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070010 PS BA-Proseminar - Concivilitas: Christian-Jewish Co-Existence in Medieval Austria (2021S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 7 - Geschichte
Continuous assessment of course work
MIXED

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Details

max. 25 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

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9.3. 10.00-13.00
23.3. 10.00-13.00
13.4. 10.00-13.00
27.4. 10.00-13.00
11.5. 10.00-13.00
18.5. 10.00-13.00
8.6. 10.00-13.00 (ev. präsent?)
22.6. 9.45-11.15 (ev. präsent?)

  • Tuesday 09.03. 10:00 - 13:00 Digital
  • Tuesday 23.03. 10:00 - 13:00 Digital
  • Tuesday 13.04. 10:00 - 13:00 Digital
  • Tuesday 27.04. 10:00 - 13:00 Digital
  • Tuesday 11.05. 10:00 - 13:00 Digital
  • Tuesday 18.05. 10:00 - 13:00 Digital
  • Tuesday 08.06. 09:45 - 13:00 Hybride Lehre
    Seminarraum 5, Kolingasse 14-16, EG00
  • Tuesday 22.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Hybride Lehre
    Seminarraum 5, Kolingasse 14-16, EG00

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

“Concivilitas” – with this positive concept of a community, Alfred Haverkamp described the coexistence of Christians and Jews in a medieval city in 1996. Both groups shared an interest in law and protection, order and peace in their settlement area. Everyday contacts and conflicts arose from close proximity, business life and legal practice.
The downside of this community was the inequality between the Christian majority and power and the Jewish minority and their precarious legal status. The fact that numerous pogroms of the late Middle Ages were not brought in by strangers to the city but rather initiated by the city authorities shows the questionability of the term.

On the basis of joint reading of official sources – privileges, city rights, land registers, business and court documents –, translated Hebrew sources and selected secondary literature, the seminar is dedicated to various aspects of Christian-Jewish coexistence in the late Middle Ages. The analysis of the texts is carried out using methods from historical anthropology, cultural studies, especially spatial and transfer concepts, and gender studies.
Objectives:
Application of the methods of critical source analysis, cultural studies, especially spatial and transfer concepts, as well as gender studies; Naming the historical basis of Jewish existence in the Middle Ages; Recording the characteristics of different types of sources (privilege, community code, oath, etc.); active participation in the discussion, writing a BA paper based on good scientific practice.

Assessment and permitted materials

No previous knowledge is required. The course is part of the examination, therefore attendance is required, justified absence is permitted for a double unit.
A presentation of 10 minutes including PPP to one of the topics is required and a paper according to the requirements of the BA schedule has to be submitted.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

No previous knowledge is required. The course is part of the examination, therefore attendance is required, justified absence is permitted for a double unit (90 Min.)
A presentation of 10 minutes including PPP to one of the topics is required and a paper according to the requirements of the BA schedule has to be submitted.
Its assessment is based on the "Assessment Scheme for Written Work", Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Vienna, February 19, 2015): maximum number of points 100, composed of 50 content, 30 structure and text organization (structure, presentation), 20 form and language (citation rules , Grammar, spelling and comma errors). 100-91 very good, 90-81 good, 80-75 satisfactory, 74-51 sufficient, under 50 not sufficient. The following key applies to the grading of the course: work 60%, presentation 30%, participation 10%. For a positive overall grade, the work must be positive.

Examination topics

The course is part of the examination.

Reading list

Literature will be made available on Moodle.

Association in the course directory

BA Geschichte (2012): Mittelalter
BEd UF Geschichte: Österreichische Geschichte 1, Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte, Frauen- und Geschlechtergeschichte

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