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This course examines the distinctive ways in which historians in different parts of the world have approached the task of writing history. It explores methodologies used, such as political, social, economic, cultural, and popular histories through the reading and discussion of relevant and innovative texts. It …
This course examines the distinctive ways in which historians in different parts of the world have approached the task of writing history. It explores methodologies used, such as political, social, economic, cultural, and popular histories through the reading and discussion of relevant and innovative texts. It introduces a variety of sources (archival documents, statistical data, film, fiction, memoirs, artifacts, and images) and the ways they can be used to research, interpret, and present the past. Assignments include an original research paper. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments.
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A portrait of Abraham Lincoln, done in 1887 by George Peter Alexander Healy. The subject of Lincoln’s sexuality and how various historians approached it was discussed in week 3 of this course. (Image courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery. Source: Wikimedia Commons. This image is in the public domain.)
