6 ECTS credits
180 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 1023241ANR for all students in the 1st and 2nd semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.

Semester
1st and 2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculty of Languages & Humanities
Department
History, Archaeology, Arts, Philosophy and Ethics
Educational team
Jolien Gijbels (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
13 contact hours Lecture
26 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
80 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

In the seminar 'Power and Agency in Contemporary History' students take the first steps in locating, consulting and analyzing archival and other sources from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The focus is on dynamics of power and agency in different historical contexts. By examining cultural hierarchies, social processes of discrimination and inequality, as well as forms of activism, students contribute to a better understanding of the relationship between power and agency in history. As part of this seminar, students will complete a series of assignments that help them to gradually develop their historical research skills. The final and most important assignment of the seminar consists of writing a scholarly paper based on original historical research.

Course material
Digital course material (Required) :
Additional info

Seminar sessions can take place face to face and/or online, depending on the corona measures imposed by the government and the availability of classrooms.

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

-Students can locate relevant scientific studies and sources related to their research subject.

-Students can critically evaluate and analyze their selected sources.

-Students can incorporate their insights into a scientific paper and communicate their research findings in correct and scholarly language.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
SELF Presentation determines 10% of the final mark.
SELF Practical Assignment determines 30% of the final mark.
SELF Paper determines 60% of the final mark.

Within the SELF Presentation category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Presentatie with a relative weight of 10 which comprises 10% of the final mark.

Within the SELF Practical Assignment category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Practical Assignments with a relative weight of 10 which comprises 30% of the final mark.

Within the SELF Paper category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Paper with a relative weight of 70 which comprises 60% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

To pass, the student must obtain a minimum of 50% for the final paper. If this is not the case, the final mark for the course is the partial mark obtained for this final paper. In the second exam period, only the final paper will be marked and this will be the final mark for the course.

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

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of History: Minor Minor Human Sciences (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of History: minor Social Sciences (only offered in Dutch)
Bridging Programme Master of Arts in History: Default track (60 ECTS) (only offered in Dutch)
Bridging Programme Master of Arts in History: Standaard traject (81 ECTS) (only offered in Dutch)
Bridging Programme Master of Teaching in Arts and Humanities: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)
Preparatory Programme Master of Arts in History: Standaard traject (60 ECTS) (only offered in Dutch)
Preparatory Programme Master of Arts in History: Standaard traject (81 ECTS) (only offered in Dutch)