HIS 6061: Introduction to Historiography
Spring Semester, 2011
E1-E3, CBD 0312

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Prof. Andrea Sterk	Office:  225 Keene-Flint;  Phone:  273-3383
E-mail:  sterk@ufl.edu	Hours:  Tu, 11:30-12:30 Th, 2:00-3:00 & by appointment

Course Introduction       
        What is history?  What kinds of philosophies, approaches and methods have shaped and continue to shape the writing of history?  This course is intended to introduce graduate students to the study and writing of history from antiquity to the present.  Though such a broad undertaking is necessarily selective, we will focus on a number of key trends and developments from Herodotus to Foucault and beyond.
        The course is loosely divided into three major sections.  During the first part of the semester we will examine the writing of history in the pre-modern world devoting class sessions to developments in the ancient, medieval, Renaissance, early modern and Enlightenment periods.  During the next section our focus becomes more thematic as we consider critical developments in the modern era.  The influence of Marxism, the impact of the emerging social sciences and the developing Annales school will be among the themes that we consider.  Finally, we will turn to the contemporary period and reflect on more recent developments and challenges in the field.  The influence of post-colonialism, postmodernism and gender theory will be examined.  We will also draw upon some of the strengths of our department as we invite several guests to help us consider methodological approaches to world history and/or transnational history, gender, and religion.  Readings will come from a variety of chronological and geographic subfields to encourage students to think comparatively and conceptually.

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Requirements, Grading, Books                                                                                                            Seminar Schedule (Updated Weekly)

Bibliographic/Historiographical Essay (Model)

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