SHUM 4710

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SHUM 4710
Matters of Scale: Microhistory, Big History, and the Space Between Them

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This seminar will introduce students to some of the classic and more recent works that have allowed historians to re-think geographical and temporal scales, paying particular attention to the definitions, possibilities, and limitations of microhistory, world history, global history, and big history and the multiple geographical scopes of regional histories. We will start by analyzing how historians have thought about scale as a useful tool to recast grand historical narratives, before moving to readings that offer critical takes on how microhistory, world history, and global history have been defined and used. We will then read a variety of case studies that have productively played with scale to uncover worlds that tended to be eclipsed by approaches that favored national or conventional area studies frameworks.


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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 4711, HIST 6711, SHUM 6710

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1766 SHUM 4710   SEM 101

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    • M
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Bassi Arevalo, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person