Historiography

lhist1211  2020-2021  Louvain-la-Neuve

Historiography
Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information below is subject to change, in particular that concerning the teaching mode (presential, distance or in a comodal or hybrid format).
4 credits
22.5 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Warland Geneviève;
Language
French
Main themes
The history of history reflects the major currents of western civilization. Commented reading of principal historians according to the following schema : their conception of history and centres of interest, wealth of information, the quality of their critique, literary form. The course is dedicated to humanism, rationalism, romanticism, liberalism, positivism, marxism and new tendencies in history.
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1 By the end of this course, the student should be capable of analysing a text by an historian from the end of the Middle Ages, modern times or the contemporary period. Moreover, documentation being more abundant now, students should be able to compare the different versions that may be given of the same realities.
 
Content
The course in historiography presents the evolution of the historical discipline by focusing on the period of critical historiography from the 16th century to the end of the 19th century in a European and non-European perspective.  The common thread is the historian's task: the relationship to the sources, beliefs, society, methods and forms of historical writing. The history of the historical discipline thus concerns institutions (such as archives and various places of historical production), major currents (universal history, scholarly history, humanism, romanticism, methodical history, etc.) and key historians by country.
Teaching methods

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information in this section is particularly likely to change.

Lectures using written materials (documents, power points and text portfolio). Interactivity with students is encouraged. Mid-term evaluation (unrated) through multiple-choice exercises.
Evaluation methods

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information in this section is particularly likely to change.

Writing of a biobibliographic note (10% of the final grade), a glossary entry on Moodle (10%) and written exam (80% of the final grade).  The examination questions are structured as follows: a cross-cutting question, two questions on periods of modern historiography, four specific questions (countries, historians, themes, methods), two correlation tables (historians/period, historians/works). These questions are selected from a large questionnaire that goes through the subject and is made available to students at the end of the term. In the event of failure, the student will represent the written exam.
Other information
English-friendly course: course taught in French but offering facilities in English.
Online resources
See Moodle LHIST 1211: Historiographie
Bibliography
Elle se trouve sur le site Moodle du cours et est actualisée annuellement.
Teaching materials
  • Syllabus, powerpoints et documents disponibles en ligne sur le site Moodle du cours.
Faculty or entity
HIST


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Bachelor in History