Course: Historical Anthropology - K24

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Course title Historical Anthropology - K24
Course code KSA/HISA
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Šotola Jaroslav, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Látal Martin, Mgr.
Course content
1. Introduction: What is historical anthropology, and what good is it for us? 2. Historiography: Methodological and Theoretical Framing 3. École Annales: Birth of Histories of Everyday Life 4. Microhistory: The Individual and the Long Histories 5. Foucault I: The Birth of Foucault 6. Foucault II: Discourse and Knowledge 7. Foucault III: The Birth of Foucault 8. Orientalism and Occidentalism: Exotization Across Ages 9. Culture Wars: Huntington and Geopolitics 10. History Written by Victors? Gender and Queer History 11. History Today: A Trip across Museum Anthropology 12. Serbian Pyramid Builders: Alternative Histories, Conspiration Theories and History as Political Topic 13. Finals Week

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
  • Attendace - 24 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Exam - 30 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 30 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of this course is to familiarize students with a discipline situated at the intersection of anthropology and historiography. Historical anthropology emerged from critical debates within Western historiography and from critiques of historicism and sociological approaches to writing history. In its historiographical research, it deliberately takes cultural and social anthropology as its model, particularly in its semiotic conception. The course focuses on key topics and authors characteristic of the discipline of historical anthropology, or those who have an impact on contemporary social sciences and social discourse in general. Students will become familiar with these topics through lectures and by studying scholarly texts on the relevant issues.
Students completing the course will be able to understand current thought in modern historiography; discuss key issues in historical anthropology; and critically evaluate, through the lens of cultural-anthropological thinking, key themes of historical anthropology in European history and their impacts on the social sciences.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam

Regular Attendance (max. 3 absences) Regular reading - materials in Moodle Active participation in class Oral colloquium
Recommended literature
  • Axel, B. K. (ed.). From the Margins: Historical Anthropology and Its Futures. 2002.
  • Buruma, I. & Margalit, A. Occidentalism. 2004.
  • Foucault, M. Archeologie vědění. 2002.
  • Foucault, M. Dohlížet a trestat. 2000.
  • Foucault, M. Zrození kliniky. 2010.
  • Ginzburg, C. Benandanti. Čarodějnictví a venkovské kulty v 16. a 17. století. 2002.
  • Ginzburg, C. Sýr a červi. Svět jednoho mlynáře kolem roku 1600. 2000.
  • Huntington, S. P. The clash of civilizations and the remaking of world order. 2003.
  • Iggers, G. G. Dějepisectví ve 20. století. Od vědecké objektivity k postmoderní výzvě. 2002.
  • Kreps, C. F. Museums and Anthropology in the Age of Engagement. 2020.
  • Le Goff, J. Středověký člověk a jeho svět. 1999.
  • Said, E. W. Orientalismus. 2008.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Cultural Anthropology (2024) Category: Philosophy, theology 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: -