Summer I 2009 Courses
HISTORY DEPARTMENT ADVANCED COURSES SUMMER I 2009
The SFA History Department will offer the following advanced and graduate courses during the Summer I 2009 semester. For more information about individual courses, see the instructor.
All 300 and 400 level courses have a prerequisite of 6 hours of history.
HIS 319 MIDDLE AGES, Dr. Dahmus, MTWR 10:15-12:10, F-480
This course will study Western Europe from the fall of the Roman Empire to the eve of the Reformation. It will deal with military issues such as the German barbarian invasions, the Crusades, and the Hundred Years’ War; with political issues like the development of strong monarchies in the 11th and 12th centuries; with religious matters such as the monasteries and the growth and decline of the power of the pope; and with cultural issues like the growth of towns, universities, and philosophy.
HIS 412 VIKINGS, Dr. Malpass, MTWR 12:30-2:25, F-475
This course studies the emergence and influence of the Vikings on European Society between the eighth century and the First Crusade. It traces the early development of the Vikings in Scandinavia as well as the economic and social forces that led to the "Great Breakout" from the north into the stunned consciousness of all Europe. The raids and invasions of Germany, France, Russia, Sicily, and the British Isles will be examined as well as the explorations of the Mediterranean and the North Atlantic. The social, artistic, cultural and governmental influences of the Vikings upon Europe will be examined to reveal the differences between the historical Vikings and the popular imagery so often perpetuated.
GRADUATE COURSES
HIS 567 BORDERLANDS, Dr. BABCOCK, MTWR 5:00-6:55, F-480
This course will introduce students to scholarship on frontiers and borderlands in the Americas from colonial times through the early twentieth century. We will begin by considering the various ways that scholars have conceptualized frontiers and borderlands. Adopting a global and comparative perspective, we will then consider how indigenous peoples, empires, and nation-states negotiated power in contested regions. Since this is a reading seminar, assignments will include weekly book reviews and an historiographical essay.