HIST621

Introduces students to historiographical methods in the study of world history, through both theory and the comparative analysis of selected transregional events, phenomena and/or patterns in the period 500-1450 C.E. Theoretical materials include a range of scholarly perspectives from various global locations. May include one or more themes such as religion, trade, war, migration, gender, environment, disease, power, family or urbanization, and will include extensive non-Western examples to ensure a global perspective. Students will produce a 25-page paper demonstrating their command of an issue in world historiography in interpreting materials from the period 500-1450 C.E. In conjunction with HIST 622, students will be prepared for the World History and Historiography Capstone.