A study of how historical knowledge is produced and interpreted. Topics might include narrative and representation, the uses of evidence, forms of historical argumentation, and historical controversies in the public realm.

This course examines discussions of the use and uselessness of historical study from the late nineteenth century to the present. The focus is on representations of the purposes of history, as appealed to and deliberated over by professional historians, other historical commentators, and in disciplinary movements more widely. These historical figures, configurations, and disputations play a prominent role in circulating ideas and the perceived work of the modern field of history, offering a glimpse of some of its methods, meanings, and purposes.

Repeat Rules

Course is not repeatable for credit.

Requirements class fulfills