YEAR 1 COURSES

Semester 1Course TitleInstructor
HIST1017Modern Hong Kong  Tim Yung
Semester 2Course TitleInstructor
HIST1016The Modern World  Devika Shankar
HIST1018Europe in the long nineteenth century, 1789-1914  Pavel Krejčí
Summer SemesterCourse TitleInstructor
HIST1017Modern Hong Kong  Tim Yung
The course takes place from June 23 to July 12, 2024, running Monday through Friday between 2:30 PM and 5:20 PM, in CPD2.14.

YEAR 2-4 COURSES

Survey Courses

Semester 1Course TitleInstructor
HIST2013Twentieth-century Europe, Part I: The European Civil War, 1914-1945 Adam Sacks
HIST2021Nineteenth century Russia, 1800-1905 Adam Sacks
HIST2031History through Film   Staci Ford
HIST2091The British Empire Uther Charlton-Stevens
HIST2144History of the Second World War in the West, 1939-1945 Uther Charlton-Stevens
HIST2158Women in Hong Kong history: Private Lives and Public Voices   Alison So
HIST2161Making race   Michael Rivera
HIST2192Introduction to modern Southeast Asian history Nicolo Ludovice
HIST2204Technology and History: A Modern History   Ghassan Moazzin
HIST2205Digital history: From concordances to big data  Javier Cha
Semester 2Course TitleInstructor
HIST2014Twentieth-century Europe, Part II: Europe divided and undivided, 1945-1991 Adam Sacks
HIST2107The Second World War in Asia and the Pacific, 1931-1952   Charles Schencking
HIST2178Trials of history: The courtroom from historical perspective Alastair Mcclure
HIST2198World Prehistory   Rebecca Hopkins
HIST2199The Mongol empire in world history   Francesco Calzolaio
HIST2203The Philippines and the Asia-Pacific world  Claudia Montero

Seminar Courses

Seminar courses involve more advanced study of special topics in history and a higher level of training in the use of primary documents or historiography.

Semester 1Course TitleInstructor
HIST3075Directed Reading   History Staff
HIST3082Birth counts: The politics of reproduction in the modern world  Carol Tsang
Semester 2Course TitleInstructor
HIST2070Stories of self: History through autobiography  Staci Ford
HIST2186Death and Destruction from Above   Charles Schencking
HIST3075Directed Reading   History Staff
HIST3078Cold War science fiction Oscar Sanchez-Sibony

Capstone Experience Courses

Semester 1Course TitleInstructor
HIST4015The theory and practice of historyNicolo Ludovice
HIST4023History Research ProjectHistory Staff
HIST4028History without borders: Special field projectDavid Pomfret
Semester 2Course TitleInstructor
HIST4023History Research ProjectHistory Staff
HIST4033Museums and history (capstone experience)John Carroll
HIST4036World War III: A history? (capstone experience)Charles Schencking
HIST4028History without borders: Special field projectDavid Pomfret
Whole Year
HIST4017Dissertation ElectiveHistory Staff

Common Core Courses

Semester 1Course TitleInstructor
CCGL9066Music and Global Politics: From Beethoven to Beyonce and Beyond Adam Sacks
CCCH5054Mothering China: From the Womb to the NationCarol Tsang
CCHU9071Man Up: Masculinities in the Making (Humanities)Carol Tsang
Semester 2Course TitleInstructor
CCGL9055Genocide: The Nightmare from HistoryAdam Sacks
CCGL9070The Birth of the City and the Shaping of Societies (Global Issues)Samuel Chen
CCHU9002Battles for Bodies: The Birth of Surveillance SocietyAlison So
CCHU9043Rethinking Women: The Big Debates Carol Tsang
CCHU9088We are Family: Myths, Realities and the Future of an Idea (Humanities)Carol Tsang