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HIS History Courses


HIS101Y1
The Transformation of the World Outside Europe, 1450 - present 52L, 26T

The transformation of underdeveloped regions of the world during the era of European domination; focuses on Asia, Africa and Latin America before, during and after European hegemony.
Exclusion: HIS103Y, 106Y, 109Y


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

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.
Exclusion: HIS101Y, 106Y, 109Y


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: HIS101Y, 103Y, 106Y, 109Y


HIS106Y1
Natives, Settlers, and Conquistadors: Colonizing the Americas, 1492-1776 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: HIS101Y, 103Y, 109Y


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: HIS101Y, 106Y, 103Y


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: HIS103Y/108Y/109Y


HIS208Y1M
odern History of the Jewish People


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.


HIS238H1
British Government and Society, 1550-1785 26L, 11T

An introduction to the history of early modern England with emphasis on the search for identity with reference to the nation, the crown, class, gender, age, political parties, race and ethnicity.


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, 13T

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.
Exclusion: HIS249Y
Recommended Preparation: HIS103Y/109Y


HIS242H1
Europe in the Contemporary Era 26L, 13T

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.
Exclusion: HIS249Y


HIS243H1
Early Modern Europe, 1450-1648 26L

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

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

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.
Exclusion: HIS308Y


HIS250Y1
History of Russia and the Soviet Union 52L, 20T

Origins of Russian history, paganism and Christianity, Mongol influences, Muscovite autocracy, westernization to 1800. The imperial regime; the radical intelligentsia; the Revolution and the establishment of the Soviet regime; the Stalin revolution in agriculture, industry, and society; foreign relations.


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.


HIS262Y1
History of Canada 52L

A survey of the political, social, and economic history of Canada, topically treated from the beginning to the present.
Exclusion: HIS263Y


HIS263Y1
Introduction to Canadian History 52L, 20T

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.
Exclusion: HIS262Y


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 Chinese Civilization 52L, 20T

Chinese civilization from earliest times to the late-imperial period ending around 1800. Emphasis is on intellectual, social and political development.
Exclusion: EAS102Y


HIS281Y1
History of Modern Japan 52L

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: EAS223H/223Y


HIS282Y1
History of India 52L, 20T

An introductory survey of Indian history from its sources in the archeological remains of Harappa and Mohenjo Daro to the present.

HIS282Y1
History of India


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 and Culture 52L

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.
Exclusion: HIS394Y


HIS295Y1
History of Sub-Saharan Africa to 1900 52L, 20T

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
Research Opportunity Program

Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. See page 42 for details.


HIS300H1
War, the Military and American Society 26L

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.
Prerequisite: HIS271Y


HIS301Y1
History of Spain, 1652-1939 52L

The crisis of the 17th century monarchy, 18th century enlightened reformism, the collapse of the old regime, the emergence of liberalism and regional separatism in the 19th century, and the disintegration of political and social stability in the 20th.
Recommended preparation: EUR200Y/a course in HIS/SPA


HIS303H1
The Italian Renaissance (formerly HIS303Y) 26L

The Italian Renaissance, 1300-1600: Interpretations of the Renaissance, humanism, education, merchants, courtly life, political and economic developments of the city states.
Exclusion: HIS303Y/357Y
Recommended preparation: A course in Renaissance or Early Modern European history


HIS304Y1
Medieval Spain, 711-1610 52L

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.
Recommended preparation: HIS220Y

HIS304Y1
Medieval Spain (600-1600): From Frontier to Empire


HIS305H1
Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration 26L

Race relations during the 19th Century, emphasizing the contribution of African Americans, Native Americans, and immigrant groups to the nation-building process. Includes: origins of racial stereotypes in America; psychology of slavery; slave culture; slave government; assimilation campaign; Emancipation and Reconstruction; immigration.
Exclusion: HIS406Y
Recommended preparation: HIS271Y


HIS306Y1
England in the 17th Century (formerly HIS306H) 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: HIS306H
Recommended preparation: HIS238H


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: EUR200Y/HIS241H, 242H/303Y


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.
Exclusion: HIS467H
Recommended preparation: HIS262Y/263Y


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: ECO244Y/HIS262Y/263Y/WDW244Y


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.


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: HIS262Y/263Y/271Y


HIS317Y1
Germany in the 19th and 20th Centuries 52L

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.
Prerequisite: EUR200Y/HIS241H/242H


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


HIS320Y1
Europe, 400-1100 52L, 26T

The breakdown of the Roman 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: HIS220Y


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: HIS271Y


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.
Recommended preparation: HIS220Y


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.
Recommended preparation: HIS220Y


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: JMC201Y
Prerequisite: HIS280Y/EAS102Y
Recommended preparation: HIS380Y


HIS330Y1
Britain as a World Power 52L

A survey of the impact of Britain on world affairs from the Napoleonic wars to the Suez crisis of 1956.
Prerequisite: HIS103Y/232Y


HIS332H1
Crime and Society in England, 1500-1800 (formerly HIS332Y) 26L

The changing nature of crime and criminal justice in early-modern England; the emergence of modern forms of policing, trial and punishment.
Exclusion: HIS332Y
Prerequisite: Successful completion of 8 full credits
Recommended preparation: HIS238H


HIS333Y1
Revolution and the Great Powers in 20th Century Latin America 52L

An examination of the impact of 20th-century Latin American revolutions on the lives of their participants.
Exclusion: HIS333H
Prerequisite: GGR249H/HIS292Y/IAS200Y/POL201Y/305Y


HIS334Y1
19th and 20th Century Central Europe and the Great Powers (formerly HIS309Y) 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.
Exclusion: HIS309Y
Prerequisite: EUR200Y/HIS251Y/permission of the instructor


HIS337Y1
Culture, Politics and Society in 18th Century Britain 52L

An introduction to the cultural, social and intellectual history of Britain in the 18th century. Topics include the English "Urban Renaissance"; the impact of Scottish enlightenment upon contemporary perceptions of model societies and policies;, and the economic background to 18th century commercial growth, namely the rise of public credit, the early phases of the so-called industrial revolution and the birth of a consumer society.
Recommended preparation: HIS238H


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: EUR200Y/HIS238H, 239H


HIS340H1
The European Reformation (formerly HIS340Y) 26L

The shape of religious rituals, institutions, and ideas in 15th and 16th century European society, and the major movements for religious reform in the period. Analysis of intellectual, political and social dimensions of reform in both Protestant and Catholic communities.
Recommended preparation: A course in Renaissance or Early Modern European history


HIS342Y1
Modern European Intellectual History: The Enlightenment - 20th Century 52L, 20T

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.
Prerequisite: EUR200Y/HIS109Y/241H/317Y/388Y/POL320Y


HIS343Y1
History of Modern Espionage 52L

An introduction to the historical origins and role of modern intelligence services. The peace and war function of selected intelligence agencies are studied; covert operations and counter-espionage are also considered. Popular culture responses to espionage and discussion of the future of spying, are additional themes.
Prerequisite: HIS103Y


HIS344Y1
Conflict and Co-operation in the European States System: 1815 - 1945 52L

The course, configuration and crises of the organized international system in Europe from 1815 to 1945. The roles of individuals, institutions and ideas in the maintenance of, and breakdowns in, international peace and security.
Recommended preparation: EUR200Y/HIS103Y/241H, 242H


HIS345H1
Fascism: A Comparative History 26L

European Fascism in countries such as France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Hungary, and Romania. The interrelationship among social forces, political movements, and nationalist ideologies.
Prerequisite: EUR200Y/HIS103Y/a course in European history


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: EAS312H/312Y
Recommended preparation: EAS223H/HIS281Y


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: EAS102Y/HIS280Y/JMC201Y
Recommended preparation:HIS103Y


HIS348H1
Aspects of Modern Portugal, 1640-1974 26L

Changing concepts of state authority, attitudes toward religion, emigration, the study of popular culture, regional differentiation and economies, social structure and politics, nationalism.
Recommended preparation: EUR200Y/one course in HIS/PRT


HIS349Y1
Renaissance and Baroque France, 1500-1715 52L, 20T

Political, social, economic, and cultural history of France. Stress is placed on modern historiographical trends.
Recommended preparation: A course in European history


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 Soviet Russia from the 1917 revolution to 1991. The social, economic, and political development of the Soviet Union with the emphasis on the revolutionary period, the 1920's, and the Stalin period.
Prerequisite: HIS250Y/JHP204Y/POL204Y or permission of instructor


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: HIS251Y/permission of the instructor


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.
Recommended preparation: HIS332H and a 200-series HIS course


HIS356H1
Origins of the State of Israel 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.
Recommended preparation: A course in modern European, Jewish or Middle Eastern history


HIS357Y1
A Social History of Renaissance Europe (formerly HIS357H) 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: HIS303Y
Recommended preparation: A course in Renaissance or Early Modern European history


HIS358H1
The Old Canadian West to 1885 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: HIS262Y/263Y


HIS361Y1
Twentieth Century Canada 52L

An examination of cultural, political and economic themes in Canada's history since 1900.
Prerequisite: HIS262Y/263Y


HIS362Y1
New France 52L

Genesis and development of French societies in 17th- and 18th-century North America. Acadia, Ile Royale, Canada and the western interior. Relations with Indians, population growth, development of colonial administration, imperial rivalry and warfare, up to and including the British conquest.
Prerequisite: HIS106Y/262Y/263Y


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: HIS262Y/263Y


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: HIS282Y

HIS364H1
Modern India since 1857


HIS365H1
Old Ontario 26L

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.
Exclusion: HIS365Y/385H (ERI)
Prerequisite: HIS262Y/263Y


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 (formerly HIS369H) 52L

Algonkian and Iroquoian history from the eve of European contact to 1900 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.
Recommended preparation: HIS106Y/262Y/263Y/271Y


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: HIS271Y


HIS371Y1
The Social History of Early America (formerly HIS371H) 26L

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.
Prerequisite: HIS271Y and completion of at least 6 courses


HIS372Y1
The United States in the 20th Century 78L

A survey and analysis of the political, economic, and social institutions and foreign policy commitments of the United States from 1890-1992.
Exclusion: HIS376Y
Prerequisite: HIS271Y


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: HIS271Y
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.
Exclusion: HIS374H, 378H
Prerequisite: HIS271Y


HIS376Y1
The United States Between the Wars, 1918-1941 26L

The study of economic, political, cultural and diplomatic developments associated with the emergence of "modern America." Major topics include: the strengths and weaknesses of a consumer and corporate society; the transition from Republican to Democratic Party dominance; youth culture and protest culture; and the expansion of economic and political activity in the international arena.
Prerequisite: HIS271Y/372Y


HIS377Y1
20th-Century American Diplomacy 78L

A survey and analysis of the involvement of the United States in world affairs from the 1890's to the 1980's.
Prerequisite: HIS271Y/372Y/POL208Y


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: HIS271Y


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: HIS238H/271Y


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: HIS280Y/JMC201Y


HIS381H1
Classical Indian History from Buddha to Harsha, 500 B.C.-700 A.D. 26L

The genesis and growth of Indian classical civilization. Buddhist age, empire of the Mauryas, Gupta empire, the age of Harsha. Ancient Indian political, social, and economic ideas and institutions. Readings in English.
Recommended preparation: HIS282Y

HIS381H1
Classical Indian History from Buddha to Harsha


HIS382H1
Topics in Medieval Indian History 26L

Hindu and Muslim historiography; military organization; the city; aristocracy and court life, religious syncretism, militant sects (Sikhism).
Recommended preparation: HIS282Y

HIS382H1
Topics in Mediaeval Indian History


HIS383H1
Women in Sub-Saharan Africa (formerly HIS383Y) 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.
Prerequisite: HIS295Y


HIS385H1
The History of Hong Kong (formerly HIS385Y) 26L

A study of political, economic, and social change in the British colony of Hong Kong from 1842 until the present day.
Recommended Preparation: HIS280Y/232Y/JMC201Y


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: HIS101Y/282Y

HIS386Y1
Muslims in India and Pakistan


HIS387H1
Ontario, 1867-1990 26L

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.
Exclusion: HIS365Y
Prerequisite: HIS262Y/263Y


HIS388Y1
France Since 1715 52L

Developments in French politics, culture and society from the Enlightenment to modern times.
Prerequisite: EUR200Y/one course in HIS/FRE


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.
Exclusion: HIS384Y
Prerequisite: HIS271Y


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

HIS394H1
South Asian Migration and Settlement


HIS396Y1
Sub-Saharan Africa since 1807 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 structural development. The interaction between the internal dynamics of African history and external forces is examined and different regions of Africa compared.


HIS398Y1
The Holocaust: Nazi Germany, Occupied Europe and the Destruction of European Jewery 52L

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.
Recommended preparation: A course in modern European history and completion of six undergraduate full-course equivalents

HIS398Y1
The Holocaust: Nazis, Occupied Europe and the Jews


HIS399Y1
Men, Gender and Power in Europe from the Renaissance to the French Revolution (formerly HIS399H) 52L

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


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: HIS311Y/344Y/377Y


HIS402H1
Church and Society in Spain, 1750-1974 26S

The place of the Church within a changing society: ecclesiastical demography and wealth, the social recruitment of the clergy, the religious orders, the incidence of religious practice. A reading knowledge of Spanish is desirable. (Joint undergraduate-graduate)
Prerequisite: HIS109Y/243H, 244H/301Y/304Y


HIS403H1
Early Modern Spain, 1492-1808 26S

The main themes of Spanish history from the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella through the Enlightenment of the 18th century are examined. Emphasis on the social history of Spain during that period. (Joint undergraduate-graduate)
Prerequisite: HIS109Y/243H, 244H/301Y/304Y


HIS405Y1
Canadian Foreign Relations 52S

A course on Canadian external relations since 1945. Topics include Canada and the Cold War, Canadian trade policy, membership in international organizations, and bilateral relations with other countries. (Joint undergraduate-graduate)
Exclusion: HIS429Y
Prerequisite: HIS311Y/POL312Y


HIS406Y1
Race Relations in 19th Century America 52S

An examination of the inter-relationship of whites, Native Americans, African Americans, and various immigrant groups and their impact in shaping the development of the United States in the 19th century. Topics include: slavery, Indian removal, Manifest Destiny, emancipation and reconstruction, reservation policy, segregation and disfranchisement.
Prerequisite: HIS271Y


HIS407Y1
Imperial Germany, 1871-1918 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)
Prerequisite: HIS317Y 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: HIS271Y


HIS409H1
Culture, Nationality, and the State in Canada since 1850 26S

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)
Prerequisite: HIS262Y/263Y/309Y/311Y/313Y/362Y/362H


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: HIS262Y/263Y/367H


HIS411H1
European Colonialism 1870-1970 26S

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. (Joint undergraduate-graduate)
Prerequisite: HIS243H/294Y/364H/385H/396Y


HIS412H1
The Baltic World 26S

Study of the various meanings of "the Baltic" area from an historical, socio-political, national and cultural perspective. It examines the Baltic world as an important crossroads of different nations, languages, religions, and mentalities. Special attention to turning points in the political history of the Baltic region from the medieval crusades to the Singing Revolution. (Joint undergraduate-graduate)
Recommended preparation: Background in European history


HIS413H1
French-English Relations in Canada 26S

A study of critical moments and problems in the French-English relationship with emphasis on the period since Confederation.
Prerequisite: HIS262Y/263Y/309Y/311Y/313Y/362H/362Y and ability to read French


HIS414Y1
The Third Reich (formerly HIS414H) 52S

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.
Prerequisite: HIS317Y/345H/398Y or permission of the instructor


HIS417Y1
Native and Other Americans 52S

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.
Recommended preparation: ANT204Y/HIS271Y


HIS418H1
Topics in Imperial Russian History, 1700-1855 26S

Borderlands and frontiers; political leadership and reform; demography; market forces; serfdom; militarism; Orthodoxy and sectarianism; nobility and bureaucracy; urbanism and city planning; cultural secularization. (Joint undergraduate-graduate)
Prerequisite: HIS250Y


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. (Joint undergraduate-graduate)
Prerequisite: A mark of 75% or higher in HIS262Y/263Y


HIS420Y1
The Medieval Papacy 52S

Topics in the history of the Western Church from the 4th to the 15th centuries, with emphasis upon the development of papal influence over religious and secular aspects of Western European life.
Prerequisite: HIS220Y


HIS421Y1
Soviet History Seminar (formerly HIS421H) 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)
Prerequisite: HIS351Y


HIS423H1
Social History of Medicine in the 19th& 20th Centuries (formerly HIS423Y) 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: HIS423Y
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: HIS220Y/304Y/320Y/322Y


HIS425H1
Historiography (formerly HIS396H/396Y) 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: HIS425H


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.
Prerequisite: HIS220Y


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 or permission of instructor


HIS430Y1
Historian and Sexual Dissendences 52S

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


HIS431H1
History of Technology II 26S

An advanced survey of the history of technology from the Industrial Revolution to modern times.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Recommended preparation: HPS201H/202H
This is a Humanities course


HIS431Y1
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.
Recommended preparation: HIS308Y/359Y


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: HIS220Y/permission of the instructor


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: HIS208Y/251Y/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: HIS220Y/250Y/320Y/322Y/JHP204Y/permission of the instructor


HIS437H1
The Writing and Rewriting of 17th Century English History 26S

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.
Prerequisite: HIS238H or permission of instructor


HIS438H1
Inquisition and Society in Medieval and Early Modern Europe (formerly HIS403H) 26S

Focusing on the institution of the inquisition, this seminar explores the response of ecclesiatical 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. (Joint undergraduate-graduate)
Recommended preparation: HIS220Y


HIS439Y1
Women and 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: HIS308Y/351Y


HIS440H1
American Consumer Society, 1890-1940 26S

An historical and critical overview of American consumer society from the late-nineteenth century until 1940. Examining economic and cultural aspects of consumerism to understand how the pursuit of consumer goods came to serve as a prime indicator of personal happiness, individual identity, therapeutic well-being, and social standing.
Prerequisite: HIS271Y


HIS443Y1
Society, Culture and Religion in the Renaissance and Reformation 52S

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)
Prerequisite: HIS340H/357Y or permission of instructor


HIS445Y1
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. (Joint undergraduate-graduate)
Prerequisite: Any two of the following: JHP204Y/HIS208Y/232Y/238H/239H/241H/242H
/243H/244H/245Y/250Y/251Y/301Y/306Y/310Y/317Y
/330Y/334Y/337Y/339Y/342Y/344Y/345H/348H/349Y
/351Y/353Y/356H/357Y/365H/367H/388Y/398Y/399H
/NMC278Y/378Y


HIS447Y1
Advanced Readings in American Popular Culture 78S

This course focuses on selected issues and topics in American social and cultural history during the past 100 years. (Joint undergraduate-graduate)
Prerequisite: HIS271Y, 375Y


HIS448Y1
Europe in the Eighteenth Century 52S

Studies in the culture and controls of rural and urban societies during the Enlightenment with special emphasis on southern Europe.
Prerequisite: One course in European history
Recommended preparation: HIS244H


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)
Prerequisite: HIS262Y/263Y


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: HIS251Y/334Y or equivalent


HIS455H1
Topics in Russian and Soviet Social History 26S

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)
Prerequisite: A course in Russian history


HIS456Y1
Slavery in Latin America (formerly HIS487Y) 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.
Exclusion: HIS487H/487Y
Prerequisite: HIS291Y/292Y/294Y/295Y/384Y/394Y/408Y/IAS200Y/320H


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: HIS250Y/334Y/344Y


HIS459H1
Social Movements in Health and Medicine 26S

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)
Recommended preparation: Background in American, Canadian or British history; history of medicine; biosciences


HIS460H1
Directed Research in the History of Medicine in Canada 26S

Primary research on selected topics in the development of health care in Canada.
Prerequisite: HIS463H


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: HIS334Y/353Y/permission of the instructor


HIS462H1
The Canadian Political Tradition: from Macdonald to Chr tien 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: HIS262Y/263Y/311Y/312H/313Y/314Y/361Y/362Y
/363H/365H/387H or permission of instructor


HIS463H1
The History of Health Care in Canada 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: HIS262Y/263Y/311Y/312H/313Y/314Y/361Y/362Y
/363H/365H/387H/a course in 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: HIS262Y/263Y


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)
Prerequisite: EAS223H/312H/HIS281Y/346Y/POL335Y


HIS466Y1
Topics in Canadian History 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: HIS262Y/263Y


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.
Prerequisite: HIS262Y/263Y


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.
Recommended preparation: A course in Canadian history


HIS472H1
Topics in Canadian Aboriginal/Non-Aboriginal Relations (formerly HIS472Y) 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)
Prerequisite: HIS262Y/263Y


HIS473Y1
The United States and Asia during the Cold War: 1945-75 52S

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
Prerequisite: HIS271Y/372Y/377Y


HIS474H1
The American Urban Black Experience (formerly HIS474Y) 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.
Prerequisite: HIS271Y
Recommended preparation: HIS370H


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, Dickens and Morris and Victorian material culture especially the country house, the paraphenalia of gentility, the urban slum. (Joint undergraduate-graduate)
Recommended preparation: A course in modern British History/Victorian literature


HIS478Y1
Immigration and Ethnicity in American History 52S

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.
Prerequisite: HIS271Y


HIS479Y1
Cold War America 52S

An analysis of the political, social, and economic institutions and foreign policy commitments of the United States from 1941 to 1992.
Prerequisite: HIS372Y


HIS480Y1
Medieval Indian Society 52S

Indian law, political ideas and institutions, and Indian social organization. The inter-relationships between law, politics, and social order. (Joint undergraduate-graduate)
Prerequisite: HIS282Y/381H/382H


HIS481H1
Ancient and Medieval Historiography 26S

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.
Prerequisite: HIS282Y/364H/381H/382H/386Y or permission of instructor

HIS481H1
Ancient and Medieval Indian Historiography


HIS482Y1
The Failure of Peace: International Relations, 1918-1941 52S

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.
Prerequisite: HIS103Y/344Y


HIS483Y1
Topics in the History of Women in Europe, 1500 to the Present 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: HIS245Y/308Y/399H


HIS485H1
Topics in Late Imperial and Modern Chinese History (formerly HIS485Y) 26S

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. (Joint undergraduate-graduate)
Prerequisite: EAS102Y/HIS280Y, HIS380Y/JMC201Y


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: EUR200Y/HIS103Y/241H, 242H/344Y


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: HIS423Y


HIS490H1
Topics in Modern Latin American History 26S

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)
Prerequisite: HIS291Y/292Y/POL305Y


HIS491H1
Nationalism in India before and after Independence


HIS491Y1
Nationalism in India Before and After Independence (formerly HIS491H) 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: HIS491H
Prerequisite: HIS282Y or permission of instructor


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

Britain's response to the French Revolution and revolutionary wars through the study of selected topics in political theory, the history of popular movements, social and economic history, foreign policy, and political history. (Joint undergraduate-graduate)
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor


HIS493H1
Cultural Encounters in Early Canada 26L

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
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: HIS295Y/395Y


HIS497Y1/498H1/499H1
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 HIS497Y/498H; in December for HIS499H.


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