| CODE | HST3021 | ||||||
| TITLE | European Historiography | ||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 2 | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | History | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | European Historiography begins with a discussion of the idea, meaning and purpose of history, what history is or ought to be, as well as the challenges of understanding, recording and interpreting it. This study-unit will then proceed to look at the trends in historical thinking as expressed by leading historians and thinkers over time. Individual historians or schools of thought will be grouped, as far as possible, chronologically and/or thematically from Early Medieval Times to the present. We shall be covering the main evolving traits in a history of historiography, with examples from the more seminal works along the way. A Bibliography will be given. Aims: - To render students aware of the changing methods and interpretations of historical realities over time; - To introduce them to works by leading historians from Græco-Roman Times to the present; - To appreciate, understand and interprete according to sources, contexts and times. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - realise what being a historian means and has meant; - appreciate philosophical and methodological outlooks in the writing of history. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - improve meaningfully the ability to read and to write historical works. Reading List: Suggested Readings - I.Porciani & L.Raphael, Atlas of European Historiography: The Making of a Profession 1800-2005 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010) - E.Breisach, Historiography: Ancient, Medieval and Modern (Univ of Chicago Press, 3rd ed., 2007) - R.Spalding & C.Parker, Historiography: An Introduction (Manchester Univ. Press, 2007) - G.G.Iggers, Historiography in the Twentieth Century: From Scientific Objectivity to the Postmodern Challenge (Wesleyan Univ. Press, 2005) - A.D.Smith, The Nation in History: Historiographical Debates about Ethnicity and Nationalism (Polity Press, 2000) - M.Bentley, Modern Historiography: An Introduction (Routledge, 1999) - R.J.Evans, In Defence of History (Granta Books, 1997) |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Seminar | ||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Simon Mercieca |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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