|
Lecturer(s)
|
-
Kaňák Bohdan, PhDr. Ph.D.
|
|
Course content
|
1. Forms of access to archival materials, creation of archival description 2. Research service of the archive, research rules 3. Structure of archival aids through the eyes of a researcher 4. Analogue and digital archival aids, presentation of the "Vademecum" and "Digital Archive" systems 5. Practical training in working with digital archival aids 6. Practical training in the use of cross-cutting databases "Documents", "Maps and plans", "Photo archive", etc. 7. Brief overview of the development of the Latin script from ancient times to the late Middle Ages 8. Writing materials in the modern period in relation to modern writing (especially paper, inks, pens, pencils) 9. Changes in Czech Neo-Gothic writing between 1500 and 1775 10. The genesis of modern writing in Italy, France and England 11. The Nuremberg School of Scribing and the emergence of the first printed scribal textbooks 12. The genesis of German Neo-Gothic writing in the late Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods, 1500-1775 13. From the German Neo-Gothic script of the Viennese Normal School to the modern cursive script in 1775-1941
|
|
Learning activities and teaching methods
|
|
unspecified
|
|
Learning outcomes
|
The seminar introduces the operation of the archive from the point of view of the research use of archival materials. After introducing students to the methods of accessing archival materials and after a practical demonstration of working with archival aids, the seminar focuses on the study of modern archival written sources with special attention to contemporary written forms.
Orientation in archival aids, recognition of various forms of Neo-Gothic Latin script, basics of reading the cursive script.
|
|
Prerequisites
|
Interest in the specific topics; basic orientation in general European history
|
|
Assessment methods and criteria
|
unspecified
Producing five written worksheets focused on understanding a Neo-Gothic manuscript text. These are meant to test the students' ability to work with modern written archival sources. Attending at least 80% of classes.
|
|
Recommended literature
|
|