FF:HIAb01 Introduction to History - Course Information
HIAb01 Introduction to History
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2023
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. PhDr. Martin Wihoda, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Andrea Měšťanová (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- prof. PhDr. Martin Wihoda, Ph.D.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Mon 18:00–19:40 N41, except Mon 13. 11.
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- History (programme FF, B-HI_) (4)
- Course objectives
- 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.
- Learning outcomes
- 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
- required literature
- DVOŘÁK, Tomáš, Lukáš FASORA, Bronislav CHOCHOLÁČ, Tomáš MALÝ, Denisa NEČASOVÁ, Zdeňka STOKLÁSKOVÁ and Martin WIHODA. Úvod do studia dějepisu 1 (Introduction to history 1). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 164 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7012-7. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
- BOROVSKÝ, Tomáš, Lukáš FASORA, Bronislav CHOCHOLÁČ, Tomáš MALÝ, Denisa NEČASOVÁ, Jiří NĚMEC and Martin WIHODA. Úvod do studia dějepisu 2 (Introduction to history 2). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 134 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7016-5. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
- recommended literature
- VEYNE, Paul. Jak se píšou dějiny. Červený Kostelec 2010.
- MAUR, Eduard. Základy historické demografie. Praha 1978.
- ŠTOURAČOVÁ, Jiřina. Úvod do archivnictví. Brno: MU Brno, 2002, 139 pp. ISBN 80-210-2216-7. info
- HLAVÁČEK, Ivan, Rostislav NOVÝ and Jaroslav KAŠPAR. Vademecum pomocných věd historických. 3. opravené a doplněné vy. Jinočany: H & H, 2002, 544 stran. ISBN 8073190044. info
- ECO, Umberto and Ivan SEIDL. Jak napsat diplomovou práci. Olomouc: Votobia, 1997, 271 s. ISBN 80-7198-173-7. info
- SVÁTEK, František and Jiří ŠTAIF. Úvod do studia hospodářských a sociálních dějin. Edited by Zdeněk Jindra. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 1997, 161 s. ISBN 8071844381. info
- BENEŠ, Zdeněk. Historický text a historická kultura. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1995, 224 s. ISBN 8071841269. info
- MAREK, Jaroslav. O historismu a dějepisectví. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1992, 254 s. ISBN 8020002847. info
- HROCH, Miroslav. Úvod do studia dějepisu. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1985, 304 s. URL info
- CARR, Edward Hallett. Co je historie? : přednášky pronesené na cambridžské universitě v lednu-březnu 1961 v rámci cyklu G.M. Trevelyana : What is history? (Orig.). Vyd. 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1967, 167 s. info
- BLOCH, Marc. Obrana historie, aneb, Historik a jeho řemeslo. Translated by Alena Ondrušková. Vyd. 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1967, 182 s. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures, class discussion.
- Assessment methods
- The course is concluded with an oral colloquium and written test.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Zapisujte souběžně s předmětem Proseminář I (HIAb01I). - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2023, recent)
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