Module Code - Title:
HI5101
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SOURCES AND METHODS OF HISTORY AND LOCAL STUDIES
Year Last Offered:
2024/5
Hours Per Week:
Grading Type:
N
Prerequisite Modules:
Rationale and Purpose of the Module:
To explain the goals of historical research and to consider some of the central debates in contemporary historiography especially in their application to the study of local and regional history.
Syllabus:
The historiography of local history in France, England, Ireland, America; alternative approaches; the history of economies, ideas, language, mentalitÞs, politics, societies, urban and rural settings; total history and local history; components - birth, marriage, death, family, religion, natural and supernatural beliefs, property; sources and methodology; writing, interpreting, description, narrative, analysis.
Learning Outcomes:
Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)
On successful completion of this module students should be able to
* consider the underlining concept of æpeople, time and placeÆ for researching and writing the history of localities
* recognise the difference between scholarly and less authoritative local history narratives
* demonstrate a clear knowledge of the key primary and secondary sources for researching and writing the history of localities
* locate these sources in archives and other depositories
* ascertain, evaluate and consider what conclusions can be drawn from these sources for answering a historical problem.
Affective (Attitudes and Values)
Not Applicable
Psychomotor (Physical Skills)
Not Applicable
How the Module will be Taught and what will be the Learning Experiences of the Students:
3 hour lecture/seminar once weekly on UL Plassey Campus
Research Findings Incorporated in to the Syllabus (If Relevant):
Not relevant
Prime Texts:
C. Brady (1994)
Interpreting Irish History
, Dublin: Irish Academic Press
D. ó Ceallaigh (1994)
Reconsiderations of Irish History and Culture
, Léirmheas: Dublin
Other Relevant Texts:
G. Lerner (1979)
The majority finds its past: placing women in history
, Oxford University Press
Programme(s) in which this Module is Offered:
Semester(s) Module is Offered:
Module Leader:
david.fleming@ul.ie