History 697VW - ST- Public History Workshop

Students in this workshop course will learn about the emerging field of
Social Justice Humanities by connecting with a series of case studies
that illustrate ways that historians can contribute to national
dialogues around pressing social issues.

Open to Doctoral & Masters students only. Students will also get real-world public history experience when, as part of the Humanities Action Lab initiative, they help mount and dismantle the traveling exhibition when it comes to Northampton and Holyoke in March 2017, and also as they develop a project exploring how gun violence might be addressed as the NPS creates the new national park in Hartford, Coltsville, interpreting the history of gun manufacturing in city.