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The Department Office is located on the 4th Floor of the Student and Faculty Services building, Room 442

Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday

Dept Phone: (510) 885-3207

Faculty

Professors

Anna Rose, Ph.D. University of Arizona

Bridget Ford, Ph.D. University of California, Davis

Linda Ivey, Ph.D. Georgetown University

Kevin Kaatz, Ph.D. Macquarie University, Sydney (Australia)

Jessica Weiss, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley

Andrew Wong, Ph.D. Stanford University

Associate Professors

Jason Daniels (Chair), Ph.D. University of Warwick (United Kingdom)

Vahid Fozdar, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley

Albert Gonzalez, Ph.D. Southern Methodist University

Elizabeth McGuire, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley

Assistant Professor

Tony Marks-Block, Ph.D. Stanford University

Michael Schulze-Oechtering Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley

Graduate Coordinator: Michael Schulze-Oechtering

Department Statement

The History & Global Cultures Department represents approximately 250 undergraduate and graduate students and 20 faculty mentors who together produce cutting-edge, award-winning research published in books, journals, exhibits, and digital media. Our courses and programs are carefully designed to develop and showcase student skills and career preparation. We offer maximum flexibility and genuine mentorship to students pursuing their college degrees, whether through fully online, hybrid, or in-person programs. 

About the Department

Please visit our department website to learn more. 

Planning for your careers after graduation

Our degree programs prepare leaders for successful careers the following areas:

• K-12 and higher education and education policy

• Cultural and natural resource management

• Public history and historic preservation

• Library and information science

• Policy and government

• Technology and business

• Community engagement and international relations 

Courses provide practical experience and professional development in all of these career areas. Faculty also supervise internships in diverse organizations, support graduate school applications, and provide detailed references for majors and alumni. You can learn about what our graduates are doing here. 

Useful career guides to undergraduates pursuing degrees in Anthropology and History can be found at the following professional organizations: 

• American Anthropological Association

• American Historical Association

• National Council on Public History

Programs

• Anthropology, B.A.
• Global Studies, B.A.
• History, B.A.: Migration and Globalization Concentration
• History, B.A.: Social Justice and Citizenships Concentration
• History, B.A.: Sustainability and Modernization Concentration
• History-Social Science, B.A.: Concentration in Teacher Preparation for Middle and High Schools

• Anthropology Minor
• Global Studies Minor
• History Minor

• History, M.A.: Generalist Concentration
• History, M.A.: Public History Concentration
• History, M.A.: Teaching History Concentration
• History, M.A.: University Thesis Concentration

• Social Science Single Subject Matter Preparation Program

• Public History Certificate

Courses

• ANTH 100 - Introduction to Anthropology
• ANTH 110 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology
• ANTH 120 - Introduction to Archaeology
• ANTH 130 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
• ANTH 140 - Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology
• ANTH 300 - Anthropology of Global Change
• ANTH 405 - Linked Lab for Success
• ANTH 490 - Independent Study
• ANTH 497 - Issues in Anthropology
• ANTH 498 - Internship

• ANTH 370 - Anthropology in Action
• ANTH 372 - Medical Anthropology
• ANTH 375 - Fire Ecology and Management
• ANTH 398 - Internship

• ANTH 121 - Experimental Archaeology Laboratory
• ANTH 320 - Archaeological Science and Indigenous Knowledge
• ANTH 321 - Archaeology of the Americas
• ANTH 323 - Archaeology in Movies and TV
• ANTH 324 - Decolonizing Museum Archaeology
• ANTH 421 - Dig Deep! A Hands-On Archaeology Field Course
• ANTH 422 - Museum Exhibit Development
• HIST 422 - Museum Exhibit Development

• ANTH 350 - Indigenous Peoples of California
• ANTH 354 - China

• ANTH 110L - Laboratory in Biological Anthropology
• ANTH 310 - Evolutionary Biology of Humans
• ANTH 311 - Human Fossil Record
• ANTH 312 - Primate Behavioral Ecology

• ANTH 411 - Human Forensic Osteology
• ANTH 430 - Ethnography and Oral History
• HIST 430 - Ethnography and Oral History

• ANTH 340 - Language and Culture
• ANTH 341 - Linguistic Diversity and Social Justice
• ANTH 342 - Language and Sexuality

• ANTH 330 - Political Ecology
• ANTH 333 - Women in Cross-Cultural Perspective
• ANTH 334 - Human Sexuality: Anthropological Perspectives
• ANTH 431 - Advanced Anthropological Theory

• GLST 101 - Introduction to Global Studies
• GLST 102 - Global Issues
• GLST 398 - Internship
• GLST 490 - Independent Study
• GLST 497 - Issues in International Studies
• GLST 498 - Internship
• GLST 499 - Senior Seminar in Global Studies

• HIST 120 - Self and Story in World History
• HIST 140 - Humanity, Science and Nature in History
• HIST 398 - Internship
• HIST 410 - Internship in History
• HIST 477W - History and Trends in Nursing
• HIST 490 - Independent Study
• HIST 497 - Issues in History
• HIST 498 - Internship

• HIST 402 - Public History
• HIST 403 - Digital Humanities
• HIST 404 - Teaching History-Social Science

• HIST 101 - World History I
• HIST 102 - World History II
• HIST 110 - The United States to 1877
• HIST 111 - The United States Since 1877

• HIST 600 - Reading Seminar in History
• HIST 610 - Research Seminar in History
• HIST 630 - Historical Interpretation
• HIST 641 - Graduate Internship
• HIST 651 - Scholarly Practicum I
• HIST 652 - Scholarly Practicum II
• HIST 690 - Independent Study
• HIST 691 - University Thesis
• HIST 692 - Comprehensive Exam Review
• HIST 697 - Issues in History
• HIST 698 - Internship
• HIST 699 - Departmental Thesis

• HIST 322 - Warfare, Genocide, Terrorism: Globalization Through Conflict Since 1914
• HIST 328 - 20th Century World
• HIST 336 - Ancient Greece
• HIST 338 - The Roman Empire
• HIST 361 - Traditional India
• HIST 362 - Modern South Asia
• HIST 363 - The Middle East and the Rise of Islamic Societies
• HIST 364 - The Modern Middle East
• HIST 370 - Filipinx Freedom Dreams: A Social Movement History of the Filipinx Diaspora
• HIST 380 - The American West
• HIST 387 - Immigration and the Contested American Identity

• HIST 300W - Our State, Our Futures: Writing California Political Histories
• HIST 321 - Communism as Civilization
• HIST 335 - Rome and Christianity
• HIST 373 - American and Haitian Revolutions: Wars of Independence, 1750-1850
• HIST 376 - Destroying Slavery in the US Civil War
• HIST 384 - Radicals, Reformers, and Reactionaries: Arguing about Social Justice in Modern US History
• HIST 389 - Social Justice and Reform Movements in America
• HIST 393 - Revolutionary Thought in Latin America
• HIST 471 - History and Public Memory in the East Bay
• HIST 473 - Sexuality and Identity in US History
• HIST 474 - Women, Gender and Rights in US History
• HIST 479 - World War II: Global Warfront, Local Homefront
• HIST 480 - Baseball in the United States and the Caribbean
• HIST 487 - American Refugees: The History of Forced Migration and Displaced Communities in the United States
• HIST 488 - Education and American Democracy

• HIST 323 - History of Sustainability
• HIST 334 - Ancient Egyptian Civilization
• HIST 337 - The Roman Republic

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