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Method and Theory in History
(History Workshop)
History 190
Spring 2017
Monday and Wednesday 10:15-12:05 a.m.
Robert André LaFleur Office Hours:
Morse Ingersoll 111 Monday 12:05-12:30
363-2005 1:30-2:00
363-2005 1:30-2:00
lafleur@beloit.edu Wednesday 12:05-1:35
Required Books
Booth, Wayne. The Craft of Research.
Raab, Nigel. Who is the Historian?
Larson, Erik. Devil in the White City.
Presnell, Jenny. The Information-Literate Historian.
Richie, Donald, ed. Lafcadio Hearn's Japan.
Raab, Nigel. Who is the Historian?
Larson, Erik. Devil in the White City.
Presnell, Jenny. The Information-Literate Historian.
Richie, Donald, ed. Lafcadio Hearn's Japan.
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Research notebook (preferred copies available at the bookstore)
Chicago Manual of Style Guidelines (available at the bookstore)
Research notebook (preferred copies available at the bookstore)
Chicago Manual of Style Guidelines (available at the bookstore)
Round and Square (www.robert-lafleur.blogsot.com)
The New York Review of Books (NYRB)
Readings Available in .pdf Format
Geil, William Edgar. Adventures in the African Jungle Hunting Pigmies (1917).
Geil, William Edgar. China's Sacred 5 (1926).
Geil, William Edgar. The Isle That Is Called Patmos (1896, 1904).
Stead, William T. William Edgar Geil: The Missionary Missioner (1910).
Wilson, William Whitwell. An Explorer of Changing Horizons (1927).
Reserve Books
Course Description
This course acquaints students with the different approaches to writing history by providing samples of the various ways in which historians (and non-historians) have treated problems in the past. The class also aims to give students experience doing history by working with various kinds of sources. Finally, the course seeks to excite students about the field of history by addressing the issue of why someone would want to become an historian. This course is required for all history majors, who should complete it by the end of their sophomore year or before they declare a major.
Evaluation
Quizzes 15%
Historical Thought Essays (3) 15%
Exam I 15%
Exam I 15%
Exam II 15%
Research Proposal 40%
Research Proposal 40%
Class attendance and participation is expected.
HIST 190
Method and Theory in History (History Workshop)
Spring 2017
(March 13-17)
Be sure to make an appointment with Meghan Dowell in the library! Do this as soon as possible. You may sign up using this link:
Monday, March 13
Round and Square See separate Round and Square syllabus
Larson, Devil in the White City, 1-231
Prologue: Aboard the Olympic
Part I: Frozen Music
Part II: An Awful Fight
Wednesday, March 15
Larson, Devil in the White City, 233-429
Part III: In the White City
Friday, March 17
Work on your research question and prepare for Exam 1.
Be sure to make an appointment with Meghan Dowell in the library! Do this as soon as possible. You may sign up using this link:
Monday, March 13
Round and Square See separate Round and Square syllabus
Larson, Devil in the White City, 1-231
Prologue: Aboard the Olympic
Part I: Frozen Music
Part II: An Awful Fight
Wednesday, March 15
Larson, Devil in the White City, 233-429
Part III: In the White City
Part IV: Cruelty Revealed
Epilogue: The Last Crossing
Notes and Sources
BibliographyFriday, March 17
Work on your research question and prepare for Exam 1.
Be sure to make an appointment with Meghan Dowell in the library! Do this as soon as possible. You may sign up using this link:
Week X
(March 20-24)
Midterm Week
Monday, March 20Wednesday, March 22
Exam 1 (in-class)
Friday, March 24
Advising Day
Week XI
(March 27-31)
Raab, What is the Historian?
The Spaces in Which We Work
The Sources We Use
The Web of the Historian's Work
The Historian in the Digital Age
Wednesday, March 29
Raab, What is the Historian?
The Skill Set of the Historian
History, the Historian, and the Humanities
Geil, Ocean and Isle
Table of Contents (read carefully)
All 100 Photographs (look through them all)
Friday, March 31
Doylestown Historical Society Online Archive
In place of class time today, spend a full hour looking carefully through the DHS Online Archive. Start looking specifically for research items for your own proposal. Send me an e-mail of at least a few short paragraphs (not a sentence or two, but not whole screens of text..unless you want to) by 12:05 p.m. on Friday (the end of class).
Be sure to make an appointment with Meghan Dowell in the library! Do this as soon as possible. You may sign up using this link:
The Spaces in Which We Work
The Sources We Use
The Web of the Historian's Work
The Historian in the Digital Age
Wednesday, March 29
Raab, What is the Historian?
The Skill Set of the Historian
History, the Historian, and the Humanities
Geil, Ocean and Isle
Table of Contents (read carefully)
All 100 Photographs (look through them all)
Friday, March 31
Doylestown Historical Society Online Archive
In place of class time today, spend a full hour looking carefully through the DHS Online Archive. Start looking specifically for research items for your own proposal. Send me an e-mail of at least a few short paragraphs (not a sentence or two, but not whole screens of text..unless you want to) by 12:05 p.m. on Friday (the end of class).
Be sure to make an appointment with Meghan Dowell in the library! Do this as soon as possible. You may sign up using this link:
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Week XII
Week XII
(April 3-7)
Week XIII
Peacock, The Anthropological Lens, vii-xii; 1-112
Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Substance
Method
Wednesday, April 5
Geil, A Yankee on the Yangtze
Table of Contents (read carefully)
All 100 Photographs (look through them all)
Friday, April 7
Doylestown Historical Society Online Archive
In place of class time today, spend a full hour looking carefully through the DHS Online Archive. Start looking specifically for research items for your own proposal. Send me an e-mail of at least a few short paragraphs (not a sentence or two, but not whole screens of text..unless you want to) by 12:05 p.m. on Friday (the end of class).
Be sure to make an appointment with Meghan Dowell in the library! Do this as soon as possible. You may sign up using this link:
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Peacock, The Anthropological Lens, 113-145
Significance Geil, A Yankee on the Yangtze
Table of Contents (read carefully)
All 100 Photographs (look through them all)
Friday, April 7
Doylestown Historical Society Online Archive
In place of class time today, spend a full hour looking carefully through the DHS Online Archive. Start looking specifically for research items for your own proposal. Send me an e-mail of at least a few short paragraphs (not a sentence or two, but not whole screens of text..unless you want to) by 12:05 p.m. on Friday (the end of class).
Be sure to make an appointment with Meghan Dowell in the library! Do this as soon as possible. You may sign up using this link:
Week XIII
(April 10-14)
Richie, Lafcadio Hearn's Japan, 7-130
Preface
Introduction
Part One: The Land
Strangeness and Charm
The Chief City of the Province of the Gods
In a Japanese Garden
Three Popular Ballads
In the Cave of the Children's Ghosts
A Letter From Japan
Hourai
Wednesday, April 12
Richie, Lafcadio Hearn's Japan, 131-234
Part Two: The People
Bits of Life and Death
Of Women's Hair
A Street Singer
Kimiko
Yuko: A Reminiscence
On a Bridge
The Case of O-Dai
Drifting
Diplomacy
A Passional Karma
Survivals
Geil, A Yankee in Pigmy Land
Table of Contents (read carefully)
All 100 Photographs (look through them all)
Friday, April 14
Work on your research project. Write me a quick e-mail by 12:05 p.m., telling me how it is going.
Preface
Introduction
Part One: The Land
Strangeness and Charm
The Chief City of the Province of the Gods
In a Japanese Garden
Three Popular Ballads
In the Cave of the Children's Ghosts
A Letter From Japan
Hourai
Wednesday, April 12
Richie, Lafcadio Hearn's Japan, 131-234
Part Two: The People
Bits of Life and Death
Of Women's Hair
A Street Singer
Kimiko
Yuko: A Reminiscence
On a Bridge
The Case of O-Dai
Drifting
Diplomacy
A Passional Karma
Survivals
Geil, A Yankee in Pigmy Land
Table of Contents (read carefully)
All 100 Photographs (look through them all)
Friday, April 14
Work on your research project. Write me a quick e-mail by 12:05 p.m., telling me how it is going.
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Week XIV
(April 17)
(April 17)
Monday, April 17
Round and Square See separate Round and Square syllabus
Duby, History Continues
Foreword, by John W. Baldwin
Preface
The Choice
The Patron
The Building Blocks
The Treatment
Reading
Construction
The Thesis
Matter and Spirit
Mentalités
Art
The Collège de France
Table of Contents (read carefully)
All 100 Photographs (look through them all)
Wednesday, April 19
Spring Day (No Class)
Friday, April 21
Work on your research project. Write me a quick e-mail by 12:05 p.m., telling me how it is going.
Foreword, by John W. Baldwin
Preface
The Choice
The Patron
The Building Blocks
The Treatment
Reading
Construction
The Thesis
Matter and Spirit
Mentalités
Art
The Collège de France
Travels
Honors
On Television
William the Marshall
Kinships
Projects
Geil, The Great Wall of ChinaHonors
On Television
William the Marshall
Kinships
Projects
Table of Contents (read carefully)
All 100 Photographs (look through them all)
Wednesday, April 19
Spring Day (No Class)
Friday, April 21
Work on your research project. Write me a quick e-mail by 12:05 p.m., telling me how it is going.
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Week XV
(April 24-28)
Monday, April 24
Becker, Tricks of the Trade, 1-108
Tricks
Imagery
Sampling
Concepts
Logic
Wednesday, April 19
Becker, Tricks of the Trade, 109-214
Concepts
Logic
Becker, Tricks of the Trade, 1-108
Tricks
Imagery
Sampling
Concepts
Logic
Wednesday, April 19
Becker, Tricks of the Trade, 109-214
Concepts
Logic
Geil, The Eighteen Capitals of China
Table of Contents (read carefully)
All 100 Photographs (look through them all)
Table of Contents (read carefully)
All 100 Photographs (look through them all)
Friday, April 28
Work on your research project. Write me a quick e-mail by 12:05 p.m., telling me how it is going.
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Week XVI
(May 1-3)
Monday, May 1
Exam II (in-class on Monday)
Wednesday, May 3
Work on your projects!
Exam II (in-class on Monday)
Wednesday, May 3
Work on your projects!
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Final Draft of the Research Proposal Due by 10:00 p.m.
(hard copy in my office, MI 111) on Sunday, May 7.
Final Draft of the Research Proposal Due by 10:00 p.m.
(hard copy in my office, MI 111) on Sunday, May 7.
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