HIS 520

Historical Lenses and Scholarship (online)

What does it mean to focus on the economic issues of an historical event What considerations of race, gender, class, or other lenses of difference can be made to illuminate the social and cultural experiences of people throughout history The central focus of this course is to provide students with an exploration into various lenses of historical research and analysis and how these lenses can structure the types of questions an historian asks. The course uses the topic of transatlantic slavery to introduce several lenses that can be applied to future topics of interest to students. Students will integrate best practices for the production and writing of historical scholarship using a chosen lens (or lenses) of analysis.

Units: 3.0