HIST 718

About this course

How do Americans remember the past, and what role does public history play in the nation?s collective memory? This reading- and discussion-based seminar explores public history broadly defined, as it is presented in classrooms, textbooks, documentary films, and especially in memorials, museums, and national monuments and parks. The course introduces students to foundational concepts and approaches in public history and memory studies and helps prepare them for possible careers as public historians.