Course: INTRODUCTION INTO HISTORIOGRAPHY

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Course title INTRODUCTION INTO HISTORIOGRAPHY
Course code KHI/UHI2O
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Winter
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.
Course content
1. Historiography at the turn of the 19th and 20th century; positivism and historicism 2. Historiography and sociology; historical sociology 3. Beginnings of the Annales school 4. The term Dlouhé trvání/Long duration, Braudel's concept of total history, historical geography 5. Generation of the Annales school 6. History of everydayness 7. Microhistory 8. Historical anthropology I (continental tradition) 9. Historical anthropology II (Anglo-Saxon tradition) 10. Historiography and fictional writing 11. Cultural history I; Historiography of Renaissance 12. Cultural history II; New trends in cultural history 13. Czech historiography after 1989 14. Historiography at the turn of the millennium

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The goal of the subject is to introduce the student to the main trends of historiography in the 20th century with regard to other disciplines (philosophy, sociology, economy, anthropology, geography). We will stress seeking for possibilities of interdisciplinary approaches (as a starting point for the crisis of historicism and historical positivism or ideological dogmatism) which is present in the works of important artists in various forms from the beginning of the last century. The lectures are on following topics and should be complemented by reading of scientific literature.
The student understands historiography as a scientific subject whose paradigm is changing in time as it reacts to actual trends in other social and humanitarian sciences. On the examples from historiography of the 20th century he can supply evidence to the basic variety of the subject paradigm. He knows the basic terminology, e.g. historicism, historiography, periodization, historical anthropology, cultural history, micro-history, history of everydayness, mentality (mental equipment and collective psychology), total concept of history, serial history, historical sociology, Long duration, analysis of the structures, "new history" etc. He can find his way in historiographic works which are connected with given terms, can put them into the right period and characterize their sources of inspiration and interdisciplinary overlap.
Prerequisites
None.

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Active approach and attendance, reading of the assigned literature
Recommended literature
  • Bloch, M. Obrana historie aneb historik a jeho řemeslo. Praha, 2011.
  • Burke, P. Francouzská revoluce v dějepisectví. Praha, 2004.
  • Dülmen, R. van. Historická antropologie. Praha, 2002.
  • Holzbachová, I. Škola Annales a současné pojetí dějin. Brno, 1995.
  • Iggers, G. G. Dějepisectví ve 20. století. Praha, 2002.
  • Kutnar, F. - Marek, J. Přehledné dějiny českého a slovenského dějepisectví. Praha, 1997.
  • Le Goff, J. Paměť a dějiny. Praha, 1997.
  • Marek, J. O historismu a dějepisectví. Praha, 1992.
  • Nodl, M. Dějepisectví mezi vědou a politikou. Brno, 2007.
  • Veyene, P. Jak se píšou dějiny. Červený Kostelec, 2010.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): History (Two-Subject Combination) (A14) Category: History courses 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): History (A14) Category: History courses 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): History (A14) Category: History courses 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): History (A14) Category: History courses 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): History (double subject) (A14) Category: History courses 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): History (Single Subject) (A14) Category: History courses 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter