HIST 626 - Objects in History/Objects as History: Material Culture and Museum Studies for Historians

This course will introduce you to the theories and methods that historians use to analyze and interpret material culture. In the seminar style course, we will read and discuss the history of American museums and their collections. We will also analyze material culture scholarship. We will work collaboratively to build our own approach to material culture study, and students will test that approach by producing a material culture case study.

Course ID: 102559
Components: Lecture
Grading Method: R