Europe in Crisis, 1914-1945

6 credits · Undergraduate

(3 hrs Seminar/Discussion) In this course students will select topics in the history of Europe from World War One to the end of World War Two. Topics may range from intellectual and cultural, through military and diplomatic, to economic and political. Restrictions: Honours Form Required. Students may not hold credit for this course and HIST-4304. HIST-4317 (3 or 6) Studies in Modern Russian History (3 hrs Seminar/Discussion) This seminar covers modern Russian History, examining the social, political, economic, and intellectual development of Russia since 1700 within a specific time period to be determined by the instructor. Restrictions: Honours Form Required. HIST-4403 (3 or 6) Topics in Colonial and Postcolonial South Asian History (3 hrs Seminar/Discussion) This seminar addresses the debates that have arisen in the literature of modern South Asian history concerning colonial and postcolonial histories. Topics may include the nationalist movement, communalism, partition, issues of caste and class, movements for women's rights and feminism, the rise of the Hindu right, dalit politics, adivasi movements, rural and urban poverty, environmental histories, labour and industrialization, education and economic liberalization. Restrictions: Honours Form Required. HIST-4500 (3 or 6) Tutorial (3 hrs Tutorial) This is a reading course in Canadian or United States History taken by individual senior students with the Instructor of their choice. Restrictions: Permission of Chair and Instr. Honours Form Required. HIST-4530 (3 or 6) Advanced Studies in Canadian Social History (3 hrs Seminar/Discussion) This seminar addresses the interpretations and debates that have arisen in the literature on Canadian social history. Students also undertake a research project using primary sources to explore a problem of relevance to the course. Topics may be chosen from Indigenous and ethnic histories; social classes, business and labour histories; the history of the family, women, and gender relations; and cultural and intellectual history. Please see the Department for a specific course description. This course may be repeated for credit when the topic varies. Restrictions: Honours Form Required. HIST-4535 (3 or 6) Immigration and Ethnicity in Canada and the United States (3 hrs Seminar/Discussion) This seminar examines the history of immigration to North America between 1860 and 1960. The course focuses on the nature of migration patterns and the adaptation of immigrants to the new world, especially the rise of ethnic identities. Students discuss the similarities and differences in the Canadian and American immigration experience. Cross-listed: MENN-4535(3/6). Restrictions: Honours Form Required. Students may not hold credit for this course and MENN-4535. HIST-4570 (3 or 6) Settler Colonialism (3 hrs Seminar/Discussion) This seminar course examines the history of settler colonialism, primarily in the North American context. It unpacks the concept of settler colonialism from a theoretical perspective, and samples recent historical scholarship on relations between settlers and Indigenous peoples in Canada and the United States. The course addresses the historical processes and structures that aimed to dispossess and eliminate Indigenous nations while at the same time building new settler societies at the local and national levels. Topics may include, sovereignty claims, warfare, land tenure, legal status, and assimilation. Students engage in primary source analysis related to the course content. Restrictions: Honours Form Required. Students may not hold credit for this course and ANTH-4105. HIST-4576 (3 or 6) U.S. History: Advanced Studies (3 hrs Seminar/Discussion) This seminar explores advanced topics in the study of United States history. The temporal or thematic focus of the course varies. Topics may include intellectual or cultural history, protest and activist movements, settler colonialism and decolonization, diaspora and immigration, gender and sexuality, or race and racism in the U.S. context. Restrictions: Honours Form Required. Department Permission Required. Students may not hold credit for this course and HIST-4605. HIST-4580 (3 or 6) The Interpretation of Canadian History (3 hrs Seminar/Discussion) This seminar addresses the ways in which the interpretation of Canadian history has changed from the mid--nineteenth century to the present. Students explore the professionalization of history in Canada, the relationship between academic and vernacular forms of history, the key interpretive debates that have shaped the study of Canada's past, and the similarities and differences between Indigenous, French and English Canadian historiographies. Restrictions: Honours Form Required. HIST-4600 (3 or 6) Tutorial (3 hrs Tutorial) This is a reading course in Indigenous History taken by individual senior students with the Instructor of their choice. Restrictions: Permission of Chair and Instr. Honours Form Required. HIST-4614 (3 or 6) Indigenous History: Advanced Studies (3 hrs Seminar/Discussion) This seminar course explores selected topics, theory, methods, and approaches in Indigenous history in the North American context. The geographic and temporal focus of the course varies and topics may include: state-run healthcare, education and child welfare institutions, legal regulation, family and kinship, land and resources and resistance movements and activism. Special attention is paid to historical methods including archival research, oral history, census work and mapping. This course may be repeated for credit when the topic varies. Restrictions: Honours Form Required. Department Permission Required. Students may not hold credit for this course and HIST-4514.