Reconstructing Lives

(4 Credits)

This research seminar is designed for students whose work encompass the piecing together of lives in the past, whether obscure or well-known; singular or plural; local, regional, national, or transnational. Alongside the writing of a research paper, we will explore the crafting of historical inquiries, the search for evidence, the art of interpretation and analysis, and the place of thesis and argument, all the while concerning ourselves with the process of writing, including questions of voice, style, narrative, and imagination.