HIST – CAST 1020Y – Modern Canada: Nation and citizenship
This course will explore the diverse and competing ideas of nation and citizenship since the colonial period. Topics include political citizenship, ideas of nation within Quebec, interpreting Canadian
culture, language and identity, immigration and multiculturalism, Canada within a global economy, youth culture, the welfare state, and the national security state. Excludes HIST 100, 102, 1000Y, 1001H, 1002H. (Offered only in Oshawa.) R. Wright

HIST 1201H FA - Western civilization from the Middle Ages to 1789
In this course we will study the development of European civilization from the decline of Roman imperial rule in the west until the last quarter of the eighteenth century.  In addition to developing a general overview of important events, we will also discuss a range of cultural, intellectual and institutional developments in Europe during this era. Excludes hist 1200Y, 120. Offered only in Oshawa (Thornton Campus). F. Timbers

HIST 1202H WI - Western civilization from 1789 to the present
Subjects covered include the French Revolution, the industrial revolution,, the 19th-century women's movement, the Russian Revolution, the world wars, Nazism, the Holocaust, and the cold war, among many other subjects. Excludes HIST 120, 1200Y. Offered only in Oshawa (Thornton Campus).  W. Ferris

HIST 1500 (150) - Ten days that shook the world
Terror. An examination of ten events, both “big” and “small," and how they can be linked to larger social, cultural, political, and economic transformations. Not a chronological survey, the course explores the nature of historical change through a series of case studies while introducing students to the basic methods of historical analysis. Excludes HIST 150. F. Dunaway

HIST 1700 (170) - Apocalypse: Conquest, revolution, war, and genocide in the modern world
This course examines how certain groups have sought to conquer and exploit others, and how subordinated peoples responded through various forms of resistance and revolution. It will focus on how the West came to dominate much of Africa, Latin America and Asia, creating a global division between rich and poor nations. Excludes HIST 17-, 1701H, 1702H.  G.  Taylor

HIST 1701H FA - World History to 1800
 Course will examine themes in world history before 1800, paying special attention to Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East. Excludes HIST 1700Y, 170.

Offered only in Oshawa (Conlin Campus). L. Jacklin

HIST 1702H WI - World History from 1800 to the present
This course covers global events, global themes, and global linkages. Many of these events may have been local, but they have had global causes and effects. We will explore the idea that countries are not isolated, but are a part of an interconnected world order.   Excludes HIST 1700Y, 170. Offered only in Oshawa (Conlin Campus). L. Jacklin

HIST 2050Y (205) – Medieval Europe
Western Europe from the birth of Christianity and collapse of the Roman Empire in the West to the calamities and innovations of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Explores social, political, economic and religious developments, and the culture, experiences, and expectations of women and men. Prerequisite: 1.0 HIST credit at the 1000-level with at least a 60% grade or permission of the chair. Excludes HIST 205. M. Elbl

HIST-2080Y (208) - The social history of Europe, 1500–1800
The course traces early modern European history from the Renaissance to the French Revolution. With an emphasis on the different experiences of Europeans based upon their age, gender, class and religion. Prerequisite: 1.0 HIST credit at the 1000-level with at least a 60% grade or permission of the chair. Excludes HIST 208.(Thornton Campus, Oshawa). J. Hurl Eamon

HIST 2101H FA - War and Society to 1800

Oshawa

Peterborough
Course will explore how war has shaped and been shaped by society. Specific case studies will be examined.   Offered in Peterborough and Oshawa (Thornton and Conlin Campuses). D. Lawrence

HIST-2102H WI - War and Society since 1800

Oshawa

Peterborough
Course will explore how war has shaped and been shaped by society. Specific case studies will be examined. Offered in Peterborough and Oshawa (Thornton Campus). R. Goette

HIST 2111H (2110Y) - The United States from the Revolution to the Civil War This course traces the emergence of the U.S. from its colonial origins through continental expansion culminating in the crisis of secession, civil war and reconstruction in 1860-76, focusing particularly on the issue of slavery, relations with Native Americans, immigration and politics. Prerequisite: 1.0 HIST credit at the 1000-level with at least a 60% grade or permission of the chair. G. Taylor

HIST 2200Y (220)- Europe from the French Revolution to the Fall of Communism
A study of problems in the development of modern Western society from various perspectives, using a variety of modern and contemporary sources. Excludes HIST 220. A. Cazorla-Sanchez

HIST – CAST 2331H - WI -The making of Canada 1760 – 1873
War, politics and society in British North America from the Conquest to Confederation. Prerequisite: 1.0 HIST credit at the 1000-level or CAST 1000Y with at least a 60% grade or permission of the chair. Excludes HIST-CAST 230. Students may take only one of HIST 2330Y or 2331H for credit. J. Miron

HIST-CAST 2350Y - Canadian History, 1873-present
An explanation of Canadian history since Confederation.Prerequisite: 1.0 HIST credit at the 1000-level with at least a 60% grade or CAST 1000Y or permission of the chair. Excludes HIST-CAST 2360Y, 2361H, 235. (Thornton Campus, Oshawa).T. Wilde

HIST - CAST 2360Y - Canadian history through murder, execution, assassination and suicide from Confederation to the War on Terror
Was Louis Riel a traitor who deserved to be executed? Did diplomat Herbert Norman kill himself because of American accusations that he was a Communist? Was the bombing of Air India Flight 182 "Canada's 9/11"? This course uses such episodes to explore political, social, economic and cultural changes in Canada. Prerequisite: 1.0 HIST credit at the 1000-level or CAST 1000Y with at least a 60% grade or permission from the chair. Excludes HIST-CAST 235, 2350Y. Students may take only one of HIST - CAST 2360Y or 2361H for credit. D. Anastakis

HIST 2382H FA - Canada at War in the 20th Century
History 2383H is an intensive Web Half Course which critically analyzes the subject of Canada at War in the 20th Century. This course will familiarize you with the most important debates in the field by examining thematic issues from diverse and often contradictory perspectives. First-hand accounts comprise an especially important part of the course material. Prerequisite: 4 university credits.   

A. Theobald

HIST – IDST 2401H WI – The emergence of modern Africa before 1880 *fulfills Column A requirements
A survey of the continent’s history from earliest pre-colonial times to the eve of European colonial conquest, focusing on diversity and change in African societies. Themes include the development of pre-colonial technology and trade, state formation and Africa’s incorporation in the growing world economy.Prerequisite: 1.0 HIST credit at the 1000-level or IDST 1000Y with at least a 60% grade or permission of the chair. (Peterborough Campus). J. Gunn

HIST 2450 - The Atlantic world: From Columbus to Cuban independence (1898)
This course surveys the social history of the Atlantic World as Africa, Europe, and the Americas forged new societies through conquest, conflict and cooperation. Topics include plantation societies, migration, health, cultural creolisation, and the emergence of peasantries and middle classes.

Offered only in Oshawa (Thornton Campus). Laurie Jacklin

HIST – IDST 2471H (247, 2470Y) WI - Introduction to Latin America

Topics include Native resistance, colonial domination, slavery, independence, neo-colonialism, nation building, dictatorship, and revolutionary change. Prerequisite: 1.0 HIST credit at the 1000-level or IDST 1000Y with at least a 60% grade or permission of the chair. Excludes HIST - IDST 247H. Students may take only one of HIST - IDST 2470Y OR 2471Y for credit. D. Sheinin

HIST – CAST 2540Y (254) – Canada and the modern experience
The course explores some characteristics of modernity since 1890, with Canada as an example. Among the topics examined will be photography, travel, crime, new styles of business, government and educational organization, and changing attitudes toward sex, death and religion. Prerequisite: 1.0 HIST credit at the 1000-level or CAST 1000Y with at least a 60% grade or permission of the chair. Excludes HIST - CAST 254. K. Walden

HIST-2601H (FA) - Public Health and Medicine

Oshawa

Peterborough
Between 1800 and 1950, innumerable medico-scientific ‘discoveries’ altered health and medical knowledge in fundamental ways, as scientists and health practitioners revealed that invisible microbes, poverty, sanitation, nutrition, and the environment caused morbidities and mortality. We examine how this knowledge changed the meanings and experiences of health, disease, illness, and suffering. Prerequisite: completion of 4.0 university credits (Peterborough Campus). M. Hadenko

HIST 2751H - The rise and fall of ancient and imperial East Asia (16th-19th centuries)

*fulfills Column A requirements
The course begins with the rise of some of East Asia’s most fascinating and powerful dynasties. The demise of these dynasties in the mid-19th century coincided with Western encroachment in the region. Prerequisite: 1.0 HIST credit at the 1000-level with at least a 60% grade or permission of the chair. Excludes HIST 370, HIST - IDST 375. V. Nguyen-Marshall

HIST 2752H - East Asia in wars and revolutions (19th-20th C)
This survey course examines the political and social developments of China, Japan, and Korea (19th-21st centuries). While the course explores how East Asians responded to the challenge of the
rising West, it will also focus on the internal dynamics of these societies which resulted in wars and revolutions. Prerequisite: 1.0 HIST credit at the 1000-level with at least a 60% grade or permission of the chair. Excludes HIST 370, HIST - IDST 375. V. Nguyen-Marshall

HIST 2760Y -  Women in Britain and Europe
A survey of British/European women's history from the Middle Ages to the 20th century.Prerequisite: 1.0 HIST credit at the 1000-level or WMST 1000Y with at least a 60% grade or permission of the chair. Excludes HIST 370, HIST - IDST 375. Excludes HIST - WMST 276. K. Macfarlane

HIST 2800Y - Film & History
This course will explore the century-long relationship between history and the moving image, addressing in particular fictional and non-fictional productions, historical documentaries and the challenges that are faced in the archiving and preservation of film. Prerequisite: 1.0 HIST credit at the 1000-level with at least a 60% grade or permission of the chair. M. Eamon

HIST 3011H (WI) - Everyday History
A behind-the-scenes history of everyday life in Canada, exposing the complex histories of such common activities as drinking, barbequing, gambling and sex. The course emphasizes the "otherness" of previous moments in time as a way to foster n awareness of the contingency of our current historical moment Prerequisite: 1.0 HIST credit at the 1000-level or CAST 1000Y with at least a 60% grade or permission of the chair. C. Dummitt

HIST-CAST 3020H (302/3021H, 3022H) - Quebec
This course examines French Canada and Quebec, focusing on various issues related to economic, cultural, social and political development.  topics include the evolution of French Canadian nationalism, minority groups, the role of the Roman Catholic Church, and Quebec's relationship with the rest of Canada and the wider world.Prerequisite: 1.0 HIST credit at the 1000-level or CAST 1000Y with at least a 60% grade or permission of the chair. Excludes HIST - CAST 302,, HIST - CAST 3021H, 3022H. C. Durand

HIST - ADMN - CAST 3081H WI - Business History: The Canadian experiencein international perspective

This course explores the development in business in Canada in terms of the nation's economic growth but also in the context of larger patterns of evolution in other industrial nations and the emergence of a global economy. Prerequisite: 1.0 HIST credit at the 1000-level, CAST 1000Y, or ADMN 1000H with at least a 60% grade or permission of the chair. Excludes HIST-CAST 308. Students may only take one of HIST - ADMN - CAST 3080Y or 3081H for credit.

Course Description to follow. G.Taylor

HIST-3121H  FA -1960's America: Protest, Politics and popular culture
This course will explore protest, politics, and polular culture during one of the most tumultuous and influential periods in United States history. Topics will include: Cold War culture and the Vietnam War; civil rights, antiwar, and feminist movements; popular music and the visual arts; and the post-1960s conservative resurgence. Prerequisite: 1.0 HIST credit at the 1000-level with at least a 60% grade or permission of the chair. Excludes HIST 312H and 1320Y. Students may take only one of HIST 3120Y or 3121H for credit. F. Dunaway

HIST-3141H WI - American in the Age of Global Conflict 1896-1945
This course explores the coplex and controversial dimensions of U.S. foreign diplomatic, economic and military relations from the Spanish-American War of 1898 through the end of of the Second World War.Prerequisite: 1.0 HIST credit at the 1000-level with at least a 60% grade or permission of the chair. G. Taylor

HIST 3151H WI (3150Y/315H) – Triumph & Tragedy; United States Foreign Policy, 1945-1990
Major factors and historical processes that shaped American foreign policies during the Cold War, with special attention to Soviet-American relations, third world revolutions, the emergence of the Central Intelligence Agency, the War in Vietnam, and the interactions between foreign and domestic policy making in American politics.Prerequisite: 1.0 HIST credit at the 1000-level with at least a 60% grade or permission of the chair. Excludes HIST 315, HIST 3952h (2004WI), 4150Y, 4151H. Students may take only one of HIST 3150Y or 3151H or 4150Y or 4151H for credit. D. Sheinin

HIST 3200 - Web Version - Modern British history, from the Industrial Revolution to the era of Margaret Thatcher

Special emphasis on the Victorians, culture, class and gender, and the making of modern British society. Prerequisite: 1.0 HIST credit at the 1000-level with at lease a 60% grade or permission of the chair. Excludes HIST 320. David Schweitzer

HIST - 3250Y (325) - The Soviet Experiment

Peterborough

Oshawa
A history of the Soviet Union from 1917 - 1991. The course examines this history as a series of social, political, economic, and cultural experiments with a focus on the complexities and contradictions of these transformations.Prerequisite: 1.0 HIST credit at the 1000-level with at least a 60% grade or permission of the chair. Excludes HIST 325. O. Andriewsky

HIST 3310Y - The Nazi Holocaust and Modern Culture
This course examines the Nazi program of mass-murder in the context of earlier and later genocides, with particular emphasis on questions of agency and complicity. Topics include Nazi eugenics and race policy, the culture of the concentration camps, the role of ordinary Germans, resistance, and the Holocaust in popular culture. Prerequisite: 1.0 HIST credit at the 1000-level with at least a 60% grade or permission of the chair. Excludes HIST 4310Y. (Offered in Oshawa only). R. Wright

HIST- 3350 - Era of the First World War
This course examines the political, military, social, economic and cultural aspects of a war that destroyed millions of people, brought about the collapse of four empires, and ended the illusion that European civilization was superior to all others. Prerequisite: 1.0 HIST credit at the 1000-level with at least a 60% grade or permission of the chair. Excludes HIST 335. A. Geddes-Poole

HIST 3550H (3551Y/4050Y)– Medieval warfare

An examination of developments in warfare during the European Middle Ages (300 to 1500 CE). Prerequisite: 1.0 HIST credit at the 1000-level with at least a 60% grade or permission of the chair. Excludes HIST 355H. Students may only take one of HIST 3551Y or 3550H for credit. F. Harris-Stoertz

HIST 3650Y – The history of the Middle East
This course is a historical survey of the Middle East from the sixteenth-century Ottoman World to the present day. It examines the interactions and encounters within the Middle East and experienced by its civilization as well as between this civilization and others.Prerequisite: 1.0 HIST credit at the 1000-level with at least a 60% grade or permission of the chair. Excludes HIST 365, 3952Y (2004-2005). M. Yusar

HIST-3700Y - The Vietnam War: A view from Vietnam (c. 1960-1975)
The course examines the social and political dimensions of the Vietnam War from the perspective of Vietnam.  While the main focus will be on the war's impact on Vietnamese society, attention will also be paid to the roles played by the US, the Communist Bloc, and the Cold War. Prerequisite: 1.0 HIST credit at the 1000-level with at least a 60% grade. Excludes HIST 4700Y (470). Offered in Oshawa. S.J.. McLaughlin

HIST - FRSC 3711H WI - History of Incarceration
This course explores the history of incarceration  from the late 1700s to the modern day, focusing on the rise of institutions designed to segregate those labelled sick, deviant, or in need of reform. Through secondary and primary research, incarceration is studied from the perspective of authorities, the public, and inmates. Prerequisite: 1.0 HIST credit at the 1000-level with at least a 60% grade or permission of the chair.  J. Miron

HIST – FRSC 3751Y/4751Y – The history of crime in England
A social history of crime between 1500 and 1900, from the perspective of the prosecutors and the courts as well as that of the criminals. Topics include witchcraft, sodomy, murder, theft, rape, and prostitution. Prerequisite: 1.0 HIST credit at the 1000-level with at least a 60% grade or permission of the chair. Excludes HIST 385, 3850Y, 4751Y, 4850Y. (Offered in Oshawa; Conlin Campus). J. Hurl-Eamon

HIST 3755Y – The early modern Atlantic world
This course encompasses developments from the beginning of European settlement in the New World to the pre-revolutionary period in the mid-eighteenth century. Topics include the destruction and reconfiguration of indigenous societies, cross-cultural relations, European transatlantic migrations, the slave trade, overseas trade, as well as war and conflict in colonial empires. Prerequisite: 1.0 HIST credit at the 1000-level with at least a 60% grade or permission of the chair. Excludes HIST 3955Y. A. Bialuschewski

HIST 3800Y - Early Modern Europe
Selected social, economic, institutional, intellectual and cultural features of early modern Europe (c. 1500 - c. 1800), with special emphasis on popular culture, including such themes as gender relations, sexuality, popular religion, riots, literacy, crime and popular politics. Prerequisite: 1.0 HIST credit at the 1000-level with at least a 60% grade or permission of the chair. Excludes HIST 3800Y or 3810H for credit. K. Siena

HIST – CAST 4030Y (403) – History of night
An introduction to contemporary approaches to cultural history through an investigation of witchcraft, crime, sexuality, entertainment and other themes related to the dark side of human experience. Prerequisite: Completion of all 1000- to 3000-level HIST courses required for a General B.A. in History or permission of the chair. Excludes HIST - CAST 403. . K. Walden

HIST 4090Y - American Visual Culture
A study of visual images in relation to broad themes in United States history.  Topics inlcude: landscape painting and frontier expansions, documentary photography and political reform; mass media memorials; Hollywood film; and the hsitory of modern art.  Prerequisite: Completion of all 1000- to 3000-level HIST courses required for a General B.A. in History or permission of the chair. Excludes HIST 4958H. F. Dunaway

HIST 4100Y-Ideas, Cultures, and Identities in Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century Canada and Quebec

This course will explore the diversity of mind-sets, ideologies and cultural phenomenons in Quebec history, from the Rebellions to the end of the twentieth-century. Topics include the history of nationalism and neo-nationalism; liberty and liberalism; catholicism, ultramonism; traditionalism, ruralism, the left, and the feminist movement. Prerequisite: Completion of all 1000- to 3000-level HIST courses required for a General B.A. in History or permission of the chair.

C. Durand

HIST 4310Y – The Holocaust
Seminar on the Holocaust and its victims, perpetrators and bystanders. Topics include Nazi eugenics and race policy, the death camps, the SS and Nazi police battalions in Eastern Europe, the role of ordinary Germans, resistance, and the Holocaust in popular culture.  Oshawa course: R. Wright  This course is also offered in Peterborough (below).

HIST 4310Y – The Holocaust
Seminar on the Holocaust and its victims, perpetrators and bystanders. Topics include Nazi eugenics and race policy, the death camps, the SS and Nazi police battalions in Eastern Europe, the role of ordinary Germans, resistance, and the Holocaust in popular culture. Prerequisite: Completion of all 1000- to 3000-level HIST courses required for a General B.A. in History or permission of the chair. Excludes HIST 3310Y. Peterborough course: C. Kay  This course is also offered in Oshawa (above).

HIST 4401Y - European Fascism, 1919-1945

This course will examine the rise of Fascism in Europe following the end of World War I, comparing its manifestation in different countries, including Nazi Germany, Mussolini's Italy, and Franco's Spain and others you never knew about. Topics will include Fascism's origins, rise, ideology, policies, and effects. What was Fascism and why was it so strong in this period? How different were Fascists from us? What is the legacy of Fascism? Prerequisite: Completion of all 1000- to 3000-level HIST courses required for a General B.A. in History or permission of the chair. Excludes HIST 455. A. Cazorla-Sanchez

HIST-4410-Rebellions and civil war in sub-Saharan Africa
This course will focus on violent protest in Sub-Saharan Africa from the late 19th century to the present.  It will begin with an examination of the many peasant uprisings against the exploitation of colonial rule and ultimately look at recent African civil wars which have been fueled by diamond mining.Prerequisite: Completion of all 1000- to 3000-level HIST courses required for a General B.A. in History or permission of the chair. Excludes HIST 4904Y.  T. Stapleton

HIST-4420Y - 1908 in Paris, London, Vienna and Berlin
The course examines life in four citiies - London, Paris, Vienna and Berlin - during one pivotal year, 1908. Its focus is social and cultural: the everyday life of the elite, the working class and the bourgeoisie; art and literature, queer life, spiritual life; agents of subversion. Prerequisite: Completion of all 1000- to 3000-level HIST courses required for a General B.A. in History or permission of the chair. Excludes HIST 4905Y. A. Geddes Poole

HIST-INDG  4461H - Revolution, Subversion, and Power in Indigenous Latin America
This course counters erasures of indigenous Latin America from Mexico to Chile by focusing on indigenous resistance, revolution, integration, and subversion. Prerequisite: Completion of all 1000- to 3000-level HIST courses required for a General B.A. in History or completion of INDG 1000 with at least a 60% grade and at least 10 university credits or permission of the chair. D. Sheinin

HIST-4550Y - Topics in the history of early modern Europe
Current topic: Medicine and society in Europe: 1500-1800. Select aspects of the history of health, healing, and early modern culture. Prerequisite: the completion of all 1000- to 3000-level HIST courses required for a General B.A. in History or permission of the chair. Excludes HIST 455. Prerequisite: Completion of all 1000- to 3000-level HIST courses required for a General B.A. in History or permission of the chair. Excludes HIST 455. K. Siena

HIST 4604Y – The Soviet Union and the Cold War
(Oshawa and Peterborough)
An examination of the Cold War from the Soviet perspective. We will focus on the nature of historical explanation by looking at the scholarship that has emerged since 1989 and how this new
research has affected earlier assumptions about Soviet conduct and the dynamics of the Cold War. Prerequisite: Completion of all 1000- to 3000-level HIST courses required for a General B.A. in History or permission of the chair. Excludes HIST 3604Y. (Offered in Peterborough and Oshawa)  O. Andriewsky

HIST 4700 - The Vietnam War: A view from Vietnam (c. 1960-1975)

Section A - Syllabus

Section B - Syllabus
The course examines the social and political dimensions of the Vietnam War from the perspective of Vietnam. While the main focus will be on the war’ s impact on Vietnamese society, attention will also be paid to the roles played by the US, the Communist Bloc, and the Cold War. Prerequisite: Completion of all 1000- to 3000-level HIST courses required for a General B.A. in History or permission of the chair. Excludes HIST 470. (Offered in Peterborough - V. Nguyen Marshall and Oshawa).

HIST-4751Y - The History of Crime in England
A social history if crime between 1500 and 1900, from the perspective of the prosecutors and the courts as well as that of the criminals.  Topics include witchcraft, sodomy, murder theft, rape and prostitution.

Prerequisite: Completion of all 1000- to 3000-level HIST courses required for a General B.A. in History or permission of the chair. Excludes HIST 3751Y, 385, 3850Y, 4850Y, 4953Y. J. Hurl Eamon  

HIST 4755 – Early Modern Piracy
This course examines two hundred years of maritime depredations from the first raid of a Spanish treasure fleet in 1523 to the suppression of piracy in 1726. It addresses social, economic, political and cultural aspects of piracy, the underlying conditions, and the representations of this popular historical theme in the media. Prerequisite: Completion of all 1000- to 3000-level HIST courses required for a General B.A. in History or permission of the chair. Excludes HIST 4951Y. A. Bialuschewski

HIST-4900Y, 4901H - Reading Course
Individual courses designed to provide opportunities for more intensive study of particular topics in areas of history offered by the department.  Open to undergraduates in the fourth year of the Honours program in history.  Permission from relevant instructors and departmental approval iis essential before registering.  Regular consultation during the year.  Prerequisite: Completion of all 1000- to 3000-level HIST courses required for a General B.A. in History or permission of the chair. Excludes HIST

HIST-4963Y - The histoy of the Caribbean: Creating diversity from adversity, 1838 to 1960.
This seminar examines the social history of post-emancipation colonial Carribean societies, exploring the legacies of slavery and their influences on the struggles of Indigenous, Afro-Caribbean, Indo-Caribbean, European, and Creole peoples to shape their culturally rich and distinct societies. Prerequisite: Completion of all 1000- to 3000-level HIST courses required for a General B.A. in History or permission of the chair. L. Jacklin