American Studies: Introduction to the Field

Harvard FAS

This course equips students to enter the field of American Studies as interdisciplinary scholars and professionals. Toward that end, the course provides graduate students with foundational knowledge of the field of American Studies: its history, its major questions and debates, and a diverse selection of its foundational texts. As students practice archival research and close readings, they explore what it means to combine historical thinking with textual analysis. Students also orient…