Methodology for History - 1st semester
Objectives
The seminar has a double objective. On the one hand, it aims at exemplifying different modes of analytical proceeding in History. On the other, it aims to reflect in depth about the uses to which primary sources are subject. To achieve this dual objective, we selected five laboratories that are both thematic and methodological: comparative history, nationalism issues, colonialism, modernization and printed culture. It is intended, in particular, that students develop the ability to:
a) Learn to identify and use with a critical sense, according to the rules of the discipline, diverse sources of information (bibliography, documents, oral testimonies, iconography and others).
b) Acquire a deep and updated specific knowledge about methodologies used in different areas of historical research.
General characterization
Code
73205100
Credits
10
Responsible teacher
Maria João Violante Branco
Hours
Weekly - 2
Total - Available soon
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
Not applicable.
Bibliography
Haupt, H.-G. e Kocka, J. (eds.), Comparative and Transnational History. Berghahn Books, 2010
Massey, Doreen, For Space, Londres, Sage, 2005
Porta, Donatella della e Keating, Michael (eds.), Approaches and Methodologies in the Social Sciences: A Pluralist Perspective, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2008
Silveira, Luís Espinha da, Geographic Information Systems and Historical Research: An Appraisal, International Journal of Humanities and Arts Computing, 8.1, 2014, pp. 28-45
Teaching method
Lectures designed to provide a critical approach to individual subjects
Class debates
Individual tutoring
Evaluation method
Assessment elements: a written essay between 25 000 and 35 000 characters long, including spaces and footnotes but excluding the final references (which will weight 80% of the final grade) and the participation in class debates (20% of the final grade).
Subject matter
The seminar is structured according to the discussion of the following topics:
1. Comparative history.
2. Nation and nationalism.
3. Colonialism and Empire.
4. Modernity.
5. Print culture.
In the second part of the seminar students will receive specific guidelines in the following areas of expertise: Archival History, Ancient History, Archaeology and Medieval History, Modern History, History of the Portuguese Discoveries and Overseas Expansion, Contemporary History.