HIST 502

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Prob in Comparative History

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Credit: 4 hours.

Intensive comparative examinations of particular issues in the histories of multiple countries, cultures or periods; emphasizes methodology, the discipline of comparative history, and the nature of historiography in a cross-cultural and interdisciplinary context.

May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours.

Topics will be listed in the department's course guide at http://www.history.uiuc.edu.

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HIST 502 class schedule data for fall 2021
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	41021	Discussion/ Recitation	A	1:00PM -2:50PM	M	162 Noyes Laboratory	Symes, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/23/21-12/08/21 Section Info: Topic: Writing Regimes: Interrogating Texts and Contexts Description: Written records are a main source of historical evidence and, at the same time, every text has its own contextual history. What forces shaped those texts, from their material formats to their specific contents? How have documentary regimes worked to control what is written and preserved, why, and how? How has the categorization of texts into seemingly distinct genres and archives worked to create divisions among forms of documentation? How can we better account for the multiple media through which texts are transmitted and accessed – even by non-literate individuals and groups? This seminar will interrogate the making of texts in order to enrich, complicate, and challenge our reliance on them, engaging documentary cultures and forms of literacy from many places and times, ranging from the earliest forms of writing to the internet. Students will be encouraged to apply what they learn to a particular text or archive relevant to their own research. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.