HIST 2048: Public History
Prof. Keila Grinberg
We 3:00-5:30PM, 3700 Posvar Hall
The course will introduce students to Public History's theory, methodology, and practice. Public History is the employment of professional historical methods by public and private agencies to engage communities in shaping the presentation of the past into usable histories. Through the course, students will be able to analyze how public historians and the Public collaborate to explain individual and collective human behavior through various methods and mediums, such as digital projects and websites, historical scholarship, movies, TV series, games, memorials, monuments, museums, and tourism. Moreover, students will learn how Public Historians and the Public create and express historical meaning for their local, state, national, and global communities. This course will also take a “hands-on” and experiential approach to learning about Public History, in which students will be able to develop career development skills.