HIST 297: History Colloquium
Spring 2016 -- Ferrell and Bales
WEEK 1 (Jan. 11/13/15)
Monday --Introductions
Wednesday--What is historiography?Ch 1of Benjamin, A Student’s Guide to History
WEBSITE
Digital introduction: Jess Reingold
Friday--Kennan, “The Experience of Writing History”WEBSITE
WEEK 2 (Jan 18/20/22)
Monday --NO CLASS: MLK Day
Wednesday --Gilderhus, History and Historians, chapter 1
Library/research basics: Mr. Bales
Friday--Gamber, “A Gendered Enterprise: Placing Nineteenth-Century Business-
women in History” (1998 10 p. text) WEBSITE
WEEK 3 (Jan. 25/27/29)
Monday --Gilderhus, History and Historians, chapter 2
Wednesday --Gilderhus, History and Historians, chapter 3
Instructions on secondary source analysisWEBSITE (all instructions for assignments are posted on the course website)
Friday--MILITARY HISTORY:Moyar, “The Current State of Military History” (2007
12 p.text)(instructions for locating articles are posted on the course website)
FOR WEDNESDAY, Feb. 3: 2-page secondary source analysisofCitino article due (paper and electronic copy): Citino, “Military Histories Old and New: A Reintroduction” (2007 18 p. text)
WEEK 4 (Feb. 1/3/5)
Monday --Gilderhus, History and Historians, chapter 4-5
Mr. Bales: finding biographical information
FOR FRIDAY, Feb. 5:biographical research onhistorians, as assignedWEBSITE
Tuesday (Feb. 2)—Great Lives lecture: Alexander Graham Bell by Charlotte Gray (Dodd Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.)
Wednesday --BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY: Banner, “Biography as History” (2009 8 p. text);
Wolpert, “Biography as History: A Personal Reflection” (2010 14 p.); AND Great Lives lecture
Citino essay due (paper [in class] and e-copy [by 10 p.m.]); arrangeout-of-class meetings to prepare for rewrite
BOTH E-mail “subject” line and attachment’s title:
student’s last name class time (12 or 2) and “secondary source” (without quote marks)
e.g., Anderson 12 {NOT noon or 12:00 or 12 pm, etc.} secondary source
e.g., Anderson 2 {NOT two or 2:00 or 2 pm, etc. } secondary source
Friday --Gilderhus, History and Historians, chapter 6
Biographical information on historians due
NOTE that 10 p.m., Monday, February 15 is a major deadline for individual websites.
See separate schedule for specifics.
WEEK 5 (Feb. 8/10/12)
Monday --Gilderhus, History and Historians, chapter 7
Wednesday --Martorelli, “Tracking Society’s Changing Attitudes towards the Robber
Barons” (2012 3 p. text)WEBSITE
Friday--Cook, “Embracing Ambiguity in the Historiography of Children’s Dress”
(2011 10 p. text)
Rewrite of secondary source analysis due(paper [in class] and e-copy [by 10 p.m.])
BOTH E-mail “subject” line and attachment’s title:
student’s last name class time “secondary source rewrite” (without quote marks)
e.g., Anderson 12{NOT noon or 12:00 or 12 pm, etc.}secondary source rewrite
e.g., Anderson 2 {NOT two or 2:00 or 2pm, etc.}
Must be posted on student’s 297 webpage by 10 p.m., Monday, Feb. 15.
WEEK 6 (Feb. 15/17/19)
Feb. 15 – noon – TALKING HISTORY: Ferrell
NOTE: noon class must attend; adjustments will be made in week’s schedule.
Monday --PLAGIARISM: Raymond, “Martin Luther King’s Plagiarism: Moral Issues for
Researchers” (1991); “Statement on Plagiarism” (AHA) (2002); Nelson, “The Good, the Bad, and the Phony: Six Famous Historians and Their Critics” (2002); Fox, “A Heartbreaking Problem of Staggering Proportions” (2004); Seltzer, “Honest History” (2004); Lepore, “Just the Facts, Ma’am” (2008)
Deadline for creation of website. See separate schedule/instructions.
Wednesday--Plagiarism, con’t
Friday--Mr. Bales
Don’t forget Writing and Speaking Center requirements. See course syllabus.
Book appointments early.
WEEK 7 (Feb. 22/24/26)
Monday -- Chicago Manual: some issues—WORKSHOP
Wednesday --Chicago Manual: some issues—WORKSHOP
Parenthetical documentation
Friday--Instructions on book review
NOTE: topic selection for the literature review must be made in consultation with the instructor—
she has veto power;
thus, students should not wait until the deadline (5 p.m., Monday, March 21) before proposing possible topics.
Topics not approved by 5 p.m. on the 21stwill result in a penalty on the literature review
(the amount depending on the lateness of the approval).
*** In order to receive approval of a topic, students mustfirst:
1)discuss possible topic(s) with instructor (in-class exchange is not sufficient)
2)consult relevant dictionaries and encyclopedias
On Simpson Library’s main page, click on “Research Guides,” then “History and American Studies,” then “Finding Background Material”
3)discuss initial ideas and findings with faculty member(s) identified by instructor and with Mr. Bales
4)discuss results of #2 and #3 with instructor
5)** provide instructor with completed “Topic” form(WEBSITE) at #4 meeting
SPRING BREAK (Feb. 29/2/4)
REMEMBER: Students are required to visit the Writing Center for TWO full consultations:
for 1) the book review and 2) the literature review.
WEEK 8 (Mar. 7/9/11)
Monday–Crowe, 2 pages from “The Emergence of Progressive History” (1966) WEB-
SITE; Buenker, “The Progressive Era: A Search for a Synthesis” (1969) WEBSITE; Filene, “An Obituary for the Progressive Movement” (1970)
Wednesday--Rodgers, “In Search of Progressivism” (1982)
Book review due(paper [in class] and e-copy [by 10 p.m.]): in-class peer reviews; arrangeout-of-class meetings
E-mail “subject” line and attachment’s title:
student’s last name class time and “book review” (without quote marks)
{see examples for secondary source analysis}
Friday –(TOTAL PAGES OF TEXT: 16) Glickman, “Still in Search of Progressivism” (1998);
Perry, “From the Editor: The Changing Meanings of the Progressive Era” (1999); Diner, “Linking Politics and People: The Historiography of the Progressive Era” (1999); Gendzel, “What the Progressives Had in Common” (2011) WEBSITE
WEEK 9 (Mar. 14/16/18)
REMINDER: Monday, March 21 = topic approval deadline.
Note required process above. (Late penalty imposed on the literature review.)
Monday –Instructions on oral presentation and power point
Wednesday –Historiographical issues—WORKSHOPwith Mr. Bales
Friday –Mr. Bales
Rewrite of book review due (paper [in class] and e-copy [by 10 p.m.])
E-mail “subject” line and attachment’s title:
student’s last name class time and “book review rewrite ” (without quote marks)
{see examples for secondary source analysis}
Must be posted on student’s 297 webpage by 10 p.m.
WEEK 10 (Mar. 21/23/25)
Mar. 21 – noon – TALKING HISTORY: McClurken
Monday –Instructions on literature review
Topic selection deadline (5 p.m.)
Wednesday--1) Mr. Bales: subject headings and research
2) Perry, “Men Are from the Gilded Age, Women Are from the Progressive Era” (2002)
Friday –WORKSHOP on topics and research
NOTE that 10 p.m., Friday, April 8 is a major deadline for individual websites.
See separate schedule for specifics.
WEEK 11 (Mar. 28/30/Apr. 1)
REMINDER: Talks are taped. Students must review taped presentation at Speaking Center
before required meeting with instructor to discusstalk, peer reviews, and consultant’s feedback.
Monday --4-minute talks
Tuesday (Mar. 29)—Great Lives lecture: Oliver Cromwell by Jeremy Black (Dodd Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.)
Wednesday--4-minute talks
Friday--4-minute talks
Power point mustbe posted on student’s 297 webpage by10 p.m.
and sent to the instructor by e-mail.
REMEMBER: Students must go to the Speaking Center twice:
1) toreview the tape of their 4-minute presentation and 2) to prepare for their 10-minute presentation.
WEEK 12 (Apr. 4/6/8)
Monday--Hays, “Revising ‘The Response to Industrialism’: Changes in [Personal]
Perspective over Forty Years, 1955-1995” (2004); Dalton, “Finding Theodore Roosevelt: A Personal and Political Story” (2007)
Wednesday –WORKSHOP on topics, research, presentations with Mr. Bales
Literature Review due(paper [in class] and e-copy [by 10 p.m.]): set up peer reviews and out-of-class meetings
E-mail “subject” lineand attachment’s title:
student’s last name class time “lit review” (without quote marks) and short topic title
e.g., Smith 2lit reviewimmigrants
THURSDAY: peer reviews due by 3 p.m.
Friday–Showalter, “The United States in the Great War: A Historiography” (2002);
Neiberg, “Revisiting the Myths: New Approaches to the Great War” (review) (2004)
Deadline for initial time line/map/gallery.See separate schedule/instruct-tions.
WEEK 13 (Apr. 11/13/15)
Monday –Smith, “An Old Creed for the New South: Southern Historians and the
Revival of the Proslavery Argument, 1890-1920” (1979) WEBSITE
Individual websites: Jess Reingold (with focus on time lines & maps)
BRING LAPTOP TO CLASS.
Wednesday --WORKSHOP on & discussion of lit reviews
Friday –Guest: Phillip Buterbaugh
WEEK 14 (Apr. 18/20/22)
Apr. 18 – noon – TALKING HISTORY: Fernsebner
Monday –Instructions on ten-minute presentations
**Drawing of order of presentations
Rewrite of lit review due(paper [in class] and e-copy [by 10 p.m.])
E-mail “subject” lineand attachment’s title:
student’s last name class time “lit review rewrite” (without quote marks) and short topic title
e.g., Smith 12 lit review rewrite immigrants
Must be posted on student’s 297 webpage by 10 p.m.
Wednesday –Wrap-up
Deadline for website (except for 10-minute power point). See separate
schedule/instructions.
Friday –NO CLASS: but every student must attend at least one full session of the
485 symposium.
Each student must submit, via e-mail, briefly for each individual talk:
1) the topic/thesis
2) strengths & weaknesses
(Suggestion for being brief: use a bulleted list rather than a narrative.)
Put feedback in e-mail; do NOT use an attachment. (Attachments will NOT be opened or credited.)
NOTE: Penalty for non-attendance and for incomplete or inadequate “reviews.”
By 5 p.m. Saturday, submit:
your last name symposium course number/timeLate e-mails (or e-mails
with incorrect titles or with
info in anattachment) will not be opened or credited.
e.g., Smith symposium 297 12
REMINDER: students must meet with the instructor
to discuss plans (and power point) for the 10-minute presentation
AND they must practice their talk with at least one other member of the class.
WEEK 15: FINAL PRESENTATIONS(10 minutes)
**Presentations will begin15 minutes earlier and end 15 minutes later than scheduled period
in order to accommodate all presenters without rushing.
Bring 4-5 peer-review forms.
Wednesday, April 27, 3:30-6:00 –2MWF class
Friday, April 29, noon-2:30 – 12MWF class
Power point must be posted on student’s 297 website by 10 p.m.
and submitted by e-mail to the instructor.