HIS 500 (9630) (1 Cr) Writing the Successful Proposal

HISTORY DEPARTMENT

GRADUATE COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

Fall 2014

HIS 500 (9630) (1 cr) Writing the Successful Proposal

S.C. Bernard ()

ARR

This workshop is for students who may soon be applying for research, travel, or writing (or production) grants, fellowships, book contracts, and in general for any student seeking to learn more about what it takes to ask for things. How do you find opportunities, analyze RFPs, and present yourself and your work in their strongest light? In addition to various tasks and writing exercises, students will share, analyze, revise, and rewrite proposals (whether actual or invented) of their own. The number of meetings will depend on enrollment. All students will berequired to create a profile in COS, which is free to UAlbany faculty and graduate students. Some course activities will be conducted via Blackboard.

Prerequisite: This section of HIS 500 is for doctoral candidates in history who have already completed or are currently taking HIS 500, Practicum in College Teaching. History M.A. students may be enrolled with permission of instructor. Students who have taken this section of HIS 500 in previous semesters are welcome to audit (no credit), if space permits.

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HIS 500 (6543) (1 cr) Practicum in College Teaching

S. Gauss ()

ARR

Discussion and analysis in a workshop setting of teaching techniques and aims as well as of various aspects of the historical professions, such as job interviews, ethics, departmental responsibilities, and non-academic careers. Required of, and limited to, doctoral candidates. The course will be taken over two semesters for one credit each semester.

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HIS 501 (2043) (3crs)Introduction to Public History

S. Bernard ()

Mon 2:45pm-5:35pm

AS 014

An overview of the field of public history, described as “the many and diverse ways in which history is put to work in the world” ( this course explores historical practice outside academia, such as in museums, archives, and corporate or community settings, in roles as varied as historian, policy advisor, archivist, preservationist, oral historian, or media producer. Readings, exercises, papers and site visits will be required. Prerequisites: HIS 501 is required for students whose history M.A. concentration is public history. All others, permission of instructor required.

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HIS 503 (2044) (3crs)Introduction to Historical Agency Management and Practice

D. Palmquist ()

Tues 5:45pm-8:35pm

ES 242

The course will explore the management and operation of historical agencies, history museums and historical societies; orient the student to these agencies and their history; provide practical information on legal, financial, ethical, personnel, collecting, exhibition, educational and program elements; and prepare the student for professional work in an historical agency. The course will be run as a seminar and will feature presentations by the instructor, discussion, readings and guest speakers. The student will choose a critical issue and select a historical agency, visit the institution, interview management, study the institution in depth, and prepare a mid-term oral report and final paper addressing the critical issue in terms of the specific historical agency.

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HIS 508 (8712) (3 crs)Material Culture

R. Campbell ()

Thurs 5:45pm-8:35pm

HU 127

This course will explore American material culture with an emphasis on the goods that Americans have used in their homes during the past four hundred years. All objects carry social meanings which can and do change through time and place. Through assigned readings, class discussions, in-class activities, and individual research projects, students will examine the meaning of those goods within the context of the society that created and used them.

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HIS 530 (8027) (3crs)Topics in American History: Foundations of Documentary Filmmaking

B. Bruce

Tue, Thu 1:15pm-2:35pm

SLOG 24

*Also taught as HIS 334 and DOC 323

This course will ground students in the fundamentals of researching, planning, shooting, and editing digital video. Students will work individually and in teams on exercises assigned by the instructor. The course offers a comprehensive introduction to the basics of documentary film production, and as such provides a foundation for all students interested in documentary media, including those who go on to work in historical and non-historical content areas such as social issue, ethnographic, scientific, or political documentary. Students will develop a solid hands-on understanding of the basic tools of media storytelling and choices involved, thus enhancing their overall media literacy.

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HIS 530 (9735) (3crs)Topics in American History: Photojournalism

K. VanAcker ()

Thu 5:45pm-8:35pm

SLOG 02

*Also taught as DOC 380 and JRL 380

Photojournalism is a digital photography workshop. Students are taught the fundamentals, theory and practices of photojournalism through lectures, readings, writings and practical photography assignment work. Students are required to photograph weekly assignments and present their work for group critique. Students produce a final project that they research, photograph and execute in a multi-media format which demonstrates the breadth of material and techniques covered over the course of the semester. Because the class has a multi-media component, students will use a combination of their still photography along with audio that they record and edit to create audio slideshows to further advance their photojournalism narrative storytelling skills. Some prior photography experience is recommended. A digital SLR camera is required for this class. The software you will use for this class includes PhotoShop, audio editing software like Audacity or Garage Band, video and multimedia software like iMove, Windows Movie Maker, Final Cut, Sony Vegas and Sound Slides andare available on various computers throughout campus.

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HIS 563 (8725) (4crs)The Byzantine Empire

D. Korobeynikov ()

Mon, Wed, Fri 11:30am-12:25pm

ES 147

Survey of the socio-economic, ethnic, political, religious, intellectual and artistic history of Byzantine civilization from late antiquity to the fifteenth century. The course focuses on the one of the most brilliant chapters in the world history. Byzantium was often seen, and presented herself, as continuation of the Roman Empire; yet the Byzantine Empire was somewhat distinct from Rome. The course is indispensable for anyone interested in the history of the Eastern Mediterranean, Byzantine Greek and Slavonic history, and the history of the relations between Christianity and Islam.

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HIS 599 (2045) (1-4crs)Special Projects in History, Public History, and History & Media

S.C. Bernard ()

ARR

Supervised work on projects in coordination with local museums, historical agencies, or organizations engaged in history-focused media production. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor and department chair. Students working with outside agencies must have lined up an internship in advance of requesting permission to register for HIS 599; students proposing an independent research or media project must submit a written proposal and demonstrate competency in necessary technical skills prior to requesting permission.

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HIS 599 (4351) (1-4crs)Special Projects in History, Public History, and History & Media

G. Zahavi ()

ARR

Supervised work on projects in coordination with local museums, historical agencies, or organizations engaged in history-focused media production. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor and department chair. Students working with outside agencies must have lined up an internship in advance of requesting permission to register for HIS 599; students proposing an independent research or media project must submit a written proposal and demonstrate competency in necessary technical skills prior to requesting permission.

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HIS 600 (2046) (4crs)Colloquium on the State

R. Hamm ()

Tue 2:45pm-5:35pm

SS 145

This course does two things. First it reviews the broadest contours of historiography. Second it introduces you the thematic fields around which the University at Albany Ph.D. program is centered: Cultural History; Gender History; International, Global and Comparative History; Public Policy History; and Social and Economic History. We also make forays into Public/Digital Media History. The two most important features of this course are that department faculty members lead class sessions on their respective areas of expertise and that you as students began developing a reading expertise in one of these fields. The two parts of this course taken together should give you a novice’s grounding in professional history as practiced in the United States today. Open to only incoming doctoral students in history. Permission of the instructor required.

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HIS 603 (8343) (4crs)Readings in United States History: America and the World

R. Irwin ()

Tues 5:35pm-8:35pm

SL0G24

An exploration of America's role in the world during the long twentieth century. Topics will include imperialism, international institutions, the Cold War, race relations, and decolonization.

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HIS 603 (8344) (4crs)Readings in United States History: Public Policy and Politics during the New Deal Era

C. Bon Tempo ()

Thu 4:15pm-7:05pm

SLG 24

*Also taught as HIS 630 (8351)

A key facet of American public policy and politics from the 1930s through the 1960s was the New Deal and its philosophy of political liberalism. This readings course explores public policy and politics during the New Deal era. Topics will include public policy and politics during the New Deal; civil rights; the evolution of liberalism in the 1950s and 1960s; the rise of conservatism; and the impact of public policy and politics on American culture in mid-twentieth century America. Students will write 3 papers and are expected to participate energetically in weekly class discussions. Possible readings include: William Leuchtenberg, FDR and the New Deal; Sarah Phillips, This Land, This Nation; Risa Goluboff, The Lost Promise of Civil Rights; Guian McKee, The Problem of Jobs; Kevin Kruse, White Flight; Darren Dochuk, From Bible Belt to Sunbelt; Grace Hale, A Nation of Outsiders.

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HIS 609 (10152) (4crs)Research Seminar in US History/Research Seminar in the History of Gender

N.Kizenko ()

Mon 4:15pm-7:05pm

SLG 24

Even though it is only recently that women have been permitted to hold official roles in many religions, they have long been central to American religious life. American women have often been the primary carriers and creators of religious culture. Religion has been an arena for American women activists: many abolitionists and other early social reformers were motivated in part by religious belief; many of the African-American women who helped power the civil-rights movement drew strength from their religions and organized through their churches. Religion has also been a crucial aspect of sustaining immigrant identity, particularly among Roman Catholics, Orthodox Christians, and Muslims. Most recently, both the ordination of women and the resurgence of conservative strains of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam raise important questions about the role of religion as a force for both challenging and supporting the status quo.

This course will begin by introducing both classic and unconventional primary sources (including film and standup comedy), and key historiographical approaches to the study of gender and religion in the United States, as well as approaches to the study of religion in the United States broadly speaking. Students will then identify research topics they would like to develop. The goal will be to have students produce a publishable scholarly article of 25-30 pages.

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HIS 611 (8345) (4crs) Readings in European History: The Inquisition

P. Nold ()

Mon 7:15pm-10:05pm

SLG 24

The Inquisition. Everyone expects the Spanish Inquisition. This class is about something completely different. We will focus on France and Italy from the Twelfth through Fourteenth centuries and the medieval technology developed for the detection of heresy. Subjects include: the education and training of inquisitors; the value of inquisitorial testimony as a historical source; medieval heresy as an ‘invention’ of intellectuals, and the existence of the Inquisition as an institution.

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HIS 616 (8348) (4crs)Readings in Late Modern Europe: The Depression of the 1930s in Comparative Perspective

D. White ()

Wed 7:15pm-10:05pm

SL0G24

*Also taught as HIS 633 (8354)

Amid recent and not yet overcome economic troubles both in the US and the world, attention has again turned to the Great Depression of the 1930s, an economic collapse which, apart from the two World Wars, inflicted more widespread pain and despair on populations than any other of the twentieth century’s numerous calamities. Politically it also posed the century’s most serious challenge to the legitimacy and viability of free market systems. This course examines the Depression primarily as it played out in the United States, Great Britain, and Germany. It will reach out to the experience of several other countries as well. Particular attention will be devoted to the causes of the economic slump that began with the Wall Street crash of 1929, the financial crisis of 1931, the experience of ordinary people deprived of jobs and hope, and various national avenues of recovery, including the New Deal and the Nazis’ elimination of unemployment through public works and rearmament. In conclusion, the relevance of the Depression to today’s issues will be considered.

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HIS 626 (10153) (4crs)Readings in Global and Comparative History: War, Society and Culture

R. Fogarty ()

Wed 2:45pm-5:35pm

SLG24

*Also taught as HIS 628 (9740)

This course will examine war in its widest social and cultural context, treating equally the profound effects of warfare upon the societies that wage it, and the many ways that particular societies and cultures affect the nature of the wars they wage. Readings may cover a broad chronological range, but will focus special attention on the period of rapid change and development since 1789. We will also take the occasion of this year’s centenary of the outbreak of the Great War in 1914 as an opportunity to consider that war and its effects in greater detail. Throughout the semester, we will examine various aspects of the relationship between modern society and modern war, such as the role of women in war, the effect of gender on war, war crimes, “shell shock” (or post-traumatic stress disorder), war journalism, war and artistic expression, and other topics. By the end of the term, we will have gained a deeper understanding and appreciation of the transformative power of modern war, both on and off the battlefield.

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HIS 628 (9740) (4crs)Readings in Social History: War, Society and Culture

R. Fogarty ()

Wed 2:45pm-5:35pm

SLG24

*Also taught as HIS 626 (10153)

This course will examine war in its widest social and cultural context, treating equally the profound effects of warfare upon the societies that wage it, and the many ways that particular societies and cultures affect the nature of the wars they wage. Readings may cover a broad chronological range, but will focus special attention on the period of rapid change and development since 1789. We will also take the occasion of this year’s centenary of the outbreak of the Great War in 1914 as an opportunity to consider that war and its effects in greater detail. Throughout the semester, we will examine various aspects of the relationship between modern society and modern war, such as the role of women in war, the effect of gender on war, war crimes, “shell shock” (or post-traumatic stress disorder), war journalism, war and artistic expression, and other topics. By the end of the term, we will have gained a deeper understanding and appreciation of the transformative power of modern war, both on and off the battlefield.

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HIS 630 (8351) (4crs)Readings in United States History: Public Policy and Politics during the New Deal Era

C. Bon Tempo ()

Thu 4:15pm-7:05pm

SLG 24

*Also taught as HIS 603(8344)

A key facet of American public policy and politics from the 1930s through the 1960s was the New Deal and its philosophy of political liberalism. This readings course explores public policy and politics during the New Deal era. Topics will include public policy and politics during the New Deal; civil rights; the evolution of liberalism in the 1950s and 1960s; the rise of conservatism; and the impact of public policy and politics on American culture in mid-twentieth century America. Students will write 3 papers and are expected to participate energetically in weekly class discussions. Possible readings include: William Leuchtenberg, FDR and the New Deal; Sarah Phillips, This Land, This Nation; Risa Goluboff, The Lost Promise of Civil Rights; Guian McKee, The Problem of Jobs; Kevin Kruse, White Flight; Darren Dochuk, From Bible Belt to Sunbelt; Grace Hale, A Nation of Outsiders.

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HIS 633 (8354) (4crs)Readings in Late Modern Europe: The Depression of the 1930s in Comparative Perspective

D. White ()

Wed 7:15pm-10:05pm

SL0G24

*Also taught as HIS 616 (8348)

Amid recent and not yet overcome economic troubles both in the US and the world, attention has again turned to the Great Depression of the 1930s, an economic collapse which, apart from the two World Wars, inflicted more widespread pain and despair on populations than any other of the twentieth century’s numerous calamities. Politically it also posed the century’s most serious challenge to the legitimacy and viability of free market systems. This course examines the Depression primarily as it played out in the United States, Great Britain, and Germany. It will reach out to the experience of several other countries as well. Particular attention will be devoted to the causes of the economic slump that began with the Wall Street crash of 1929, the financial crisis of 1931, the experience of ordinary people deprived of jobs and hope, and various national avenues of recovery, including the New Deal and the Nazis’ elimination of unemployment through public works and rearmament. In conclusion, the relevance of the Depression to today’s issues will be considered.

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HIS 640 (10154) (4crs)Research Seminar in US History/Research Seminar in the History of Gender

N.Kizenko ()

Mon 4:15pm-7:05pm

SLG 24

*Also taught as HIS 609 (10152)

Even though it is only recently that women have been permitted to hold official roles in many religions, they have long been central to American religious life. American women have often been the primary carriers and creators of religious culture. Religion has been an arena for American women activists: many abolitionists and other early social reformers were motivated in part by religious belief; many of the African-American women who helped power the civil-rights movement drew strength from their religions and organized through their churches. Religion has also been a crucial aspect of sustaining immigrant identity, particularly among Roman Catholics, Orthodox Christians, and Muslims. Most recently, both the ordination of women and the resurgence of conservative strains of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam raise important questions about the role of religion as a force for both challenging and supporting the status quo.