History

At Bennington, students work closely with faculty to design the content, structure, and sequence of their study and practice—their Plan—taking advantage of resources inside and outside the classroom to pursue their work.

History is a challenging and rewarding conversation with the past. Our history faculty, whose expertise spans American and international history as well as early modern European intellectual history, mediate these dialogues in classrooms that are alive with “the pastness of the past"—a rich understanding of how historical actors lived in and engaged with worlds that were completely different from our own. We introduce students to the primary texts that will become their conversation partners and facilitate their ability to find patterns and points of congruence that enable them to continue this conversation independently.