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070280 UE Guided Reading Austrian History I - Antijudaism in Pre-modern Austria (2022W)

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

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Details

max. 25 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Covid-19: In the case of anti-Covid strategies that do not allow for in-person attendance, the course will be switched to online.

  • Monday 03.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 31 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Monday 10.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 31 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Monday 17.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 31 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Monday 24.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 31 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Monday 07.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 31 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Monday 14.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 31 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Monday 21.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 31 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Monday 28.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 31 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Monday 05.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 31 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Monday 12.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 31 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Monday 09.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 31 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Monday 16.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 31 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Monday 23.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 31 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Monday 30.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 31 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The aim of this course is to acquaint the students with the fundamental anti-Jewish stereotypes and topoi, to discuss their origins and dissemination, and to analyse how these narratives were established and asserted in the cultural realm of pre-modern Austria. In doing so, both common features with the general anti-Jewish stereotypes of medieval and early modern Europe and Austrian "specifics" shall be discussed; in addition to that, the issue of (re-)actions of Jewish communities and individuals will be broached. The educational objective shall be pursued by an analysis of narrative and visual source material that is based on the use of various methods, as well as reading and discussing of secondary literature.
By use of various source materials (such as chronicles, deeds and charters, theological tractates and shrovetide plays, but also visual and material sources) the course will introduce the students to the fundamental anti-Jewish narratives; source material of Jewish provenance shall present Jewish (re-)actions as well as defence and survival strategies.
Therefore, learning units will consist of an introduction to the respective topic, followed by reading and discussion of the prepared texts (original, transcription and translation). These texts will be made available on Moodle; students are expected to summarise and present them in five assignments during the term.

Assessment and permitted materials

This course is characterised as a course of continuous assessment of students' performance, therefore, personal attendance is compulsory. The monitoring is based on the active discussion of the prepared texts which will be provided in advance on Moodle. In five assignments, a paper of 5000 characters (inkl. spaces) on one of the provided articles has to be submitted on Moodle. Evaluation: see explanation in German.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

no previous knowledge required

Examination topics

In five assignments, a paper of 5000 characters (inkl. spaces) on one of the provided articles has to be submitted on Moodle. The papers will be evaluated and returned, including feedback.

Reading list

Basisliteratur, weitere Literatur wird im Lauf des Semesters besprochen und auf Moodle bereitgestellt

Miri Rubin, Gentile Tales. The Narrative Assault on Late Medieval Jews. Philadelphia 2. Aufl. 2004.

Anthony Bale, Feeling Persecuted: Christians, Jews and Images of Violence in the Middle Ages. London 2010.

Johannes Heil, Gottesfeinde - Menschenfeinde. Die Vorstellung von jüdischer Weltverschwörung (13. bis 16. Jahrhundert) (= Antisemitismus. Geschichte und Strukturen 3). Essen 2006.

Stefan Rohrbacher und Michael Schmidt (Hg.), Judenbilder. Kulturgeschichte antijüdischer Mythen und antisemitischer Vorurteile. Reinbek 1991.

Jeremy Cohen, Christ Killers. The Jews and the Passion from the Bible to the Big Screen. Oxford/New York/et.al. 2007.

Susanna Buttaroni und Stanisław Musiał (Hg.), Ritualmord. Legenden in der europäischen Geschichte. Wien/Köln/Weimar 2003.

Markus Wenninger, Das gefährliche Fest. Ostern als zeitlicher Kristallisationspunkt antijüdischen Verhaltens. In: Detlef Altenburg, Jörg Jarnut, Hans-Hugo Steinhoff (Hg.), Feste und Feiern im Mittelalter. Paderborner Symposion des Mediävistenverbandes. Sigmaringen 1991, S. 323-332

Laughing at the Beast: The Judensau. Anti-Jewish Propaganda and Humor from the Middle Ages to the Early Modern Period. In: Albrecht Classen (Hg.): Laughter in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times. Epistemology of a Fundamental Human Behavior, its Meaning, and Consequences (= Fundamentals of Medieval and Early Modern Culture 5), Berlin-New York 2010, S. 325–364.

Association in the course directory

Vertiefung zu: VO Österreichische Geschichte 1

BA Geschichte (2012): Mittelalter (4 ECTS)
BA Geschichte (2019): Österreichische Geschichte 1 (5 ECTS)
BEd UF Geschichte: Österreichische Geschichte 1 (4 ECTS)

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