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[[File:Washington-deleware.jpg|thumb|280px|General George Washington, Chief of the Continental Army, is shown crossing the Delaware River.]]
'''History''' has two meanings. On the one hand it is the sum of events in the human past. On the other it is academic discipline of researching written, oral, or archaeological sources, as well as of communicating the results of such research and reconstructing the findings into a coherent narrative or meaningful analysis. This article deals with academic history, or "'''historiography'''".
'''History''' has two meanings. On the one hand it is the sum of events in the human past. On the other it is academic discipline of researching written, oral, or archaeological sources, as well as of communicating the results of such research and reconstructing the findings into a coherent narrative or meaningful analysis. This article deals with academic history, or "'''historiography'''".
In English the word went into two different directions: "story", or chronologically-structured narrative, and "history", or discourse on human events.
In English the word went into two different directions: "story", or chronologically-structured narrative, and "history", or discourse on human events.
==Teaching==
==Teaching==
[[File:Historiog.jpg|thumb|300px|Trends in history departments]]
[[File:Historiog.jpg|thumb|300px|Trends in history departments]]