HIST 374 - Jews and Autobiography

Explores the accounts of individual lives as a means of understanding the past and gauging historical change through time. Students examine memoirs written from the early modern era to the present year, from a gambling rabbi in 11th century Italy to a French Jewish child surviving the Holocaust in hiding to the contemporary reflections of an IDF soldier. Among the questions students consider are the limitations of memoirs as dependable historical sources and the ability of the individual to participate in and reflect historical processes.

Credits: 1.0
Crosslisted:

JWST 374

Corequisite: None
Prerequisites: None
Major/Minor Restrictions: None
Class Restriction: None
Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents
Liberal Arts Practices: Confronting Collective Challenges and The Process of Writing
Core Component: None

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