Historical Methods and Historiography

Catalog description

Focus on the methods that have shaped the conceptualization and writing of professional history over the past few decades. Methods studied may include those of Marxists, the French Annales school, social-scientific history, gender history, anthropological history, historical sociology, the history of material culture and consumption, the history of nationalism and cosmopolitanism, global and transnational history, environmental history. Area readings will vary with instructor. (Required for all M.A. students).