Historiography Lectures and Seminars (Single-Honours History Modern Stream Students and Joint-Degree History Students)
All lectures take place on Tuesdays at 10-11 am. Please note the following room assignments:
Term I: Woods Scawen (Arts Centre)
Term II: OC0.03 (Oculus building)
The 2 hour panel round up session (term 3, week 4) and the two revision lectures (term 3, week 2 and 3) will all take place on Tues 10 am: OCO.03
The last 2 revision seminars in term 3 will follow the panel session and lecture and take place on Tuesday (and Monday) afternoon in the usually seminar rooms.
Textbook: L. Kramer, S. Maza (eds.), Companion to Western Historical Thought -- CWHT
Lecturers
AG: Anne Gerritisen; JH: Joachim Häberlen; DL: David Lambert; JP: James Poskett; LS: Laura Schwartz; CS: Dr Claudia Stein; CW: Charles Walton
Seminar Tutors
Michael Bycroft, Careys Howells (term I); Luca Mola (Venice students), Stuart Middleton, Colin Storer,
Sophie Mann, Claudia Stein, Laura Schwartz (term II), Charles Walton
| Term | Week | Lecturer | Lecture Topic | Seminar Topic |
| Term 1 | 1 | CS |
What is Historiography? An Introduction Lecture PowerPoint |
What is historiography? |
| 2 | CS |
The Making of Modernity I: Enlightenment and History: Introduction Lecture PowerPoint |
Enlightenment and History | |
| 3 | CS |
The Making of Modernity II: The 'Other' Enlightenment: German Enlightenment History |
The ‘Other’ Enlightenment: German Enlightenment History | |
| 4 | CS |
The Making of Modernity III: History as Class Struggle |
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| 5 | CS |
The Making of Modernity IV: Empiricism, Positivism, and the Rise of Scientific Objectivity in History Writing 19th/20th Century |
Empiricism, Positivism, and the Rise of Scientific Objectivity in History Writing 19th/20th Century | |
| 6 | ~ Reading Week: no lecture or seminar ~ | |||
| 7 | CS |
The Making of Modernity V: The French Annales School and 'Total History' (1920s-1970s) |
The French Annales School and Total History (1920s-1970s) | |
| 8 | CS |
Modernity in Crisis, Postmodernity and the Rise of Cultural History I: The ‘New’ Social History and the Power of Experience ‘From Below’ |
The New Social History and the Power of Experience 'from Below' | |
| 9 | CS |
The Rise of Cultural History II: History and Anthropology |
History and Anthropology | |
| 10 | CS |
The Rise of Cultural History III: Microhistory |
Microhistory | |
| Term 2 | 1 | CS |
The Rise of Cultural History IV: The Power of Language and the Practices of Everyday Life |
The Power of Language and the Practices of Everyday Life |
| 2 | CS |
The Rise of Cultural History V: Epistemes, Discourses, Discipline and Docile Bodies |
Epistemes, Discourses, Discipline and Docile Bodies | |
| 3 | CS |
The Rise of Cultural History VI: (De)constructing Human Experience and Biopower |
(De)constructing Human Experience and Biopower | |
| 4 | LS |
Theory Applied I: Women’s History and History, Poststructuralism and the Questioning of Women’s Experience |
Women's and Gender History, Poststructuralism and the Question of Women's Experiences | |
| 5 | JP |
Theory Applied II: History of Science and Technology |
History of Science and Technology | |
| 6 |
~ Reading Week: no lecture or seminar ~. |
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| 7 | DL |
Theory Applied III: From the Study of the Subaltern to the Postcolonial Subject |
Postcolonial History | |
| 8 | AG |
Theory Applied IV: Global History |
Global History | |
| 9 | JH |
Emerging Themes I: History of Emotions |
History of Emotions | |
| 10 | CS |
Emerging themes II: The return to the Grand Narrative? Deep History and Big Data |
Deep History, Big Data and the Natural Sciences | |
| Term 3 | 2 | CS |
Revision I |
Revision seminar I |
| 3 & 4 |
CS and colleagues in week 4 for Roundtable |
Week 3: Revision II (Tues 10-11) Week 4: Roundtable with lecturers (Tuesday 10-12) |
Revision seminar II | |