Historians have increasingly recognized the importance of gender as both a lens and a subject of historical analysis. This class explores historical methods, historiographies, and theories that place gender at the center of historical inquiry. Through a focus on gender and history, this class examines different ways in which that focus has both generated new areas of historical inquiry and challenged traditional historical narratives. Topics include the intersection of feminist theories with histories of gender, issues of place, space, and material culture, oral history and autobiographical narratives; methodological borrowings from disciplines other than history; the analytical category of "experience," and intersections among class, sexuality, race, ethnicity and gender. We will discuss as well topics not generally recognized as gendered, including militarism, the environment, technology, imperialism, and nationalism. Format: lecture/discussion. Evaluation will be based on weekly writing, class discussion, and several interpretive essays. Enrollment limit: 20 (expected: 20). Restricted to junior History majors.