Department of History

Mon 2:20-5:10
During the last several centuries, the global imperial ambitions of Europe (and more recently, the US) have remade politics and culture across the world. This course considers people and places linked together by Empire from the mid-eighteenth century to the present. In a context provided by historical and theoretical readings, we will explore the [...]

Mon, Wed 11:45-12:40
Recitations: Fri 11:45-12:40, Mon 10:40-11:35, Wed 2:20-3:15
The South Asia region – contemporary India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Afghanistan – has been a crossroads of diverse people, ideas and commodities for millennia.  This course covers key themes and developments in the subcontinent from antiquity to the rise of British colonialism.  We will [...]