History

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John McCole, Department Head

(541) 346-4802

HIST 191 China, Past and Present (4) June 23–July 18. Explores the meanings of past and present in 20th-century efforts to modernize China. Chronological and topical inquiry into politics, literature, social structure, gender, art, and economy. Chen.

HIST 192 Japan, Past and Present (4) July 21–August 15. Introduction to Japanese culture. Explores myth, tradition, modernity, and postmodernity with one eye trained on the future. Examples from personal experience. Hanes.

HIST 201, 203 United States (4, 4) Development of the United States socially, economically, politically, culturally. 201: June 23–July 18. Native America, European colonization, colonial development, origins of slavery, Revolution, early republic. 203: July 21–August 15. Imperialism, progressivism, modernity, the 1920s, Depression and New Deal, world wars and cold war, 1960s, and recent developments. Good, Walsh.

HIST 321 Late Middle Ages in Europe (4) June 23–July 18. A survey of Europe, 1250–1430—the age of Dante and the Black Death—with disasters in the realms of politics, economics, and religion. Wolverton.

HIST 382 Latin America (4) June 23–July 18. Major economic, political, and cultural trends and continuities, focusing on reform and revolution in modern Latin American history, from 1910 to the present. Sophomore standing recommended. Aguirre.

HIST 388 Vietnam and the United States (4) June 16–20. Vietnamese society and history: the First Indochina War, origins and escalation of United States involvement in Vietnam; de-escalation and defeat. May.

HIST 396 Samurai in Film (4) June 23–July 18. Examination of the image of Japan’s warrior class, the most prominent social group in Japan for over seven centuries. Combines films, readings, and lectures. Goble.

HIST 399 The American Environment through Film (1) June 28–29. Uses films, television documentaries, and other popular media to examine how Americans have understood and represented nature over the past century. Spence.

HIST 399 The American West in Film (4) June 23–July 18. Considers the American West as depicted in film over the course of the 20th century, placing several western films in historical context and analyzing thematic changes and continuities. Ostler.

HIST 399 Chivalry and Knighthood in Medieval Europe (4) July 21–August 15. What did it mean to be a knight in medieval Europe What was the chivalric code Examines the changing role of the knight and the chivalric ideal in medieval society. Furtado.

HIST 399 United States Immigration (4) July 21–August 15. Emphasizes the experience of immigrants and their communities, focusing on the impact of industrialization, race, mobility, urbanization, and gender as seen in books, documentaries, and movies. Hester.

HIST 399 World War II (4) July 21–August 15. Focuses on the role of the United States in World War II. Examines such issues as the “just war” ideology, individual combat experience, race and gender in wartime, science and technology in warfare. Wanke.

HIST 405 Reading and Conference: The American Environment through Film (1) June 28–29. Must be taken in conjunction with HIST 399 (The American Environment through Film).

HIST 410/510 The Iraq War (4) July 21–August 15. Focuses on the decision to invade Iraq, postinvasion planning, the occupation, and insurgency. Concludes with an examination of current U.S. policy. Dracobly.

HIST 449/549 Race and Ethnicity in the American West (4) June 23–July 18. Explores the growth of communities of color in western cities of the U.S., with particular reference to competition and cooperation between groups. Hatfield.

Research, Supervised College Teaching, Thesis, Dissertation, Reading and Conference, and Practicum (HIST 401, 601; 602; 403, 503, 603; 405, 605; 409, 609) as listed in the 2008 summer session online Schedule of Classes.