History 797W - ST-Writing Material Culture

This 700-level research seminar is designed to serve students from History and allied disciplines with an interest in material culture, irrespective of time or place. Our focus will be on the theory and method of the field, and how researchers develop historical insight from artifacts and landscapes. Students should plan to produce - supported by ongoing discussion of methods, resources, and strategies - a work of historical analysis grounded in object study; this could be a dissertation or thesis chapter, journal article, or other scholarly product. Students will also be expected to lead the seminar once during the semester, developing a discussion (that is, identifying readings and leading discussion) at the intersection of their particular field of study and relevant scholarship grounded in material sources.

Open to Masters and Doctoral students.