The History Department has produced this short "catalog" to help you, the student, choose your classes for Spring semester. In it you will find short descriptions of the content, objectives and, in some cases, requirements, for the classes. We have also listed the professors who are teaching these classes. You may want to contact them directly if you have questions or want more information about a course. Just go to the EIU history department's website and click on "Faculty."

HIS 1500: WORLD CIVILIZATION: SOCIETY AND RELIGION
Drs. Joy Kammerling and Bailey Young

This course examines the interrelationships between society and religion in the great civilizations of the ancient and medieval worlds. The emergence of distinct traditions in Egypt and the Near East, India, China, and classical Greece and Rome are examined, and the impact of the new, dynamic religious traditions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity and Islam spreading beyond their homelands through Europe, Asia and Africa are considered. By comparing the development of these different civilizations, we consider such questions as: What forces drive historical change? How do societies interact and influence one another? What is the role of environment? Of significant events and people? Of new ideas and beliefs? In shaping historical development?

HIS 1510: WORLD CIVILIZATION: SLAVERY AND FREEDOM
Dr. Onaiwu Ogbomo

Slavery as an institution has been a World Wide practice. But the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade between the 15th and 19th centuries became the largest forced migration of any group in human history. This course examines the origins, nature and consequences of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade in the making of the Atlantic World. Such issues as slave raiding, the middle passage, slave life and culture, slave revolts, bondage and emancipation; the slave economy in the New World and other related topics will be explored. It is expected that students will be able to comprehend the contributions of the institution of slavery to European and American capitalism and the world economy.

HIS 1520: WORLD CIVILIZATION: INTERACTIONS
Drs. Roger Beck, Joshua Birk, José Deustua, Newton Key, Jin-hee Lee, and Rajit Mazumder

This course explores many of the exciting factors contributing to the emergence of the modern world. From the end of the fifteenth century, people, goods, information and technology traveled around the world at an unprecedented pace. This is most clearly illustrated by the European explorations and conquests of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, which revolutionized global dynamics with the 'discovery' of the New World and the subsequent establishment of European colonies across much of the Americas, Africa and Asia. In addition to examining the global race of colonialism, this course will introduce students to the great early modern empires of the Islamic World and East Asia. It will also engage such topics as the factors precipitating the Industrial Revolution, why it happened in Europe and not elsewhere, and its repercussions on the rest of the world. In the final weeks of the course we will turn to more recent global historical issues, including the rise of nationalism, its relationship to the decline of European colonialism, and its turbulent legacy today.

HIS 1590: WORLD CIVILIZATION: SOCIETY AND RELIGION
Dr. Bailey Young

For University Honors students.

HIS 2010: HISTORY OF THE U.S. TO 1877
Dr. Mark Voss-Hubbard and Staff

At its most basic level, this course is a survey of the political, social, economic, and cultural history of the colonial and post-colonial United States. Every professor, however, structures the course somewhat differently, sometimes relying on themes such as community and culture, other times emphasizing one particular historical thread (such as politics)to provide a framework for the class. No matter how it is taught, students are introduced to the use of primary sources and the interpretive nature of history, that is, how historians reconstruct past events to write history.

HIS 2020: HISTORY OF THE U.S. SINCE 1877
Drs. Martin Hardeman, Mark Voss-Hubbard, Edmund Wehrle, and Staff

"America grew up in the country then moved to the city," wrote one prominent American historian. A bitterly divided, largely agrarian country at the end of the Civil War, the United States grew to be a world power by the end of the nineteenth century. That power would only grow over the next 100 years--a time that could rightly be called "the American Century." But the pace of growth and development were not without consequences. Many Americans found themselves struggling to preserve and advance democratic traditions and individual opportunity. This course introduces students to the paradoxes, struggles, successes, and failures of American history, 1877 to the present.

HIS 2090: HISTORY OF THE U.S. TO 1877
Dr. Debra Reid

For University Honors students.

HIS 2500: HISTORICAL RESEARCH AND WRITING
Drs. Michael Shirley and Joshua Birk

This introduction to researching and writing history aims: (1) To develop ability to assess and think critically about historical issues and how people interpret those issues; (2) To develop familiarity with a variety of sources and the conventions of citing those sources in historical writing; (3) To develop skills in analyzing historical data and reaching informed conclusions about those data. There are a number of short assignments which build particular skills, and which are interrelated in that they help build towards a required, final research paper. The techniques and sources covered in the assignments are applicable to all history courses.

HIS 2560: EARLY MODERN WORLD HISTORY
Dr. David Kammerling Smith

Martin Luther, Kangxi, Akbar, Galileo, Montezuma, Suleiman the Magnificent, Napoleon. These are only a few of the dramatic figures who helped to shape the world during the early modern era. In this class, we will investigate the political, social, economic, and cultural changes that occurred from the fourteenth through the eighteenth centuries as the modern world began to emerge.

HIS 3100: HISTORY OF ENGLAND, 1066-1688
Dr. Newton Key
Focusing on English history from the Anglo-Saxons to the Glorious Revolution, this course particularly explores how the English people created a nation through their interaction with Scottish, Irish, and continental kingdoms and peoples. It uses important and interesting primary materials-the Bayeux Tapestry, the Magna Carta, Elizabeth's Tilbury Speech in 1588, Oliver Cromwell's letters from the siege of Drogheda and the battle of Marston Moor-to examine specific intellectual, political, social, religious, and economic problems of the period. Note: His 3110-History of Britain and the British Empire, 1688 to the present is a companion to 3100; but neither is a prerequisite for the other.

HIS 3250: AFRICAN HISTORY
Dr. Roger Beck

From the earliest human beings to modern independence movements, Africa is a continent rich in tradition, history, and culture. This course offers a broad overview of African religious, political, economic, and social traditions before focusing on the course of African history during the last five hundred years. Hopefully the class will break down inaccurate and racist stereotypes and provide the student with enough knowledge about Africa's past that they are able to understand Africa's present and future.

HIS 3255: COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA
Dr. José Deustua

This course is an historical survey of Latin America from the building of large Amerindian civilizations and their conquest by the Spanish and Portuguese to the wars of Independence (1810-1820), which created new modern states. It will focus on the rise and consolidation of the great pre-Columbian civilizations (principally, Mayas, Aztecs, and Incas) and their collision with the European conquest, starting in 1492. It will also study the process of conquest and colonization until the establishment of colonial Viceroyalties (Mexico, Peru, etc.) and the evolving of colonial societies and economies from California and New Mexico to Chile and Argentina. Finally, the course will also address the changes of the 18th century, the Bourbon reforms, and the wars of Independence which, at the end, created new and various Latin American republics. Students will do several readings, take tests, write short papers, and have an open atmosphere to discuss several historical matters. Concepts in Spanish, Quechua (the language of the Incas), and Nahuatl (the language of the Aztecs) will be learned to also understand culturally and linguistically these complex historical processes.

HIS 3340: MEDIEVAL AND IMPERIAL RUSSIA
Dr. Anita Shelton

This course is a survey of Russian political, social, economic and cultural history from the founding of the first Russian state in the tenth century to the the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. The themes we will be developing include: the origins of Russia's Orthodox cultural traditions; the significance of Russia's geography; the emergence of Russia as a great power and empire; the development of authoritarian political institutions and traditions, and their impact on the society; the challenge of social and economic "backwardness"; the impact of "Westernization" on Russian thought and institutions; the emergence of the revolutionary tradition. Our goals are to achieve some degree of understanding of the historical roots of Russia's challenges and some appreciation of Russia's unique record.

HIS 3420: THE HISTORY OF WORLD WAR II
Dr. Anita Shelton

This course covers the six most extraordinary and traumatic years in world history. It will include the origins, developments, and aftermath of the war, and examine political, social, military, cultural and philosophical issues. Reading will range from a military history of the war to political documents from the time, memoirs and belletristic literature reflecting the lived experience of war. Some great films have been made about World War II, and we will watch some from different nations around the world. Students will write one research paper on a topic of their own choosing (with approval of the instructor). All exams will be essay in format. The objective of the course is to gain a greater appreciation for the enormity of the event and the difficulty of explaining it.

HIS 3450: MODERN GERMANY
Dr. Sace Elder

This course is an introduction to the major themes and developments in 19th and 20th century German history. We will focus special attention on the contested and changing nature of German nationalism and German national identity, following their development from the liberal calls for unification post-Napoleonic era to the dramatic reunification of Germany at the end of the Cold War. Along the way will be examining the indeterminacy of the "German" nation at the moment of unification in 1871; the relationship between colonialism and nationalism in the rise of mass politics; class-based divisions within the "nation;" the racialized concept of the nation under National Socialism and its catastrophic consequence; and the efforts of the two postwar Germanys to lay claim to national legitimacy.

HIS 3520: MEDIEVAL HISTORY
Dr. Bailey Young

How did civilizations grow, develop, and interact from their earliest emergence, in the Middle East around 3000 B.C., through the Fall of the Roman Empire around A.D. 500? How can we understand and interpret the history of such distant times, and what has been their impact on the modern world? This course will focus primarily on classical Greece and Rome, and students will be introduced to the problems of using original sources to understand such phenomena as the origins of democracy in Greece and the strange triumph of Christianity in the Roman Empire.

HIS 3555: MODERN WORLD HISTORY
Drs. Sace Elder and Newton Key

This course explores the major political, economic, social, and cultural developments of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Students will examine the rise of industrialization and the international division of labor that served as the basis for vast global empires in the nineteenth century. They will explore the nationalist movements that brought down those empires, the challenges of nation-building in the post-colonial world, and the competing modern ideologies that inspired and shaped those nation-building projects. Nationalism, both productive and destructive, will be contrasted with the internationalism arising from the ashes of the two world wars in the form of new institutions such as the UN and the European Union. At the end of the course will be George Bush, Sr.'s "new world order" and the challenges to Western dominance presented by the Muslim world and China as students consider globalization at the beginning of the twentieth century.

HIS 3600: THE U.S. CONSTITUTION AND THE NATION
Drs. Ian Binnington, Jonathan Coit, Martin Hardeman, and Staff

History 3600 explores the legal issues that shaped the development of United States government, and the relationships of citizens to that government. The U.S. system is based on a written constitution that gives the government power and legitimacy. The course helps students understand the development of the ideas behind the Constitution and rule by law by analyzing the myriad ways that judges, lawyers, legal scholars, politicians, and ordinary citizens interpret the document. The "readings" of the Constitution by these groups often conflict, and in many instances their interpretation has changed over time. This makes it difficult to decipher the original intent of those who drafted the Constitution. Based on primary sources including the Constitution, amendments, state and federal legislation, and Supreme Court decisions, students realize how little the Constitution has changed over time but how much its interpretation has evolved to meet the demands of U.S. citizens, historically and today.

HIS 3690: THE U.S. CONSTITUTION AND THE NATION
Dr. Lynne Curry

For University Honors students.

HIS 3700: TURNING POINTS IN THE HISTORY OF RELIGION AND SCIENCE
Dr. John McElligott

Man lives in a universe without the faintest idea why it exists and why he (as a part of the universe) exists either. This fundamental fact of the human condition presents the further problem of how one should live his life in such a situation. Every civilization makes a response to this problem which defines the culture and guides the lives of the people. Normally, this response is couched poetically in religious terms and is so pervasive and taken for granted that the ordinary person cannot clearly articulate it. This course examines the historical development of the Western answer to the human condition. It begins with the Christian world-view and then traces how that view was altered by major developments in science: the Scientific Revolution of the seventeenth century, Darwinism, and Freudianism. The goal of the course is to bring the dominant modern, scientific, materialistic world-view of Western culture fully to consciousness so that the students can (perhaps for the first time) critically evaluate it and see the plausibility of the alternative views of the past and of other cultures. No prior knowledge of science or mathematics is required to master the material of this course.

HIS 3750: AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY
Dr. Martin Hardeman

A general survey of African American history from 1619 to the present. The course will include both primary and secondary readings and will explore such topics as slavery, Reconstruction, the Great Migration and the Civil Rights movement.

HIS 3810: THE HISTORY OF ILLINOIS
Dr. Charles Titus

The state of Illinois has a fascinating past which stretches from the era when pre-historic peoples created vibrant, flourishing cultures to the struggle for empire during the French and British colonial eras to contemporary times when the Prairie State serves as one of the industrial and agricultural centers of the nation. History 3810 traces these developments and examines the social, cultural, political and economic aspects of our state from pre-historic times to the very recent past. Students will read both scholarly and popular accounts of Illinois history and will examine and analyze primary documents which help explain why the state developed as it did. Students will read both scholarly and popular accounts of Illinois history and will examine and analyze primary documents which help explain why the state developed as it did.

HIS 3900: WOMEN IN AMERICAN HISTORY
Dr. Debra Reid

This course surveys the history of women in America from precolonial times to the present, with special attention to the ways in which gender, race, ethnicity, religion, class, and region have shaped this history. The course also introduces students to the theories and methodologies historians have developed to examine the lives of women in the United States. Essay examinations and a term paper are required.

HIS 3920: MILITARY HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
Dr. Charles Titus

The military has been an important factor in the nation's history since the colonial era. History 3920 examines the military experience within this larger context of United States history. The course surveys the origins, strategies, tactics, logistics and consequences of selected American wars. The role of technology, military professionalism, and social views toward war and the military as these matters have affected United States history are also examined in the class.

HIS 3930: THE CIVIL WAR ERA
Dr. Mark Voss-Hubbard

A survey of the causes of the Civil War, the War years, and the period of Reconstruction, with major emphasis on the socioeconomic, cultural, and political differences between North and South.

HIS 4303: COLONIAL AMERICAN HISTORY
Dr. Michelle LeMaster

The origins of England’s North American Colonies and their cultural, economic, political, social, and religious development in the period ending with the French and Indian War.

HIS 4400: INDEPENDENT STUDY
Various Instructors

For the advanced undergraduate student who would like to work intensively on a particular research topic under the supervision of a professor in the field. May count towards the History Major as an elective. See the Department Chair (Anita Shelton) for more information.

HIS 4444: HONORS INDEPENDENT STUDY
Various Instructors

Open to those who have been accepted into Departmental Honors (which culminates in the writing of an Honors thesis and an Honors diploma). May count towards the History Major as an elective. See the Departmental Honors Coordinator (Sace Elder) for more information.

HIS 4775: BRITAIN AND ITS EMPIRE
Dr. Rajit Mazumder

This course studies British history, imperialism, and some critical aspects of the history of the British Empire. The aim is to situate the development of Britain as a modern ‘great power’ and follow its history until the decline of its vast empire. In order to understand why Britain rose to this unlikely pre-eminence it is necessary to look to the history of Britain. Hence, this course is divided into two parts. The first studies British history from the 18th century to the First World War. The second section looks at the empire in some detail ­ to show how Britain came to acquire it, that it was not a uniform entity, and, significantly, that the empire and colonial peoples helped shape Britain’s history, too.

HIS 4775: MODERN JAPAN
Dr. Jin-hee Lee

HIS 4820: TWENTIETH-CENTURY WORLD HISTORY
Dr. Roger Beck

A look back at the major events, issues, and peoples of the twentieth century. Topics will include the rise and fall of European colonialism
and communism, the world wars, totalitarianism, civil and human rights movements, and the Cold War. The structure of the class will be
more thematic than chronological, so students should have a good grounding in history to place the different themes in historical context.
There will be two exams, quizzes on two novels, and a seminar paper required of all students. Graduate students will be also be required to
submit two additional book reviews.

HIS 4920: HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE U.S.
Dr. Nora Pat Small

In this course we focus on the practical problems of, and theoretical or philosophical bases for, preserving the man-made environment. Over the course of the semester we ask not only how historic resources are preserved, but how we decide which resources are historic, and whose history we are preserving. The main project for the class is always a combination of the theoretical and practical. In some years the class participates in an archaeological dig, other years we conduct historic resource surveys, or research and write National Register nominations.

HIS 4970: HISTORY OF IDEAS IN AMERICA
Dr. Jon Coit

This course studies the history of ideas and intellectuals in the United States, from Reconstruction to the present. We will discuss and compare works from the major
intellectual and popular traditions of American culture, and also examine the relationship between the ideas we study and the social, cultural, and institutional contexts in which these ideas were produced and debated. The intellectual debates we will engage include the following : "scientific" racism and evolutionary theories of
society; feminist critiques of masculinity and capitalism; mass culture and its critics; the development of ethnicity; the emergence of the social sciences; conceptions of modernity; the construction of New Deal liberalism; consensus and alienation in the post World War II period.

The Following Courses are Open to Graduate Students Only:

HIS 5000: HISTORIOGRAPHY
Dr. Edmund Wehrle

This course introduces graduate students to the craft of history, from its professionalization in the 19th-century to current scholarly departures in European, United States, and non-western history. Through comparative secondary readings, students consider the methodological and theoretical concerns at the heart of historical writing over the last century, and explore changes over time in the profession's explanatory models and analytical categories. Several short essays and one longer paper. Several guest speakers. Required of all History M.A. students.

HIS 5010: Administration of Historical Organizations
Ms. Patricia Miller

Intensive study and research into special topics relating to the management of historical sites, museums, and archives.

HIS 5020: HISTORICAL RESEARCH AND INTERPRETATION FOR PUBLIC AUDIENCES
Dr. Terry A. Barnhart

An introduction to the research methods and interpretive strategies used in the development of effective public programs at museums and historical societies.

HIS 5110: HISTORY MUSEUM EXHIBITS I
Mr. Rick Riccio

A study of the role, function and development of history museum exhibits as a part of the interpretation process. Students will research and design a temporary exhibit.

HIS 5340: MATERIAL LIFE IN AMERICA, 1600 TO THE PRESENT
Dr. Debra Reid

This course guides students in the analysis of rival interpretations of American social and cultural history in nineteenth century. May be repeated under different instructors using different topics.

HIS 5370: SEMINAR IN EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY
Dr. Michelle LeMaster

An intensive study of selected topics in Colonial and Revolutionary American History. This will be a reading and discussion course. The readings will cover both standard historical works and new research. Grading will consist of class discussion, weekly writing assignments, and historiographical essays.

HIS 5400.001: EARLY MODERN EUROPEAN SOCIETY: SOCIAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY, 1500-1800
Dr. Newton Key

This seminar explores four themes–witchcraft, popular culture, order and disorder, crime–in early modern English, French, German, and Italian societies. We examine each theme with respect to both the practical and the mental world of early modern European men and women. Because the course focuses on rich interpretations made by recent social historians, students will be expected to acquire diverse techniques and methodologies that they can apply to these and other historical fields.

HIS 5400.002: LATIN AMERICA
Dr. Jose Deustua

HIS 5400.003: MODERN GERMANY
Dr. Sace Elder