In the twentieth-century, working-class women built revolutions to dismantle oppressive systems and create a free society. They organized workers, waged armed struggle, and built alternative institutions. Why did women join revolutionary movements? How did gender shape their participation? How did women define the theories and practices of revolutionary movements? We will consult diverse sources to understand the experiences and dreams of radical women. Historical case studies from Latin America will be our main focus.

This course will examine the role of U.S. imperialism in the region and the revolutionary organizing of Central Americans to build a world free of exploitation and state violence. As a diverse group of people, Central Americans have practiced solidarity to unite their movements across class, racial, and geographic borders. Why has the United States intervened in the region? What common interests have national elites and imperialists shared? How have working-class people transformed the region and confronted empire?

This course traces the history of Japan from the distant past through the centralization and prosperity of the Tokugawa period (1600-1868). It will focus on social, political, cultural, and religious history and will place familiar figures like the Japanese samurai, sumo wrestler, geisha, haiku poet, and Buddhist monk in their proper historical context.

The personalities, events, and forces that shaped China during the last century: collapse of the imperial order; warlordism, foreign invasion; political and cultural revolutions; Mao and the Chinese Communist Party; the struggle to "modernize" China's economy, society, and culture; role of China in today's world.

Broad survey of the many parts of the British Empire, why and how those parts were acquired, what political or social philosophy motivated the types of government they were given, and why and how they obtained their freedom. (Gen.Ed. HS)

This course traces the history of England in the era of the Tudor dynasty, from the early reign of Henry VII through the "Golden Age" of the English Renaissance under Elizabeth I. Students will examine the leading personalities and legacies of the Tudor monarchs and transformations in politics, religion, the economy, the social order, and the gender order in sixteenth century England that occurred during their reigns.

The First World War was one of the crucial events of modern history. This course examines the background of the war, the historiography of its principal phases, key actors, and experiences on the military and home fronts. We conclude with questions concerning the war's impact on the next global conflict.

You hear about the Shi?i-Sunni rivalry or sectarian opposition in Islam a lot in the news lately. But how did Shi?ism (and Sunnism) emerge? In this course we focus on the earliest period of Islamic History and the development of Shi?ism as a distinct Islamic sect, and how it took shape under the early Islamic Caliphate. This course is widely accessible and open to all levels.

European history from 3rd to 11th century. Disintegration of Roman Empire, Germanic invasions, rise of Christianity, origin and expansion of Islam, age of Charlemagne, Vikings, feudalism, and manorialism.

A political and cultural history of Ancient Greece from the Trojan War to Alexander. Emphasis on how the Greeks themselves saw and understood their world. Text and primary sources: Homer, Hesiod, Archilochus, Herodotus, Sophocles, Euripides, Thucydides, Aristophanes, Plato.