You cannot register before this. When you decide on the courses you plan to take, complete the registration form, available in the history department office. Obtain the necessary signatures and go to the registrar's office in the Allen Center. Return a copy of the registration form to the history department office for their records. If you have not, pick up a form at the library circulation desk.
Carrels are scarce and there is a waiting list.
Ask your advisor or the department chairman to sign your application, then return it to the circulation desk. If the library staff approves your application, you are in luck. However, library books checked out to your carrel must remain there. To take a book out of the library, you must check it out to your card. Even though the department encourages diligence and persistence from the graduate students, the library insists that you leave periodically.