Universität Wien

070137 SE BA-Seminar - History in the age of digitalization (2025S)

10.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 7 - Geschichte
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle
Th 22.05. 15:00-16:30 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7

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: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

The course will be held in a hybrid format, i.e. there will be classroom sessions and a block course in digital format.
The Moodle page for this course will be activated for registered students after the co-constituent first meeting on March 13th.

  • Thursday 13.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Thursday 20.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Thursday 27.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Thursday 03.04. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Thursday 10.04. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Thursday 15.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Thursday 05.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Thursday 12.06. 14:00 - 18:00 Digital
  • Thursday 26.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The historical sciences produce certainties that are valid until they are displaced by other certainties. Are these constructed certainties therefore “false”? At the same time, fictions also produce concepts of reality that can claim the status of a certainty, a “reality” – or are assigned it. If the credo “What is effective is real!” is true, can fictions replace scientific certainties? How can scientific legitimacy – using the example of historical science – be established against this background? And how illegitimate is a view of reality that becomes socially effective?
The course offers students the opportunity to examine the dividing lines between scientific findings and powerful fictions (fake news/conspiracy theories/counterworlds, etc.) as part of a BA thesis. to identify and evaluate.
The course teaches the curricular competencies based on the topics chosen by the students themselves. The aim of the course is to profile digital sources in their potential as historical sources - and to make students understand their own digitally structured power of creating realities.

Assessment and permitted materials

The performance is achieved through regular home exercises (sometimes in group work), active participation in the online or Attendance sessions, a presentation of the work (online or face-to-face), a comment on other works (in a block event) and a final thesis are proven. The recognizable independence of the research work is important for assessing performance. For self-selected topic suggestions, it is necessary to formulate a meaningful thesis (not a question!), outline the source material to be worked on, justify a suitable methodology and classify it in the relevant state of research. These requirements are checked by the teacher and their implementation by the students is communicated verbally and/or by email in writing during the meetings.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Participation in all online and face-to-face appointments and timely submission (Moodle) of the planned and explained proof of achievement (30%) (see above). Recognizable evidence of independent thinking (30%) and work as well as recognizable, independent source work (40%) are necessary to successfully complete the course. These requirements are checked by the teacher and their implementation by the students is communicated verbally and/or by email in writing during the meetings.
The subject of the BA thesis is to illustrate the scientific process logic using the example of working on a self-selected scientific topic.
For the percentage weighting of the various partial achievements - ALL partial achievements must be completed successfully in order to successfully complete the SE - please note the following list:
Attendance at all meetings and participation: 19%
1. Exposé: 19%%
2. Exposé: 19%%
Comments and scientific dialogue as part of the block event: 24%
BA thesis: 19%
In order to successfully complete it, you must take part in all units - this especially applies to the 4-hour block event! An unexcused absence from a unit and a negative assessment/not completed partial performance will result in deregistration from the course and a negative assessment. Absence from a unit is only possible in the case of a proven, medically certified illness or proven participation in an examination in another course.

Examination topics

A self-selected topic from the subject area of ​​the course in oral and written presentation. The regulations for pi-LVs apply.

Reading list

The literature is thematically and in terms of its scope based on the individual topic. As a general basis, Moodle provides:
Martin Tschigger among others: Theory of History, Wiebaden 2019 (Springer).
Stefan Zahlmann: The reality of stones, Weitra 2021 (Provincial Publishing House).
In view of the complex individual topics, topic-related literature references are provided throughout the semester.

Association in the course directory

BA Geschichte (2019): PM7, BA-Seminar (10 ECTS)
BEd UF GP12: BA-Seminar für GP (9 ECTS)

Last modified: Th 27.02.2025 18:25