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Syllabus:

Historiography, 7.5 credits

Swedish name: Historiografi
This syllabus is valid: 2007-07-02 valid to 2009-01-18 (newer version of the syllabus exists)
Course code: 1HI032
Credit points: 7.5
Education level: Second cycle
Main Field of Study and progress level: History: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Grading scale: Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail
Responsible department: Department of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies

Contents

The course deals with the historiography of western society. Its focus is on how history as a subject has developed and changed over time. Different ways of explaining the past will be discussed as well as how historians from different historical traditions have argued.

Expected learning outcomes

- the student will have achieved knowledge about the development of history as a subject - the student will be able to recognize different views of history - the student will have achieved knowledge about the roots of modern day historiography

Examination modes

Examination will include written reports and individual essays. The grade is an overall assessment of the performance at the various examinations and is awarded first when all of the compulsory modules are passed. Students who do not pass at the time of the normal written examination will be offered an opportunity to sit a further examination. When a student has failed an examination on two occations, he or she has a right to have another examiner. A written request should be handed to the Faculty Board. ACADEMIC CREDIT TRANSFER Academic credit transfers are reviewed individually.

Literature

Valid from: 2007 week 27

Burke Peter
History and social theory
Cambridge : Polity : 1992 : ix, 198 s. :
ISBN: 0-7456-0736-5 (inb.)
Mandatory
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Evans Richard J.
In defence of history
London : Granta : 1997 : 307 s. :
ISBN: 1-86207-068-7
Mandatory
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Evans Richard J.
Till historiens försvar
1. uppl. : Stockholm : SNS förl. : 2000 : 303 s. :
ISBN: 91-7150-788-4 (inb.) ; 339:00
Mandatory
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Iggers Georg G.
Historiography in the twentieth century : from scientific objectivity to the postmodern challenge
Hanover, N.H. : Wesleyan Univ. Press : cop. 1997 : 182 s. :
ISBN: 0-8195-5302-6
Mandatory
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Floto Inga
Historie : nyere og nyeste tid
København : Gyldendal : 1985 : 268 s. :
ISBN: 87-01-19012-1
Mandatory
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