HISTORY 1100. SURVEY OF AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865. (Eight Week Session). Introduction to U.S. history through the Civil War, surveying political, economic, social, and cultural development of the American people. No credit will be given to students who have received credit in History 1400 (AP credit for U.S. History).

HISTORY 1200. SURVEY OF AMERICAN HISTORY SINCE 1865. (Eight Week Session). Introduc-tion to U.S. history since 1865, surveying political, economic, social, and cultural development of the American people. No credit will be given to students who have received credit in History 1400 (AP credit for U.S. History).

HISTORY 1100/1100H. SURVEY OF AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865. (Honors Section-Must be eligible for Honors Standing). Introduction to U.S. history through the Civil War, surveying political, economic, social, and cultural development of the American people. No credit will be given to students who have received credit in History 1400 (AP credit for U.S. History).

HISTORY 1200/1200H. SURVEY OF AMERICAN HISTORY SINCE 1865. (Honors Section-Must be eligible for Honors Standing). Introduction to U.S. history since 1865, surveying political, economic, social, and cultural development of the American people. No credit will be given to students who have received credit in History 1400 (AP credit for U.S. History).

HISTORY 1500/1500H. ORIGINS OF EUROPEAN HISTORY. (Honors Section-Must be eligible for Honors Standing). A general introduction to major themes in the Western cultural heritage from the origin of civilization in the ancient Near East to the breakdown of traditional European society in the late 18th century. Designed to give a broad background for general education, and to be a sound foundation for further study not only in history but also in other social science and humanities fields. Exams and papers: Three-unit exams (no comprehensive final); three short papers (= 2-3 pages each) based on assigned readings; participation in weekly discussion sections. Readings: To be announced. Professor: J. Frymire; 10:00-10:50 MW

HISTORY 1800. HISTORY OF MODERN AFRICA. (Same as Black Studies 1800). This course introduces students to the history of Africa from European Imperialism to the Arab Spring. It provides an opportunity to understand major events in modern African history, such as colonialism, independence, and globalization, based on primary and secondary sources available in print, film, and online. By the end of the course, students will be familiarized with the recent history of Africa as well as complex concepts used across several disciplines, including race, gender, and class. Exams and papers: To be determined. Readings: To be announced. Professor: M. Fejzula; 9:30-10:45 TTh

HISTORY 2150. THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR: A GLOBAL HISTORY. In this class students will study the American Civil War from the perspective of global history. The familiar actors and events will be covered – the debate over slavery, the secession of the South, the rise of Abraham Lincoln, the great battles and generals, etc. But these familiar episodes will take on different meanings when viewed in relation to global structures of politics, economics, social relations, and ideology. The 1860s was at once a formative moment in the history of globalization and the key decade for the formation and consolidation of modern nations. There are two objectives to this class: first, to expose undergraduates to the historical, political, and moral education that the Civil War offers all of its students; and second, to introduce students to the enterprise of global history through a familiar and particularly illuminating historical event. Exams and papers: To be determined. Readings: To be announced. Professor: J. Sexton; 2:00-3:15 TTh

HISTORY 2240/2240H. FLIGHT IN AMERICA: FROM THE WRIGHT BROTHERS TO THE SPACE AGE. (Honors Section-Must be eligible for Honors Standing). This course focuses on the history of flying in the U.S. from its beginnings to the Apollo moon missions to the latest developments. In a little over a century, aviation and space flight have transformed our world. We will focus on key innovations and the people behind them. This is an exciting story, full of fascinating men and women. There are a lot of great videos and films about flight, and we will use excerpts from these in class. Exams and papers: Grades will be based on weekly quizzes, assignments, and class discussion. Readings: Weekly reading assignments.  Professor: J. Wigger; 10:00-10:50 MWF

HISTORY 2440. HISTORY OF MISSOURI. Surveys the history of Missouri and its region from the Mississippian mound builders to modern times, sketching the changing character of the region’s society, economy, culture, and politics across the centuries. Particular attention will be paid to Missouri’s involve-ment in major national events (e.g., the Revolution, the conquest of the West, and the Civil War), the development of its major cities (especially St. Louis and Kansas City), and the surprisingly crucial Missouri roots of modern American popular culture. Exams and papers: Mid-term, final, and “Hometown History” research paper. Readings: To be announced. Professor: J. Pasley; 11:00-11:50 MWF

HISTORY 2560. MODERN MILITARY HISTORY. (Same as Peace Studies 2560). Explores the development of warfare around the world from circa 1300 to the present. Course materials devote equal attention to operational military history (combat, strategy, tactics, weapons systems, etc.) and the study of war and society (the various ways in which armed conflict impacts and reflects life beyond the battlefield). Additional focus on issues of cultural representation and historical memory. Exams and papers: To be determined. Readings: Jeremy Black, War and the World: Military Power and the Fate of Continents, 1450-2000; Michael Howard, War in European History and John A. Lynn, Battle: A History of Combat and Culture. Professor: B. Nichols; 12:00-12:50 MWF

HISTORY 2570. THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH. The First World War was a war like no other one before. It lasted longer than nations had expected, was executed with new technologies, and resulted in long lasting, devastating repercussions. It left roughly ten million soldiers and six million civilians dead and countless others wounded physically and psychologically. Under the strain of war and defeat, four empires fell - Russia, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire all collapsed. Large portions of France lay in ruins and England’s wealth shattered. Europe ceased to be the center of the world, as leadership passed to the United States in the west and Japan in the east. In the Euro-Asian territories of the old Russian Empire, a new colossus arose, the Soviet Union. Lost, too, was the 19th century’s easy confidence in human rationality, perfectibility, and progress. The war set the stage for disastrous events in the 20th century. In the wake of the “war to end all wars”, people looked for ways of dealing with the anxieties and pains of the war and that both new and old ways of living brought. There was a desire among the Europeans for stability, yet transformation. This course examines the experience of Europeans in the turbulent years during and immediately following the First World War. After investigating the origins and nature of WWI, we will then examine the political, social, and cultural climate of the interwar years. We will investigate the interwar period within the context of national and Imperial competition, trauma, and memory (e.g., shell shock and its treatment), cultural and gender politics, the rise of anti-Semitism, cultural and artistic production (e.g., Dada, Bauhaus, Surrealism), displacement and emigration, physical culture, totalitarianism, pro-natalism, and colonialism. Throughout the semester, students will work to develop their own research project based on primary documents from the period between 1900 and 1938. Exams and papers: To be determined. Readings: To be announced. Professor: I. Karthas; 11:00-12:15 TR

HISTORY 2590W. EPIDEMICS AND SOCIETY. (Writing Intensive). Survey of epidemic diseases from the ancient to modern eras, focusing on both the factors giving rise to specific diseases and how different societies have understood and responded to them. Traces the connections of epidemic diseases to globaliza-tion, examining links between epidemics and warfare, exploration, colonization, and trade networks. The course will conclude with a discussion of newly emerging diseases in the contemporary world. Exams and papers: Midterm and final. Weekly writing responses, three short analytical papers. Readings: Textbook; one monograph; additional readings online (Canvas). Professor: K. Bowers; 1:00-1:50 MWF

HISTORY 2904. BLACK STUDIES IN SLAVERY AND FREEDOM. (Same as Black Studies 2904). This course provides study of historical background, economic, political, and social implications of slavery and freedom in the African Diaspora (Americas, Africa, Europe, Asia) as well as the legal and extralegal struggles for and meaning of (global, local, and national) freedom. Exams and papers: To be determined. Readings: To be announced. Professor: M. Jirik; 12:30-1:45 TR

HISTORY 2950.1. FOUNDATIONS OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH: DEMOCRACY AND DICTATORSHIP IN MODERN EUROPE. (History Majors Only-Please email Brittony Hein--corneillierb@missouri.edu, Sr. Academic Advisor for Permission Number). What does it mean to research and write like a historian? In this seminar, we will explore this question through the study of key topics of Modern European History. This seminar uses the European experience to build broader understandings of how different types of societies emerge, function, and evolve over time. We will highlight the rise and fall of democracies and dictatorships in modern Europe. How fragile is democracy? Which unwavering principles are vital to its survival? How do groups excluded from its rewards stake a claim for inclusion in the nation-state? Students will examine closely documents pertaining to the rise of liberal and conservative ideology in Europe. and ideas concerning contract theory, constitutionalism, representation, shared governance, and sovereignty. We will trace the emergence of ideas relating to contract theory, constitutionalism, shared governance and citizenship rights, while also paying attention to liberalism’s hypocrisies of exclusion and enslavement. The course then plunges into the turbulent French Revolution period and investigate why democracy failed in France and succumbed to dictatorship, terror, and…Napoleon.  Direction will turn to the many failed liberal revolutions of the 19th century. Students will consider the relationship between growing democratic and liberal ideologies in Europe, the nation state, and the endurance of gender bias, colonial oppression, and slavery. The second half of the course focuses on road to a world war and examine the measures to which democracies in Europe were compromised and monarchies strained throughout the war. Finally, we will examine why democracies and constitutional monarchies across Europe fell one after another in the interwar period (i.e. the struggle between totalitarianism and democracy in Europe). Students will gain skills in locating historical sources, developing clear and persuasive arguments, and organizing research papers that are based on the analysis of primary documents.  This seminar prepares students for upper-level history courses that require research papers. Exams and papers: To be determined. Readings: To be announced. Professor: I. Karthas; 2:00-3:15 TTh

HISTORY 2950.2. FOUNDATIONS OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH: REVERBERATIONS OF EMPIRE AND WAR: EUROPE 1914-1962. (History Majors Only-Please email Brittony Hein--corneillierb@missouri.edu, Sr. Academic Advisor for Permission Number). This sophomore seminar, introducing students to the production and consumption of historical research, focuses on the impact of global war and empire on the making of 20th century Europe and Europeans. Students will be able to research a variety of topics including, war and memory, decolonization, postwar and/or post-empire migration, the emergence of the European community, among others.  As a class we will work with a variety of sources, including archival, memoir, media, and film. Exams and papers: To be determined. Readings: To be announced. Professor: L. Reeder; 9:30-10:45 TTh

HISTORY 3200. BLACK FREEDOM MOVEMENT, 1955-1973. (Same as Black Studies 3200). Examines the transformation of the struggle for black freedom and liberation from Civil Rights to Black Power. Themes include changing strategies, tactics, and goals, campaigns for political and economic power, gender and sexuality, conflict, and difference within and among black communities, and continuing struggles for racial justice. Exams and papers: Reading responses, presentation, final project. Readings: To be announced. Professor: W. Mack; 1:00-1:50 MWF

HISTORY 3010. COLONIAL AMERICA. This course invites students to think about the origins of American history through a combination of lectures, readings, and projects. Throughout the course of the semester, we will encounter famous leaders, troublesome women, rebellious slaves, a few witches, at least one cannibal, and a host of other colonial Americans (both famous and obscure) as we grapple with a people who became increasingly attached to both liberty and slavery. Exams and papers: Two papers, quizzes, midterm, and final exam. Readings: Two books, other articles and primary sources as assigned. Professor: M. Morris; 11:00-12:15 TTh

HISTORY 3510. THE ANCIENT GREEK WORLD. This course will explore the world of ancient Greece from the eighth century BC to the death of Alexander the Great. The course will include an examination of the prominent historical developments traditionally associated with ancient Greece, such as the emergence of the polis (city-state), the phenomenon of tyranny, the rise of Athens and Sparta, the birth of Athenian democracy, and the iconic military campaigns of the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars in the fifth century BC. In addition to these traditional topics, this course will also emphasize historical inquiry into popular conceptions of Greek identity and citizenship, Greek interactions with foreigners, the role of women in Greek society, as well as the debates over the nature of slavery, freedom, and equality. Exams and papers: To be determined. Readings: To be announced. Professor: J. Stevens; 3:30-4:45 TTh

HISTORY 3855. JAPAN AND BRITAIN, 1850-1940. (2nd 8-week class). The histories of Japan and Britain both offer a valuable insight into how imperialism shaped our world. Yet their histories are seldom examined in tandem. This course does so, by comparing the histories of the British and Japanese empires in the modern period and exploring the connections between them. Focusing on Anglo-Japanese relations in the transformative period between the Opium Wars and the Second World War, this course will be of interest to students of: - empire - international affairs/studies - East Asia - modern Britain - politics and constitutional affairs - warfare in the twentieth century. Exams and papers: To be determined. Readings: To be announced. Professor: R. Fletcher; 2:00-4:15 TTh

HISTORY 3870. REVOLUTION IN LATIN AMERICA. This course will focus on three significant social revolutions in twentieth-century Latin America: The Bolivian Revolution of 1952, the Cuban Revolution of 1959, and the Sandinista Revolution of 1979 in Nicaragua. We will also explore various failed revolutions such as the presidency of Salvador Allende in Chile (1970-1973). The military governments that arose across the region to halt the spread of social revolution will also be discussed. Exams and papers: One exam, two papers, ten short comments, and ten quizzes. Readings: Four texts. Professor: R. Smale; 10:00-10:50 MWF

HISTORY 4540/4540H. THE LATER ROMAN EMPIRE. (Honors Section-Must be eligible for Honors Standing). This course will explore the political, religious, and cultural life of the Later Roman Empire and the early period of Late Antiquity associated with the rise of the Byzantine Empire in the sixth century. The survey of topics will examine the evolution and transformation of the ‘classical’ Roman world from as early as the Severan Dynasty, the subsequent ‘Crisis of the Third Century’ and the rise of the soldier emperors, down through the emergence of the barbarian kingdoms and early Byzantium. Major themes also include the division of the empire, Rome’s transition from imperial capital to holy city, the construction and impact of Constantinople, the formation of Christian orthodoxy, the evolution of slavery, as well as the mass migrations and warfare of the period. Exams and papers: To be determined. Readings: To be announced. Professor: J. Stevens; 11:00-12:15 TTh

HISTORY 4685. THE HOLOCAUST. (Same as Peace Studies 4685). Provides a historical account, psychological analysis, and philosophical contemplation of the Holocaust. Examines the Nazi regime's systematic attempt to exterminate the Jews of Europe along with a number of additional population groups. Course is organized around the use of primary sources: written texts, photographs, films, and oral testimony. Exams and papers: To be determined. Readings: To be announced. Professor: B. Nichols; 1:00-1:50 MWF

These courses are restricted to History majors only

• Department consent required
• Please email Brittony Hein, the Sr. Academic Advisor, for Permission Number at corneillierb@missouri.edu, 
• All Seminars are writing intensive

HISTORY 4971W. WITCHCRAFT AND DEVIANCE IN PREMODERN EUROPE. (History Majors only and Require Department Consent, Writing Intensive Capstone; Please email Brittony Hein--corneillierb @missouri.edu, Sr. Academic Advisor for Permission Number). Between 1400 and 1700, at least 50,000 people (most of them women) were executed for practicing witchcraft in Europe—comparatively, this makes the “Salem Witch Trials” a blip on the historical record. Even before 1400, however, Europeans tortured, imprisoned, and executed numerous people for their religious beliefs, sexual orientation, diseases (such as leprosy), or for the fact that they were Jews or suspected of sorcery. In this senior capstone seminar, we will read and discuss documents relevant to this history as well as books and articles that try to make sense of it. Professor: J. Frymire; 2:00-4:20 M

HISTORY 2100. THE REVOLUTIONARY TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICA. (Same as Constitutional Democracy 2100). This course covers the causes, course, and consequences of the American Revolution. Our readings and discussion will push us consider what made the Revolution so revolutionary and what the Revolution meant to the broad spectrum of people who lived through it. In answering these questions, students will begin to make their own assessments of just how radical, transformative, and global the Revolution truly was. Students will engage with both primary sources and scholarly assessments and take part in a role-playing game that simulates the experience of men and women considering Independence in the 1770s as they explore the origins and outcomes of the Revolution from wide-ranging perspectives. Exams and papers: To be determined. Readings: To be announced. Professor: L. Santoro; 3:30-4:45 TTh

HISTORY 2100H. THE REVOLUTIONARY TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICA. (Honors Section-Must be eligible for Honors Standing; Same as Constitutional Democracy 2100H). This course covers the causes, course, and consequences of the American Revolution. Our readings and discussion will push us to see the Revolution not as a straightforward march towards American independence, but rather as a complex series of interrelated political, military, social, economic, and cultural events that unfolded across the larger eighteenth-century world. Students will engage with both primary sources and scholarly assess-ments as they reconstruct the origins and outcomes of the Revolution from wide-ranging perspectives.  Exams and papers: To be determined. Readings: To be announced. Instructor: A. Reichardt; 3:30-4:45 TTh

HISTORY 2120. THE YOUNG REPUBLIC. (Same as Constitutional Democracy 2120). This seminar examines significant political, social, and cultural developments in the United States during the formative period from the ratification of the Constitution to the antebellum era and the competing interpretations of those developments. Topics will include elements of Constitutional Democracy (i.e. politics, political culture, and legal history) and the history of social and economic developments (i.e. race, class, slavery, capitalism, western expansion, gender, and religion) with a particular emphasis on understanding how this period set the stage for modern American politics and culture. Students will engage with primary source materials as well as scholarly studies that explore what the “Young Republic” was like for those who lived it. Exams and papers: To be determined. Readings: To be announced. Instructor: L. Santoro; 2:00-3:15 TTh  

HISTORY 2630W. HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN TRADITION. (Same as Religious Studies 2630). An overview of the origins and development of Christianities from the first century of the Common Era to the present day. Topic will include competing Christian theologies, colonialism, conversion narratives, globalization, religious violence, and heresy. Examsand papers: To be determined. Readings: To be announced. Professor: R. Gregory; 11:00-11:50 MWF

HISTORY 3000. HISTORY OF RELIGION IN AMERICA TO THE CIVIL WAR. (Same as Religious Studies 3000). A study of religion in America from the Pre-Columbian era to the Reconstruction era with emphasis on the social history of religion and a focus on the intersection of religion and race. We will pay special attention to the religious practices of Indigenous communities and enslaved Black Americans, as well as the role women played in American religion. Exams and papers: Short essays, presentation, final project. Readings: Course packet plus other readings. Professor: M. McLaughlin; 2:00-3:15 TTh

HISTORY 4004. TOPICS IN HISTORY-SOCIAL SCIENCE: THE HISTORY OF POLICING AND INCARCERATION IN THE U.S. (Same as Black Studies 4005). From seventeenth-century Colonial America to the George Floyd anti-police protests of 2020-21, this course will look at the history of policing and incarceration in United States’ history. This course will ask how has policing and incarceration evolved since the seventeenth century, and why? It will do this by interrogating the ways in which historians and other social scientists have examined policing and incarceration, paying particular attention to how these institutions have reflected specific eras of U.S. history. Moving chronologically, this course will look at policing and incarceration in Colonial America, the Antebellum South, Reconstruction and the post Reconstruction eras, the Progressive era, World War I, the 1920s-1950s, and into the modern era of militarized policing and mass incarceration. Lastly, it will pay particular attention to how policing and incarceration have interacted with and reacted to the post 1950s civil rights movements, post-1965 immigration, and the emergence of the New Right and neoliberalism in the 1980s. This course will also incorporate a transnational aspect to assess the ways the U.S. has implemented policing and incarceration to build and sustain U.S. empire. Finally, this course will examine the legacy of the criminal justice system in the U.S. and ask students to think critically about the ways it functions in our society and impact the ways in which live. Exams and papers: To be determined. Readings: To be announced. Professor: W. Mack; 10:00-10:50 MWF 

HISTORY 4400. HISTORY OF AMERICAN LAW. (Same as Constitutional Democracy 4400). This course will provide an overview of the history of American law from the colonial period to the present. This course will emphasize the social construction of law. How does law influence the broader social world, and how do social currents and movements inflect legal change? This course will also focus on how law intersects with questions surrounding race, gender, sexuality, and class, and vice versa. No matter the field that students are interested in, the ability to critically analyze their world, and convey that analysis in writing, will be vital skills that students will be able to deploy going forward. Exams and papers: To be determined. Readings: To be announced. Professor: L. Feldman; 12:30-1:45 TTh