The History of American Presidential Elections

Not offered regularly; consult department

Introduces the main themes and topics in the history of presidential elections from 1788 to the present. Explores structures of the US executive branch, the primary, convention, and election systems, and the Electoral College. Students examine academic debates in history and other social sciences, and undertake a research project based on a past election of their choosing. Meets with 21H.061 when offered concurrently. 21H.061 is offered only in an election year (not for HASS credit) and covers the first half of the course, leading up to election day.

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Offered Fall 2025

Catalog	Subject	Faculty	Level	HASS	Category
21H.143 21G.056	The Making of Modern Europe: 1789 – Present MW 11-12:30, 56-191	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.181 17.035	Libertarianism TR 11-12:30, E51-285	Malick W. Ghachem	Introductory	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, 56-164	Elizabeth A. Wood	Intermediate	HASS-S	CI-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.315	History of Consumerism T 3-5, E51-393	Caley Horan	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

Not Offered This Term

Catalog	Subject	Faculty	Level	HASS	Category
21H.001	How to Stage a Revolution	Staff	Introductory	HASS-H	CI-H
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.106 24.912 21L.008 21W.741 CMS.150 WGS.190	Black Matters: Introduction to Black Studies	Michel DeGraff D. Fox Harrell Danielle Wood	Introductory	HASS-H HASS-A	CI-H
21H.107 21G.043	From Yellow Peril to Model Minority: Asian American History to 1968	Emma Teng	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.108 WGS.110	Sexual and Gender Identities	Staff	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.141	Renaissance to Revolution: Europe, 1300-1800 Not offered regularly; consult department	Staff	Introductory	HASS-H	CI-H
21H.170 17.55 21A.130 21G.084	Introduction to Latin American Studies	Tanalís Padilla	Introductory	HASS-S	CI-H
21H.173	Socialism in Latin America, from Che Guevara to Hugo Chavez	Tanalís Padilla	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.187	US Environmental Governance: from National Parks to the Green New Deal	Megan A. Black	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.201	The American Revolution	Marjoleine Kars	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.205 STS.427	The Civil War and the Emergence of Modern America: 1861-1890	Merritt Roe Smith	Intermediate	HASS-H
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.217 11.013	American Urban History	Ezra Glenn	Seminar	HASS-H	CI-H
21H.218	History of the Built Environment in the US Not offered regularly; consult department	Staff	Intermediate	HASS-H	CI-H
21H.220 11.150	Metropolis: A Comparative History of New York City	Craig Steven Wilder	Seminar	HASS-H
21H.226 11.015	Riots, Strikes, and Conspiracies in American History	Staff	Intermediate	HASS-H	CI-H
21H.228	American Classics Not offered regularly; consult department	Craig Steven Wilder	Intermediate	HASS-H	CI-H
21H.229	The Black Radical Tradition in America Not offered regularly; consult department	Craig Steven Wilder	Intermediate	HASS-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	Pouya Alimagham	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.281	MIT and Slavery: Research	Craig Steven Wilder	Intermediate	HASS-H	CI-H
21H.282	MIT and Slavery: Publication Not offered regularly; consult department	Craig Steven Wilder	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.283	The Indigenous History of MIT Not offered regularly; consult department	Staff	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.319	Race, Crime, and Citizenship in American Law	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.321 11.026	Downtown Not offered regularly; consult department	Staff	Seminar	HASS-H
21H.322	Christianity in America Not offered regularly; consult department	Craig Steven Wilder	Seminar	HASS-H
21H.361	Echoes of Slavery: Recovering the Histories of Enslaved People	Marjoleine Kars	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