Environment and History

Not offered regularly; consult department

Focusing on the period from 1500 to the present, explores the influence of climate, topography, plants, animals, and microorganisms on human history and the reciprocal influence of people on the environment. Topics include the European encounter with the Americas, the impact of modern technology, and the current environmental crisis. Enrollment limited.

Related Subjects

Offered Fall 2025

Catalog	Subject	Faculty	Level	HASS
21H.276 U	Medicine, Health, and Healing in the Global South (NEW) MW 2:30-4, E51-390	Tanalís Padilla	Intermediate	HASS-S
21H.363 WGS.330	Abortion: Global and Historical Perspectives (NEW) WR 11-12:30, 2-103	Lerna Ekmekcioglu	Seminar	HASS-H
21H.370 U 21H.970 G	The Laws of War in Global History (NEW) M 2-5, E51-285	Elena Kempf	Graduate Seminar	HASS-H
21H.989 G	Histories of Extraction and Mining T 1-4, E51-285	Megan A. Black	Graduate

Not Offered This Term

Catalog	Subject	Faculty	Level	HASS	Category
21H.001	How to Stage a Revolution	Staff	Introductory	HASS-H	CI-H
21H.009	World History and Its Fault Lines Since 1800	Sana Aiyar Hiromu Nagahara	Introductory	HASS-H	CI-H
21H.144 21G.087	Introduction to Russian Studies	Elizabeth A. Wood Maria Khotimsky	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.156 21G.045	Global Chinese Food: A Historical Overview Not offered regularly; consult department	Staff	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.186	Nature and Environment in China	Tristan Brown	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.187	US Environmental Governance: from National Parks to the Green New Deal	Megan A. Black	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.242 21G.322	Frenchness in and Era of Globalization Not offered regularly; consult department	Catherine Clark	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.253 21G.075	Global Chinese Migration, 1567- Present Not offered regularly; consult department	Emma Teng	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.265	Humanitarianism in Africa: A Critical History	Kenda Mutongi	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.285 STS.025	Making the Modern World: The Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective	Merritt Roe Smith	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.357	South Asian Migrations	Sana Aiyar	Seminar	HASS-H
21H.361	Echoes of Slavery: Recovering the Histories of Enslaved People	Marjoleine Kars	Seminar	HASS-H
21H.380 U 21A.411 U 21H.980 G 21A.419 G	People and Other Animals Not offered regularly; consult department	Staff	Graduate Seminar	HASS-S
21H.383 U 21H.982 G	Technology and the Global Economy	Anne E. C. McCants	Graduate Seminar	HASS-S
21H.388 U 21H.988 G	Global Commodities, American Dreams	Megan A. Black	Graduate Seminar	HASS-H
21H.981	Seminar in Nature, Environment, and Empire Not offered regularly; consult department	Staff	Graduate
21H.990 STS.432	Narrating the Anthropocene: Understanding a Multi-Species Universe	Megan A. Black Kate Brown	Graduate
21H.S01	Special Subject		Intermediate