FPF:UHVD3422 Methods and Approaches of Cont - Course Information

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

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Hana Komárková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. David Radek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Hana Komárková, 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

• History (programme FPF, N7105 HiVe)
• History - Museology (programme FPF, N7105 HiVe)
• Cultural History (programme FPF, N7105 HiVe)
• Secondary School Teacher Training in History (programme FPF, N7504 UcSS)

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

• Enrolment Statistics (Summer 2019, recent)
  
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