Division F Fireside Chat. That Elusive Method: Historiography

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

This fireside chat will give attendees the opportunity to hear from scholars who use historiography as not only a way of positioning their work within scholarship, but also as a vibrant and integral part of the historical narrative. Thus, the question is not “how do you do it,” but “how do particular scholars do it.” We shall address not only foundational questions like “is historiography a method or a study of its own?” and “what are the most important questions to ask first when doing historiographic research on a topic?”, but also scholar specific questions like “how do you define historiography and has that evolved?” and “how does your own social experience shape your historiographical lens?”

Sub Unit

• Graduate Student Council

Cosponsor

• Division F - Historical Inquiry in Education

Speakers

• Wayne Urban, The University of Alabama

• Teresa L. McCarty, University of California - Los Angeles

• Mario Rios Perez, Syracuse University

• Milton C. Gaither, Messiah College