History Summer Courses

HIST-1000-L21- UHC: Modern Europe
Summer Session 2: June 30, 2026 - August 04, 2026
L - Lincoln Center: TWR, 01:00PM - 04:00PM

Introduction to the nature and methods of historical study and the examination of specific topics essential for understanding the evolution of modern institutions, ideologies, and political situations.

CRN: 17043

Instructor: Myers, William
3 credits

Fordham course attributes: HC, INST, IPE, IRST, ISEU

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HIST-1000-PW1- UHC: Modern Europe
Summer Session 3: May 26, 2026 - Aug 4, 2026
V - Virtual (online courses only): Asynchronous

Introduction to the nature and methods of historical study and the examination of specific topics essential for understanding the evolution of modern institutions, ideologies, and political situations.

CRN: 16541

Instructor: Gauthier, Brandon
3 credits

Fordham course attributes: HC, INST, IPE, IRST, ISEU

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HIST-1075-R11- UHC: Renaissance to Revolution
Summer Session 1: May 26, 2026 - June 25, 2026
R - Rose Hill: TWR, 01:00PM - 04:00PM

Understanding Historical Change in early modern Europe involves a modular and comparative approach to events and issues significant to the history of Europe from approximately 1500 to 1800. The course will examine a range of events stretching from Columbus's voyages to the rise of Napoleon, and issues including but not limited to religious change, state formation, intellectual development and revolution. Previous title: UHC Early Modern Europe.

CRN: 17044

Instructor: Maginn, Christopher
3 credits

Fordham course attributes: HC, IRST

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HIST-1100-V11- UHC: American History
Summer Session 1: May 26, 2026 - June 25, 2026
V - Virtual (online courses only): TWR, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

Introduction to the nature and methods of historical study and examination of specific topics focusing on significant periods in the development of the U.S. and considering them in the light of certain elements shaping that history. Among these elements are the constitutional and political system; and the society's ideals, structure, economic policy, and world outlook.

CRN: 17047

Instructor: Acosta, Salvador
3 credits

Fordham course attributes: AMST, APPI, ASHS, FRHE, FRHI, HC

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HIST-1220-V21- Understanding Historical Change: Ancient Rome
Summer Session 2: June 30, 2026 - August 04, 2026
V - Virtual (online courses only): TWR, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

Introduction to Roman History focusing on problems and sources.

CRN: 15803

Instructor: Keil, Matthew
3 credits

Fordham course attributes: CC, CLAS, HC

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HIST-1600-L11- Understanding Historical Change: Africa
Summer Session 1: May 26, 2026 - June 25, 2026
L - Lincoln Center: TWR, 01:00PM - 04:00PM

Introduction to the political, social, economic and institutional history of Africa.

CRN: 14811

Instructor: Idris, Amir
3 credits

Fordham course attributes: AFAM, GLBL, HC, INST, IPE, ISAF, MEST, PJRC, PJST

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HIST-3430-R11- The World of Queen Elizabeth I
Summer Session 1: May 26, 2026 - June 25, 2026
YR - Hybrid RH/Online: MTWR, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

This course explores the world of Queen Elizabeth, the last Tudor sovereign, by looking at four overlapping themes which together shaped the Elizabethan period: state and society in the kingdom of England; overseas discovery; European diplomacy; and the kingdom of Ireland.

CRN: 14804

Instructor: Maginn, Christopher
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: AHC, EP3, HIEH, HIUL, IRST

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HIST-3842-L11- The Vietnam Wars
Summer Session 1: May 26, 2026 - June 25, 2026
L - Lincoln Center: MTWR, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

The United States became involved in French-Indo-China in 1950 and left Vietnam in 1975. This course asks basic questions about the Vietnam Wars. Why did the United States make such a vast commitment in an area of so little importance? What did it attempt to do during the quarter century of it involvement there? Why, despite the expenditure of more than $150 billion dollars and the loss of more than 58,000 lives did the world's most powerful nation fail to achieve it objectives? What have been the consequences for Americans, Vietnamese, and others of the long and divisive war?

CRN: 17045

Instructor: Dietrich, Christopher
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: AHC, AMST, APPI, ASHS, HIAH, INST, ISAS, ISIN

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HIST-3928-V31- History of Asian American Communities
Summer Session 3: May 26, 2026 - Aug 4, 2026
V - Virtual (online courses only): asynchronous

This course explores the pivotal role of Asian American community-building at the intersection of American history and the history of global diaspora. In this complex mix of local and international dynamics, immigrants from Asia to the U.S. labored to find their footing in a shifting nation while grappling with new questions of identity and belonging. These struggles created an emerging and often challenging notion of "Asian America" that left an indelible imprint on U.S. politics, the legal system, art and culture, urbanization, education, and the ongoing struggle for gender and racial justice. Through a series of case studies and a community-based research project, our course will examine the ways that the rich and entangled histories of East Asians, Southeast Asians, South Asians, and Pacific Islanders have shaped some of the most important narratives of the past two centuries. Note:

CRN: 17048

Instructor: Shen, Grace
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: AAST, AHC, AMST

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HIST-4009-V11- Film, Fiction, Power
Summer Session 1: May 26, 2026 - June 25, 2026
V - Virtual (online courses only): MTWR, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

Visual and written representations of American power have influenced, challenged and even transformed U.S. relations in the world. With their capacity to reach millions, films and fiction do more than tell stories or entertain audiences. They also have the unparalled means to shape values and beliefs, and to convey attitudes toward the nature and practice of American power. What sort of themes of international power did authors, screen-writers, and directors address in the twentieth century? What do these reflections on power reveal about American society, its politics, and its place in the world?

CRN: 16543

Instructor: Dietrich, Christopher
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: ACUP, AMST, APPI, ASAM, ASHS, HIAH, ICC

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HIST-4105-L21- The Early Modern World: Art & Science
Summer Session 2: June 30, 2026 - August 04, 2026
YL - Hybrid LC/Online: TR, 09:00AM - 01:00PM

European exploration and interaction in the 16th and 17th centuries expanded the horizons not only of the Europeans but of the entire world. It was also the beginning of a truly global system of exchange involving peoples, products, money, and microbes that in turned transformed European art, philosophy, religion, and science. This interdisciplinary capstone will analyze the dizzying world of early modernity through consideration of the way its scientists, artists and religious thinkers understood their society and treated the materials of their disciplines. We will trace first the economic and human consequences of this newly global system, for Europeans and non-Europeans alike, and we will then explore questions proper to each discipline at the time, the changes they underwent, as the ways that new interactions and discoveries shocked and exploded ancient traditions and authority, and how the approaches of the period compare to contemporary methods in each area.

CRN: 17046

Instructor: Myers, William
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: HIEH, ICC

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HIST-4591-V11- Race, Sex, and Colonialism
Summer Session 1: May 26, 2026 - June 25, 2026
V - Virtual (online courses only): MTWR, 01:00PM - 04:00PM

In this Senior Values seminar, we will explore how race, sex, and gender were constructed, regulated, and contested in colonial contexts, highlighting both similarities and differences across these colonial experiences. The course will focus on one or more of the following regions during their colonial periods: Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Close attention will be paid to the methodological approaches our authors take and to the theoretical insights we can draw from our diverse case studies to help us better discern the common and singular threads running through this expansive field of inquiry. Case studies will be accompanied by foundational theoretical readings on race, colonialism, and sexuality. Weekly class presentations and revision writing will be a fundamental part of achieving eloquence in speaking and writing during the course of the semester. Note:

CRN: 17049

Instructor: Acosta, Salvador
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: ADVD, AHC, AMST, APPI, ASHS, EP4, GLBL, HIGH, LALS, LAUH, VAL, WGSS

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HIST-5204-V31- Medieval Environmental History
Summer Session 3: May 26, 2026 - Aug 4, 2026
V - Virtual (online courses only): , TBA - TBA

This seminar is intended to familiarize graduate students with current themes and trends in medieval environmental history. Weekly reading assignments comprise historical monographs and scholarly articles in English. Four-credit courses that meet for 150 minutes per week require three additional hours of class preparation per week on the part of the student in lieu of an additional hour of formal instruction

CRN: 17050

Instructor: Bruce, Scott
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: HGVH, MVST, PSEV

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HIST-5424-V11- Women in Science & Technology
SG1 - GAS Summer Session 1 MAY 26, 2026 - JUN 25, 2026
V - Virtual (online courses only): , TBA - TBA

Natural knowledge and the manipulation of nature have often been gendered, but how, why, and by whom? This seminar will explore the multitude of ways that women have shaped and been shaped by these gendered visions of nature and the tools for controlling it. What forms of natural knowledge were deemed appropriate for women? Why were women understood to be particularly adept at specific technologies or handicrafts? How were spaces for scientific practice or technological production rendered hospitable or, more often, inhospitable for women? In what ways have systems of scientific authority limited or encouraged the participation of female researchers? How have science and technology been used to act on women's bodies? Are there specifically "womanly" ways of knowing? These and other questions will be explored through cases across a wide range of periods, disciplines, and geographies, allowing us not only to question the shifting place of women within the worlds of science and technology but also to question our assumptions about the place of science and technology within different societies. Note:

CRN: 16544

Instructor: Shen, Grace
4 credits

Fordham course attributes:

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