Graduate Research Seminar: American Cultural and Intellectual History

Major methods and issues. Goal is to produce a research paper based on primary sources suitable for inclusion in a doctoral dissertation or submission to a peer-reviewed scholarly journal. Topics include: compiling primary and secondary source bibliographies; primary and secondary source issues; and how to articulate an argument. Students produce a prospectus by the end of Spring Quarter. Summer Quarter meetings to discuss outlines, drafts, and problems, culminating in presentation of papers in scholarly conference format.