6 ECTS credits
150 h study time
Offer 2 with catalog number 4002150FNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.
Two central questions guide this course: what is history? And how do we write history in 2020? In the lessons we will explore how historians have responded to these questions from the 1970s to today. We will consider how new historical approaches emerge, and how each of these approaches sheds light on new dimensions of the past. In addition, we will explore a range of central issues in the theory of history, such as historical truth, fact and interpretation, agency/structure and objectivity/subjectivity.
For more information on the specific organisation of this course: see Canvas
Students can:
-describe, connect and compare the main historical approaches since the 1970s to today
-recognize, describe and analyse central concepts and epistemological issues in the theory of history
-concepts and epistemological issues in the theory of history to historical approaches
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 50% of the final mark.
Other Exam determines 50% of the final mark.
Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Students who failed the component ‘Other Exam (Assignments)’ during the first exam period and have to take a resit for this course during the second exam period, have to write a paper on two of the topics addressed in class instead. The marks obtained for this paper will determine 50% of the marks for the second exam period.
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of History: default (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Arts and Humanities: History (only offered in Dutch)