History

Nation, Colony, Borderland, and Frontier

To see all courses, with links to descriptions, view the Vassar College Catalogue.

Area of interest includes:

1. Colonialism, imperialism, post-colonialism, frontiers and conquests
2. Nation Building, Nationalism
3. Migration, Immigration, Frontiers, Borderlands
4. Cultural exchange

100-level Courses

• 103 Hindus and Muslims in South Asia, 712-1857
• 116 The Dark Ages c. 400-900
• 124 Europe 1945
• 126 Terrorism in Russia and Eurasia
• 151 British History: James I (1603) to the Great War
• 160 American Moments: Rediscovering US History
• 161 From Gold Rush to Dust Bowl: Writing the American Frontier
• 162 Envisioning Latin America
• 174 The Emergence of the Modern Middle East
• 175 Mandela: Race, Resistance and Renaissance in 20th Century South Africa

200-level Courses

• 204 Independent India: 1947-1990s
• 208 Human Rights and US Foreign Policy Since 1945
• 214 The Roots of the Palestine-Israel Conflict
• 215 The High Middle Ages c. 950-1300
• 225 Renaissance Culture
• 230 From Tyranny to Terror: The Old Regime and the French Revolution
• 236 Germany, 1740 – 1918
• 237 Germany, 1918 – 1990
• 242 Russia and the Steppe to 1800
• 251 A History of American Foreign Relations
• 243 Russia and the Soviet Union, 1861-2000
• 252 Imagining India: Colonial Experience and the Pathways to Independence
• 253 The Jungle in Indian History
• 254 Victorian Britain
• 255 The British Empire
• 259 The History of the Family in Early Modern Europe
• 261 History of Women in the United States Since 1890
• 262 Contesting Colonialism: Latin America 1450-1750
• 263 From Colony to Nation: Latin America in the Nineteenth Century
• 264 The Revolutionary Option? Latin America in the Twentieth Century
• 265 African American History to 1865
• 267 African American History 1865-Present
• 270 The Black Power Movement
• 272 Modern African History
• 274 Beyond Jamestown and Plymouth Rock: Revisiting, Revising & Reviving Early America
• 275 US History's Greatest Mystery: Revolutionary America 1750-1830
• 276 Democracy in America? US Politics and Power, 1828-1896
• 277 The Making of the “American Century”: 1890 – 1945
• 279 The Vietnam War

300-level Courses

• 305 People and Animal Histories in Modern India
• 308 Humanitarian Intervention
• 316 Constantinople/Istanbul: 1453
• 337 The Rise and Fall of Nazi Germany
• 342 Stalinism
• 351 Problems in U.S. Foreign Policy
• 361 Varieties of the Latin American Indian Experience
• 362 The Cuban Revolutions
• 363 Revolution and Conflict in 20th Century Latin America
• 366 American Encounters
• 369 Themes in 20th Century Urban History: Social Reform and the Evolution of the Welfare State
• 373 Slavery and Abolition in Africa
• 374 The African Diaspora
• 385 Colonialism, Resistance, and Knowledge in Modern Middle Eastern History
• 386 Central Asia and the Caucasus: Nation Building and Human Rights
• 389 Constructing China from Beyond