Universität Wien

070036 SE Historical Cultural Competence - Past meets Present (2023W)

National Socialism, Colonialism, and Identity in four Viennese Historical Museums

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 7 - Geschichte
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

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max. 15 participants
Language: English

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Classes

Blockveranstaltung.

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Aims, contents and method of the course

Co-Lehrveranstaltung mit der CEU. Unterrichtssprache Englisch.

In the first four blocked meetings, key texts on culture of remembrance, history and remembrance in museums as well as museums and identity and critical visitor research will be discussed.
Reading of the texts and discussions will prepare for guided visits to four museums in Vienna (Weltmuseum, Museum of Military History, Jewish Museum and the Austrian Parliament) with a focus on the representation of central themes of Austrian memory culture and identity constructions as well as colonialism in the exhibitions of these museums.
As integral part of the guided tours, there will also be opportunities for background discussions with the museum management, individual curators and active tour guides.

Tue, Oct 3, 11:00 – 13:00: University of Vienna, Institut für Zeitgeschichte, Spitalg. 2-4, Hof 1, Seminarraum 1: Introduction

Tue, Oct 10, 11:00 – 13:00: University of Vienna, Institut für Zeitgeschichte, Spitalg. 2-4, Hof 1, Seminarraum 2: Places of Memory / Memory, Distortion and History in the Museum
Susan A. Crane, "Memory, Distortion and History in the Museum," History and Theory, Vol. 36, No. 4 (December 1997), Theme Issue 36: Producing the Past: Making Histories Inside and Outside the Academy, pp. 44-63.

Pierre Nora, "Between History and Memory: Les Lieux de Mémoire," Representations, No. 26 (Spring 1989), Special Issue: Memory and Counter Memory, pp. 7-24.

Tue, Oct 17, 10:50 – 12:30, CEU, Quellenstrasse 51-55, Room D002: Museums and Identity
M. Elizabeth Weiser, Museum Rhetoric: Building Civic Identity in National Spaces (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017), pp. 93-179.

Tue, Oct 24, 10:50 – 12:30, CEU, Quellenstrasse 51-55, Room D002: The Critical Museum Visitor
Margaret Lindauer, "The Critical Museum Visitor," in Janet Marstine, ed., New Museum Theory and Practice: An Introduction (Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2006), 203-225.

November: Four museum visits
Nov 7: Museum of Military History (10 am confirmed)
Nov 14: Austrian Parliament (12.15 confirmed)
Nov 21: Jüdisches Museum Wien (10 am confirmed)
Nov 28: Weltmuseum (10.30 am confirmed)

Dec 5, 11.00-13.00, Student Presentations, Institut für Zeitgeschichte, Seminarraum 2

Assessment and permitted materials

* Compulsory attendance in the first session
* Reading assignments
* Own initiative and active participation in the discussions * oral presentation
* Podcast or Seminar paper (15 pages)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Positive accomplishment of the above-mentioned partial tasks.

Examination topics

Dies ist eine prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung.

Reading list

Siehe oben bzw. wird auf Moodle bekanntgegeben.

Association in the course directory

EAR: Zeitgeschichte.
MEd UF GP (Version 2015): UF MA GP 02 Räume der Geschichts- und Politikkultur, SE oder VU Vertiefung 2: Geschichtskulturelle Kompetenz (6 ECTS).
MA Geschichte (Version 2019): PM4 Individuelle Schwerpunktsetzung, Lehrveranstaltungen und/oder Praktika (6 ECTS, kein 8-ECTS-Seminar aus Geschichte).
IDMA Zeitgeschichte und Medien (Version 2019): M4b Wahlbereich - Spezialthemen zu Zeitgeschichte und Medien II, Lehrveranstaltungen und/oder Praktika (6 ECTS, kein 8-ECTS-Seminar, Bereich Zeitgeschichte).

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