See page 30 for Key to Course Descriptions.
For Distribution Requirement purposes (see page 24), all HIS courses are classified as HUMANITIES courses (except HIS
103Y1, which has NO breadth requirement status).

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HUM199Y1
First Year Seminar        52S

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 40.

100-Series Courses
Note:
All 100-series HIS courses are mutually exclusive. First-Year students may take 200-series courses.

HIS103Y1
Statecraft and Strategy: An Introduction to the History of International Relations      52L, 26T

An analysis of the development of the international system, from 1648 to 1945, which highlights the role of war as an
instrument of national policy, as a determinant of the system of states and as a threat to international society.

Exclusion: HIS104Y1, HIS106Y1, HIS107Y1, HIS109Y1
HIS103Y1 does not count as a breadth requirement course in any category

HIS104Y1
Ten Days that Shook the World        52L, 26T

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.

Exclusion: HIS103Y1, HIS106Y1, HIS107Y1, HIS109Y1

HIS106Y1
Making the Americas, c. 1250-1780        52L, 26T

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.

Exclusion: HIS103Y1, HIS104Y1, HIS107Y1, HIS109Y1

HIS107Y1
Approaches to East Asian History      52L, 26T

This course examines how various histories of East Asia can be written. Topics as varied as Chinese uses of New World silver
in the 17th century, the shifting fortunes of Korean shamanism, and the Tokyo War Crime Trials are used to ask questions
about Eurocentrism.

Exclusion: EAS204Y1, HIS103Y1, HIS104Y1, HIS106Y1, HIS109Y1

HIS109Y1
The Development of European Civilization, 1350-1945        52L, 26T

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.

Exclusion: HIS103Y1, HIS104Y1, HIS106Y1, HIS107Y1

200-Series Courses

HIS202H1
Gender, Race and Science        26L, 10T

This course examines scientific ideas about human difference from the 18th-century to the present. It explores how scientists
and their critics portrayed the nature of race, sex difference, and masculinity/femininity in light of debates over nation,
citizenship, colonialism, emancipation, knowledge and equality. The course will also introduce students to the uses of gender
and race as analytic categories within the practice of history. While the course draws much of its subject matter from the history
of the United States, it also explores selective issues in European and colonial contexts.

JHP204Y1
Ukraine: Politics, Economy and Society        52L, 20T

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. (Given by the
Departments of History and Political Science)

HIS206Y1
Medieval History of the Jewish People        52L, 20T

Jewish history from the rise of Islam until the 17th century: demography, self-government, messianic movements, and
economic activity. Introduction to modern historiography.

HIS208Y1
Modern History of the Jewish People        52L, 20T

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.
Recommended preparation: HIS103Y1/108Y1/HIS109Y1

HIS220Y1
The Shape of Medieval Society        52L, 20T

Economic, political, religious, and educational ideas and institutions of the Middle Ages, from the late Roman period to the
fifteenth century.

HIS232Y1
The British Imperial Experience        52L, 20T

The nature of European imperialism; expansion and development of the British Empire; Imperial strategy; the impact of war
and nationalism; thoughts on the Commonwealth.

HIS238Y0
British Government and Society, 1500-1800        26L, 11T

An introduction to the history of early modern England with reference to politics, religion and social structure.

HIS239H1
The British Search for Identity: 1800 to the Present        26L, 10T

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
Europe in the Nineteenth Century, 1815-1914        26L, 12T

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.
Recommended preparation: HIS103Y1/HIS109Y1

HIS242H1
Europe in the 20th Century        26L, 12T

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
Early Modern Europe, 1450-1648       26L, 10T

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
Early Modern Europe, 1648-1815        26L, 10T

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
Women in European History        52L, 20T

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.

HIS250Y1
History of Russia, 860-1917        52L, 20T

This course is an introductory survey that examines the political, social, and cultural developments that shaped the Russian
empire from the settlement of Kiev in the 9th century to the collapse of the Romanov dynasty in 1917.

HIS251Y1
History of East Central Europe        52L, 20T

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
Introduction to Canadian History        52L, 20T

An introductory survey of Canadian History since the 16th century with extra focus on major themes and problems.

Exclusion: HIS262Y1

HIS271Y1
American History Since 1607        52L, 20T

A survey of the economic, social, cultural, and political history of the United States from the colonial era to present times.

HIS280Y1
History of China        52L, 20T

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.

HIS281Y1
History of Modern Japan        52L, 20T

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.

Exclusion: EAS223H1/223Y1/HIS281H1

HIS282Y1
History of South Asia        52L, 20T

An introductory survey addressing major themes in the history of South Asia, examining South Asian political economy, social
history, colonial power relations and the production of culture. Emphasis is on the period after 1750, particularly the study of
colonialism, nationalism, and postcolonial citizenship and modernity.

HIS283Y1
History of South East Asia from        52L, 20T

the Earliest Times to the Present
This course surveys the historical experiences of the states that constitute present-day Southeast Asia and examines how long
term socio-economic trends affected the daily lives of Southeast Asians. Lectures introduce the major themes while weekly
readings explore the major themes of the course: "state" structure; cultural commonalities; ethnic, class and gender relations;
religious practice and trade.

HIS291Y1
Latin America: The Colonial Period        52L, 20T

The evolution of Spanish and Portuguese America from pre-Columbian civilizations to the wars of independence.

HIS292Y1
Latin America: The National Period       52L, 20T

A survey of Latin American history from the wars of independence to the present day.

HIS294Y1
Caribbean History & Culture        52L, 22T

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.

HIS295H1
Introduction to African History       26L, 10T

An introduction to the methodological and epistemological issues of African history-that is to say, questions about how and
what we know about the African past are examined. Particular attention is paid to the differences in academic understanding of
African history and African perceptions of the past. Topics include theories of diffusion, the importance of oral sources, and the
interpretation of myths.

HIS296Y1
Black Freedom        52L, 20P

This course explores the profound contribution of people of African descent - from Olaudah Equaino to Angela Davis - to the
history of the idea and practice of freedom in the West. Black writers and historical actors have been at the vanguard of re-
conceiving, implementing, and realizing the Enlightenment project of freedom.

HIS299Y1
Research Opportunity Program

Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. See page 43 for details.

300-Series Courses
Note:
First-year students are not permitted to enrol in 300-series HIS courses.

HIS301Y1
Imperial Spain        52L

This course treats the political, social, and religious history of Spain and its empire ca.1450-1714, including the history of
colonial Latin America.
Recommended preparation: HIS243H1

HIS302H1
Material Culture in   Victorian Britain (formerly HIS302Y1)      26L

An examination of the products of the first and second industrial revolutions in Victorian England. This course focuses on the
cultural history of commercialization and consumerism.

Exclusion: HIS302H1
Recommended preparation: HIS239H1/HIS339Y1

HIS303Y1
The Mediterranean, 600-1700: Crusade, Colonialism, Diaspora        26L

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.
Recommended preparation: HIS220 or NMC273 or some medieval history

HIS304Y1
Urban History in the Modern Mediterranean       52L

This comparative course discusses the ways in which cities around the Mediterranean emerged as sites of political and cultural
rupture in the 19th century. Focusing on particular urban case studies, the perspectives of different disciplines and sources will
be examined.

Exclusion: HIS395Y1
Prerequisite: HIS241H1, HIS242H1/HIS303Y1/389Y1/ NMC278Y1/385H1

HIS305H1
Popular Culture and Politics in the Modern Caribbean        26L

This course examines the connections between popular culture and politics in the modern Caribbean. Aspects of popular
culture such as sport, religion, and social constructions of gender will be discussed. The impact of post-war migration, race and
racial nationalism and the upheavals of the 1960s on popular culture in the Caribbean will also be themes.
Prerequisite: HIS294Y1

HIS306Y1
Culture, Society and Gender in England, 1560-1730 (formerly HIS306H1)       52L

Some of the main themes in English political, social, religious and intellectual history in the 17th century: the origins, character,
and consequences of the English Civil War, the nature and effects of social change, and the changing role of religious forces in
society.

Exclusion: HIS306H1
Recommended preparation: HIS238H1

HIS307H1
International Relations of the Middle East - Regional Perspectives on the 20th Century        26L

Examines international relations as shaped by state- and non-state factors of the 20th C Middle East. In the context of
particular countries of the region, factors such as the discovery of oil, the establishment of the state of Israel and subsequent
wars for Palestine, Pan-Arabism and Political Islam play a significant role in the region's political development.

Exclusion: HIS389H1
Prerequisite: HIS241H1, HIS242H1/HIS303Y1//NMC278Y1/385H1

HIS308H1
Empire and Citizenship in the Middle East       26L

This course examines the origins and development of the idea of citizenship in the Middle East from the late Ottoman Empire
to post-Saddam Iraq. Focusing on Ottoman successor states, we analyze state identities and the political representation of
Muslim, Jewish and Christian minorities and women in the context of European colonialism and Arab nationalism.
Prerequisite: HIS202H1/HIS241H1/HIS242H1/HIS282Y1/HIS292Y1/HIS296Y1/HIS304Y1/HIS307H1/NMC276Y1/NMC278Y1
Recommended preparation: 300-level NMC/HIS Div I course/HIS colonial/post-colonial course

HIS309H1
The European Reformations        26L

What happens when a culture changes its religious organization and beliefs? Social and intellectual upheavals beginning in
fifteenth century Europe created the split between catholic and protestant Christians and reshaped the spiritual and political
landscape of sixteenth century Europe. Issues covered include religion and politics, toleration, gender, popular piety, class.
Prerequisite: HIS243H1 / VIC240Y1 or permission of the instructor

HIS310Y1
History of Modern Italy, 1790-1945        52L

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.
Prerequisite: EUR200Y1/HIS241H1, HIS242H1/HIS303Y1

HIS311Y1
Introduction to Canadian International Relations       52L, 13T

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.
Recommended preparation: A course in Canadian history or politics

HIS312H1
Immigration to Canada        26L

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.
Recommended preparation: HIS262Y1/HIS263Y1

HIS313Y1
Canadian Labour and the Left        52L

Canadian labour history from political action to collective bargaining in the period from Confederation to the present.
Prerequisite: ECO244Y1/HIS262Y1/HIS263Y1/WDW244H1/Y1

HIS314Y1
Quebec and French Canada        52L, 13T

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.

HIS315H1
Narratives of "Viet Nam"        26L

This course introduces students to the multiple ways in which the diverse populations inhabiting the geographic space of "Viet
Nam" construct their histories. Perspectives from Chinese, Charn, ethnic minority and Vietnamese majority populations will be
explored.

HIS316H1
History of Advertising        39L

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.
Recommended preparation: HIS262Y1/HIS263Y1/HIS271Y1

HIS317Y1
Germany in the 19th and 20th Centuries (formerly HIS317H1)        52L

Political, social, cultural, intellectual, and international developments. First term topics include the 1848 revolutions, Bismarck
and unification in 1871, Wilhelmine imperialism, modernism, the Great War. Second term topics include Weimar culture, Hitler
and Nazism, the Holocaust, urban reconstruction, the two Germanies after 1949, reunification in 1989/90, minorities in
Germany today. A number of videos will be shown.
Prerequisite: EUR200Y1/HIS241H1/HIS242H1

Exclusion: HIS317H1

HIS318Y1
Canadian Environmental History        52L

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.
Prerequisite: Eight full courses or equivalent

HIS319H1
Renaissance France and the Wars of Religion, 1483-1610 26L

Considers the expansion of the French state at the close of the 100 Years War, cultural and social change during the Renaissance, religious change and the Protestant Reformation, the emergence of religious conflict and the Wars of Religion. A range of primary sources and historiographical perspectives will be considered.
Prerequisite: HIS243H1/309H1/388H1/443H1 or permission of instructor

HIS320Y1
Early Medieval Europe, c. 300-1100        52L

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.
Recommended Preparation: HIS220Y1

HIS321H1
Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1907        26L

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.
Prerequisite: HIS271Y1

HIS322Y1
The High Middle Ages        52L

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.
Prerequisite: HIS220Y1

HIS323Y1
Rites of Passage and Daily Life in the Middle Ages        52L

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.
Prerequisite: A course in medieval history such as HIS220Y1

HIS324Y1
Science, Technology, and the Development of Modern Culture        52L

Explores the impact of scientific ideas and new technologies on the development of modern culture and on notions of progress
since 1800. Topics include Romantic science, degeneration, new media, knowledge and power, and are explored through
scientific and literary texts and diverse secondary sources.
Recommended preparation: Background in European history or history of science strongly recommended

HIS325Y1
Imperial Russia (formerly HIS325H1)       52L

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.

Exclusion: HIS325H1
Prerequisite: HIS250Y1/permission of instructor

HIS326Y1
Chinese Migration        52L

This course will explore the history of Chinese external migration and assess its significance for contemporary theories about
migration and in world history. Topics covered include the historical context to Chinese emigration; migration to southeast Asia
and North America; the interaction between European imperialism and Chinese migration; creolization, Chinatown and the
creation of new Chinese societies abroad.

HIS327H1
America and the World to 1900        26L

This course examines major ideas, events, and developments in American foreign policy before 1900. Included are relations
with Great Britain, independence, hemispheric issues, commercial and landed expansion, and the rise of imperialism.
Recommended preparation: HIS271Y1

HIS328Y1
Modern China since 1800        52L

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.

Exclusion: JMC201Y1
Prerequisite: HIS280Y1/EAS102Y1
Recommended preparation: HIS380Y1

HIS329H1
Globalization and History        26L

This course will explore ways in which "globalization" is a profoundly significant and deeply rooted historical process. Although
emphasis will be placed on the 19th and 20th centuries, some of the economic, political, cultural, and technological forces
shaping the past millennium will also be considered.
Recommended Preparation: HIS103Y1

HIS331H1
Modern Baltic History (formerly HIS 331Y1)       26L

The history of the Baltic countries, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania from 1900 to the present day, with emphasis on the
emergence of independent Baltic states, World War II, communist era, the Baltic Revolution, the restoration of independence
and European integration.
Recommended preparation: HIS250Y1/HIS251Y1

Exclusion: HIS 331Y1

HIS332H1
Crime and Society in England, 1500-1800 (formerly HIS332Y1)       26L

The changing nature of crime and criminal justice in early-modern England; the emergence of modern forms of policing, trial
and punishment.

Exclusion: HIS332Y1
Prerequisite: Successful completion of 8 full credits, including one full HIS credit
Recommended preparation: HIS238H1

HIS333Y1
Revolution in 20th Century Latin America        52L

An examination of the impact of 20th-century Latin American revolutions on the lives of their participants.

Exclusion: HIS333H1
Prerequisite: GGR249H1/HIS292Y1/IAS200Y1/POL201Y1/ POL305Y1

HIS334Y1
19th and 20th Century Central Europe and the Great Powers       52L

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.
Prerequisite: EUR200Y1/HIS251Y1/permission of the instructor

HIS335H1
Soviet Cultural History        26L

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 Krushchev's thaw to examples of Soviet "postmodernism".
Prerequisite: HIS250Y1

HIS337H1
Culture, Politics and Society in 18th Century Britain (formerly HIS337Y1)        52L

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.

Exclusion: HIS337Y1
Recommended preparation: HIS109Y1, EUR200Y1, HIS238H1, HIS239H1

HIS338Y1
The Holocaust : Nazi Germany, Occupied Europe and the Destruction of European Jewry (formerly HIS398Y1)        52L, 12T

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.

Exclusion: HIS398Y1
Prerequisite: Completion of six undergraduate full-course equivalents
Recommended preparation: A course in modern European history

HIS339Y1
English History in the 19th Century        52L

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.
Recommended preparation: EUR200Y1/HIS238H1, HIS239H1

HIS341Y1
Enlightenment Europe, 1660-1789        52L

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.
Recommended preparation: HIS109Y1/HIS220Y1/238H1/243Y1/244Y1/HIS245Y1/EUR200Y1

HIS343Y1
History of Modern Espionage        52L

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.
Recommended preparation: HIS103Y1 or an equivalent introduction to modern international relations

HIS344Y1
Conflict and Co-operation in the International System Since 1945        52L

An examination of the conduct and consequences of international politics in an atomic/nuclear age when the stakes of the
"Great Game" were not just the fates of states and nations, but the survival of humanity itself. The diplomatic, strategic and
economic aspects of international relations will all receive appropriate elucidation.
Recommended preparation: EUR200Y1/HIS103Y1/HIS241H1, HIS242H1

HIS345H1
History and Film        26L, 13P

This course is designed to further students' knowledge of films' relationship to the events they depict and their undeniable
power as representational systems to render history effectively. This will necessarily entail both close examination of the formal
systems film rely upon and an understanding of the distinction between fictional and non-fictional forms in film.
Prerequisite: 2 full courses in history or permission of instructor
Recommended preparation: INI212Y1

HIS346Y1
Modern Japanese Intellectual History        52L

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.

Exclusion: EAS312H1/312Y1/EAS346H1
Recommended preparation: EAS223H1/HIS281Y1

HIS347H1
History of Modern Chinese Foreign Relations        26L

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.
Prerequisite: EAS102Y1/HIS280Y1/JMC201Y1
Recommended preparation:HIS103Y1

HIS350Y1
The Social History of the Family        52L

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
History of Twentieth-Century Russia        52L

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 issues.
Recommended preparation: HIS250Y1/POL204Y1

HIS352H1
Women and Gender in Modern Jewish History       26L

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.
Recommended preparation: A course in European Jewish history or in Gender/Women history.

HIS353Y1
Poland: A Crossroads of Europe        52L

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.
Prerequisite: HIS251Y1/permission of the instructor

HIS354Y1
Men, Gender and Power in Europe from the Renaissance to the French Revolution (formerly HIS399H1, 399Y1)       52L

An investigation of how ideas of masculinity and gender roles shaped the exercise of private and public power in early modern
Europe.

Exclusion: HIS399H1, 399Y1

HIS355H1
Crime and Society in England Since 1800        26L

Crime and criminal justice in England in the industrial age; the relationship of crime, society, and economy.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of 8 full credits, including one full HIS credit
Recommended preparation: HIS332H1 and a 200-series HIS course

HIS356H1
Zionism and Israel (formerly HIS356Y1)       26L

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.

Exclusion: HIS356Y1
Recommended preparation: A course in modern European, Jewish or Middle Eastern history

HIS357Y1
A Social History of Renaissance Europe (formerly HIS357H1)       52L

A social history of the 15th and 16th centuries set against the cultural and political background. Emphasis on changes in
customs and living conditions resulting from economic, legal, intellectual, and religious developments of the period.

Exclusion: HIS357H1
Recommended preparation: A course in Renaissance or Early Modern European history

HIS358H1
How the West was Colonized        26L

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.
Prerequisite: HIS262Y1/HIS263Y1

HIS359H1
Regional Politics and Radical Movements in the 20th Century Caribbean        26L

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.
Recommended preparation: HIS294Y1

HIS360Y1
African Canadian History, 1606 - Present      52L

This course traces the earliest known arrival of people of African descent in Canada from the early seventeenth century to the
time of their more recent postwar immigration trends. Using socio-historical and multidisciplinary approaches, setttlement,
community and institutional building and survival will be examined within the framework of other Canadian historical
developments.
Recommended preparation: HIS263Y1

HIS361Y1
Twentieth Century Canada        52L

An examination of cultural, political and economic themes in Canada's history since 1900.
Prerequisite: HIS262Y1/HIS263Y1

HIS362H1
The Hansa: The World of Merchants        26L

The history of the Hanseatic League in medieval Europe from the late 12th to the late 16th century, with emphasis on the
organization of the German Hansa, maritime activities, Hanseatic trade, and daily life of the Hanseatic merchants in Western
and Eastern Europe
Prerequisite: HIS220Y1 or permission of instructor

HIS363H1
Dynamics of Gender in Canadian History        26L

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).
Prerequisite: HIS262Y1/HIS263Y1

HIS364H1
Studies in the History of Modern India       26L

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.
Recommended preparation: HIS282Y1

HIS366Y1
Black Canadian Women's History        52L

This course examines, by highlighting select themes and topics, African Canadian women's history. Such themes and topics
include culture, sexuality, slavery, migration, Black women's activism, the rise of a female voice through writing and publishing,
spirituality, community building, nation building, identity, and employment strategies. I take the position that Black Canadian
women's history is informed by the historical processes of the African Diaspora, and African American history.
Recommended preparation: HIS263Y1/HIS360Y1 or some background in Women's Studies

HIS367H1
History of Images        26L, 13P

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.
Recommended preparation: A course in modern European or American history

HIS369Y1
Aboriginal Peoples of the Great Lakes from 1500 (formerly HIS369H1)       52L

Algonkian and Iroquoian history from the eve of European contact to the present in the Great Lakes region of today's Canada
and the United States. Algonkian and Iroquoian societies in the 16th century, change over time, material culture, and inter-
cultural relations among natives and between natives and Euroamericans.

Exclusion: HIS369H1
Recommended preparation: HIS106Y1/262Y1/HIS263Y1/HIS271Y1

HIS370H1
The Black Experience in the United States Since the Civil War        26L

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."
Prerequisite: HIS271Y1

HIS373Y1
The American City: Urban Lives, Urban Cultures, 1890-Present       52L

This course examines the role of cities and urban culture in the development of the United States in the late 19th and 20th
centuries. In the first term we examine major themes in American urban history. In the second term we focus our attention on
New York, Chicago and Los Angeles.
Recommended preparation: HIS271Y1

HIS374H1
American Consumerism - The  Beginnings      26L

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.
Prerequisite: HIS271Y1
Recommended preparation: At least 6 courses completed

HIS375Y1
History of 20th Century American Popular Culture        78L

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.
Prerequisite: HIS271Y1

HIS376H1
The United States: Now - and Then        26L

An exploration of some of the historical roots of issues that are of particular importance to understanding the United States of
the early 21st century: e.g., the war in Iraq and U.S. global leadership (or hegemony); the impact of globalization on the
domestic economy; cultural innovation vs. neo-conservatism.
Prerequisite: HIS271Y1

HIS377Y1
20th-Century American Foreign Relations       52L

A survey of the history of American foreign relations from 1898 to the present. Themes include imperial expansion and the
uses of power; the relationship of business and government in U.S. foreign policy; and the role of culture and ideas in
America's relations with the world.
Prerequisite: HIS271Y1/372Y1/POL208Y1

HIS378H1
America in the 1960s        26L

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.
Prerequisite: HIS271Y1

HIS379H1
Revolutionary America 1760-1790        26L

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.
Prerequisite: HIS238H1/HIS271Y1

HIS380Y1
Late Imperial China        52L, 13T

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.
Prerequisite: EAS102Y1/HIS280Y1/JMC201Y1

HIS381H1
Classical Indian History from Indus Valley to Gupta       26L

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.
Recommended preparation: HIS282Y1

HIS383H1
African Women from Colonial  Conquest to the Era of Structural Adjustment (formerly HIS383Y1)      26L

Major themes in the history of African women. Themes include: sources and methodologies of studying African women, cultural
construction of gender, changing modes of production, women and state formation, ideology and social control, education, law,
race, class and gender, female resistance to colonial rule and African womanisms versus Western feminisms.

Exclusion: HIS383Y1
Prerequisite: HIS295Y1

HIS384H1
Colonial Canada: the East        26L

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.

Exclusion: HIS362Y1
Prerequisite: HIS106Y1/262Y1/HIS263Y1 or permission of the instructor

HIS385Y1
The History of Hong Kong   (formerly HIS385H1)      52L

A study of political, economic, and social change in the British colony of Hong Kong from 1842 until the present day.

Exclusion: HIS385H1
Recommended preparation: HIS280Y1/HIS232Y1/JMC201Y1

HIS386Y1
Muslims in India and Pakistan        52L

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.
Recommended preparation: HIS101Y1/HIS282Y1

HIS388H1
France Since 1870   (formerly HIS388Y1)      52L

A study of French society, politics and culture from the Paris Commune to the 1990's. Special attention is paid to watersheds
like the Dreyfus Affair and the Vichy regime, to issues of regionalism/nationalism, cultural pluralism, women's rights, intellectual
and cultural trends, and decolonization.

Exclusion: HIS388Y1
Prerequisite: EUR200Y1/one course in HIS/FRE

HIS389H1
Topics in History        26L

In-depth examination of historical issues. Content in any given year depends on instructor. See Undergraduate Handbook or
History website for more details.
Prerequisite: Varies from year to year; consult department

HIS390Y1
Latin American in the Age of Revolution        52L

This course examines how Latin America and Latin Americans responded to the American, French, Haitian, Latin American,
and industrial revolutions of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Prerequisite: 2 HIS courses
Recommended preparation: HIS291Y1/HIS294Y1/IAS200Y1/GGR240Y1

HIS393H1
Slavery and the American South        26L

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.
Prerequisite: HIS271Y1

HIS394H1
South Asian Migration and Settlement        26L

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.
Recommended preparation: A course in Indian history

HIS395Y1
Topics in History        52L

An in-depth examination of historical issues. Content in any given year depends on instructor. See Undergraduate Handbook.
Prerequisite: Varies from year to year; consult department

HIS396H1
The History of Sub-Saharan Africa From Abolition of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade to the Era of Imperialism (formerly HIS396Y1)        52L

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 imperialism. The interaction between the internal dynamics of African history and external
forces is examined and different regions of Africa compared.

Exclusion: HIS396Y1

HIS397H1
Iran's Islamic Revolution        26L

The course explores the making of the Iranian Revolution of 1978-79 and the subsequent establishment of the Islamic
Republic. Comparing the private and public spheres in pre- and post-revolutionary periods, students further examine the
secularizing outcomes of the Islamic revolution in Iran.

HIS398H0/399Y0
Independent Experiential Study Project

An instructor-supervised group project in an off-campus setting. See page 43 for details.

400-Series Courses

HIS400Y1
York University Exchange Seminar        TBA

For details, consult the Department of History.

HIS401Y1
History of the Cold War        52S

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.
Prerequisite: HIS311Y1/HIS344Y1/HIS377Y1
HIS 402H1 Indigenous Colonial Cultures in 26S
the Spanish and Portuguese Americas
Explores the changing worlds of native peoples in Latin America from the pre-Columbian period through to the late eighteenth
century. Discussions focus upon the ways in which complex Indian cultures transformed and were forged in the colonial
Spanish and Portuguese Americas through the interactions of Amerindians with others.
Recommended preparation: HIS106Y1/HIS291Y1/HIS294Y1

HIS403Y1
Jews and Christians in Medieval and Renaissance Europe (formerly HIS403H1)       52S

The course focuses on aspects of Jewish-Christian relations ca.300-1600, such as royal and ecclesiastical Jewish policies;
religious polemics; intellectual collaboration; social and economic interaction; anti-Judaism and religious violence. (Joint
undergraduate-graduate)

Exclusion: HIS403H1
Recommended preparation: HIS206Y1/HIS220Y1/HIS243H1/HIS322Y1/ HIS357Y1

HIS404H1
Topics in North American Environmental History       26S

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)

Exclusion: HIS318Y1
Prerequisite: 8 full courses

HIS405Y1
Canadian Foreign Relations        52S

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)
Prerequisite: HIS311Y1/POL312Y1

HIS407H1
Imperial Germany, 1871-1918 (formerly HIS407Y1)       52S

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)

Exclusion: HIS407Y1
Prerequisite: HIS317Y1 or permission of the instructor

HIS408Y1
History of Race Relations in America        52S

Relations between blacks and whites in the United States from the colonial period to recent times with emphasis on slavery.
Prerequisite: HIS271Y1

HIS409H1
Seeing America: Minority Perspectives on American Culture        26S

This course is framed around the questions, "What difference does a person's or group's "minority" status make to their
perspective on American culture and their relationship to American society?" and " How is that perspective shaped by historical
context?" We all comprise combinations of racial, sexual, class, religious, or gender identities. Consideration will be given to
how perspective is shaped by inhabiting or bearing more than one identity.

Exclusion: HIS496H1
Recommended preparation: HIS271Y1

HIS410H1
Spectacle, Crowds, and Parades in Canada        26S

Social and cultural approaches to understanding spectacles, crowd behaviour, and parades in the Canadian past, 1660s -
1980s.
Prerequisite: HIS262Y1/HIS263Y1/HIS367H1

HIS412Y1
War, State and Society in the Early Modern Baltic (formerly HIS412H1)        52S

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)

Exclusion: HIS412H1
Recommended preparation: HIS250Y1/HIS353Y1/permission of instructor

HIS414H1
The Third Reich (formerly HIS414Y1)       26S

An integration of current historiographical approaches to the Third Reich with a close reading of primary documents in English.
The focus is on the Nazi regime as something less than a totalitarian state. Attention is given to non-conformity and other
features of "everyday life" under the Nazis.

Exclusion: HIS414Y1
Prerequisite: HIS317Y1/HIS338Y1 or permission of instructor

HIS415H1
Nationalism & Memory in  Modern Europe      26S

Investigates the modern concept of the nation and its connections to the idea of collective memory in twentieth-century Europe.
Through reading and discussing seminal works on nationalism and national memory, we will discuss the connections between
modern notions of nation and practices of remembering.
Prerequisite: two European history courses

HIS416H1
Orientalism and Nationalism in Nineteenth-Century Germany       52S

In 1771, with the translation of the Zend-Avesta by the French Scholar Anquetil-Duperron, a new era opened in German
national culture. From the philosophy of Johann Gottfried von Herder to the novels of Thomas Mann, this course analyzes the
ways in which German writers defined the substance and place of national culture in their writings about India, Central Asia
and the "East."
Prerequisite: HIS241H1, HIS242H1/317H1/Y1

HIS417H1
Globalization, Science, and Technology       26S

A critical investigation of the idea of globalization through the comparison of the late imperial period (ca. 1850-1900) and our
own era. Evaluates theories of globalization mostly by analyzing the role of scientific and technological developments in the
production of global networks of various kinds (eg., capital, people, information).
Recommended preparation: Background in history of science, history of modern empires, and/or comparative history desirable

HIS418H1
Women and Gender in Russian History (formerly HIS418Y1)       26S

Focus is on the history of women and systems of gender in Russia and the Soviet Union. Themes include gender and authority
during the age of empresses; pre-revolutionary radical movements; the impact 1917 Revolution and its impact on women's
lives; the resurrection of conservative gender conventions during Stalin's regime; the experience of women during perestroika.
Prerequisite: HIS250Y1/HIS351Y1

Exclusion: HIS 418Y1

HIS419Y1
Canadian Popular Culture,  1880 to the Present      52S

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.
Prerequisite: A mark of 75% or higher in HIS262Y1/HIS263Y1

HIS420H1
Democracy, Industry, & Public Culture in Twentieth-Century Germany       26S

This course explores modernist architecture, theatre, film and photography in Germany from the turn of the twentieth century to
the 1950s, looking at how the new cultural forms created during the Weimar Republic were used and transformed during the
National Socialist period. Topics include industrial culture, the relationship between art and technology, mass culture and
spectacle, and ideas of national and racial community.
Prerequisite: HIS 317H1/HIS317Y1/HIS242H1

HIS421Y1
Soviet History Seminar (formerly HIS421H1)       52S

A seminar on the history of Soviet Russia in its formative years, 1917 to 1939. The revolutions of 1917, the civil war and war
communism, NEP Russia, the Stalin revolution, the purges, and the "great retreat" are explored. Emphasis is on issues,
interpretations and historiography, problems of study, and periodization. (Joint undergraduate-graduate)

Exclusion: HIS421H1
Prerequisite: HIS351Y1 (with a mark of at least 80%)

HIS422H1
Collaboration        26S

A comparative examination of the politics and culture of collaboration in British India, Japanese-occupied China, and Vichy
France.
Prerequisite: HIS242H1/HIS280Y1/HIS282Y1
Recommended preparation: HIS328Y1/HIS345H1

HIS423H1
Social History of Medicine in the 19th& 20th Centuries (formerly HIS423Y1)       26S

Introduces students to some of the main issues in the new field of the social history of medicine. Readings from the secondary
historical literature are distributed and discussed in class, covering such topics as the history of the doctor-patient relationship,
changes in physicians' social status, changing attitudes towards the body, and the history of obstetrics and gynaecology. (Joint
undergraduate-graduate)

Exclusion: HIS423Y1
Prerequisite: A minimum of one course in HIS/PSY/SOC

HIS424Y1
Violence in Medieval Society        52S

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)
Prerequisite: HIS220Y1/HIS304Y1/HIS320Y1/HIS322Y1

HIS425H1
Historiography        26S

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.
Recommended preparation: Three HIS courses

HIS426H1
Historians        26S

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.
Prerequisite: HIS425H1

HIS427H1
History and Historiography in the Golden Legend        26S

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. (Joint undergraduate-graduate)
Prerequisite: HIS220Y1

HIS428H1
Medieval Monasticism        26S

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)
Prerequisite: A course in Medieval history such as HIS220Y1

HIS429Y1
Fascism        52S

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.
Prerequisite: HIS242H1 or permission of the instructor

HIS430Y1
Historians & Sexual Dissidences        52S

Readings and discussions in social and cultural historians dealing with dissident sexualities in the Christian West from the 16th
century to the present.
Recommended preparation: One HIS course

HIS431H1
Comparative First-Wave Feminism, 1850-1940       52S

The course looks at the issues of "first-wave" feminism by comparing experiences of women in Canada, the United States and
Britain. (Joint undergraduate-graduate)

HIS432H1
Topics in Medieval History        26S

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.
Prerequisite: A course in Medieval history such as HIS220Y1

HIS433H1
Polish Jews Since the Partition of Poland        26S

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)
Prerequisite: HIS208Y1/HIS251Y1/permission of the instructor

HIS434Y1
Kievan Rus'        52S

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)
Prerequisite: One of the following: HIS220Y1/HIS250Y1/ HIS320Y1/HIS322Y1/JHP204Y1

JHP435Y1
Linguistic and Cultural Minorities in Europe        52S

Examines status of minority peoples in Europe, using specific case studies to compare similarities and differences in how these
minorities function in states with differing political systems and ideologies. The evolution of specific minorities focuses on
questions of language, religion, historical ideology, legal status, assimilation, and political goals. (Given by the Departments of
Political Science and History)
Prerequisite: POL103Y1/POL312Y1/a course in European history

HIS436Y1
Culture and the Cold War        52S

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."

HIS437H1
A History of the Black Autobiographical Tradition in Canada        26S

This course explores the history of the Black autobiographical tradition from the eighteenth century to the late twentieth
century. It focuses on three slave narratives and two memoirs. Black autobiographies illustrate some of the following themes:
slavery and freedom, exodus and migration, war and revolution, family and identity, alienation and neglect, racism and
discrimination, the quest for literacy and education, writing as a critical terrain of Black struggle, the political import of Black
writing, human rights activism, and feminist justice.
Prerequisite: HIS263Y1/HIS360Y1/HIS366Y1 or some other background in women's history, Black history or the literature thereof

HIS438H1
Inquisition and Society in   Medieval and Early Modern Europe      26S

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.
Recommended preparation: HIS220Y1

HIS439H1
Women & the Russian Revolution        52S

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)
Prerequisite: HIS351Y1

JHP440Y1
Gender & International Relations (formerly HIS 440H1)      26S

The seminar explores the use of gender as a category of analysis in the study of international relations. Topics include
gendered imagery and language in foreign policymaking; beliefs about women's relationship to war and peace; issues of
gender, sexuality, and the military; and contributions of feminist theory to international relations theory.
Prerequisite: HIS103Y1/HIS245Y1/HIS377Y1/POL208Y1 or permission of instructor

Exclusion: HIS 440H1

HIS441H1
Conversion & Christianities in the  Early Modern Spanish World      26S

Investigates religious conversion and cultural change in the Spanish world ca. 1450-1750. Principal settings include the late
medieval Spanish kingdoms, Mexico, Peru, Paraguay, and the Philippines archipelago. Primary sources translated into English
will inform discussions and secondary readings whenever possible, and visual images will also be considered.
Recommended Preparation: HIS106Y1 or HIS291Y1 may be useful

HIS442Y1
Power and Powerlessness in  Jewish History      52S

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.
Prerequisite: Two courses in European history
Recommended preparation: A course in Judaism or Jewish history

HIS443H1
Society, Culture and Religion  in the Renaissance and Reformation (formerly HIS443Y1)      26S

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.

Exclusion: HIS443Y1
Recommended preparation: HIS340Y1/HIS357Y1 or permission of instructor

HIS444H1
Topics in Jewish History: Jewish Identity in the Modern World       26S

Explores the construction of Jewish identity in Europe from the late 18th through mid 20th centuries. Political emancipation and
unprecedented economic opportunity stimulated many Jews to adopt the cultures of their host societies while refashioning
Jewishness as a form of religious or ethnic community. Others constructed identities based on a defensive Orthodoxy or
revolutionary ethos. Zionism grew out of and responded to all of these options and will receive particular focus in this course.
Prerequisite: Two of the following: HIS208Y1/HIS241H1/HIS242H1/HIS244H1/HIS250Y1/HIS251Y1/HIS317Y1/HIS338Y1/341H1/HIS353Y1/HIS356H1/HIS388H1 or
permission of instructor
Recommended Preparation: A course in Jewish history.

HIS445H1
Nationalism        52S

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.
Prerequisite: Two courses in European history or permission of instructor

HIS446Y1
Gender and Slavery in the Atlantic World (formerly HIS446H1)       52S

The course examines the relationship between gender and the experience of slavery and emancipating several Atlantic world
societies from the 17th-19th centuries. Areas to be covered are the Caribbean, Brazil, the U.S. South, West and South Africa
and Western Europe.

Exclusion: HIS446H1
Prerequisite: HIS245Y1/HIS291Y1/HIS294Y1/295Y1

HIS447Y1
Advanced Readings in American Popular Culture       52S

This course focuses on selected issues and topics in American social and cultural history during the past 100 years. (Joint
undergraduate-graduate)
Prerequisite: HIS271Y1, HIS375Y1

HIS 448H1 Gender in East and Southeast Asia (formerly HIS 391H1)26S

This course explores the history of gender in East and Southeast Asia from a comparative perspective. It will examine how
models of Southeast Asian women have been constructed against their East Asian counterparts.
Prerequisite: HIS283Y1

Exclusion: HIS391H1

HIS449Y1
Ukrainian National Revival        52S

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)
Recommended preparation: One of the following: JHP204Y1/HIS241H1/HIS251Y1/HIS445H1

HIS450Y1
History and Soviet Cinema        52S

History of Soviet cinema from the 1920s to the present. Emphasis on theorist-filmmakers of the Soviet school of montage, the
musical comedy of the Stalin era, Cold War cinema, and the relation between documentary and fiction film and its development
from the 1920s to the late Soviet period. (Joint undergraduate-graduate)

Exclusion: SLA234Y1
Prerequisite: HIS250Y1/INI115Y1

HIS451H1
World War II in East Central Europe        26S

The fall of the Versailles system, German and Soviet diplomatic and military activities and their occupational policies in East
Central Europe during World War II, economic exploitation, collaboration, resistance, and genocide in the discussed region, its
"liberation" and sovietization in 1944-1945. (Joint undergraduate-graduate)
Prerequisite: EUR200Y1/HIS251Y1/HIS334Y1

HIS452H1
Women in the Age of Enlightenment       26S

The seminar will focus on gender politics and the status of women in the European Enlightenment. Among other topics, we will
consider the debate over woman's nature in Enlightenment thought; the role of women in salon culture; and the debate over
whether the Enlightenment was a liberating force for women, or if it culminated in women's exclusion from the public sphere.

HIS453H1
Problems of National Survival in Eastern Europe Since 1848       26S

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)
Prerequisite: HIS251Y1/HIS334Y1 or equivalent

JHP454Y1
Twentieth Century Ukraine        52S

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)
Prerequisite: A course in modern European, East European or Russian history or politics such as JHP204Y1/HIS250Y1/
351Y1/353Y1

HIS454H1
Topics in Russian and Soviet Social History       26S

This course uses the ideas of "city" and "citizenship" as a lens for examining the social and economic development of Russia in
the late imperial and early Soviet eras. In the Russian empire the rural population was the main source of urban growth
throughout modern history. The interaction between city and countryside will be one of the main themes of the course. (Joint
undergraduate-graduate)
Prerequisite: A course in Russian history such as HIS250Y1

HIS455H1
In the Soviet Archives: Text and History        26S

A tour of Soviet history through recently declassified archival documents (in English translation), first-hand accounts, memoirs,
and literature. The primary chronological emphasis of the course will be on the years of Stalin. The focus of the course will be
on close textual analysis and a critical reading of the sources. (Joint undergraduate-graduate.)
Prerequisite: HIS351Y1 with a grade of 80 or higher.

HIS456Y1
Black Slavery in Latin America        52S

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.
Prerequisite: HIS291Y1/HIS292Y1/HIS294Y1/295Y1/394Y1/HIS408Y1/ IAS200Y1/ 320H1

HIS457Y1
Defining Modern Africa        52S

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.
Prerequisite: Some background in African Studies

HIS458Y1
Topics in Russian and Soviet  Foreign Policy      52S

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.
Prerequisite: HIS250Y1/HIS334Y1/HIS344Y1

HIS461H1
Poland in the 20th Century        26S

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)
Prerequisite: HIS334Y1/HIS353Y1/permission of the instructor

HIS462H1
The Canadian Political Tradition: from Macdonald to Chretien       26S

A seminar exploring the evolution of Canadian political culture, with emphasis on the political ideas and leadership of the Prime
Ministers. (Joint undergraduate-graduate)
Prerequisite: A course in Canadian history

HIS463H1
The History of Health Care in  Canada, 1800 to the Present      26S

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)
Prerequisite: A course in Canadian or medical history

HIS464Y1
The Canadian Prairie West        52S

The prairie West since the mid-19th century. The emergence of a distinctive region and its place in Canadian development.
Prerequisite: HIS262Y1/HIS263Y1

HIS465Y1
Japanese Political Thought, 1868 to the Present       52S

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)

Exclusion: HIS465H1
Prerequisite: EAS223H1/312H1/HIS281Y1/HIS346Y1/POL335Y1

HIS466H1
Topics in Canadian History  (formerly HIS466Y1)      52S

Selected topics in a specific period of Canadian history. Content in any given year depends on instructor. Please see
Departmental Handbook for complete description.
Prerequisite: HIS262Y1/HIS263Y1

HIS467Y1
French Colonial Indochina: History, Cultures, Texts, Film       52S

Examines French colonial Indochina through several different lenses. Themes include the cross-cultural "contact zones"
between colonial and colonized societies, gender perceptions, imperial culture, expressions of colonial power, and forms of
opposition. Colonial novels, translated resistance literature, documentaries, and films are utilized as primary sources to be
examined critically.
Prerequisite: ANT344Y1/EAS204Y1/GGR342H1/HIS104Y1/ HIS107Y1/ HIS280Y1/HIS282Y1/HIS283Y1/HIS315H1/388Y1/NEW369Y1

HIS468H1
Atlantic Canada        26S

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)
Prerequisite: HIS262Y1/HIS263Y1

HIS469H1
Religion, Culture and Society in Canada        26S

This course examines the interaction between religion and culture in Canada from colonial times to the present with emphasis
on primary documents. (Joint undergraduate-graduate)
Recommended preparation: A course in Canadian history

HIS470H1
History, Rights, and Difference in South Asia       26S

Addressing South Asian history after 1750, this course examines ideas of rights, contract, and the rule of law in colonial and
postcolonial contexts. Attention is paid to the intellectual history of rights and the central place of colonial and postcolonial
questions within that history. Topics include rights and questions concerning indigenous culture, caste and customary practice,
gender and capitalist development.
Prerequisite: A mark of 73% or higher in HIS282Y1 or instructor's permission
Recommended preparation: Background in political and social theory and some background in South Asia

HIS471H1
United States and Globalization        26S

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.
Prerequisite: HIS271Y1/HIS377Y1
Recommended preparation: HIS377Y1

HIS472H1
Topics in Canadian Aboriginal/Non-Aboriginal Relations (formerly HIS472Y1)        26S

Major themes in the history of Aboriginal-White relations in Canada. Topics included are: role of native people in the creation of
British North America and in the Western fur trade; the emergence of the M‚tis; analysis of colonial Indian policy; the Red River
Resistance; the making of treaties; the North West Rebellion; the struggle for survival in post-treaty Canada; the emergence of
"red power"; contemporary and feminist issues. (Joint undergraduate-graduate)

Exclusion: HIS472Y1
Prerequisite: HIS262Y1/HIS263Y1

HIS473Y1
The United States and Asia in the Cold War Era (formerly HIS 473H1)       26S

This seminar examines strategic, economic, ideological, and cultural factors in U.S. relations with East and Southeast Asia.
Major themes include the role of cultural and informal diplomacy and the effect of perceptions and misperceptions on both
sides of U.S.-Asian interactions.
Prerequisite: HIS344Y1/372Y1/HIS377Y1

Exclusion: HIS 473H1

HIS474H1
The American Urban Black Experience (formerly HIS474Y1)       26S

Concentration on the experience of African-Americans in the city from the late 19th century to the present. Topics include the
great migration north, creation of black urban communities, role of institutions such as family, church, black businesses;
analysis of the problems of white racism, discrimination, poverty, crime, violence, health, housing.

Exclusion: HIS474Y1
Prerequisite: HIS271Y1
Recommended preparation: HIS370H1

HIS475H1
Race, Segregation, and Protest: South Africa and the United States       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 accommodation and resistance employed by black South Africans and African Americans. (Joint undergraduate-graduate)
Recommended preparation: HIS271Y1/295Y1

HIS476Y1
Voices from Black America        52S

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.
Prerequisite: HIS271Y1

HIS477Y1
Topics in the Social and  Cultural History of Victorian Britain      52S

Examination of the impact of industrialism on Victorian society and values. Concentration on Victorian social critics including
Engels, Owen, Maynew, Dickens and Morris.
Recommended preparation: A course in modern British History/Victorian literature

HIS478H1
Hellhound on my Trail:  Living the Blues in the Mississippi Delta, 1890-1945      26S

This course examines black life and culture in the cotton South through the medium of recorded blues music. It seeks to
restore a voice and a sense of agency to black southerners in the age of Jim Crow. Topics include the plantation economy,
agricultural life, mobility, migration, and urban subcultures.
Recommended Preparation: HIS271Y1/USA 300H1

HIS479Y1
The United States Since 1945        52S

In-depth study of key developments in the recent history of the United States. The seminar will explore both foreign policy and
"domestic" developments: e.g., the Cold War, Vietnam, and the Reagan-Bush-Clinton search for new global roles; the civil
rights movement, "counter-culture," and consumerism; the evolution of the presidency.
Prerequisite: HIS271Y1

HIS480H1
Modernity and its Others: History and Postcolonial Critique       26S

Engaging with influential perspectives in postcolonial historiography, this seminar tracks three major themes in the history of
the idea of modernity from the late 18th through the 20th centuries: political freedom, citizenship and the nation-state;
capitalism and its critique; and the relationship of history, memory, and identity. (Joint undergraduate-graduate)
Prerequisite: a mark of 73% or higher in HIS282Y1, or instructor's permission
Recommended preparation: History of colonialism, political theory, or postcolonial literatures

HIS481H1
Elite Women, Power, and Modernity in Twentieth-Century Africa       26S

The role of elite women in twentieth-century Africa has been overshadowed by studies of non-elite women so much so as to
suggest that all women lacked power. This course aims to show how a very limited but important group of women negotiated
power in a century of increasing patriarchy. It combines gender with class analysis.
Prerequisite: HIS295H1/HIS296Y1/HIS383H1/HIS396H1 or permission of instructor

HIS482H1
History and the Media in the United States       26S

This seminar examines how recent electronic media has interpreted the American past. We will view television and film
documentaries, listen to radio documentaries, and examine websites. We will consider how producers working in these media
have used different types of historical evidence - visual, aural, textual.
Recommended preparation: HIS271Y1

HIS483Y1
Topics in the History of Women and Gender in Britain, 1550-1950       52S

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.
Prerequisite: HIS245Y1/354H1

HIS484Y1
The Car in History: Business,   Space, and Culture in North America     52S

This seminar examines the history of the car in North America from the perspective of technology, business, landscape and
popular culture. Particular attention is paid to issues of production, consumption, geography, and daily life, and to the
importance of class race, gender, region, and age in shaping the meaning and experience of car culture.
Prerequisite: HIS263Y1/HIS271Y1

HIS485Y1
Topics in Late Imperial and Modern Chinese History (formerly HIS485H1)       52S

A seminar on aspects of Chinese history from 1368 to the present, with emphasis on social history. Topics vary and include:
social structure in Ming-Qing China; religion and ritual in Chinese society; Chinese popular culture. Topic for 2003-04: Topics in
the history of Chinese popular religion. (Joint undergraduate-graduate)

Exclusion: HIS485H1
Prerequisite: EAS102Y1/HIS280Y1, HIS380Y1/JMC201Y1

HIS486H1
Love, Money, and Subjectivity in Sub-Saharan Africa       26S

This course examines the denial of African subjectivity - feelings, thoughts, and concerns - by western cultures from the time of
the trans-Atlantic slave trade until the present. At the same time it examines the overwhelming evidence of African subjectivity
and how these feelings, thoughts and concerns have changed over the same period due to the effects of capitalism. Other
topics that are covered include slavery, racism, colonialism, anthropology, and ethnology. (Joint undergraduate-graduate)
Prerequisite: A 200- or 300-level course in African Studies

HIS487H1
Travelers and Scholars East /West        26S

This seminar explores late 18th and early 19th century texts produced by European and Middle Eastern travelers and scholars.
Exploring the dialogical interactions of these authors and the intertextuality of their works, this course seeks to offer a
hybridized cultural and intellectual history that transcends the limitations of nationalist and Orientalist historiography.

HIS488Y1
Intelligence, Diplomacy, and  Strategy During World War II      52S

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.
Prerequisite: Any two courses from: EUR200Y1/HIS103Y1/ HIS241H1, HIS242H1/HIS343Y1/HIS344Y1

HIS489H1
The History of Psychiatry and Psychiatric Illness       26S

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)
Prerequisite: a minimum of one course in HIS/PSY/SOC

Exclusion: HIS423Y1

HIS491Y1
Nationalism in India Before  and After Independence (formerly HIS491H1)      52S

The history of nationalism in India as it has developed out of the competing images and realities of national identity in the
nineteenth and twentieth centuries. (Joint undergraduate-graduate)

Exclusion: HIS491H1
Prerequisite: HIS282Y1 or permission of instructor

HIS492Y1
Britain and the French Revolution, 1785-1801 (formerly HIS492Y1)       52S

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.
Prerequisite: Any course in Western European or British History

HIS493H1
Cultural Encounters in   Early Canada     26S

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.

HIS494Y1
Kinship, Slavery and Citizenship  in West Africa c. 1500 to the present      52S

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.
Prerequisite: HIS295Y1/HIS395Y1

HIS495Y1
Topics in History        52S

An in-depth examination of historical issues. Content in any given year depends on instructor. See Undergraduate Handbook
or History website for more details.
Recommended preparation: Varies from year to year

HIS496H1
Topics in History        26S

An in-depth examination of historical issues. Content in any given year depends on instructor. See Undergraduate Handbook
or History website for more details.
Recommended preparation: Varies from year to year

HIS498H1/499Y1
Independent Studies        TBA

These courses assume the form of an undergraduate thesis. Students must find an appropriate supervisor from the
Department, receive approval for the project, and submit an Independent Studies ballot. Students must be enroled in either a
History Specialist or Major program, with a B+ average in no less than 4 HIS courses, or with special permission of the
instructor. Applications must be received in September for first session courses; in December for second session courses.