HIS 100
Essays in Hist, Hist in Essays
Grinnell College · UGRD · Fall 2026
Catalog description
Writing from the Margins. This course provides an introduction to issues of historical causation, argumentation, and evidence by posing some fundamental questions: Whose lives get preserved in the historical record? How? Why? We interrogate the authority of the archive by exploring the stories of people who lived at the very margins of their social contexts. Drawing upon autobiography, material culture, and museum studies, we consider how, despite the odds, first-person traces of individual existence survive through the intersections of hand, text, and material. Prerequisite: None.
Sections
Current meeting, instructor, credit, and enrollment details
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FullSeats: 5/5 seats Last recorded: Aug 13, 2026, 3:48 PM- Days & times
- Tu Th · 2:40 – 4:00 PM
- Meeting dates
- Aug 27 – Dec 18
- Location
- Humanities and Social Studies N1112
- Instructor
- Kelly Maynard
Section notes
Writing intensive. Faculty will give substantial oral and/or written feedback to students on writing assignments and provide students with opportunities to apply that feedback to future assignments or revisions. At least 50% of the final grade is based on graded writing assignments.
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1 openSeats: 4/5 seats Last recorded: Aug 13, 2026, 3:48 PM- Days & times
- Mo We Fr · 2:10 – 3:00 PM
- Meeting dates
- Aug 27 – Dec 18
- Location
- Humanities and Social Studies S2323
- Instructor
- Albert Lacson
Section notes
Writing intensive. Faculty will give substantial oral and/or written feedback to students on writing assignments and provide students with opportunities to apply that feedback to future assignments or revisions. At least 50% of the final grade is based on graded writing assignments.
01
FullSeats: 5/5 seats Last recorded: Aug 13, 2026, 3:48 PM- Days & times
- Mo We · 11:00 AM – 12:20 PM
- Meeting dates
- Aug 27 – Dec 18
- Location
- Humanities and Social Studies N2112
- Instructor
- Adey Almohsen
Section notes
Writing intensive. Faculty will give substantial oral and/or written feedback to students on writing assignments and provide students with opportunities to apply that feedback to future assignments or revisions. At least 50% of the final grade is based on graded writing assignments.