Historiography Theory And Methods

AY2014/2015 Semester 1

This course will build on students` knowledge of the practice of history by introducing them to classic works of historiography and the theoretical approaches, which such works take. Each week the course will focus on one key work, which will be contextualised in terms of its contribution to a wider historical and theoretical debate. Approaches covered will include Marxist history, the Annales School, Historical Sociology, the history of Nationalism, Micro-history, The Cultural Turn, Gender history, Subaltern Studies, Post-Colonial Studies, the history of the Senses, and Oral history.