Universität Wien

070102 UE Guided Reading Economic and Social History - Archeology in the Age of Nationalism (2023W)

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

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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

  • Wednesday 04.10. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte UniCampus Hof 3 2Q-EG-27
  • Wednesday 11.10. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte UniCampus Hof 3 2Q-EG-27
  • Wednesday 18.10. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte UniCampus Hof 3 2Q-EG-27
  • Wednesday 25.10. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte UniCampus Hof 3 2Q-EG-27
  • Wednesday 08.11. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte UniCampus Hof 3 2Q-EG-27
  • Wednesday 15.11. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte UniCampus Hof 3 2Q-EG-27
  • Wednesday 22.11. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte UniCampus Hof 3 2Q-EG-27
  • Wednesday 29.11. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte UniCampus Hof 3 2Q-EG-27
  • Wednesday 06.12. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte UniCampus Hof 3 2Q-EG-27
  • Wednesday 13.12. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte UniCampus Hof 3 2Q-EG-27
  • Wednesday 10.01. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte UniCampus Hof 3 2Q-EG-27
  • Wednesday 17.01. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte UniCampus Hof 3 2Q-EG-27
  • Wednesday 24.01. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte UniCampus Hof 3 2Q-EG-27
  • Wednesday 31.01. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte UniCampus Hof 3 2Q-EG-27

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The relationship between archaeology and nation-building is receiving increasing attention as one of the natural concerns of heritage studies, reflecting the variety of the roles that archaeological sites and practice can carry for a society. From early 19th to the late 20th century the consolidation of nation-states and their collective identities occurred through a quest for origins and discourses of primacy and autochtonism. At the same time the nascent discipline of archaeology went through a time of professionalization and transition from the imperial scale to national ones. In the course predominantly cases from the history of Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East will be thematized, and students will be looking at the formation of new historiographies in the countries emerged in the result of the dissolution of the Russian and Ottoman empires.

The guided reading is structured thematically into broader sections: the nationalist interpretations of the past, representation of archaeological sites and their perception as national heritage, global knowledge flows in the field of history and archaeology, and the national experience of archaeological heritage as a modern phenomenon. Students will engage critically in reading and discussing texts on the history of the professionalization of archaeology and its significance in the modern society, and are expected to gain an understanding of the 18th-20th century institutional framework of archaeology across Europe, of ideas of conservation, formation of museums and creation of national archaeologies. Familiarization with various historiographic models and theoretical approaches applied in archaeology, such as culture-historical and processual archaeology, is also expected.

Assessment and permitted materials

In preparation for the classes, students shall read the texts provided via Moodle and engage in discussions in larger and smaller groups. Besides, they shall deliver a presentation on a chosen topic and provide summaries of the required readings before each class (200 words).

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

All assessment criteria mentioned above will be assigned a score (active class participation: 0-40 points, group presentation: 0-30 points, summaries: 0-30 points). For a positive evaluation, the minimum number of points must be achieved for each assessment (active class participation: min. 15 points, group presentation: min. 15 points, summary: min. 10 points). For the final evaluation, all points are added up and grades are assigned according to the following scale:
1: 85-100 Punkte
2: 70-84 Punkte
3: 55-69 Punkte
4: 40-54 Punkte
5: 0-39 Punkte

Examination topics

There is no final exam for this course. The students’ assessment is based on the criteria mentioned in the sections “assessment and permitted materials” and “minimum requirements and assessment criteria”.

Reading list

All reading materials will be uploaded on Moodle. Selected literature:
- Kohl, Philip L. “Nationalism and archaeology: On the Constructions of Nations and the Reconstructions of the Remote Past.” Annual Review of Anthropology 27, no. 1 (1998): 223–46.
- Meskell, Lynn. Archaeology Under Fire: Nationalism, Politics and Heritage in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. London, New York: Routledge, 1998.
- Nora, Pierre. “Between Memory and History: Les Lieux de Mémoire.” Representations, no. 26 (1989), pp. 7–24.
- Osterhammel, Jürgen. "Imperial Systems and Nation-States: The Persistence of Empires" In The Transformation of the World: A Global History of the Nineteenth Century, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2014, pp. 392-468.
- Vernoit, Stephen. “The Rise of Islamic Archaeology,” in Muqarnas, Vol. 14 (1997), pp. 1-10.

Association in the course directory

BA Geschichte (2019): M5 Vertiefung Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte (5 ECTS) / ZWM Fremdsprache i.d. Geschichtswissenschaft (5 ECTS) / ZWM Berufsorientierung (5 ECTS)
BA UF GSP: Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte (4 ECTS)

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