Course: Preliminary Seminar of History

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Course title Preliminary Seminar of History
Course code UHV/HIPR
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
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)
  • Čapský Martin, prof. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Marek Pavel, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Prchal Vítězslav, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
What is history? Is there any history? The historian and time; time and history (various conceptions of time and historical relationship; periods in history). Rules of law in a historian's work (archival law, authorship law, quotation norm, etc.). A brief insight into the accessory sciences of history. Sources of information and their classification (written and material sources). Work with sources (heuristics, inner and outer criticism, interpretation). Edition and editing technology. The historian and the Internet. Printed sources of information and working with them (technical literature, lexicons, encyclopedias, fusions, manuscripts, composite books, technical periodicals; annotation, news, review, abstract). Literature as a historical source. The outline and mission of research centers (archives, libraries, universities, academic departments). Methods of a historian's work. The historian and a text (text as an aim of the historian's work, the historian as a critic, rules for writing scientific thesis, quotation rules, bibliographic accounts, conceptions of Bachelor or Mgr. theses). Formal text arrangement, corrections, editorial work). Archival excursion.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
The aim of this course is to introduce the basics of the historian's "craft", i.e. to prepare students for independent scientific research.
Students will find out the specifics of history as a social science and the changing position of history in various periods of time. They will get a basic outline of related disciplines and accessory historical sciences, they will learn how to work with sources and literature, they will learn basic methods of a historian's work and diverse types of a historical text, including its formal necessities. They will be provided with information about the organization of scientific work in specialized institutions (museums, archives, universities, and others).
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination, Home assignment evaluation

Credit is dependent upon a written review on a discretionary technical essay; an account of literature (an annotation); three abstracts or excerpts of the compulsory literature; and passing the written test (the minimum for passing is 70 ). Deadlines will be specified during the seminar.
Recommended literature
  • BARTLOVÁ, M. (ed.). Pop History. O historické věrohodnosti románů, filmů, komiksů a počítačových her. Praha: NLN, 2003.
  • BARTOŠ, J.. Úvod do metodiky a techniky historické práce. Olomouc, 1992.
  • BARTOŠ, J. Úvod do problematiky historického bádání a nauky o pramenech.. Olomouc, 1999.
  • BLOCH, M. Obrana historie aneb historik a jeho řemeslo. Praha, 1967.
  • BURKE, P. Francouzská revoluce v dějepisectví. Škola Annales (1929-1989). Praha: NLN, 2004.
  • BŮŽEK, V. Úvod do studia dějepisu.. České Budějovice, 1994.
  • CARR, E. H. Co je historie?. Praha, 1967.
  • ECO, U. Jak napsat diplomovou práci. Olomouc: Votobia, 1997.
  • EDER - BERGER, H.; CASUTT-SCHNEEBERGER, J.; TANTNER, A. Geschichte On-line. Einführung in des wissenschaftliche Arbeiten.. Wien - Köln - Weimar, 2006.
  • HAVELKA, M. (ed). Spor o smysl českých dějin 1895 - 1938.. Praha, 1995.
  • HROCH, M. a kol. Úvod do studia dějepisu IV. Metody historikovy práce.. Praha, 1983.
  • IGGERS, G. G. Dějepisectví ve 20. století. Od vědecké objektivity k postmoderní výzvě. Praha: NLN, 2002.
  • KALISTA, Z. Cesty historikova myšlení. Praha: Garamond, 2002.
  • LEDUC, J. Historici a čas. Koncepcie, otázky, diela. Bratislava, 2005.
  • MAREK, J. O historismu a dějepisectví.. Praha, 1992.
  • ŠANDEROVÁ, J. Jak číst a psát odborný text ve společenských vědách. Praha: Slon, 2005.
  • TŘEŠTÍK, D. Mysliti dějiny. Praha - Litomyšl: Paseka, 1999.


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): History (2013) Category: History courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): History (2013) Category: History courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Cultural History (2013) Category: History courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer