EDUC 397L: Stanford Archive Lab (EDUC 147L, HISTORY 58EL)

Course Description

Work together with a team of University Archivists, student archive assistants, and classmates on a public exhibition about a rotating theme. Learn what to search for in an archive, how to employ methods from history and sociology to understand and synthesize the sources, and strategies for designs and delivery. Play an active role in the ongoing writing and rewriting of Stanford University's history, and, in turn, its present. Must be taken concurrently or following enrollment in "Stanford and Its Worlds" or with permission of the instructor.