070183 KU Reading Historiography (2014S)

Examples of War and Conquest from the Ancient Greeks to the Romans

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 7 - Geschichte

Continuous assessment of course work

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).

Registration is open from Sa 01.02.2014 00:00 to We 19.02.2014 23:59
Registration is open from Mo 03.03.2014 00:00 to We 05.03.2014 23:59
Registration is open from Mo 24.03.2014 13:05 to Tu 25.03.2014 13:05
Deregistration possible until Su 30.03.2014 23:59

Details

max. 35 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Finbarr McLoughlin

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

    
    Tuesday
    11.03.
    13:30 - 15:00
    Seminarraum Geschichte 2  Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
    
    Tuesday
    18.03.
    13:30 - 15:00
    Seminarraum Geschichte 2  Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
    
    Tuesday
    25.03.
    13:30 - 15:00
    Seminarraum Geschichte 2  Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
    
    Tuesday
    01.04.
    13:30 - 15:00
    Seminarraum Geschichte 2  Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
    
    Tuesday
    08.04.
    13:30 - 15:00
    Seminarraum Geschichte 2  Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
    
    Tuesday
    29.04.
    13:30 - 15:00
    Seminarraum Geschichte 2  Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
    
    Tuesday
    06.05.
    13:30 - 15:00
    Seminarraum Geschichte 2  Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
    
    Tuesday
    13.05.
    13:30 - 15:00
    Seminarraum Geschichte 2  Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
    
    Tuesday
    20.05.
    13:30 - 15:00
    Seminarraum Geschichte 2  Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
    
    Tuesday
    27.05.
    13:30 - 15:00
    Seminarraum Geschichte 2  Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
    
    Tuesday
    03.06.
    13:30 - 15:00
    Seminarraum Geschichte 2  Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
    
    Tuesday
    17.06.
    13:30 - 15:00
    Seminarraum Geschichte 2  Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
    
    Tuesday
    24.06.
    13:30 - 15:00
    Seminarraum Geschichte 2  Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course examines what historiography means and will survey certain epochs of war and conquest in Europe:
Herodotus and the Persian Wars
Tactitus on Roman Britain
Giraldus Cambensis on the Norman Invasion of Ireland
The revolution in warfare and the Tudor reconquest of Ireland to 1600
Debates on the competence of British generals in World War1
AJP Taylor's "Origins of the Second World War" or E.H. Carr's "What is History?"

Assessment and permitted materials

Regular short written tasks, and final exam. Overall mark: oral participation, written tasks, final exam -10%, 40%, 50%

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

To understand how historiography developed and the debates it engendered, especially in relation to sources and their interpretation

Examination topics

6-7 introductory lectures and discussion

Reading list

See www.univie.ac.at/igl.geschichte/mcloughlin

Association in the course directory

BA 2012 & BA 2011: Quellen und Methoden 2 (4 ECTS) | BA 2008: Quellen und Methoden 1 (4 ECTS) | LA: Lektüre historiographischer Texte und Historiographiegeschichte (4 ECTS) |

Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:30