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Department of History

Graduate Course Listing

Expanded descriptions of each course for the current semester, including the instructor and time/day offered can be viewed via the on-line course description booklet.

American Society and Culture

  • 340/840: American Legal History
  • 442/842: Antebellum America 1800-1850
  • 343/843: American Urban & Social History I
  • 344/844: American Urban & Social History II
  • 445/845: American Civil War & Reconstruction
  • 446/846: America in the Gilded Age
  • 350/850: Ideas in America
  • 353/853: From Progressivism to the Great Crash
  • 354/854: Era of Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • 355/855: Post-World War II America
  • 457/857: 19th-Century U.S. Economic History
  • 458/858: 20th-Century U.S. Economic History
  • 334/889: Colonial America
  • 341/889: American Constitutional History
  • 347/889: America and the World to 1914
  • 348/889: America and the World since 1914
  • 357/889: Mexican-American History

U.S. West

  • 363/848: Women and Gender in the American West
  • 351/851: America West to 1900
  • 352/852: American West since 1900
  • 464/864: Native American History: Special Topics
  • 465/865: History of the Plains Indians

Pre-Modern Europe

  • 307/807: Early Christianity
  • 309/809: Religion in Late Antiquity
  • 412/812: Democracy and Tyranny in Classical Athens
  • 414/814: Medieval Culture
  • 417/817: Roman Revolution
  • 420/820: Italian Renaissance
  • 421/821: German Reformation
  • 422/822: Scientific Revolution
  • 423/823: European Enlightenment
  • 431/831: Medieval England
  • 432/832: England: Reformation to Revolution
  • 322/889: European Culture in a Confessional Age

Modern Europe

  • 422/822: Scientific Revolution
  • 422/423: European Enlightenment
  • 424/824: European Social/Cultural History since 1815
  • 327/827: 19th-Century Germany
  • 328/828: History of Germany Since 1914
  • 429/829: History of Fascism in Europe
  • 339/839: The Holocaust
  • 322/889: European Culture in a Confessional Age
  • 330/889: Contemporary Europe
  • 332/889: Jews in the Middle Ages

Military and Diplomatic

  • 303/803: US Military History to 1917
  • 304/804: US Military History since 1917
  • 338/838: War & Peace in Europe, 1914-Present
  • 339/839: The Holocaust
  • 445/845: American Civil War & Reconstruction
  • 372/872: Revolutions in 20th-Century Latin America
  • 347/889: America and the World to 1914
  • 348/889: America and the World since 1914

World History

  • 434/834: Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict
  • 459/859: Women and Gender in African Societies
  • 463/863: Indigenous Peoples of Latin America
  • 469/869: Global Environmental History
  • 470/870: Digital History
  • 372/872: Revolutions in 20th-Century Latin America
  • 371/889: Shaping of Modern Mexico
  • 370/889: Making of Colonial Mexico
  • 334/875: History of Brazil
  • 478/878: Pro-Seminar in Latin American History
  • 480/880: Social/Economic History of China since Late Ming Era
  • 381/881: History of Pre-Modern Japan
  • 382/882: History of Modern Japan
  • 383/883: History of Pre-Modern China
  • 384/884: History of Modern China
  • 385/885: Africa since 1800
  • 386/886: History of South Africa

Graduate Chair

Dr. Thomas Borstelmann

Tim Borstelmann

Dept. of History
640 Oldfather Hall
Lincoln, NE 68588
tborstelmann@neb.rr.com
Phone : 402-472-3494

Main Office

Phone : 402-472-2414
Fax : (402) 472-8839

Recent Graduate Seminars in History

General

  • 900: Professional Study of History
  • 990: Special Problems of Teaching History

United States

  • 941: Readings and Problems in U.S. History to 1877
  • 943: Readings and Problems in U.S. History since 1877
  • 942: U.S. Seminar: Urban History
  • 942: U.S. Seminar: Native American History
  • 942: U.S. Seminar: North American West
  • 942: U.S. Seminar: Expansion and War in the 19th Century
  • 942: U.S. Seminar: Great Powers and Others
  • 942: U.S. Seminar: 1960s Social Movements

Europe

  • 931: Readings and Problem in Early Modern Europe
  • 933: Readings and Problems in Modern Europe
  • 911: Medieval History: Crusade and Jihad
  • 932: Research in Early Modern Europe
  • 932: Decolonization in Modern European History

World and Comparative

  • 918: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the 19th Century
  • 929: Research in Global Military History
  • 932: Technology in World History
  • 946: Interdisciplinary Readings in Digital Humanities
  • 951: Women and Gender
  • 961: 20th-Century International History
  • 963: Readings in World History
  • 970: Digital History
  • 971: Readings in Latin American History: Race, Class, Gender, and Identity
  • 971: Readings in Latin American History: Spanish-American Borderlands
  • 981: East Asian History: WWII on the Asian Mainland