Theory of History

Code:

HISTO067

Acronym:

THIST

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
HISTO	16	HISTO - Study Plan	2	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

- to facilitate students’ comprehension of major epistemological issues;
- to understand what do historians do;
- to facilitate students’ comprehension of the specificity of historical knowledge and the notion of historicity;
- to improve students’ hermeneutic skills when studying epistemology texts.

Learning outcomes and competences

To acquire epistemological analysis skills.

To acquirie skills of textual criticism and hermeneutics.

 

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Not applicable.

Program

The uses of History: How to make history today (in the 21 th century?)
1. Basic notions in epistemology: subject, object, absolute and relative judgements.
1.1 Models of scientific knowledge
1.2 The great schools of epistemology in History: from Positivism to the critique of historicism
2. The logic scientific knowledge
2.1 The epistemology of science and the specificity of historical sciences
2.2 Historical reality and historiographic construction
2.3 Conceptualization
2.4 Causality
3. Time and history
3.1 Social time and periodization
3.2 Philosophy of History: problems and perspectives

Mandatory literature

SCHAAF, Adam ; Historia e Verdade, Lisboa, Editorial Estampa
VEYNE, Paul ; Como se escreve a Historia , Edições 70
SCHAAF, Adam ; Historia e Verdade, Lisboa, Editorial Estampa
MARROU, H. I.; Do conhecimento Histórico, , Lisboa, Aster, 1974.
Donnelly, Mark, Norton, Claire; Doing History, Routledge, 2011
Iggers, Georg G., Wang, Q.Edward; A Global History of Modern Historiography, Pearson, 2008
Charle Christophe 340; Transnational intellectual networks. ISBN: 3-593-37371-8
Ankersmit Frank 340; A new philosophy of history. ISBN: 0-948462-77-9

Complementary Bibliography

Febvre Lucien 1878-1956; Combates pela história

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical-Practical classes will address a selection of texts considered to be representative of general epistemology and of epistemology of historical knowledge
Students’ debates;
Orientation of students’ research projects (regarding the number of students enrolled).

Software

Apoio digital com ficheiros nos formatos powerpoinit, excel e word

keywords

Humanities > History > History of social sciences

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	50,00
Participação presencial	10,00
Trabalho escrito	40,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	76,00
Frequência das aulas	54,00
Trabalho de investigação	32,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Students are admitted to exams provided that the conditions established in the Assessment Regulations are met: 75% class attendance, unless established otherwise by law. Attendance will be monitored by means of attendance records.

Calculation formula of final grade

TOTAL= 50% E + 40% RA + 10% PC E= Exam RA = Research assignment PC = Participation in class

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable.

Classification improvement

The process for improving grades must comply with the types of assessment planned for the course unit. Students may redo or repeat the test or tests in which they have failed to achieve a satisfactory grade.