Lecture on Western History
| Numbering Code | U-EDU01 20147 LJ38 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ Year-round | |
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| Number of Credits | Course Type | Lecture | ||
| Target Year | From 2nd to 4th year students | Target Student | ||
| Language | Japanese | Day/Period | Tue.4 | |
| Instructor name | KANAZAWA SHUUSAKU (Graduate School of Letters Professor) | |||
| Outline and Purpose of the Course |
Approach to historical study through Historiography. While the past is unalterable, history (or historiography) changes, as it is a way of understanding the past. Thus, learning history does not mean merely memorizing as many as possible historical facts about the past; rather, it means appreciating the vicissitudes and variations in the past ways of understanding the past. As the modern methods of historical study were born in 19th-century Europe, it is especially important to learn about the long trajectory of European ways of understanding the past. |
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| Course Goals | The specific goals of this course are learning the history of European historical writing and understanding the major methodologies used in contemprary historical research. | |||
| Schedule and Contents |
The following topics will be discussed (see the Japanese syllabus for further details). Part I: Introduction Part II: From the beginning of the modern historiography to the post-modern historical studies * The birth of modern historiography: Ranke, Burckhardt, Marx, and Weber * The Annales school * Some controversial problems: controversy on the crisis of the seventeenth century, memory studies and history of emotion Part III: Pre-modern European historiography * Ancient Greek and Roman historiography * Medieval historical writing * Historical writings from the Renaissance to Enlightenment |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy | Students will be assessed by two research papers which they will write on the topics of the lecture. | |||
| Course Requirements | None | |||
| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) | As a reading list will be provided every week, each student is expected to read the recommended books according to his/her interest. | |||
| Textbooks | Textbooks/References | Not fixed | ||
| References, etc. |
服部良久・南川高志・小山哲・金澤周作 『人文学への接近法??西洋史を学ぶ』 (京都大学学術出版会、2010年) ISBN:978-4-87698-948-5 金澤周作監修『論点・西洋史学』（ミネルヴァ書房、2020年） ISBN:978-4-62308-779-2 |
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