LET-GESB2103-CEH
Historiography
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Course moduleLET-GESB2103-CEH
Credits (ECTS)5
Category-
Language of instructionEnglish
Offered byRadboud University; Faculty of Arts; History;
Lecturer(s)
Coordinator
prof. dr. W.P. van Meurs
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Examiner
prof. dr. W.P. van Meurs
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Lecturer
prof. dr. W.P. van Meurs
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Contactperson for the course
prof. dr. W.P. van Meurs
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Lecturer
dr. L.S. van Raaij
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Academic year2021
Period
PER 1  (30/08/2021 to 07/11/2021)
Starting block
PER 1
Course mode
full-time
Remarks-
Registration using OSIRISYes
Course open to students from other facultiesNo
Pre-registrationNo
Waiting listNo
Placement procedure-
Aims
Having completed this course, you:
* have acquired basic knowledge of the history of history-writing and understanding of the (dis)continuities between premodern and modern historical scholarship;
*  have acquired basic knowledge of the key paradigms in historiography and their seven attributes: objectives, determining factors, topics, concepts, methods, sources and style.
* are able to identify and evaluate  the characteristics of a paradigm in a historical study;
* are able to reflect on the above orally and in writing; 
* are able to participate in the discussion during the seminar sessions.
Content
This course offers an introduction into the history of history-writing (i.e., historiography) from ancient times to the present. The first half of the course provided you with a basic understanding of historcial thinking and history-writing in Antiquity, the Middle Ages, Renaissance up until the 18th century. The second half of the course is focused on more in-depth knowledge the key transitions and approaches of modern academic history-writing and for the second half of the twentieth century in particular: the age of historism, the rise to prominence of social and economic history, „new cultural history“ and the renewal of political history.
Level

Presumed foreknowledge

Test information

Specifics

Required materials
Book
ISBN:9789462986398
Title:Writing History!
Author:S. Rümke et al.
Publisher:Amsterdam; Amsterdam UP, 2018
Costs:25.00
Book
ISBN:978-1108444859
Title:A Concise History of History
Author:Daniel Woolf
Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Instructional modes
At-home PER2 gel2
Attendance MandatoryYes

Seminar
Attendance MandatoryYes

Tests
Written Exam
Test weight100
Test typeWritten exam
OpportunitiesBlock PER 1, Block PER 2

Minimum grade
5,5