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Lecturer(s)
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Tomíček David, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Drška Václav, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
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Zábranský Vilém, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Stellner František, prof. PhDr. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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The teaching of the course in full-time form includes the following lecture topics on a weekly basis: 1. History as a science, definition of history; the task, utility and public role of history 2. Philosophy of history, theory of history, historicism; periodization of history 3. Territorial, spatial division of history 4. Thematic division of history; organization of historical sciences in the Czech Republic 5. Historical method 6. Heuristics; specialist text, structure of specialist text 7. Bibliography, electronic information sources 8. Excerpts, citations, references, notes 9. Sources and literature - basic introduction 10. Professional journals 11. Basic overview of types of sources 12. Editions of sources 13. Critique of sources (external and internal) Programme of seminars: 1. Principles of undergraduate study and systematics at History department 2. Questions in historical research. How to formulate the assignment of a seminar paper - poster. 3. Annotation, abstract, resumé, summary 4. How to recognize a professional text 5. Professional literature - monograph, journal, proceedings 6. Databases of professional literature - domestic, foreign 7. Practical work with literature - citation standard 8. Practical work with literature - reviews 9. Structure and technical design of the poster 10. Methods of working with text - comparison and compilation 11. Presentation of historical research - paper 12. Basics of historical terminology 13. Presentation of semester projects 14. Presentation of semester projects, preparation for the credit test
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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The course should introduce the students to history as a scientific subject, with its position in the world of science and with its inner dividing, organizational structures in Czech Republic, sources and scientific literature, with the method that history works with. The students will gain basic practical skills in a historical paper.
The students will acquire basic knowledge about the subject. They will use this knowledge in practice by elaborating the seminar paper.
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Prerequisites
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None
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
A) attendance at lectures B) active participation in discussions and preparation and presentation of a paper during the seminar C) completing 2 assignments via Moodle: 1) The learner will discuss the title of the topic to be worked on and the main research question with the teacher in the seminar. The topic should be narrowed/specified as much as possible (thematically, temporally, spatially). After the topic and question have been approved, the student will prepare and upload to Moodle a Seminar Paper Assignment (The MS Word file will include the following items: - learner's name, title of the seminar paper, annotation (approx. 10 lines: temporal and spatial delimitation; main and sub-research questions/objectives; expected methods). 2) After approval of the previous assignment, the learner will conduct a search of sources and literature on the chosen topic. They will submit it to Moodle as a file (MS Word/OpenOffice) according to the bibliographic conventions given by the Czech Journal of History. The file must include the following items: the name of the student; the title of the seminar paper; at least 2 unpublished or published sources; at least 5 scholarly books, 1 popular science book, 2 studies from edited collections, 1 journal study from WoS or Scopus, 1 journal study from JSTOR and 5 databases used (except WoS, Scopus and JSTOR). In agreement with the instructor, some items may be replaced by another.
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Recommended literature
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Berger, Stefan - Feldner, Heiko - Passmore, Kevin (eds.). Jak se píšou dějiny: teorie a praxe. Brno. 2016.
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Bloch, Marc. Obrana historie aneb historik a jeho řemeslo. Praha, 2011.
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Drška, Václav, Tomíček, David a kol. Prameny a historický narativ. Ústí nad Labem. 2023.
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Dvořák, Tomáš a kol. Úvod do studia dějepisu I. Brno. 2014.
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Eco, Umberto. Jak napsat diplomovou práci. Olomouc, Votobia, 1997.
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Fasora, Lukáš a kol. Úvod do studia dějepisu II. Brno. 2014.
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Hanuš, Jiří - Suk, Jiří (edd.). Dobrodružství historické interpretace. Brno. 2021.
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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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Montanari, Massimo. Hlad a hojnost. Dějiny stravování v Evropě. Praha, 2003.
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Rákosník, Jakub. Co je nového v historii. Praha. 2024.
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Stellner, František a kol. Úvod do studia historie. Praha. 2023.
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Storchová, Lucie a kol. Koncepty a dějiny: proměny pojmů v současné historické vědě. Praha. 2014.
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Swainová, Harriet (ed.). Velké otázky historie. Praha. 2006.
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Šanderová, Jadwiga. Jak číst a psát odborný text ve společenských vědách. Několik zásad pro začátečníky. Praha. 2005.
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Toynbee, Arnold J. Studium dějin. Praha. 1995.
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Třeštík, Dušan. Mysliti dějiny. Praha, 1999.
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