HISTORICAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

FLT015

Academic Year of enrolment:

2023

Year of supply:

2023/2024

Degree:

Course of 2nd Cycle Degree in CULTURAL HERITAGE: ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF ART

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

MROZEK ELISZEZYNSKI GIUSEPPE

Cycle:

Second semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

Objectives

1) knowledge and understanding of the various methods, forms and techniques peculiar to historical research;
2) critical skills acquired (autonomy of judgement in relation to the problems dealt with);
3) communication skills (correct use of terminology and clarity of exposition).

Contents

After a brief theoretical introduction on the methodology used by historians in their research, the course will be based on a series of concrete examples, starting with the use of sources from medieval, modern and contemporary history. Attention will also be paid to historiography and how historians should relate to what has already been written and studied on a given topic.

Recommended Bibliography

There is no use of reference texts. Students will work on the material provided by the professor.

Suggested books:
- M- Bloch, Apologia della Storia o Mestiere di storico, qualsiasi edizione
- P. Bevilacqua, Sull'utilità della storia per l'avvenire delle nostre scuole, Roma, Donzelli, 2000
- G. Galasso, Nient'altro che storia. Saggi di teoria e metodologia della storia, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2000
- Prima lezione di metodo storico, a cura di S. Luzzatto, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2010
- G.P. Romagnani, Storia della storiografia. Dall'antichità a oggi, Roma, Carocci, 2019.
- G. Albini, A. Raviola, Nel tempo e nello spazio. Manuale di metodologia dello studio della storia, Milano, Pearson, 2022

Teaching Methods

The workshop will be structured in 24 hours of frontal teaching, divided into 3 hours of lessons per week (for a total of 8 seminars), according to the academic calendar.
Each lecture will be accompanied by the active participation of the students.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

Each student will be asked to write a short thesis, focusing on one of the case studies discussed in class. In the paper, reference should be made to both direct and indirect sources. The topic of the paper should be agreed in advance with the professor.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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