Course Offerings Fall 2020

Courses marked with a double asterisk (**) offer General Education Humanities credit.

Note: Course scheduling continues to evolve as the University responds to the Covid-19 situation. Many courses listed here (particularly the large-enrollment, General Education classes) will be taught remotely rather than in person, while others will adopt a "hybrid" approach whereby one portion of the class attends on one day and another group on the next. In the case of all-remote classes, some will be taught asynchronously (meaning students complete all the work at their own pace), and others will follow a more traditional weekly schedule. If you have questions about the scheduling and delivery system for any particular course, please write directly to the department or to the professor.

Course Professor Time/Day

**HIST 1001.1: Western Civilization to 1500

Ideas, trends and institutions in western civilization from earliest times to the Reformation. This is a General Education course.

Prof. James Hardy 9:00-10:20 T Th

**HIST 1001.2: Western Civilization to 1500

HIST 1001 offers an introductory survey of Western Civilization from early human settlements in Mesopotamia until trans-Atlantic contact with the New World in the late-15th century.  This class will supply you with basic content knowledge which will serve as building blocks for your understanding of how the West developed and influenced modern society.  You will be expected to demonstrate a satisfactory level of content mastery through a combination of quizzes, primary-source discussion forums, and exams.  We will read a FREE common textbook and several primary source documents, covering a wide range of topics across several civilizations.  Overall, we will work together to identify trends and changes over time through our exploration of the West and its development to 1500 CE. This is a General Education course.
Dr. Jason Wolfe 10:30-11:50 T Th

**HIST 1001.3: Western Civilization to 1500

History 1001 covers the history of Western Civilization (basically West European and related Mediterranean cultures) up to the Modern period, roughly 1500 C.E. The main emphasis is on Classical Greece and Rome; Christianity and its roots in Jewish religion/society; the Mediterranean after the Roman Empire; emergence of Western European states in the Middle Ages. Along with lecture presentations there are assigned readings in the textbook and a few ancient documents available on the course website. Grading is based on attendance, two in-class exams and a final, as well as map quizzes, multiple-choice online quizzes and enrichment activities linked to the textbook. Each exam has an essay component and also a multiple-choice section. This is a General Education course.

Prof. Steven Ross 12:00-1:20 T Th

**HIST 1001.4: Western Civilization to 1500

Ideas, trends and institutions in western civilization from earliest times to the Reformation. This is a General Education course.

Prof. Sherri Johnson 10:30-11:20 M W F

**HIST 1001.5: Western Civilization to 1500

History 1001 covers the history of Western Civilization (basically West European and related Mediterranean cultures) up to the Modern period, roughly 1500 C.E. The main emphasis is on Classical Greece and Rome; Christianity and its roots in Jewish religion/society; the Mediterranean after the Roman Empire; emergence of Western European states in the Middle Ages. Along with lecture presentations there are assigned readings in the textbook and primary source documents available on the course website. This is a General Education course. Reserved for students in the Humanities and Social Sciences Residential College.

Dr. Erin Halloran 12:00-1:20 T Th

**HIST 1002.1: Western Civilization to 1500, Honors

Ideas, trends and institutions in western civilization from earliest times to the Reformation, with special honors emphasis for qualified students. This is a General Education course.

Prof. Maribel Dietz 10:30-11:50 T Th
**HIST 1003.1: Western Civilization since 1500
Development of Western Civilization from the Reformation to the present. This is a General Education course.
Prof. Victor Stater

10:30-11:20

M W F

**HIST 1003.2: Western Civilization since 1500

Development of Western Civilization from the Reformation to the present. This is a General Education course.
Staff 9:00-10:20 T Th

**HIST 1005.1: World History to 1500

Developments and interactions among Asian, African, European, American and Oceanian cultures in the pre-modern age. This is a General Education course.    

Prof. Asiya Alam

9:30-10:20

M W F

**HIST 1007.1: World History since 1500

Interactions among Asian, Middle Eastern, African, European and American cultures in the modern era.  This is a General Education course.    

Prof. Gibril Cole

12:30-1:20

M W F

**HIST 2023.1: The World Since 1960 

HIST 2023 covers major events since 1960 in the United States, Soviet Union, parts of Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, Africa, and East Asia.  There will be an emphasis on social, political, cultural, and national security issues.  Other topics will include sex, drugs, student protests, spies, and rock & roll.  There is a textbook and primary source reader, plus your choice of one of eight historical monographs that pertain to the class (all easily available used or electronically at little cost).

Dr. Jason Wolfe 1:30-2:50 T Th

HIST 2025.1: Early Modern Europe

Prof. Leslie Tuttle 12:00-1:20 T Th

**HIST 2030.1: War and Genocide

This course examines mass violence against civilians, usually in the context of warfare. These events have earned various names: ethnic cleansings, forced resettlements, famines, genocides, purges, the Holocaust, or massacres. What are the common causes and consequences linking these atrocities, and what makes each case unique? This course will tackle the histories, politics, and legacies of several cases: the destruction of American Indian populations, the Armenian genocide, the Soviet famine in Ukraine, the Holocaust, postwar expulsion of Germans, anti-Communist massacres in Indonesia, and the Rwandan genocide. This is a General Education course. 

Prof. Brendan Karch 10:30-11:20 M W F

**HIST 2055.1: US History to 1865 

History of the United States from the Colonial period to the Civil War era. This is a General Education course.

Prof. Gaines Foster 12:30-1:20 M W F

**HIST 2055.2: US History to 1865 

History of the United States from the Colonial period to the Civil War era. This is a General Education course.

Dr. Mark Carson  9:00-10:20 T Th

**HIST 2055.3: US History to 1865 

History of the United States from the Colonial period to the Civil War era. This is a General Education course.

Prof. John Bardes 10:30-11:50 T Th

**HIST 2056.1: US History to 1865, Honors

History of the United States from the Colonial period to the Civil War era, with special honors emphasis for qualified students.

History 2056 is taught in conjunction with History 2055, sec. 1.  Students in Hist 2056 attend that class and meet all its requirements.  In addition, students in 2056 meet once a week for a small group discussion, using in part one additional book.  They also write two additional papers. This is a General Education course.

*STUDENTS IN THIS COURSE MUST BE AVAILABLE ON WED 12:30-1:20.

Prof. Gaines Foster

12:30-1:20 M W F

and 12:30-1:20 W

**HIST 2057.1: US History 1865 to Present

History of the United States from the Civil War era to the present day. This is a General Education course.   

Prof. Charles Shindo

11:30-12:20 

M W F

**HIST 2057.2: US History 1865 to Present 

History of the United States from the Civil War era to the present day. This is a General Education course. 

Dr. Zachary Isenhower

12:00-1:20

T Th

**HIST 2061: African-American History  

This course examines the social, political, and economic impact of African American communities in the United States. Beginning with the mass importation of Africans as a labor force in the late fifteenth century, the survey serves as an introduction to the history of achievement and exploitation in one of the most culturally influential populations in world history. The course covers that history into the late twentieth century looking at African American impact on American society and politics into the postmodern era. The class is aimed at familiarizing students with the general problems, needs, and goals of African American populations in hopes of demonstrating the ways in which those material realities and cultural norms are contingent on a dynamic and continuous exchange with the rest of the United States that makes African Americans both consumers and creators of the broader American culture. This is a General Education course.  

Prof. Kodi Roberts

12:00-1:20 

 T Th

**HIST 2096: East Asian Civilization since 1800

This course examines the interrelated histories of China, Japan, and Korea, focusing especially on the forces that brought to the formation of modern East Asian nations in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries: wars, colonialism, imperialism, Cold War geopolitics, nationalism, and socialism. This course aims at understanding the historical origins of problems that continue to impact East Asia today and at placing the national history of China, Japan, and Korean within a wider East Asian regional framework. This is a General Education course.  

 Prof. Margherita Zanasi  

**HIST 2100.1: Introduction to Asia

 This course offers students the basic knowledge of the great eastern civilizations (with special focus on China, Japan, India, and Vietnam) from their early emergence to contemporary times. It particularly focuses on social, cultural, and religious practices and beliefs as well as cross-cultural contacts within Asia and with the West. This course will also address methodological issues, such as Orientalism and Globalization, that are particularly relevant to the study of Asia. This is a General Education course.

Prof. Asiya Alam  11:30-12:20 M W F

**HIST 2126.1:  The History of the City in Europe, 1500-2020

This course provides a virtual tour of Europe, beginning with Rome and Geneva in the era of the Renaissance, and concluding with Berlin, Warsaw, Sarajevo, and Brussels in the later 20th and early 21st centuries.  Each lecture will examine the architectural and cultural splendors, as well as the military and economic disasters, that have given European cities their own identities and unique histories.  Students in the course will complete their own individual research projects on a European city; Packback blog posts, two midterms, and a final exam will also be counted into course grading.  This is an ideal course for history students seeking a survey course of a new kind as well as for non-history students interested in landscape architecture, urban planning, military affairs, business, transportation, and everyday life.   This is a General Education course.

Prof. Suzanne Marchand

10:30-11:50

T Th 

Hist 3071.1: Louisiana

This is a general survey of Louisiana’s history from the earliest days of colonization to the present. Although the primary focus is on events that took place within the boundaries of the modern state, we also cover material intended to help students understand Louisiana’s history in terms of relevant regional, national, and international events and contexts. There are three exams. Each of them has an essay component.

 Staff

 

10:30-11:50 T Th

HIST 3118.1 Seminar: Saving the World: The British Hero in Popular Culture

Sherlock Holmes. Frodo Baggins and Sam Gamgee. James Bond. Doctor Who. Harry Potter.

This course explores the history of the British hero in  modern British and global popular culture. History 3118 is a seminar rather than a lecture course. Students should be ready, willing, and able to participate in class discussions as well as to pursue their own research. Although there are no formal prerequisites, students who have not read the Harry Potter series and The Lord of the Rings may find the course difficult. Assessment is based on class participation, a research paper and presentation, in-class essay tests, and Moodle forum posts.

Prof. Meredith Veldman 1:30-2:50 M W

HIST 3119.1 Seminar: Black Panthers and the Black Power Movement

This course will examine the development of black militancy in post- Civil Rights America by focusing study on the Black Panther Party for Self Defense. The readings will cover scholarship on the nascent growth of the Black Power Movement by examining work on radical traditions and armed self-defense in the context of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950’s and 1960’s, and continue through the rise and fall the Black Panthers. The course readings include academic monographs as well as extensive biographical material written by former Panthers and the lawyers and law enforcement officers closest to the movement. We will conclude by looking at the crumbling of the Party in the late 1970’s and their lasting effect on the political, cultural and institutional landscape of the United States.

Prof. Kodi Roberts

3:00-4:20

T Th 

HIST 3119.2 Seminar: History of Time Travel

History, like archaeology, is a form of time travel, breathing new life into the disappeared past for inspirational purposes.  This undergraduate seminar explores the curious ways in which time travel fantasies, or time displacement, have tickled the minds of people across generations.  We begin by interrogating the phenomenon of night and its mind-bending associations; then move to the time-transcendence inherent in dream lore, time capsules, and related symbols; finishing the semester with modern stories that immerse themselves in future possibilities.  There is a film component, too.  Readings include Washington Irving’s “Rip Van Winkle,” H.G. Wells’s The Time Machine, Martin Amis’s Time’s Arrow, and Matt Haig’s How to Stop Time.    

Prof. Andrew Burstein

1:30-2:50 

T Th

HIST 4003.1: The Roman Republic

From Romulus and Remus to Julius Caesar: This reading-intensive course will follow the rise of Rome from a small city-state spread across seven hills by the River Tiber to an empire that spanned the Mediterranean World. Literary analysis of ancient texts, archaeology, art history, and social history. Ancient authors studied include the Roman historian Livy, the Greek Polybius, the biographer Plutarch and the writings of influential political figures of the late Republic including the orator Cicero and Julius Caesar himself. Moderate to heavy reading load; class discussions; two papers, one midterm, one final exam.

Prof. Steven Ross

9:00-10:20

T Th 

HIST 4008.1: Later Middle Ages     

 

Prof. Sherri Johnson

 

12:30-1:20 M W F

HIST 4013.1: Women in Early Modern Europe     

Major problems in the history of women in Europe during the period 1400-1700 with particular emphasis on the Renaissance and Reformation. Everything from witches to queens!

Prof. Christine Kooi

11:30-12:20

M W F 

HIST 4026.1: 20th Century Germany   

A survey of Germany’s turbulent 20th century, beginning with the pre-1914 German Empire, assessing the revolutionary Weimar Republic, continuing through the Third Reich and its annihilationist warfare, covering both the West and East German states of the Cold War, and considering the role of a reunified Germany in the European Union. Course material and readings will encompass political events, social and gender policies, migration, environmental history, and cultural-intellectual trends. Assignments will include several short papers along with a take-home midterm and final exam. Graduate students are welcome.

Prof. Brendan Karch

 

1:30-2:50 M W

HIST 4043.1: Tudor England

This course focuses on the political, religious, social and cultural history of England during the reign of the Tudor dynasty from 1485-1603. Among the most important of English monarchs, the Tudors (among whom were Henry VIII, 'Bloody' Mary, and Elizabeth I) presided over the creation of a new style of monarchy, a new Protestant church, and a new colonial Empire. Course requirements include a midterm exam, research paper, final exam, and active participation in class discussion.

Prof. Victor Stater

12:30-1:20

M W F 

HIST 4071.1: Antebellum South

This course explores race, labor, and power in the U.S. South from the American Revolution to the outbreak of the Civil War.  Core class themes include racial attitudes and social relations; the historical evolution of chattel slavery as both labor system and social institution; and African Americans’ responses to enslavement.

Prof. John Bardes 1:30-2:50 T Th

HIST 4078.1: Asian-American History

This course looks at the history of Asians in America from the nineteenth century to the present.  Covering different Asian immigrant groups as well as specific events, such as immigration restrictions, Japanese internment during World War II, and Asian refugees during the Cold War, the course will require students to write papers based on required readings and the lectures.  Readings will include memoirs, novels, and works of history.  Primarily a lecture course, there will be a significant amount of discussion required.

Prof. Charles Shindo

2:30-3:20

M W F 

HIST 4099: Contemporary China
In 1949, Mao Zedong established the People's Republic of China (PRC), initiating three decades of Communist rule that was to take China through dramatic social and economic upheavals, including the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution. Today, more than 30 years after the death of Mao in 1976, China is experimenting with new forms of social and economic organization under the banner of "Communism with Chinese characteristics.” As the economic interests increasingly outweigh ideological differences in the global marketplace, the PRC is in the process of creating a "China" and a "Chinese" identity that is as much about capitalism, flashy karaoke discos, and flaunting its international muscle as it is about the revival of traditional social and religious rituals.

Prof. Margherita Zanasi  

HIST 4140.1: Vietnam War 

French colonial rule and Vietnamese nationalism; Ho Chi Minh and the war against the French (1946-1954); the National Liberation Front (Vietcong); process of American involvement and disengagement; counter-insurgency and the air war; anti-war movement in the United States; reasons for failure of American policy; Vietnam since 1975; lessons and legacies for the U.S. 

Dr. Mark Carson 12:00-1:20 T Th

HIST 4196.1: Age of Revolution, 1770-1830

From the American Revolution to the Age of Napoleon: A comparison of the democratic revolutions that swept the globe in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century.

Prof. James Hardy 12:00-1:20 T Th

HIST 4197.1: Crime, Conspiracy, and Courtroom Dramas   

In this class, we address how American films offer a complex medium for decoding popular conceptions of the nature of crime, the causes of political conspiracies, and the meaning of justice.  We begin with Scarface (1932), the classic film of the criminal underworld, followed by films on other controversial political topics: southern chain gangs; the film noir world of murder; wartime fears of espionage, treason, and presidential assassination; racial injustice; prejudice and the jury system; women on death row; and corruption in the judicial system.  The course primarily covers Hollywood films but ends with a documentary, The Thin Blue Line (1988), the case of a man on death row.  Readings include Double Indemnity: The Complete Screenplay (1989); Robert Burns, I Am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang! (1997); Reginald Rose, Twelve Angry Men: A Screen Adaptation (1985); and David Ruth, Inventing the Public Enemy (1996).  Students are required to screen all assigned films.

Prof. Nancy Isenberg

12:00-1:20

T Th

HIST 4197.2: American History from Indian Country

Students will explore American history from the perspective of the Native people and communities. Topics include how Native nations shaped popular American revolutionary era politics, challenged ideas of citizenship and race, resisted assimilation and removal, and participated in all aspects of American history. Students will discover not just a new perspective on U.S. history, but understand how Native perspectives on democracy, equality, individual rights, and liberty consistently held the U.S. to promise of its own ideals.

Dr. Zachary Isenhower 10:30-11:50 T Th

HIST 4505.1: The Rise of Christianity       

Cross-listed with REL 4505.

Prof. Bradley Storin

9:00-10:20

T Th 

HIST 4901: Internships

Students can intern at a nearby historical site and earn three hours of credit. Course involves 90 work hours during the semester, confirmed by a mentor/supervisor, a few meetings with the course instructor and a 10-15 page paper at the end evaluating the experience and what was learned.

BEFORE ENROLLING STUDENTS MUST CONTACT DR. STATER, stater@lsu.edu OR THE DEPARTMENT: dalbri1@lsu.edu, AND OBTAIN A SECTION NUMBER.

 

Prof. Victor Stater  

  

Graduate Courses

HIST 7904: Seminar in American History and Criticism 3:00-5:50 M  Prof. Gaines Foster

HIST 7908: Introduction to Historical Research 3:00-5:50 W  Prof. Meredith Veldman

HIST 7922: Seminar in European History to 1650 5:00-7:50 T Prof. Leslie Tuttle

HIST 7951: Reading Seminar in American History 1607-   3:00-5:50 T  Prof. Nancy Isenberg

HIST 7956: Reading Seminar in American History 1865-   3:00-5:50 Th Prof. Zevi Gutfreund

HIST 7958: Research Seminar, Special Topics in American History 3:00-5:50 Th Prof. Andrew Burstein