Course Syllabi
World History from 1500 (in person)
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Detail from the illustrated manuscript, La Vie ou aventures de J.-B. Tabardin, ca. 1805, housed in the Carnegie Library of Curepipe, Mauritius. Memoirs of a Creole privateer. Original translation used as a primary source with students.
World History from 1500 (asynchronous)
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Haitian postage stamps depicting “the Unknown Maroon,” symbol of resistance to slavery. The Haitian Revolution features prominently in this course.
Modern France from 1750
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Photograph from the Pantheonization of Josephine Baker (30 Nov. 2021). Baker’s life and legacy are explored in depth in the course.
Modern Europe
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Still from Senso (1954), film by Luchino Visconti. Film, opera, and propaganda posters are analyzed in this course.
Atlantic World and Beyond
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Word cloud from a text-mining exercise based on the Oxford Bibliographies in Atlantic History. One of the goals of the course is to critically interrogate Atlantic Studies as a field.
Creole South
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The course traces Creole histories across North America, the Caribbean, and beyond, connecting local to global stories.
Revolutions in World History
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Screenshot from Assassin’s Creed: Unity. Students analyze game videos and cutscenes as part of their engagement with revolutionary history and popular memory.
Global Perspectives on Race
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Photograph from inside the Bowen Law Library’s special collections. Students examine original paperwork from the race-based freedom lawsuit of Abby Guy (1850s, Arkansas).
Historian’s Craft (Undergraduate Methods)
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Interior of the Boston Athenaeum private library (photo by instructor). Students explore critical approaches to archives and historical method.
Historical Methods (Graduate)
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Archival document from Réunion Island (1793) related to the “Ambroise Affaire,” which students study in depth in this graduate seminar.
Haitian Revolution in World History
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Original map depicting sites impacted by the Haitian Revolution in North America — including inspired revolts and refugee settlement. The global repercussions of the revolution are central to this course.
Teaching Resources
Freedom Deferred (Primary Source Reader)
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A curated source set for exploring slavery, resistance, and revolution in the French Indian Ocean World. Used in upper-division and graduate courses.
Mother Lange: A Haitian-American Educator
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StoryMap highlighting the life and legacy of Mother Mary Lange, founder of the Oblate Sisters of Providence in Baltimore. Integrates spatial history, biography, and Black Catholic history.
A Colonial “Return of Martin Guerre”?
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In this methods course exercise, students analyze testimony in a colonial identity theft case. Inspired by Natalie Zemon Davis’s classic microhistory.
Student Digital History Resource Guide
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A curated and frequently updated set of tools, platforms, and archives to support students exploring digital history methods and public scholarship.
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