American Studies: Introduction to the Field
AMSTDIES 200
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This course equips students to enter the field of American Studies as interdisciplinary scholars and professionals. Toward that end, the course provides graduate students with foundational knowledge of the field of American Studies: its history, its major questions and debates, and a diverse selection of its foundational texts. As students practice archival research and close readings, they explore what it means to combine historical thinking with textual analysis. Students also orient themselves to relevant resources at Harvard and consider America and the United States in transnational context. Required for all doctoral students in American Studies. Open to grad students pursuing a Secondary Field in American Studies.
Available for Harvard Cross Registration
