HIST 4243

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HIST 4243
Public History in Place: Interpreting the Environment

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

This class moves beyond the traditional disciplinary confines of academic history to examine museums, archival collections, parks, monuments, podcasts, op-eds, maps, and more as sites of historical inquiry, memory, and knowledge production. We will think critically about what it means to craft place-based and environmental history narratives for a “public” audience. Throughout the semester, we will also consider the following questions: Who counts as a historian? To whom are historians responsible when they conduct archival research and craft narratives? What makes history in/accessible? Who are the actors in environmental history (humans, or also non-human animals and plants)? This course will also reconsider what it means to write place-based histories by incorporating site visits (including a park, an archive, and a museum) into our coursework.


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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 6243, SHUM 4243, SHUM 6243

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10069 HIST 4243   SEM 101

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    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Martin, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10070 HIST 4243   IND 601

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    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Martin, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies