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Course Catalog 2005-2006

Course Catalog 2005-2006 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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German
	GERM 429 - Contemporary German Literature 3 HU, CD, WR Prerequisites & Notes Next offered 2006-2007 Credits: 3 hours
	GERM 433 - Selected Authors, Works, Themes (Senior Seminar) 3 HU, CD Second Semester. Topic to be announced. A study of the works of one or more outstanding authors, or of a special theme. The subject matter changes from year to year. Prerequisites & Notes Note: Required of all German majors. Prerequisite: One 400-level course or consent of instructor. Ms. Tewarson Credits: 3 hours
	GERM 505 - Honors in German 1-6 HU Consent of instructor required. Credits: 1 to 6 hours
	GERM 995 - Private Reading 1-3HU, CD Consent of instructor required. Credits: 1 to 3 hours
Hispanic Studies
	HISP 101 - Elementary Spanish 5 HU, CD First and Second Semester. Taught in Spanish. Strong emphasis on communicative tasks to show students how Spanish is used across the Spanish-speaking world in real-life situations. Culture is an important thread that is tightly woven throughout the course. Basic grammar and vocabulary will be introduced and practiced through intensive oral and written practice. Weekly compositions and meetings with language tutors. Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 20. Ms. Tungseth-Faber Credits: 5 hours
	HISP 102 - Elementary Spanish 5 HU, CD First and Second Semester. Taught in Spanish, this course is a continuation of HISP 101, complemented by additional readings to enhance written and oral skills. Grammar will continue to be introduced through more intensive oral and written practice. Prerequisites & Notes Note: Students with any previous knowledge of Spanish other than from Oberlin College must first take the placement exam before enrolling in this course. Enrollment Limit: 20. Ms. Martínez-Tapia Credits: 5 hours
	HISP 202 - Intermediate Spanish I 4 HU, CD First and Second Semester. Taught in Spanish. This course is a continuation of HISP 102. It adopts a format integrating grammar, oral and written practice in exercises, conversation and readings which evolve within a cultural context. Students have to attend two mandatory conversation classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays which meet 9:00-9:50 a.m. or 10:00-10:50 a.m. Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: HISP 102 or consent of instructor. Enrollment Limit: 20. Staff Credits: 4 hours
	HISP 203 - Intermediate Spanish II 4 HU, CD First and Second Semester. This course is a continuation of HISP 202. It adopts a format integrating grammar, oral and written practice in exercises, conversation and readings which evolve within a cultural context. Students have to attend two mandatory conversation classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays which meet 9:00-9:50 a.m. or 10:00-10:50 a.m. Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: HISP 202 or consent of instructor. Enrollment Limit: 20. Mr. Pérez de León, Mr. Scholz Credits: 4 hours
	HISP 204 - Intensive Intermediate Spanish 5 HU, CD First Semester. Taught in Spanish. This course is a continuation of HISP 102 that covers all of the material of HISP 202 and 203 in a single semester, and presumes a greater commitment from the student. Meeting five times a week, the course adopts a format integrating grammar, oral and written practice in exercises, conversations, and readings, which evolve within a cultural context. Students will have to attend two mandatory conversation sections weekly, as well as attending some meals regularly at El Rincón Latino. Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 20. Mr. O’Connor Credits: 5 hours
	HISP 304 - Advanced Grammar and Composition 3 HU, CD First and Second Semester. It is strongly recommended that students complete HISP 203 or equivalent before taking this course, which offers an in-depth review of Spanish grammar and the opportunity to study closely the different steps involved in the writing process. Students will develop and improve their writing skills by practicing descriptive, narrative, argumentative and expository writing in Spanish. Prerequisites & Notes Note: This course fulfills prerequisites for upper-division literature courses and may be counted for the major or minor. Enrollment Limit: 18. Ms. Martínez-Marco Credits: 3 hours
	HISP 305 - Spanish for Oral Communication 3 HU, CD Second Semester. The purpose of this course is the development of speaking skills in Spanish through the study of the Hispanic culture and local, national and international events. Attention will be given to different registers of spoken Spanish, and to effective strategies for oral communication. Prerequisites & Notes Notes: This course does not fulfill prerequisites for upper-division literature courses, but may be counted for the major or minor. Some research and fieldwork will be required. Enrollment Limit: 18. Ms. Sawhill Credits: 3 hours
	HISP 306 - Primer Encuentro: Colloquium on Hispanic Literature and Film 3 HU, CD First Semester. Students will closely study poems, short stories, essays, plays, and films by authors like Almodóvar, Neruda, Borges, and Cervantes, among others. Studying different research techniques and current literary theories is central to the course, as well as learning how to write literary essays in Spanish. This colloquium is designed particularly for freshmen and sophomores and serves as a bridge to the upper level courses of the Hispanic Studies Department. Prerequisites & Notes Offered every year. Enrollment Limit: 15. Mr. Pérez de León Credits: 3 hours
	HISP 309 - Survey of Spanish Literature I: Humor and Horror 3 HU, CD First Semester. The Spanish literary canon has been traditionally shaped around the will to influence and manipulate readers and audience into dogmatic religious, political and social ideas. Through the reading of particular literary works, the effect and intention of different literary works and their effects in readers/audiences will be analyzed in their historical and political context. We will read plays, narratives, poems, essays and chronicles by authors such as Cervantes, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, and Lope de Vega. Prerequisites & Notes Taught in Spanish. Enrollment Limit: 20. Mr. Pérez de León Credits: 3 hours
	HISP 310 - Survey of Spanish Literature II: The Struggle for Modernity 3 HU, CD Second Semester. Progressive Spanish writers and intellectuals have consistently felt out of place in Spain, whose traditional power structures for centuries resisted the advent of modernity. Still, Spaniards managed to produce texts, images, and films of astounding quality and innovation. This course studies a selection of outstanding Spanish plays, novels, poems, and short stories from the late 18th century to the present. Authors studied include García Lorca, Sender, Bécquer, Moratín, Pérez Galdós, Rosalía de Castro, Gómez de Avellaneda, Unamuno, Larra, García Morales, and others. Prerequisites & Notes Taught in Spanish. Enrollment Limit: 20. Staff Credits: 3 hours
	HISP 311 - Linguistics for Language Students 3 HU, CD Second Semester. This course addresses the questions of what human language is and what it means to know a language. Of central concern is how the scientific study of language helps to reveal the unconscious knowledge that enables speakers to understand their language and use it creatively. The class will touch briefly on each of the primary linguistic fields while covering in detail the theory and practice of Second Language Acquisition (SLA). Taught in English. Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 25. Ms. Tungseth-Faber Credits: 3 hours
	HISP 312 - Latino and Latin American Folklore 3 HU, CD First Semester. Conducted in English, this course examines the traditional, expressive dimensions of culture to gain a greater understanding of Latin America. Folklore methods and theories are employed in the study of, for example, folk music, dance, drama, foodways, carnival, belief systems, art and dress. Examples are drawn from various regions, including the Caribbean and the United States. Slides, videotapes, and recordings support the readings. Knowledge of Spanish is desirable but not required. This course is cross-referenced with ANTH 312. Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 25. Ms. Cara Credits: 3 hours
	HISP 317 - Survey of Latin American Literature I: Defining Latin America 3 HU, CD First Semester. After Columbus’s discovery of America a “new world” emerged. This course looks at the early writings from the colonies by both Spaniards and “Americans” and traces the emergence of new regional and national literatures, in the centuries that follow. Although broad in scope, the course focuses on three key questions: How did Latin America differentiate itself culturally from Europe? What characterizes a New World criollo tradition? How are national literary canons constructed during the period of independence? Prerequisites & Notes Taught in Spanish. Enrollment Limit: 20. Ms. Cara Credits: 3 hours
	HISP 318 - Survey of Latin American Literature II: Nature vs. Culture 3 HU, CD Second Semester. From Darío in Buenos Aires and París, and Martí in Havana and New York, all the way to the megalopolis of Amores perros, the city has been a reality in modern Latin American literature. We will also study Borges and Garro’s imaginary cities (and García Márquez’s anti-city, Macondo), the alienated cityscapes of Storni, Vallejo and Neruda, Cortázar’s Paris, the Mexico City of Monsiváis and Fuentes, and future dystopias. Prerequisites & Notes Taught in Spanish. Enrollment Limit: 20. Mr. O’Connor Credits: 3 hours
	HISP 320 - Reading Borges 3HU, CD First Semester. Borges wrote, “Let others boast of pages they have written, I take pride in those I’ve read.” Using Borges’s notion that reading is one more form of writing or re-writing, this course embarks on an in-depth reading of this literary master’s work in the context of his precursors and followers. Selections include poetry, short stories, essays and critical studies. Prerequisites & Notes Taught in Spanish. Enrollment Limit: 20. Ms. Cara Credits: 3 hours
	HISP 329 - Music, Orality, and Literature in Hispanic Traditions 3HU, CD Second Semester. The long-standing relationship between verbal art and music will be explored through examples taken from so-called high art, popular traditions and folklore. Among the topics addressed are: how certain musical paradigms shaped literary aesthetics, the phenomenon of improvisation in music and verbal art, the conventions of Romanticism and the dissonance of Modernity in literature and music, the relationship between popular song and poetry, tradition and innovation in oraliture, practices of performance in literature and music. Prerequisites & Notes Taught in English. Spanish desirable but not required. Enrollment Limit: 20. Ms. Cara Credits: 3 hours
	HISP 333 - Topics in Peninsular Literature: TBA 3HU, CD Second Semester. Topic to be announced. Please consult www.oberlin.edu/regist or the Hispanic Studies Supplement for title and description. Prerequisites & Notes Taught in Spanish. Enrollment Limit: 20. Staff Credits: 3 hours
	HISP 334 - Spanish for Heritage Speakers 3 HU, CD First Semester. Were you raised speaking Spanish but never studied it formally? This class is designed for you. The course addresses all four skills of language mastery: understanding, speaking, reading and writing but aims especially to expand vocabulary, correct common grammatical mistakes, and give students writing proficiency. Prerequisites & Notes No instructor consent required but you must be a “heritage” speaker. Note: This course fulfills prerequisites for upper-division literature courses and may be counted for the major or minor. Taught in Spanish. Enrollment Limit: 12. Ms. Cara Credits: 3 hours
	HISP 335 - Cuban and Cuban Diaspora Narrative: Tropical Disturbances 3HU, CD First Semester. Soaked in politics and its own past, Cuban/Cuban-American literature forms a powerful and unified canon of works. From the first Revolutionary decade, we will study novels, plays, ethnographies, and films. The negotiations between sexuality and ideology will be emphasized throughout. In recent decades we will also study the explosion of Cuban-American women writing in English, whether plays, novels or performance art. Prerequisites & Notes Taught in English. Enrollment Limit: 20. Mr. O’Connor Credits: 3 hours
	HISP 418 - Lives Become Stories: Autobiographical Texts in Latin America 3HU, CD First Semester. What would a 17th century Mexican nun, a 19th century Cuban slave and a 20th century Chilean poet have in common? Each of them (Sor Juana, Manzano, Neruda) wrote an autobiography, transforming their lives into exciting narratives. Reading their stories we see a variety of patterns of the “self-making” process, and get a unique vantage point into Latin American politics and society. Authors include Alberdi, Darío, Lange, Borges, Arenas, Ocampo, Vargas Llosa, García Márquez. Prerequisites & Notes Taught in Spanish. Enrollment Limit: 15. Mr. Scholz Credits: 3 hours
	HISP 434 - The Mad Man and the Others: The Other Cervantes 3HU, CD Second Semester. This course focuses on some of the less studied aspects of the works of Cervantes, including cases of black and white magic, utopian lands, witches and female werewolves. Cervantes will help us experience both the attraction and the repulsion provoked by some of the worries that have shaped Western cultures and societies since 1600. Different critical texts on madness and otherness will complement Cervantes’ readings. Primary works include Don Quixote, interludes, Comedias, selected poetry and Exemplary Novels. Prerequisites & Notes Taught in Spanish. Enrollment Limit: 15. Mr. Pérez de León Credits: 3 hours
	HISP 436 - The Literature of the Dirty Wars 3HU, CD Second Semester. How do you write when your world has fallen apart? Dictatorships swept the Southern Cone in the 1970s through the mid-80s, permanently changing Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay. Topics include: prison and post-prison writings; the literature by and about Argentina’s Madres de la Plaza de Mayo; writing from exile; fiction and theater under dictatorship; and post-dictatorship attempts to come to grips with this era by filmmakers, popular theater, and novelists. Prerequisites & Notes Taught in Spanish. Enrollment Limit: 15. Mr. O’Connor Credits: 3 hours
	HISP 437 - Topics in Peninsular Literature: TBA First Semester. Topic to be announced. Please consult www.oberlin.edu/regist or the Hispanic Studies Supplement for title and description. Prerequisites & Notes Taught in Spanish. Enrollment Limit: 15. Staff Credits: 3 hours
	HISP 457 - Caribbean Cultures and Literatures 3HU, CD Second Semester. This course examines the relationship between literature and folklore in the Caribbean. Of special interest is the creolization of cultures in this region and the production of a “Creole aesthetic” in literature and the traditional arts (music, painting, dance, theater, etc.). Readings include works by Carpentier, Ferré, Schwarz-Bart, Césaire, Walcott, Naipaul, Chamoiseau, Guillén, as well as critical essays. Prerequisites & Notes Taught in English. This course is cross-referenced with CMPL 457. Enrollment Limit: 15. Ms. Cara Credits: 3 hours
	HISP 505 - Honors 2-6HU Consent of instructor required. Projects sponsored by Ms. Cara, Mr. O’Connor, Mr. Pérez de León, and Mr. Scholz. Credits: 2 to 6 hours
	HISP 995 - Private Reading 1-3HU, CD Consent of instructor required. Projects sponsored by Ms. Cara, Ms. Martínez-Marco, Ms. Martínez-Tapia, Mr. O’Connor, Mr. Pérez de León, Mr. Scholz and Ms. Tungseth-Faber. Credits: 1 to 3 hours
Historical Performance
	HPRF 302 - Introduction to Historical Performance First Semester. What does a score tell us? What does it not tell us? And what is expected of the performer? A study of changing performance styles in music from the 19th century to the Middle Ages. Topics include the evolution of instruments, ensembles, and orchestras; and conventions of rhythm, tempo, articulation, phrasing, and ornamentation. Students will compare editions and prepare an edition themselves. This course is cross referenced with MHST 302. Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisites: MHST 101, and one 200-level Music History course, or consent of the instructor. Also see HPRF 502 Enrollment Limit: 30 Mr. Breitman Credits: 3 hours
	HPRF 303 - Seminar in Performance Practice Second Semester. For students specializing in Historical Performance. Close reading of historical treatises, and the application of precepts found in the treatises to actual performance, workshop-style, in class. Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: HPRF 302 (or MHST 302). Mr. Breitman Credits: 3 hours
	HPRF 312 - Special Topics in Performance Practice Second Semester. Second Module. Topic to be announced. This course is cross-referenced with MHST 312. Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: HPRF 302 (or MHST 302). Also see HPRF 512. Note: May be repeated for credit if the topic changes Consent of instructor required Enrollment Limit: 30 Mr. Breitman Credits: 3 hours
	HPRF 502 - Introduction to Historical Performance First Semester. This course is cross referenced with HPRF 302 but with additional assignments for graduate students. Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 30 Mr. Breitman Credits: 3 hours
	HPRF 503 - Seminar in Performance Practice Second Semester. This course is cross-referenced with HPRF 303, but with additional assignments for graduate students Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 30 Credits: 3 hours
	HPRF 512 - Special Topics in Performance Practice Second Semester. This course is cross-referenced with HPRF 312 but with additional assignments for graduate students. Also cross-referenced with MHST 512. Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: HPRF 302/502 or MHST 302. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 30 Mr. Breitman Credits: 3 hours
History
	HIST 101 - Medieval and Early Modern European History 3 SS First Semester. An introductory level survey course extending from the fall of Rome through the “modernization” of medieval Europe during the 16 ^th and 17 ^th centuries. Topics will include: the political and religious order in the early Middle Ages, conflict between Church and Empire, the urbanization of Europe, the culture of the High Middle Ages, the growth of secular monarchies, the Black Death, the Italian Renaissance, the Protestant Reformation, and the Scientific Revolution. Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 60. Mr. Miller Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 102 - Modern European History 3 SS Second Semester. This survey course introduces students to the events, institutions, people, and beliefs that define Europe’s modern age. Beginning with the Enlightenment and ending with the collapse of Yugoslavia, we will consider what modernity means by exploring such issues as the rise of the nation state, the spread of secularization, the outbreak of revolutions, the growth of industrial society, the implications of world war, and the emergence of new ideologies and identities. Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 60. Ms. Sammartino Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 103 - American History to 1877: Major Problems of Interpretation 3 SS, CD First Semester. Central issues in the development of American society, culture, and politics from the eve of European colonization through the close of Reconstruction. Emphasis on historical methods and the use of primary sources; differing modes of historical analysis; enduring and emergent scholarly controversies. Topics include: 17 ^th-century cultural encounters; origins of American slavery and racism; dynamics of nation-building; the growth of capitalism and democracy in the early republic; race, class, and gender in the antebellum North and South; causes and consequences of the Civil War. Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 45. Mr. Kornblith Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 104 - American History, 1877–Present: Major Problems of Interpretation 3 SS, CD Second Semester. This course will explore American politics, society, and culture from the post-Civil War era to the present. We will focus on changes in power relations in American society produced by social and political movements. We will also examine the construction and contestation of gender, race, ethnic, and class identities. This course will emphasize the use of primary sources, different modes of historical analysis and interpretation, and scholarly controversies. Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 50. Ms. Lasser Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 105 - Chinese Civilization 3-4 SS, CD, WR (4th hour option) First Semester. An introduction to the history of China from the archaeological origins of Chinese civilization to the period of the mature imperial state in the 17th century. The diverse origins of China’s civilization are stressed as topics in political, social, and economic history are explored, as well as developments in religion and thought, language and literature, and art. This course is the normal introduction to further study of Chinese history and culture and, in particular, provides a valuable context for themes treated in Modern China. This course is cross-referenced with EAST 121. Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 50. Mr. Kelley Credits: 3 to 4 hours
	HIST 106 - Modern China 3-4 SS, CD, WR (4th hour option) Second Semester. This history of China from the founding of the Manchu Qing (Ch’ing) dynasty in 1644 takes a China-centered perspective. Along with political and institutional developments, long-term changes in the society and economy of China are stressed and the indigenous bases for those changes are explored so that China’s 20th-century revolutionary upheaval will be seen to be more than a “response to the Western impact” or an “emergence into modernity.” This course is cross-referenced with EAST 122. Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 50. Mr. Kelley Credits: 3 to 4 hours
	HIST 107 - Russian History I 3 SS, CD, WR First Semester. This course explores the basic social, political and economic components of Russian history from earliest times to the mid-19th century. Beginning with an overview of Kievan Rus and the period of Mongol overlordship, we will focus on the rise of the Muscovite state and then the creation of a multi-ethnic empire under Peter the Great. The course examines Imperial Russian history up to the mid-century reforms of Alexander II. Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 50. Ms. Hogan Next offered 2006-2007. Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 108 - Russian History II 3 SS, CD, WR Second Semester. Beginning with the reform era in the mid-19th century, this course examines the crisis of old regime Russia, the revolutions of 1917 and the consolidation of Soviet power; Stalinism; Soviet Russia’s experience in World War II and the origins of the Cold War. The Khrushchev and Brezhnev era will be briefly examined, as well as the extraordinary collapse of the Soviet Union and the Yeltsin and Putin regimes. Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 50. Ms. Hogan Next offered 2006-2007. Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 109 - Latin American History: Conquest and Colony 3 SS, CD First Semester. An introductory survey of Latin American history centering on the imposition, maintenance, and decline of Spanish and Portuguese colonial rule in Latin America. Emphasis is placed on understanding pre-conquest native societies, the material and cultural basis of colonialism, the complex human mosaic fashioned in colonial Latin America after 1492, issues of gender in preconquest and colonial Latin America, and the nature and development of resistance within the colonial world. Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 60. Mr. Volk Next offered 2006-2007. Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 110 - Latin American History: State and Nation Since Independence 3 SS, CD Second Semester. This course provides an introductory survey of Latin American history from the wars of independence in the early 19th century to the independent nations’ struggle to cope with the monumental issues of political legitimacy, economic growth, and social order throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. Particular emphasis will be placed on understanding the material, political, class, cultural, and gender structures which shaped Latin America’s independent states. Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 60. Mr. Volk Next offered 2006-2007. Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 113 - The French Revolution and the Origins of Modern Europe 3 SS, Wri Second Semester. The French Revolution will be studied as a means of understanding the political, social, and cultural origins of Modern Europe. Topics will include revolutionary ideology, charismatic revolutionary leadership, and mass mobilization through appeals to national identity and gender. Particular attention will be paid to writing about primary sources, as informed by secondary readings, and to individual research projects. Students should expect to do frequent short presentations, and to write (and rewrite) a number of short papers. Prerequisites & Notes Note: Designed as a small class for second-year students. Enrollment Limit: 12 second-year students. Mr. Smith Next offered 2006-2007. Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 114 - Existentialism 3 SS Second Semester. This course explores the history of European existentialism. We shall examine the major themes of existentialism (authenticity vs. inauthenticity, meaninglessness, absurdity, freedom and anguish, etc.) through reading philosophers such as Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre and de Beauvoir. We will be looking both at the development of existentialism as a philosophical trend and at the ways that existentialist philosophers anticipate, inspire and respond to political events. Prerequisites & Notes Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 15. Ms. Sammartino Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 131 - Jewish History From Biblical Antiquity to 1492 3 SS, CD, WR First Semester. Survey of Jewish history from biblical origins through the medieval period in Christian and Islamic realms until 1492. Covers biblical society and its literary expression; Hellenistic and Roman rule; the emergence and development of rabbinic Judaism; Jewish sects, including early Christianity; religious and political attitudes and behavior toward non-Jews; the Jewish community and family; the Crusades; the Spanish and other expulsions; medieval Jewhatred; and Jewish responses. This course is cross-referenced with JWST 131. Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 45. Ms. Magnus Next offered 2006-2007. Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 132 - Jewish History from the Spanish Expulsion to the Present 3 SS, CD, WR Second Semester. Survey of Jewish history from 1492 to the present, focusing on the challenges of modernity and Jewish responses. Covers the shattering of traditional society and the emergence of Jewish modernity in the experience of Marranos, mystics, messiahs, secular Jews and religious reformers; Hasidism and neo-traditionalists; the struggle for ‘emancipation;’ socioeconomic transformation; assimilation and cultural revival; modern antisemitism and Jewish responses; Zionism and other forms of Jewish nationalism, Jewish socialism; the Shoah; the State of Israel; and American Jewry. This course is cross-referenced with JWST 132. Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 45. Ms. Magnus Next offered 2006-2007. Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 159 - Traditional Japan to 1868 3 SS, CD First Semester. A thematic investigation of traditional Japanese civilization to 1868. Attention will be given to the early process of Sinicization, the rise of the warrior class, the isolationism of the Tokugawa Period, and the initial confrontation with the West in the 19th century. In addition to political and international developments, treatment of aesthetics and religion will also be featured. This course is cross-referenced with EAST 131. Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 50. Staff Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 160 - Modern Japan, 1868 to Present 3 SS, CD Second Semester. From the collapse of the Tokugawa regime and the Meiji Restoration to the present. The focus will be the modern Western challenge and the Japanese response. Attention will be given to political, international, intellectual, and artistic/aesthetic aspects. This course is cross-referenced with EAST 132. Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 50. Staff Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 162 - Cultures and Peoples of Ancient India 3 SS, CD First Semester. Surveys the development of South Asian civilization from its origins to the beginnings of the European conquest (c. 2500 BCE-1700 CE). This course has as its fundamental concerns the several competing social, religious, and political institutions within Indian civilization including those of the aboriginal, Vedic-Hindu, Buddhist, and Islamic traditions. We explore the interactions among linguistic, gender, ethnic, religious, “caste,” and class identities. Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 50. Mr. Fisher Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 163 - Modern South Asia: From British Imperialism to the Present 3-4 SS, CD Second Semester. Introduction to South Asian civilization from the European conquest through the colonial period to post-colonial nationhood. Discusses developments within Indian and British-Indian society concerning religion, gender, “caste,” and class. Using largely indigenous (primary) sources, we explore issues of British imperialism, nationalism, and anti-colonial political mobilization. We conclude with an assessment of the current conditions in South Asia. Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 55. Mr. Fisher Credits: 3 to 4 hours
	HIST 201 - History of Science from Antiquity through the Scientific Revolution 3SS, WR Prerequisites & Notes Next offered 2006-2007. Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 202 - The Making of Early Modern Europe 3 SS, WR Next offered 2006-2007. Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 204 - Medieval Intellectual History 3 SS, WR Second Semester. A survey covering European intellectual and cultural developments from Late Antiquity through the Renaissance. Course themes will include: the interaction of classical and Christian thought, educational systems in northern Europe, the place of theology and philosophy in Jewish and Islamic thought, medieval literary culture, scholasticism and the emergence of universities, mysticism, and renaissance humanism. Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 40. Mr. Miller Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 205 - Theology, Science and the Secularization of Europe (1200-1800) 1.5 HU, 1.5 SS, WR First Semester. This course examines claims about the secularization of Europe and European thought. We will also explore the impact of theology and science on conceptions of law, civil society and state power in the medieval and early modern periods. This course will be held in a mixed lecture-discussion format. Readings will include landmark historical reinterpretations of the period as well as primary historical sources. This course is cross-referenced with HIST 205 and JWST 255. Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 45. Mr. Miller, Mr. Socher Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 212 - Spain In the Age of Empire 3 SS First Semester. How can we explain the rise and fall of empires? In the 16 ^th and 17 ^th centuries Spain forged a global empire while simultaneously achieving a level of unprecedented artistic and intellectual creativity. But these accomplishments occurred against a backdrop of violence and repression that was directed at both colonized peoples and native “heretics.” This course explores the contradictions of imperial Spain, asking what made Spain a great power and what eventually destroyed that power. Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 30. Ms. Abend Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 213 - Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe 3 SS First Semester. The course focuses on both the various roles women played and the ways in which “female-ness” was constructed in early modern Europe. In addition to exploring the lives of women from different strata of European society, we will consider how women exercised power and were the object of it, how political, legal, religious, and scientific discourses defined women, and how historical events like the Renaissance, the Protestant Reformation, and the French Revolution affected gender roles. Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 40. Ms. Abend Next offered 2006-2007. Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 221 - Revolutions of 1989 3 SS, CD, WRi First Semester. This course will examine the overturning of the post-war European order by a series of largely peaceful revolutions in 1989. Topics include: the rise of dissident and popular protest movements; the events of 1989 itself; the legal, political, economic, intellectual, and social consequences of the transition from Communist to post-Communist societies; the problem of dispensing justice for Communist crimes; the reunification of Germany; and the break-up of Yugoslavia. Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 25. Ms. Sammartino Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 222 - Central Europe, 1848-1989 3 SS, WR First Semester. How should a community constitute itself politically? What does it mean to be a citizen? What is the relationship between the state and the nation? These questions were at issue throughout modern Central European history. We will examine the various answers offered to this question over this period: from nationalists to social democrats to Nazis and Communists. To contextualize these issues further, we will integrate theories of nationality, ethnicity, and identity into our empirical readings. Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 35. Ms. Sammartino Next offered 2006-2007. Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 224 - Twentieth Century Europe, I: 1900-1945 3 SS First Semester. This course focuses on the near self-destruction of European civilization as it unfolded in the first half of the 20th century. Particular topics include: the cultural, diplomatic, and political fragility of Europe in the “Belle Époque;” World War I, the failed attempt at returning to “normalcy” in the 1920s; the disintegrating European empires; the Great Depression; the rise of fascism; and World War II. Mixture of lecture and discussion. Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: HIST 102 or AP credit in European history. Enrollment Limit: 40. Mr. Smith Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 225 - Twentieth Century Europe, II: 1945-Present 3 SS Second Semester. This intermediate-level course examines the political, social, and cultural forces that changed Europe in the decades following the end of World War II. Using a variety of media as sources, we will examine defining events like the Cold War, decolonization, the upheavals of 1968, the rise of the welfare state, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the Yugoslavian wars. Throughout, we will pay special attention to the notion of “Europe” as a unifying identity. Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 40. Ms. Abend Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 226 - World War II and the Making of the 20th Century 3 SS, CD Second Semester. A comparative overview of how World War II transformed nations, groups, and individuals. This course endeavors to pay equal attention to the two regional wars in Asia and in Europe that joined to become “World War II” only in 1941. Particular topics include: conventional military, political, and diplomatic history; the “totalization” of war as it became global; gender and the cultural history of military experience. Recommended Preparation: One course in European, Asian, or United States history, or appropriate AP credit. Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 60. Mr. Smith Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 227 - The Spanish Civil War 3 SS Second Semester. As one of the defining events of the 20th century, the Spanish Civil War is frequently described as a “dress rehearsal” for World War II. In this course we will not only consider the Spanish war as a stage upon which Europeans and Americans of different political affiliations projected their ideals and agendas, but will go beyond the international influences of the Spanish Civil War to focus on how the conflict permanently defined the Spanish nation itself. Beginning our study in the 1930s, we will use examples from film, literature, and the visual arts to trace the unique combination of political, social, and cultural tensions that exploded in the war and then shaped the 40-year dictatorship that followed. Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 30. Ms. Abend Next offered 2006-2007. Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 234 - Good and Evil: Ethics and Decision Making in the Holocaust 3-4 SS, CD, WR Second Semester. This course focuses on the decision making of five groups: German civilians, Jews, allies, churches, rescuers, and bystanders during the Nazi era; on the often unconscious value judgments that we bring to the study of this subject; and the basis for expectation that individuals, groups, or governments behave ethically in extreme situations. Aside from readings, some films and possible lectures by outside specialists will be required. Previous historical study of the Holocaust strongly recommended. This course is cross-referenced with JWST 234. Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 25. Ms. Magnus Next offered 2006-2007. Credits: 3 to 4 hours
	HIST 235 - East European Jewry, 1772-1939: Adaptation, Innovation, and Crisis 3 SS, CD, WR First Semester. This course explores the transformation of East European Jewry from the partitions of Poland through the rise of the Soviet Union and the facsist regimes of interwar Poland. Studies include: the Musar and Jewish enlightenment movements; government Jewry policies and Jewish responses; economic and demographic change; Jewish nationalism, Jewish socialism; Jewish political parties and strategies; the birth of modern Hebrew and Yiddish literature; massive emigration; and Jewish strategies under overtly anti-Jewish regimes in the interwar period. This course is cross-referenced with JWST 235. Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 40. Ms. Magnus Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 237 - Women in Jewish Society, Antiquity to Modernity 3 SS, CD, WR Second Semester. Topics in Jewish women’s history from antiquity to the 20th century, examining “normative” constructions of women’s roles as well as social and cultural realities. Using biblical and rabbinic materials, medieval communal and personal documents, and women’s letters, memoirs and rituals, this course explores gender roles and power relations between Jewish women and men; women’s economic functions and power; women and traditional and modernized religion; responses to persecution; feminism. This course is cross-referenced with JWST 237. Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 40. Ms. Magnus Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 252 - American Environmental History 3 SS, WR First Semester. This course will consider the major themes of U.S. environmental history, examining changes in the American landscape, the development of ideas about nature in the United States, and the history of U.S. environmental activism. Throughout the course, we will be exploring definitions of nature, environment, and environmental history. Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 60. Ms. Stroud Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 253 - Recent America: The United States Since World War II 3 SS, WR Second Semester. In this course, we will focus on the themes of reform and reaction as we examine changes in American culture, politics, and landscapes since World War II. Through discussions of the Cold War, the Civil Rights movement, environmental activism, suburbanization, and the rise of conservatism, we will consider the ways in which Americans changed their lives, homes and institutions in the second half of the 20th century. Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 35. Ms. Stroud Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 257 - Westward Bound: The West in American History 3 SS, CD Second Semester. The American West occupies a special place in American history. This course will survey major events in Western history, from the journey of Cabeza de Vaca and the Pueblo Revolt, to the Gold Rush and the Mexican American War, to World War II, the rise of the urban West, and 1960s political mobilization from Tierra Amarilla to Orange County to the Castro. Themes will include: the West as geographic region, the West as place of cultural mixing, and the West of desire and fantasy. Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 50. Mr. Mitchell Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 258 - Industrial Revolution in America 3 SS Prerequisites & Notes Next offered 2006-2007. Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 259 - Revolutionary America and the Early Republic 4 SS, CD, WR Second Semester. The transformation of American society, economy, culture, and politics from 1750 to 1820. Topics include the cultural diversity of late colonial society; imperial crisis and causes of the American Revolution; the construction of a federal government; race, class, and gender in the new nation; market expansion and the spread of slavery; deference, democracy, and capitalism in the formation of an “American character.” Lecture/discussion format; independent research projects in primary sources. Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 25. Mr. Kornblith Next offered 2006-2007. Credits: 4 hours
	HIST 260 - Asian American History 3 SS, CD, WR First Semester. This course is an introduction to the history of peoples of Asian ancestry in the United States and the construction of an Asian American collectivity. Major themes will include the place of Asian Americans in the American imagination, migrations, labor, communities, and responses to social and legal discrimination. The categories of race, ethnicity, gender, class and sexuality will figure prominently as we explore similarities and differences among Asian American experiences. Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 40. Mr. Maeda Next offered 2006-2007. Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 261 - Race and Radicalism in the 1960s 3 SS, CD, WR Second Semester. Throughout the 1960s, people of color in the United States struggled for rights and power. This course examines social movements by African Americans, Asian Americans, Chicano/Latinos, and Native Americans during this period. We will examine the various goals sought, strategies used, and understandings of race and nation deployed. Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 35. Mr. Maeda Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 263 - American Civil War and Reconstruction 4 SS, CD, WR Second Semester. A critical examination of the causes, course, and consequences of the Civil War. Topics include slavery and the development of the sectional crisis; abolitionism, antislavery politics, and the emergence of the Republican party; secession; the military experience; the meaning of emancipation; and the dilemmas of Reconstruction. Emphasis on primary sources and recent scholarship in social and political history. Lectures, online and in-class discussions, videos. Prerequisites & Notes Recommended Preparation: HIST 103 or its equivalent. Enrollment Limit: 30. Mr. Kornblith Credits: 4 hours
	HIST 265 - American Sexualities 3 SS, CD, WR Second Semester. This course will examine the creation, maintenance, and reproduction of sexual differences and identities over a broad time span in North American history, beginning with Native American sexual practices and social formations, and stretching through the “modernization” of sex. Major topics will include: marriage, changing gender roles, the intersection of sexuality with race and ethnicity, commercialized sex, reproduction, same sex sexual practices, contraception, sexual violence, heterosexism, danger, desire, and pleasure. Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 40. Mr. Mitchell Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 267 - Nineteenth-Century American Women: Cultures, Politics, and Identities 3 SS, CD Next offered 2006-2007. Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 268 - Oberlin History as American History 3-4 SS, CD Next offered 2006-2007. Credits: 3 to 4 hours
	HIST 270 - Latina/Latino Survey 3 SS, CD, WR First Semester. What historical forces have brought together diverse groups including Chicanos from Los Angeles, Cubans from Miami, and Dominicans and Puerto Ricans from New York City? From the 16th century to the present, we map the varied terrains of Latina/o history. Major themes include: conquest and resistance, immigration, work, and the creation of racial and sexual differences within and between Latino/a communities. We survey Latina/o writers from Cabeza de Vaca to José Martí to Gloria Anzaldúa. Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 40. Mr. Mitchell Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 281 - Ecology and Equity 1 SS, CD First Semester. Studies comparative environmental histories on a global basis through six integrated lectures, each followed by discussion. Topics include: the wilderness movement in the U.S., peasant-based environmentalism in India, the multiple careers of Mahatma Gandhi, and the German Green Party. Thematic issues include: forests, biodiversity, climate change, resource consumption, environmental conflict, and workable solutions. Students will write a brief paper. Prerequisites & Notes Note: Meets October 25-30, 2004 only. CR/NE or P/NP grading only. Enrollment Limit: 25. Mr. Guha, Mr. Fisher Credits: 1 hour
	HIST 282 - The Invention of Asia 3 SS, CD Next offered 2006-2007. Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 283 - Environmental Histories of South Asia 3 SS, CD, WR First Semester. This course explores crucial material, socio-political, and cultural relationships between the diverse peoples of South Asia and their ecosystems, from the pre-colonial period down to the present. We focus on a series of integrated issues including “forest as frontier and/or home,” “shaping and using the land,” and “meanings and control of water.” Students will write short position papers and a substantial research paper on a relevant topic of her/his individual interest. Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 25. Mr. Fisher Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 286 - World War II in Asia, 1931-45 3 SS, CD Second Semester. This course examines World War II on the entire Asian continent and covers East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and the Pacific Islands. The course considers traditional subjects such as diplomatic, political, and military history, but also newer fields such as social and cultural history. Prerequisites & Notes Note: Recommended preparation HIST 226, or course work in Japanese, Chinese, South Asian, or Korean history. Enrollment Limit: 40. Mr. Smith Next offered 2006-2007. Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 293 - Dirty Wars and Democracy 3 SS, CD, WR First Semester. An exploration of the dictatorships of Chile, Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay in the 1970s and 1980s. We will examine why these regimes arose, the nature of the dictatorial state, the opposition to, and fall of, the regimes, and the difficulties of returning to some form of democratic governance. A wide variety of cross-disciplinary methodologies will be employed, from psychology to performance theory. Lecture and discussion format. Prerequisites & Notes Note: Recommended preparation HIST 110. Enrollment Limit: 40. Mr. Volk Next offered 2006-2007. Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 296 - Russia Before Peter the Great 3 SS, CD Next offered 2006-2007. Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 297 - Russia Since 1953 3 SS, CD, WRi First Semester. Beginning with the impact of World War II on Soviet society, this course explores the domestic consequences of Stalinism and the early Cold War; the reform initiatives of Khrushchev; the ‘stagnation’ of the Brezhnev period; Gorbachev’s program of glasnost and perestroika; the dramatic collapse of the Soviet Union and the establishment of the Yeltsin regime; and the Putin presidency. Focus will be on socio-economic conditions and popular culture. Major research project. Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 25. Ms. Hogan Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 303 - Historical Consciousness in Medieval and Early Modern Europe 3 SS, WR Next offered 2006-2007. Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 306 - Germans and Jews 3-4 SS, CD, WR Second Semester. This seminar focuses on how Jews in Germany, beginning in the late 18th century, constructed an identity that was both Jewish and German and on the tensions, creativity, hope—and some would argue—delusion, embodied in that stance. It looks at economic, political, religious, secular, social, family and intellectual trends, and the ways in which the case of the conspicuous Jewish minority sheds light on the history of modern Germany. This course is cross-referenced with JWST 306. Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 15. Ms. Magnus Credits: 3 to 4 hours
	HIST 307 - Seminar: Jewish Memoirs and Memory—Writing the Self in Jewish Society 3-4 SS, CD, WR First Semester. Explores cultivation of memory in Jewish tradition and the emergence of a genre of writing about the self in a culture that emphasizes the collectivity. Readings about memory and writing and selected memoirs from early Jewish modernity to the present, looking at motivation for writing; intended and actual audience; the role of gender and class in memory and writing; the relationship between personal and collective identity and experience; and memoirs as sources of Jewish history. This course is cross-referenced with JWST 307. Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 15. Ms. Magnus Next offered 2006-2007. Credits: 3 to 4 hours
	HIST 308 - Heresy and Orthodoxy in Medieval Europe 3 SS, Wri Second Semester. This is an upper-division seminar which uses primary sources and historiographic debates to examine the interaction between heretical movements and the development of orthodox beliefs and practices in the Latin Middle Ages. Topics include: gnosticism and the birth of heresiological literature; Pelagianism and the development of Christian attitudes toward sexuality; literacy and popular heresy; the women’s religious movement in the High Middle Ages; the Inquisition. Prerequisites & Notes Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 15. Mr. Miller Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 310 - Marx and Marxism 3 SS, WR Second Semester. This seminar examines one of the most important modern thinkers and his intellectual legacy. After spending a few weeks on an intensive analysis of Marx’s own work, we will explore later 20th century interpretations of Marxism. Throughout this course, we will be concerned with the evolution of such concepts as class, ideology, political engagement, and capitalism. We will also investigate the relationship between Communist politics and the philosophical work of Marxists in the twentieth century. Prerequisites & Notes Consent of the instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 12. Ms. Sammartino Next offered 2006-2007. Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 313 - The French Empire: Colonizers and Colonized 4 SS, CD, WR First Semester. This advanced colloquium will consider issues of French colonialism since the 18th century. Particular issues include: causes of imperial expansion; slavery in the French empire; imperialism and republican ideology; the role of the colonial army; the wars of decolonization in Southeast Asia and Algeria; immigration to metropolitan France and the origins of French multiculturalism. Prerequisites & Notes Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 12. Mr. Smith Credits: 4 hours
	HIST 314 - Existentialism 3SS Second Semester. This course explores the history of European existentialism. We shall examine the major themes of existentialism (authenticity vs. inauthenticity, meaninglessness, absurdity, freedom and anguish, etc.) through reading philosophers such as Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre and de Beauvoir. We will be looking both at the development of existentialism as a philosophical trend and at the ways that existentialist philosophers anticipate, inspire and respond to political events. Prerequisites & Notes Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 15. Ms. Sammartino Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 316 - The Body as Historical Subject 3 SS, CD, WR Second Semester. A historiographical colloquium exploring the use of the body both as a site of symbolic representation and as a site for the construction of experience, gender, and sexuality. Most of the readings will deal with European history, though some comparative component will be included as well. Authors to be read include Caroline Bynum, Michel Foucault, Lynn Hunt, and Thomas Laqueur. Frequent presentations and short papers. Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisites: HIST 101, 102, or the equivalent. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 12. Mr. Smith Next offered 2006-2007. Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 318 - History and Memory 3 SS First Semester. How do societies make sense of their past(s)? In this seminar, we will examine how and why diverse social groups construct collective memory, with a particular eye to the relationship between memory and national identity. After establishing a background in the theoretical approaches to the study of memory, we will focus on particular cases, including World War One and the Holocaust. Prerequisites & Notes Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 15. Ms. Abend Credits: 3 hours
	HIST 323 - Liberty and Power, Democracy and Slavery in Jacksonian America 4 SS, CD, WR Second Semester. An exploration of the cultural dynamics, social relations, economic forces, and political structures that shaped the lives of ordinary Americans—African American, Euro-American and Native American; male and female; rich, middling, and poor; urban and rural; northern and southern, eastern and western; native-born and immigrant—between approximately 1820 and 1850. After reading Alexis de Tocqueville’s classic analysis of Jacksonian democracy, we will focus on recent case studies and current scholarly controversies. Prerequisites & Notes Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 14. Mr. Kornblith Credits: 4 hours
	HIST 324 - Slavery, Antislavery and Emancipation in American History 4 SS, CD, WR Next offered 2006-2007. Credits: 4 hours
	HIST 325 - Native American History, ca. 1450-1900 4 SS, CD, WR Second Semester. Explorations in the history of Native American peoples from before the European invasion of North America through the end of the 19th century. Topics include social diversity in North America on the eve of European contact; dynamics of early Indian-European encounters; causes of demographic decline among Native Americans; accommodation and resistance to Euro-American expansion; relations with African Americans; assimilation, adaptation, and rejection of Euro-American values and behavioral norms. Prerequisites & Notes Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 12. Mr. Kornblith Next offered 2006-2007. Credits: 4 hours

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Oberlin College Courses

GERM 429 - Contemporary German Literature

GERM 433 - Selected Authors, Works, Themes (Senior Seminar)

GERM 505 - Honors in German

GERM 995 - Private Reading

HISP 101 - Elementary Spanish

HISP 102 - Elementary Spanish

HISP 202 - Intermediate Spanish I

HISP 203 - Intermediate Spanish II

HISP 204 - Intensive Intermediate Spanish

HISP 304 - Advanced Grammar and Composition

HISP 305 - Spanish for Oral Communication

HISP 306 - Primer Encuentro: Colloquium on Hispanic Literature and Film

HISP 309 - Survey of Spanish Literature I: Humor and Horror

HISP 310 - Survey of Spanish Literature II: The Struggle for Modernity

HISP 311 - Linguistics for Language Students

HISP 312 - Latino and Latin American Folklore

HISP 317 - Survey of Latin American Literature I: Defining Latin America

HISP 318 - Survey of Latin American Literature II: Nature vs. Culture

HISP 320 - Reading Borges

HISP 329 - Music, Orality, and Literature in Hispanic Traditions

HISP 333 - Topics in Peninsular Literature: TBA

HISP 334 - Spanish for Heritage Speakers

HISP 335 - Cuban and Cuban Diaspora Narrative: Tropical Disturbances

HISP 418 - Lives Become Stories: Autobiographical Texts in Latin America

HISP 434 - The Mad Man and the Others: The Other Cervantes

HISP 436 - The Literature of the Dirty Wars

HISP 437 - Topics in Peninsular Literature: TBA

HISP 457 - Caribbean Cultures and Literatures

HISP 505 - Honors

HISP 995 - Private Reading

HPRF 302 - Introduction to Historical Performance

HPRF 303 - Seminar in Performance Practice

HPRF 312 - Special Topics in Performance Practice

HPRF 502 - Introduction to Historical Performance

HPRF 503 - Seminar in Performance Practice

HPRF 512 - Special Topics in Performance Practice

HIST 101 - Medieval and Early Modern European History

HIST 102 - Modern European History

HIST 103 - American History to 1877: Major Problems of Interpretation

HIST 104 - American History, 1877–Present: Major Problems of Interpretation

HIST 105 - Chinese Civilization

HIST 106 - Modern China

HIST 107 - Russian History I

HIST 108 - Russian History II

HIST 109 - Latin American History: Conquest and Colony

HIST 110 - Latin American History: State and Nation Since Independence

HIST 113 - The French Revolution and the Origins of Modern Europe

HIST 114 - Existentialism

HIST 131 - Jewish History From Biblical Antiquity to 1492

HIST 132 - Jewish History from the Spanish Expulsion to the Present

HIST 159 - Traditional Japan to 1868

HIST 160 - Modern Japan, 1868 to Present

HIST 162 - Cultures and Peoples of Ancient India

HIST 163 - Modern South Asia: From British Imperialism to the Present

HIST 201 - History of Science from Antiquity through the Scientific Revolution

HIST 202 - The Making of Early Modern Europe

HIST 204 - Medieval Intellectual History

HIST 205 - Theology, Science and the Secularization of Europe (1200-1800)

HIST 212 - Spain In the Age of Empire

HIST 213 - Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe

HIST 221 - Revolutions of 1989

HIST 222 - Central Europe, 1848-1989

HIST 224 - Twentieth Century Europe, I: 1900-1945

HIST 225 - Twentieth Century Europe, II: 1945-Present

HIST 226 - World War II and the Making of the 20th Century

HIST 227 - The Spanish Civil War

HIST 234 - Good and Evil: Ethics and Decision Making in the Holocaust

HIST 235 - East European Jewry, 1772-1939: Adaptation, Innovation, and Crisis

HIST 237 - Women in Jewish Society, Antiquity to Modernity

HIST 252 - American Environmental History

HIST 253 - Recent America: The United States Since World War II

HIST 257 - Westward Bound: The West in American History

HIST 258 - Industrial Revolution in America

HIST 259 - Revolutionary America and the Early Republic

HIST 260 - Asian American History

HIST 261 - Race and Radicalism in the 1960s

HIST 263 - American Civil War and Reconstruction

HIST 265 - American Sexualities

HIST 267 - Nineteenth-Century American Women: Cultures, Politics, and Identities