An historical description and analysis of the development of the religious, intellectual, cultural, political, economic and social institutions of Europe from Luther to the Treaty of Westphalia.

Survey of European social history in the early modern period, including analysis of demographic patterns, family and social structures, rural and urban economic patterns, and cultural and religious attitudes.

A study of Russian culture from 1800 to the present emphasizing the conservative as well as the revolutionary tradition, the Russian avantgarde, Stalinist culture, and the Dissident Movement.

An analysis of English society and politics in an important transition period when the country was transformed by the Industrial Revolution and challenged by the French Revolution.

The evolution of southern life and society, agrarian politics, relationships with other sections, industrial growth, and new leadership.

A broad survey of Japanese history from the earliest times to the zenith of shogunate rule under the Tokugawa family. In addition to tracing the major developments in Japanese political, social, and economic history, the course also emphasizes Shinto, Buddhism, Confucianism, and the introduction of Christianity.

A continuation of HIS 590, from 1800 to present.

The twentieth century has brought great change to the cultural landscape of China. This change is marked by a paradox: New China's claim to political legitimacy has been based on both revolution and historical continuity. How is the past adapted for the present? This course will examine this dilemma through cultural relics: architecture, art, and artifact. Considering changes to the Chinese city as well as museum history, we will study how cultural relics have been understood in modern China.

Major source collections, selected problems and the secondary literature concerning these problems will be covered, from the middle of the 10th century to the end of the 15th century. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits when topical coverage is sufficiently different from one semester to another.

This course is designed to give graduate students a grounding in the historiography of Europe from 1450 to 1648. Students should expect to familiarize themselves in the recent trends in political, social, cultural, religious, economic, and intellectual history of the period.