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Department of History / Undergraduate Program / Courses / Course Description Archive / Fall 2020

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FEATURED COURSES FOR FALL 2020

This course takes you on a tour of late medieval and Renaissance Europe (c.1200 – c.1500) -- the age of Magna Carta, Michelangelo, the Black Death, the Crusades, Joan of Arc, the Inquisition, and the “rebirth” of Greek and Roman antiquity. Through literary texts, historical documents, and works of art and architecture, we'll explore the depths and details of this defining period in European history and consider how it helps us make sense of our own world.
Italian cinema is an ideal way to examine not just the history of Italian fascism but also the collective memory of it. Treating our films as audio-visual histories, we will examine how fascism has been represented on screen since 1945; how and why those representations have changed over time; what has been remembered (selectively or otherwise); what has been left out, silenced or simply forgotten; and to what extent Italians have ‘come to terms’ with their Fascist past and assumed some sense of responsibility for it.

100 Level Courses

Course Title Instructor Day/Time Location
HIST 101 D100 Canada to Confederation Willeen Keough
Sep 9 – Dec 8, 2020: Mon, 2:30–4:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 102W D900 Canada since Confederation Lindsay Pattison
Sep 9 – Dec 8, 2020: Thu, 8:30–10:20 a.m.
Burnaby
HIST 102W F100 Canada since Confederation Nicolas Kenny
Sep 9 – Dec 8, 2020: Wed, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 106 D100 The Making of Modern Europe Paul Garfinkel
Sep 9 – Dec 8, 2020: Tue, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 130 D200 Introduction to Global History Luke Clossey
Sep 9 – Dec 8, 2020: Thu, 2:30–4:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 130 D900 Introduction to Global History Anushay Malik
Sep 9 – Dec 8, 2020: Tue, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 135 D100 Capitalism and the Making of the Modern World Aaron Windel
Sep 9 – Dec 8, 2020: Wed, 10:30–11:20 a.m.
Location: TBA
HIST 146 D100 Africa after the Transatlantic Slave Trade Sarah Walshaw
Sep 9 – Dec 8, 2020: Tue, 12:30–2:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 151 D100 The Modern Middle East Paul Sedra
Sep 9 – Dec 8, 2020: Thu, 12:30–1:20 p.m.
Burnaby

200 Level Courses

Course Title Instructor Day/Time Location
HIST 204 D100 The Social History of Canada Lindsay Pattison
Sep 9 – Dec 8, 2020: Fri, 12:30–2:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 212 D100 The United States to 1877 Joseph Taylor
Sep 9 – Dec 8, 2020: Tue, 2:30–4:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 220 D100 Late Medieval and Renaissance Europe Emily O'Brien
Sep 9 – Dec 8, 2020: Fri, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 223 D100 Early Modern Europe, 1500-1789 Hilmar Pabel
Sep 9 – Dec 8, 2020: Tue, 11:30 a.m.–2:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 254 D100 China to 1800 Jeremy Brown
Sep 9 – Dec 8, 2020: Fri, 12:30–2:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 265 D100 Global History from the Revolutionary Age to the Present Anushay Malik
Sep 9 – Dec 8, 2020: Fri, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 275 D100 From Alexander to the Caesars: The Hellenistic and Roman Worlds to the end of Antiquity TBA
Burnaby
HIST 277 C900 History of Greek Civilization Distance Education
HIST 299 D100 Problems in History

300 Level Courses

Course Title Instructor Day/Time Location
HIST 300 D100 Historiography Lauren Rossi
Sep 9 – Dec 8, 2020: Tue, 11:30 a.m.–2:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 304 C900 Alexander the Great and the Quest for World Empire
HIST 325 D100 History of Aboriginal Peoples of North America to 1850 Cody Groat
Sep 9 – Dec 8, 2020: Thu, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 330W D100 Controversies in Canadian History (Representing Queer Canada) Elise Chenier
Sep 9 – Dec 8, 2020: Tue, 4:30–8:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 338 C900 World War II Distance Education
HIST 348 D100 A History of Twentieth Century South Africa Sarah Walshaw
Sep 9 – Dec 8, 2020: Wed, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 350 D100 The Ottoman Empire and Turkey Thomas Kuehn
Sep 9 – Dec 8, 2020: Mon, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 352 D100 Religion and Politics in Modern Iran AR Rezamand
Sep 9 – Dec 8, 2020: Fri, 1:30–4:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 377 D100 Environmental History Joseph Taylor
Sep 9 – Dec 8, 2020: Tue, 8:30–11:20 a.m.
Burnaby
HIST 382 D100 African-American History, since 1865 Karen Ferguson
Sep 9 – Dec 8, 2020: Fri, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby

400 Level Courses

Course Title Instructor Day/Time Location
HIST 400 D100 Methodology Roxanne Panchasi
Sep 9 – Dec 8, 2020: Fri, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 401 D100 Problems in Modern German History (Origins & Legacy of Nazi Germany) Michael Lanthier
Sep 9 – Dec 8, 2020: Wed, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 427 D100 Topics in Indigenous Histories (Indigenous Peoples and Public History) Cody Groat
Sep 9 – Dec 8, 2020: Mon, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 428 D100 Problems in the Social and Economic History of Canada (Historicizing Disease) Leah Wiener
Sep 9 – Dec 8, 2020: Wed, 1:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 436 D100 British Columbia Jennifer Chutter
Sep 9 – Dec 8, 2020: Wed, 4:30–6:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 438W D100 Problems in the History of the British Empire (Contradictions of Empire) Anushay Malik
Sep 9 – Dec 8, 2020: Tue, 8:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 442W E100 America's Empires Liam O'Flaherty
Sep 9 – Dec 8, 2020: Thu, 5:30–9:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 445 D100 Problems in Modern Italian History (Fascists on Film) Paul Garfinkel
Sep 9 – Dec 8, 2020: Thu, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 447W D100 The Nikkei Experience in North America Andrea Geiger
Sep 9 – Dec 8, 2020: Wed, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 457 D100 The Turkish Republic: Politics, Society, and Culture, 1918-Present Thomas Kuehn
Sep 9 – Dec 8, 2020: Tue, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 463W D100 Rebellion and Revolution: Topics in the Theory and Practice of Resistance (Peaceful & Violent Resistance) Stevan Bozanich
Stevan Bozanich
Sep 9 – Dec 8, 2020: Mon, 1:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 469 D100 Islamic Social and Intellectual History Sep 9 – Dec 8, 2020: Mon, 1:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby
HIST 489 D100 Studies in History TBA
Location: TBA
HIST 490 D100 Studies in History
HIST 498 D100 Honours Essay TBA
Location: TBA

Graduate Courses

H814             Historical Methods | Sedra

H815             Thesis Prospectus | Keough              

Legend

HC = Harbour Centre
SUR = Surrey
DE = Distance Ed
SI = Sessional Instructor TBA
F = French language course
STT = Special Temporary Topics course
TBD =  to be determined

 

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