HIAb13 History of Historiography

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Pavel Boček, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Tomáš Borovský, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Milan Řepa, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Providers of Specific teaching support
Mgr. Marek Lang, Ph.D. (zapisovatel)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Pavel Boček, CSc.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable of Seminar Groups
HIAb13/01: Mon 14:00–15:40 B2.32, except Mon 13. 11., T. Borovský
HIAb13/02: Mon 12:00–13:40 B2.32, except Mon 13. 11., M. Řepa
Prerequisites (in Czech)
HIAb01II Proseminar II
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 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 32/50, only registered: 2/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • History (programme FF, B-HI_) (3)
Course objectives
The aim of the course is the introduction to the history of the historiography, from the age of enlightenment to the postmodern era - in political, social and cultural contexts. The course also focuses on the basic process of historiographical concepts and terms and topics illustrating Czech and European development. Students will be able to understand basic trends of the history of historiography. They will be able to interpret new concepts and issues related to the topics.
Learning outcomes
Students should know the development of historiography from the enlightenment to postmodern period,
critical interpretation of historiographic texts,
the knowledge of the principal authors and works,
the knowledge of the contemporary methodical and conceptual problems.
Syllabus
  • Basic problems and terms (myth, time, long durée, racionality, objective knowledge etc.)
  • Age of Enlightenment
  • Romanticism
  • Positivism
  • Crisis of Positivism
  • Annales School: the first generation
  • Marxism
  • Annales School: the second generation
  • Social History
  • Postmodernism
  • New cultural history
Literature
    required literature
  • BURKE, Peter. Francouzská revoluce v dějepisectví : škola Annales (1929-1989). Translated by Pavel Kolář. Vyd. 1. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2004, 136 s. ISBN 8071067199. info
  • IGGERS, Georg G. Dějepisectví ve 20. století : od vědecké objektivity k postmoderní výzvě. Translated by Pavel Kolář. Praha: NLN, 2002, 177 s. ISBN 8071065048. info
  • KUTNAR, František and Jaroslav MAREK. Přehledné dějiny českého a slovenského dějepisectví : od počátků národní kultury až do sklonku třicátých let 20. století. 2. přeprac. a dopl. vyd. Praha: Lidové noviny, 1997, 1065 s. ISBN 80-7106-252-9. info
    recommended literature
  • BURKE, Peter. Co je kulturní historie? Translated by Stanislav Pavlíček. První vydání v českém j. Praha: Dokořán, 2011, 217 stran. ISBN 9788073633028. info
  • LE GOFF, Jacques. Paměť a dějiny. Translated by Irena Kozelská. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 2007, 264 s. ISBN 9788072038626. info
  • ŠUSTA, Josef. Dějepisectví : jeho vývoj v oblasti vzdělanosti západní ve středověku a době nové. 2. vyd. V Praze: Nákladem Historického klubu, 1946, 222 s. URL info
  • MACŮREK, Josef. Dějepisectví evropského východu. První vydání. V Praze: nákladem Historického klubu, 1946, 349 stran. info
Teaching methods
Lectures with analysis of texts and discussions.
Assessment methods
Oral examination in the form of a discussion over the work of a selected author.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2023, recent)
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