Public profile
Research areas
Early American history, Atlantic history, Southern history, History of race and slavery, Native American history
Department of History
James Sidbury
Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Professor of Humanities
Professor of History; Affiliated Faculty, Center for African and African American Studies
Average rating
3.8
11 temporary mock ratings
Difficulty
2.8
course-linked average
Courses
4
in seeded sections
Courses taught
FWIS 132
Slavery On Film
This course will look at the ways major Hollywood (or equivalent) films have dealt with chattel slavery in the United States. We will explore the general question of how feature films deal with controversial historical issues by analyzing more specifically how Hollywood has dealt with American slavery.
First-Yr Writing Intensive SemFWIS3 credits
3.98.2hSidbury, James
HIST 581
History Research Seminar II
This class is the second of a two-class sequence during which students will complete a publishable essay based on primary source research.
HistoryNone3 credits
3.59.0hSidbury, James
HIST 700
Third-Year Research
Appropriate for third-year graduate students who are working on their prospectus and have not yet taken their general exam. Repeatable for Credit.
HistoryNone4-12 credits
4.012.9hCampos, Luis, Citino, Nathan, Domingues da Silva, Daniel, Irish, Maya, McDaniel, Caleb, Sidbury, James, Takriti, Abdel Razzaq
HIST 800
Ph.D. Research
Research for doctoral dissertation. Repeatable for Credit.
HistoryNone9-12 credits
4.017.1hBryant, Sherwin, Citino, Nathan, Domingues da Silva, Daniel, Hall, Randal, Irish, Maya, McDaniel, Caleb, Metcalf, Alida, Shimizu, Sayuri, Sidbury, James, Yarbrough, Fay