SPRING 2012
400 Twentieth Century Approaches to History (Moylan)
410 U.S. Colonial History and Early Republic (Donoghue)
410 Modern European Intellectual and Cultural History (Dennis)
419 English Social History, 1500-1750 (Bucholz)
461 Twentieth Century America (Fraterrigo)
479 Public History Media (Roberts)
482 Archives and Records Management (Young)
482 Archives and Records Management (Myers)
492 Local History (Mooney-Melvin)
523 Seminar in Medieval History (Dossey)
533 Seminar in Modern European History (Kaufman)
558 Seminar in U.S. Social and Cultural History (Gilfoyle)

FALL 2012 (Tentative)
400 Twentieth Century Approaches to History (Pincince)
410 Topics: American Material Culture (Fraterrigo)
410 Topics: Religion in North America/Atlantic World 1600-1900 (Roberts)
415 Topics: The Late Middle Ages (McManamon)
436 Topics: Twentieth Century Europe (Cardoza)
442 Women's and Gender History: U.S. (Nickerson)
480 Public History: Method and Theory (Mooney-Melvin)
483 Oral History: Method and Practice (Manning) 
558 U.S. Urban History (Shermer)

HISTORY 400: Twentieth Century Approaches to History (Dr. Moylan)
                                                T 4:15-6:45 p.m.
The course will focus on twentieth-century historical writing, emphasizing changing interpretive paradigms and innovative methodologies, and will introduce students to the range of topics and influences that now shape the discipline.  This course should be taken early in the student's program. Students will be able to demonstrate their ability to analyze historical interpretations, while honing their skills in writing and oral presentation.  

HISTORY 410: U.S. Colonial History and Early Republic (Dr. Donoghue)
                                                T 6:00-8:30 p.m. 
This course will survey some of the most recent and important historiography of colonial America.

HISTORY 410: Modern European Intellectual and Cultural History (Dr. Dennis)
                                                TH 4:15-6:45 p.m.
This course will survey writing on the Cultural and Intellectual History of Modern Europe.  By studying important works for each major period, from the Enlightenment through the Second World War, participants will gain familiarity with the major issues of modern European history.  Moreover, students will be introduced to methods of associating modern culture and politics. 

HISTORY 419: English Social History, 1500-1750 (Dr. Bucholz)
                                                M 4:15-6:45 p.m.
This course is a seminar in the social and cultural history of early modern England.  While not unaware of the political and constitutional developments of the Tudor and Stuart periods, it proposes to concentrate upon those enduring beliefs and continuing realities which formed the background to the lives of the great mass of the common people.  It will focus, in particular, upon the tension between how early modern English men and women saw their world (ordered, hierarchical, stable, divinely sanctioned) and what their world was actually and increasingly like (disordered, socially mobile, unstable, secular).  This tension will be explored through reading and critical discussion of the best and most recent work in demography, iconography, family history, women's history, and the histories of material culture, popular culture, religion, education, and crime.  Thus, students enrolled in this course will be exposed not only to current work on an interesting and important subject, but also to a wide variety of historical methodologies as well as the preoccupations and techniques of related fields such as anthropology and art history. This course can be used for credit toward major/minor fields in Early Modern Europe or major/minor fields in Modern Europe. 

HISTORY 461: Twentieth Century America (Dr. Fraterrigo)
                                               TH 4:15-6:45 p.m.
This course focuses on major historiographical questions reflecting the diversity of inquiry in the field of twentieth century U.S. history, including political, diplomatic, social, cultural, and economic studies.

HISTORY 479: Public History Media (Dr. Roberts)
                                                TH 6:00-8:30 p.m. 
This course is an introduction to the role of media in the service of cultural heritage.  It will focus both on examining the ways that emerging media have affected our historical understanding in the past and present and on developing facilities with emerging media that public history professionals increasingly need to use in the present and future.  In the course of the semester, students will be introduced to the technologies of blogging, digital imaging, digitizing, web design, virtual exhibitions, historical mapping, digital storytelling, and social media.  By the end of the semester, students will have produced a digital portfolio of their work. This course can be used to complete the research tool requirement OR it can be used for credit toward the major/minor fields in public history.

HISTORY 482: Archives and Records Management (Ms. Young)
                                                W 6:00-8:30 p.m.
This course introduces students to the theories and techniques of archival administration and services including the selection, arrangement, description, and preservation of records and papers.

HISTORY 492: Local History (Dr. Mooney-Melvin)
                                             M 6:00-8:30 PM
This course will examine the nature and practice of local history and explore various methods and approaches central to local history research.  This course has three objectives:  (1) to introduce students to the literature on local history; (2) to acquaint students with methodology critical to local history research; and (3) to conduct research on a local history topic.  The course is organized around a particular theme and focuses on a particular geographical area.  Using the landscape as the point of departure, this year's research topic will focus on the communities of Rogers Park and Edgewater.  This course can be used for credit toward major/minor fields in public history OR major/minor fields in U.S. History.       

HISTORY 498: Dissertation Research (Dr. Dennis)
Students can register for this course once they begin work on their dissertation and have not yet completed the sixty hours required for the Ph.D. degree.  If necessary, this course can be taken up to three times.

HISTORY 499: Directed Study (Dr.  Karamanski)
This course provides students with the opportunity to work under the direction of a faculty member on a particular area of interest.  This course can be taken up to three times.  Student must have a Directed Study form filled out and approved by faculty member agreeing to direct this course prior to registration and on file in the Graduate School Office.  Student must also inform graduate program secretary of their intention to take this course and faculty who will serve as their director before they register. This section is for M.A. students only. 

HISTORY 499:  Directed Study  (Dr. Dennis)
This course provides students with the opportunity to work under the direction of a faculty member on a particular area of interest.  This course can be taken up to three times.  Student must have a Directed Study form filled out and approved by faculty member agreeing to direct this course prior to registration and on file in the Graduate School Office.  Student must also inform graduate program secretary of their intention to take this course and faculty who will serve as their director before they register. This section is for Ph.D. students only.

HISTORY 523: Seminar in Medieval History (Dr. Dossey)
                                     W 4:15-6:45 p.m. (TBA)
This seminar explores how historians approach the history of everyday life - the history of ordinary, routine behaviors such as dress, eating, housing, socializing, bathing, and so on.  Students will read some model works (in English) ranging from American historical archaeology, German Alltagsgeschichte, Italian microhistory, and British history of consumption - and then produce a piece of original historical writing based on primary sources.  Non-medievalists will be encouraged to choose readings and develop topics that reflect their own fields of study This 500-level seminar can be used for credit toward major/minor fields in Medieval Europe, or (with permission of the graduate chair), other minor or major fields depending on research topic.

HISTORY 533: Seminar in Modern European  (Dr. Kaufman)
                                      W 4:15-6:45 p.m.
This seminar in European social and cultural History explores the meaning and uses of political culture in the modern era. Student research may focus on any period of European History from 1500 to the present. Political culture will be broadly defined to include the production and reception of political discourses (visual and textual) as well as the practice of politics (from voting to protest movements). Students are free to explore any aspect of European politics/political culture, from governmental activities and political organizing to the impact of cultural forms (music/literature/religion) on politics. During the first month of class, we will analyze a variety of approaches to the study of political culture based on common readings. The rest of the semester will be spent engaged in individual research projects. Students will read and comment on each others? papers. The goal of the course is to produce an article-length research paper. It is expected that students can read the appropriate foreign languages needed to do their research. However, I may also allow students to work with sources in translation, if necessary.  This 500-level seminar can be used for credit toward major/minor fields in Modern Europe or major/minor fields in Early Modern Europe. 

HISTORY 558:  Seminar in U.S. Social and Cultural History (Dr. Gilfoyle)
                                                T 2:30-5:00 p.m.
This is a research seminar in the social and cultural history of the United States with an emphasis on cities and the emergence of the United States as a metropolitan society.  Students should be prepared to examine and develop a research project on some aspect of the evolution of the United States from a rural and small‑town society to an urban and suburban nation. Students should have a topic chosen BEFORE the first class so they may immediately begin the research project at the very beginning of the semester.  A colloquium is not a prerequisite, but it is recommended that students take HIST 460 or another colloquium in U.S. history in order to be familiar with the literatures necessary to begin a research project. Department consent is needed for this research seminar in U.S. history.  STUDENTS SHOULD MEET OR COMMUNICATE WITH PROF. GILFOYLE PRIOR TO THE FIRST CLASS TO DISCUSS POTENTIAL RESEARCH TOPICS.

HISTORY 581: Practicum in Public History (Dr. Karamanski)
Practicums provide students with specific exposure to an aspect of the practice of public history.  Practicums are undertaken either under the direct supervision of Loyola faculty or the joint supervision of the public history program director and a cooperating off-campus supervisor.  To be arranged in consultation with the Director of the Public History Program.  IF YOU PLAN TO SIGN UP FOR THIS COURSE, YOU MUST SEE DR. KARAMANSKI PRIOR TO REGISTRATION.

HISTORY 582: Public History Internship (Dr. Karamanski)
The internship will provide an extended practical experience in the field of public history.  Internships are tailored to fit the needs of the individual student and the needs of the off-campus agency involved.  As part of their program, all public history students must undertake an internship either doing public history in the private sector or with a public agency.  The internship is available during any semester and its timing is related to an individual student's progress in the program.  The number of weeks it will last and hours per week entailed will vary from experience to experience, although it must run minimum of six weeks.  Upon successful completion of their internship, students will earn three hours of credit.  IF YOU PLAN TO SIGN UP FOR THIS COURSE, YOU MUST SEE DR. KARAMANSKI PRIOR TO REGISTRATION.

HISTORY 598: Dissertation Proposal Seminar  (Dr. Dennis)
Students work closely with an advisor to prepare their dissertation proposal.  Students will develop their dissertation proposal and defend it before their dissertation committee.  The approved proposal will then be submitted to the Graduate School for approval.

HISTORY 599: Directed Primary Research (Dr. Dennis)
Students work under the direction of an advisor on a specific research project and produce a research paper. Under certain conditions, this course may be used to substitute a 500-level seminar. You will have to arrange the course with a faculty member, have it approved by your advisor, then submit a Directed Study form (for the Graduate School) prior to registration. There are three credit hours attached to this course.

HISTORY 600: Dissertation Supervision (Dr. Dennis)
Students take this course once they have completed all the coursework towards the Ph.D. except the dissertation.  The purpose of this course is to maintain active enrollment in the Graduate School during the fall and spring semesters.  There are no credit hours associated with this course and a grade of CR is assigned.

HISTORY 605: Master's Study (Dr. Dennis)
Students register for this course to maintain active enrollment in the Graduate School during   the fall or spring semesters if they are not registered for any graduate class at the master’s level while finishing up any MA requirements, such as their field examinations and research project.

HISTORY 610: Doctoral Study (Dr. Dennis)
Doctoral students may register for this course to maintain active enrollment in the Graduate School while they are studying for their field examinations.  This course can only be taken twice.

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Thursday, January 5, 2012
2:00-5:00 p.m.
Karen Scott, DePaul University

ENROLLMENT CLOSED DUE TO FULL CAPACITY. Write to Laura Aydelotte at aydelottel@newberry.org if you wish to be placed on a waiting list for this course.  The seminar will explore some of the ways literate and oral/aural modes of knowing and communicating affected the development of ideas and social practices in the central and late Middle Ages. Topics will include Latin and vernacular literacy in such settings as the monastery, the court, the government archive, the school, and the church; and the mix of oral and literate cultures involved in a variety of sources, including epic and courtly literature, charters, sermons, visionary texts, hagiography, and letters. Students will also examine manuscripts and early printed books from the Newberry collections for evidence of how they were put together, who owned them, and how they were used.