Seniors

In addition to the public lecture, History & Literature concentrators are invited to attend a Master Class with Professor Kirsten Weld. This event is required for sophomores; attendance will be taken and factored into the sophomore tutorial participation...

Each senior eligible for honors must submit five copies of the Senior Oral Exam packet, which consists of a list of five topics for emphasis in the exam, a bibliography of primary and secondary sources, a list of relevant courses, and a program statement.

The first of a series of workshops to help seniors prepare for the Senior Oral Exam.

Each senior must submit two identical copies of the Senior Thesis by this deadline if the thesis is to be sent to readers for evaluation and consideration for honors. A celebration will follow from 4:00-5:30 pm in Barker 110!

Professor Kirsten Weld will give one of our Spring 2020 Distinguished Lectures in History & Literature. Kirsten Weld is Professor of History at Harvard University. A historian of modern Latin America, her research explores 20th-century struggles over...

Submit a Petition to the Committee on Instruction to request concentration credit for a course that would not ordinarily count. Or submit a Subfield Proposal (consisting of 2 or 3 courses) at the beginning of the junior fall, junior spring, or senior fall...

Join History & Literature faculty and students in welcoming sophomores to the concentration at our annual holiday celebration! New concentrators are invited to pick up their History & Literature t-shirts at the party.

A mandatory workshop for which seniors pre-circulate a portion of the thesis (usually a draft chapter) and receive helpful feedback in a faculty-led, small-group discussion (usually three students).

Each seniors must submit a substantial draft (usually in the form of a first chapter) that will be read by faculty other than your adviser and is required for the fall semester grade in Senior Tutorial.

Lisa Duggan's Distinguished Lecture in History & Literature will take place on Thursday, October 3 at 6 pm in Barker 110. Lisa Duggan is Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University. Professor Duggan served as President of the American...