FPFVA003 Historical Memory, National Frames and Beyond in Central and Eastern Europe

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Krisztina Rábai, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Krisztina Rábai, Ph.D.
Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The seminar will explore the field of historical memory studies. It is designed as transnational and comparativist. It will critically examine both the dominant and subversive versions of national histories in Central and Eastern Europe. The aim is to expose and analyse these clashing and competing national master-narratives and to make students aware that they tended to exclude the people on broad social margins and their understanding of history. We will therefore ask who might have been relegated from the official memory. The seminar will stregthen students' competences in working with analytical categories of difference (such as gender, class, religion, ethnicity, and generation) in order to foster their ability to think beyond national frames and to critically analyse Central and Eastern European societies and cultures, their past, present and historical memories. While the first part of the course will introduce historical memory and its national frames as discussed in current historiography, the second part will analyse selected narratives of early modern Central Europe employing various categories of difference.
Syllabus
  • Session 1. Introduction
    Session 2. Historical Memory and Historical Amnesia
    Session 3: National Frames of History
    Session 4: Historians and "National Interests"
    Session 5: Challenging traditional national historiographies I
    Session 6: Challenging traditional national historiographies II
    Session 7: Challenging traditional national historiographies III
    Session 8-9: Conflicting Historical Narratives of Early Modern Period I
    Session 10-11: Conflicting Historical Narratives of Early Modern Period II
    Session 12-13: Conflicting Historical Narratives of Early Modern Period III
    Session 14: Conclusion
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
" 70% attendance in classes
" active participation in discussion
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Winter 2015, Winter 2016, Winter 2017, Winter 2018, Summer 2020.
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