Politics

Malick W. Ghachem

Head of History

Professor of History

Research Affiliate at the Center for International Studies
Christopher Capozzola

Professor of History

Elting Morison Professor

MacVicar Faculty Fellow

Senior Associate Dean for Open Learning
Catherine Clark

Associate Professor of History and French Studies
Tanalís Padilla

Professor of History

Leverett Howell Cutten ’07 and William King Cutten ’39 Professorship
Jeffrey S. Ravel

Emeritus

Professor of History
Elizabeth A. Wood

Ford International Professor of History

Subjects Offered

Offered Spring 2026

Catalog	Subject	Faculty	Level	HASS	Category
21H.000	The History of Now F 2-3, 66-148	Elizabeth A. Wood Halyna Padalko	Introductory		Half term subject
21H.001	How to Stage a Revolution T 2-5, 4-265	Malick W. Ghachem Marjoleine Kars Craig Steven Wilder Staff	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.173	Socialism in Latin America, from Che Guevara to Hugo Chavez TR 2:30-4, 1-136	Tanalís Padilla	Introductory	HASS-H

Not Offered This Term

Catalog	Subject	Faculty	Level	HASS	Category
21H.061	The History of American Presidential Elections Not offered regularly; consult department	Christopher Capozzola	Intermediate		Half term subject
21H.101	American History to 1865 Not offered regularly; consult department	Staff	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.102	American History since 1865	Staff	Introductory	HASS-H	CI-H
21H.141	Renaissance to Revolution: Europe, 1300-1800 Not offered regularly; consult department	Staff	Introductory	HASS-H	CI-H
21H.143 21G.056	The Making of Modern Europe: 1789 – Present MW 11-12:30, 56-180	Elena Kempf	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.157 STS.037	Modern South Asia MW 2:30-4, 56-191	Sana Aiyar Dwai Banerjee	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.170 17.55 21A.130 21G.084	Introduction to Latin American Studies	Tanalís Padilla	Introductory	HASS-S	CI-H
21H.181 17.035	Libertarianism TR 2:30-4, 14N-112	Malick W. Ghachem	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.187	The History of US Environmental Governance	Megan A. Black	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.201	The American Revolution	Marjoleine Kars	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.203	The History of American Presidential Elections Not offered regularly; consult department	Christopher Capozzola	Intermediate	HASS-S
21H.211	The United States in the Cold War Era Not offered regularly; consult department	Caley Horan	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.213 17.28	The War at Home: American Politics and Society in Wartime	Christopher Capozzola Adam Berinsky	Intermediate	HASS-S
21H.214	War and American Society Not offered regularly; consult department	Christopher Capozzola	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.223	History of Work in the Modern US (NEW)	Caley Horan	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.227	History of the US Supreme Court MW 2:30-4, 66-156	Christopher Capozzola	Intermediate	HASS-S
21H.245 21G.086 17.57	20th Century Ukraine and Russia: Entangled Histories and Identity Politics TR 1-2:30, 56-154	Elizabeth A. Wood	Intermediate	HASS-S	CI-H
21H.260	Cities in the Middle East: History, Politics and Society Not offered regularly; consult department	Staff	Intermediate	HASS-S
21H.262	Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict	Private: Pouya Alimagham	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.276 U	Medicine, Health, and Healing in the Global South (NEW) MW 2:30-4, E51-390	Tanalís Padilla	Intermediate	HASS-S
21H.319	Crime, Punishment, and Policing in America	Malick W. Ghachem	Seminar	HASS-S
21H.320	Gender and the Law in US History Not offered regularly; consult department	Christopher Capozzola	Seminar	HASS-H
21H.370 U 21H.970 G	The Laws of War in Global History (NEW) M 2-5, E51-385	Elena Kempf	Graduate Seminar	HASS-H
21H.381 WGS.222	Women and War	Lerna Ekmekcioglu	Seminar	HASS-S
21H.388 U 21H.988 G	Global Commodities, American Dreams	Megan A. Black	Graduate Seminar	HASS-H

Politics

Malick W. Ghachem

Christopher Capozzola

Catherine Clark

Tanalís Padilla

Jeffrey S. Ravel

Elizabeth A. Wood

Subjects Offered

Offered Spring 2026

The History of Now

How to Stage a Revolution

Socialism in Latin America, from Che Guevara to Hugo Chavez

Not Offered This Term

The History of American Presidential Elections

American History to 1865

American History since 1865

Renaissance to Revolution: Europe, 1300-1800

The Making of Modern Europe: 1789 – Present

Modern South Asia

Introduction to Latin American Studies

Libertarianism

The History of US Environmental Governance

The American Revolution

The History of American Presidential Elections

The United States in the Cold War Era

The War at Home: American Politics and Society in Wartime

War and American Society

History of Work in the Modern US (NEW)

History of the US Supreme Court

20th Century Ukraine and Russia: Entangled Histories and Identity Politics

Cities in the Middle East: History, Politics and Society

Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Medicine, Health, and Healing in the Global South (NEW)

Crime, Punishment, and Policing in America

Gender and the Law in US History

The Laws of War in Global History (NEW)

Women and War

Global Commodities, American Dreams

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