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University of Nebraska–Lincoln

History

Studying the Past, Preparing for the Future

Graduate Chair

Thomas "Tim" Borstelmann
Dept. of History
612 Oldfather Hall
Lincoln, NE 68588-0327
tborstelmann2@unl.edu
(402) 472-4371

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Course Listing

Expanded descriptions of each course for the current semester, including the instructor and time/day offered can be viewed via the on-line course description booklet.

American Society and Culture

  • 840: American Legal History
  • 842: Antebellum America 1800-1850
  • 843: American Urban & Social History I
  • 844: American Urban & Social History II
  • 845: American Civil War & Reconstruction
  • 846: America in the Gilded Age
  • 847: Family History of the US
  • 849: Ideas in America to the Civil War
  • 850: Ideas in America Since the Civil War
  • 853: From Progressivism to the Great Crash
  • 854: Era of Franklin Roosevelt
  • 855: Post-World War II America
  • 857-858: U.S. Economic History
  • 306/889: Afro-American History, 1619-1930
  • 334/889: Founding of American Civilization, 1607-1750
  • 335/889: Era of the American Revolution
  • 341-42/889: American Constitutional History
  • 345/889: History of the American Presidency
  • 346/889: North American Environmental History
  • 347/889: History of U.S. Foreign Relations to 1909
  • 348/889: History of U.S. Foreign Relations since 1909
  • 357/889: History and Culture of the Mexican-American
  • 358/889: History and Culture of the American Indian

U.S. West

  • 848: American Women's History
  • 851: Early American Frontier
  • 852: American Frontier in the 19th Century
  • 864: Native American History: Selected Topics
  • 848: American Women's History
  • 865: History of the Plains Indians
  • 358/889: History and Culture of the American Indian
  • 359/889: Nebraska History
  • 360/889: History of the Great Plains
  • 397/889: History of Canadian West

Pre-Modern Europe

  • 807: Early Christianity
  • 809: Religion of Late Western Antiquity
  • 812: City States in Classical Greece
  • 814: Medieval Culture
  • 815: Origins of the European State
  • 817: Roman Revolution
  • 820: Italian Renaissance
  • 821: Age of Religious Reform
  • 822: Scientific Revolution
  • 823: European Enlightenment
  • 831: Medieval England
  • 832: England: Reformation to Revolution, 1530-1660
  • 301/889: Pre-Industrial Europe
  • 322/889: Age of the Baroque
  • 323/889: Europe during the Old Regime
  • 324/889: Bourbon France
  • 325/889: France Since the French Revolution
  • 331/889: Ancient Israel
  • 332/889: Jews in the Middle Ages

Modern Europe

  • 822: Scientific Revolution
  • 823: European Enlightenment
  • 824: European Social/Cultural History since 1815
  • 827: History of Germany, 1740-1914
  • 828: History of Germany, 1914-Present
  • 829: History of Fascism in Europe
  • 833: England: Restoration to 1789
  • 834: England in Victorian Age
  • 835: Twentieth-Century England
  • 839: The Holocaust
  • 862: History of Soviet Russia
  • 322/889: Age of the Baroque
  • 323/889: Europe during the Old Regime
  • 324/889: Bourbon France
  • 325/889: France Since the French Revolution
  • 330/889: Contemporary Europe
  • 332/889: Jews in the Modern World
  • 336/889: British Empire and Commonwealth
  • 362/889: Eastern Europe and the Balkans Since 1815

Military/Diplomatic

  • 803: US Military History, 1607-1917
  • 804: US Military History since 1917
  • 837: War & Peace in Europe: 1789-1914
  • 838: War & Peace in Europe, 1914-Present
  • 839: The Holocaust
  • 845: American Civil War & Reconstruction
  • 861: Russian Revolution
  • 872: Revolutions in 20th Century Latin America
  • 478/879: World Leadership
  • 479/879: Corruption in International perspective
  • 347/889: History of U.S. Foreign Relations to 1909
  • 348/889: History of U.S. Foreign Relations since 1909

Comparative Cultures

  • 871: Latin America and the Outside World
  • 872: Revolutions in 20th Century Latin America
  • 875: History of Brazil
  • 878: Pro-Seminar in Latin American History
  • 880: Social/Economic History of China since Late Ming Era
  • 881: History of PreModern Japan
  • 882: History of Modern Japan
  • 883: History of PreModern China
  • 884: History of Modern China
  • 885: Africa since 1800
  • 886: History of South Africa
  • 336/889: British Empire and Commonwealth
  • 357/889: History and Culture of the Mexican-American
  • 358/889: History and Culture of the American Indian
  • 370/889: Making of Colonial Mexico
  • 371/889: Shaping of Modern Mexico

Recent Graduate Seminars in History

General

  • 900: Professional Study of History
  • 990: Teaching History

American Society and Culture

  • American Environmental History
  • Social & Urban History
  • American Thought and Culture
  • The Atlantic Slave Trade
  • The Reform Tradition in the 20th Century U.S.
  • American Cultural History
  • US Foreign Relations
  • 942: Seminar in American History

U.S. West

  • Exploring the American West
  • 942: The American West
  • Plains Indians
  • 889J:History and Culture of the American Indians

Pre-Modern Europe

  • The Medieval Mediterranean World
  • Urban Society and Culture in Renaissance Europe
  • The Cultural History of Science
  • Race, Class & Gender in Classical Antiquity
  • Research Methodologies in Medieval and Renaissance Studies
  • Religion, Culture & Conflict in Medieval Spain
  • Gender, Law & Society in Early Modern England
  • Augustan Rome
  • 932: Queenship and the English Renaissance

Modern Europe

  • Modern Germany
  • Social History of Science
  • British Colonialism
  • Eastern Europe Since 1815
  • 933: Recent European History

Asian

  • East Asian History

Military/Diplomatic

  • 928: Military History 1500-Present
  • US Foreign Relations
  • WWII on the Asian Mainland
  • The U.S. and Germany
  • 889I: International Relations: Trade and Develpoment

Comparative Cultures

  • Power/Resistance Modern Period (Latin America)
  • British Colonialism
  • WWII on the Asian Mainland
  • Plains Indians
  • The Atlantic Slave Trade
  • Religion, Culture & Conflict in Medieval Spain
  • World History