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HIST 610-001: Study and Writing of History

Fall 2024 -  Michael G. Chang 

This course differs from most other history courses in that it does not concentrate upon a specific geographic region or historical period, nor upon a particular social, political, or cultural topic. Instead, it focuses on historiography, or “the history of history,” and is intended to introduce grad...

HIST 300-003: Family History

Fall 2024 -  Michael O'Malley 

This course connects genealogy to history. What do they have in common? How can one make the other better? Students will identify a problem or issue in their family history and use historical research and writing to illuminate it.

HIST 804: Minor Field Readings and Exams

History PhD Minor Field Degree Requirements   Minor Field Pre Advising ~ following the completion of Reduction of Credits, first and second year doctoral students may begin planning their two minor fields of study by preparing for the HIST 804 Readings courses and subsequent written exams.    St...

HIST 499-003: History and Memory in NoVA

Fall 2024 -  George Oberle 

This course is the capstone of the History major. Students are required to produce a substantial research paper based on their reading of primary and secondary sources focused on forgotten and erased histories in the region. Students will explore topics based on a set of methodologies that will allow...

HIST 125-A05: Introduction to Global History

Summer 2024 -  Sumaiya A. Hamdani 

Fully online, synchronous (meets virtually MWF 1:20-4:20PM), CRN 42617, HamdaniThis course will provide an understanding of the processes that have shaped the modern world. The course traces the developments that reorganized peoples, reshaped cultures and generated new economies because of the intera...

HIST 395-002: Digital Environmental History

Fall 2024 -  Mills Kelly 

In this course we will examine the history of the global environment with a focus on moments of substantial change and/or crisis that have impacted human history and the history of other species. What makes this course different from a standard history course is that students will be using digital me...

HIST 125-C01: Introduction to Global History

Summer 2024 -  Susan E. Schulze 

There is no assigned textbook, Global History is explored through lectures, peer-reviewed scholarship, and documentaries.  A primary focus is upon developments – such as, migration and trade – that serve to shed light upon the situations that shape the world today.  Another aim is to provide a solid ...

HIST 125-B01: Introduction to Global History

Summer 2024 -  Mika Endo 

This course explores the global connections of the world around 1300 to the present. Through examining major events and themes in world history, we will analyze how our perception of the past has transformed today’s modern world. Focusing on the early global economy, trans-Atlantic slave trade, and t...

HIST 597-001: Community Engaged History

Fall 2024 -  Gabrielle A Tayac 

Community engaged history sets a participatory methodological pathway towards shared authority between academic scholars and people living past legacies in the present. It is a reciprocal, collaborative, and multivocal ethic to research that combines oral, documentary, and archival approaches. Commun...

HIST 388-002: Digital Environmental History

Fall 2024 -  Mills Kelly 

In this course we will examine the history of the global environment with a focus on moments of substantial change and/or crisis that have impacted human history and the history of other species. What makes this course different from a standard history course is that students will be using digital me...