Since the 1970’s, anthropologists have increasingly recognized the importance of integrating history and historical ethnography into anthropological narratives. Anthropology’s engagement with history, however, remains partial and incomplete--a work in progress. The History, Narrative and Politics specialization at Emory is designed to contribute to ongoing efforts taking place throughout the discipline to draw productively on the creative tensions between anthropology and history. HNP schools students in the key debates that have emerged in the rapprochement of these fields of study. The program also challenges students to formulate innovative solutions to the difficult theoretical and methodological problems that the discipline has been confronted with as it has struggled to assimilate processes of change into its key conceptual categories.