UHVH0029 Historiography and Politics in the 1st Half of the 20th century

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2019
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Jiří Knapík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Jiří Knapík, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Knapík, Ph.D.
Institute of Historical Sciences – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Prerequisites
Masters students.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
History as a science has been ever devoloped under the influence of political power. With rise of national movements had this relationship increased during the whole 19th Century to culminate in the 20th Century, when the historical sciences in the Central Europe had been submitted to demands of totalitarian regimes of Nationalsocialism and Communism. What were objects, aims, methods and organisations of this kind of political historiography? Main objectives can be summarized as follows: to familirize with the problem of relationship between historiography and politics in modern history, mainly in the Central Europe
Syllabus
  • 1.-4. History as a science has been ever devoloped under the influence of political power. With rise of national movements had this relationship increased during the whole 19th Century to culminate in the 20th Century, when the historical sciences in the Central Europe had been submitted to demands of totalitarian regimes of Nationalsocialism and Communism.
    6.-8. What were objects, aims, methods and organisations of this kind of "political" historiography? 9.-12. Main objectives can be summarized as follows: to familirize with the problem of relationship between historiography and politics in modern history, mainly in the Central Europe; to analyze formation and history of the scientific institutions; to study relations between ideology and historiography.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Piskorski, J.M. - Hackmann, J. - Jaworski, R. (Hrsg.). Deutsche Ostforschung und polnische Westforschung.Osnabrück, Poznaň 2002. info
  • Schöttler, P. (Hrsg.). Geschichtsschreibung als Legitimationswissenschaft 1918-1945, Frankfurt am Main 1997. info
  • Haar, I. Historiker im Nationalsozialismus. Deutsche Geschichtswissenschaft und der "Volkstumskampf" im Osten, Göttingen 2000. info
  • Wiedemann, A. Nadace Reinharda Heydricha v Praze. Praha 2004. info
  • Kutnar, F. - Marek, J. Přehledné dějiny českého a slovenského dějepisectví. Praha 1997. info
  • Oberkrome, W. Volksgeschichte. Metodische Inovation und völkische Ideologisierung in Deutschen Geschichtswissenschaft 1918-1945.Göttingen 1993. info
  • Iggers, G. Dějepisectví ve 20. století. Od vědecké objektivity k postmoderní výzvě. Praha, 2002. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Final test.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2009, Summer 2010, Summer 2011, Summer 2012, Summer 2013, Summer 2014, Summer 2015, Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2020.
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