Any tips from the pros? Any topics I come up with seem like a waste of time or unfeasible.
How do you do it?
What's the subject of the graduate seminar? I don't think anyone will really be able to help you unless you narrow it down a bit. Is this a class with a specific focus or is it a class where you are meant to perhaps start your first chapter in a thesis/dissertation? If you've come to graduate school you obviously have an interest in history, so what subject are you particularly interested in?