HST 101: Western Civ I T, R 1200-1350 Prof. Galaty The first of a three term sequence covering the origins and development of Western civilization from ancient times to the present. This term covers ancient times to approximately 1500. HST 201: U.S. History I MWF 900-1005 Prof. Fulton The first of a two term survey covering the history of the United State from colonial times to the present. This term covers the period from colonial times to the Civil War. HST 300: Historical Imagination T, R 1000-1150 Prof. Belco This course seeks answers to the following questions: What is history? Why is it important? What are the different ways of viewing a historical question? How does one fashion an historical argument? What constitutes good historical writing? This course serves as an introduction to the study of history at the upper-division level and is recommended for students beginning their junior year and required before students may register in a HST 407 seminar. HST 313U: African History, 1800 to present M, W 14:00-15:50 Prof. Garcia An upper-division course designed to survey the history of the African continent from 1800 to the present, with emphasis on the era of the Atlantic slave trade, colonial period, independence, and post-independence. Recommended prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of the instructor. HST 314U: Ancient Near East and Egypt MWF 900-1005 Prof. Armantrout From the Stone Age to the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C., from Afghanistan to Egypt, the story of the rise of Western civilizations. Learn about Gilgamesh, Moses, Assurbanipal, Nebucchadnezzar, Darius, and Xerxes. Among the topics covered will be the agricultural revolution, the Bible, empire-building, Afrocentrism, and Zoroastrianism. Recommended prerequisite: HST 101, upper-division standing, or consent of the instructor. HST 327: United State in the 20th Century, 1890-1932 MWF 1130-1235 Prof. Fulton This is the first of a three-term sequence that covers the history of the United State in the 20th century. This course covers the time period of 1890-1932: Populism and the Crisis of the 1890s; the Purity Crusade; Corporate and Anticorporate Progressivism; Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson; the Open Door Policy and World War I; the League of Nations and the Red Scare; the New Era and Insurgents of the 1920s; the Cultural Conflicts of the 1920s; Herbert Hoover, the Great Depression, and the Election of 1932. Recommended prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of the instructor. HST 339U: Environment and History T, R 800-950 Prof. Lang An introduction to the theme of the environment in the study of history and the history of environmental ideas, from the 16th century to the present, with special focus on the impact of science, philosophy, literature, and history on our understanding of the environment. The course is designed as an introductory course for students of all majors. Recommended prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of the instructor. HST 340U: Women and Gender in America to 1848 T, R 1200-1350 Prof. Kerns-Robison This course explores women’s lives in North America from approximately 1600 to 1848. Through primary and secondary material, students will confront the diversity of female experience as well as the ways in which gender, race, and class shaped the economic, political, and social life of the emerging United States. Themes include native women and colonial settlement, religion, the household economy, the American Revolution, evangelicalism and the rise of the Victorian home, women and the westward movement, slavery and race, gender and industrialization, and the emergence of women’s rights. Recommended prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of the instructor. HST 343U: American Family History (partially online) W 1730-2110 on Oct 1, Oct 15, Oct 29, Nov 12, and Nov 26 only Prof. Del Mar This course will cover the history of the American family from pre-contact to the present, focusing on the history of childhood, the history of marriage, and gender roles in a variety of cultures. The course will draw upon textual sources and oral histories in examining changes in families from the colonial period through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Course meets five nights only, October 1, 15, and 29, and November 12 and 26, at the downtown Portland campus. The remainder of the course will be conducted online via Blackboard. Students will need an ODIN account to access the course content on Blackboard. Go to www.account.pdx.edu to generate an ODIN account; then use your ODIN name and password to log on to Blackboard at webct.pdx.edu. Students registered in the course should check Blackboard before the first class meeting or contact Dr. Del Mar at delmardw@hevanet.com for further information. Recommended prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of the instructor. HST 350U: English History I T, R 1000-1150 Prof. Crouch This is a lecture/discussion course for undergraduate students. It will survey English history from approximately 1000 through the mid- seventeenth century. In 1000 England was an Anglo-Saxon/Viking kingdom, as a result of the successive influxes of Angles, Saxons and Jutes between c. 500 and 700, and the invasions and partial conquest by the Vikings between 800 and 1000. Then in 1066 the Normans came and settled, bringing their culture, laws and language with them. They built castles and cathedrals, and introduced feudalism. During the next several centuries parliament came into being and became a political force in its own right, two kings were deposed and a third was beheaded, towns and trade developed, the “Black Death” devastated England, poverty and disorder came a major concern, Christianity changed drastically, and the English language developed and was standardized. Recommended prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of the instructor. HST 354U: Early Medieval Europe, 300-1100 T, R 1000-1150 Prof. Selwyn A survey of political, cultural, intellectual, religious, social, and economic aspects of this 800-year period, including among other topics the decline of Roman power in Western Europe, the spread of Christianity, the rise of the Franks, the Carolingian Empire, the growth of feudal ties, and the gradual creation of a high-level civilization. Recommended prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of the instructor. HST 357U: Europe from Reformations to Revolution M, W 1400-1550 Prof. Stone This course considers Europe from about 1500 (the beginning of the “Modern Era”) through the revolutions of 1848—approximately 350 years of religious, political, and social strife and violence, combined with the birth of the modern state, modern science, industry, economy, and the ideas which continue to shape how we think, behave, and govern in society today. Rather than keeping to a strictly chronological survey, the lectures and readings will center on historical themes, developments, and series of events, with the goal of connecting the high politics, ideologies, and major developments of the times to the everyday experiences of ordinary people (that is, what life was like). Recommended prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of the instructor. HST 386U: Modern Middle East II T, R 1000-1150 Prof. Schulthies A survey of social, cultural, and political trends in the Mid East from 1300 to the present. Middle Eastern industrial society, culture, and nation-states in the 20th century. Recommended prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of the instructor. HST 399: Jewish Enlightenment and Crisis M, W 1400-1550 Prof. Meir Course description pending from instructor. Recommended prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of the instructor. HST 407/507: Seminar: Mexican Revolution, 1910-1940 W 1730-2110 Prof. Schuler Course description pending from instructor. Prerequisite: HST 300 (Historical Imagination). Students who have not already completed HST 300 will need instructor’s permission to register. HST 407/507: Seminar: Southeast Indians Research W 1300-1600 Prof. Garrison Course description pending from instructor. Prerequisite: HST 300 (Historical Imagination). Students who have not already completed HST 300 will need instructor’s permission to register. HST 407/507: Seminar: Russian History T 900-1200 Prof. Hsu Course description pending from instructor. Prerequisite: HST 300 (Historical Imagination). Students who have not already completed HST 300 will need instructor’s permission to register. HST 407/507: Seminar: Mongol Empire in Eurasia, 1200-1400 W 1000-1300 Prof. Walton Focusing on the approximately two centuries when the Mongols dominated Eurasia, this seminar will first approach the study of the Mongol Empire as an example of a “steppe empire,” beginning with the ethnohistory of the Mongols and tracing their adaptation to sedentary rule from Russia to China. We will consider the pax Mongolica, “Mongolian peace,” in relation to culture, religion, and commerce along the Silk Roads and contact between Europe and Asia. We will make use of travelers’ and envoys’ accounts of their experiences in the Mongol Empire and translations of other primary sources as available. Students with background in European, Russian, Middle Eastern, Asian, or world history are encouraged to consider taking this seminar. Prerequisite: HST 300 (Historical Imagination). Students who have not already completed HST 300 will need instructor’s permission to register. HST 410/510: Canada M, W 1400-1550 Prof. Fulton "Canada" is a basic introduction to the history of Canada, a rising nation in global politics. Besides history, we will look at Canadian literature and films and have guest lecturers share their knowlege of Canada with us. All students are invited to join this course to learn more about our neighbor to the North. Recommended prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of the instructor. HST 430/530: U.S. Cultural History, 1600-1860 MWF 1130-1235 Prof. Horowitz The relation of cultural attitudes, values, and belief to the American historical experience. This course will cover the European legacy and Native Americans; Puritanism and mission; race, class, and ethnicity in Colonial America; American Enlightenment and Revolution; Cultural Nationalism in the New Republic; Industrial Ethic and Pastoralism; Jacksonian Democracy and the Cult of the Self-Made Man; Manifest Destiny and Native Americans; Slavery and African-American Culture; Protestant Evangelicalism, Social Reform, Abolitionism, and Feminism. Recommended prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of the instructor. HST 433/533: U.S. Social and Intellectual History, 1600-1860 T 1730-2110 Prof. Johnson This course will examine three or four aspects of American social and intellectual history—such as race, class, religion and philosophy, ideology and politics, community, region, or labor. Recommended prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of the instructor. HST 440/540: American Environmental History T, R 1400-1550 Prof. Lang A survey of North American history to 1900 from an environmental perspective, with special reference to the development of environmental thought, interdisciplinary topics in environmental history, and the history of ecological thinking. Recommended prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of the instructor. HST 451/551: Early Modern England T 1730-2110 Prof. Litzenberger Examines political, religious, social, and economical aspects of the history of England from the fifteenth through seventeenth centuries. Recommended prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of the instructor. HST 454/554: Topics in Medieval European History: Medieval Jewish History W 1730-2110 Prof. Seidel Course description pending from instructor. For further information about this course contact Prof. Seidel at 541-434-6551 or jonseidel@aol.com or jseidel@pdx.edu. Recommended prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of the instructor. HST 459/559: Topics in Modern European History: Modern Italy T 1400-1700 Prof. Belco This class will cover the history of modern Italy from the Risorgimento (roughly 1830) and unification to the present—from the revolutionary Giuseppe Mazzini to the return of Berlusconi—with Liberal Italy; WWI; Fascism; WWII, Resistance and Civil War; the postwar political divide, social change, and the economic miracle; the turbulent 1970s and 1980s; the scandals and reforms of the 1990s; and the challenges of today in between. Using novels and other readings, as well as film, the class will focus on the very Italian interaction between society, politics, and culture—and on what makes Italy Italy. Recommended prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of the instructor. HST 468/568: History of Mexico I T, R 800-950 Prof. Schuler A study of Mexico’s beginnings from pre-Columbian times through the colonial period. The origins of Mexican culture, society, economy, and political institutions will be examined in the context of Hispanic and indigenous contributions. Recommended prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of the instructor. HST 476/576: Imperial Russia, 1700-1917 M, W 1400-1550 Prof. Hsu This course traces the Romanov dynasty and its subjects until its fall. Analysis of primary sources and historiographical debates. Emphasis on political, cultural, and social aspects, especially on the successive attempts at reform, and intellectual self-definition of the nation and its classes. Recommended prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of the instructor. HST 484/584: Topics in Middle Eastern History: Northern Africa T, R 1400-1550 Prof. Schulthies Course description pending from instructor. Recommended prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of the instructor. HST 495/595: Comparative World History T, R 1000-1150 Prof. Beyler Our theme this term is empires of knowledge. We will start with a comparative survey of how the organization of knowledge and the organization of society are related in several world civilizations. We will then explore examples of what happens to systems of knowledge when diverse cultures encounter each other--e.g., the European-American encounter and Japanese interactions with China and Europe. Finally, we will explore several ways in which the development of scientific disciplines has served as a tool of empire- building and vice versa, in fields such as botany, medicine, evolutionary theory, telegraphy, and physics. Recommended prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of the instructor. HST 496/596: Introduction to Public History T 1300-1600 Prof. Barber An introduction to the field of Public History with special emphasis on the research methods, procedures, and work in the practice of public history, from archival management to historic preservation and museum studies. Class is taught in cooperation with the professional staff of the Oregon History Society. This course is a prerequisite for HST 404/504, Public History Internships. Recommended prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of the instructor. HST 500: Introduction to the MA Program M 1730-2110 Prof. Luckett An introduction to the professional study of history and to the writing of the masters thesis. This course is intended for new or recently entering graduate students in history. Weekly readings (to be discussed in class) will represent a variety of historical schools of thought. The principal writing assignment for the term will be a thesis proposal, to be presented to the class. There will also be a series of shorter assignments focusing on research skills. For more information see: http://web.pdx.edu/~brtl/courses.htm This course is reserved for incoming MA students in History; all other students must obtain permission of the instructor to register. HST 510: Grad Colloquium (1 cred only) W 16:00-17:00 Prof. Schuler This course is reserved for incoming MA students in History; all other students must obtain permission of the instructor to register. Department of History Fall 2008 Course Descriptions