This is an archived course. A more recent version may be available at ocw.mit.edu.

Calendar

SESĀ # TOPICS
1 Introduction
2 Classic Problems in Periodization
3 The Annales School
4 Labor History: Class as a Historical Category
5 Women's History: Gender as a Historical Category
6 Global and Comparative History: Economic and Environmental
7 Historical Demography
8 Environmental History
9 The 'New' Cultural History
10 History and Fiction
11 Race and Culture
12 Nationalism(s)
13 Where are Historians Going? The Future of the History Profession