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History
| History 020E, Modern Europe, 1715 to the Present | |
| | Description: Analysis of the evolutionary and revolutionary development of Modern Europe, with intensive treatment of the great landmarks in the formation of Western society and culture. | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| History 021E, Totalitarianism | |
| | Description: A survey of the totalitarian phenomenon in history with emphasis on twentieth-century totalitarian systems. The course will examine the similarities and differences of Nazis, Communists, and Italian Fascists, both in theory and in practice and with respect to foreign policy as well as domestic affairs. | | Antirequisite(s): History 181a/b. | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| History 027E, Comparative History of Canada, the United States and Mexico | |
| | Description: An introductory survey of nineteenth and twentieth century Mexican, Canadian, and American history, comparing and contrasting political, economic, and social development. Major themes may include agrarian reform, the roles of women, centralism vs. federalism, the migration of peoples, political leadership, and the problems of poverty. | | 2 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| History 028E, Modern East Asia: A Survey | |
| | Description: Analysis of the evolutionary and revolutionary development of modern East Asia. The course focuses primarily on China, Japan and Korea and examines the different paths which these East Asian countries have adopted in modernizing their societies and cultures. | | 2 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| History 030E, Introduction to the History of Business and Commerce | |
| | Description: Examines the emergence of modern business techniques and structures in Europe from the late Middle Ages to the Industrial Revolution, and the further development of these techniques and structures in Canada. | | 2 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| History 125F/G, The History of Aviation in Canada | |
| | Description: The course surveys developments in Canadian aviation from the 19th century to the present. Themes include the growth of passenger services, the impact of flight on culture, economic aspects of aviation, developments in military aviation, and the creation of an aviation infrastructure. | | 2 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| History 139a/b, Social History of Women in Canada | |
| | Description: A survey of Canadian Women's History from first European contact to the 1960s, with a focus on the realities of women's lived experience through biography. | | Antirequisite(s): Women's Studies 139a/b. | | 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| History 140F/G, Toward Today's Canada: Selected Themes, Postwar to Present | |
| | Description: An examination of selected social themes shaping postwar Canada. Topics covered include modernization, immigration and multiculturalism, rights issues, regionalism, and the multifaceted search for a "Canadian" society and culture. | | Antirequisite(s): History 143F/G | | 2 lecture hours, 0.5 course | | back to top |
| History 143F/G, Canada Since 1929 | |
| | Description: A lecture course examining the major political, social, economic and cultural developments in the country in an era of depression, war, prosperity and the welfare state. | | Antirequisite(s): History 025E, 233E, 231E | | 2 hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| History 144F/G, Canadian Business and Labor History | |
| | Description: The development and effect of business in Canada from the late nineteenth century, with special emphasis on its social impact and the emergence of a Canadian labor movement. | | 2 hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| History 146F/G, The Cultural Mosaic and the Melting Pot | |
| | Description: A comparative analysis of ethnic relationships in Canada and the United States in the Twentieth Century. | | 2 hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| History 149, Introduction to Islamic History and Civilization | |
| | Description: This course is designed to introduce students not specializing in history to the main events and themes of Islamic history and civilization and its place in world history. The survey will cover the important achievements of this civilization including topics such as: religion, law, economy, social structure and political institutions, literature, philosophy, theology, art and architecture, medicine and science. | | Antirequisite(s): Humanities 110F/G, 111F/G | | 2 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| History 180, Western Civilization | |
| | Description: A lecture and discussion course surveying the main political, social, economic and cultural developments of Western Civilization from ancient Greece and Rome to the present. | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| History 181a/b, Twentieth Century Totalitarianism | |
| | Description: This course is a comparative study of two of the principal totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century -- Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. The course will compare the leadership, institutions, and policies of each regime. | | Antirequisite(s): History 021E | | 2 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| History 182a/b, Women in the Work Force 1700-1990 | |
| | Description: Explores women's experience of employment including women's paid labor in pre-industrial settings; domestic service; sexual division of labor; work in industrial settings; entering the professions; feminization of clerical work; women's war work; female professions; women and organized labor; feminism and women workers and globalization. | | 2 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| History 183a/b, The Presidency in American History | |
| | Description: Examines the development of the modern presidency in terms of the challenges facing presidents and their success or failure in responding to the needs of the time. Special attention will be given to the evolution of presidential power and its historical consequences. | | 2 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| History 184, European International Relations from the Holy Alliance to the European Community (1815-1992) | |
| | Description: This course covers European international relations since 1815 from the perspective of the "great powers" to show how the international system worked or failed. The final section on Europe after 1945 will deal mainly with efforts to replace the old states system by a European community. | | 2 lecture hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| History 185, War in the Ancient and Mediaeval World | |
| | Description: A consideration of technical, cultural, social and political aspects of warfare. The course ends with the fall of Constantinople and the use of gunpowder. | | 2 lecture hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| History 186, The Two World Wars | |
| | Description: An examination of the causes, course and consequences of the First and Second World Wars, stressing comparison of the two conflicts. Students will be asked to consider a variety of historical analyses of both wars and to study the process of interpretation as well as events. | | 2 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| History 187, Selected Themes in Canadian History | |
| | Description: | | 2 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| History 207F/G, Entrepreneurship in the United States and Canada Since 1800 | |
| | Description: A lecture and seminar course examining theories of entrepreneurship and their historical relationship to such essential business activities as finance, marketing, manufacturing, transportation, labour relations, and mangement. The focus is on the careers and business innovations of leading American and Canadian entrepreneurs in the 19th and 20th centuries. | | 3.0 hours lecture and seminar, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| History 214E, The Modern Middle East | |
| | Description: The course surveys the disintegration of the Ottoman empire, the birth of Arab Nationalism and the emergence of independent states in the area. Different ideological movements and political regimes come under close scrutiny, and special attention is given to social and economic problems of the Arab world today. | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| History 216E, Women in North American History | |
| | Description: A survey course that explores major topics and themes in Canadian and American women's history, from pre-industrial times to the present day. | | Antirequisite(s): History 255E | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| History 217E, The History of Judaism | |
| | Description: An introduction to the history of Judaism and Jews. This course will survey the religious, social and cultural development of Judaism and Jewish life, and relationships between Jews and other communities. | | 3 lecture hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| History 220E, Survey of Chinese History | |
| | Description: The political, economic, social and cultural history of China including the Imperial age and its modern legacy. | | 2 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| History 221E, Survey of Japanese History | |
| | Description: The political, economic, social and cultural history of Japan from prehistoric times to the present. | | 2 lecture hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| History 224E, Christianity | |
| | Description: Its doctrines, government, and worship from classical to modern times. | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| History 227E, A History of Russia from its Pre-Historical Beginnings to the 18th Century | |
| | Description: A study of the old Russian culture, the Church, the State, society, and the beginnings of Russian political thought. Emphasis on the period from the 16th to the late 17th century. The aim of the course is to introduce students to Russia's spiritual, cultural, political and social roots. | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| History 228E, Mediaeval Europe | |
| | Description: From the 4th to the 15th centuries. | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| History 229E, Britain to 1688 | |
| | Description: An introduction to British history from the Anglo- Saxons. | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| History 231E, Canada: Origins to the Present. | |
| | Description: An examination of the most important aspects of Canada's history from its beginnings to the present. | | Antirequisite(s): History 025E, 232E, 233E, 143F/G. | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| History 234E, The United States, Colonial Period to the Present | |
| | Description: Emphasis first term upon the emergence of the American nation, the egalitarian impulse, national expansion and sectional conflict; second term, upon the great transformations of the modern era: the growth of industrialism, big government, a pluralistic society, and international predominance. | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| History 236E, Europe and England in the 16th and 17th Centuries | |
| | Description: Cultural, social, economic, and political themes including the Protestant and Catholic Reformations; the rise of absolutism; the commercial revolution; heresy, witchcraft, and scepticism; plague and health problems; the origins of modern science; demographic trends; the Puritans; baroque art and music; Cromwell, Gustavus Adolphus, and the creation of the modern army. | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| History 237E, History of Russia-USSR | |
| | Description: From the early beginnings (pre-historical, Kievan, and later) through the Soviet period. | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| History 238E, History of Latin America | |
| | Description: An introduction to Latin America. The first term emphasizes the colonial foundations of Spanish and Portuguese civilization in the New World; the second term emphasizes the growth of the individual republics, personalist rule, federalism vs. centralism, revolution, and the "static society". | | Antirequisite(s): History 291E if taken at King's 2004-2005, History 391E if taken at King's 2003-2004. | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| History 240E, History of Modern Italy | |
| | Description: Revolution, counter-revolution, and democracy, 1789-1946. Nationalism, liberalism, socialism, and fascism in Italy from the origins of the movement of unification to the collapse of the Fascist regime. The great personalities of the period, i.e., Mazzini, Garibaldi, Cavour, and Mussolini. | | Lectures and discussion. | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| History 243E, First Nations in Canadian History | |
| | Description: First Nations peoples are the original inhabitants of Canada. This course will examine history recorded since European contact with all possible efforts to privilege an Aboriginal point of view and the contribution Aboriginal peoples have made and continue to make to Canada as a nation-state and as a cultural community. | | Antirequisite(s): First Nations Studies 243E. | | Prerequisite(s): First Nations Studies 020E or Anthropology 020E or 025F/G or History 020E or 025E or 027E. | | 3 lecture hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| History 269E, Modern South Asia | |
| | Description: This is a survey of modern South Asian history from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries. Our focus is on the sub-continental landmass comprising the present-day nations of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. The course is in lecture and discussion format. Lectures are organized around weekly themes, readings, films, visuals, and other resources. | | 3.0 lecture hours 1.0 course | | back to top |
| History 281E, International Relations Since 1939 | |
| | Description: A survey, with thorough exploration of selected issues through research papers and class discussion of assigned readings. | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| History 291E-297E, Selected Topics | |
| | Description: Consult the History Department for details of current offerings. | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | (To be withdrawn, May 2008) | | back to top |
| History 298F/G, Specialized Historical Studies | |
| | Description: Consult the History Department for details of current offerings. | | 3 hours, 0.5 course. | | (To be withdrawn, May 2008) | | back to top |
| History 299F/G, Specialized Historical Studies | |
| | Description: Consult the History Department for details of current offerings. | | 3 hours, 0.5 course. | | (To be withdrawn, May 2008) | | back to top |
| History 301E, The Historian's Craft | |
| | Description: This course examines the history of the historical profession, varieties of history, where research should start, the nature and limitations of evidence, methods of interpretation, research techniques in specialized areas, and problems of causal explanation. | | Prerequisite(s): One previous course in History. | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| History 302E, Selected Topics in U.S. History - Religion and Spirituality in American History, 1600-1990 | |
| | Description: The interrelationship of religion and society in America from the onset of European colonization to the 1990's. | | 2 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| History 306E, The History of Canadian Culture | |
| | Description: An examination of the evolution of Canadian culture, including art, literature, film, and electronic media. The course traces the historical development of distinct Canadian cultural forms, and explores such issues as the role of the state in promoting culture and the relationship between culture and nationalism. | | 2 hour seminar course, 1.0 course. | | | | back to top |
| History 310E, History of Urbanization | |
| | Description: The city from the earliest times to the present, with special attention to Europe, particularly London and Rome. Themes studied will include geographic backgrounds, planning, architecture and such problems as size, liveability and government. | | Prerequisite(s): One senior history course. | | 2 lecture hours, 1.0 course. | | | | back to top |
| History 311F/G, Japan Since 1945 | |
| | Description: Selected topics, such as Japan's phenomenal economic growth, its competitive drive for the control of world markets, big business in politics, the debates on the Constitutional revision and remilitarization, student radicalism and the changing roles of women in contemporary Japan, are examined. | | Prerequisite(s): History 028E or one senior history course. | | 2 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | | | back to top |
| History 312F/G, East Asia Since 1945 | |
| | Description: Selected topics, such as the U.S. occupation of Japan, Japan's external relations with the U.S.A., U.S.S.R. and China, the rise of Communist China, Taiwan under Chiang Kai-shek, the Great Cultural Revolution, China after Mao, the division of Korea and the question of Hong Kong, are examined. | | Prerequisite(s): History 028E or one senior history course. | | 2 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | | | back to top |
| History 313F/G, Nature and American History: Environmentalism in American Culture, Society and Politics | |
| | Description: This course examines the ambivalent relationship between United States society and its natural environment. Beginning with the translation of European ideas about "wilderness" during the colonization of the "New World," the course traces the development of a "nature ethic" that ran with and against American development. It will study cultural representations of nature, as well as political, economic, philosophical, and technological themes relating to environmentalism in the United States. | | 2 hours, 0.5 course. | | | | back to top |
| History 314F/G, Themes in European Environmental History: From Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century | |
| | Description: This course explores the history of European attitudes toward the natural world. We will reach back to Antiquity, but the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and, above all, the early-modern period will draw most of our attention. The multi-disciplinary nature of environmental history will suggest a broad range of topics. | | 2 hours, 0.5 course. | | | | back to top |
| History 317E, Jewish History and Culture, 1492 to the Present | |
| | Description: This course examines the changing economic, social, and legal roles of Jewish communities; the causes of, and responses to, persecution and genocide; continuity and change in religious practices; responses to the Enlightenment, Emancipation, Zionism, and the creation of the state of Israel. | | Prerequisite(s): One history course at the 200-level or above. | | 3 lecture hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| History 318F/G, Métis Ethnohistory | |
| | Description: An examination of the history and contemporary situation of people of mixed Aboriginal-European descent across Canada beginning with their origins in the fur trade. Problems of researching/studying Métis history will form the core of the course. Topics include questions of ethnogenesis, hybridity, identification, gender, class, family, community, and political consciousness. | | Antirequisite(s): First Nations Studies 348F/G | | Prerequisite(s): Any 1.0 or 0.5 course at the 200 level or above in First Nations Studies, History, or
Anthropology | | 3 lecture/seminar hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| History 323E, Modern Japan | |
| | Description: Traces Japan from a feudal society in the nineteenth century to a leading industrial nation today. Emphasis on the analysis of economic, social and political change which made this transformation possible. The impact of such changes on the Japanese people will also be analyzed. | | Prerequisite(s): History 028E or one senior history course. | | 2 hours, 1.0 course. | | | | back to top |
| History 324E, Crusaders and Moslems in the Twelfth Century | |
| | Description: Aspects of Frankish and Moslem Societies and Cultures in the Middle East. Prerequisite: One senior history course. | | 2 hours, 1.0 course. | | | | back to top |
| History 325E, History of Modern China | |
| | Description: A thematic exploration of the crucial developments and problems in Chinese history since 1800. | | Prerequisite(s): One of History 028E, History 220E or History 208E. | | 3 seminar hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| History 327F/G, Nature in Canadian History | |
| | Description: An exploration of humans' relationship with nature in Canada. We will use the methodologies and sources of environmental history to examine the roots of modern environmental attitudes and practices. Topics include ecological imperialism, industrialzation, national symbols, the Group of Seven, and the rise of environmentalism. | | Antirequisite(s): History 205E, History 316E, History 398F if taken in 2002-2005, History 398G-002 if taken in 2006-2007. | | 3 hourse, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| History 330E, Slavery and Abolition in the Atlantic World | |
| | Description: This course explores the rise of modern slavery, the Atlantic Slave Trade, the experience of enslavement, the relationship between bound labour and plantation agriculture, the emergence of abolitionist/antislavery activism and the process of Emancipation. | | Prerequisite(s): One History course at the 200 level or above | | 3 hours, 1.0 course
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| History 334E, Foreign Policy of the United States since 1775 | |
| | Description: A study of the interaction between domestic forces - ideological, political, and economic - and external forces in the development of United States foreign policy. | | Prerequisite(s): One senior U.S. history course. | | 2 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| History 335E, Britain Since 1688 | |
| | Description: The history of Britain from 1688 to the modern era. Students will discern the roots of modern practices by studying political developments, economic factors, intellectual movements, and social changes in Britain. Through lectures, videos, readings, discussions, presentations and research, students will sharpen their understanding of causation and significance. | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| | Description: An emphasis on intellectual history in a context of political, social, and economic changes from the eighteenth century to 1921. Broad topics will include the first and second European enlightenments, conservative thought, populism, anarchism, and Marxism. The Revolutions of 1917 will be treated intensively. | | Prerequisite(s): One senior history course. | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | | | back to top |
| History 340E, Colonial British America | |
| | Description: Seminars in selected areas from the Elizabethan colonization through the American Revolution. | | Prerequisite(s): One senior U.S. history course. | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | | | back to top |
| History 344E, The United States, 1783-1901 | |
| | Description: The Development of the American Nation. The framing of the Constitution, the emergence of political parties, the growth of nationalism and sectionalism, the impact of egalitarianism, and the disintegration and restoration of the Union. | | Prerequisite(s): One senior U.S. history course. | | 2 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| History 346E, France, 1715 to the Present | |
| | Description: Examines the development of France from the decline of the old regime to the political and economic transformation after the Second World War. Lectures, book discussion and examination of selected topics in seminars. | | Prerequisite(s): One history course. | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| History 348E, Topics in Latin American History | |
| | Description: Topic available in Department. | | Prerequisite(s): One senior history course. | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | | | back to top |
| History 349F/G, Frontiers and Borderlands | |
| | Description: This course will examine the history of indigenous peoples in frontier and borderland regions, emphasizing the North American experience and drawing on examples from other continents for comparison. The focus will be on the interaction between indigenous and settler cultures, with close attention paid to each colonization experience. | | Antirequisite(s): Anthropology 349F/G, First Nations Studies 349F/G | | Prerequisite(s): Any of First Nations Studies 020E, History 020E or 025E or 027E, or Anthropology 020E or 025F/G. | | 3 lecture/seminar hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| History 350F/G, The Rise and Fall of Communism in the USSR and Eastern Europe | |
| | Description: Europe Communism had a great impact on the politics and history of Europe and parts of Asia in the twentieth century. This course explores the form of communism which turned the collapsing Russian empire into the USSR, spread to Eastern Europe after World War Two and eventually collapsed in 1989-91. | | Antirequisite(s): Political Science 340F/G, the former Political Science 249E, and History 439E | | Prerequisite(s): History 020E or Political Science 231E or 245E. | | 2 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| History 351F/G, The Image of Latin America: History Through Film | |
| | Description: Film and television shape our perceptions and allow us to experience history unfolding. Students will review, analyse and discuss four films to determine their historical content, accuracy and realism. A combination of lectures, extensive reading, and class discussions on the material covered will provide the context necessary to evaluate each film. | | Antirequisite(s): History 398G-001 if taken in 2002-2003, 398F-002 if taken in 2005-2006 or 2006-2007. | | Prerequisite(s): 1.0 history course at the 200 level or above. | | 3.0 lecture/seminar hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| History 352E, The European Renaissance | |
| | Description: This course follows the Renaissance from its origins in Northern Italy and investigates how it developed and flourished in diverse environments, both in Italy and later in Northern Europe. We will consider the art, but will focus on the political, cultural and social developments which inspired and paid for it. | | Prerequisite(s): 1.0 course in History at the 100 level or above. | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| History 356E, Modern Germany, 1815 to the Present | |
| | Description: An examination of the conflict between liberalism and reaction in the nineteenth century; the effects of industrialization; unification and its consequences; the causes and consequences of the First World War; the rise of Nazism and the nature of Nazi rule; the post-war German states; and Germany in the post-unification era. | | Prerequisite(s): One course in History at the 200-level or above. | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| History 360E, The Evolution of Canadian Political Parties, 1867-Present | |
| | Description: An examination of the factors which have influenced party politics in Canada (including economic nationalism, continentalism, imperialism, regionalism and urbanism). | | Prerequisite(s): One Canadian history course. | | 2 lecture hours, 1.0 course. | | | | back to top |
| History 362E, Problems in Canadian Social History | |
| | Description: Consult the History Department for details of current offerings. | | Prerequisite(s): One Canadian history course. | | 2 hours, 1.0 course. | | | | back to top |
| History 364E, Topics in Ontario History | |
| | Description: Topics include aspects of the political, social and economic history of the province. | | Prerequisite(s): One Canadian history course. | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | | | back to top |
| History 369E, Delhi and London: Imperial Cities | |
| | Description: Delhi and London were two major cities of the British Empire. This course studies their parallel destinies, from the imperial into the post-colonial world. It explores how diverse cultural, political, and migratory flows connected and shaped these cities. | | Prerequisite(s): 1.0 history courses at the 2200 level or above | | 3.0 seminar hours 1.0 course | | back to top |
| History 370E, European International Relations since 1871 | |
| | Description: A study of European international relations from the unification of Germany to the reconstruction of Europe after 1945. Both external and domestic factors influencing the foreign policy of the major powers are examined. | | Prerequisite(s): One senior history course. | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | | | back to top |
| History 372E, The Reformation | |
| | Description: An examination of the religious upheavals of the 16th century with emphasis on the interplay between ideas and their socio-economic context. | | Prerequisite(s): History 236E. | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | | | back to top |
| History 374E, French Canada | |
| | Description: Selected topics since the sixteenth century. Emphasis on demographic and economic change; the evolution of social, religious, and political structures; francophone nationalism and French-English relations. | | Prerequisite(s): One senior history course. | | 3 lecture hours, 1.0 course. | | | | back to top |
| History 384E, The Jewish Immigrant Experience in North America, 1880-1945 | |
| | Description: A lecture course that examines the struggles and achievements of Jewish immigrants and their offspring in the United States and Canada, and the ways in which they conformed to and rebelled against against the dominant culture. The course will highlight a variety of themes related to ethnicity, religion, gender, and class. | | Antirequisite(s): History 291E if taken in 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06 | | Prerequisite(s): 1.0 course in History | | 3 hours, 1.0 course | | back to top |
| History 391E-397E, Selected Topics | |
| | Description: Consult the Department for details of current offerings. | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | (To be withdrawn, May 2008) | | back to top |
| History 398F/G, Specialized Historical Studies | |
| | Description: Consult the History Department for details of current offerings. | | 3 hours, 0.5 course. | | (To be withdrawn, May 2008) | | back to top |
| History 399F/G, Specialized Historical Studies | |
| | Description: Consult the History Department for details of current offerings. | | Prerequisite(s): Permission of the Department. | | 3 hours, 0.5 course. | | (To be withdrawn, May 2008) | | back to top |
| History 403E, The First World War: A Revolutionary Experience | |
| | Description: The seminar examines in-depth the events associated with the period from 1900 to 1924. | | 2 hours, 1.0 course. | | | | back to top |
| History 405E, European Intellectual History | |
| | Description: This course analyzes the works of a dozen leading European writers from the past three centuries and traces how intellectual preoccupations and critiques have evolved over time. Among the writers studied: Rousseau, Burke, de Tocqueville, Austen, Tolstoy, Nietzsche, Weber, Freud, Woolf, and Bourdieu. | | Prerequisite(s): 1.0 course in History at the 200 level or above. | | 2 hours. 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| History 407E, Crime and Society in England, 1660-1900 | |
| | Description: This seminar explores crime and the administration of English criminal justice from the late seventeenth to the end of the nineteenth century. Topics will include the reform of the criminal law, the rise of modern policing, the transformation of prosecution and trial, and developments in penal policy. | | Antirequisite(s): History 498G-001 if taken in 2005-2006 or 2006-2007, History 499F-001 if taken in 2005-2006. | | Prerequisite(s): 1.0 history course at the 200 level or above. | | 2 seminar hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| History 411E, Technology and Society in North America | |
| | Description: An introduction to the social history of Canadian and American technology, this course examines interactions between technology and society during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Viewing technology as an aspect of culture, the main theme will be the development of distinctive national technical styles. | | Prerequisite(s): Honors level Canadian and/or American history course. | | 2 seminar hours, 1.0 course. | | Restricted to Honors Students. | | back to top |
| History 412F/G, Between Past and Future: Dilemmas of the Post Communist World | |
| | Description: This course looks at the states referred to as ‘new democracies’ and ‘post-totalitarian states’. It will encourage students to look back and forward simultaneously, to explore how different states within the post-communist world have such divergent transformation trajectories. The material is approached from a multi-disciplinary perspective. | | Antirequisite(s): Political Science 440F/G. | | 2 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | Restricted to Honors Students. | | back to top |
| History 414E, Islam and the West: The Medieval Mediterranean | |
| | Description: The economy, social structure and political institutions of Islamic civilization in the Mediterranean. Interaction and points of contact with Byzantium and medieval Europe, such as the Crusades, Muslim Sicily and Spain, the translations from Arabic and trade patterns. | | Prerequisite(s): One senior history course. | | 2 hours, 1.0 course. | | Restricted to Honors Students. | | back to top |
| History 415E, Topics in Gender History | |
| | Description: A seminar course that examines selected topics to explore the social construction of gender and sexuality in nineteenth and twentieth-century Canada and America. | | Prerequisite(s): Registration in Honors and Combined Honors History or Combined Honors Women's Studies. | | 2 hours, 1.0 course. | | Restricted to Honors Students. | | back to top |
| History 419E, Enlightenment and Its Uses | |
| | Description: A seminar and lecture course dealing with the origins and some aspects of the thought of the European Enlightenment (e.g. religion, science and medicine, social theory, art), and with representative thinkers of the period c. 1680-1790. | | Prerequisite(s): One senior history course. Restricted to students in any honors program. | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | Restricted to Honors Students. | | back to top |
| History 424E, Business History | |
| | Description: A comparative approach to business history in Great Britain, Canada, and the United States since 1700. Emphasis is on the emergence of modern management, the development of techniques of production and marketing, the role of entrepreneurship, business organization, business-government interaction, and labor relations. | | Prerequisite(s): Registration in honors History or honors Business Administration. | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | Restricted to Honors Students. | | back to top |
| History 439E, The Soviet Union | |
| | Description: The rise and fall of the Soviet Union affected much of twentieth century European and global history. This course looks at the politics, economics, social issues, cultures and religions of the peoples who lived in the USSR, the Russians and non-Russians, and how they interacted. It will be conducted in seminar format. | | Prerequisite(s): One senior history course. | | 2 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| History 442E, Age of Extremes: Fascism, Communism and Authoritarianism in the Twentieth Century | |
| | Description: This course examines the crimes, terror, and repression caused in the twentieth century by fascist, communist and authoritarian regimes in various parts of the world. Topics include Nazi Germany, Stalinist Russia, and non-democratic regimes in post-colonial Asia, Africa and Latin America. Specific themes include the Holocaust, and genocide after 1945. | | Antirequisite(s): History 491E if taken at King’s College in 2001-02 and 2002-03. | | Prerequisite(s): A senior level history course, or permission of the Department. | | 3 seminar hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| History 444E, The United States in the Twentieth Century | |
| | Description: A survey of American history, 1901 to the present, with emphasis upon political, social, and economic developments. Intensive examination of selected topics in seminar. | | Prerequisite(s): One senior course in U.S. history. | | 2 hours, 1.0 course. | | Restricted to Honors Students. | | back to top |
| History 448F/G, Topics in First Nations History | |
| | Description: Students will research a variety of specialized historical subjects relating to political, social, and economic interactions with non-Natives. After sampling secondary writings, students will draw on archival, visual, and oral records to offer first-hand experiences in dealing with the complexity of source materials. | | Antirequisite(s): First Nations Studies 440F/G. | | Prerequisite(s): Registration in year four of any program. | | 3 lecture/seminar hours, 0.5 course.
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| History 451E, The Canadian Elite and its Urban Base | |
| | Description: Discussions will concentrate on city growth, planning and architecture, evolution of municipal services, problems of urban society, inter-urban rivalry, and business development. Particular attention will be paid to the role of elite groups in urban and commercial development. | | Prerequisite(s): One senior history course. | | 2 lecture hours, 1.0 course. | | Restricted to Honors Students. | | back to top |
| | Description: Selected topics in the history of warfare. | | Antirequisite(s): History 497E if taken in 2005-06. | | Prerequisite(s): For students in their final year of the honors program. | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | This course may be counted as a principal course in the honors Political Science program. | | Restricted to Honors Students. | | back to top |
| History 460E, The Age of the Renaissance | |
| | Description: Thematic approach to the intellectual, cultural, social, and political aspects of the Renaissance and its relationship to Western civilization. The students will be presented with a variety of methodological approaches to the interpretation of culture. | | Prerequisite(s): One senior history course. | | 2 hours, 1.0 course. | | Restricted to Honors Students. | | back to top |
| History 461E, Canada and the United States | |
| | Description: This course analyses and compares a variety of themes which have been important in the development of both Canadian and American society. It also examines the involved and often difficult relationship of Canada and the United States, with an emphasis on the patterns of political, social, economic and military interaction. | | Prerequisite(s): One senior history course. | | 2 hours, 1.0 course. | | Restricted to Honors Students. | | back to top |
| History 470E, Early Modern Germany | |
| | Description: Germany during the period of princely rule, ca. 1438-1806. Topics include: the Holy Roman Empire and German particularism, the German Reformation, the Great Peasants' War, the Thirty Years' War, the rise of Prussia, the German Enlightenment, Cameralism and the German Economy, Maria Theresa and Frederick the Great. | | Antirequisite(s): The former History 491E, if taken in 2003-04, 2004-2005 | | Prerequisite(s): History 236E | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| History 471E, Oral History | |
| | Description: An introduction to the techniques and methodology of oral history. | | Prerequisite(s): One senior history course. | | 2 hours, 1.0 course. | | Restricted to Honors Students. | | back to top |
| History 487E, Directed Readings in History | |
| | Description: The subject will be selected by students in consultation with an instructor of their choice willing to give the course. This course will normally be open only to fourth-year honors students who have achieved an average of at least 80% in their third-year history courses. | | Permission of the department is also required, 1.0 course. | | Restricted to Honors Students. | | back to top |
| History 490E, Senior Thesis | |
| | Description: This course will normally be open only to fourth-year honors students who have achieved an average of at least 80% in their third-year history courses. | | Permission of the Department is also required, 1.0 course. | | Restricted to Honors Students. | | back to top |
| History 492E-497E, Selected Topics | |
| | Description: Consult the Department for details of current offerings. | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | Restricted to Honors Students. | | (To be withdrawn, May 2008) | | back to top |
| History 498F/G, Specialized Historical Studies | |
| | Description: Consult the History Department for details of current offerings. | | 3 hours, 0.5 course. | | Restricted to Honors Students. | | (To be withdrawn, May 2008) | | back to top |
| History 499F/G, Specialized Historical Studies | |
| | Description: Consult the History Department for details of current offerings. | | Prerequisite(s): Permission of the Department. | | 3 hours, 0.5 course. | | Restricted to Honors Students. | | (To be withdrawn, May 2008) | | back to top |
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