In this course, students will explore themes in the professional development of historians, whether they work in colleges and universities as faculty or administrators, in K-12 environments, museums and archives, and/or public history or public policy settings.

Colonial American preconditions, origins of the Revolution, controversies leading to independence, the role of individuals, war period, structuring new governments and society, problems of the nation to 1789. Social, political, intellectual issues, and new interpretations stressed. Previous American history survey course desirable.

The history of the legal response to rape has often resulted in injustice for both the victim/survivor and the alleged perpetrator. This course will examine the evolution of the U.S. legal system's treatment of rape, paying particular attention to the movement against lynching in the post-civil war era, the rise of the feminist anti-rape movement in the 1970s and the student movement against campus sexual assault.

This seminar introduces students to the study of labor and the working class, broadly defined, from the early 1800s to the present. We will begin by exploring the varied definitions of labor and the working class associated with Marxism, anarchism, and other theoretical traditions. From there we will survey the development of the field of labor history, focusing on the so-called new labor histories of the 1960s and onward,

The phenomenon of cultures of memory has emerged over the past decade as a subject of serious historical scholarship. The aim of this seminar is to discuss the problem of national memory cultures since the Second World War. We will begin the semester by looking at theories of memory and national identity since 1945. Although the primary thrust of our readings will deal with remembering the Second World War, we will also delve into other areas of remembering.

This course explores the history and social meaning of medicine, medical practice, health care, and disease in the United States from 1600 to the present.

African and European imperialism, nationalism, and independence; how these developments have changed the life and culture of African people. (Gen.Ed. HS, DG)

African and European imperialism, nationalism, and independence; how these developments have changed the life and culture of African people. (Gen.Ed. HS, DG)

African and European imperialism, nationalism, and independence; how these developments have changed the life and culture of African people. (Gen.Ed. HS, DG)