Course: Methods of Historian Work

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Course title Methods of Historian Work
Course code UHV/MHIPS
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
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)
  • Hanulík Vladan, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Historiography - science or literature? 2. Dramatization of action 3. Dramatization of action in historiography 4. Sign 5. Sign in historiography 6. Text 7. Text in historiography 8. Structure 9. Structure in historiography 10. Discourse 11. Discourse in historiography

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Methods of individual activities, Skills training, Stimulating activities (simulation, games, drama)
  • unspecified - 2 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of this course is an interdisciplinary overview of the most important methods, used in the present historiography. Attention will be focused on the analysis of contemporary texts devoted to the methodology of historopgraphy and selected methods in social sciences and humanities. Students will be led to ability of understanding and interpretation of theoretical texts and modified use of gained conclusions in their own research projects.
Students will be led to ability of understanding and interpretation of theoretical texts and modified use of gained conclusions in their own research projects.
Prerequisites
Basic familiarity with developments in humanities and social sciences (as philosophy, history, sociology, lingvistic) in the 20th century.

Assessment methods and criteria
Work-related product analysis, Creative work analysis

Credit will be awarded for active participation in discussion and further analysis based on portfolios of student work. The student chooses two of the ten discussed approaches of writing about history, and will compose an essay about their use in the project of master's thesis. (Each topic min. 4 formated pages).
Recommended literature
  • Atkinson, R. Knowledge and Explanation in History. An Introduction to the Philosophy of History. New York, 1993.
  • Barthes, Roland. Rozkoš z textu. Praha: Triáda, 2008. ISBN 978-80-86138-90-9.
  • Barthes, Roland. S/Z. Praha: Garamond, 2007. ISBN 978-80-86955-73-5.
  • Bloch, M. Obrana historie aneb historik a jeho řemeslo. Praha, 1967.
  • Dreyfus Hubert L. - Rabinow Paul. Michel Foucault: za hranicemi strukturalismu a hermeneutiky. Praha, 2010.
  • Foucault, Michel. Slova a věci. Brno: Computer Press, 2007. ISBN 978-80-251-1713-2.
  • Hroch, M. a kol. Úvod do studia dějepisu - IV. Metody historikovy práce. Praha, 1983.
  • Chartier, Roger. Na okraji útesu. Červený Kostelec: Pavel Mervart, 2010. ISBN 978-80-87378-52-6.
  • Jaritz, G. Images. A Primer of Computer-Supported Analysis with KLEIO. Krems, 1993.
  • Lewis, M. Jones, R. Using Computers in History. London and New York, 1996.
  • Marek, J. O historismu a dějepisectví. Praha, 1992.
  • Ricoeur, Paul. Čas a vyprávění.. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2000. ISBN 80-7298-017-3.
  • Ricoeur, Paul. Čas a vyprávění.. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2002. ISBN 80-7298-051-3.
  • Ricoeur, Paul. Čas a vyprávění.. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7298-105-2.
  • Spiegel, G. The Past as Text. Baltimore and London, 1999.
  • Veyne, Paul. Jak se píšou dějiny. Červený Kostelec: Pavel Mervart, 2010. ISBN 978-80-87378-26-7.
  • Zwettler, O.; Vaculík;J.;;Čapka, F. Úvod do studia dějepisu. Brno, 1994.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Cultural History (2013) Category: History courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Cultural History (2013) Category: History courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Cultural History (2013) Category: History courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Cultural History (2013) Category: History courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Cultural History (2013) Category: History courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Cultural History (2013) Category: History courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer