Program Overview
Invitation to History (HIST*1050)
Course Details
The course code for Invitation to History is HIST*1050, with section 02, offered during the Winter 2017 term. The course instructor is Brittany Luby.
Course Format
The course format consists of 2 – 1.5-hour seminars per week.
Course Synopsis
This course explores the history and nature of treaty making between First Nations and the Crown from the Treaty of Peace and Friendship (1760) to the James Bay and Northern Québec Agreement (1975). It examines what the terms of treaty reveal about how First Nations and the Crown valued land and natural resources. The course also explores the concept of "imagined futures," particularly what the terms of treaty can teach us about how Indigenous and non-Indigenous negotiators envisioned their lives together. Students will have the opportunity to deepen their understanding of treaty history by engaging with treaty documents and oral testimonies.
Methods of Evaluation and Weights
- Participation: 15% (Cumulative)
- Library Assignment: 10% (due 26 January 2016)
- Written Assignment: 20% (due 28 February 2016)
- Treaty Portfolio: 30% (due 28 March 2016)
- Final Exam: 25% (TBA)
Texts and/or Resources Required
- J.R. Miller; Compact, Contract, Covenant: Aboriginal Treaty-Making in Canada (University of Toronto Press)
- Raab, Nigel; Who is the Historian? (University of Toronto Press)
Departments and Schools
The related departments and schools include:
- School of Theatre, English, and Creative Writing
- School of Fine Art and Music
- School of Languages and Literatures
- Department of History
- Department of Philosophy
- Interdisciplinary Programs
Centres, Institutes and Labs
The related centres, institutes, and labs include:
- Centre for Scottish Studies
- Grounded and Engaged Theory Lab (GET)
- Interdisciplinary Design Lab
- The International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation
- The Humanities Interdisciplinary Collaboration Lab (THINC)
- The School of Fine Art & Music Print Study Collection