Rice Course Schedule, Fall 2003
History (HIST)
Rice Course Schedule as of 11/06/2003.
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HIST 117 THE UNITED STATES,1776-1877 Credits 3.00 Fall 03
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Survey of American social, political, and economic history from the early
republic through the Civil War and Reconstruction, with emphasis on
industrialization and the history of labor, women's history, and race
relations. Offered with additional work as Hist 317.
001 HUM 119 - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM Baker, Laura Enr: 13 Max: 0
HIST 161 FRESHMAN SEMINAR: THE USES OF THE PAST Credits 3.00 Fall 03
This seminar analyzes how selected historical events are interpreted at
different times and in different contexts, sources will include history books,
novels, movies, court cases, and political debates. The specific events studied
will vary according to student interest from ancient times to Sept. 11, with
emphasis on historiographical questions such as "what does it mean to tell the
truth about the past?" Also offered as FSEM 161. Enrollment limited.
001 HUM 327 - M 07:00PM - 10:00PM Quillen, Carol E. Enr: 8 Max: 5
HIST 188 THE ATLANTIC WORLD: ORIGINS TO THE AGE O Credits 3.00 Fall 03
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
'The Atlantic Wold: Origins to the age of Revolution.' Survey of social,
political, economic, and intellectual ligatures which bound the particular
histories of Africa, Europe, and the Americas one to the other, until by the
late 18th century the Atlantic basin constituted a world unto itself. Offered
as additional work as Hist 388.
001 HUM 328 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Byrd, Alexander Xavier Enr: 18 Max: NA
HIST 203 INTRO TO MEDIEVAL CIVILIZATION: THE HIGH Credits 3.00 Fall 03
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Continuation of Hist 202 (not a prerequisite). Includes European culture from
the year 1000 to the discovery of the Americas, which encompasses the Crusades,
the "discovery of the individual," chivalry and chivalric literature, the Black
Death, and the beginnings of the Age of Exploration, using pictorial and
architectural as well as literary and historical sources. Offered with
additional work as Hist 326. Also offered as Mdst 203.
001 HUM 328 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM Decker, Michael Enr: 12 Max: NA
HIST 206 INTRO TO ASIAN CIVILIZATIONS Credits 3.00 Fall 03
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Introduction to the great cultural traditions of Asia, past and present, with
emphasis on evolving religious and philosophical traditions, artistic and
literary achievements, and patterns of political, social, and economic change.
Also offered as Asia 211. Limited enrollment.
001 HUM 117 - TTH 02:30PM - 03:50PM Klein, Anne C. Enr: 23 Max: 20
Shehabuddin, Elora
Thal, Sarah
HIST 211 AMERICAN THOUGHT AND SOCIETY I Credits 3.00 Fall 03
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Survey of 17th- and 18th-century American history, with emphasis on
intellectual and social developments underlying the surface of events. Offered
with additional work as Hist 311.
001 HUM 328 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Haskell, Thomas L. Enr: 15 Max: 0
HIST 228 MODERN LATIN AMERICA FROM INDEPENDENCE T Credits 3.00 Fall 03
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Discussions of Latin America usually fall back upon facile generalizations that
emphasize recent changes to explain "current events." This lecture course will
examine in detail the creation of modern Latin America. We will concentrate on
the struggles over land and labor, the creation of nation-states and the
conflicts within those states over issues of citizenship and social justice.
The course will also address the contentious role the United States has played
in the region.
001 HUM 117 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Wolfe, Joel Enr: 52 Max: 40
HIST 231 AFRICA TO 1884 Credits 3.00 Fall 03
Survey of the changing historiography of Africa. Includes the emergence of the
Bantu, early Christianity and Islam, trans-Saharan trade, the medieval Sudanic
empires, statelessness and state formation, Portugal in Africa, the slave
trade, South Africa to 1867, the Mfecane, the Sudanic jihads, long-distance
trade, and African-European relations in the 19th century.
001 HUM 120 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Odhiambo, Atieno S. Enr: 9 Max: NA
HIST 235 THE WORLD AND THE WEST Credits 3.00 Fall 03
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
This course aims first to provide an introduction to the last 500 years of
world history, focusing on those processes that define the modern period,
including industrialization, democratization, colonialism, and the emergence of
new forms of cultural production. Second, we explore how and why such
processes have come to divide the modern world into a "west" and a "non-west".
Offered with additional work as Hist 365. Also offered as Huma 235.
001 HANS 207 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Makdisi, Ussama Enr: 20 Max: NA
Quillen, Carol E.
HIST 267 A NECESSARY EVIL: THE MILITARY IN COLONI Credits 3.00 Fall 03
The African military has had an important association with, and been a
participant in, major significant moments in African history. Some of these
were positive experiences, others negative. By examining these events, this
course attempts to facilitate a greater understanding of the African military
and Africa's colonial and post-colonial history.
001 TBA - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Owino, Meshack Enr: 1 Max: NA
HIST 281 PREMODERN MIDDLE EAST HISTORY Credits 3.00 Fall 03
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
'The Middel East from the Prophet Muhammad to Muhammad Ali.' An introduction
to the history of the Middle East, from the rise of Islam to the beginning of
the 19th century. Topics include the Islamic conquests and the classical
Islamic state, Arabization, Jewish and Christian communities, the impact of the
Turkic peoples, and the Ottoman Empire, with an emphasis on the long-term
social, cultural, and political trends that shaped the history of the region in
the premodern period. Also offered as Mdst 281.
001 RH 123 - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM Sanders, Paula Enr: 21 Max: NA
HIST 300 INDEPENDENT STUDY Credits Fall 03
Independent study under the supervision of a history faculty member. Hours are
variable. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
Permisssion of instructor.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 2 Max: 0
HIST 303 UNDERGRADUATE INDEPENDENT READING Credits 3.00 Fall 03
Independent reading under the supervision of a history faculty member. Open to
a limited number of advanced students with special permission.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 3 Max: 0
HIST 311 AMERICAN THOUGHT & SOCIETY I Credits 3.00 Fall 03
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Enriched version of Hist 211. Students may not receive credit for both Hist 211
and 311.
001 HUM 328 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Haskell, Thomas L. Enr: 10 Max: 0
HIST 317 THE UNITED STATES,1776-1877 Credits 3.00 Fall 03
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Enriched version of Hist 117. May not receive credit for both Hist 117 and
Hist 317.
001 HUM 119 - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM Baker, Laura Enr: 9 Max: 0
HIST 326 INTRO. TO MEDIEVAL CIVILIZATION:THE HIGH Credits 3.00 Fall 03
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
An enriched version of Hist 203. Students may not receive credit for both 203
and 326. Also offered as Mdst 326.
001 HUM 328 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM Decker, Michael Enr: 10 Max: 0
HIST 349 WOMEN & GENDER IN 19TH CENTURY EUROPE Credits 3.00 Fall 03
Examination of the political and cultural discussions concerning the so-called
"Woman Question" in 19th-century Europe. Includes the role of public and
private legal rights in republicanism and the early feminist movement, the
reformulation of notions of gender equality in the context of 19th-century
socialist movements, and the challenges to gender identity posed by cultural
modernism at the end of the century. Also offered as WGST 420.
001 HUM 120 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM Wildenthal, Lora Enr: 2 Max: NA
HIST 355 FROM DEMOCRACY TO DICTATORSHIP: GERMAN H Credits 3.00 Fall 03
'From Democracy to Dictatorship: German History 1890-1945.' From 1890-1945,
Germans experienced dramatic changes in their political environment. This
lecture class will examine these changes, taking into account not only
political histoy, but also attempts to come to terms with the challenges posed
by organized capitalism, the rise and fall of socialism, the developmnent of an
interventionist state, cultural critique and political culture, the Nazi social
revolution, and the Holocaust. Also offered as Germ 355.
001 HUM 327 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Caldwell, Peter C. Enr: 29 Max: NA
HIST 365 THE WORLD AND THE WEST Credits 3.00 Fall 03
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Enriched version of Hist 235. Students may not receive credit for both Hist
235 and Hist 365.
001 HANS 207 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Makdisi, Ussama Enr: 17 Max: NA
Quillen, Carol E.
HIST 369 FILM, LITERATURE & THE JAPANESE PAST Credits 3.00 Fall 03
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Every day, we retell our past to find meaning in our present. Since 1945,
authors and film directors in Japan have made sense of the horrors of war, the
challenges of rapid economic growth, and the crisis of affluence through
artistic reinterpretations of historical themes. In this course we will
examine both the historical allusions and the uses to which they have been put
in 20th century Japanese film and literature. Also offered as Asia 369.
Limited Enrollment.
001 HUM 119 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Thal, Sarah Enr: 11 Max: 15
HIST 371 HISTORY OF MODERN FRANCE Credits 3.00 Fall 03
Survey of the history of France.
001 HUM 327 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM Cohen, Daniel Enr: 12 Max: NA
HIST 386 RECENT U.S. FOREIGN POLICY Credits 3.00 Fall 03
This course will examine American policy during the climatic years of the Cold
War. Topics will include detente under Nixon and Carter, confrontation under
Reagan, the "new thinking" of Gorbachev, regional conflicts, and the fall of
the Soviet Union. Enrollment is limited to 30.
001 HUM 328 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Matusow, Allen J. Enr: 28 Max: 0
HIST 388 THE ATLANTIC WORLD: ORIGINS TO THE AGE O Credits 3.00 Fall 03
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Enriched version of Hist 188. Students may not receive credit for both Hist 188
and Hist 388.
001 HUM 328 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Byrd, Alexander Xavier Enr: 10 Max: NA
HIST 403 HONORS THESIS Credits 3.00 Fall 03
Restricted to students who have been admitted to the honors program; consent of
the director of the honors program is required. Students must take both Hist
403 and 404 to gain credit.
001 TBA - TBA Maas, Michael R. Enr: 6 Max: 0
HIST 409 HISTORY OF EAST AFRICA Credits 3.00 Fall 03
Survey of East African cultures, societies, economies, and politics from
earliest times to the present. Includes the peoples and languages of East
Africa, migrations and settlement, state formation, long-distance trade and
expansions in scale, imperialisms and colonial conquest, colonial
transformations of African societies, nationalism, and independence.
001 KH 105 - W 02:00PM - 05:00PM Odhiambo, Atieno S. Enr: 5 Max: 0
HIST 415 THE RISE & FALL OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE Credits 3.00 Fall 03
'The Rise and Fall of the British Empire.' Seminar course that teaches how the
largest empire in world history came into existence, the impact it had on
people and states worldwide, and its decline and fall. Course work will consist
of reading, viewing, and evaluating films, and, most important, preparing and
summarizing in class a research paper on a topic of choice. Prerequisite: some
background in either British history or one of the areas impacted by the
British desirable. Limited Enrollment.
Some background in either British history or the history of one of the areas
impacted by the British desirable.
001 RH 204 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Wiener, Martin J. Enr: 14 Max: 0
HIST 416 SEMINAR IN CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN-AMERICAN Credits 3.00 Fall 03
'Seminar in Contemporary African American History: Blacks in Reagan's America.'
A reading- and writing- intensive seminar focusing on selected issues in black
culture, politics, and community in the United States since the climax of the
civil rights movement. Contents vary. Limited enrollment.
001 SH 207B - F 01:00PM - 04:00PM Byrd, Alexander Xavier Enr: 8 Max: 15
HIST 424 NAVIGATION & CARTOGRAPHY Credits 3.00 Fall 03
Navigation and cartography changed more rapidly in the period from 1400 to 1600
than in any other period prior to the 20th century. Topics covered include the
history of projections, origin of latitude and longitude scales, compass roses,
ship design and related subjects. A list of the subjects covered appears at
<http://www.rice.edu/latitude>. Limited enrollment.
001 HUM 328 - T 07:00PM - 10:00PM Seed, Patricia Enr: 33 Max: 20
HIST 430 WORLD HISTORY THROUGH FOOD Credits 3.00 Fall 03
Food is a great constant in human history, but its materials, methods of
preparation, and ingredients are not. This seminar covers the basics of cooking
from the Bronze Age to the present emphasizing the reception and transmission
of ingredients, and the labor of preparation. Limited enrollment.
001 HUM 117 - W 07:00PM - 10:00PM Seed, Patricia Enr: 53 Max: 20
HIST 438 WOMEN & GENDER IN THE MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC W Credits 3.00 Fall 03
'Women and Gender in the Medieval Islamic Societies.' Examines some features of
the legal position and social realities of men and women in the Islamic world,
with emphasis on how boundaries of gender have traditionally been drawn.
Includes the family and sexual ethics, the harem, polygamy, divorce, and
eunuchs (who played an important role in both the military and in certain
religious institutions). Also offered as MDST 438 and WGST 455. Limited
enrollment.
001 KH 105 - M 02:00PM - 05:00PM Sanders, Paula Enr: 5 Max: 10
HIST 455 HISTORY OF HUMAN RIGHTS Credits 3.00 Fall 03
Human rights organizations are gaining an unprecented amount of attention and
credibility among people and governments. While universal human rights may seem
timeless, they have a long and checkered political and philosophical history.
This seminar will explore that history through anthropology and legal
philosophy as well as through historical case studies of individual states and
human rights organizations. Students will undertake independent research on an
issue, location, and period of their choosing. Enrollment is limited to 15.
001 RH 305 - M 02:00PM - 05:00PM Wildenthal, Lora Enr: 8 Max: NA
HIST 464 SEMINAR TOPICS IN POST-1945 U.S. HISTORY Credits 3.00 Fall 03
Seminar on selected topics. Contents vary. Limited enrollment.
Prereq- permission of instructor required.
001 RH 121 - W 02:00PM - 05:00PM Matusow, Allen J. Enr: 13 Max: NA
HIST 483 THE MODERN CITY Credits 3.00 Fall 03
Over the past two centuries, cities have transformed human consciousness,
culture, and society in profound ways, giving rise to "modern life". This
seminar examines the history and sociology of the modern city in the U.S. The
focus will be on understanding the processes shaping urban development and
their larger signifigance. Topics will include the city as experience and
perspective, the city as social form, and the uses of space to solve social
problems. Limited enrollment.
001 HUM 118 - MW 04:00PM - 05:30PM Baker, Laura Enr: 5 Max: 0
HIST 501 MASTER'S HISTORICAL RESEARCH Credits Fall 03
No Course Description
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: 0
HIST 503 GRADUATE TOPICS Credits Fall 03
No description
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: 0
HIST 511 DIRECTED READINGS IN AMERICAN HISTORY I Credits 4.00 Fall 03
No Description.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 1 Max: 0
HIST 513 DIRECTED READINGS IN AMERICAN HISTORY I Credits 4.00 Fall 03
No Description
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: 0
HIST 515 DIRECTED READINGS IN MILITARY HISTORY I Credits 4.00 Fall 03
No description
001 TBA - TBA Gruber, Ira D. Enr: 0 Max: 0
HIST 516 DIRECTED READINGS IN MILITARY HISTORY II Credits 4.00 Fall 03
No description
001 TBA - TBA Gruber, Ira D. Enr: 0 Max: 0
HIST 517 DIRECTED READINGS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Credits 4.00 Fall 03
No description.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: 0
HIST 519 DIR RDG: AFRICAN-AMERICAN HIST, I Credits 4.00 Fall 03
Directed reading in African-American history.
001 TBA - TBA Byrd, Alexander Xavier Enr: 1 Max: NA
HIST 521 DIRECTED READINGS IN MEDIEVAL HISTORY Credits 4.00 Fall 03
No description.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: 0
HIST 525 DIRECTED READINGS IN AFRICAN HISTORY Credits 4.00 Fall 03
No description.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: 0
HIST 527 DIRECTED READING IN NON-WESTERN HISTORY, Credits 4.00 Fall 03
No description.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 1 Max: 0
HIST 528 DIR RDG NON-WESTERN HISTORY, II Credits 4.00 Fall 03
No description.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 1 Max: NA
HIST 529 DIRECTED READING-MODERN EUROPEAN HISTORY Credits 4.00 Fall 03
For graduate students only.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: 0
HIST 531 DIRECTED READING-MODERN EUROPEAN HISTORY Credits 4.00 Fall 03
No description.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: 0
HIST 534 CIVILIZING MISSIONS Credits 4.00 Fall 03
Graduate course on the development of "civilizing mission:" empires, nations,
and religions have legitimized territorial and spiritual conquest and validated
the suppression of subject customs, cultures, and religions. We will explore
how civilizing missions became an integral part of imperial, religious, and
national ideologies. Readings to include (in translation) modern historical,
geographical, legal, ethnographic, religious, and literary texts.
001 HUM 120 - T 07:00PM - 10:00PM Makdisi, Ussama Enr: 6 Max: NA
HIST 566 WAR AND REVOLUTION Credits 4.00 Fall 03
The emphasis in this graduate seminar will be on the Anglo-American world of
the 17th- and 18th-centuries, but students may choose topics that go beyond the
immediate focus of the course.
001 HUM 327 - F 01:00PM - 04:00PM Gruber, Ira D. Enr: 4 Max: NA
HIST 571 GRADUATE TOPICS IN MODERN FRENCH HISTORY Credits 4.00 Fall 03
'Graduate Topics in Modern French History.' Reading seminar for graduate
students in modern French history. Topics vary.
001 HUM 327 - M 02:00PM - 05:00PM Cohen, Daniel Enr: 3 Max: 0
HIST 575 INTRODUCTION TO DOCTORAL STUDIES Credits 4.00 Fall 03
Introduction to a range of methodological and theoretical approaches to
historical research, as well as to important current debates about the nature
of historical investigation and interpretation.
001 HUM 327 - W 02:00PM - 05:00PM Wiener, Martin J. Enr: 6 Max: 0
HIST 581 BRITISH & IMPERIAL HISTORY, I Credits 4.00 Fall 03
Reading seminar in British and Imperial History. Open to all graduate studetns.
Required for graduate students in British history.
001 TBA - TBA Wiener, Martin J. Enr: 0 Max: NA
HIST 587 GRADUATE READING SEMINAR IN U.S. INTELLE Credits 4.00 Fall 03
Topics in U.S. Intellectual/Cultural Hisotry.' Intensive examination of the
literature of intellectual and cultural history, with emphasis on 19th-century
America.
001 HUM 327 - TH 02:30PM - 05:30PM Haskell, Thomas L. Enr: 2 Max: NA
HIST 591 GRADUATE READING Credits 1.00 Fall 03
Graduate reading in conjunction with another course.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 6 Max: 0
HIST 592 GRADUATE READING Credits 1.00 Fall 03
Graduate reading in conjunction with another course.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 1 Max: 0
HIST 593 GRADUATE READING Credits 1.00 Fall 03
Graduate reading in conjunction with another course.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: 0
HIST 595 GRADUATE READING SEMINAR IN THE AMERICAN Credits 4.00 Fall 03
'Graduate Reading Seminar in the American South.' Seminar on major scholarly
literature of southern history. Includes readings, discussions, and a major
paper on a historiographical topic decided in consultation with the instructor.
001 HUM 327 - T 02:30PM - 05:30PM Boles, John B. Enr: 7 Max: 0
HIST 800 PH.D RESEARCH Credits Fall 03
Research for doctoral dissertation.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 21 Max: 0
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