HIA243 Interpretation of Sources and Contemporary history

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Tomáš Dvořák, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Malíř, CSc.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 7:30–9:05 M24
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course presents different types of historical sources, archive evidence, press articles, as well as oral witnesses by the way of example of the chosen particular historical issues. The graduates should be able to understand historiographic approaches in interpretation of sources in the most recent part of history and distinguish them from common approaches in history.
Syllabus
  • Classification of historical sources in contemporary history. Emerging and vanishing kinds of sources.
  • Principles of source-selection and source-critique. Advantages and limitations in contemporary history.
  • Archiv evidence. Classification. Archives and other institutions. Accesibility of archiv evidence.
  • Archiv evidence and totalitarian regimes. „Newspeak“ – understanding the language. Censoring and propaganda. Question of importance and credibility of archiv evidence in totalitarian regimes.
  • Press and other media.
  • Diary and memoir.
  • Witness, memory and the oral history.
  • Editions of sources in the contemporary history.
Literature
  • VANĚK, Miroslav, Pavel MÜCKE and Hana PELIKÁNOVÁ. Naslouchat hlasům paměti : teoretické a praktické aspekty orální historie. Praha: Ústav pro soudobé dějiny AV ČR, 2007, 224 stran. ISBN 9788072850891. info
  • VANĚK, Antonín. Orální historie : metodické a "technické" postupy. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2003, 78 s. ISBN 8024407183. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, homeworks, class discussion, group projects.
Assessment methods
written essay
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020.
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