History Department Office (F02-106)
Hours – Monday-Friday:
8:00am-12:00pm, 1:00pm-5:00pm
2013 Summer Advising
Undergraduate Advisors:
Dr. C. Murdock, FO2-203, C.Murdock@csulb.edu
Monday, June 17, 9:00-11:00 by appointment only.
Monday, July 22, 1:00-3:00
Tuesday, July 23, 1:00-3:00
Wednesday, July 24. 1:00-3:00
Please email Dr. Murdock to schedule an appointment.
Dr. Eileen Luhr, FO2-122. Eileen.Luhr@csulb.edu
Monday, July 22: noon-2:00 pm
Tuesday, July 23: noon-2:00 pm
Tuesday, August 13: 10:00 am-2:00 pm
Tuesday, August 20: 10:00 am-2:00 pm
Wednesday, August 21: 10:00 am-2:00 pm
Dr. Nancy Quam-Wickham, Nancy.Quam-Wickham@csulb.edu
Thursday, July 25, 2:00-4:00
Friday, July 26, 2:00-4:00
Monday, July 29, 2:00-4:00
And by appointment. Please email Dr. Quam-Wickham to schedule an appointment.
Graduate Advisor:
Dr. Houri Berberian, FO2-215, Houri.Berberian@csulb.edu
Monday, June 10, 2013: 10:00-2:00
Monday, July 8, 2013: 10:00-2:00
Monday, August 12: 10:00-2:00
Additional times may be available by appointment. Please email Dr. Berberian to schedule an appointment.
Credential Advisor:
Dr. Eileen Luhr, FO2-122. Eileen.Luhr@csulb.edu
Monday, July 22: noon-2:00 pm
Tuesday, July 23: noon-2:00 pm
Tuesday, August 13: 10:00 am-2:00 pm
Tuesday, August 20: 10:00 am-2:00 pm
Fall 2013 - HIST 499 - Course Descriptions
Section 1, Pat Cleary – The U.S.- Frontiers and Nature—We will examine two major concepts as we consider treatments of US history: “frontiers” and “nature.” We will explore the evolution of these ideas; the meaning of and debates over terms such as frontier, border, and borderlands; the rise of environmental history; and the ways in which these terms and approaches can be used to organize our understanding of important interactions and processes in US history. The course chronology covers the beginning of colonial settlement up to 1900; thus, it would be useful for students to have at least one US history course that covers pre-1900. Students might consider doing their research projects on topics related to the West, the Chicago Fire, colonial-Indian conflicts over land use, the Gold Rush, the history of barbed wire, treaties between the US government and various Native American tribes, the Trail of Tears, the logging industry, and so on.
Section 2, Brett Mizelle — Wilderness in American History. This section of History 499 will examine recent work interrogating the concept of wilderness and its role in American history and life. While an extensive background in the historiography about the human place in nature is not required, it is assumed that all participants in the seminar have had sufficient upper-division course work in American history (at least six completed units) and some sense of a general narrative of U.S. history.
We will begin the semester by reading a revision of United States history from an environmental perspective. Then we will contrast a famous overview of the role of wilderness in American culture with a recent collection of scholarly essays revisiting and revising that history. We will then read three books on specific case studies of the human relationship with the natural world in North America. These come from different perspectives, both within and outside of the academy, so you will be asked to consider questions about both their content and the contributions such approaches make to the study of American history.
Although I will occasionally make brief presentations on selected topics and readings, this seminar will revolve around student reading, in-class discussion, and research. Because this seminar is a cooperative effort I expect each of you to attend class meetings having completed the reading and prepared to participate in a lively, informed and constructive manner.
Section 4, C. Murdock — War, Revolution, and Society in Europe’s Twentieth Century. In the first half of the twentieth century, a series of wars and revolutions transformed European societies, destroying old ways of life and defining new ones. This course will explore how large scale ideas such as fascism, communism, and nationalism remade European politics, culture, and geography. We will examine how such ideas and the conflicts they spawned reshaped the lives and the worldviews of ordinary people across the European continent.
