Module Code - Title:
HI6792
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PUBLIC HISTORY INTERNSHIP
Year Last Offered:
2025/6
Hours Per Week:
Grading Type:
N
Prerequisite Modules:
Rationale and Purpose of the Module:
Public History is history that is viewed, read, interpreted and experienced by a popular audience. Public historians expand on the methods of academic history by using traditional and non-traditional evidence and presentation formats. These formats include museum presentations and exhibitions, documentaries, historic preservation projects, cataloguing and calendaring, collection and recording projects, and the re-translation of traditional historical knowledge into electronic, computer-based formats. The purpose of this elective module is to provide advanced history students with experience of public history, by applying research and interpretive skills in the workplace.
Syllabus:
The aim of the module is to provide history students with an opportunity to apply theoretical and learned knowledge in the workplace, such as an archive, museum, gallery, library, or other public insititution, in order to gain an understanding of public history.
Learning Outcomes:
Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)
The student will
* acquire the capacity to present historical knowledge to a general public audience
* plan, undertake, evulate and report on a particular collection or theme
* understand, evaluate and present different interpretations of historical events and themes
* idenfity and assimilate evidence relative to a particular enquiry from a vareity of sources
* relate academic study to the workplace
* develop practicle skills in diffusing historical ideas and sources
* develop written, oral and technical presentational and practical skills
Affective (Attitudes and Values)
The student will
* respond to the challeneges and opportunities that arise in the workplace
* relate to the norms and expectations of the employing organisation
Psychomotor (Physical Skills)
How the Module will be Taught and what will be the Learning Experiences of the Students:
The module will be taught in co-operation with public institutions, whereby students will be placed for a period of time and given specific duties. Students will be expected to become proactive, collobrative and responsible learners alongside experts, who will guide them through collections and sources. They should be able to articulate the ideas, opportuities and challenges that such an internship provides.
Research Findings Incorporated in to the Syllabus (If Relevant):
Prime Texts:
Theodore J. Karamanski (1990)
Ethics and public history: an anthology
, Malabar, Florida: R.E. Krieger
Stephen L. Reckon (1993)
'Doing public history: a look at the how, but especially the Why,"
, American Quarterly Volume 45, Issue 1 188.
Various (1978)
The Public Historian (journal)
, The National Council on Public History
Other Relevant Texts:
Perry, G. and Cunningham, C (1999)
Academies, Museums and Canons of Art
, London and New Haven
Programme(s) in which this Module is Offered:
MAHISTTFA - HISTORY
Semester(s) Module is Offered:
Spring
Module Leader:
karol.mullaneydignam@ul.ie