HST 707 - The Production of History

3 Credit(s) This course examines how history and memory circulate through public life in modern societies, and how and why the past matters to individuals, groups and institutions. Among the topics we will examine are the relationship between scholarly historians and their publics, historical fiction, genealogy, collecting and memorabilia, debates over textbooks and school curricula, and practices of amateur history and reenactment.
Not open to students who have received credit for HIS 787.