HIS 100Essays in Hist, Hist in Essays

Grinnell College · 4 credits · UGRD

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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.

Recent sections

Fall 2026 · 3 sections

Aug 27 – Dec 18

Section	Days & time	Location	Instructor
03Class #98296-HIS-100-03	Tuesday, Thursday 2:40 PM - 4:00 PM Humanities and Social Studies N1112 (Lecture)	Humanities and Social Studies N1112	Kelly Maynard
03 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.

01Class #98332-HIS-100-01	Monday, Wednesday 11:00 AM - 12:20 PM Humanities and Social Studies N2112 (Lecture)	Humanities and Social Studies N2112	Adey Almohsen
01 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.