Cultural History

6 ECTS credits
150 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1020881BEW for working students in the 2nd semester of odd academic years (e.g. 2013-2014) at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.

Semester

biennial: 2nd semester of an odd academic year (e.g. 2013-2014)

Enrollment based on exam contract

Possible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Enrollment Requirements

NOTE: registration for this course is only possible for working students. Day students can register for courses whose code ends with an R. At Inschrijven / studentenadministratie@vub.be you must be registered at the VUB as a working student for the current academic year.

Taught in

Dutch

Faculty

Faculty of Languages & Humanities

Department

History

Educational team

Jeffrey Tyssens
David Vergauwen (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

26 contact hours Lecture
90 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

-Theoretical, conceptual and historiographical introduction into cultural history

-N. Elias and the civilization process

-History of ideas and “outillage mental”

-Micrihistorical approaches (e.g. of deviance, “popular” culture etc.)

-History of cultural transfers

-History of the book

-Food history

-History of senses and emotions

-History of death

Course material

Digital course material (Required) : Aan de studenten wordt een reader digitaal ter beschikking gesteld

Additional info

Students will have a reader at their disposition.

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

Students have knowledge of and insight in the theoretical and conceptual developments of historiography that have led tot he current appraoche(s) of cultural history

Students have knowledge of and insight in the large question and research results of the main subfields of cultural history

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

written exam with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Written examination

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context