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Upper School Curriculum

  • 450 Level: Advanced (ADV)
  • History
HIST 450 • ADV Historical Approaches to Women and Gender
Grades: 11, 12
Fall
PREREQ: Starting with the Class of 2028, completion of both History 200 courses and one 300-level History course 
ADV Historical Approaches to Women and Gender is offered every other year. It will be offered in 2025–2026 and again in 2027–2028. 

Traditional approaches to history have often relied on events and texts that prioritize the lives and accomplishments of men. How can we change our approaches to history, the evidence that we use and the questions that we ask to uncover the stories of women and people of marginalized genders? What can we learn about how race and class intersect with gender at different times and in different parts of the world? Where can we turn when our documents and texts don’t tell us the whole story? Students in this course will learn how to interpret a variety of types of evidence, including funerary monuments, archaeological sites and finds, letters, documents and art to understand the hidden histories of women and to illuminate the gender diversity of the past. After building competence in these skills, students will put them to use, crafting and executing a research project driven by their intellectual interests.

  • Grade 11
  • Grade 12