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  • HST U372: Gender and Society in Modern Europe

    4.00 Credits
    Northeastern University

    Examines the importance of gender difference in European societies from 1700 to the present. Explores the historical development of masculinity and femininity in European societies, with attention to social class and national differences. Looks at the importance of gender in the emergence of nation-states, in major democratic and socialist revolutions, in economic change, in claims for and the exercise of citizenship rights, and in the policies of welfare states. Explores how gender and race shaped women's agency, their engagement with imperialism and contacts with non-Europeans, women's participation in war and totalitarian regimes, their private lives and sexuality, and the significance of European Union policies for gender equality today.
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  • HST U375: Culture and Identity in Early Modern England

    4.00 Credits
    Northeastern University

    Examines the history of early modern England as well as Ireland, Wales, and Scotland. Follows the development of England from a small backwater to one of the most powerful European nations by the end of the seventeenth century. Analyzes the constantly shifting relationships between the various cultural identities within Britain. Concentrates on British history not only from the perspective of the elites but also the ordinary people whose names have often been lost to history. Key themes include the growth of the British Empire, issues of gender, the interactions between England and the Celtic fringes, and participation in the political franchise.
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  • HST U377: Ireland and the Irish Migration

    4.00 Credits
    Northeastern University

    Traces the history of Ireland from the earliest times until the present day, with special emphasis on the period from the sixteenth century to the mid-twentieth century. Topics include national identity, popular perceptions of the Irish, social structures, and the political role of Ireland in the world. Also discusses the Irish diaspora, and its effect both on Ireland and on the wider world.
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  • HST U385: Russian Literature in Translation

    4.00 Credits
    Northeastern University

    Surveys and analyzes in English the major works of Russian literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with emphasis on the historical context. Selected writers include Pushkin, Gogol, Turgenev, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Chekhov.
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  • HST U386: History of Soviet Cinema

    4.00 Credits
    Northeastern University

    Surveys the emergence and development of the film industry in the USSR. Examines the political, economic, ideological, and artistic sources of Soviet cinema and their relationship to Russian culture and history. Directors include Eisenstein, Vertov, Pudovkin, Dovzhenko, Kozintsev, Kalatozov, and Tarkovsky.
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  • HST U387: Soviet Secret Police

    4.00 Credits
    Northeastern University

    Explores a vast array of primary and secondary sources, supplemented by literature and film, and traces the roles of the domestic and international branches of the Soviet secret police throughout its seventy-year history. Explores the role of ideology in Soviet clandestine organizations; the foundations of Soviet policing; political terror and denunciations; informants' networks; recruitment of agents at home and abroad; the British spy scandals of the 1930s-1950s; Soviet intelligence successes and failures in World War II; the origins of the Cold War; the atom spy networks; the popular culture of "spy mania" in the McCarthy era; the Cuban missile crisis; the Brezhnev era; the KGB and the Soviet collapse; and spies and spying in the post-Soviet era
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  • HST U388: Borderlands:World War II in Eastern Europe

    4.00 Credits
    Northeastern University

    Devoted to the study of Russia's western borderlands before, during, and immediately following the Second World War, 1939-1948. Drawing from a variety of original documents, films, and recent scholarly studies, evaluates the impact of World War II on the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Examines the basic history of World War II in the East, followed by several weeks of readings on special themes: Soviet occupation policy (1939-1941); _Ostpolitik_; German occupation policy in Soviet territory, 1941-1945; genocide and the Holocaust; partisans and collaborators; nationalism; ethnic reprisals after the Soviet liberation of occupied zones; and the origins of the Cold War.
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  • HST U390: Africa and the World in Early Times

    4.00 Credits
    Northeastern University

    Addresses the place of Africa in the world, from human evolution to the establishment of large-scale iron-making societies. Examines debates on the evolution of man in Africa and migrations to other regions. Traces the formation and spread of language groups, the rise of agriculture, formation of family and political structures, and patterns of trade up to 1000 C.E.
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  • HST U391: Modern African Civilization

    4.00 Credits
    Northeastern University

    Explores African history and culture from the early 1500s to the present era. Emphasizes the relationship between Europe and Africa, the circumstances surrounding the imperialist partition of Africa, and the decolonization process.
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  • HST U392: African Diaspora

    4.00 Credits
    Northeastern University

    Explores the creation and transformation of the African Diaspora-connections among communities of African descent in Africa, the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Centers on the years from 1500 to the present and emphasizes connections among themes of migration, identity, and popular culture.
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