Students must take two courses focused on the histories of Africa, Asia, Latin America, or the Middle East. They may overlap with courses taken to satisfy the thematic distribution requirements.
NOTE: bolded courses will be offered in Spring 2025.
Geographical Distribution Requirement
| Course | Semester Offered |
|---|---|
| HIS 201: A History of the World | |
| HIS 205: The Byzantine Empire | Fall 2025 |
| EAS 206 / HIS 206: Medieval Asian Worlds: Korea, Japan, China, Inner and South Asia | |
| HIS 207: History of East Asia to 1800 | |
| HIS 208: East Asia Since 1800 | |
| EAS 218 / HIS 209: Origins of Japanese Culture and Civilization: A History of Japan Until 1600 | |
| HIS 210: The World of Late Antiquity | Fall 2025 |
| AAS 313 / HIS 213: Modern Caribbean History | |
| NES 390 / HIS 221: Medieval Cairo: A Survival Guide | |
| NES 201 / HIS 223: Introduction to the Middle East | |
| HIS 225: The Mediterranean: From Rome to Fortress Europe | |
| HIS 241: Faith and Power in the Indian Ocean Arena | |
| HUM 248/NES 248/HIS 248: Near Eastern Humanities II: Medieval to Modern Thought and Culture | |
| HIS 249 / AFS 249: A Global History of Modern Ethiopia: Rastafari to Halle Selassie | |
| HIS 250: The Mother and Father Continent: A Global History of Africa | |
| NES 369 / HIS 251: The World of the Cairo Geniza | |
| HIS 252: Cuba: History and Revolution | |
| HIS 267: The Modern Middle East | |
| EAS 279 / HIS 276: The Qin Dynasty and the Beginnings of Empire in China | |
| EAS 280 / HIS 279: Nomadic Empires: From the Scythian Confederation to the Mongol Conquest | |
| HIS 282: The Historian's Craft: Approaches to Asian History | |
| HIS 303: Colonial Latin America to 1810 | Fall 2025 |
| HIS 304: Modern Latin America Since 1810 | |
| EAS 409 / HIS 309: The Warrior Culture of Japan | |
| NES 316/HIS 311: Global Trade Before the Modern Period | Fall 2025 |
| HIS 314: Precolonial Africa | |
| HIS 315: Africa in the Modern Age | Fall 2025 |
| HIS 316: South African History, 1497 to the Present | |
| HIS 317: The Making of Modern India and Pakistan | |
| HIS 319: Japan in Korea, Korea in Japan | |
| EAS 321 / HIS 321: Early Modern Japan | |
| HIS 322: 20th-Century Japan | |
| EAS 309/HIS 323: Ideas and Society in Modern Japan, 1600-1945 | |
| HIS 324: Early Modern China | |
| HIS 325: Modern China: Empire, Nation, Revolution | Fall 2025 |
| EAS 326/HIS 331/MED 326: Bamboo, Silk, Wood, and Paper: Ancient and Medieval Chinese Manuscripts | |
| HIS 332: Pre-Colonial India: Politics, Religion, and Culture in South Asia, 1000-1800 CE | |
| HIS 333: Modern Brazilian History | Fall 2025 |
| HUM 335 / HIS 334: A Global History of Monsters | Fall 2025 |
| NES 437 / HIS 337: The Ottoman Empire, 1300-1800 | |
| HIS 342: Southeast Asia’s Global History | |
| HIS 345: The Crusades | |
| NES 338 / HIS 349: The Arab-Israeli Conflict | |
| URB 392/ARC 392/HIS 381: Building African Cities, Past and Present | |
| HIS 408: Selected Topics in 20th-Century Latin America | |
| HIS 410: Revolution, Violence, and Gender in Modern Arabic Literature | |
| HIS 411: World After Empire | |
| HIS 417: Gandhi: The Making of the Mahatma | |
| HIS 418: Imagined Cities | |
| HIS 419: Topics in the History of Modern Syria | |
| HIS 420: Desi Girl, Mother India: Gender, Sexuality, and History in Hindi Cinema | |
| HIS 422: Hindu, Muslim, Untouchable: Exclusion in South Asian History | |
| HIS 423: The History of Christianity in Africa: From St. Mark to Desmond Tutu | |
| HIS 428: Empire and Catastrophe | |
| HIS 432: Environment and War | |
| NES 433 / HIS 433: Imperialism and Reform in the Middle East and the Balkans | |
| HIS 437: Law After Rome | |
| HIS 438: History of Palestine / Israel | |
| HIS 439: China’s Frontiers | |
| HIS 442: Modern Mexican History | |
| HIS 443: Black Worldmaking: Freedom Movements Then and Now | |
| EAS 415 / HIS 444: Intellectual History of China to the Fifth Century | |
| HIS 453: History of Slavery in Africa and the Middle East | |
| HIS 461: History of Coffee in Africa and the Middle East | |
| HIS 472: Medicine and Society in China: Past and Present | Fall 2025 |
| HIS 473: Humans as Prey: An Environmental History of Human- Animal Relations | |
| HIS 483: History of the Manchu People and Their Culture | |
| HIS 484: Borderlands, Border Lives | |
| HIS 486: Women and War in Asia/America | Fall 2025 |
| HIS: 489: Environmental History of Latin America |