This course is a survey of German history from the end of the Napoleonic Wars to the present. It covers Germany’s unification in 1871, European Imperialism, the two World Wars, Nazism, the Holocaust, Communism, the Cold War, and today’s migration crisis. Throughout the semester we will focus on how s...
For more information, please also consult the guidance for current MA students in history or contact the director of the MA program Professor Stephen Robertson, srober30@gmu.edu. Who seeks an MA in history? Does one need a BA in history to seek an MA in history? What are the strengths of Mason...
One of the most pressing questions among historians today is: Who was included and who was excluded in the promises of the American Revolution? This course will examine the recent historiography on the Revolutionary Era, broadly considered from the end of the Seven Years War in 1763 to the ratificati...
We tend to think of globalization as something relatively recent, the result of technological innovations and new forms of economic activity and cultural expression. But globalization—the forging of networks that link different parts of the world and the impacts of those networks on individuals, comm...
“America’s Forgotten War” does not occupy much space in public consciousness, but this wide-ranging conflict was essential in shaping the political, military, geographic, and economic future of the new United States, as well as the futures of Canada, Florida, the British, French, and Spanish empires,...
This course will provide an understanding of the history of the Middle East from the rise of Islam to the turn of the 20th century. The course will cover Islam during the Prophet Muhammad’s lifetime, its expansion and consolidation during the period of Arab hegemony, Turkish migration and resulting T...
The Introduction to World History course is a comprehensive exploration of the historical events, individuals, and intricate social, political, and cultural changes that have shaped the contemporary global world. This course takes students on a journey from the great civilizations of Ancient Middle E...
This 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 interaction between major regions of the world from 1500 on. The focus of the course ...
Using original objects from Freer / Sackler Galleries of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, students will choose an exhibition theme, write a proposal, create a checklist and select objects, propose and seek sources of funding, design the exhibition layout, conduct archival research, writ...
