Humanities

Week 1: History through the Eyes of the Historian

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Should the field of history be mainly left to the professional historians to research and debate among themselves, or is it important for everyone to study history? As a layperson, how can you determine if the history you are studying is accurate and unbiased, or subjective and distorted? How important is it for you to know that?

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