Universität Wien

070298 SE Past meets Present (2022S)

National Socialism, Colonialism, and Identity in Four Viennese Historical Museums

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

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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. 12 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Die LV wird in Kooperation mit der CEU geblockt abgehalten, Unterrichtssprache Englisch, Ort: CEU, Quellenstraße

  • Friday 10.06. 09:45 - 13:00 Seminarraum 8 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

In the first four blocked meetings, key texts on culture of remembrance, history and remembrance in museums as well as museums and identity and critical visitor research will be discussed.
Reading of the texts and discussions will prepare for guided visits to four museums in Vienna (World Museum, House of Austrian History, Jewish Museum and Vienna Museum MUSA) with a focus on the representation of central themes of Austrian memory culture and identity constructions as well as colonialism in the exhibitions of these museums.
As integral part of the guided tours, there will also be opportunities for background discussions with the museum management, individual curators and active tour guides.
The results of the initial blocks and visits are summarized in a podcast or in the form of a short seminar paper (15 pages).

Dates:
Thurs., April 28, 10:50 - 12:30: Places of Memory
Pierre Nora, “Between History and Memory: Les Lieux de Mémoire,” Representations, No. 26 (Spring 1989), Special Issue: Memory and Counter Memory, pp. 7-24

Friday, April 29, 3:40 - 5:20 pm: Memory, Distortion and History in the Museum
Susan A. Crane, “Memory, Distortion and History in the Museum,” History and Theory, Vol. 36, No. 4 (December 1997), Theme Issue 36: Producing the Past: Making Histories Inside and Outside the Academy, pp. 44-63

Thurs., May 5, 10:50 - 12:30: Museums and Identity
M. Elizabeth Weiser, Museum Rhetoric: Building Civic Identity in National Spaces (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017), pp. 93-179.

Friday, May 6, 3:40 - 5:20 pm: The Critical Museum Visitor
Margaret Lindauer, “The Critical Museum Visitor,” in Janet Marstine, ed., New Museum Theory and Practice: An Introduction (Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2006), 203-225.

May: Four museum visits
Weltmuseum
Haus der Geschichte Österreich
Jüdisches Museum
Wien Museum MUSA

June 9-10, 10:50am-5:30pm, Student Presentations

Assessment and permitted materials

* Compulsory attendance in the first session
* Reading assignments
* Own initiative and active participation in the discussions * oral presentation
* Podcast or Seminar paper (15 pages)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Positive accomplishment of the above-mentioned partial tasks.

Examination topics

Dies ist eine prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung.

Reading list

Siehe oben bzw. wird auf Moodle bekanntgegeben.

Association in the course directory

AER: Zeitgeschichte, Historisch-Kulturwissenschaftliche Europaforschung.
MEd UF GSP: UF MA GSP 01 Fachwissenschaft , SE Vertiefung 1 (6 ECTS).
MA Geschichte (Version 2019): PM4 Individuelle Schwerpunktsetzung, SE Seminar (8 ECTS).
Interdisziplinäres MA Zeitgeschichte und Medien (Version 2019): M4a Seminar zu Zeitgeschichte und Medien, SE Seminar aus Zeitgeschichte (8 ECTS) / M4b Wahlbereich - Spezialthemen zu Zeitgeschichte und Medien II, Bereich Zeitgeschichte (8 ECTS).

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