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070160 UE Methodological course - History and Scientific Methods: Middle Ages (2022S)

5.00 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

  • Friday 18.03. 12:30 - 14:00 Digital
  • Friday 25.03. 12:30 - 14:00 Digital
  • Friday 01.04. 12:30 - 14:00 Digital
  • Friday 08.04. 12:30 - 14:00 Digital
  • Friday 29.04. 12:30 - 14:00 Digital
  • Friday 06.05. 12:30 - 14:00 Digital
  • Friday 13.05. 12:30 - 14:00 Digital
  • Friday 20.05. 12:30 - 14:00 Digital
  • Friday 27.05. 12:30 - 14:00 Digital
  • Friday 03.06. 12:30 - 14:00 Digital
  • Friday 10.06. 12:30 - 14:00 Digital
  • Friday 17.06. 12:30 - 14:00 Digital
  • Friday 24.06. 12:30 - 14:00 Digital

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course introduces Masters students to the use of natural scientific evidence in medieval history. The aim is to master the ability to work with interdisciplinary evidence and to think about its application to the historian's craft. We will read scientific articles in palaeogenetics (human, animal, and pathogen), archaeology, climatology, and other fields. You will learn to read scientific articles with facility and comfort, and we will discuss the wider theoretical problems of putting the hard sciences in conversation with history. The focus is on the medieval period (ca. 500-1500 CE), particularly Europe and the Mediterranean, but we will have occasion to examine a wider global Middle Ages.

Assessment and permitted materials

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Attendance with active participation, careful reading of primary sources and secondary sources, course assignments.

Examination topics

Reading list

All readings (primarily scientific articles or book chapters, with a few primary sources) will either be provided by the instructor or on the course website.

Association in the course directory

SP Mittelalter
MA Geschichte (2019): 5 ECTS

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