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HIS History CoursesHIS101Y1 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. HIS103Y1 An historical survey of international relations since 1648, designed to introduce
students to the importance and methods of historical thinking. Major international crises,
such as the Great Power wars of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, are explored in order
to assess the forces of continuity and change in the international system. HIS104Y1 The events since 1600, the consequences of which continue to resonate through primary
documents, historical additional reconstructions, students are exposed to the processes by
which the past is given meaning. Students are encouraged to be aware of the impact of
events and be sensitive to the inter-connectedness of the past. HIS106Y1 North and South America and the Caribbean from Columbus to the American Revolution:
aboriginal cultures, European exploration, conquest and settlement, the enslavement of
Africans, the ecological impact of colonization. HIS109Y1 The shape of traditional society; the forces at work on the social, political,
economic, cultural and intellectual structures of Western Europe since the high Middle
Ages: the structure of Traditional Society; the First Period of Challenges, 1350-1650; the
Second Period of Challenges, 1650-1815; Confidence, Stability and Progress, 1815-1914; the
Collapse of the Old Order and the Condition of Modern Europe, 1914-1945. HIS206Y1 Jewish history from the rise of Islam until the 17th century: demography, self-government, messianic movements, and economic activity. Introduction to modern historiography. HIS208Y1 A survey of Jewish history in Europe and North America since 1648: the origins of
Jewish modernity; emancipation; the Jewish Enlightenment; Reform Judaism; anti-semitism
and Jewish responses; Zionism; the decline of East European Jewry and the rise of North
American Jewry; the Holocaust. HIS208Y1M HIS220Y1 Economic, political, religious, and educational ideas and institutions of the Middle Ages, from the late Roman period to the fifteenth century. HIS232Y1 The nature of European imperialism; expansion and development of the British Empire; Imperial strategy; the impact of war and nationalism; thoughts on the Commonwealth. HIS238H1 An introduction to the history of early modern England with emphasis on the search for identity with reference to the nation, the crown, class, gender, age, political parties, race and ethnicity. HIS239H1 An introduction to the history of modern England with emphasis on the search for identity with reference to the nation, the crown, class, gender, age, political parties, race and ethnicity. HIS241H1 An introduction to modern European history from Napoleon to the outbreak of World War
I. Important political, economic, social, and intellectual changes in France, Germany,
Austria-Hungary, Italy, and other countries are discussed: revolution of 1848, Italian and
German unification, racism and imperialism, the evolution of science, art, and culture,
labour protest, and the coming of war. HIS242H1 The evolution of European politics, culture, and society from 1914: the two world wars,
Fascism and Nazism, the post-1945 reconstruction and the movement towards European
integration. HIS243H1 The political, social, economic, and intellectual history of continental Europe. The Renaissance, the Reformation, Counter-reformation, growth of the territorial monarchies, the religious wars. HIS244H1 The political, social, economic, and intellectual history of continental Europe. Development of royal absolutism, social change and the crisis of the ancient regime, the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, the Napoleonic era. HIS245Y1 An introductory survey tracing women's participation in the political, economic,
intellectual, and social history of Europe from the High Middle Ages to the Twentieth
Century. HIS250Y1 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 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 A survey of the political, social, and economic history of Canada, topically treated
from the beginning to the present. HIS263Y1 An introductory survey with extra focus on major themes and problems. Designed
particularly for students who may wish to do further work in history or Canadian Studies. HIS271Y1 A survey of the economic, social, cultural, and political history of the United States from the colonial era to present times. HIS280Y1 Chinese civilization from earliest times to the late-imperial period ending around
1800. Emphasis is on intellectual, social and political development. HIS281Y1 Political, military, social, economic, and intellectual history of Japan from beginning
of Tokugawa period (1603) to the present. Emphasis on the long term modernization and
democratization of Japan, and passage through imperialism and militarism to peace. HIS282Y1 An introductory survey of Indian history from its sources in the archeological remains of Harappa and Mohenjo Daro to the present. HIS282Y1 HIS291Y1 The evolution of Spanish and Portuguese America from pre-Columbian civilizations to the wars of independence. HIS292Y1 A survey of Latin American history from the wars of independence to the present day. HIS294Y1 An exploration of changes in the structure of Caribbean society beginning in 1492,
including European contact, the conquest of native peoples, the emergence of large
plantations, the impact of slavery, patterns of resistance and revolt and the changes
brought about by emancipation. HIS295Y1 Historical development of African peoples through the partition of Africa. Population movement, the development of trade and technology, the growth of kingdoms and empires, Islam, the slave trade, increasing impact of the industrial West. HIS299Y1 Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. See page 42 for details. HIS300H1 How Americans have approached, experienced, and been affected by war. The development
and sociology of the military establishment, beginning with the nature of early modern
warfare and its application in Anglo-America through United States involvement in the Gulf
War. HIS301Y1 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. HIS303H1 The Italian Renaissance, 1300-1600: Interpretations of the Renaissance, humanism,
education, merchants, courtly life, political and economic developments of the city
states. HIS304Y1 Course emphasizes the interaction of Christians, Muslims, and Jews, and the cultural
and political distinctiveness of Castile and Aragon in the development of state, society,
and culture in medieval Spain. It also treats the conquest and colonization of Spanish
America in light of medieval developments. HIS304Y1 HIS305H1 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. HIS306Y1 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. HIS310Y1 The political, intellectual, and social history of Italy from the French Revolution to
the establishment of the Republic. Topics include the old regime, the revolution of 1848,
unification, the role of the church, Fascism, and World War II. HIS311Y1 Canadian international affairs in a broader context. Anglo-American as well as
Canadian-American relations; the European background to questions such as the League of
Nations, appeasement and rearmament, which directly affected Canada without this country
being consulted. HIS312H1 The peopling of Canada by immigrant groups from the 1660s tot he 1970s. Immigration and
multiculturalism policies; migration and settlement; ethnic communities; relations with
the host society. HIS313Y1 Canadian labour history from political action to collective bargaining in the period
from Confederation to the present. HIS314Y1 A general survey tracing the political, social, and cultural development of a distinct society in Quebec and the rise of self-conscious French-speaking communities elsewhere in Canada. HIS316H1 The rise of advertising as an economic, moral, and cultural force in the 19th and 20th
centuries. Attention to advertising as a form of communication, the role of the mass
media, stereotyping and the culture of consumption. Majority of course material deals with
the experiences of the United States and Canada, focusing on the period after 1945. HIS317Y1 Political, social, and international developments in Germany from 1815 to unification
in 1990. A number of films are featured. Topics include early German nationalism, the 1848
revolution, Bismarck's wars of unification, the path to war in 1914, hyper-inflation,
Weimar culture, the Nazi seizure of power, the Final Solution, and the two Germanies in
the post-war era. HIS318Y1 A survey of major themes in the history of change in the Canadian environment from the
15th century to the present which include exploration, resource exploitation, settlement,
industrialism, conservation and modern ecology. HIS320Y1 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. HIS321H1 An examination of the emergence of a mature industrial society in the United States
from the end of reconstruction to the 1907 financial panic, focusing on the impact of the
newly emergent industrial organization on labour, farmers, and consumers and the new
political system. HIS322Y1 Chronological survey of the history of medieval Europe from 1100 to approximately 1450.
The three main topics are: the formation of the modern states, the impact of urban
development, and the evolution of spirituality. HIS323Y1 Reflecting on the life cycle and rites of passage in the medieval period gives the
opportunity to study the daily lives of peasants, nobles, monks, nuns, and burghers, and
to observe from an interesting angle the differences between female and male life
experiences. HIS328Y1 An examination of political, social and economic developments in Chinese history from
1800 to the present day. Main topics are the decline of the Imperial order and the
challenge of Western imperialism; the Republican period; the rise of the Communist
movement; the People's Republic of China. HIS330Y1 A survey of the impact of Britain on world affairs from the Napoleonic wars to the Suez
crisis of 1956. HIS332H1 The changing nature of crime and criminal justice in early-modern England; the
emergence of modern forms of policing, trial and punishment. HIS333Y1 An examination of the impact of 20th-century Latin American revolutions on the lives of
their participants. HIS334Y1 The diplomatic, economic and military activities of Russia, Germany, Austria, France,
Great Britain and the U.S. vis a vis Central Europe. Russian and German expansion,
partitions of Poland, disintegration of the Ottoman Empire, the Napoleonic and World Wars,
political systems created in Vienna, Versailles and Yalta, the Cold War and the
disintegration of the Soviet outer empire. HIS337Y1 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. HIS339Y1 Major aspects of English history from the end of the 18th century to the death of Queen
Victoria: the Industrial Revolution, the rise of parliamentary democracy, the role of
social class, the development of modern cities, the emergence of the modern state,
Victorian religion, the Victorian family, the role of aristocracy in an industrialized
society. HIS340H1 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. HIS342Y1 The great figures and movements in modern intellectual history viewed in their
historical context: Condorcet, de Maistre, Comte, Durkheim, Kant, Hegel, Ranke, Weber,
Nietzsche, Darwin, Freud, etc. HIS343Y1 An introduction to the historical origins and 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. HIS344Y1 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. HIS345H1 European Fascism in countries such as France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Hungary, and
Romania. The interrelationship among social forces, political movements, and nationalist
ideologies. HIS346Y1 Survey of ideas behind major problems of Japanese history since 1600. Confucianism and
National Studies in the Tokugawa period, 19th century westernization, 20th century
nationalistic reaction, democratic and secular thought since 1945. HIS347H1 The history of Chinese foreign relations from 1842 to the present day, with emphasis on
the foreign relations of the People's Republic since 1949. Topics include: imperialism in
China, Sino-Soviet relations; the Deng era rapprochement with the West; contemporary
issues such as Hong Kong, Taiwan, regional security. HIS348H1 Changing concepts of state authority, attitudes toward religion, emigration, the study
of popular culture, regional differentiation and economies, social structure and politics,
nationalism. HIS349Y1 Political, social, economic, and cultural history of France. Stress is placed on modern
historiographical trends. HIS350Y1 How childrearing has altered across the ages, whether the couple is held together by "romance" or "property", and how the family is connected to the outside community. Changes in the size of families, in the composition of the household, and in the roles of women as mothers and wives. Material is included from both North America and Europe, and ranges from the 17th century to the present. HIS351Y1 A survey of the history of 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. HIS353Y1 Social and political history of Poland from the 10th to the 20th century. Analysis of
the political history in a broader, central European context; consequences of
Christianization of medieval Poland and the Polish-Lithuanian union; Sarmatian culture,
Antemurale, Polish Messianism and Cordon sanitaire. HIS355H1 Crime and criminal justice in England in the industrial age; the relationship of crime,
society, and economy. HIS356H1 Origins of Jewish nationalism in 19th-century Europe; creation of the Zionist political
movement; varieties of Zionist ideology; Zionist diplomatic and state-building activity;
conflict with the Palestinian Arabs; the establishment of the state and its development
since 1948. HIS357Y1 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. HIS358H1 Survey of the development of Rupert's Land and the Pacific Northwest to 1885. The focus
is on aboriginal-white relations, the growth of fur trade society, the beginnings of
settlement and the region's entry into Confederation. HIS361Y1 An examination of cultural, political and economic themes in Canada's history since
1900. HIS362Y1 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. HIS363H1 A lecture course which deals thematically with gender issues in Canadian history
(including familial roles, changing patterns of work and employment, and participation in
the public sphere). HIS364H1 Selected topics in the history of modern India: the cultural, political and economic
impact of the British Raj; nationalism, communalism, regional differentiation; social
structure and change, cultural values and problems of identity; party structure and
political change. HIS364H1 HIS365H1 The making of the Ontario community from the time of the initial European contacts with
the First Peoples to Confederation in 1867. Exploration of race relations; the Ontario
origins of Canada's Conservative and Liberal parties; ethnic clashes and accommodations;
imperial policies vs. colonial realities; women's role on the pioneer farm; and the growth
of the education system. HIS367H1 The apparatus, the character, and the significance of an increasing volume of images,
in particular of the body, since 1800 in Europe and North America. Introduction to
concerns of cultural history: power and knowledge; self and identity; gender and
sexuality; class, age, and race; and the pursuit of pleasure. HIS369Y1 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. HIS370H1 A survey of the economic, social, political, and cultural history of black America from
Reconstruction until recent times. Among the central issues dealt with are: segregation
and disfranchisement; the Great Migration; the rise of the ghetto; the Civil Rights
Movement; emergence of an "underclass." HIS371Y1 Examines the evolution of 17th- and 18th-century American society as Europeans strove
to conquer a new environment and establish communities. As we examine the development of
regional economies, race, gender, labor systems, production and consumption, we begin to
understand the origins of the American society as we know it today. HIS372Y1 A survey and analysis of the political, economic, and social institutions and foreign
policy commitments of the United States from 1890-1992. HIS374H1 This course looks at the early origins of American consumerism. It begins with
17th-century England and the economic imperatives within the Atlantic World, then traces
the changing attitudes of 18th-century Americans towards consumer goods, fashion and style
that led to the mass consumption of the 19th century. HIS375Y1 An examination of popular culture and its relationship to society during the first
eighty years of the 20th century. By examining popular music, literature, radio, movies,
sports, television, and other leisure activities, the course analyzes the manner by which
groups such as blacks, ethnics, young people, and women used new means of communication to
create a new popular culture in America. HIS376Y1 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. HIS377Y1 A survey and analysis of the involvement of the United States in world affairs from the
1890's to the 1980's. HIS378H1 A survey of one of the most turbulent decades in American history. Examines the
political, social, economic and cultural revolutions that transformed the face of America. HIS379H1 Examines the social, cultural, political and economic features of the American colonies
and analyses the forces leading to Revolution and Independence. The impact of the
Revolution on domestic and public life of both men and women, and on African-American and
aboriginal peoples are explored. HIS380Y1 The political, social, and economic history of China from the period of political and
economic reorganization in the Song dynasty to the final glory of the imperial order down
to the end of the 18th century and its decay in the 19th. HIS381H1 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. HIS381H1 HIS382H1 Hindu and Muslim historiography; military organization; the city; aristocracy and court
life, religious syncretism, militant sects (Sikhism). HIS382H1 HIS383H1 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. HIS385H1 A study of political, economic, and social change in the British colony of Hong Kong
from 1842 until the present day. HIS386Y1 Social and political history of Muslims of South Asia since A.D. 712. The growth of
Muslim community, conversion, social stratification, and social structure; mediaeval
Muslim legacy in administration, art, literature, and religion. Muslim identity,
nationalism, and "Islamic modernism" as reflected in the writings of
intellectuals such as Sayyid Ahmad Khan, Iqbal, Jinnah, Abul-Kalam Azad, Mawdudi, and
Parwiz. HIS386Y1 HIS387H1 The economic, political and social history of Ontario from the creation of the province
in 1867 to the demise of the Peterson government in 1990. Special attention is paid to
federal/provincial relations; northern development; political leadership; and immigrant
life. HIS388Y1 Developments in French politics, culture and society from the Enlightenment to modern
times. HIS393H1 An examination of the role of slavery in the development of the American South from the
early colonial period through the Civil War. Topics include: the origins of slavery, the
emergence of a plantation economy, the rise of a slaveholding elite, the structure of the
slave community, and the origins of the war. HIS394H1 The history of South Asian migration with particular emphasis on 20th-century
immigration to North America and the establishment of South Asian Diaspora Society in
Canada: push and pull factors, transnationality, culture transfer, sojourning and
settling, race, class gender issues, adaptation and defence of tradition. HIS394H1 HIS396Y1 The course examines the major economic and political transitions that have occured in Africa form the abolition of the trans-Atlantic slave trade to the era of structural development. The interaction between the internal dynamics of African history and external forces is examined and different regions of Africa compared. HIS398Y1 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. HIS398Y1 HIS399Y1 An investigation of how ideas of masculinity and gender roles shaped the exercise of private and public power in early modern Europe. HIS400Y1 For details, consult the Department of History. HIS401Y1 This course covers international relations from World War II to the collapse of the
Soviet Union. Topics include the breakdown of the wartime alliance, Soviet predominance in
eastern Europe, the Western response, NATO, atomic weaponry. HIS402H1 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) HIS403H1 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) HIS405Y1 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) HIS406Y1 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. HIS407Y1 Historiographical controversies and the latest empirical findings concerning social
conflict and political mobilization under Bismarck and Wilhelm II. Problems raised by
competing schools of interpretation include definitions of the authoritarian state,
bourgeois hegemony, localism and regionalism, radical nationalism, workers' culture, and
gender relations. (Joint undergraduate-graduate) HIS408Y1 Relations between blacks and whites in the United States from the colonial period to
recent times with emphasis on slavery. HIS409H1 Problems raised by the coexistence of different national, linguistic and cultural
groups: bilingualism; cultural diversity vs "national unity"; relations between
nationality and "identity," religion and the state, etc. Differences between
French and English-Canadian views and their impact on French-English relations and those
with cultural/ethnic minorities. (Joint undergraduate-graduate) HIS410H1 Social and cultural approaches to understanding spectacles, crowd behaviour, and
parades in the Canadian past, 1660s - 1980s. HIS411H1 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) HIS412H1 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) HIS413H1 A study of critical moments and problems in the French-English relationship with
emphasis on the period since Confederation. HIS414Y1 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. HIS417Y1 The relationship between tribes and the government and society of the United States.
Pre-contact society and culture; the origins of race consciousness; Indian Removal;
movements for cultural renewal; the concentration, reservation, and allotment policies;
the Indian New Deal, and the Red Power Movement. HIS418H1 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) HIS419Y1 The evolution of the tastes, patterns of consumption, and leisure products which
together defined the affluent lifestyle that matured in the postwar era. Attention to the
effects of technology; gender stereotypes; how people used the mass media; the genres of
advertising, mass entertainment, and sports; fads, fashions, and heroes. Focus on the
period after 1945. (Joint undergraduate-graduate) HIS420Y1 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. HIS421Y1 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) HIS423H1 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) HIS424Y1 This seminar explores the social function and meaning of violence in medieval society,
and the development of rituals and institutions to control violence. Among the topics
treated: Germanic blood feud, aristocratic violence and chivalry, criminal justice
systems, violence against minorities, and violence and gender. (Joint
undergraduate-graduate) HIS425H1 A look at some basic problems of historical study, approached by means of an analysis
of the work of a number of historians and philosophers of history, representing different
schools of thought and time periods from ancient times to the present. HIS426H1 An analysis of the writings of historians in order to understand their treatment of
subject matter, methods, modes of thought, discourse, and explanatory styles. The
historians we examine come mostly from 20th-century North America and Europe, along with a
few from other cultures and earlier times. HIS427H1 The "Golden Legend" or Readings on the Saints, compiled by Jacobus de
Voragine C. 1260, serves as the basis for a seminar on the relation of history and legend
as understood in the High Middle Ages. HIS428H1 The first goal of this seminar is to help students read the sources with a more
critical eye, especially narrative sources (Lives of Saints) and normative sources (rules
and customaries). The second goal is to study the evolution of the monastic ideal from its
origin to the 12th century. (Joint undergraduate-graduate) HIS430Y1 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) HIS431H1 An advanced survey of the history of technology from the Industrial Revolution to
modern times. HIS431Y1 The course looks at the issues of "first-wave" feminism by comparing
experiences of women in Canada, the United States and Britain. HIS432H1 The students define together with the professor eight different topics (e.g. relics,
masculinity, leprosy, clothes, recluses, peasants' houses, gynecology and the peace of
God). Each topic is approached through a class discussion, on the basis of a common corpus
of secondary sources, plus presentations by the students. HIS433H1 To explore the history of Polish Jews from the Partitions of Poland to the present
time, concentrating on the 19th and the first half of the 20th centuries: situation of
Polish Jews in Galicia; Congress Kingdom of Poland; Prussian-occupied Poland before 1914;
during World War II; and post-war Poland. Focus on an analysis of primary sources. (Joint
undergraduate-graduate) HIS434Y1 The origin of Rus', international trade, the impact of nomadic peoples, the
introduction of Christianity, the economic system an the problem of feudalism, the
political structure and the dilemma of princely succession; literature and architecture;
the displacement of political power centres and depopulation, the preservation of the
Kievan heritage. (Joint undergraduate-graduate) HIS437H1 A seminar in which students explore a few of the important issues arising from the
history and historiography of Stuart England. Students locate the political narrative in
its social and economic context and as a product of subsequent historiographical
development. HIS438H1 Focusing on the institution of the inquisition, this seminar explores the response of
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) HIS439Y1 A seminar on the history of women in Russia and the Soviet Union from the reform era to
the present. The purpose is to assess the impact of socio-economic structures, ideology,
and political developments on the changing lives of women in Russia/USSR. (Joint
undergraduate-graduate) HIS440H1 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. HIS443Y1 Developments in popular/lay/local religion as expressed in a variety of cultural,
political, and social forms from 1400-1600; the relation of these forms to both Catholic
and PRotestant institutional churches. Impact of Renaissance humanism on notions of
kinship, order, community, perfection. (Joint undergraduate-graduate) HIS445Y1 What is a nation? Are nations ancient or modern, unchanging or malleable? Do nations
create states, or does the state create the nation? This course seeks to answer these
questions through an examination of nationalism, primarily in Europe, from the 1700's
through the present. (Joint undergraduate-graduate) HIS447Y1 This course focuses on selected issues and topics in American social and cultural
history during the past 100 years. (Joint undergraduate-graduate) HIS448Y1 Studies in the culture and controls of rural and urban societies during the
Enlightenment with special emphasis on southern Europe. HIS449Y1 The role of the intelligentsia in East European national revivals; the ethnographic and
literary revival; the language question; the press and cultural organizations; education;
religion; and political movements. (Joint undergraduate-graduate) HIS453H1 How the peoples of Eastern Europe tried to organize their domestic affairs, and in what
international context they sought to operate, in order to survive as national entities and
later to preserve their newly-won independence and territorial integrity. (Joint
undergraduate-graduate) HIS455H1 From the Great Reforms to the Stalinist purges. Traditions and the dynamics of peasant
(and landlord) society; pressures of industrialization and urbanization; revolutionary
intelligentsia and its relation to the worker and peasant masses; the state bureaucracy's
efforts to induce and regulate social development. Concentration on the experiences of
workers and peasants. (Joint undergraduate-graduate) HIS456Y1 An examination of black slavery in Latin America, with emphasis on the lives of the
slaves, from the conquest of America to abolition in the 19th century. HIS457Y1 An examination of how the history of 19th and 20th century Sub-Saharan Africa has often
been pathologized between the normative extremes of tradition and modernity. The primary
aim is to understand the subtle stratagems people in different parts of Africa adopted to
negotiate their positions within the wider world. Cultural and social themes are stressed,
but not to the exclusion of economic and political considerations. HIS458Y1 Tsarist and Soviet foreign relations from the Crimean War to the present with emphasis
on continuity and change. The seminar examines major themes in Russian and Soviet foreign
policy behaviour on the basis of assigned readings. HIS459H1 Challenges to the hegemony of biomedical science constantly arise and include social
and reform movements such as alternative medicine (e.g. homeopathy, Thomsonianism,
chiropractic); animal rights (anti-vivisectionism); and feminism. This course explores
these and other challenges to identify their origins, similarities, and differences in
19th- and 20th-century North America and Britain. (Joint undergraduate-graduate) HIS460H1 Primary research on selected topics in the development of health care in Canada. HIS461H1 The 20th century has been an age of experiments for Poland. Universal, general problems
of democracy, authoritarianism, totalitarianism, communism, socialism, free market and
centrally planned economies, are examined, as are the ongoing adjustments made by the
Polish people. (Joint undergraduate-graduate) HIS462H1 A seminar exploring the evolution of Canadian political culture, with emphasis on the
political ideas and leadership of the Prime Ministers. (Joint undergraduate-graduate) HIS463H1 An introduction to the principal topics in the development of health care in Canada,
including therapies, medical research, the organization of the medical profession,
hospitals and paramedical treatment, and the role of the state. (Joint
undergraduate-graduate) HIS464Y1 The prairie West since the mid-19th century. The emergence of a distinctive region and
its place in Canadian development. HIS465Y1 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) HIS466Y1 Selected topics in a specific period of Canadian history. Content in any given year
depends on instructor. Please see Departmental Handbook for complete description. HIS468H1 The emphasis in this course is on Native peoples, settlement issues and settler
society; economic development; women; reform movements; other distinctive aspects of the
history of the Maritime region and Newfoundland. HIS469H1 This course examines the interaction between religion and culture in Canada from
colonial times to the present with emphasis on primary documents. HIS472H1 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) HIS473Y1 The course examines United States foreign policy as it relates to a number of major
episodes in the international politics of East and South East Asia during the Cold War.
Attention is paid to the role of other international actors. Topics include the Korean War
and the Vietnam War HIS474H1 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. HIS477Y1 Examination of the impact of industrialism on Victorian society and values.
Concentration on Victorian social critics including Engels, Owen, Dickens and Morris and
Victorian material culture especially the country house, the paraphenalia of gentility,
the urban slum. (Joint undergraduate-graduate) HIS478Y1 The extent to which the United States has been a "melting pot", including
migrations to and settlement patterns in America, concepts of nationality and race, and
the processes of assimilation and acculturation. Blacks and Native Americans are also
discussed, especially their nationalism and sense of common origin. HIS479Y1 An analysis of the political, social, and economic institutions and foreign policy
commitments of the United States from 1941 to 1992. HIS480Y1 Indian law, political ideas and institutions, and Indian social organization. The
inter-relationships between law, politics, and social order. (Joint
undergraduate-graduate) HIS481H1 The course deals with the historiographical presuppositions and the historical writings
of Buddhists, Jains, Hindus and Muslims. The course examines original chronicles and
historical biographies (in English translations) belonging to these four great religious
traditions of India. HIS481H1 HIS482Y1 A study of international relations in the crisis years between the two world wars. The
course focuses on the varieties of history employed to understand the "twenty years
crisis." The nature of historical memory and historical sources are explored.
Students will work with diplomatic documents from the period. HIS483Y1 This course treats various aspects of the social, economic, legal and political history
of women. A specific topic and period are selected for intensive study each year. The
primary focus is on western Europe, but with substantial reference to the comparative
experience of women in North America and eastern Europe. HIS485H1 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) HIS488Y1 The development of intelligence techniques and operations in wartime conditions; the
role of espionage, cryptanalysis and deception in deciding the battles and campaigns of
the Second World War. HIS489H1 Introduces students to some of the main issues in the history of psychiatry. Readings
from the secondary historical literature are distributed and discussed in class, covering
such topics as changes in the nature of psychotic illness, the psychoneuroses, disorders
of the mind/body relationship, and the psychiatric diagnosis and the
"presentation" of illness. (Joint undergraduate-graduate) HIS490H1 Topics include caudillo politics in the 19th century, the spread of commercial
agriculture, peasant and/or Indian revolts, the formation of the early labour movement and
banditry (social and anti-social). Focus on Mexico, Peru, Cuba, and Brazil. (Joint
undergraduate-graduate) HIS491H1 HIS491Y1 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) HIS492Y1 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) HIS493H1 Issues of identity and difference in the meeting of Natives and Europeans during colonization of Canada. Eastern, Western and Arctic Canada, 16th- to early 19th-centuries. (Joint undergraduate-graduate) HIS494Y1 Slavery has often been used to define both kinship and citizenship in African history,
just as slavery and citizenship have been seen as threats to kinship, and kinship and
slavery have been seen as obstacles to citizenship. This course examines the relationship
between these three topics in West African history. HIS497Y1/498H1/499H1 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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