HIST2001B Historiography (Introductory)
2020-2021年度 第一學期
OBJECTIVES
This course provides an introduction to the theory, study and writing of History, and includes an analysis of the changes in the methods, assumptions and purposes of historical investigation over time. This will introduce basic conceptual and methodological matters within the field of History, and help bring to the fore areas of theoretical interest to past and present-day historians. The course is split into three parts. The first part surveys the development of the discipline of History. The second part of the course focuses on introducing methodological themes connected to History in order to demonstrate how historical materials, interviews, and perspectives can come together in the production of History. The third part of the course touches upon matters related to writing, such as research methods, reading and critical thinking, analysis and the basics of historical composition writing.
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Topic & Reading |
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8 Sep |
Introduction: History and Historiography (Lecture) M. Gilderhus, History and Historians: A Historiographical Introduction. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2010, pp. 1-11. R. Williams, The Historian’s Toolbox: A Student’s Guide to the Theory and Craft of History (3rd Edition). Armonk: M.E. Sharpe, pp. 1-19. |
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15 Sep |
Historical Knowledge and Consciousness (Lecture) M. Gilderhus, History and Historians: A Historiographical Introduction. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2010, pp. 12-49. |
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3 |
22 Sep |
From History to “New” History (Lecture) M. Bloch, The Historian’s Craft. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959, pp. 3-47. |
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4 |
29 Sep |
Historians and Historical Research (Lecture) M. Fulbrook, Historical Theory. London and New York: Routledge, 2002, pp. 3-30. |
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5 |
6 Oct |
Asian Historiography (Lecture) G. Iggers & Q. Wang, A Global History of Modern Historiography. London: Routledge, 2008, pp. 208-227, 317-337. |
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6 |
13 Oct |
Linkage between History and Society (Lecture) D. Macraild & A. Taylor, Social Theory and Social History. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, pp. 1-32. |
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7 |
20 Oct |
Gender and History (Lecture) S. Kent, Gender and History, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012, pp. 49-85. |
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8 |
27 Oct |
History in the Public Sphere (Lecture) R. Kelley, “Public History: Its Origins, Nature, and Prospects”, The Public Historian, 1 (1), 1978, pp. 16-28. D. Glassberg, “Public History and the Study of Memory”, The Public Historian, 18 (2), 1996, pp. 7-23. |
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9 |
3 Nov |
History from a Comparative Perspective (Lecture) G. Steinmetz, “Comparative History and Its Critics: A Genealogy and a Possible Solution”, in P. Duara, V. Murthy & A. Sartori (Eds.), A Companion to Global Historical Thought, Malden and Oxford: Wiley Blackwell, 2014, pp. 412-435. M. Adas, “Comparative History and the Challenge of the Grand Narrative”, in D. Northrop (Ed.), A Companion to World History, Malden and Oxford: Wiley Blackwell, 2012, pp. 230-243. |
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10 |
10 Nov |
Writing History (1) R. Williams, The Historian’s Toolbox: A Student’s Guide to the Theory and Craft of History (3rd Edition). Armonk: M.E. Sharpe, 2012, Part II. The Tools of History. W. Storey, Writing History: Guide for Students. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. |
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3 Nov |
Writing History (2) R. Williams, The Historian’s Toolbox: A Student’s Guide to the Theory and Craft of History (3rd Edition). Armonk: M.E. Sharpe, 2012, Part II. The Tools of History. W. Storey, Writing History: Guide for Students. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. |
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12 |
24 Nov |
Student Presentations on Research Paper |
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13 |
1 Dec |
Conclusion |
Tutorials: 25 Marks (Tutorial topics are tentative and subject to confirmation.)
There are four tutorial sessions, which are compulsory. Each student will be held responsible to do a presentation on one of the first three tutorial topics together with a presentation on Term Paper in the final tutorial.
Tutorial 1: Key Thinkers on History
Hughes-Warrington, Fifty Key Thinkers on History (Third Edition). London and New York: Routledge, 2015.
Tutorial 2: History and Society
Burke, Sociology and History. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1980.
Tutorial 3: “New History”
Burke ed., New Perspectives on Historical Writing (Second Edition). University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2001.
Tutorial 4: Presentation on Research Paper
Tutorial Review Essay: 25 Marks
Write a short essay around 2,000 words on one of the first three tutorial topics being assigned.
Term Paper: 50 Marks
Write an essay in English on any history topic with around 4,000. The submission deadline will be before mid-December.
Tutorial Time: 4:30pm-6:15pm, Tuesday, 20 Oct, 27 Oct, 3 Nov, 24 Nov (Tentative Schedule)
Tutorial Venue: Zoom / TBC
The course information is tentative and subject to change and confirmation when the semester begins in early September 2020.
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學生遞交作業時，必須連同已簽署的聲明一併提交，表示他們知道有關政策、規則、指引及程序。
- 如屬小組習作，則所有組員均須簽署聲明；所有組員（不論有否簽署聲明及不論有否直接或間接撰寫有問題的內容）均須負上集體責任及受到懲處。
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未有夾附簽署妥當的聲明的作業，老師將不予批閱。
學生只須提交作業的最終版本。
學生將作業或作業的一部份用於超過一個用途（例如：同時符合兩科的要求）而沒有作出聲明會被視為未有聲明重覆使用作業。學生重覆使用其著作的措辭或某一、二句句子很常見，並可以接受，惟重覆使用全部內容則構成問題。在任何情況下，須先獲得相關老師同意方可提交作業。