HIST 635: Problems in European History

HIST 635-003: Fall of the Roman Empire
(Fall 2015)

07:20 PM to 10:00 PM M

Innovation Hall 336

Section Information for Fall 2015

In the fifth and sixth centuries AD the Roman Empire ceased to exist as a political and military entity in Western Europe and changed markedly in the east. What exactly happened to empire in these years and why is a problem that has occupied historians since the beginning of the modern practice of historical study. In this course we will try to take stock of the changes undergone by the empire in both east and west, and, more importantly, examine the many explanatory schemes historians have put forward to explain the striking events of the Roman Empire’s final years. Readings will cover a broad stretch of chronology, from Edward Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776) to the present, with particular emphasis on the field of late antique studies and its critics. Requirements include participation in discussion, seminar presentations, and a series of middle-length historiographic essays. Students with languages other than English will have the option of a more substantial seminar paper or a research paper. This course fulfills the “Origins to 1789” distribution requirement in European history.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Investigates selected problems. Readings, discussions, development of bibliographies. Primary sources used where possible. Notes: May be repeated for credit when topic is different. May be repeated within the term.
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Registration Restrictions:

Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.

Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.

Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.

Schedule Type: Lec/Sem #1, Lec/Sem #2, Lec/Sem #3, Lec/Sem #4, Lec/Sem #5, Lec/Sem #6, Lec/Sem #7, Lec/Sem #8, Lec/Sem #9, Lecture, Sem/Lec #10, Sem/Lec #11, Sem/Lec #12, Sem/Lec #13, Sem/Lec #14, Sem/Lec #15, Sem/Lec #16, Sem/Lec #17, Sem/Lec #18
Grading:
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.

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