History and Literature is one of Harvard's most individual and challenging concentrations, teaching skills invaluable to any profession: the craft of writing and the art of close and critical reading. Students work in their tutorials and other courses to gain a substantial knowledge of historical events and developments, literary forms and movements in their chosen field (e.g. America, Britain/America, Europe 1300-1750, France, Postcolonial). They learn the research and writing skills necessary to produce interdisciplinary scholarship of their own. Each year the concentration sends graduates to careers in journalism, media, law, business, banking, consulting, medicine, government, public policy, the arts, and academia.