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Lecturer(s)
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Stellner František, prof. PhDr. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Zábranský Vilém, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. History as a Science 2. Philosophy of History, Historicism, Periodization of History 3. Territorial, Spatial, and Thematic Classification of History 4. Bibliographic Research, Journals, Citations 5. Historical Method 6. Scholarly Text 7. Structure of an academic text 8. Bibliographic research 9. EIZ, databases, electronic information sources 10. Basic overview of source types, source editions 11-13. Source criticism (external and internal), analysis, synthesis 14. Use of artificial intelligence
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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The aim is to understand the nature of history, its meaning and role within the system of sciences. To orientate oneself in the internal division of historical sciences and to learn the basics of historical method. To learn how to work with sources and literature, including bibliographies, editions of sources and specialist journals. Gain an overview of the types of sources and learn the skills of external and internal criticism.
Upon completion of the course, the learner will be able to: -explain the basic concepts and issues of historical knowledge, including discussions of the meaning and goals of history -orient themselves in the system of historical sciences, their position among other scientific disciplines and the internal division of the field -describe and apply the basic principles of historical method, including source criticism (external and internal) -distinguish between different types of historical sources and literature -search, analyse and effectively use specialist literature (including journal studies), including domestic and foreign databases -work with basic bibliographic record-keeping tools and bibliographic managers -compose an annotation, abstract and resume, and review and assign a scholarly work
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Prerequisites
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None
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
Credit will be awarded based on: A) Attendance at lectures and seminars (a maximum of 2 absences is permitted) B) Active participation in discussions and the preparation and presentation of a paper during the seminar C) Completion of 2 assignments via Moodle: 1) The student will discuss the title of the topic and the main research question with the instructor during the seminar. The topic must be narrowed down/specified as much as possible (thematically, temporally, spatially). After the topic and question are approved, the student will prepare and upload the "Seminar Paper Assignment" to Moodle. The MS Word file will include the following items: the student's name, the title of the seminar paper, an abstract (approx. 10 lines: temporal and spatial scope; main and sub-research questions/objectives; proposed methods). 2) After the previous assignment is approved, the student will conduct a literature review of sources and scholarly literature on the chosen topic. They will submit it to Moodle as a file (MS Word/OpenOffice) titled "Research" in accordance with the bibliographic conventions of the journal České časopisy historické. The file must include the following items: the student's name; the title of the seminar paper; at least 2 unpublished or published sources; at least 5 scholarly books or theses, 1 popular science book, 2 studies from conference proceedings, 1 journal article from WoS or Scopus, 1 journal article from JSTOR, and 5 databases used (excluding the required WoS, Scopus, and JSTOR). Upon agreement with the instructor, some items may be substituted with others. D) Successful completion of a written test. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
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Recommended literature
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Applebyová, Joyce et al. Jak říkat pravdu o dějinách. Historie, věda, historie jako věda a Spojené státy americké. Brno. 2002.
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Assman, Aleida. Prostory vzpomínání: podoby a proměny kulturní paměti. Praha. 2018.
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Croce, Benedetto. Historie jako myšlení a jako čin. Brno, 2006.
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Gadamer, Hans-Georg. Problém dějinného vědomí. Praha. 2019.
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Horský, Jan. Dějepisectví mezi vědou a vyprávěním. Praha, 2009.
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IGGERS, Georg G. Dějepisectví ve 20. století. Od vědecké objektivity k postmoderní výzvě. Praha, 2002.
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STELLNER, František a kol. Úvod do studia historie. Praha. 2023.
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WIHODA, Martin a kol. Úvod do studia dějepisu I-II. Brno, 2014.
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