Course: Introduction into history studies

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Course title Introduction into history studies
Course code KHI/PBH24
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Tomíček David, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Drška Václav, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Stellner František, prof. PhDr. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Specialized text, structure, types; ethics of scientific work 2. Bibliography, citations, sources, and historical method 3. Biographical method, prosopography 4. Methods of historical anthropology, cultural history, and everyday history 5. Memory studies 6. Methods of economic and social history, historical demography, methods of quantitative and qualitative research 7. Geographical method, iconographic method 8. Gender analysis 9. Microhistory 10. Structural method, discursive analysis 11. Narrative, philological method, modernism and postmodernism 12. Popularization and popular culture 13. Communication in science, academic and scientific workplaces, professional organizations 14. Bohemian studies, research and study abroad

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
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 student will gain a clear knowlege of the subject and the ability to work idependently on a minor historical topic based on the study of literature and sources, demonstrated by the submission of a seminar paper.
Prerequisites
Introduction to History Studies I
KHI/PBH14

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
A) attendance at lectures B) active participation in discussions and preparation and presentation of a paper during the seminar C) preparation of a seminar paper demonstrating the ability to apply historical methods (and others), including the interpretation of two (unpublished or published) historical sources in the context of the latest research. Submission to Moodle as a file (MS Word/OpenOffice) of 10 standard pages with 1.5 line spacing, where a standard page = 1,800 characters (including spaces and notes). The text should therefore be 18,000 characters (including spaces and footnotes), font size 12 (serif). The text must be aligned to the block. The footnotes must directly or indirectly cite at least two sources (including contemporary periodicals), five specialist books (with scientific apparatus), one popular science book, two studies from anthologies, one journal study from WoS or Scopus, and one journal study from JSTOR. Upon agreement with the teacher, some items may be replaced by others. Structure: introduction, main body (may be divided into several chapters), conclusion, list of sources. The introduction must: 1) define the research questions (objectives), 2) evaluate, comment on, and describe the methods used, classify the text into a methodological "school," and refer to methodological "models," 3) evaluate, comment on, and describe the sources, 4) evaluate, comment on, and describe the key professional literature, 5) comment on the structure of the work. The list of sources (divided into A) sources, B) professional texts, and footnotes with abbreviated citations must be in accordance with the style specified by the Czech Language Institute. The exam is conditional on obtaining a credit in the first semester, fulfilling the above conditions A-C, and successfully passing a written test. The exam takes the form of a discussion (defense) of a seminar paper corrected and approved by the teacher on methods, research, results, and problems.
Recommended literature
  • Applebyová, Joyce et al. Jak říkat pravdu o dějinách. Historie, věda, historie jako věda a Spojené státy americké. Brno. 2002.
  • Assman, Aleida. Prostory vzpomínání: podoby a proměny kulturní paměti. Praha. 2018.
  • Berger, Stefan - Feldner, Heiko - Passmore, Kevin (eds.). Jak se píšou dějiny: teorie a praxe. Brno. 2016.
  • Bloch, Marc. Obrana historie aneb historik a jeho řemeslo. Praha, 2011.
  • Croce, Benedetto. Historie jako myšlení a jako čin. Brno, 2006.
  • ČECHUROVÁ, J. - RANDÁK J. (edd.). Základní problémy studia moderních a soudobých dějin. Praha. 2014.
  • Čmejrková, Světla, Daneš, František, Světlá, Jindra. Jak napsat odborný text. Praha. 1999.
  • Drška, Václav, Tomíček, David a kol. Prameny a historický narativ. Ústí nad Labem. 2023.
  • Eco, Umberto. Jak napsat diplomovou práci. Olomouc, Votobia, 1997.
  • Gadamer, Hans-Georg. Problém dějinného vědomí. Praha. 2019.
  • Ginzburg, Carlo. Sýr a červi. Praha, 2005.
  • HENDL, J. Kvalitativní výzkum. Praha, 2005. ISBN 80-7367-040-2.
  • IGGERS, Georg G. Dějepisectví ve 20. století. Od vědecké objektivity k postmoderní výzvě. Praha, 2002.
  • Josef BARTOŠ - Stanislava KOVÁŘOVÁ. Nauka o historických pramenech. Olomouc, 2005.
  • Kozmanová, Irena a kol. Nové přístupy k metodologii hospodářských a politických dějin. Praha. 2013.
  • M. ŠEDIVÁ KOLDINSKÁ - I. CERMAN. Základní problémy studia raného novověku. Praha, 2013.
  • Ochrana, František. Metodologie, metody a metodika vědeckého výzkumu. Praha. 2019.
  • Semotanová, Eva. Historická geografie českých zemí. Praha, 1998.
  • Semotanová, Eva. Mapy Čech, Moravy a Slezska v zrcadle staletí. Praha, 2001.
  • STELLNER, František a kol. Úvod do studia historie. Praha. 2023.
  • Storchová L., a kol. Koncepty a dějiny. Proměny pojmů v současné historické vědě. Praha, 2014.
  • Třeštík, Dušan. Češi a dějiny v postmoderním očistci. Praha, 2005.
  • WIHODA, Martin a kol. Úvod do studia dějepisu I-II. Brno, 2014.


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