Rethinking History
Inhoudsopgave
Lecture 1:...................................................................................................................................................... 5
Past and History......................................................................................................................5
Res Gestae and Historiea Rerum Gestarum...........................................................................5
What are historical facts?.......................................................................................................6
When did it start? Who is the mother of history?..................................................................7
Deadly sins of history science.................................................................................................8
Tutorial 1; Functies en redenen van Geschiedenis........................................................................................10
Past en History......................................................................................................................11
The five or six aspirations......................................................................................................11
Res gestae and historia rerum gestarum..............................................................................12
The deadly sins of modern historiography...........................................................................12
Tutorial 2:.................................................................................................................................................... 13
Historiografie.........................................................................................................................14
Klassieke Chinese, Islamitische en Griekse historici.............................................................14
Wat is de scheiding tussen legendes en historiografie (Grieken).........................................15
Manieren van geschiedenis schrijven...................................................................................15
Herodotus ad Gregory of Tours comparison........................................................................16
Tutorial 3;.................................................................................................................................................... 17
Antiquarische........................................................................................................................18
Verlichting en de rol van God...............................................................................................19
Origins of 19th-century histiography.....................................................................................19
Nationalism and the emergence of history as a science/modern history............................19
The features of modern historiography................................................................................20
The first modern historiographers........................................................................................20
Three approaches.................................................................................................................20
Marxism ‘Marxist historiography’ (ca. 1950/60) economic factors (!) class conflict
(positions, power structures, dialectics oppressor vs oppressed) Examples:......................21
The ‘Annales school’ (1929..)................................................................................................21
Ferdinand Braudel:................................................................................................................21
Postcolonial/subaltern history..............................................................................................22
Postmodernisme...................................................................................................................22
, Reconstructionist history......................................................................................................22
Constructionisme..................................................................................................................23
Deconstructionisme Postmodernisme.................................................................................23
Lecture 2; The history profession and its Eurocentric origins.........................................................................25
Professionalization of history: five elements........................................................................25
Archive..................................................................................................................................25
Eurocentrism.........................................................................................................................26
Rethinking sources................................................................................................................27
Max Weber (1864-1920): Wertung and Wertbeziehung......................................................28
Tutorial 4; Rethinking sources...................................................................................................................... 30
Reconstructionisme..............................................................................................................31
Constructionisme..................................................................................................................31
Deconstructionisme..............................................................................................................31
The history profession in a globalizing world.......................................................................31
Double relativity....................................................................................................................32
Lake of information...............................................................................................................33
Reading against the grain......................................................................................................33
Robert Fruin (1823-1899)......................................................................................................33
Tutorial 5; Archieven.................................................................................................................................... 34
Tutorial 6; Samenlevingen zonder geschiedenis............................................................................................35
Creating historical knowledge...............................................................................................35
Empirisme.............................................................................................................................35
Historical method..................................................................................................................35
Postmodernisme...................................................................................................................36
Mensen zonder geschiedenis................................................................................................37
Wertung en Wertbeziehung.................................................................................................37
Lecture 3;..................................................................................................................................................... 38
Tutorial 7;.................................................................................................................................................... 43
Herhaling;..............................................................................................................................43
The notion ‘truth’: realism een idealism...............................................................................45
The notion ‘truth’ – Arnold...................................................................................................45
No right answers, but right ‘ways’........................................................................................45
Truth and the use of language..............................................................................................46
Two well-known theories of truth........................................................................................46
, The notion ‘truth’..................................................................................................................46
Tutorial 8:.................................................................................................................................................... 47
What is Ontology and Epistemology?...................................................................................47
Thomas Kuhn (1922-1996)....................................................................................................47
Objectivity.............................................................................................................................49
Realisme................................................................................................................................49
Postmodernisme...................................................................................................................50
Wertung en Wertbeziehung.................................................................................................51
Tutorial 9;.................................................................................................................................................... 53
Wertung en Wertbeziehung.................................................................................................54
The three different approaches to historical explanation....................................................54
Jean François Lyotard (1924-1998).......................................................................................55
Braudel..................................................................................................................................55
Taal & Narratief.....................................................................................................................56
Inductie & Deductie..............................................................................................................56
Covering-Law Model (CLM)...................................................................................................57
Three “big” approaches to historical explanation................................................................58
Lecture 4;..................................................................................................................................................... 60
History and identity...............................................................................................................60
Narrative...............................................................................................................................60
Historicizing identity.............................................................................................................60
Memory.................................................................................................................................61
Consuming History................................................................................................................61
History, identity and memory...............................................................................................61
Forgetting..............................................................................................................................62
Tutorial 10; Strategic history........................................................................................................................ 64
Herhaling...............................................................................................................................64
Identity..................................................................................................................................66
The deadly sins in historical history......................................................................................66
The Texas board of education...............................................................................................67
The power of the archive – Donnelly & Norton (133-136)...................................................67
Tutorial 11;.................................................................................................................................................. 68
Feminist and gender history.................................................................................................68
Postcolonial history/Subaltern studies: overview................................................................69
, Feminist/gender/queer history: overview............................................................................69
Black history: overview.........................................................................................................69
Postcolonial, Gender, Black and Queer History....................................................................69
Socio-political context of these developments.....................................................................70
Harlem renaissance...............................................................................................................70
Mentaliteitsgeschiedenis......................................................................................................70
Tijdbalk..................................................................................................................................71
Tutorial 12;.................................................................................................................................................. 72
Popular History......................................................................................................................72
“Ann Rigney argues that we should widen the scope of academic history and understand
historical practices in more, inclusive, pluralistic and multidimensional ways, thereby
embracing different modes of presentation, methodologies, disciplines, institutions and
topics for study.”...................................................................................................................72
Carrier – The function of the Historian in Society................................................................73
History & Memory.................................................................................................................73
7 types of forgetting..............................................................................................................73
Inhoudsopgave
Lecture 1:...................................................................................................................................................... 5
Past and History......................................................................................................................5
Res Gestae and Historiea Rerum Gestarum...........................................................................5
What are historical facts?.......................................................................................................6
When did it start? Who is the mother of history?..................................................................7
Deadly sins of history science.................................................................................................8
Tutorial 1; Functies en redenen van Geschiedenis........................................................................................10
Past en History......................................................................................................................11
The five or six aspirations......................................................................................................11
Res gestae and historia rerum gestarum..............................................................................12
The deadly sins of modern historiography...........................................................................12
Tutorial 2:.................................................................................................................................................... 13
Historiografie.........................................................................................................................14
Klassieke Chinese, Islamitische en Griekse historici.............................................................14
Wat is de scheiding tussen legendes en historiografie (Grieken).........................................15
Manieren van geschiedenis schrijven...................................................................................15
Herodotus ad Gregory of Tours comparison........................................................................16
Tutorial 3;.................................................................................................................................................... 17
Antiquarische........................................................................................................................18
Verlichting en de rol van God...............................................................................................19
Origins of 19th-century histiography.....................................................................................19
Nationalism and the emergence of history as a science/modern history............................19
The features of modern historiography................................................................................20
The first modern historiographers........................................................................................20
Three approaches.................................................................................................................20
Marxism ‘Marxist historiography’ (ca. 1950/60) economic factors (!) class conflict
(positions, power structures, dialectics oppressor vs oppressed) Examples:......................21
The ‘Annales school’ (1929..)................................................................................................21
Ferdinand Braudel:................................................................................................................21
Postcolonial/subaltern history..............................................................................................22
Postmodernisme...................................................................................................................22
, Reconstructionist history......................................................................................................22
Constructionisme..................................................................................................................23
Deconstructionisme Postmodernisme.................................................................................23
Lecture 2; The history profession and its Eurocentric origins.........................................................................25
Professionalization of history: five elements........................................................................25
Archive..................................................................................................................................25
Eurocentrism.........................................................................................................................26
Rethinking sources................................................................................................................27
Max Weber (1864-1920): Wertung and Wertbeziehung......................................................28
Tutorial 4; Rethinking sources...................................................................................................................... 30
Reconstructionisme..............................................................................................................31
Constructionisme..................................................................................................................31
Deconstructionisme..............................................................................................................31
The history profession in a globalizing world.......................................................................31
Double relativity....................................................................................................................32
Lake of information...............................................................................................................33
Reading against the grain......................................................................................................33
Robert Fruin (1823-1899)......................................................................................................33
Tutorial 5; Archieven.................................................................................................................................... 34
Tutorial 6; Samenlevingen zonder geschiedenis............................................................................................35
Creating historical knowledge...............................................................................................35
Empirisme.............................................................................................................................35
Historical method..................................................................................................................35
Postmodernisme...................................................................................................................36
Mensen zonder geschiedenis................................................................................................37
Wertung en Wertbeziehung.................................................................................................37
Lecture 3;..................................................................................................................................................... 38
Tutorial 7;.................................................................................................................................................... 43
Herhaling;..............................................................................................................................43
The notion ‘truth’: realism een idealism...............................................................................45
The notion ‘truth’ – Arnold...................................................................................................45
No right answers, but right ‘ways’........................................................................................45
Truth and the use of language..............................................................................................46
Two well-known theories of truth........................................................................................46
, The notion ‘truth’..................................................................................................................46
Tutorial 8:.................................................................................................................................................... 47
What is Ontology and Epistemology?...................................................................................47
Thomas Kuhn (1922-1996)....................................................................................................47
Objectivity.............................................................................................................................49
Realisme................................................................................................................................49
Postmodernisme...................................................................................................................50
Wertung en Wertbeziehung.................................................................................................51
Tutorial 9;.................................................................................................................................................... 53
Wertung en Wertbeziehung.................................................................................................54
The three different approaches to historical explanation....................................................54
Jean François Lyotard (1924-1998).......................................................................................55
Braudel..................................................................................................................................55
Taal & Narratief.....................................................................................................................56
Inductie & Deductie..............................................................................................................56
Covering-Law Model (CLM)...................................................................................................57
Three “big” approaches to historical explanation................................................................58
Lecture 4;..................................................................................................................................................... 60
History and identity...............................................................................................................60
Narrative...............................................................................................................................60
Historicizing identity.............................................................................................................60
Memory.................................................................................................................................61
Consuming History................................................................................................................61
History, identity and memory...............................................................................................61
Forgetting..............................................................................................................................62
Tutorial 10; Strategic history........................................................................................................................ 64
Herhaling...............................................................................................................................64
Identity..................................................................................................................................66
The deadly sins in historical history......................................................................................66
The Texas board of education...............................................................................................67
The power of the archive – Donnelly & Norton (133-136)...................................................67
Tutorial 11;.................................................................................................................................................. 68
Feminist and gender history.................................................................................................68
Postcolonial history/Subaltern studies: overview................................................................69
, Feminist/gender/queer history: overview............................................................................69
Black history: overview.........................................................................................................69
Postcolonial, Gender, Black and Queer History....................................................................69
Socio-political context of these developments.....................................................................70
Harlem renaissance...............................................................................................................70
Mentaliteitsgeschiedenis......................................................................................................70
Tijdbalk..................................................................................................................................71
Tutorial 12;.................................................................................................................................................. 72
Popular History......................................................................................................................72
“Ann Rigney argues that we should widen the scope of academic history and understand
historical practices in more, inclusive, pluralistic and multidimensional ways, thereby
embracing different modes of presentation, methodologies, disciplines, institutions and
topics for study.”...................................................................................................................72
Carrier – The function of the Historian in Society................................................................73
History & Memory.................................................................................................................73
7 types of forgetting..............................................................................................................73
