Universität Wien

070344 VO Introduction to the Medieval field in the MA (2020W)

Lecture on themes of research

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 7 - Geschichte

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

Language: English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

To attend the on-site lectures, registration via Moodle is required. If the general conditions change due to Covid-19, the VO will be switched to online mode. Several may be streamed ahead, so as to allow discussion or small exercises in the classroom at the normal hour (or via video conference at the normal hour)

  • Thursday 01.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Hybride Lehre
    Hörsaal 5 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5
  • Thursday 08.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Hybride Lehre
    Hörsaal 5 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5
  • Thursday 15.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Hybride Lehre
    Hörsaal 5 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5
  • Thursday 22.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Hybride Lehre
    Hörsaal 5 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5
  • Thursday 29.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Hybride Lehre
    Hörsaal 5 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5
  • Thursday 05.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Hybride Lehre
    Hörsaal 5 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5
  • Thursday 12.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Hybride Lehre
    Hörsaal 5 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5
  • Thursday 19.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Hybride Lehre
    Hörsaal 5 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5
  • Thursday 26.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Hybride Lehre
    Hörsaal 5 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5
  • Thursday 03.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Hybride Lehre
    Hörsaal 5 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5
  • Thursday 17.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Hybride Lehre
    Hörsaal 5 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5
  • Thursday 07.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Hybride Lehre
    Hörsaal 5 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5
  • Thursday 14.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Hybride Lehre
    Hörsaal 5 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5
  • Thursday 21.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Hybride Lehre
    Hörsaal 5 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

To learn about ten important themes in the Historiography of the Western and Central European Middle Ages (chosen for their relevance to what is actually researched at the University of Vienna). These include: Theology and Society; Gender and Women´s History; Crusades; the City; the Economy; Ethnicity and Nationalism ...

Assessment and permitted materials

Final exam (involving mainly but not only the writing of an abstract of an article, and replacing it in historiography). Each part is eliminatory. The course is unlikely to be passed without attending concurrently the twinned Lektürekurs taught by Professor Christina Lutter.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Both parts of the exam are eliminatory (you must reach half of the points)
30 points: explaining what are the contents of one of the mandatory readings (main theses, sources used by author).
70 points: an extended essay on an article or chapter, with a book-review component, engaging other course readings and the data provided by the lectures. The summary itself is worth 20 points; the bringing in of other readings 20 points; the bringing in of the lectures 30 points.
Grading scale:
0-50 -> 5; 51-62.5 -> 4, 63-75 -> 3; 75.5-87.5 -> 2; 88-100 -> 1

Examination topics

The readings posted on Moodle and the lectures posted on Moodle. One is unlikely to be able to get a passing grade or a good grade without these. The exam will be take-home in full or in part. The take-home part involves an essay on an article or chapter (one option will be a text in German, the other one in English), for which you will have a week (using the mandatory readings and the posted lectures). The second part (30 minutes on-line or on site) tests your having done the readings. You can write the exam in German, English, or French.

Reading list

Will be posted on Moodle. The lectures exist in recorded form and will be rerecorded, corona allowing.

Association in the course directory

MA Geschichte: Schwerpunkt -Einführung Mittelalter (5 ECTS)

Last modified: Fr 12.05.2023 00:14