2025-2026 Fall/Winter
HIS101H5F - Topics in History: América, America: A New History of the New World (Instructor: K. Coleman)
Want to learn the history of the entire Western Hemisphere in 12 weeks? Want to learn to think historically? To think philosophically about how we know the past? About humans as temporal creatures that reflect from the present about the past to carve out projects for the future? 500 years of the history of Latin America, the United States, and Canada: that’s what you will get in HIS101H5. We will read and critically discuss historian Greg Grandin’s new book, America, América: A New History of the New World (New York: Penguin Press, 2025). Grandin leaves the story of Canada out of his book, but I will provide you with key aspects of that important story in my lectures. To access deeper questions about the theories and methods that undergird our thinking about the past and the rigorous scholarly pursuit of historical truth, I will deliver lectures on the philosophy of history. We will examine how the knowledge-producing enterprise of history developed in each of the epochs and places we are studying. By the end of this 12-week course, you will be equipped with the essential methodological and conceptual tools, and habits of mind, to begin thinking historically and meta-historically. You’ll also know a lot more about the history of Latin America, the United States, and maybe even Canada.
HIS200H5F - Topics in History: Rethinking Palestine (Instructor: M. Abusarah)
This course challenges the widespread narrative that the history of Palestine began with colonialism and is defined solely by conflict. Like any other region, the history of Palestine is inseparable from the history of its people — the Palestinians. We begin by exploring pre-modern Palestine, with particular focus on the Ottoman era, to uncover the rich and often overlooked social, cultural, and political history of the land and its inhabitants.
HIS395H5S - Topics in History: Cold War East Asia (Instructor: T. Lam)
An examination of the global Cold War in East Asia, focusing on everyday life, the environment, and the material world in a moment of intense social and military mobilization, with revelations that remain relevant today.
HIS493H5F - Advanced Topics in Global History: Research Creation and Creative Historical Writing (Instructor: J. MacArthur)
This seminar introduces students to “research creation” and creative historical writing. Using global case studies, students will engage with cutting-edge scholarship on the role of creativity in historical production and experiment with different artistic forms - historical fiction, poetry, exhibits, podcasts, visual media - and research methodologies. For their final projects, students will produce a rigorously researched, creative-based historical project.