HIST 701 - Historian’s Craft

Fall (3) Staff. Note: This course is required for all entering graduate students.

This seminar will serve as an introduction to historical method and theory. Students will ready works by influential historians and learn about major schools of historical thought. The course will address issues such as the relationship between history and other disciplines, the challenges and strengths of different historical methodologies, and the political and cultural contexts in which various approaches to history have developed.