HIST 200

Fall 2026 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Aug 24-Dec 9

Intro Hist Interpretation

Credit: 3 hours.

Through the careful examination of a specific topic or theme, this course provides a thorough introduction to historical interpretation. Particular attention will be devoted to research strategies, writing practices, handling primary and secondary sources, and the analysis of historiography.

May be repeated to a maximum of 6 hours with permission of the Director of Undergraduate Studies.

Topics will be listed in the department's course guide at http://www.history.illinois.edu.

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HIST 200 class schedule data for fall 2026
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
32494	Lecture-Discussion	A	11:00AM -12:20PM	MW	206 David Kinley Hall	LaPier, R	Availability: Open Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/26-12/09/26 Section Info: Topic: History and Lives of Native American Women Description: This course examines the history and lives of Native American women in the United States. With a focus on the impact of colonization, reproductive rights, contemporary issues related to Indigenous women's rights, resistance movements led by women, and the perspectives of Indigenous women in their communities.
32497	Lecture-Discussion	B	12:00PM -1:20PM	MW	223 David Kinley Hall	Chettiar, T	Availability: Open Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/26-12/09/26 Section Info: Topic: The History of Neurodivergence Description: this course examines what is at stake in the ideas of “neurodivergence” and “neurodiversity” within the context of the twentieth-century West and in global perspective. Examining such topics as the rise of psychiatric and neurological diagnoses, special education, institutionalization, autism and ADHD, disability rights movements, and neurodiversity activism, we will interrogate what the terms “neurodivergence” and “neurodiversity” have meant historically and where and when such frameworks have emerged. Have there been multiple ways of understanding cognitive and behavioral difference across time and place? What kinds of changes have these shifting frameworks involved and for whom? Have new ways of conceptualizing neurodivergence always resulted in greater inclusion and autonomy? Have they always involved a complete and totalizing break with earlier medicalized or deficit-based models?
32500	Lecture-Discussion	C	1:00PM -2:20PM	MW	331 Gregory Hall	Jaimes, M	Availability: Closed Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/26-12/09/26 Section Info: Topic: Nationalism in Theory and History Description: This course will examine the role of nationalism in history, focusing heavily on the 19th century but examining precedents from earlier time periods as well as its more recent impact. We will analyze how nationalism became a predominant ideology, contributing to the collapse of empires, the formation of nation-states, and the creation of contemporary society. In doing so, we will look at specific cases, exploring the foundations of nationalism across the world and its influence on everyday life. This course is meant to provide students with an introduction to historical analysis through the examination of both primary and secondary sources, engagement with key terms and concepts, and the construction of an independent project.
39271	Lecture-Discussion	D	2:00PM -3:20PM	MW	313 Gregory Hall	Diaz, A	Availability: Closed Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/26-12/09/26 Section Info: Description: This course concerns the Civil War era and how it is represented in the archives and written about by historians. It will engage with the experiences of individuals who lived through the war as well as examine the way the war was remembered by the American populace and studied by historians. Students will utilize the Civil War related collections here at the university to practice research skills, examine how archives are constructed, and produce an original piece of research based on those collections.
43325	Lecture-Discussion	F	3:30PM -4:50PM	TR	205 Gregory Hall	Micale, M	Availability: Open Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/26-12/09/26 Section Info: Description: This course will study intensively the interaction of historical events with the cultural arts during the period from 1914 and the early 1950s. It will focus on how the work of the greatest European artists and thinkers during this forty-year period was influenced by the monumental and traumatic events of their day. The course will pay close attention to the relations between art and politics in the totalitarian regimes of Germany under Hitler, the Soviet Union under Lenin and Stalin, Italy under Mussolini, and Spain before the dictatorship of Francisco Franco.