Senior Essay Library Colloquium

The library research colloquium requirement for the History senior essay is fulfilled by attending one of a group of colloquia designed to develop students' knowledge and use of primary and secondary source material in specific areas of history. Classes are held each fall in late September and early October and the list of classes for the Fall 2008 semester will be posted by August 1, 2008. The following list represents sessions held in previous years:

United States
Colonial and Early Republic (to 1820)
19th-Century America
20th-Century Politics & Economics
20th-Century Society & Culture
African American & Ethnic American
Native American, Frontier &/or Western Americana at Beinecke

Europe
Ancient and Classical (to the fall of Rome)
Early Modern Europe (1500-1800) 
Medieval Europe
Great Britain 
Modern Europe (19th & 20th C.)  
Slavic 

Africa, Asia, Commonwealth, Middle East, and South America
Africa
Arabic Middle East, North Africa, Islamic Topics
British Commonwealth (Canada, Australia, & New Zealand)
East Asia
Israel and Judaica
Latin America 
South & Southeast Asia 

Topical Fields
Environmental History
History of Science & Medicine
Military History
Gender and Sexuality 
Yale University at Manuscripts & Archives

Supplementary Colloquia
"Free Culture! Public Domain Photography on the Web”
Government Documents
Using Manuscripts and Archives at Manuscripts and Archives
Using Beinecke resources for senior essays

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