HIA243 Interpretation of Sources and Contemporary history

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Tomáš Dvořák, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Malíř, CSc.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Hana Ambrožová
Timetable
Thu 13:20–14:55 A21 stara
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/40
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course presents different types of historical sources, archive evidence, press articles, as well as oral witnesses by the way of example of the chosen particular historical issues. The graduates should be able to understand historiographic approaches in interpretation of sources in the most recent part of history and distinguish them from common approaches in history.
Syllabus
  • Classification of historical sources in contemporary history. Emerging and vanishing kinds of sources.
  • Principles of source-selection and source-critique. Advantages and limitations in contemporary history.
  • Archiv evidence. Classification. Archives and other institutions. Accesibility of archiv evidence.
  • Archiv evidence and totalitarian regimes. „Newspeak“ – understanding the language. Censoring and propaganda. Question of importance and credibility of archiv evidence in totalitarian regimes.
  • Press and other media.
  • Diary and memoir.
  • Witness, memory and the oral history.
  • Editions of sources in the contemporary history.
Literature
  • VANĚK, Miroslav, Pavel MÜCKE and Hana PELIKÁNOVÁ. Naslouchat hlasům paměti : teoretické a praktické aspekty orální historie. Praha: Ústav pro soudobé dějiny AV ČR, 2007, 224 stran. ISBN 9788072850891. info
  • VANĚK, Antonín. Orální historie : metodické a "technické" postupy. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2003, 78 s. ISBN 8024407183. info
Assessment methods
Lectures, homeworks, class discussion, group projects.
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020.
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