History of Historiography

Code:

HISTO024

Acronym:

HHIST

Instance: 2017/2018 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of History, Political and International Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in History

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
GEOGR	0	GEOGR - Study Plan	3	-	6	52	162
HISTO	57	HISTO - Study Plan	2	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

1) Presenting the present profile of History of Historiography.
2) Defining a chronology in time for XVII-XX centuries and adequately justifying it.
3) Teaching the main knowledge about a given theme of “Historical schools” (Enlightenment, Romanticism, “Methodical School”, Marxism, Annales / New Histories, “New Political Stories, Post-Modernity…
4) Providing texts of the main authors belonging to the proposed times to the students.
6) Understanding the reasons that explain the role played by historians in contemporary societies.

Learning outcomes and competences

1. To know about the major historical schools (centuries XVII - XX).

2. To use of accuracy in identifying the same concepts.

3. To identify and interpret some historiographical texts (centuries XIX - XX).

4. To discuss of some issues related to History, paying special attention to some characters from the XVII century to the present-day.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Historiography history: a new status for an old chair?
2. The rising of the «historical critics» and the modern erudition: from Jean Mabillon to the French revolution.
3. Enlightenment historiography: arguments and impasses.
4. Paths of the XIX century.
4.1. French revolution, Liberalism(s) and Historiography.
4.2. Historiography and cultural movements: Romanticism and Positivism.
4.3. Historiography and Nationalities: Nation-State and State/Boss.
4.4. The «method» and the «methodical school(s) ».
5. Revolutions of historiography in the XX century.
5.1. Marxism and Historiography.
5.2. The Annales: naissance and the evolution of a historiography’s movement.
5.3. From Annales to the «Nouvelle(s) Histoire(s)»...
6. Historiography in the second half of the XX century: modernity and archaism.
7. Post-modernity and Historiography.
8. What kind of Historiography for the XXI century?
8.1. Contextualizing in Humanities during the last two decades: from questioning to the renaissance?
8.2. Singular times: the return of the event in a world which is still happening.
8.3. New beginnings in a new century: Which is the time for the historians?

Mandatory literature

BOURDÉ, Guy; MARTIN, Hervé; Escolas (As) Históricas, Publicações Europa-América, 1990
CARBONELL, Charles-Olivier; Historiografia, Teorema, 1987
GADOFFRE, Gilbert (ed.); Certezas e Incertezas da História, Pensamento, 1988
BURGUIÉRE, André (dir.); Dictionnaire des sciences historiques, PUF, 1988
ROMANO, Ruggiero; GIL, Fernando (dir.); Enciclopédia Einaudi, 1. Memória-História, IN/CM, 1984
BURKE, Peter (ed.); Escrita (A) da História: novas perspectivas, UNESP, 1992
LE GOFF, Jacques; NORA, Pierre (dir.); Fazer História, 3 vols., Bertrand, 1977-1981-1987
FURET, François; Oficina (A) da História, Gradiva, 1987
BÉDARIDA, François (dir.); Histoire (L’) et le métier d’historien en France, 1945-1995, Maison des sciences de l'homme, 1995
PROST, Antoine; Douze leçons sur l’histoire, Seuil, 1996
SCHMITT, J.-Cl.; OEXLE, O. G. (dir.); Tendances actuelles de l’Histoire du Moyen Âge en France et en Allemagne, Publications de la Sorbonne, 2002

Complementary Bibliography

EVANS, Richard J.; Em Defesa da História, Temas e Debates, 2000
SALES, Véronique (dir.); Historiens (Les) , Armand Colin, 2003
ANDRÉS GALLEGO, J. (dir.); New History, Nouvelle Histoire. Hacia una Nueva Historia, Actas, 1993. ISBN: 84-87863-16-7
DUMOULIN; Rôle (Le) social de l'historien. De la chaire au prétoire, Albin Michel, 2003. ISBN: 2-226-13484-0
BOUTIER, Jean; JULIA, Dominique (dir); Passés recomposés. Champs et chantiers de l'Histoire, Autrement, 1995. ISBN: 2-86260-516-6
LACHAUD, Frédérique; LESCENT-GILES, Isabelle; RUGGIU, François-Joseph ; Histoires d'outre Manche. Tendances récentes de l'historiographie britannique, Presses de l'Université de Paris-Sorbonne, 2001. ISBN: 2-84050-185-6
TOPOLSKI, Jerzy (ed.); Historiography between Modernism and Postmodernism. Contributions to the Methodology of the Historical Research , Rodopi, 1994. ISBN: 90-5183-721-6

Comments from the literature

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Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures (and discussions) on the themes of the chair; reading and critical discussion of historiography’s texts; supervison of the tasks and the reports developed by the students.

keywords

Humanities > History > History of social sciences
Humanities > History > Contemporary History
Humanities > History > Social history

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	60,00
Trabalho escrito	40,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	78,00
Frequência das aulas	54,00
Trabalho de investigação	30,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Mandatory 75% class attendance, unless established otherwise by law.

Calculation formula of final grade

Final exam: 60%; Report: 40%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Students who are qualified to special exams in September should contact the teacher in order to define the different elements of evaluation.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Accordance with Assessment Regulations in force.

Classification improvement

Accordance with Assessment Regulations in force. The exam can be targeted for improvement in  the two immediately following times of its. The reading report can't be improved.

Observations

Students who present themselves to the special evaluation epoch (September) must first contact the teacher.