Course Offerings Spring 2027

**HIST 1001.1: Western Civilization to 1500

Ideas, trends and institutions in western civilization from earliest times to the Reformation. This is an Integrative Learning Core (ILC) course that awards general education credit. 

10:30 - 11:20

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**HIST 1001.2: Western Civilization to 1500

11:30 - 12:20 

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**HIST 1001.3: Western Civilization to 1500

Ideas, trends and institutions in western civilization from earliest times to the Reformation. This is an Integrative Learning Core (ILC) course that awards general education credit. 

9:00 - 10:20

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**HIST 1003.1: Western Civilization since 1500
Development of Western Civilization from the Reformation to the present. This is an Integrative Learning Core (ILC) course that awards general education credit.

10:30 - 11:20 

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**HIST 1003.2: Western Civilization since 1500

Development of Western Civilization from the Reformation to the present. This is an Integrative Learning Core (ILC) course that awards general education credit.

9:00 - 10:20

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**HIST 1003.3: Western Civilization since 1500

Development of Western Civilization from the Reformation to the present. This is an Integrative Learning Core (ILC) course that awards general education credit.

9:30 - 10:20

M W F

**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 an Integrative Learning Core (ILC) course that awards general education credit. 

11:30 - 12:20 

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 an Integrative Learning Core (ILC) course that awards general education credit.

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 an Integrative Learning Core (ILC) course that awards general education credit.

Prof. John Bardes

12:00 - 1:20

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**HIST 2055.2: US History to 1865 

History of the United States from the Colonial period to the Civil War era. This is an Integrative Learning Core (ILC) course that awards general education credit.

10:30 - 11:50

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**HIST 2057.1: US History 1865 to Present 

History of the United States from the Civil War era to the present day. This is an Integrative Learning Core (ILC) course that awards general education credit.

12:00 - 1:20

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**HIST 2057.2: US History 1865 to Present 

History of the United States from the Civil War era to the present day. This is an Integrative Learning Core (ILC) course that awards general education credit.

10:30 - 11:50

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**HIST 2057.3: US History 1865 to Present 

History of the United States from the Civil War era to the present day. This is an Integrative Learning Core (ILC) course that awards general education credit.

12:30 - 1:20

M W F 

**HIST 2057.4: US History 1865 to Present 

History of the United States from the Civil War era to the present day. This is an Integrative Learning Core (ILC) course that awards general education credit.

3:00 - 4:20

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**Hist 2025.1: Early Modern Europe

A survey of European History from 1400 to 1800. Topics include the Renaissance, the Reformation, the rise of natural philosophy, European colonization of the globe, economic expansion and the Enlightenment. Assignments include exams, class discussions and a book exercise at Hill Library.

11:30 - 12:20

M W F 

**HIST 2061.1: African-American History  

This course examines the social, political, and economic impact of African American communities in the United States. Beginning with the massimportation of Africans as a labor force in the late fifteenth century, the survey serves as an introduction to the history of achievement and exploitationin one of the most culturally influential populations in world history. The course covers that history into the late twentieth century looking at AfricanAmerican 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 arecontingent on a dynamic and continuous exchange with the rest of the United States that makes African Americans both consumers and creators ofthe broader American culture.

12:00 - 1:20 

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**Hist 2075.1/Germ 2075.1: German Civilization

Development of the modern German states from early Germanic times; art, literature, music and philosophy in an historical context.  Cross-listed as Germ 2075.  German language not required.

11:30 - 12:20

M W F

**HIST 2126.1: Cities in European History since 1500

This course offers a survey of European history since 1500 by taking a ‘tour’ of Europe’s great cities during a period of flourishing—and catastrophes.  Each lecture focuses on a different European city—beginning with Ghent, and ending with Brussels—in a period of that city’s special significance in Europe’s modern development.  Comparisons between, for example, the histories of Berlin and that of Moscow in the 20th century allow students from various disciplinary backgrounds to understand the economic, social, political, and cultural diversity of Europe as a continent.  Lectures also emphasize changes in infrastructure, environmental management, warfare, economic production, political institutions and social structures over time and space.

1:30 - 2:50

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**HIST 2186.1: Post Colonial Africa

The post-World War II period witnessed widespread anti-colonial agitations and calls for the end of European colonial rule in African societies. After a century of European imperial dominance, the decolonization of Africa became one of the turning points in the history of the post-war world. The struggle for political liberty by the peoples of Africa also inspired the civil rights movement in the United States. By the 1950s, young African leaders, such as Kwame Nkrumah, Nnamdi Azikiwe in West Africa, Nelson Mandela and others in various parts of the continent stood in solidarity with other advocates for civil and political rights, including Dr. Martin Luther King in the United States and Jawaharlal Nehru in India
Students in HIST 2186 will be exposed to developments in this momentous episode in world history, when the peoples of East, West, North and Southern Africa embarked on the quest for freedom and, following that, in the establishment of modern nation-states. Students will critically assess the triumphs and challenges of emergent African nation-states in the post-colonial period. We shall pay close attention to the cultural, economic, social, and political developments in the respective regions of the continent with the aid of primary and secondary sources, videos, PowerPoint presentations, etc. The course will give students an opportunity to better obtain a more comprehensive knowledge of African societies. Since the course will be reading-intensive, students enrolled in the class are required to adhere to the reading schedule and be prepared to actively participate in class discussions.

2:30 - 3:20

M W F

**HIST 2190.1: Modern South Asia

This course examines transformation and changes in the society, economy and politics beginning from 1750 to the present in South Asia. The course begins with the emergence of East India Company in the early and mid-eighteenth century before illustrating the main features of British colonialism in India and its aftermath. The aim of the course is to help students understand thematically the shifts and variations occurring in the colonial as well as postcolonial periods around different issues of law, gender, nationalism, language, religion, community and caste in South Asia.

1:30 - 2:20 M W F

HIST 2198.1: Topics in World History: Modern Latin America

This course offers an introduction to the history of Latin America from independence to the present. Students will become familiar with political, economic, social, and cultural conditions that have produced conflict, change, and continuity across Latin America over the last two hundred years. From the vantage point of ordinary men and women, diplomats, leaders, artists, business executives, and scholars, this course will empower students to understand the history that informs current events in this critical part of the world. Prominent topics include imperialism, nationalism, war, diplomacy, popular culture, consumerism, and industrialization.
 

10:30 - 11:50

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Hist 3002.1:  History and the Social Sciences II 

Prereq: EDCI 3001 and HIST 3001.  Concurrent enrollment in EDCI 3002. The role of the social sciences in the study of History; course will assist student in the teaching of social studies to small groups in middle and high schools. For Geaux Teach students only.

3:30 - 4:20

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Hist 3071.1: Louisiana History 

Louisiana History offers a comprehensive exploration of the state's rich and complex past, from its indigenous civilizations and French and Spanish colonial periods to its pivotal role in Civil War Reconstruction., the Civil Rights movement, and its colorful and rowdy political history. Students will examine the unique blend of cultures—Creole, Cajun, African, Caribbean, and American—that have shaped Louisiana's identity, along with key historical events such as the Louisiana Purchase, the Battle of New Orleans, and Hurricane Katrina. Through critical analysis of primary and secondary sources, students will gain a deeper understanding of how Louisiana's geography, economy, and social dynamics have influenced larger American history.

1:30 - 2:50

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Hist 3117.1:  Undergraduate Seminar: Europe and the World, 1500-1700

Half lecture/half seminar discussion. We will be reading and discussing primary and second texts on the expansion of European economic and political power around the globe. Topics include colonization, slavery, geographic exploration, the creation of new knowledge and the growth of a consumer economy. Assignments will include exams, class discussions and a book exercise at Hill Library.

3:30 - 4:50

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Hist 3118.3:  Undergraduate Seminar: Digital Humanities 

This course introduces students to the theories, methods, and tools of the digital humanities and explores how digital approaches are changing humanities research and public scholarship. Topics include the core principles and ethics of DH, existing digital humanities projects, GIS and digital mapping, network analysis, text analysis, and digital archiving. Students will develop practical technical and collaborative skills while considering the possibilities and limitations of digital methods. Throughout the semester, the class will work collectively on a large-scale, public-facing digital project, gaining hands-on experience with every stage of a multi-scholar project, from data collection and organization to analysis, design, and execution. Students will leave the course with practical DH skills, experience working collaboratively, and a tangible project that can be included in academic or professional portfolios.

10:30 - 11:20

M W F

Hist 3119.1:  Undergraduate Seminar: Race, Crime, and Prison

In the face of exploding prison populations, a clamor to decrease the economic and administrative burdens surrounding prisons, and protests and international outcries against police violence, a national dialogue about incarceration and criminal justice is occurring now in the United States.  This course will seek to explore some of the literature on the relationship between racial politics, criminal justice, and the prison industrial complex.  Students will be required to digest and unpack the complexities around these issues in order to understand what arguments are being made about this issue, how the history of racial ideologies and criminal justice intersect in American history, and in what ways should that history inform our contemporary understanding of the problems and proposed solutions for dealing with an ailing criminal justice system.

3:00 - 4:20

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Hist 3119.2:  Undergraduate Seminar:  Undergraduate Seminar: History of the American Tradwife

In recent years some social media influencers and their followers have adopted the moniker #tradwife. A few #tradwife accounts boast millions of followers and produce slick, high-quality content. Others simply use the #tradwife hashtag to circulate memes with messages like “A woman’s natural role is to obey and serve” or “Born for Breeding, Not Leading.” This course will provide registered students the opportunity to assess the current #tradwife phenomenon by understanding its historical roots. Using a mixture of secondary works by historians and primary sources including legal cases, published guides for housewives, and fiction with themes focused on women as wives in different eras of the nation’s history, we will interrogate how the rights and responsibilities of women as wives have evolved over the course of the nation’s history. What did it mean to be a good wife in the colonial era? In the Early Republic? In the 19th Century? In the 20th? By examining the evolving beliefs, rights, and responsibilities for women as wives can help us contextualize and make sense of the popularity of the #tradwife phenomenon in the 21st century.

3:00 - 4:20

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Hist 4004.1:  Rome of the Caesars 

The history and evolution of Roman state and society, beginning from the fall of the Republic in the first century B.C.E. and continuing through the rise of the Christian Empire, the division into East and West, the fifth-century “Fall” of Rome, and successor states in both East and West.  We will concentrate to a large degree on political and military events, but will also devote time to social and cultural issues and to the provinces, as well as the evolution of the City of Rome itself under the Emperors. Numerous primary source readings, alongside a standard textbook; bluebook essay exams; one medium-to-long research paper.

10:30 - 11:50

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Hist 4007.1:  The Early Middle Ages

This course introduces the student to the history of the Early Middle Ages, 300-1000, through a focus on primary source readings. The student will learn how to analyze these and other sources, and how to use them in the study of history.  The geographic focus of the course is the Mediterranean basin and beyond, comprising the early European, Byzantine, and Islamic societies. 

1:30 - 2:50

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HIST 4015.1./Rel 4015.1: Modern Jewish History

This course surveys modern Jewish history from 1492 to the present, focusing on the diverse experiences of Jewish communities in Europe and beyond. Beginning with the expulsion of Jews from Spain, the course traces how migration, emancipation, modernization, nationalism, and political upheaval transformed Jewish life. Particular attention is given to the Haskalah, Zionism, antisemitism and anti-Jewish violence, the Holocaust, the creation of the State of Israel, and Jewish experiences in the modern diaspora. Throughout, the course explores changing ideas about identity, religion, citizenship, belonging, and what it meant to be Jewish in the modern world.

1:30 - 2:20

M W F 

Hist 4044.1: Stuart England

This course will cover the history of the British Isles, focusing on England (but also including Scotland and Ireland) during the reign of the Stuart dynasty, from 1603-1714. A period of crisis, civil war and revolution, the Stuart period was also important for its great cultural and scientific history: Shakespeare, the King James Bible, the first professional women writers and the scientific revolution. Students will read several books on the period, as well as primary sources. Students will submit 5 Stuart-themed images during the semester and will receive points for class participation.  A research paper, midterm exam and final examination will be required.

12:30 - 1:20 

M W F 

Hist 4048.1: Irish History, 1600 to Present

This course covers the history of Ireland since 1500, focusing particularly on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The course makes extensive use of online resources and films. Readings include (but are not limited to) a collection of primary documents on the Great Famine, Frank McCourt’s best-selling account of his Irish childhood, Angela’s Ashes, and a journalist’s study of one family’s IRA involvement. Class time will involve discussion; participation will be factored into the final grade. The final grade will also be based on map and assignment quizzes, as well as midterm and final in-class essay exams.

3:00 - 4:20

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Hist 4051.1: Colonial America, 1607-1763

This course looks at the economic and cultural development of colonial British America, as well as the colonies of New Spain and New France through the Louisiana Purchase.

1:30 - 2:50 

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Hist 4052.1: The American Revolution, 1763-1789

This course explores Revolutionary America, from the factors and events that shaped colonial identity and political ideology, through American independence, to its commemorations by the first post-Revolutionary generations. We will examine how divergent interpretations of British rights and colonial resistance escalated into an imperial crisis and an unexpected conflict. We will consider how the Revolution was shaped by the era’s political and military leaders, but also by dissenters, laborers, printers, ordinary soldiers, loyalists, and others from varied backgrounds. Students will discover an array of experiences, including women, African Americans, and Native Americans. The course will also contextualize the American Revolution within the revolutionary changes that swept other parts of the continent, and the world. Finally, as a rising generation led the United States through new crises and the Founding generation passed into history, we will analyze how Americans shaped the myths and memories of their Revolution.

1:30 - 2:50 

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Hist 4058.1: 19th century America 

This course covers the political, economic, social, and cultural history of the United States from early Republic to the turn of the twentieth century. Rather than a chronological march through time, the course will take a thematic approach, emphasizing the following five motifs: land and labor; citizenship and democracy; domesticity and the family; immigration and empire; capitalism and consumption.

3:30 - 4:50

M W

Hist 4064.1:  The Diplomatic History of the United States, 1914 to the Present 

This course focuses on the history of U.S. foreign relations from the early twentieth century to the present day. While students will learn about the United States’ diplomatic involvement and military engagements in the world, they will also examine American economic, social, and cultural relations with other nations. At the same time, the course will explore how people and events outside the United States influenced American domestic history during these years. Finally, we will analyze key debates and controversies surrounding the United States’ proper role in global affairs. 

3:30 - 4:50

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 Hist 4085.1: West Africa from 1800

History 4085 is a survey course on the historical evolution of West African societies. It takes off from the dawn of the nineteenth century and examines the broad outlines of the historical developments in the sub-region through the twentieth century to the present. We shall employ a multi-disciplinary approach in historical reconstruction and look, therefore, at the important role of such diverse disciplines as anthropology, archeology, linguistics, oral tradition, economics, etc. etc.
We shall look at such significant themes as Islamic orthodoxy and the resultant jihads of the nineteenth century, the changing trade patterns across the Sahara desert and along the Atlantic coast, the evolving relations between the peoples of West Africa and the imperialist nations of Europe, and the subsequent partition and conquest of West African societies by the latter powers. The course will also pay close attention to the impact of the extractive colonial economies on the local social, political, and economic landscapes, followed by the resultant rise of African nationalism and the growth of nationalist groups in the years preceding the outbreak of the First World War and during the inter-war years and post-World War II period.
We shall also pay close attention to other pivotal themes such as urbanization, class structures and socioeconomic inequities, environmental challenges, the subversion of the democratic process and its substitution by autocratic regimes as well as the emergence of a culture of political corruption and violence. We will conclude by examining the dynamics of change in contemporary West African nation-states, with a focus on the role and place of youth movements in the political economies of the respective countries.

12:30 - 1:20 

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 Hist 4196.1: Special Topics: Revolution! The Collapse of Communism, the End of the Cold War, and the Emergence of a New Europe 

Examination of the causes, course, and consequences of the Revolutions of 1989 in central Europe that brought down their communist regimes, helped trigger the disintegration of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia, and ushered in a new European order. Course assignments include films and a wide array of primary and secondary source documents. Class time will involve discussion; participation will be factored into the final grade. The final grade will also be based on map and assignment quizzes, as well as midterm and final in-class essay exams.

M W F

3:30 - 4:50

Hist 4404.1: Seminar in History and Social Science

For Geaux Teach students only

4:30 - 7:20

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Hist 4505.1/Rel 4505.1:The Rise of Christianity

This course covers the history, literature, and thought of Christianity from its beginnings in first-century Palestine to its establishment as the official religion of the Roman Empire in the sixth century (the period known as “late antiquity”). Through a close reading of ancient sources and scholarly literature, we examine the lives of several important Christians and topics central to nascent Christian traditions (e.g., martyrdom, monasticism, ritual diversity, Christian art and architecture, theological controversies, and ecclesiastical institutionalization).

10:30 - 11:50

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 Hist 4507.1/Rel 4507.1 Topics in the History of Christianity: Heresies

This course will explore the development of Christian beliefs and traditions through examining the process of debate and disagreement as it occurred from the origins of the movement through the early Reformation. We will consider the intertwined nature of heresy and orthodoxy, as well as the role of religious and secular authority. We will be guided by the idea that you can learn a lot about how a group develops over time by what issues it considers important enough to argue about, how it attempts to resolve those arguments, and how it decides who is in and who is out.

1:30 - 2:20

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HIST 4995.1: Internship in History

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 AND OBTAIN A SECTION NUMBER.