H750, Seminar in U.S. History, Fall 2023

Louis Pelzer Memorial Award, Organization of American Historians — see Past Winners

Readings:

Clark, Constance Areson.  “Evolution for John Doe: Pictures, the Public, and the Scopes Trial Debate.”  Journal of American History 87 (2001): 1275-1303.

Srajer, Hannah.  “Imperfect Intercourse: Sexual Disability, Sexual Deviance, and the History of Vaginal Pain in the Twentieth Century United States.”  Journal of American History 109 (2023): 782-803.

Mullaney, Thomas S., and Rea, Christopher.  Where Research Begins: Choosing a Research Project that Matters to You (and the World).  Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2022.

Readings:

• three articles to be selected in your own field

Mullaney, Thomas S., and Rea, Christopher.  Where Research Begins: Choosing a Research Project that Matters to You (and the World).  Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2022.

Readings:

Cronon, William.  “A Place for Stories: Nature, History, and Narrative.”  Journal of American History 78 (1992): 1347-1376.

McPhee, John.  “Structure.”  New Yorker, January 14, 2013.

Sehgal, Parul.  “Tell No Tales.”  New Yorker, July 10-17, 2023.

Research project proposal and annotated bibliography

Readings:

Pyne, Stephen J.  Voice and Vision: A Guide to Writing History and Other Serious Nonfiction.  Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2009.  Pt. I

Readings:

Pyne, Stephen J.  Voice and Vision: A Guide to Writing History and Other Serious Nonfiction.  Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2009.  Pts. II-III.

Putnam, Lara.  “The Transnational and the Text-Searchable: Digitized Sources and the Shadows They Cast.”  American Historical Review 121 (2016): 377-402.

Readings:

12 Women Scholars.  “A Disturbing Pattern.”  Inside Higher Ed, August 26, 2021.

Drafts to be exchanged

Revised drafts to be exchanged