"HIST 295A History Today: Debates and Practics Gellman Fall 2024" by David Gellman
 

Document Type

Syllabus

Publication Date

Fall 9-1-2024

Course Description

An introduction to history as a discipline, including why historians interpret the past in different and often contested ways; problems of historical method, including use of evidence, objectivity, causation, periodization and categories of historical analysis (such as, nation-state, gender, race and class); and current approaches and methodologies in the history profession. This required course for History Majors and History Minors builds intellectual community around ways to generate meaningful historical questions, as well as how to answer these questions by constructing plausible narratives and persuasive arguments. We consider a variety of theories and methods that guide historians to appropriate sources and account for a diverse range of historical experiences and historical actors. We sample historians who apply these models in thoughtful and provocative ways. Students finish the course with an array of tools for framing and pursuing their own historical questions and for assessing a broad range of historical writing and sites of memory.

Student Outcomes

Students will be able to: - evaluate historical arguments, historiographical debates and develop and frame historical arguments in their own work. - communicate complex historical analysis in written form with appropriate scholarly attribution and communicate effectively in class discussions and presentations. - evaluate historical problems in relation to sources and synthesize historical literature.

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