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HIA101 Introduction to History

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2010

Extent and Intensity

2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Tomáš Malý, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jiří Němec, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Zdeňka Stoklásková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Tomáš Dvořák, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
PhDr. Bronislav Chocholáč, Dr. (alternate examiner)
prof. PhDr. Martin Wihoda, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)

Supervisor

prof. PhDr. Jiří Malíř, CSc.
Department of History - Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Thu 8:20–9:55 D21

Course Enrollment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

Fields of study the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives

Students should be able to: Define contents and objects of history as a discipline, its position among the other branches and its relation to them; describe the basic types of bibliographies, Czech and foreign scientific journals, encyclopaedia and other handbooks; apply the principles of the work with a scientific literature; categorize archive sources and clarify the criteria of their classification; summarize the basic knowledge of archives and other record offices; define the terms of methodology, method, techniques in historical research; describe and explain the process of historians work and historical methods.

Syllabus

Contents and objects of history, its position among other disciplines, its relation to the period.
Periodization: purpose and types. Czech and foreign organization of the historical branch (workshops, universities etc.).
Bibliographies: types and principles of the composition of a bibliographic record.
Czech and foreign encyclopaedia and historical journals. Principles of the work with a scientific literature.
Archive sources, its definition and criteria of classification.
Archives and other institutions (record offices, museums etc.).
Archive instruments. Editions of sources.
Basic types and groups of archive evidence; principles of source-critique.
Terms of methodology, method, techniques of historical research; reconstruction of history.
Role of language in history and historiography, Methods.
Techniques and outlets of historians work (themes, hypothesis etc.).

Literature

BLOCH, Marc Léopold Benjamin. Obrana historie, aneb, Historik a jeho řemeslo. Praha: Svoboda, 1967. info
ŠTOURAČOVÁ, Jiřina. Úvod do archivnictví. Brno: MU Brno, 2002. 139 pp. ISBN 80-210-2216-7. info
HAVRÁNEK, Jan, Milan MYŠKA and Jiří PACLÍK. Úvod do studia dějepisu : [učebnice pro posluchače pedagogických fakult]. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1967. 209 s. info
HROCH, Miroslav. Úvod do studia dějepisu. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1985. 304 s. info
ECO, Umberto and Ivan SEIDL. Jak napsat diplomovou práci. Olomouc: Votobia, 1997. 271 s. ISBN 80-7198-173-7. info
HLAVÁČEK, Ivan, Jaroslav KAŠPAR and Rostislav NOVÝ. Vademecum pomocných věd historických. 3. opr. a dopl. vyd. Jinočany: H a H, 2002. 544 s. ISBN 80-7319-004-4. info
JINDRA, Zdeněk, František SVÁTEK and Jiří ŠTAIF. Úvod do studia hospodářských a sociálních dějin. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 1997. 161 s. ISBN 80-7184-438-1. info
HAVRÁNEK, Jan. Úvod do studia dějepisu [Havránek, 1961]. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1961. info

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