Fall 2024 – Spring 2026
Upcoming 484 Topics and Lead-in Classes
Students are strongly encouraged to take one lead-in course for each 484. Please note that the enrollment for 484 sections is only 18 students and you may want to be prepared for two different 484 topics. You must ask the faculty member teaching the section of 484 that you wish to enroll in to allow you to register for the course. After the faculty member gives you permission, you still need to register for the course.
Fall 2024
Lawrence – Modern Europe (HIST 209: Twentieth-Century Europe, Fall 2022; HIST 422: Twentieth-Century Germany, Fall 2022; HIST 207: Revolutionary Europe, Spring 2023; HIST 221: Modern Germany, Fall 2023; HIST 314: France Since 1815, Fall 2023; HIST 417: World War II in Europe, Fall 2023; HIST 393: Love and Lust in the French Empire, Spring 2024; HIST 414: The Great War, 1914-18, Spring 2024)
Siekmeier – History of US Foreign Policy (HIST 464: American Foreign Relations, 1941-Present, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, or Spring 2023; HIST 463: American Foreign Relations to 1941, Fall 2023; HIST 365: The Vietnam War, Fall 2023; HIST 370: Latin America and the World, Spring 2024)
Spring 2025
Hodge – Imperialism and Decolonization (HIST 241: Latin America – Culture, Conquest, Colonization, Fall 2022; HIST 428: East Africa since 1895, Spring 2023; HIST 432: Eighteenth-Century Britain, Fall 2024; HIST 321: Colonial Africa and Independence, Fall 2023; HIST 437: Africa in World History, Spring 2024; HIST 493: Decolonization, Fall 2024; HIST 493: Love and Lust in the French Empire, Spring 2024; HIST 493C: History of Global Capitalism, Spring 2024; HIST 493: The Industrial Revolution, Spring 2024)
Luskey – Abraham Lincoln’s America (HIST 454: The Coming of the US Civil War, Spring 2023; HIST 451: African-American History to 1900, Fall 2023; HIST 453: Civil War and Reconstruction, Fall 2023; HIST 463: American Foreign Relations to 1941, Fall 2023; HIST 358: US Cultural History, 1819-1893, Spring 2024)
Flomen – The Atlantic World (HIST 207: Revolutionary Europe, Spring 2023; HIST 432: Eighteenth-Century Britain, Fall 2024; HIST 314: France since 1815, Fall 2023; HIST 264: American Indian History, Fall 2024; HIST 204: Renaissance & Reformation, Fall 2024; HIST 433: West Africa to 1885, Fall 2024)
Fall 2025
Gorby – West Virginia History (HIST 250: West Virginia History, Spring 2024 or Spring 2025; HIST 445: History of American Women, Spring 2024 or Spring 2025; HIST 477: Working Class America, Spring 2024 or Fall 2024; HIST 473: Appalachian Regional History, Fall 2024; HIST 478: American Immigration History, Spring 2025; HIST 453: Civil War & Reconstruction, Fall 2024; HIST 454: The Coming of the US Civil War, Spring 2025)
Smart – Capitalism and Labor in the Modern World (HIST 321: Colonial Africa & Independence, Fall 2023; HIST 493C: History of Global Capitalism, Spring 2024; HIST 209: Modern Europe, Spring 2024 or Fall 2024; HIST 493B: Love & Lust in the French Empire, Spring 2024; HIST 437: Africa in World History, Spring 2024; HIST 370: Latin America & the World, Spring 2024; HIST 493: Decolonization, Fall 2024; HIST 493D, History of Epidemics, Fall 2024; HIST 224: History of Climate Change, Spring 2025)
Spring 2026
Vester – Premodern Europe (HIST 293: History of the Person, Fall 2023; HIST 430: Living & Dying in Medieval Europe, Fall 2023; HIST 201: Ancient Times, Fall 2023 or Fall 2025; HIST 424: Britain, 1455-1603, Fall 2025; HIST 432: Eighteenth-Century Britain, Fall 2024; HIST 415: Early Modern Law & Society, Fall 2023; HIST 203: Medieval Europe, Spring 2024; HIST 204: Renaissance & Reformation, Fall 2024; HIST 330: Early Modern Italy, Spring 2025; HIST 493: Golden Age of Piracy, Fall 2026)
McCoy – Twentieth-Century US History (HIST 261: US since 1918, Fall 2023; HIST 493: History of Hip-Hop, Fall 2023 or Fall 2025; HIST 460: World War II in America, Fall 2024; HIST 470: US Civil Rights Movement, Fall 2025; HIST 477: Working Class America, Spring 2024 or Fall 2024; HIST 464: US Foreign Relations since 1941, Spring 2024 or Spring 2025)
M’Bayo – African History (HIST 433: West Africa to 1885, Fall 2024; HIST 434: West Africa from 1885, Spring 2025; HIST 493: Epidemics, Fall 2024; HIST 319: Myth and Culture in Pre-Colonial Africa, Fall 2022; HIST 493: Decolonization, Fall 2022; HIST 320: Pre-Colonial Africa, Spring 2023; HIST 437: Africa in World History, Spring 2024; HIST 321: Colonial Africa & Independence, Fall 2023 or Fall 2025)
Fall 2026
Phillips – The Civil War Era (HIST 453: Civil War and Reconstruction, Fall 2024 or Spring 2026; HIST 454: The Coming of the United States Civil War, Spring 2025 or Spring 2026; HIST 358: United States Cultural History: 1819-1893, Fall 2025)
Lawrence – Modern Europe (HIST 414: The Great War, 1914-1918, Spring 2024; HIST 493C: History of Global Capitalism, Spring 2024; HIST 493: The Industrial Revolution, Spring 2024; HIST 209: Twentieth-Century Europe, Fall 2024; HIST 432: Eighteenth-Century Britain, Fall 2024; HIST 417: World War II in Europe, Spring 2025; HIST 422: Twentieth-Century Germany from Weimar to Bonn, Fall 2025; HIST 220: The Holocaust, Spring 2026)
Spring 2027
Hodge – Britain / The British Empire (HIST 414: The Great War, 1914-1918, Spring 2024; HIST 493: The Industrial Revolution, Spring 2024; HIST 493C: History of Global Capitalism, Spring 2024; HIST 209, Twentieth-Century Europe, Fall 2024; HIST 493A: Decolonization, Fall 2024; HIST 432: Eighteenth-Century Britain, Fall 2024; HIST 417: World War II in Europe, Spring 2025; HIST 393A: The Golden Age of Piracy, Spring 2025)
Siekmeier – Diplomatic History (HIST 464: American Foreign Relations Since 1941, Spring 2024 or Spring 2025 or Spring 2026; HIST 370: Latin America and the World, Spring 2024 or Spring 2026; HIST 463: American Foreign Relations to 1941, Fall 2024 of Fall 2026; HIST 348: The International Middle East, Fall 2025; HIST 276: Twentieth-Century American Foreign Relations, Fall 2025; HIST 365: The Vietnam War, Fall 2026)
Wilkerson – Modern American History (HIST 445: History of American Women, Spring 2024 or Spring 2025 or Spring 2026; HIST 477: Working Class America, Spring 2024 or Fall 2024 or Fall 2026; HIST 460: World War II in America, Fall 2024; HIST 473: Appalachian Regional History, Fall 2024 or Fall 2026; HIST 478: American Immigration History, Spring 2025; HIST 470: US Civil Rights Movement, Spring 2025; HIST 261: Recent America: The US Since 1918, Fall 2026; HIST 250: West Virginia History, Spring 2024 or Spring 2025 or Spring 2026)