2023
Theory of History
Name: Theory of History
Code: HIS02449L
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
History
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
1. Know the major cognitive and substantive Theories of History
2. Know the various Historiographical Traditions
3. Identify the major Historiographical Transformations of the last three decades
4. Know the main trends in several areas of current professional writing of History
5. Understand the responsibilities and ethics of professional historians and the public role of History as Knowledge
6. Knowing the critical literature on the subject .
7. Develop oral and written communication skills, embodying modern scientific vocabulary and categories.
8. Acquire knowledge that enables the student to pursue in-depth historical studies
9. Develop skills in teamwork, academic writing and foreign languages
2. Know the various Historiographical Traditions
3. Identify the major Historiographical Transformations of the last three decades
4. Know the main trends in several areas of current professional writing of History
5. Understand the responsibilities and ethics of professional historians and the public role of History as Knowledge
6. Knowing the critical literature on the subject .
7. Develop oral and written communication skills, embodying modern scientific vocabulary and categories.
8. Acquire knowledge that enables the student to pursue in-depth historical studies
9. Develop skills in teamwork, academic writing and foreign languages
Contents
I: Historiography and Historical Thought (HHT)
1. HHT in the West: from the Classical, Christian and Jewish Traditions to Modern Historiography. The expansion of European models and their consequences
2. HHT in the Islamic World; in Asia(s); in sub-Saharan Africa
5. Current trends and "regional" diversity
II: Historiography and Professionalization
1. Historians and Ethics
2. The Role of Public History
III: Form and Rhetoric in the Writing of History
1. History of Civilizations
2. National and International History
3. Comparative, Cross, Entangled and Transfer History
4. Transnational History
5. Global History
6. European History as History of Europe
7. History of the Atlantic
IV: The Historiographical field and new paradigms for the XXI Century: examples
1. History and empirical logical unities
2. Social History
3. Historical Biography and Prosopography
4. History of Gender
5. The Global Labor History
6. History of Colonization, Colonialism and Decolonization
1. HHT in the West: from the Classical, Christian and Jewish Traditions to Modern Historiography. The expansion of European models and their consequences
2. HHT in the Islamic World; in Asia(s); in sub-Saharan Africa
5. Current trends and "regional" diversity
II: Historiography and Professionalization
1. Historians and Ethics
2. The Role of Public History
III: Form and Rhetoric in the Writing of History
1. History of Civilizations
2. National and International History
3. Comparative, Cross, Entangled and Transfer History
4. Transnational History
5. Global History
6. European History as History of Europe
7. History of the Atlantic
IV: The Historiographical field and new paradigms for the XXI Century: examples
1. History and empirical logical unities
2. Social History
3. Historical Biography and Prosopography
4. History of Gender
5. The Global Labor History
6. History of Colonization, Colonialism and Decolonization
Teaching Methods
1. Lectures theoretical and practical. Tutorial support for the preparation of text and papers. Summaries and working documents in electronic format.
2. Two modalities of assessment : Frequency (or normal) Regime or Final Exam
2.1. Frequency System (Norms)
Compulsory Classes (minimum 75%)
Evaluation system includes 4 elements: Individual ?note reading? (2000-3000 words) (25%) including presentation in (20%); Group work (review) on a topic associated with it (8000-10000 words) and presentation (50%); 2 participation in conferences in the field (valid when certificated) (5%)
2.2. The Final Exam Regime consists of a written and an oral test. The written test (three questions) in 2 hours. The classification of the writing test is distributed as follows: 5.5 val. for each answer; 2 val. for a general substantive appreciation; 1.5 val. for the literary form. Access to the oral exam requires a minimum grade of 7.5 in written test.
2. Two modalities of assessment : Frequency (or normal) Regime or Final Exam
2.1. Frequency System (Norms)
Compulsory Classes (minimum 75%)
Evaluation system includes 4 elements: Individual ?note reading? (2000-3000 words) (25%) including presentation in (20%); Group work (review) on a topic associated with it (8000-10000 words) and presentation (50%); 2 participation in conferences in the field (valid when certificated) (5%)
2.2. The Final Exam Regime consists of a written and an oral test. The written test (three questions) in 2 hours. The classification of the writing test is distributed as follows: 5.5 val. for each answer; 2 val. for a general substantive appreciation; 1.5 val. for the literary form. Access to the oral exam requires a minimum grade of 7.5 in written test.
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