General Field Seminar in American History (410-1-20)

Instructors

Michaela Kleber
Michaela Kleber (Ph.D., William & Mary, 2020) is a historian of early America, with a particular focus on Native America, French empire, and gender and sexuality. Her current work centers on the Illinois in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and the French who colonized among them. Her project recovers the gender and sexuality structures of indigenous Illinois society in order to explain how these structures guided French colonization.

Meeting Info

Harris Hall L40: Mon 2:00PM - 4:50PM

Overview of class

This course is designed to introduce the major historical and historiographical issues that have dominated the field of early American history. Focusing on the period up to the Early Republic, we will explore conflicting interpretations of significant historical questions, as well as changing views on the nature of historical knowledge and the purpose of history.

Learning Objectives

This course will allow students to practice the methods of historical work, including assessing arguments and evidence in discussion and writing, as well as familiarize them with the intellectual heritage that will inform and influence their research and teaching in American history.

Evaluation Method

Papers, participation

Class Materials (Required)

All the assigned readings will be uploaded on Canvas

Class Notes

History Area(s) of Concentration: Americas

Class Attributes

Graduate Students Only