Universität Wien

070112 UE Readings in the History of Historiography (2024S)

Historiography on Ukrainian Lands

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

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Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Wednesday 06.03. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte UniCampus Hof 3 2R-EG-07
Wednesday 13.03. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte UniCampus Hof 3 2R-EG-07
Wednesday 20.03. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte UniCampus Hof 3 2R-EG-07
Wednesday 10.04. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte UniCampus Hof 3 2R-EG-07
Wednesday 17.04. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte UniCampus Hof 3 2R-EG-07
Wednesday 24.04. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte UniCampus Hof 3 2R-EG-07
Wednesday 15.05. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte UniCampus Hof 3 2R-EG-07
Wednesday 29.05. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte UniCampus Hof 3 2R-EG-07
Wednesday 05.06. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte UniCampus Hof 3 2R-EG-07
Wednesday 12.06. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte UniCampus Hof 3 2R-EG-07
Wednesday 19.06. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte UniCampus Hof 3 2R-EG-07
Wednesday 26.06. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte UniCampus Hof 3 2R-EG-07

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The course shall be taught in English.
During the centuries of their history, the lands that currently constitute the territory of Ukraine have experienced a number of political regimes, foreign rules and international developments that have made an influence on the whole region of the Eastern Europe. This course shall be focused on the works of both native-born and foreign scholars studying the territories of Ukrainian lands, its population composed of various socio-ethnic groups and various social and political structures existing there, starting with the excerpts from “The Histories” by Herodotus.
This course shall provide examples of historiography from different epochs and directions of historiography history (Antiquity, Middle Ages, Enlightenment, Marxism, Diaspora historiography, Women and Gender history, Global History etc.), either in form of original sources or research of different groups of texts on the topic of a corresponding teaching unit. After completing the course, the students should obtain knowledge of the most important texts, themes and epochs of historiographical history related to the history of Ukrainian lands and to be able to read and analyze historiographical texts in order to recognize historical questions and narratives. To fulfill these goals, the students shall be provided with the relevant research literature and/or written sources arranged both thematically and in chronological order. The students will be requested to submit 4 short summaries of the texts of their choice in preparation to the class. In addition, the students shall be asked to present the historical context of literature assigned for each teaching unit in small groups (2-3 students) and to moderate the in-class discussion of the text itself after their presentation.

Assessment and permitted materials

Presence and active participation in the discussions, regular reading of the obligatory literature uploaded on the Moodle platform, preparation of the short summaries of the obligatory texts according to the requirements set by the teacher, presentation of historical context of the literature assigned for the teaching unit in a small group and moderation of the in-class discussion of the same literature. There shall be no exam for this course.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

- Presence and active participation in the discussions
- Reading of the obligatory texts uploaded weekly on the Moodle platform
- Submitting of the short 4 summaries of the obligatory texts before the deadline
- Presentation of historical context of the literature assigned for the teaching unit in a small group and moderation of the in-class discussion of the same literature

Examination topics

The texts for the preparation for each teaching unit shall be distributed via Moodle platform.

Reading list

Von Hagen, Mark. "Does Ukraine have a History?" Slavic Review 54, no. 3 (1995): 658-673.
Herodotus. Histories. Translated by George Rawlinson. Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Editions Limited, 2013, Book 4.
Weinryb, Bernard D. "The Hebrew Chronicles on Bohdan Khmel'nyts'kyi and the Cossack-Polish War." Harvard Ukrainian Studies 1, No. 2 (1977): 153-177.
Prymak, Thomas M. “Voltaire on Mazepa and Early Eighteenth-Century Ukraine.” Canadian Journal of History 47, no. 2 (2012): 259–83.
The Russian View. In: Velychenko, Stephen. National history as cultural process: A survey of the interpretations of Ukraine's past in Polish, Russian, and Ukrainian historical writing from the earliest times to 1914. CIUS Press, 1992, pp. 79-137.
Hruševsʹkyj, Mychajlo Serhijovyč, Andrzej Poppe, and Marta Skorupsky. History of Ukraine-Rus'. 1, From Prehistory to the Eleventh Century / Ed. by Andrzej Poppe ... Edmonton [u.a.]: Canadian Inst. of Ukrainian Studies Press, 1997.
Bohachevsky-Chomiak, Martha. Feminists Despite Themselves: Women in Ukrainian Community Life, 1884-1939. CIUS Press, 1988.

Association in the course directory

BA Geschichte (V2019): PM1 Quellen und Methoden - UE Lektüre historiographischer Texte und Historiographiegeschichte (4 ECTS).
BEd UF GP 05: Quellen und Methoden 1 - KU Lektüre historiographischer Texte und Historiographiegeschichte (4 ECTS)

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