SHUM 2195

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SHUM 2195
Biography, History, and Modernity

Course information provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.

Drawing on a combination of primary and secondary sources, this course explores the multiple forms and evolution of biographical writing from the Renaissance onward. We will interrogate the relationship between biographical reasoning and several modern phenomena, including the construction of national identities, the rise of psychoanalysis, and even the historical profession itself. And we will consider whose voices, experiences, and subjectivities are historically valorized through the increasing prominence of biography, and who has been marginalized, silenced, or erased from history in the process. (HIST-HTR)


Distribution Requirements (CA-AG, HA-AG, LA-AG), (ALC-AS, HST-AS)

Program Requirements (HIST-HTR)

Last 4 Terms Offered 2023FA, 2023SP

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 2195, JWST 2195

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16315 SHUM 2195   SEM 101

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    • TR

    • Juni, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 16316 SHUM 2195   IND 601

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    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies