HIST 1200

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HIST 1200
FWS: Writing History

Course information provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.

How can we learn about the past? How do we tell stories about the past? How do we judge the truth of falsity of evidence? Writing History seminars introduce students to many different ways of interpreting and writing about the past, and to the wide range of sources that historians use: from diaries to tax rolls, from scraps of textile to films and advertisements. Topics and readings vary by section.


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Last 4 Terms Offered 2026FA, 2026SP, 2025FA, 2025SP

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Writing Revolution

  •  3064 HIST 1200   SEM 101

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    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027

    • Finck, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Transgenerational Memory and Storytelling

  •  3065 HIST 1200   SEM 102

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    • MWF
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027

    • Nguyen, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Writing Gender & Intimacy in SE Asian History

  •  3066 HIST 1200   SEM 103

  •  
    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027

    • Zhang, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.