The following courses will be offered Spring Semester 2012. For more information, contact the faculty member teaching the course. Times listed are tentative, and subject to change by the Registrar, who will issue the official time schedule.

History 101:  Introduction to the History of the United States for Elementary Education Majors
Joseph Needham
needjo01@luther.edu
M-W-F 9:15 - 10:15
This course provides a basic survey of the social, economic, political, and diplomatic history of the United States for students with little background in U.S. history. Answering the questions: What is America and what does it mean to be American? What is the nature of U.S. democracy? How do the lives of ordinary people intersect with the great events of our past? The course will emphasize content that will be of greatest use for students preparing to teach social studies in the upper elementary grades. (HB, Hist, Intcl)

History 150: Europe, 1648 - Present
Marvin G. Slind
slindmar@luther.edu
M-W-F 11:00 - 12:00
An introductory survey of European history from the end of the wars of religion in the seventeenth century to the present. Topics will include: the Scientific Revolution; the Enlightenment; Absolutism and the Emergence of the Parliamentary Government; the French Revolution and Napoleon; Reaction and Revolution in the early Nineteenth Century; the Industrial Revolution; Nationalism and Unification; the "New Imperialism" and the Coming of World War I; the "Thirty Years War of the Twentieth Century"; Postwar Europe: Cold War and Integration. (HBSSM, Hist, Intcl)

History 172: History of Modern Africa
Richard Mtisi
mtisri01@luther.edu
M-W-F 12:15 - 1:15
This course surveys the history of sub-Saharan Africa from the 1880s to the present. The course examines African life under European colonial domination (from about 1880 to about 1960) and under independent states which succeeded colonial governments after 1960. A primary aim of this course is to explore the diversity of human experience in Africa during the colonial and post-colonial periods. The course makes use of several primary documents to portray ways in which men and women have dealt with the challenges of living in 20th and 21st century Africa. (Same as AFRS 172.) (HB, Hist, Intcl)

History 201: New Worlds and  New Nation, 1500- 1820
Edward Tebbenhoff
tebbened@luther.edu
M-W-F 1:30 - 2:30
This course explores the history of the British Colonies that will become the United States.  Beginning with Native American cultures, European colonization and settlement, slavery, growing regional difference, the American Revolution and the early years of the Republic. Students will study Native and European and African interactions, the development of different demographic, economic and labor systems and their political consequences. (HBSSM, Hist)

History 235: The Modern Black Freedom Movement in the United States
Keona Ervin
ervike01@luther.edu
M-W-F 9:15 - 10:15
The debate over the timing, scope, and trajectory of the civil rights and black power movements in the United States has long been a contested subject among historians. Scholars are now challenging the traditional non-violent southern movement narrative by pointing to a broad range of regionally diverse black political struggles across the twentieth century. Researchers are also calling into question the notion that civil rights and black power were two distinct movements. Engaging in these conversations and covering such themes as class, region, gender, community formation, militancy, and grassroots activism, we will cover the mass protests of the thirties and forties, the direct action campaigns of the fifties and sixties, and black liberation struggles that stretched into the seventies. Through analysis of key texts in new civil rights and black power studies, speeches, music, film, television, oral histories, and photography, we will critically examine the movement’s objectives and results, raise questions about the contour of American democracy and racial politics in the late twentieth century, and explore what is distinct about the “post-civil rights era.” (HB, HIST)

History 239:  The Golden Age of Atlantic Piracy
Edward Tebbenhoff
tebbened@luther.edu
Tu-Th 11:00 - 12:30
Our fascination with seafaring outlaws includes fictional characters such as Long John Silver and more recently Captain Jack Sparrow but also actual historical figures such as Captain Kidd and Blackbeard. This course examines the popular image of pirates and compares it with the lives of actual pirates who plied their criminal trade throughout the Atlantic over the course of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Through readings, lectures and class discussions, we will address the major themes of the course which include the rise of buccaneering in the early modern era, ships and seafaring culture during this period, the developing economy of the Atlantic world, the social structure of pirate society on sea and land, authority, liberty and violence among pirates, and the increasing military efficiency and reach of the early modern state which eventually spelled the end of widespread piracy on the high seas.

History 250: The History of Great Britain
Victoria Christman
chrivi02@luther.edu
M-W-F 1:30 - 2:30
Beginning with the Glorious Revolution and ending with the Second World War, this class focuses on the social, political, and religious history of Great Britain. Special attention is paid to the Enlightenment, Imperialism, the Industrial Revolution, and the nation at war. Offered alternate years. (HBSSM, Hist, Intcl)

History 290: Moving Beyond Mammy: Black Women Domestic Works in U.S. Politics and Popular Culture
Keona Ervin
ervike01@luther.edu
M-W-F 11:00 - 12:00

The contemporary controversy over the film The Help is the latest edition of an old debate about the meaning of black women’s work in the United States. This course will contextualize the discussion by exploring black women domestic workers’ efforts to improve their working conditions from the antebellum period, when the Mammy caricature became a leading representation of African American women, to the World War II era, when wartime mobilization made it possible for a significant number of women to move into factory employment for the first time. To understand what was at stake when domestic workers and their allies took steps to raise public awareness about women’s actual working lives, we will also consider how depictions of the Mammy figure in film, literature, advertising, and material culture shaped American mythology and Southern memory. As we mark the ways that domestic employment changed over time we will uncover how African American women’s efforts to break the “harness of household slavery” influenced socio-cultural transformations and struggles against racial and gender inequality. (HBSSM, Hist)
(Same as WGST 290)

History 321: Topics in American History, "Indian Country: Race, Gender, and Politics on American Frontiers"
Edward Tebbenhoff
tebbened@luther.edu
Tu-Th 11:00 - 12:30
Three separate "Old Worlds" collided in the several centuries following 1492 as the peoples of Africa, the Americas and Europe came together to create a world that was genuinely new. These encounters touched every conceivable belief and type of behavior. This course concentrates on several changes of particular importance -- in economic and material life, in religious practices, in diplomacy and warfare, and finally in the re-invention of identities at both the individual and societal level. Each of these types of encounter is viewed through the three major "lenses" used to organize the course: race, gender and politics. We will concentrate on the consequences that these encounters had for the lives of Indian people, a perspective of considerable scholarly interest and greatly increased sophistication in recent years. Re-discovering Early America as Indian Country enables us to see the experience of Native Peoples as one of the core ingredients of American history; without their presence, the nation and all of us would be unimaginably different. Counts for Native American certification in the State of Wisconsin certification for Education Majors. Prerequisite: PAID 112 or equivalent. (HBSS, HIST) 

History 352: Scandinavia and the Baltic
Marvin G. Slind
slindmar@luther.edu
Tu-Th 12:45 - 2:15
A survey of Scandinavian and Baltic history (including Finland and Iceland), beginning with the Viking age and ending with the current status of the welfare state in the relevant countries. Special emphasis on the Great Power periods of Denmark and Sweden in the 16th and the 17th centuries, and on the emergence of Norwegian and Finnish national movements in the 18th and 19th centuries. Discussion as well of current political and economic issues in Scandinavia.  Prerequisite: PAID 112 or equivalent. (HB, Hist, Intcl) (Same as ScSt-352)

History 355: The Reformation in Renaissance Europe
Robert Christman
chriro05@luther.edu
M-W-F 9:15 - 10:15
An in-depth analysis of the various elements of the Protestant and Catholic Reformations in the context of Renaissance Europe. The focus is on the traditions, beliefs, values and theologies of the Christian religious reformation and the influences on that reformation from the many cross-cultural currents in the sixteenth century, in particular the ideas and methods promoted by the Renaissance thinkers. The course will also include various aspects of social, economic, and political history, as part of the effort to contextualize the reformers' ideas, as well as their impact across society. Offered alternate years. Prerequisite: PAID 112 or equivalent. (Rel, HBSSM, Hist)

History 361: Topics in East Asian History,  "Love & Gender in China"
Brian Caton
catobr01@luther.edu
Tu-Th 12:45 - 2:15
Students in this course will examine the material, emotional, and intellectual aspects of Chinese history, through the themes of labor, sex, and affective relations (e.g. family, friends, colleagues, work-team members, etc.). The course will cover the period from the late-imperial (Qing) up to the end of the twentieth century. (HBSSM, Hist)  Students may enroll for this course together with FCUL 339, "Love and Gender in Chinese Literature" to fulfill their Paideia II requirement.

History 485: Junior-Senior Seminar, "Slavery in Africa"
Richard Mtisi
mtisri01@luther.edu
Tu-Th 11:00 - 12:30
This class will address questions pertaining to slavery in Africa. Through readings, discussions, and individual research papers, students will explore such questions as: why did the Europeans of this period seek slave labor rather than wage labor; did slavery exist in Africa before the Trans-Atlantic Slave trade; did Africans participate in the Slave trade; and what short and long-term effects did the slave trade have on African social, economic, and political development? In addition to reading and participating in class discussions, students will be required to write a 4-6 page historiography essay and an 18-20 page research paper.