Time Schedule:
Adam W Warren
HIST 388
Seattle Campus
Introduction to the discipline of history for new or prospective majors. Emphasizes the basic skills of reading, analysis, and communication (both verbal and written) that are central to the historian's craft. Each seminar discusses a different subject or problem.
Class description
“HOW TO WRITE THE HISTORY OF THE AZTECS”
This seminar examines the challenges historians face when writing the history of the Aztecs, a people well known for their practice of human sacrifice whose written pictorial records, or codices, were largely destroyed by the Spanish after 1519. In asking how historians investigate and interpret the histories of populations when traditional forms of primary source evidence are unavailable, we will complicate our thinking about how historical knowledge is produced. In the process, we will also examine the broader history of the Aztec Empire and the Spanish colonial society that formed in its aftermath. Particular attention will be paid to notions of religion, cosmology, and daily life among the Aztecs.
Student learning goals
General method of instruction
Seminar discussion.
Recommended preparation
No prerequisites.
Class assignments and grading
Class assignments and grading will be outlined in the course syllabus.
To be announced.
