History

Annemarie H. Sammartino, Professor of History, Chair
Zeinab Abul-Magd, Professor of History
Matthew Bahar, Associate Professor of History
Nicholas Bujalski, Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian and East European Studies
Yu-chi Chang, Visiting Assistant Professor of Chinese History
Rishad Choudhury, Assistant Professor of History
Jiyul Kim, Visiting Instructor of History
Shelley Lee, Professor of History and Comparative American Studies
Pablo Mitchell, Professor of History and Comparative American Studies
Emer O’Dwyer, Associate Professor of History and East Asian Studies
Renee C. Romano, Robert S. Danforth Professor of History, Professor of Africana Studies and Comparative American Studies
Leonard V. Smith, Frederick B. Artz Professor of History
Ellen Wurtzel, Associate Professor of History

Courtesy Appointments
Tania Boster, Executive Director of Integrative & Experiential Learning, Assistant Professor of History
Laura Herron, Associate Dean for Academic Standing, Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies

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History encompasses the study of peoples, cultures, and institutions across many periods of time. The History Department offers courses on the United States, Latin America, Europe, Russia, the Middle East, and South, East, and Central Asia. History classes examine these areas from a variety of historical approaches, including political, social, cultural, intellectual, economic, and environmental perspectives. Many also focus on gender, religion, labor, race, and/or ethnicity. Some courses concentrate on particular national or regional histories, while others are comparative, transnational, or global.

See information about Research, Internships, Study Away, and Experiential Learning (RISE).

Advanced Placement

Students with a grade of 4 or 5 on the US History, European History, or World History AP examinations may receive one full course of social science credit toward graduation for each qualifying score.

Students receiving scores of 6 or 7 for IB History of the Americas or IB European may also receive one course of social science credit toward graduation. To apply for graduation credit for other IB courses, students should bring the transcript, the syllabus, and a sample written work to the department chair for review. Students may not receive credit for both AP and IB courses in overlapping areas. No student may receive credit toward graduation for any combination of more than 2 courses in either the IB or AP programs in History. AP or IB credit is granted only during the first year that a student enrolls at Oberlin College.

All AP or IB courses transferred in through the History Department count toward the 5-course (20 credit) maximum that may be transferred for all courses taken before matriculation, as per college policy. Credit from AP or IB courses do not count towards the 9-course history major requirements.

Capstone Courses

The history major does not have a required capstone, but majors are encouraged to consider pursuing a senior capstone that focuses on advanced work in their area of interest through either HIST 500 , a one-semester course available to seniors by consent of the instructor, or HIST 501 -HIST 502 , the two-semester Honors Program open to students admitted to the Honors program.

Private Readings

Students may request that individual faculty members supervise private readings. Private readings must focus on material that is not covered in the regular History Department curriculum.

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Majors and Minors

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