Syllabus
Topics:
1. Functions and significance of historical science
2. The organization of modern historical research (museums, archives and other scientific institutions)
3. Methods of historical research in practice
4. Historical literature and its genres
5. Heuristics
6. Working with sources (typology of sources, interpretation of historical sources)
7. Editorial practice
8. Information technology
9. Challenges of working with electronic / internet documents
10. Principles of historical work
11. Technique of historical work (formulation of historical text, principles of preparation of scientific text, citation of information sources, bibliography)
12. Professional excursions (archives, museum)
Annotation
The aim of the seminar is to acquaint students with the methodology of historical work, both at the theoretical and practical level. In essence, the proseminar directly follows the course “Introduction to the study of history”, which develops in a practical direction.
As part of the proseminar, basic historical approaches, work with historical sources and secondary literature, and the specifics of work with sources and texts published on the Internet will be presented in practice. Students will learn basic genres of historical literature and in practice they will try elementary technical skills in formulating simple historical texts.
Another aim of the proseminar will be familiarization with the operation and organization of historical work in specialized institutions, such as archives and historical museums.