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2025-2026 Academic Year

Fall 2025

HIST 106 Early Modern Europe to 1799
Society, culture, and politics from the Renaissance through the French Revolution.

HIST 277 European Empires
This course will investigate the building, celebration and dissolution of the European empires moving from the 15th century into the 20th century. Definitions of imperialism as it developed over time will be discussed. The readings look at the effects of empire in Europe as well as some of the effects in the colonies, including works by Christopher Columbus, William Shakespeare, George Orwell, and Chinua Achebe. Offered every two years.

HIST 500 Independent Study

Spring 2026

WGSS 202 European Women's History
Cross-listed with HIST 278-01. This course will explore the lives of European women in the modern period (1789 to the post WWII period). It looks at both rural and urban women, issues of class, family and motherhood as well as demands for social and political rights for women. The readings include primary sources such as housekeeping guides, novels and war propaganda as well as secondary sources such as biographies and anthropological studies.

HIST 278 European Women's History
Cross-listed with WGSS 202-01.

HIST 333 The First World War
A study of the causes, progress, and consequences of the first global conflict of modern times. Particular attention is paid to the political and social impact of total warfare on the participating nations. Offered every other year.