through the lens of "media" in translation, such as manuscripts, memoirs, maps, travel narratives, novels, films, music, internet media, and more.

Concentrations: Global and Transnational History; Race, Ethnicity and Empire; War, Violence and Society

HIME 2003: Merchants, Markets and the Making of the Muslim World

Markets and the Making of the Muslim World

Instructor: Fahad Bishara

This course is designed to introduce students to the economic history of the Islamic World over the duration of roughly 1300 years of history. We explore ideologies, institutions, and practices of commerce in Muslim society, paying close attention to the actors, artifacts, and encounters, that gave it shape over the course of a millennium, ending with the onset of Industrial Revolution in the late 18th century.

Concentrations: Race, Ethnicity and Empire

HIME 3501: The Ottoman Empire and the Modern Middle East

Introductory History Workshop

Instructor: Baris Unlu 

Required for history majors, to be completed before enrollment in the Major Seminar. Introduces a variety of approaches to the study of history, methods for finding and analyzing primary and secondary sources, and the construction of historical arguments. Workshops are offered on a variety of topics each term.

HISA 3559: Gender in the Indian Subcontinent 300 BC-2020 CE

New Course in South Asian History

Instructor: Indrani Chatterjee

This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of South Asian history.

Concentrations: Capitalism and Economic Life

HIST 2011: History of Human Rights

Instructor: Emily Burrill

This course surveys the modern history of human rights, focusing on political, legal, and intellectual trends from the late 18th century to the present.

Concentrations: Global and Transnational History; War Violence and Society

HIST 2212: ​Maps in World History

Instructor: S. Edelson

This course offers an interdisciplinary introduction to the history of cartography that ranges across the globe from oldest surviving images of pre-history to GIS systems of the present day. It approaches map history from a number of disciplinary perspectives, including the history of science, the history of cartography, critical theory and literary studies, anthropology, historical geography, and spatial cognition and wayfinding.

Concentrations: Globals and Transnational History; War, Violence and Society

HIST 2214: The Cold War

Instructor: William Hitchcock

An exploration of the geopolitical and ideological conflict that dominated world affairs from 1945 to 1990. Assignments include the readings of historical work, as well as primary sources, some of which are recently declassified material from the major states involved in the Cold War.

Concentrations: Environment, Space and Society; Race, Ethnicity and Empire

HIST 3281: Genocide: A Global History

Instructor: Jeffrey Rossman

History of genocide and other forms of one-sided, state-sponsored mass killing in the twentieth century. Case studies include the Armenian genocide, the Holocaust, the Rwandan genocide, and the mass killings that have taken place under Communist regimes (e.g., Stalin's USSR, Mao's China, Pol Pot's Cambodia).

Concentrations: Global and Transnational History; Race, Ethnicity and Empire

HIST 3501: Into the Archives

Introductory History Workshop

Instructor: Erin Lambert

Required for history majors, to be completed before enrollment in the Major Seminar. Introduces a variety of approaches to the study of history, methods for finding and analyzing primary and secondary sources, and the construction of historical arguments. Workshops are offered on a variety of topics each term.

Concentrations: Environment, Space and Society; Global and Transnational History; Race, Ethnicity and Empire

HIST 4400: Topics in Economic History

Instructor: Mark Thomas

Comparative study of the historical development of selected advanced economies (e.g., the United States, England, Japan, continental Europe). The nations covered vary with instructor. Cross-listed with ECON 4400.

Concentrations: Global and Transnational History; War, Violence and Society

HIST 4501: Using and Abusing Medieval Past in Modern World

Major Seminar

Instructor: Paul Kershaw

The major seminar is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the seminar. The work of the seminar results primarily in the preparation of a substantial (ca. 25 pages in standard format) research paper. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies.

HIST 4501: 20th Century Genocides

Major Seminar

Instructor: Jeffrey Rossman

The major seminar is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the seminar. The work of the seminar results primarily in the preparation of a substantial (ca. 25 pages in standard format) research paper. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies.

HIST 4501: The Cold War 1945-1990

Major Seminar

Instructor: William Hitchcock

The major seminar is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the seminar. The work of the seminar results primarily in the preparation of a substantial (ca. 25 pages in standard format) research paper. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies.

HIST 4890: Distinguished Majors Program-Special Colloquium

Instructor: Kyrill Kunakhovich

Studies historical approaches, techniques, and methodologies introduced through written exercises and intensive class discussion. Normally taken during the third year. Prerequisite: Open only to students admitted to the Distinguished Majors Program.

HIST 4990: Distiniguished Majors Program-Special Seminar

Instructor: Kyrill Kunakhovich

Analyzes problems in historical research.  Preparation and discussion of fourth-year honors theses.  Intended for Distinguished Majors who will have studied abroad in the fall of their fourth year. Prerequisite: Open only to students admitted to the Distinguished Majors Program.

HIST 4993: Independent Study

HIST 5002: Reading, Writing, and Teaching Large-Scale History

Global History

Instructor: Fahad Bishara

Reading, discussion, and analysis of classic as well as contemporary works of scholarship on global history.

HIST 5201: Memory and History in the Caribbean

Instructor: Laurent Dubois

This transdisciplinary course explores the layered histories of the Caribbean region and the ways in which that history is remembered in literature and visual art, religious practices, music and performance, and through monuments and museums. As we collectively explore Caribbean history from a variety of forms and different angles, students will also develop a final project, which can take a variety of different forms.

HIST 5706: Race & Slavery at UVA's North Grounds

Instructor: Christa Dierksheide and Randi Flaherty

This hands-on research seminar will explore the historical intersections of slavery, race, and law on UVA's North Grounds. Class readings, discussions, and field trips will investigate the history of this landscape within a broader historical context of enslavement in Virginia and at the University, land use in Virginia, and the Jim Crow South.

HIST 7001: Approaches to Historical Study

Instructor: Christopher Gratien and Claudrena Harold

This course is designed to introduce students to a wide range of historical approaches.

HIST 8999: Research in History

Instructor: Student's Advisor

For master's essay and other research carried out prior to advancement to candidacy, taken under the supervision of the student's adviser.

HIST 9960: Readings in History

Instructor: Student's Advisor

This course is a graduate-level adaptation of an undergraduate course in history. The graduate-level adaption requires additional research, readings, or other academic work established by the instructor beyond the undergraduate syllabus.

HIST 9964: Master's Essay Revision

Instructor: Student's Advisor

This course is intended for PhD candidates to revise their master's essays for publication under the guidance of a member of the graduate faculty. It is typically taken in first semester of the second year of study.

HIST 9999: Dissertation Research

Instructor: Student's Advisor

 For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of the dissertation director.

HIUS 2061: American Economic History

Instructor: Mark Thomas

Studies American economic history from its colonial origins to the present. Cross-listed as ECON 2060.

Concentrations: Capitalism and Economic Life

HIUS 2559: The US-Mexico Border: History, Policy, and Theory

New Course in United States History

Instructor: S. Deborah Kang

This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of United States history.

Concentrations: Global and Transnational History; Law and Society; Race, Ethnicity and Empire

HIUS 3071: The Coming of the Civil War

Instructor: Elizabeth Varon

Examines the period from roughly 1815 to 1861 focusing on the interaction between the developing sectional conflict and the evolving political system, with the view of explaining what caused the Civil War.

Concentrations: Environment, Space and Society; Race, Ethnicity and Empire

HIUS 3081: History of the American Deaf Community

Instructor: Christopher Krentz

This new course will examine the history of deaf people in the United States over the last three centuries, with particular attention to the emergence and evolution of a community of Deaf people who share a distinct sign language and culture. We will read both primary texts from specific periods and secondary sources. We will also view a few historical films. Prerequisite: none (though a previous class in History or ASL is recommended)

Concentrations: Environment, Space and Society; Race, Ethnicity and Empire

HIUS 3161: Viewing America, 1940 to 1980

Instructor: Jack Hamilton and Sarah Milov

Built around the history of mainstream and independent American film, this course explores how Americans have viewed and interpreted various historical moments and processes through the movies.

Concentrations: Capitalism and Economic Life

HIUS 3471: History of American Labor

Introductory History Workshop

Instructor: Claudrena Harold

Surveys American labor in terms of the changing nature of work and its effect on working men, women, and children. Emphasizes social and cultural responses to such changes, as well as the organized labor movement.

Concentrations: Capitalism and Economic Life, Law and Society; Race, Ethnicity and Empire.

HIUS 3501: Immigration, Race, and Rights in the United States

Introductory History Workshop

Instructor: S. Deborah Kang

 Required for history majors, to be completed before enrollment in the Major Seminar. Introduces a variety of approaches to the study of history, methods for finding and analyzing primary and secondary sources, and the construction of historical arguments. Workshops are offered on a variety of topics each term.

Concentrations: Capitalism and Economic Life; Environment, Space and Society; Race, Ethnicity and Empire

HIUS 3611: Gender & Sexuality in AM, 1600 to 1865

Instructor: Corinne Field

Studies the evolution of women's roles in American society with particular attention to the experiences of women of different races, classes, and ethnic groups.

HIUS 3652: Afro-American History since 1865

Instructor: Kevin Gaines

Studies the history of black Americans from the Civil War to the present.

Concentrations: Capitalism and Economic Life; Environment, Space and Society; Law and Society; Race, Ethnicity and Empire

HIUS 4501: Gender History of Civil War Area

Seminar in United States History

Instructor: Elizabeth Varon

The major seminar is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the seminar. The work of the seminar results primarily in the preparation of a substantial (ca. 25 pp. in standard format) research paper. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies.

Concentrations: Race, Ethnicity and Empire

HIUS 4501: Eugenics

Seminar in United States History

Instructor: Sarah Milov

The major seminar is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the seminar. The work of the seminar results primarily in the preparation of a substantial (ca. 25 pp. in standard format) research paper. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies.

Concentrations: Race, Ethnicity and Empire; Environment, Space and Society; Law and Society

HIUS 4559: Sothern Appalachia in the 1970s

New Course in United States History

Instructor: Grace Hale

This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of United States history.

Concentrations: Capitalism and Economic Life; Law and Society

HIUS 5000:Afircan-American History to 1877

Instructor: Justene Hill Edwards

This course will introduce graduate students to the differing interpretations, methodologies, and analyses of African-American History to 1877.

HIUS 7659: Twentieth Century US Cultural History

Instructor: Grace Hale

This readings course introduces graduate students to the theory, methods, and historiography of cultural history through a survey of key texts in twentieth century US history.

Concentrations: Race, Ethnicity and Empire