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HIS History Courses HUM199Y1 Undergraduate seminar that focuses on specific ideas,
questions, phenomena or controversies, taught by a regular Faculty member deeply engaged
in the discipline. Open only to newly admitted first year students. It may serve as a
distribution requirement course; see page 44. 100-SERIES COURSES HIS103Y1 An historical survey of international relations since 1648,
designed to introduce students to the importance and methods of historical thinking. Major
international crises, such as the Great Power wars of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries,
are explored in order to assess the forces of continuity and change in the international
system. HIS104Y1 The events since 1600, the consequences of which continue to
resonate through primary documents, historical additional reconstructions, students are
exposed to the processes by which the past is given meaning. Students are encouraged to be
aware of the impact of events and be sensitive to the inter-connectedness of the past. HIS106Y1 North and South America and the Caribbean from Columbus to
the American Revolution: aboriginal cultures, European exploration, conquest and
settlement, the enslavement of Africans, the ecological impact of colonization. HIS109Y1 The shape of traditional society; the forces at work on the
social, political, economic, cultural and intellectual structures of Western Europe since
the high Middle Ages: the structure of Traditional Society; the First Period of
Challenges, 1350-1650; the Second Period of Challenges, 1650-1815; Confidence, Stability
and Progress, 1815-1914; the Collapse of the Old Order and the Condition of Modern
Europe, 1914-1945. JHP200H1 This course is intended to make students better acquainted
with some key political ideas and to see how these ideas have been applied and misapplied
in the real world of politics. Political arguments and techniques of political persuasion
are assessed. JHP204Y1 The history of Ukraine from earliest times to the present.
Economic, political, and cultural movements; Kievan Rus', Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth,
Cossack state, national revival, twentieth century statehood, and unification. HIS206Y1 Jewish history from the rise of Islam until the 17th century:
demography, self-government, messianic movements, and economic activity. Introduction to
modern historiography. HIS208Y1 A survey of Jewish history in Europe and North America since
1648: the origins of Jewish modernity; emancipation; the Jewish Enlightenment; Reform
Judaism; anti-semitism and Jewish responses; Zionism; the decline of East European Jewry
and the rise of North American Jewry; the Holocaust. HIS220Y1 Economic, political, religious, and educational ideas and
institutions of the Middle Ages, from the late Roman period to the fifteenth century. HIS232Y1 The nature of European imperialism; expansion and development
of the British Empire; Imperial strategy; the impact of war and nationalism; thoughts on
the Commonwealth. HIS238H1 An introduction to the history of early modern England with
reference to politics, religion and social structure. HIS239H1 An introduction to the history of modern England with
emphasis on the search for identity with reference to the nation, the crown, class,
gender, age, political parties, race and ethnicity. HIS241H1 An introduction to modern European history from Napoleon to
the outbreak of World War I. Important political, economic, social, and intellectual
changes in France, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, and other countries are discussed:
revolution of 1848, Italian and German unification, racism and imperialism, the evolution
of science, art, and culture, labour protest, and the coming of war. HIS242H1 The evolution of European politics, culture, and society from
1914: the two world wars, Fascism and Nazism, the post-1945 reconstruction and the
movement towards European integration. HIS243H1 The political, social, economic, and intellectual history of
continental Europe. The Renaissance, the Reformation, Counter-reformation, growth of the
territorial monarchies, the religious wars. HIS244H1 The political, social, economic, and intellectual history of
continental Europe. Development of royal absolutism, social change and the crisis of the
ancient regime, the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, the Napoleonic era. HIS245Y1 An introductory survey tracing women's participation in the
political, economic, intellectual, and social history of Europe from the High Middle Ages
to the Twentieth Century. HIS249Y1 This course provides a general overview of the ABC
relationship over the course of the 20th century. Topics such as World War I, The Battle
of the League of Nations, interwar diplomacy, reactions to fascism in the 1930s, World War
II, the origins of the Cold War, atomic diplomacy, jultilateral trade, Korea and Vietnam,
detente, and the end of the Cold War are dealt with. HIS250Y1 A survey or Russian history from Rus to the present. Themes
include: origins of Russian history, influence of Orthodox Christianity, establishment of
autocracy and serfdom, Westernization, rise of a Russian intelligentsia, emancipation,
nationality question, modernization, women question, revolutionary movements, Russian
revolutions, the rise and fall of the Soviet Union. HIS251Y1 The Polish, Czech, and Hungarian background; the Balkans in
the late medieval and early modern periods. Renaissance, Reformation and
Counter-reformation, decline and national awakening to the beginning of the 19th century.
Partitioned Poland, nationalism in the 19th century; World War I, Peace Settlement,
interwar years and the Communist period. HIS263Y1 An introductory survey with extra focus on major themes and
problems. Designed particularly for students who may wish to do further work in history or
Canadian Studies. HIS271Y1 A survey of the economic, social, cultural, and political
history of the United States from the colonial era to present times. HIS280Y1 A broad overview of the history of China from earliest times
to the present. The emphasis is on how the meaning of China and the Chinese people has
changed through history. HIS281H1 Political, military, social, economic, and intellectual
history of Japan from beginning of Tokugawa period (1603) to the present. Emphasis on the
long term modernization and democratization of Japan, and passage through imperialism and
militarism to peace. HIS282Y1 An introductory survey of Indian history from its sources in
the archeological remains of Harappa and Mohenjo Daro to the present. HIS291Y1 The evolution of Spanish and Portuguese America from
pre-Columbian civilizations to the wars of independence. HIS292Y1 A survey of Latin American history from the wars of
independence to the present day. HIS294Y1 An exploration of changes in the structure of Caribbean
society beginning in 1492, including European contact, the conquest of native peoples, the
emergence of large plantations, the impact of slavery, patterns of resistance and revolt
and the changes brought about by emancipation. HIS295Y1 Historical development of African peoples through the
partition of Africa. Population movement, the development of trade and technology, the
growth of kingdoms and empires, Islam, the slave trade, increasing impact of the
industrial West. HIS299Y1
HIS300H1 How Americans have approached, experienced, and been affected
by war. The development and sociology of the military establishment, beginning with the
nature of early modern warfare and its application in Anglo-America through United States
involvement in the Gulf War. HIS303Y1 The course treats contact and conflict between Christians,
Muslims, and Jews in the premodern Mediterranean world. Within the framework of broad
political and economic developments, the course explores a range of topics, including holy
war, slavery, religious polemics, colonialism, the commerce in goods and ideas, and ethnic
relations HIS304Y1 Course emphasizes the interaction of Christians, Muslims, and
Jews, and the cultural and political distinctiveness of Castile and Aragon in the
development of state, society, and culture in medieval Spain. It also treats the conquest
and colonization of Spanish America in light of medieval developments. HIS306Y1 (formerly HIS306H) 52L HIS310Y1 The political, intellectual, and social history of Italy from
the French Revolution to the establishment of the Republic. Topics include the old regime,
the revolution of 1848, unification, the role of the church, Fascism, and World War II. HIS311Y1 Canadian international affairs in a broader context.
Anglo-American as well as Canadian-American relations; the European background to
questions such as the League of Nations, appeasement and rearmament, which directly
affected Canada without this country being consulted. HIS312H1 The peopling of Canada by immigrant groups from the 1660s tot
he 1970s. Immigration and multiculturalism policies; migration and settlement; ethnic
communities; relations with the host society. HIS313Y1 Canadian labour history from political action to collective
bargaining in the period from Confederation to the present. HIS314Y1 A general survey tracing the political, social, and cultural
development of a distinct society in Quebec and the rise of self-conscious French-speaking
communities elsewhere in Canada. HIS316H1 The rise of advertising as an economic, moral, and cultural
force in the 19th and 20th centuries. Attention to advertising as a form of communication,
the role of the mass media, stereotyping and the culture of consumption. Majority of
course material deals with the experiences of the United States and Canada, focusing on
the period after 1945. HIS317Y1 Political, social, and international developments in Germany
from 1815 to unification in 1990. A number of films are featured. Topics include early
German nationalism, the 1848 revolution, Bismarck's wars of unification, the path to war
in 1914, hyper-inflation, Weimar culture, the Nazi seizure of power, the Final Solution,
and the two Germanies in the post-war era. HIS318Y1 A survey of major themes in the history of change in the
Canadian environment from the 15th century to the present which include exploration,
resource exploitation, settlement, industrialism, conservation and modern ecology. HIS319H1 The development of foreign policy in Canada, Australia, New
Zealand and South Africa from the late 19th to the end of the 20th century in comparative
perspective. Focus is on the international aspect of nation-building and nationalism,
tracing the emergence of the respective national identities as they moved beyond their
British Empire colonial status to become fully independent states. HIS320Y1 Empire and reconstruction of society in the early Middle
Ages, with emphasis on the Christian church, literate culture, and social institutions.
The focus is Western Europe, but Islam and the Byzantine Empire are not disregarded. HIS321H1 An examination of the emergence of a mature industrial
society in the United States from the end of reconstruction to the 1907 financial panic,
focusing on the impact of the newly emergent industrial organization on labour, farmers,
and consumers and the new political system. HIS322Y1 Chronological survey of the history of medieval Europe from
1100 to approximately 1450. The three main topics are: the formation of the modern states,
the impact of urban development, and the evolution of spirituality. HIS323Y1 Reflecting on the life cycle and rites of passage in the
medieval period gives the opportunity to study the daily lives of peasants, nobles, monks,
nuns, and burghers, and to observe from an interesting angle the differences between
female and male life experiences. HIS325H1 The history of Imperial Russia from Peter I to 1917. The
development of its political institutions, social and economic structures, cultural and
intellectual values. Emphasis on the relations of society and the state and among the
various social groups of the Empire. HIS328Y1 An examination of political, social and economic developments
in Chinese history from 1800 to the present day. Main topics are the decline of the
Imperial order and the challenge of Western imperialism; the Republican period; the rise
of the Communist movement; the People's Republic of China. HIS331Y1 A survey of the history of the Baltic region from the
prehistoric times to the present day. Analysis of the political and social history of the
Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia, Lithunia) in Eastern and Northern European context,
Christianization and Crusades; Hanseatic trade; imperial policies and feudal realities;
National Awakening; emergence of independence; communist era and the Baltic Revolution. HIS332H1 (formerly HIS332Y) 26L HIS333Y1 An examination of the impact of 20th-century Latin American
revolutions on the lives of their participants. HIS334Y1 The diplomatic, economic and military activities of Russia,
Germany, Austria, France, Great Britain and the U.S. vis a vis Central Europe. Russian and
German expansion, partitions of Poland, disintegration of the Ottoman Empire, the
Napoleonic and World Wars, political systems created in Vienna, Versailles and Yalta, the
Cold War and the disintegration of the Soviet outer empire.
This course explores Russian culture—art, architecture,
film and literature—from 1917 to the post-Soviet present. Readings and screenings
trace the relation between culture, history, and revolution from the Russian Avant-Garde
and proletarian culture to socialist realism, and from Khrushchev’s thaw to examples
of Soviet “postmodernism”. HIS337Y1 Major themes in late seventeenth and eighteenth century
British history with a thematic focus on intellectual, cultural and social developments.
Topics include the English "urban renaissance", the birth of a consumer society,
the Scottish Enlightenment and the early stages of the British industrialisation. HIS338Y1 German state policy towards the Jews in the context of racist
ideology, bureaucratic structures, and varying conditions in German-occupied Europe.
Second Term considers responses of Jews, European populations and governments, the Allies,
churches, and political movements. HIS339Y1 Major aspects of English history from the end of the 18th
century to the death of Queen Victoria: the Industrial Revolution, the rise of
parliamentary democracy, the role of social class, the development of modern cities, the
emergence of the modern state, Victorian religion, the Victorian family, the role of
aristocracy in an industrialized society. HIS341Y1 The comparative intellectual, cultural and social history of
western Europe with particular focus on France, England, Scotland and Germany. Examines
the impact of Enlightenment ideas on European attitudes to race, gender, politics,
economics and religion through the study of the press, the salons, voluntary bodies and
consumer culture. HIS342Y1 The great figures and movements in modern intellectual
history viewed in their historical context: Condorcet, de Maistre, Comte, Durkheim, Kant,
Hegel, Ranke, Weber, Nietzsche, Darwin, Freud, etc. HIS343Y1 An introduction to the historical origins and evolution of
modern intelligence services. Topics to be studied include: intelligence in wartime;
technological change; intelligence failures; covert operations; counter-espionage; the
future of spying. The impact of the popular culture, both in fiction and film is also
examined. HIS344Y1 The course, configuration and crises of the organized
international system in Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries. The roles of individuals,
institutions and ideas in the maintenance of, and breakdowns in, international peace and
security. HIS346H1 Survey of ideas behind major problems of Japanese history
since 1600. Confucianism and National Studies in the Tokugawa period, 19th century
westernization, 20th century nationalistic reaction, democratic and secular thought since
1945. HIS347H1 The history of Chinese foreign relations from 1842 to the
present day, with emphasis on the foreign relations of the People's Republic since 1949.
Topics include: imperialism in China, Sino-Soviet relations; the Deng era rapprochement
with the West; contemporary issues such as Hong Kong, Taiwan, regional security. HIS348H1 Changing concepts of state authority, attitudes toward
religion, emigration, the study of popular culture, regional differentiation and
economies, social structure and politics, nationalism. HIS349Y1 Political, social, economic, and cultural history of France.
Stress is placed on modern historiographical trends. HIS350Y1 How childrearing has altered across the ages, whether the
couple is held together by "romance" or "property", and how the family
is connected to the outside community. Changes in the size of families, in the composition
of the household, and in the roles of women as mothers and wives. Material is included
from both North America and Europe, and ranges from the 17th century to the present. HIS351Y1 A survey of the history of twentieth-century Russia. The
social, economic, and political development of twentieth-century Russia, with an emphasis
on the Russian Revolution and Stalinism. Stress is placed on modern historiographical
trends. HIS352H1 This course addresses issues of gender and Jewish culture
from a historical perspective. Covering Jewish societies from early modern Europe to
contemporary America, we examine women's and men's positions in religious practice and
Jewish life. Topics include: the Jewish family, the synagogue, conversion, and Jewish
women's religious experiences. HIS353Y1 Social and political history of Poland from the 10th to the
20th century. Analysis of the political history in a broader, central European context;
consequences of Christianization of medieval Poland and the Polish-Lithuanian union;
Sarmatian culture, Antemurale, Polish Messianism and Cordon sanitaire. HIS354Y1 (formerly HIS399H, 399Y) 52L HIS355H1 Crime and criminal justice in England in the industrial age;
the relationship of crime, society, and economy. HIS356Y1 Origins of Jewish nationalism in 19th-century Europe;
creation of the Zionist political movement; varieties of Zionist ideology; Zionist
diplomatic and state-building activity; conflict with the Palestinian Arabs; the
establishment of the state and its development since 1948. HIS357Y1 (formerly HIS357H) 52L HIS358H1 Survey of the development of Rupert's Land and the Pacific
Northwest to 1885. The focus is on aboriginal-white relations, the growth of fur trade
society, the beginnings of settlement and the region's entry into Confederation. HIS359H1 The role of nationalism, race and ethnicity, class conflict
and ideologies in the recent development of Caribbean societies; Europe's replacement by
the United States as the dominant imperial power in the Caribbean; how this mixture of
regional and international pressures has led to widely differing political systems and
traditions. HIS361Y1 An examination of cultural, political and economic themes in
Canada's history since 1900. HIS363H1 A lecture course which deals thematically with gender issues
in Canadian history (including familial roles, changing patterns of work and employment,
and participation in the public sphere). HIS364H1 Selected topics in the history of modern India: the cultural,
political and economic impact of the British Raj; nationalism, communalism, regional
differentiation; social structure and change, cultural values and problems of identity;
party structure and political change. HIS365H1 The making of the Ontario community from the time of the
initial European contacts with the First Peoples to Confederation in 1867. Exploration of
race relations; the Ontario origins of Canada's Conservative and Liberal parties; ethnic
clashes and accommodations; imperial policies vs. colonial realities; women's role on the
pioneer farm; and the growth of the education system. HIS367H1 The apparatus, the character, and the significance of an
increasing volume of images, in particular of the body, since 1800 in Europe and North
America. Introduction to concerns of cultural history: power and knowledge; self and
identity; gender and sexuality; class, age, and race; and the pursuit of pleasure. HIS369Y1 (formerly HIS369H) 52L HIS370H1 A survey of the economic, social, political, and cultural
history of black America from Reconstruction until recent times. Among the central issues
dealt with are: segregation and disfranchisement; the Great Migration; the rise of the
ghetto; the Civil Rights Movement; emergence of an "underclass." HIS371Y1 Examines the evolution of 17th- and 18th-century American
society as Europeans strove to conquer a new environment and establish communities. As we
examine the development of regional economies, race, gender, labor systems, production and
consumption, we begin to understand the origins of the American society as we know it
today. HIS372Y1 A survey and analysis of the political, economic, and social
institutions and foreign policy commitments of the United States from 1890-1992. HIS374H1 This course looks at the early origins of American
consumerism. It begins with 17th-century England and the economic imperatives within the
Atlantic World, then traces the changing attitudes of 18th-century Americans towards
consumer goods, fashion and style that led to the mass consumption of the 19th century. HIS375Y1 An examination of popular culture and its relationship to
society during the first eighty years of the 20th century. By examining popular music,
literature, radio, movies, sports, television, and other leisure activities, the course
analyzes the manner by which groups such as blacks, ethnics, young people, and women used
new means of communication to create a new popular culture in America. HIS377Y1 A survey and analysis of the involvement of the United States
in world affairs from the 1890's to the 1980's. HIS378H1 A survey of one of the most turbulent decades in American
history. Examines the political, social, economic and cultural revolutions that
transformed the face of America. HIS379H1 Examines the social, cultural, political and economic
features of the American colonies and analyses the forces leading to Revolution and
Independence. The impact of the Revolution on domestic and public life of both men and
women, and on African-American and aboriginal peoples are explored. HIS380Y1 The political, social, and economic history of China from the
period of political and economic reorganization in the Song dynasty to the final glory of
the imperial order down to the end of the 18th century and its decay in the 19th. HIS381H1 Covers the genesis and growth of Indian classical
civilization, Indus Valley, Vedic age, Buddhist age, mauryas, and Gupta empire. The focus
is on ancient Indian political, social, and economic ideas and institutions. HIS382H1 Hindu and Muslim historiography; military organization; the
city; aristocracy and court life, religious syncretism, militant sects (Sikhism). HIS383H1 (formerly HIS383Y) 26L HIS384H1 Early Canadian history (ca. 1500-1800), emphasizing
colonization, Native peoples of Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes; establishment of French
and British colonies; interaction of natives and European colonizers. HIS385Y1 (formerly HIS385H) 52L HIS386Y1 Social and political history of Muslims of South Asia since
A.D. 712. The growth of Muslim community, conversion, social stratification, and social
structure; mediaeval Muslim legacy in administration, art, literature, and religion.
Muslim identity, nationalism, and "Islamic modernism" as reflected in the
writings of intellectuals such as Sayyid Ahmad Khan, Iqbal, Jinnah, Abul-Kalam Azad,
Mawdudi, and Parwiz. HIS387H1 The economic, political and social history of Ontario from
the creation of the province in 1867 to the demise of the Peterson government in 1990.
Special attention is paid to federal/provincial relations; northern development; political
leadership; and immigrant life. HIS388Y1 Developments in French politics, culture and society from the
Enlightenment to modern times. HIS389H1 In-depth examination of historical issues. Content in any
given year depends on instructor. See Undergraduate Handbook or History website for more
details. HIS393H1 An examination of the role of slavery in the development of
the American South from the early colonial period through the Civil War. Topics include:
the origins of slavery, the emergence of a plantation economy, the rise of a slaveholding
elite, the structure of the slave community, and the origins of the war. HIS389H1 An in-depth examination of historical issues. Content in any
given year depends on instructor. See Undergraduate Handbook. HIS394H1 The history of South Asian migration with particular emphasis
on 20th-century immigration to North America and the establishment of South Asian Diaspora
Society in Canada: push and pull factors, transnationality, culture transfer, sojourning
and settling, race, class gender issues, adaptation and defence of tradition. HIS395Y1 An in-depth examination of historical issues. Content in any
given year depends on instructor. See Undergraduate Handbook. HIS396Y1 The course examines the major economic and political
transitions that have occured in Africa form the abolition of the trans-Atlantic slave
trade to the era of structural development. The interaction between the internal dynamics
of African history and external forces is examined and different regions of Africa
compared. HIS398H0/399Y0
HIS400Y1 TBA HIS401Y1 This course covers international relations from World War II
to the collapse of the Soviet Union. Topics include the breakdown of the wartime alliance,
Soviet predominance in eastern Europe, the Western response, NATO, atomic weaponry. HIS404H1 This seminar interdisciplinary and studies past environmental
change in North America. Topics include: theory and historiography; the pre-European
environment; contact; resource development; settlement, industrial urban environments;
ideas about nature in religion, literature and North American culture; conservation and
the modern environmental movement. (Joint undergraduate-graduate) HIS405Y1 A course on Canadian external relations since 1945. Topics
include Canada and the Cold War, the Korean War, the Suez crisis and the war in Vietnam,
membership in international organizations, and bilateral relations with other countries.
(Joint undergraduate-graduate)
A critical exploration of the cultural work of
“race” in scientific constructions of “woman” with a concentration on
20th century America. Topics include the early history of gynecology, eugenics,
reproductive politics, treatment of cancer, and the rise of both genetic and cultural
theories of race and variability. HIS407H1 Historiographical controversies and the latest empirical
findings concerning social conflict and political mobilization under Bismarck and Wilhelm
II. Problems raised by competing schools of interpretation include definitions of the
authoritarian state, bourgeois hegemony, localism and regionalism, radical nationalism,
workers' culture, and gender relations. (Joint undergraduate-graduate) HIS408Y1 Relations between blacks and whites in the United States from
the colonial period to recent times with emphasis on slavery. HIS409H1 Problems raised by the coexistence of different national,
linguistic and cultural groups: bilingualism; cultural diversity vs. "national
unity"; relations between nationality and "identity," religion and the
state, etc. Differences between French and English-Canadian views and their impact on
French-English relations and those with cultural/ethnic minorities. (Joint
undergraduate-graduate) HIS410H1 Social and cultural approaches to understanding spectacles,
crowd behaviour, and parades in the Canadian past, 1660s - 1980s. HIS411Y1 This seminar explores topics in the history of modern
European colonialism. These include conquest and resistance, identities, forms of colonial
power, imperial culture and ideology. By examining the relationship between Europe and the
rest of the world, the course sheds light on a wide range of fields, both geographically
and thematically. HIS412Y1 Reading of Balthasar Russow's Chronicle of the Province of
Livonia (1584) and discussion of Danish, Swedish, German, Polish and Russian apsirations
for hegemony in the Baltic Sea region. Political and social history of the Livonian Wars
(1558-1583); everyday life history of the Baltic people in Early Modern Eastern and
Northern European context. (Joint undergraduate-graduate) HIS413H1 A study of critical moments and problems in the
French-English relationship with emphasis on the period since Confederation. HIS414Y1 (formerly HIS414H) 52S HIS417Y1 The relationship between tribes and the government and
society of the United States. Pre-contact society and culture; the origins of race
consciousness; Indian Removal; movements for cultural renewal; the concentration,
reservation, and allotment policies; the Indian New Deal, and the Red Power Movement. HIS418Y1 Students explore the changing roles of women of various
social classes in Imperial Russian history through an examination of their domestic and
public lives. Themes include: the importance of 18th century female rule, the women
question, reform of family and property law, female radicalism and impact of
industrialization. HIS419Y1 The evolution of the tastes, patterns of consumption, and
leisure products which together defined the affluent lifestyle that matured in the postwar
era. Attention to the effects of technology; gender stereotypes; how people used the mass
media; the genres of advertising, mass entertainment, and sports; fads, fashions, and
heroes. Focus on the period after 1945. (Joint undergraduate-graduate) JHP419Y1 Economics, history, and political science applied to
relations with the communist world, Europe, francophonie; food, resources, energy; trade,
monetary policy, immigration, the new international economic order; human rights, law of
the sea, nuclear proliferation, United Nations participation. (Given by the Departments of
Economics, History, and Political Science) TRN420Y1 Evaluation of the nature of foreign policy negotiation and
decision-making from the perspective of the practitioner. Case studies selected from major
episodes in the practice of diplomacy after 1945. Particular attention paid to the
evolution and impact of Canadian institutions and the role of personalities. (Given by the
Departments of History and Political Science) HIS421Y1 (formerly HIS421H) 52S HIS422H1 A comparative examination of the politics and culture of
collaboration in British India, Japanese-occupied China, and Vichy France. HIS423H1 (formerly HIS423Y) 26S HIS424Y1 This seminar explores the social function and meaning of
violence in medieval society, and the development of rituals and institutions to control
violence. Among the topics treated: Germanic blood feud, aristocratic violence and
chivalry, criminal justice systems, violence against minorities, and violence and gender.
(Joint undergraduate-graduate) HIS425H1 A look at some basic problems of historical study, approached
by means of an analysis of the work of a number of historians and philosophers of history,
representing different schools of thought and time periods from ancient times to the
present. HIS426H1 An analysis of the writings of historians in order to
understand their treatment of subject matter, methods, modes of thought, discourse, and
explanatory styles. The historians we examine come mostly from 20th-century North America
and Europe, along with a few from other cultures and earlier times. HIS427H1 The "Golden Legend" or Readings on the Saints,
compiled by Jacobus de Voragine C. 1260, serves as the basis for a seminar on the relation
of history and legend as understood in the High Middle Ages. HIS428H1 The first goal of this seminar is to help students read the
sources with a more critical eye, especially narrative sources (Lives of Saints) and
normative sources (rules and customaries). The second goal is to study the evolution of
the monastic ideal from its origin to the 12th century. (Joint undergraduate-graduate) HIS429Y1 Examines the historiography, theories and trappings of
fascist movements and regimes. Special attention is afforded to a number of case studies.
Regional focuses include: Germany, France, Italy and Eastern Europe. The course deciphers
the political, cultural and social dimensions of fascism through definitions and origins
of fascism; fascism and xenophobia; fascism and gender; fascism and empire; and fascist
aesthetics and literature. HIS430Y1 Readings and discussions in social and cultural historians
dealing with dissident sexualities in the Christian West from the 16th century to the
present. HIS431Y1 The course looks at the issues of "first-wave"
feminism by comparing experiences of women in Canada, the United States and Britain. HIS432H1 The students define together with the professor eight
different topics (e.g. relics, masculinity, leprosy, clothes, recluses, peasants' houses,
gynecology and the peace of God). Each topic is approached through a class discussion, on
the basis of a common corpus of secondary sources, plus presentations by the students. HIS433H1 To explore the history of Polish Jews from the Partitions of
Poland to the present time, concentrating on the 19th and the first half of the 20th
centuries: situation of Polish Jews in Galicia; Congress Kingdom of Poland;
Prussian-occupied Poland before 1914; during World War II; and post-war Poland. Focus on
an analysis of primary sources. (Joint undergraduate-graduate) HIS434Y1 The origin of Rus', international trade, the impact of
nomadic peoples, the introduction of Christianity, the economic system an the problem of
feudalism, the political structure and the dilemma of princely succession; literature and
architecture; the displacement of political power centres and depopulation, the
preservation of the Kievan heritage. (Joint undergraduate-graduate) HIS436Y1 The impact of the Cold War on life in the West through a
study of selected popular culture themes and modes of production that helped shape the
era. Four themes include "Living with the Bomb," "Living with the National
Security State," "Living with Spies," and "Women Living with the Cold
War." (Joint undergraduate-graduate) HIS437H1 A seminar in which students explore a few of the important
issues arising from the history and historiography of Stuart England. Students locate the
political narrative in its social and economic context and as a product of subsequent
historiographical development. HIS438H1 Focusing on the institution of the inquisition, this seminar
explores the response of ecclesiastical and secular authorities to religious heterodoxy.
Among the groups prosecuted by the inquisition discussed: Cathar heretics in France,
crypto-Jews, and crypto-Muslims in Spain, and witches in Italy. HIS439Y1 A seminar on the history of women in Russia and the Soviet
Union from the reform era to the present. The purpose is to assess the impact of
socio-economic structures, ideology, and political developments on the changing lives of
women in Russia/USSR. (Joint undergraduate-graduate) HIS442Y1 Analyzes the religious, social and psychological roots of
antisemitism and traces its development in Europe from the Middle Ages through the early
twentieth century. The course compares and contrasts antisemitism and other forms of
prejudice and examines Jewish-Gentile relations in terms of minority-majority relations
throughout the continent. HIS443H1 Developments in popular/lay/local religion as expressed in a
variety of cultural, political, and social forms from 1400-1600; the relation of these
forms to both Catholic and PRotestant institutional churches. Impact of Renaissance
humanism on notions of kinship, order, community, perfection. (Joint
undergraduate-graduate) HIS445Y1 What is a nation? Are nations ancient or modern, unchanging
or malleable? Do nations create states, or does the state create the nation? This course
seeks to answer these questions through an examination of nationalism, primarily in
Europe, from the 1700's through the present. HIS447Y1 This course focuses on selected issues and topics in American
social and cultural history during the past 100 years. (Joint undergraduate-graduate) HIS448Y1 Studies in the culture and controls of rural and urban
societies during the Enlightenment with special emphasis on southern Europe. HIS449Y1 The role of the intelligentsia in East European national
revivals; the ethnographic and literary revival; the language question; the press and
cultural organizations; education; religion; and political movements. (Joint
undergraduate-graduate) HIS453H1 How the peoples of Eastern Europe tried to organize their
domestic affairs, and in what international context they sought to operate, in order to
survive as national entities and later to preserve their newly-won independence and
territorial integrity. (Joint undergraduate-graduate) JHP454Y1 World War I and the Russian Revolution: the Ukrainian
independence movement; the Soviet Ukraine and west Ukrainian lands during the interwar
period; World War II and the German occupation; the Soviet Ukraine before and after the
death of Stalin. Socio-economic, cultural, and political developments. (Given by the
Departments of History and Political Science) (Joint undergraduate-graduate) HIS455H1 From the Great Reforms to the Stalinist purges. Traditions
and the dynamics of peasant (and landlord) society; pressures of industrialization and
urbanization; revolutionary intelligentsia and its relation to the worker and peasant
masses; the state bureaucracy's efforts to induce and regulate social development.
Concentration on the experiences of workers and peasants. (Joint undergraduate-graduate) HIS456Y1 An examination of black slavery in Latin America, with
emphasis on the lives of the slaves, from the conquest of America to abolition in the 19th
century. HIS457Y1 An examination of how the history of 19th and 20th century
Sub-Saharan Africa has often been pathologized between the normative extremes of tradition
and modernity. The primary aim is to understand the subtle stratagems people in different
parts of Africa adopted to negotiate their positions within the wider world. Cultural and
social themes are stressed, but not to the exclusion of economic and political
considerations. HIS458Y1 Tsarist and Soviet foreign relations from the Crimean War to
the present with emphasis on continuity and change. The seminar examines major themes in
Russian and Soviet foreign policy behaviour on the basis of assigned readings. HIS459H1 Challenges to the hegemony of biomedical science constantly
arise and include social and reform movements such as alternative medicine (e.g.
homeopathy, Thomsonianism, chiropractic); animal rights (anti-vivisectionism); and
feminism. This course explores these and other challenges to identify their origins,
similarities, and differences in 19th- and 20th-century North America and Britain. (Joint
undergraduate-graduate) HIS460H1 Primary research on selected topics in the development of
health care in Canada. HIS461H1 The 20th century has been an age of experiments for Poland.
Universal, general problems of democracy, authoritarianism, totalitarianism, communism,
socialism, free market and centrally planned economies, are examined, as are the ongoing
adjustments made by the Polish people. (Joint undergraduate-graduate) HIS462H1 A seminar exploring the evolution of Canadian political
culture, with emphasis on the political ideas and leadership of the Prime Ministers.
(Joint undergraduate-graduate) HIS463H1 An introduction to the principal topics in the development of
health care in Canada, including therapies, medical research, the organization of the
medical profession, hospitals and paramedical treatment, and the role of the state. (Joint
undergraduate-graduate) HIS464Y1 The prairie West since the mid-19th century. The emergence of
a distinctive region and its place in Canadian development. HIS465H1 Ideas behind the transformation from traditional institutions
to constitutional democracy; the rise and fall of imperialism and militarism; Japanese
identity and Japan's place in the world. (Joint undergraduate-graduate) HIS466H1 Selected topics in a specific period of Canadian history.
Content in any given year depends on instructor. Please see Departmental Handbook for
complete description. HIS468H1 The emphasis in this course is on Native peoples, settlement
issues and settler society; economic development; women; reform movements; other
distinctive aspects of the history of the Maritime region and Newfoundland. (Joint
undergraduate-graduate) HIS469H1 This course examines the interaction between religion and
culture in Canada from colonial times to the present with emphasis on primary documents. HIS471H1 This course considers the origins and evolution of U.S.
experiences with globalization: attention is paid to economic, technological, cultural,
and institutional developments during the past century. HIS472H1 (formerly HIS472Y) 26S HIS473Y1 The course examines United States foreign policy as it
relates to a number of major episodes in the international politics of East and South East
Asia during the Cold War. Attention is paid to the role of other international actors.
Topics include the Korean War and the Vietnam War HIS474H1 (formerly HIS474Y) 26S
This course explores the origins, consolidation, and unmaking
of segregationist social orders in South Africa and the American South. It examines the
origins of racial inequality, the structural and socio-political roots of segregation, and
the twin strategies of accomodation and resistance employed by black South African and
African Americans. (Joint undergraduate-graduate). HIS476Y1 The history of Black Americas seen through the eyes of some
of the men and women who experienced it. Attention is given to slavery but emphasis is on
the twentieth century. Students examine autobiographical works, novels, and film. HIS477Y1 Examination of the impact of industrialism on Victorian
society and values. Concentration on Victorian social critics including Engels, Owen,
Dickens and Morris and Victorian material culture especially the country house, the
paraphernalia of gentility, the urban slum. (Joint undergraduate-graduate) HIS478Y1 The extent to which the United States has been a
"melting pot", including migrations to and settlement patterns in America,
concepts of nationality and race, and the processes of assimilation and acculturation.
Blacks and Native Americans are also discussed, especially their nationalism and sense of
common origin. HIS479Y1 An analysis of the political, social, and economic
institutions and foreign policy commitments of the United States from 1941 to 1992. HIS481H1 The course deals with the historiographical presuppositions
and the historical writings of Buddhists, Jains, Hindus and Muslims. The course examines
original chronicles and historical biographies (in English translations) belonging to
these four great religious traditions of India. HIS482Y1 A study of international relations in the crisis years
between the two world wars. The course focuses on the varieties of history employed to
understand the "twenty years crisis." The nature of historical memory and
historical sources are explored. Students will work with diplomatic documents from the
period. HIS483Y1 This course treats various aspects of the social, economic,
legal and political history of women. A specific topic and period are selected for
intensive study each year. The primary focus is on western Europe, but with substantial
reference to the comparative experience of women in North America and eastern Europe. HIS485H1 (formerly HIS485Y) 26S HIS488Y1 The development of intelligence techniques and operations in
wartime conditions; the role of espionage, cryptanalysis and deception in deciding the
battles and campaigns of the Second World War. HIS489H1 Introduces students to some of the main issues in the history
of psychiatry. Readings from the secondary historical literature are distributed and
discussed in class, covering such topics as changes in the nature of psychotic illness,
the psychoneuroses, disorders of the mind/body relationship, and the psychiatric diagnosis
and the "presentation" of illness. (Joint undergraduate-graduate) HIS490H1 Topics include caudillo politics in the 19th century, the
spread of commercial agriculture, peasant and/or Indian revolts, the formation of the
early labour movement and banditry (social and anti-social). Focus on Mexico, Peru, Cuba,
and Brazil. (Joint undergraduate-graduate) HIS491Y1 (formerly HIS491H) 52S HIS492Y1 Britain's response to the French Revolution and revolutionary
wars studied through selected topics in political theory, the history of popular
movements, the experience of industrialization and foreign policy. HIS493H1 Issues of identity and difference in the meeting of Natives
and Europeans during colonization of Canada. Eastern, Western and Arctic Canada, 16th- to
early 19th-centuries. (Joint undergraduate-graduate) HIS494Y1 Slavery has often been used to define both kinship and
citizenship in African history, just as slavery and citizenship have been seen as threats
to kinship, and kinship and slavery have been seen as obstacles to citizenship. This
course examines the relationship between these three topics in West African history. HIS495Y1 An in-depth examination of historical issues. Content in any
given year depends on instructor. See Undergraduate Handbook or History website for more
details. HIS496H1 An in-depth examination of historical issues. Content in any
given year depends on instructor. See Undergraduate Handbook or History website for more
details. HIS497Y1/498H1 TBA |
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