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Course: Trends in Medieval Historiography

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Course title Trends in Medieval Historiography
Course code KHI/QTD1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Paštrnák Patrik, Mgr. M.A., D.Phil.
  • Stejskal Jan, doc. Mgr. M.A., Ph.D.
  • Kalous Antonín, doc. Mgr. M.A., Ph.D.
  • Somer Tomáš, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Antonín Malaníková Michaela, Mgr. et Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Peřinová Markéta
Course content
History as a science; narrative history; the origin of edition sets and magazines in the 19th century. The crisis of historicism; the discovery of the relativity of values; Lamprecht. The beginnings of historical sociology; Durkheim, Weber, and the American school (Turner and others). The "Annales" school; its basic characteristics, founders, and further development. Historical social science; Germany, Fischer, Wehler, Kocka. Marxism, its main features, the specifics of Leninism, the development and the representatives from this group of historians. Formalism, its characteristics and main representatives. Post-modern period; Lawrence Stone; an outline against the doctrines known till that time; Foucault, Derrida, Lyotard; Fukuyama and his end of history. The way from macro-history to micro-history. Ginzburg, Braudel, the history of everydayness. The linguistic turn. Historical debates of the present. The return to the early tradition. History being literature.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
  • Homework for Teaching - 100 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 25 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to introduce students to some of the current historical trends of the present, and to trace their roots in the 20th century. Attention will be drawn to the development of historiography and current discussions regarding its tendencies. An increased level of attention will be drawn to the important movements of the present or the recent past.
The student will learn about basic trends in research, which will be supported by reading the most interesting works.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Analysis of Creative works (Music, Pictorial,Literary)

Credit is based on presenting papers on significant historical works; a review; students will also submit a list of literature. HF
Recommended literature
  • Burke, P. (2006). Variety kulturních dějin.. Brno.
  • Iggers, G. (2002). Dějepisectví ve 20. století. Od vědecké objektivity k postmoderní výzvě.. Praha.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA24) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA21) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA21) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA23) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA22) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA19) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA20) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): History (2019) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA23) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA24) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA22) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): History (2012) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): History (2019) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): History (2019) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA20) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA19) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter
Palacký University Olomouc, date of update: 18.02.2025 23:59. Data created for academic year 2024/2025