Research Seminar in History and the Theory of Ideas
Code
73219106
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Filosofia
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Júlio Silva
Weekly hours
2
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
It is expected that the student:
a) Be able to define the nature of the interdisciplinary approach in the History of Ideas.
b) Identify and list the themes, the sources and speeches in the History of Ideas.
c) Understand the complexity of interpretation and writing of the History of Ideas.
d) Value the specificity of multiple approaches to the History of Ideas
e) Percepcione the importance of New Stories of Ideas.
f) Analysis of the importance of ideas Stories to build a memory and a collective identity
Prerequisites
n/a
Subject matter
1) Presentation. Theme explicit.
2) The interdisciplinary approach
3) The themes, fonts and speeches
4) The interpretation and writing
5) Research Methodologies
6) New Stories of Ideas
7) Memory and History of Ideas
Bibliography
Chartier, Roger (1988). A História Cultural entre Práticas e Representações, Lisboa, Difel, 1988.
Castro, Zília Osório de (1996). Da História das Ideias à História das Ideias Políticas, Cultura, Revista de História e Teoria das Ideias, (p.11-21). Lisboa, CHC/UNL.
Evans, Richard J.(2000). Em Defesa da História, Lisboa, Temas & Debates.
Howel, Martha & Prevenir, Walter (2001). From Reliable Sources. An Introduction to Historical Methods, Ithaca and London, Cornell University Press.
Pereira, José Esteves (1992). Sobre a História das Ideias. Intervenções e Recensões, Lisboa, CHC/UNL.
Wilson, Norman J. (2005). History in Crisis ? Recent Directions in Historiography, 2nd Edition, New Jersey, Pearson Prentice Hall.
Teaching method
Classroom sessions will include lectures about themes and issues and discussions based on scheduled readings.
Evaluation method
Students´ oral participation in class presentations and debates (30%) and writing an essay, structured as a paper (70%).