Nation, Colony, Borderland, and Frontier
To see all courses, with links to descriptions, view the Vassar College Catalogue.
Area of interest includes:
- Colonialism, imperialism, post-colonialism, frontiers and conquests
- Nation Building, Nationalism
- Migration, Immigration, Frontiers, Borderlands
- 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