2026-2027 Course Schedule
The 2026-27 history course schedule is likely to change. Please check this page regularly for updates. To read course descriptions, click on the individual course numbers listed under each academic term.
HIST 5.08/AAAS 19 (10A) Africa and the World
AFR, modern/ INT or SOC, NW
Professor Sackeyfio-Lenoch
HIST 8.02 (9L) The Making of the Modern World Economy
modern / INT or SOC, W
Professor Link
HIST 8.04/WGSS 26.03 (2A) Queer History in America
US, modern / SOC, W
Professor Moreton
HIST 8.10 (10) World War II: Ideology, Empire, Race
modern / INT or SOC
Professors Greenberg and J. Miller
HIST 9.09/AAAS 62.75/LACS 25.05/WGSS 25 (3A) Race, Gender, and Revolution in the Atlantic World
LAC, premodern / SOC, NW
Professor Voekel
(This course was previously numbered HIST 41.02. Students who have taken HIST 41.02 are not eligible to take this course)
HIST 10.02 (10A) Archival Research and the Production of History
modern / SOC, W
Professor Greenberg
(This course is intended for students accepted to the history department's fall-term 2026 London FSP. Enrollment is by instructor permission.)
HIST 11 (10) The Age of the American Revolution
US, premodern / SOC, W
Professor Musselwhite
HIST 33.02/GEOG 40.05 (3A) American Anthropocene: Climate and Power in U.S. History
US, modern / SOC, W
Professor Moreton
HIST 40.01 (2) The Global Thirties: Economics and Politics
modern / INT or SOC, W
Professor Link
HIST 66/AAAS 15 (2) History of Africa Since 1800
Africa, modern / SOC, NW
Professor Sackeyfio-Lenoch
HIST 87/LACS 20.15 (2A) Culture and Identity in Modern Mexico
LAC, modern / SOC, NW
Professor Voekel
HIST 1 (10) Turning Points in American History
US, modern / SOC, W
Professor Bonner
HIST 4.03/MES 2.03 (12) Introduction to the Modern Middle East and North Africa
ME, modern / SOC, NW
Professor Nikpour
HIST 5.04/ASCL 10.02 (10A) Introduction to Korean Culture
ASIA, modern / SOC, CI
Professors Suh & Kim
HIST 5.05/ASCL 64.11 (10) The Emergence of Modern Japan
ASIA, modern
Professor Ericson
HIST 8.03 (12) Happiness: A History
modern / TMV, W
Professor McMahon
HIST 10.06/AAAS 20.02 (12) Race and Archival Silences
modern / SOC, W
Professor Maskiell
HIST 16/AAAS 12 (11) Race and Slavery in U.S. History
US, modern / SOC, W
Professor Maskiell
HIST 19 (3A) United States Political History in the Twentieth Century
US, modern/ SOC, W
Professor Moreton
HIST 23 (2A) American History Since 1980
US, modern / SOC, W
Professor Rabig
HIST 25.01 (10A) The United States and the World from the Colonial Era to 1865
US, modern / SOC, W
Professor Bonner
HIST 36 (11) Health Care in American Society: History and Current Issues
US, modern / SOC, W
Professor Koop
HIST 38.02/NAIS 38 (2A) Lewis and Clark in Indian Country
US, premodern / SOC, W
Professor Calloway
HIST 49 (10) Early Modern England, 1485-1780
EUR, premodern / SOC, W
Professor Estabrook
HIST 57.01/EEER 50.04 (TBD) Behind the Iron Curtain: The Cold War from the Other Side
EUR, modern / SOC, W
Professor Finkel
HIST 58/EEER 51 (11) Eastern Europe in the Modern World
EUR, modern / SOC, W
Professor Petruccelli
HIST 63.04 (2) The Means of Reproduction: Health, Bodies, Technologies
modern / SOC, CI
Professor Suri
HIST 64 (12) The Great War and the Transformation of Europe
EUR, modern / SOC, W
Professor Petruccelli
HIST 78.04/ASCL 64.14 (10A) Slaves and Rebels in Korea, 1392-1910
ASIA, modern / SOC, NW
Professor Suh
HIST 92.01/AAAS 61/LACS 25.10 (2A) Caribbean History: 1898 to the present
LAC, modern / INT or SOC, NW
Professor Chochotte
HIST 96.33 (3A) Global History of Human Rights - Seminar
modern / INT or SOC/NW
Professor Nikpour
HIST 96.36 (2A) Energy, Enterprise, and Environment: Research in the History of American Capitalism - Seminar
modern, US / SOC, W
Professor Moreton
HIST 96.44 (2A) Religion and Politics - Seminar
Professor Voekel
HIST 98 (10A) Honors Seminar - Fall Term Only and by Application
Professor Rabig, 2026-27 Honors Program Director
HIST 4.02/MES 2.02 (TBD) Introduction to Early Islamic History
ME, premodern / NT or SOC, NW
Professor Najib
HIST 5.01/AAAS 14 (12) Pre-Colonial African History
AFR, premodern/ SOC, NW
Professor Sackeyfio-Lenoch
HIST 8 (2A) Body Parts, Body Wholes: An Introduction to the Comparative History of Medicine
Asia, premodern / INT or SOC, NW
Professor Suh
HIST 9.08/NAIS 9 (2A) Settler Colonialism: Theory, History, Present
US, premodern / SOC, CI
Professor Musselwhite
HIST 26/ASCL 54.09 (TBD) The Vietnam War
Asia, modern / INT or SOC, W
Professor E. Miller
HIST 66/AAAS 15 (10) History of Africa Since 1800
Africa, modern / SOC, NW
Professor Sackeyfio-Lenoch
HIST 72.04/ASCL 64.16 (11) China to 1800
ASIA, premodern / SOC, NW
Professor Lu
HIST 72.06/ASCL 67.11 (2) Business History of Modern China
Asia, modern / INT or SOC, NW
Professor Lu
HIST 78/ASCL 64.04/REL 32.01 (10A) Christianity in Korea
Asia, modern / TMV, NW
Professor Suh
HIST 92.03/AAAS 60/LACS 25.07 (10A) Slavery and Emancipation in Latin America and the Caribbean
LACS, premodern / INT or SOC, NW
Professor Chochotte
HIST 92.06/EEER 15 (TBD) Russia and the West: From Early Times to the Present Day
EUR, modern / INT or SOC/W
Professor Finkel
HIST 92.07/AAAS 61.05/LACS 25.09 (2A) Haiti and American Empire: History of Revolutions and Authoritarianism
LAC, modern / SOC, NW
Professor Chochotte
HIST 96.03 (2A) Topics in British History - Seminar
EUR / SOC, W
Professor Estabrook
HIST 96.38 (10A) Crisis and Continuity in Twentieth-Century US Social Movements - Seminar
US, modern / TMV, W
Professor Rabig
HIST 96.40/ASCL 80.09 (2A) War and Peace in Korea, 1231-1876 - Seminar
ASIA, premodern / SOC, NW
Professor Suh
HIST 3.03 (2) Europe in the Age of Violence
EUR, modern / SOC, W
Professor Petruccelli
HIST 4.01 (12) The Crusades
EUR, premodern / INT or SOC, CI
Professor Gaposchkin
HIST 4.03/MES 2.03 (TBD) Introduction to the Modern Middle East and North Africa
ME, modern / SOC, NW
Professor Simon
HIST 5.08/AAAS 19 (10) Africa and the World
Africa, modern / INT or SOC, NW
Professor Sackeyfio-Lenoch
HIST 11 (9L) The Age of the American Revolution
US, premodern / SOC, W
Professor Musselwhite
HIST 12 (9L) The Civil War Era: From Rebellion to Revolution
US, modern / SOC, W
Professor Bonner
HIST 13 (11) Planters, Pirates, and Puritans: 17th-Century English America
US, premodern / SOC, W
Professor Musselwhite
HIST 25.03 (10) U.S. Empire Since 1945
US, modern / SOC or INT, W
Professor J. Miller
HIST 31.03/LACS 20.02 (TBD) Migrant Los Angeles
US, modern / SOC, CI
Professor Garcia
HIST 40.02 (2A) The Intellectual History of Capitalism
EUR, modern / TMV, W
Professor Link
HIST 47.01 (TBD) The French Revolution and Napoleon
EUR, premodern / SOC, W
Professor McMahon
HIST 50 (10) Modern Britain, 1780 to Present
EUR, modern / SOC, W
Professor Estabrook
HIST 58.01/EEER 50.05 (TBD) Russian and Eastern European Jewish History
Professor Finkel
HIST 61 (2A) Britain and the Sea: A Global History
EUR, premodern / INT or SOC, W
Professor Estabrook
HIST 67/AAAS 46 (12) The History of Modern South Africa
AFR, modern / SOC, NW
Professor Sackeyfio-Lenoch
HIST 70.02/MES 12.13 (2) Modern Iran
ME, modern / SOC, NW
Professor Nikpour
HIST 71.02/MES 17.23 (TBD) Law, Order, and Conquest in Islamic History
ME, premodern / SOC, NW
Professor Najib
HIST 78.02/ASCL 64.03/HIST 78.02 (12) North Korea: Origins and Transition
ASIA, modern / SOC, NW
Professor Suh
HIST 90.15/ASCL 54.12 (10) State and Society in Early Modern India, 1500-1800
ASIA, premodern / SOC, NW
Professor Suri
HIST 92.02/AAAS 62/LACS 25.11 (10A) Nationalism and Revolution in the Caribbean
LAC, modern/ INT or SOC, NW
Professor Chochotte
HIST 92.03/AAAS 60/LACS 25.07 (2A) Slavery and Emancipation in Latin America and the Caribbean
LACS, premodern / INT or SOC, NW
Professor Chochotte
HIST 94.08/JWST 10/MES 16.15 (TBD) History and Culture of the Jews I: The Classical Period
ME, premodern / SOC, W
Professor Greenblatt
HIST 96.27 (6B) Great Historians: Classic Works from Herodotus to DuBois - Seminar
EUR, premodern / SOC, W
Professor McMahon
HIST 96.37 (6B) Topics in Economic History - Seminar
modern / INT or SOC, W
Professor Link
HIST 96.42 (10A) War and Social Change in American Life, 1898-Present - Seminar
US, modern / SOC, W
Professor J. Miller
HIST 96.43 (2A) Histories of Pornography - Seminar
EUR, modern / SOC, W
Professor Petruccelli
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