The Historical Imagination
HIST1-DC5824
Credit:
The Paul McGhee Division
This course introduces students to the key issues and debates in the making of history today. It focuses on how ideas about the past are constructed, used, and disseminated; in other words, how the past is made into "history." By looking at the varied ways in which people encounter the past-from scholarly works to museum exhibits and films-this course analyzes how both professional historians and the public shape our ideas about history. This course raises questions about the problem of social memory, leading it explore what, how, and why societies choose to remember and forget about the past.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisites: at least one upper-level history course
To register for this course you must be an admitted student in an NYU credit or degree program or have special student status.
Admitted NYU credit or degree students may visit NYUHome to register through ALBERT.
To apply to an NYU-SCPS credit or degree program, call (212) 998-7100.
