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HIST 5000-801 / Historical Methods: Introduction to the Professional Study of History - Myles Osborne

This course is designed to introduce graduate students in the Department of History to the study of the discipline. Students learn about a wide range of historical methodologies and ideas that have shaped - and continue to shape - our field. We will critically engage and analyze the work of prominent (and lesser known) scholars whose writings reflect important historical themes. We will disagree with some, challenge the methodologies, sources, and argumentation of others, and find inspiration in thinking of new ways to further our own research. One of the course's main focuses is on writing, analysis, and argumentation, all of which are skills that we will continue to hone throughout the semester. We will also spend time learning about professional aspects of the field, from writing book reviews, to submitting articles to journals, to attending national conferences.

HIST 6800-801 / Readings in Global History: Family in Early Mod/Mod World - Marcia Yonemoto

Family in Early Mod/Mod World: ��A family constitutes the foundation upon which all societies are built. And yet, the nature of family—its structure, composition, internal dynamics, and change over time—varies considerably. We might ask: what or who constitutes a family? How is family composition shaped by distinct historical contexts, and within those contexts, by particular social, political, legal, and economic structures and forces? That is, who defines a family in any given place and time, and how and why do certain definitions endure? This graduate-level readings course will address these and other questions by reading widely in the history and historiography of the family in the early modern and modern eras. The orientation of the course will be global and broadly comparative/ connective, but readings will focus primarily on early modern and modern Europe, colonial and modern United States, and early modern and modern East Asia. The readings are a combination of “classic” or seminal works and newer, innovative studies, and are organized so that we proceed thematically, but also chronologically (from early modern to modern/contemporary), and spatially (through the various world regions). The course is aimed primarily at M.A. and Ph.D. students in history, but graduate students from other disciplines in the humanities and social sciences are welcome.

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