HIST 515 - History Graduate Research Seminar

• Interpret data and reconstruct patterns of historical succession and duration in which historical developments unfolded.
• Draw upon historical evidence to correct, clarify, illustrate or elaborate upon information presented in traditional historical narratives.
• Obtain historical data from a variety of sources.
• Formulate historical questions from encounters with primary sources.
• Interrogate historical data by uncovering the social, political, and economic context in which it was created.
• Provide thorough documentation for research.
• Write analytical and narrative histories from primary and secondary sources.