This will lead to the final assignment

· Imperialism/Colonialism. Examine the history and impact of nineteenth century European Imperialism and Colonization by focusing on a specific region. Here are some suggestions.
· French Colonialism in Vietnam (Indochina) Dutch Colonialism in Indonesia
· British French or Portuguese colonialism in the Africa
· British colonialism in India
· Belgian Congo
· Cold War and Decolonization. Examine a movement for independence in Asia, Africa, or the Middle East. Then consider the main leaders, their ideology and goals, the tactics they used and the legacies of imperial/colonial practices that needed to be overcome. What kind of government did the newly independent state adopt and what was the impact of the Cold War on the struggle for independence? Here are some suggestions.
· India’s struggle from British rule
· Vietnam’s struggle against the French
· British colonies in Africa such as Ghana or Kenya
· French Colonies in Africa including Algeria
· The Belgian Congo
· Portuguese colonies of Mozambique and Angola
· Genocide. Examine the conditions which made genocide possible, as well as the role of instigators/leaders, perpetrators, bystanders, and victims of genocide. Choose one of the following.
· Herero in German South West Africa
· Armenia,
· Holocaust,
· Cambodia,
· Rwanda,
· Bosnia
· Communist Revolutions. Examine the background that led to the Revolution. Then look at the goals and hopes. What were some of the achievements and failures? What was and lasting global impacts of one of the major communist revolutions. Choose one of the following.
· The Russian revolution of 1917
· The Chinese revolution of 1949
· Gender. Examine the ways that understandings and experiences of gender change over time by looking at a specific historical turning point. Here are some suggestions.
· Women’s movements for the vote in other countries
· The United Nations Decade for Women
· Masculinities in the Middle East or Africa
· The history of approaches to sexuality in a specific region or society outside of the United States (e.g. India, Africa, Asia).
· The history of gender in a specific region or society outside of the United States (e.g. India, Africa, Asia).
· Race. Examine conceptions of race and the construction of racial hierarchies, as well as resistance and change in racial ideas by focusing on a specific period and society outside of the United States. Here are some suggestions.
· The History of Race in Brazil.
· Comparative Slavery in Latin America and the Caribbean
· Race in South Africa, the beginning of Apartheid (segregation)