Universität Wien

070044 SE Seminar Historical sources and critique (2025S)

Sources and Archives of Women's and Gender History

8.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 7 - Geschichte
Continuous assessment of course work
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Mo 28.04. 13:15-14:45 Seminarraum 2, Institut für Zeitgeschichte, 1090 Wien, Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 1

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

No class 12 May and 26 May.

  • Monday 03.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 2, Institut für Zeitgeschichte, 1090 Wien, Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 1
  • Monday 10.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 2, Institut für Zeitgeschichte, 1090 Wien, Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 1
  • Monday 17.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 2, Institut für Zeitgeschichte, 1090 Wien, Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 1
  • Monday 24.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 2 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 5 Hof 3
  • Monday 31.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 2, Institut für Zeitgeschichte, 1090 Wien, Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 1
  • Monday 07.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 2, Institut für Zeitgeschichte, 1090 Wien, Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 1
  • Monday 05.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 2, Institut für Zeitgeschichte, 1090 Wien, Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 1
  • Monday 12.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 2, Institut für Zeitgeschichte, 1090 Wien, Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 1
  • Monday 19.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 2, Institut für Zeitgeschichte, 1090 Wien, Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 1
  • Monday 02.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 2, Institut für Zeitgeschichte, 1090 Wien, Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 1
  • Monday 16.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 2, Institut für Zeitgeschichte, 1090 Wien, Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 1
  • Monday 23.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 2, Institut für Zeitgeschichte, 1090 Wien, Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 1
  • Monday 30.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 2, Institut für Zeitgeschichte, 1090 Wien, Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 1

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The course focuses on the multiple and complex ways of finding women in the archives. We will explore the gendered and, more broadly, intersectional differences in types of archives, their creation, and their accessibility. We will examine both digital and “analogue” archives and sources, explore oral history as a method, and investigate sources related to women’s intellectual history and feminist political thought. This will allow us to reassess the ways in which sources are created, categorized, and evaluated.
The goal of the course is to encourage thinking about sources and archives across different schools of history, from social history to labour and intellectual history.
We will have two invited speaker: Dr. Alexandra Ghit will guide us through the UN Archives. Éva Cserháti will tell us about using historical archives for her research when writing historical crime fiction and engage us in conversation about history and fiction. About Éva Cserháti: https://thecwa.co.uk/find-an-author/cserhati-eva/

Assessment and permitted materials

Class participation: 30%; Presentation: 20%; Source based seminar paper: 50%
The language of the course is mainly English, but presentation and questions are accepted in German. All mandatory readings are in English, German language additional literature is in the Optional section of the detailed syllabus. You are invited and welcome to present and work with sources in any language.
1 (excellent) 100 – 90 points
2 (good) 89 – 81 points
3 (satisfactory) 80 – 71 points
4 (sufficient) 70 - 61 points
5 (insufficient) 60 – 0 point

Regular active participation; Active participation in the course discussions; Short class presentation; Short written works and their discussion.

2 absences are permitted. For the two classes with the invited speakers, you will need to show written documentation of the reason of missing the class.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Examination topics

Dies ist eine prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung.

Reading list

Sample literature:
Nupur Chaudhuri, Sherry J. Katz, and Mary Elizabeth Perry, eds., Contesting Archives: Finding Women in the Sources (Chicago Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 2010).
Kate Eichhorn, The Archival Turn in Feminism: Outrage in Order. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2013. 1-25.
Natalie Zemon Davis, Fiction in the Archives: Pardon Tales and Their Tellers in Sixteenth-Century France, Harry Camp Lectures at Stanford University. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1987.

Zsófia Lóránd, Adela Hîncu, Jovana Mihajlović Trbovc, and Katarzyna Stańczak-Wiślicz, eds., Texts and Contexts from the History of Feminism and Women’s Rights. East Central Europe, Second Half of the Twentieth Century (Budapest – New York – Vienna: CEU Press, 2024).

Association in the course directory

EAR: Zeitgeschichte, Globalgeschichte, Osteuropäische Geschichte, Frauen- und Geschlechtergeschichte, MATILDA: Europäische Frauen- und Geschlechtergeschichte.
MEd UF GP (Version 2015): UF MA GP 01 Fachwissenschaft , SE Vertiefungsseminar 1: Quellenkunde und Quellenkritik (6 ECTS).
MA Geschichte (Version 2019): PM4 Individuelle Schwerpunktsetzung, SE Seminar aus Geschichte (8 ECTS).
IDMA Zeitgeschichte und Medien (Version 2019): M4a SE Seminar zu Zeitgeschichte und Medien, SE Seminar aus Zeitgeschichte (8 ECTS) / M4b Wahlbereich - Spezialthemen zu Zeitgeschichte und Medien II, SE Seminar (8 ECTS, Bereich Zeitgeschichte).

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