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UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY THEMATIC CONCENTRATIONS FOR THE MINOR (3 Upper level courses in consultation with advisors) EMPIRE • HIST 1080: Empires and the Environment in World History • HIST 1089: Knowledge and Power • HIST 1115: The West and the World • HIST 1131: The Rise of the German Empire • HIST 1144: The Portuguese Empire and Early Modern Globalization • HIST 1157: Geography and Empire • HIST 1220: Between Empires: A History of Poland • HIST 1225: Balkan History from the Ottomans to the Yugoslav Collapse • HIST 1422: Late Imperial China • HIST 1715: Empires in the Modern World • HIST 1751: Nomadic Empires in Central Asia • HIST 1753: The Ottoman Empire (1300-1923) • HIST 1782: Emergence of Greco-Roman Civilization WAR & REVOLUTION • HIST 1040: World War I—Comparative Perspective • HIST 1065: Comparative Military Systems • HIST 1086: Nuclear Age, Nuclear War • HIST 1126: French Revolution • HIST 1134: Ireland’s Loyal Rebels • HIST 1313: History of Russian Revolution • HIST 1344: Russian Revolution Movements • HIST 1437: The World of the Sword: Exploring the Samurai • HIST 1526: Cuba, Columbus to Castro • HIST 1540: The Cuban Revolution • HIST 1586: Latin American Revolutions • HIST 1611: American Revolution, 1763-1791 • HIST 1614: Civil War History • HIST 1686: War & Military in United States MIGRATION • HIST 1016: The Irish in America • HIST 1165: Immigration and Europe • HIST 1622: Immigration and American Diversity • HIST 1675: Migration in American Religion • HIST 1691: Latino History GENDER & SEXUALITY • HIST 1026: States & Sex: The Americas • HIST 1082: Women, Gender, and Sport • HIST 1460: History of Japanese Women • HIST 1560: Women in Latin American History • HIST 1640: American Childhoods: Race, Gender, and Citizenship, 1865-Present • HIST 1660: Gender and Sexuality in US to 1865 • HIST 1661: Gender and Sexuality Since 1865 • HIST 1662: Topics in Women’s History • HIST 1672: Religion and Sexuality • HIST 1692: LGBTQ in the USA, 1900-Present • HIST 1711: Gender and Jewish History • HIST 1778: Women in Judaism SOCIAL MOVEMENTS • HIST 1014: Comparative Witch Hunts • HIST 1042: Theory & Practice of Nationalism • HIST 1043: Revolutionary Social Movements • HIST 1046: Nationalism • HIST 1047: Communism: From Marxist Thought to Real Existing Socialism • HIST 1062: Human Rights in World History • HIST 1070: The Rise of Modern Pan-African Movement • HIST 1133: Is Fascism Back? • HIST 1134: Ireland’s Loyal Rebels • HIST 1169: Approaches to Antisemitism • HIST 1175: Xenophobia in Modern Europe • HIST 1545: Rise and Fall of Nationalism and Capitalism in Latin America • HIST 1617: US in the 1960s • HIST 1631: The American Left in the 20th Century • HIST 1632: The Civil Rights Movement • HIST 1655: American Workers 19th Century • HIST 1656: American Workers 20th Century • HIST 1674: Pride and Prejudice RELIGIOUS HISTORY • HIST 1027: Exodus and Passover • HIST 1051: Catholicism in the New World • HIST 1124: Northern Ireland: The Troubles, 1969-1994 • HIST 1169: Approaches to Antisemitism • HIST 1173: History & Memory in Jewish Tradition • HIST 1270: Modern Eastern European Jewry • HIST 1377: Soviet Jewry • HIST 1378: Russian Jewry • HIST 1475: East Asian Buddhism • HIST 1476: Religion in China • HIST 1477: Religion in Japan • HIST 1480: Chinese Thought • HIST 1482: Buddhism Along the Silk Road • HIST 1485: History of Tibet/Tibetan Buddhism • HIST 1604: Race and Religion in America • HIST 1627: Religion and Law • HIST 1671: Religion and Culture in America • HIST 1675: Ethnicity in American Religion • HIST 1676: Popular Religion in America • HIST 1677: American Jewish Experience • HIST 1710: Jewish Mysticism • HIST 1711: Gender and Jewish History • HIST 1731: The History of God • HIST 1732: Global Christianity • HIST 1733: Religion Diversity • HIST 1740: Buddhist Meditative Traditions • HIST 1741: Popular Religions in Changing Japan • HIST 1754: Religion and Politics • HIST 1757: Religion in India 1 • HIST 1758: Religion in India 2 • HIST 1759: Jews in the Islamic World • HIST 1760: Jews and Judaism in the Medieval World • HIST 1761: Contemporary Islam: Internal Debates • HIST 1762: Religion and Politics in the Middle East • HIST 1775: Origins of Christianity • HIST 1776: Varieties of Early Christianity • HIST 1777: Catholicism & Global Modernity • HIST 1778: Women in Judaism • HIST 1787: Christian-Muslim Relations • HIST 1791: Jewish Culture in Medieval Spain ECONOMIC HISTORY • HIST 1076: Comparative Slavery • HIST 1045: Socialism Versus Capitalism • HIST 1060: Global History of Piracy • HIST 1145: Intellectual Foundations of Capitalism • HIST 1446: East Asian Political Economy, 1950-Present • HIST 1447: Economic History of Japan • HIST 1645: American Economic History • HIST 1646: Economic & Business History in the U.S. • HIST 1773: Slavery and Anti-Slavery in Global Perspective • HIST 1720: West Africa in the Era of the Slave Trade SPORT & ATHLETICS • HIST 1082: Women, Gender, and Sport • HIST 1083: History of Sports • HIST 1095: Sport and Global Capitalism • HIST 1746: Athletics of the Ancient World LEGAL HISTORY • HIST 1191: English Origins of American Law • HIST 1479: Law and Literature in China • HIST 1627: Religion and Law • HIST 1690: American Legal History • HIST 1789: Law & Society in Greece & Rome THEATRE & THE ARTS • HIST 1055: History of Dance • HIST 1056: History of Dance Practicum • HIST 1058: Global History of Dance • HIST 1116: Intro to the Renaissance • HIST 1126: Eastern European Communism at the Movies • HIST 1380: Art and Society in 19th Century Russia • HIST 1418: Forms of Japanese Theatre DIPLOMATIC HISTORY • HIST 1585: US-Latin American Relations • HIST 1653: Cold War America in the World • HIST 1687: U.S. Foreign Policy in Africa POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND ITS LEGACIES • HIST 1014: Comparative Witch Hunts • HIST 1018: Global Inequalities: Histories and Debates • HIST 1048: Mass Violence in the 20th Century • HIST 1049: After Hitler • HIST 1062: Human Rights in World History • HIST 1076: Comparative Slavery • HIST 1124: Northern Ireland: The Troubles, 1969-1994 • HIST 1133: Is Fascism Back? • HIST 1169: Approaches to Antisemitism • HIST 1175: Xenophobia in Modern Europe • HIST 1185: The Dictators • HIST 1510: Violence & Human Rights in Modern Latin America • HIST 1511: Violence & Memory in Latin America • HIST 1674: Pride and Prejudice • HIST 1769: Holocaust History & Memory • HIST 1770: After the Holocaust • HIST 1773: Slavery and Anti-Slavery in Global Perspective HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHIES • HIST 1019: Cities in Historical Perspective • HIST 1020: Cities of Cultural Conquest • HIST 1135: Berlin—History of a European Metropolis • HIST 1157: History of Maps and Spatial Representation • HIST 1159: Great South Sea • HIST 1240: Political East Europe • HIST 1366: Soviet Cities, 1860-1980 • HIST 1621: History of the South Through 1880s • HIST 1625: History of the American Frontier • HIST 1626: History of U.S. Landscape • HIST 1665: History of the American City • HIST 1668: History of Pittsburgh • HIST 1669: History of Black Pittsburgh • HIST 1695: Environmental History • HIST 1700: International Urbanism Seminar • HIST 1779: Jerusalem: History and Imagination • HIST 1780: Jews and the City STATE-BUILDING & POLITICAL HISTORY • HIST 1044: Two Centuries of Democratization • HIST 1046: Nationalism • HIST 1049: After Hitler: Retribution, Reconstruction, Reconciliation in Postwar Europe • HIST 1050: Intellectuals and Politics in 20th Century Europe • HIST 1071: State-Building in the Post-Colonial Era • HIST 1102: Uniting Europe: The History of the European Union • HIST 1146: Welfare State in Comparative Perspective • HIST 1147: History of Political Thought 1 • HIST 1148: History of Political Thought 2 • HIST 1149: History of Political Thought 3 • HIST 1150: UHC English Republicanism • HIST 1160: History of the European Union • HIST 1164: Small Countries and the EU • HIST 1185: The Dictators • HIST 1190: Medieval Governments & Society • HIST 1314: USSR 1918-1932 • HIST 1315: USSR Under Stalin • HIST 1640: United States Political Parties • HIST 1641: Modern American Politics • HIST 1671: Religion and Culture in America • HIST 1672: Religion and Sexuality • HIST 1754: Religion and Politics • HIST 1762: Religion and Politics in the Middle East • HIST 1763: Politics of the Contemporary Middle East • HIST 1765: Israel in the Biblical Age • HIST 1767: Jews & Judaism in the Modern World • HIST 1768: Christians, Muslims, Jews • HIST 1790: Mediterranean World Since 1500 MEDICINE & HEALTHCARE • HIST 1090: History of Medicine & Health Care • HIST 1197: Black Death: Plague & History • HIST 1425: History of Medicine in China • HIST 1706: Global History of Drugs • HIST 1709: Global History of Science • HIST 1725: Disease and Health in Modern Africa INTELLECTUAL HISTORY • HIST 1045: Socialism Versus Capitalism • HIST 1145: Intellectual Foundations of Capitalism • HIST 1046: Nationalism • HIST 1047: Communism: From Marxist Thought to Real Existing Socialism • HIST 1611: American Revolution 1763-1791 • HIST 1050: Intellectuals and Politics in 20th Century Europe • HIST 1153: European Intellectual History, 1870-1940 • HIST 1182: Romantic Movements • HIST 1184: Astrology and Witchcraft • HIST 1478: Confucianism: Basic Texts • HIST 1480: Chinese Thought • HIST 1752: Utopias of the 19th and 20th Centuries • HIST 1755: UHC Comparative Views of Freedom in the 19th-20th Centuries MEDIEVAL HISTORY • HIST 1110: Medieval History 1 • HIST 1111: Medieval History 2 • HIST 1114: Medieval Spain • HIST 1190: Medieval Government
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