UHVD3422 Methods and Approaches of Contemporary Historiography to Research of Pre-Modern History

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2017
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. Mgr. Martin Čapský, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. Mgr. Martin Čapský, Ph.D.
Institute of Historical Sciences – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Prerequisites
Masters students.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The students will be acquainted with current methods and approaches in the research of pre-modern European societies by the means of using concrete historical records as well as paradigmatic examples of secondary literature (monographs and articles). Attention is paid above all to the following fields and paradigms: sociological history, cultural history, microhistory, history of the mentalities, linguistic turn, comparative history, Visual history, new political history etc.
Syllabus
  • Introduction
    History and sociology
    Cultural History
    History of mentalities
    The linguistic turn
    Microhistory
    Comparative History
    New political historiography
    "Visual History"
    The history of communication and media
    Gender approaches in contemporary historiography
    Final test
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Nodl, M. - Tinková, D. (edd.). Antropologické přístupy v historickém bádání. Praha 2007. info
  • Iggers, G. Dějepisectví ve 20. století. Od vědecké objektivity k postmoderní výzvě. Praha 2002. info
  • periodikum. Dějiny - teorie - kritikaHistorische Anthropologie. Kultur - Gesselschaft - Alltag. info
  • Burke, P. Francouzská revoluce v dějepisectví. Škola Annales (1929-1989). Praha 2004. info
  • Raphael, L. Geschichtswissenschaft im Zeitalter der Extreme. Theorien, Methoden, Tendenzen von 1900 bis zur Gegenwart. München 2003. info
  • Nešpor, Z. R. - Horský, J. Historická antropologie? Metodické problémy a paradoxy na pomezí dějepisectví, sociologie a sociální antropologie. Kuděj 1/ 2004, s. 61- 81. info
  • van Dülmen, R. Historická antropologie. Vývoj - problémy - úkoly. Praha 2002. info
  • Eibach, J. - Lottes, G. Kompass der Geschichtswissenschaft. Göttingen 2002. info
  • periodikum. l´Homme, History and Theory, Past and Present. info
  • Rataj, T. Mezi Zíbrtem a Geertzem. Úvaha o předmětu kulturních dějin. Kuděj 7, 2005, 1-2, s. 142 - 158. info
  • Domańska, E. Mikrohistorie. Spotkania w międzyświatach. Poznań 2005. info
  • Goetz, H.-W. Moderne mediävistik. Stand und Perspektiven der Mittelalterforschung. Darmstadt 1999. info
  • Třeštík, D. Mysliti dějiny. Praha 1999. info
  • Burke, P. (ed.). New Perspectives on Historical Writing. Cambridge 2001. info
  • Bloch, M. Obrana historie aneb historik a jeho řemeslo. Praha 1969. info
  • Le Goff, J. Paměť a dějiny. Praha 2007. info
  • Burke, P. Variety kulturních dějin. Praha, Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury 2006, s. 5-29, 190-218. info
  • Veyne. Jak se píšou dějiny. Červený Kostelec, 2010. ISBN 978-80-87378-26-7. info
  • Storchová, L. - Horský, J. a kol. Paralely, průsečíky, mimoběžky. Teorie, koncepty a pojmy v české a světové historiografii 20. století. Ústí nad Labem, 2009. ISBN 978-80-86971-92-6. info
Assessment methods
Written exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
* Passing a final written exam
* Knowledge of recent historiographic trends
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2007, Summer 2008, Summer 2009, Summer 2010, Summer 2011, Summer 2012, Summer 2013, Summer 2014, Summer 2015, Summer 2016, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2020, Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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