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070063 PS BA-Proseminar - Material culture and consumption in Europe in the early modern period (2022S)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Mo 07.02.2022 08:00 to We 23.02.2022 12:00
- Registration is open from Fr 25.02.2022 08:00 to Mo 28.02.2022 12:00
- Deregistration possible until Th 31.03.2022 23:59
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Monday 07.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
- Monday 14.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
- Monday 21.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
- Monday 28.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
- Monday 04.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
- Monday 25.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
- Monday 02.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
- Monday 09.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
- Monday 16.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
- Monday 23.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
- Monday 30.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
- Friday 17.06. 15:00 - 20:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Each week the students will read short texts (ca. 25 pages ) on the general parameters of the topic of the pro-seminar (20% of the grade).
During the semester they will also have to read one small text (ca. 20 pages) on a specific case study, which they will have to discuss with the group (10% of the grade).
Finally, they will write a seminar paper, which they will present at the final weeks of the semester (70% of the grade (19% presentation/51% essay)).The students will be graded according to their engagement in reading the texts and participating in the discussion during the weekly sessions of the pro-seminar and according to the quality of the presentation of their concept and the essay they will submit at the end of the semesterStudents can use every aids they want in writing their essays. However no plagiarism is allowed
During the semester they will also have to read one small text (ca. 20 pages) on a specific case study, which they will have to discuss with the group (10% of the grade).
Finally, they will write a seminar paper, which they will present at the final weeks of the semester (70% of the grade (19% presentation/51% essay)).The students will be graded according to their engagement in reading the texts and participating in the discussion during the weekly sessions of the pro-seminar and according to the quality of the presentation of their concept and the essay they will submit at the end of the semesterStudents can use every aids they want in writing their essays. However no plagiarism is allowed
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Attendance: You can miss max. 2 sessions. Attendance at the workshop is obligatory
Reading of literature every week and active participation in the discussion
Discussion of a specific topic or case study
Writing of a short summary of the concept of the seminar paper: Max. 3 pages 1.5 spacing, 12 font size.
Presentation of the seminar paper
Writing of a seminar paper: 40.000 characters (with spaces) (+/- 5%), absolute max. 15 pages, 1.5 spacing, 12 font size, including footnotes or endnotes, graphics and tables, title and content table. Bibliography is not included.
All these requirements must be fulfilled in order for the students to receive a passing grade.
Reading of literature every week and active participation in the discussion
Discussion of a specific topic or case study
Writing of a short summary of the concept of the seminar paper: Max. 3 pages 1.5 spacing, 12 font size.
Presentation of the seminar paper
Writing of a seminar paper: 40.000 characters (with spaces) (+/- 5%), absolute max. 15 pages, 1.5 spacing, 12 font size, including footnotes or endnotes, graphics and tables, title and content table. Bibliography is not included.
All these requirements must be fulfilled in order for the students to receive a passing grade.
Examination topics
There is no exam for this course.
Reading list
Short literature catalog:Brewer, John, and Roy Porter, eds. Consumption and the World of Goods. Vol. 1. Consumption and Culture in the 17th and 18th Centuries. U.S.A. and Canada: Routledge, 1993.
De Vries, Jan. The Industrious Revolution: Consumer Behavior and the Household Economy, 1650 to the Present. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Gerritsen, Anne, and Giorgio Riello, eds. Writing Material Culture History. London and New York: Bloomsbury, 2015.
Harvey, Karen, ed. History and Material Culture: A Student’s Guide to Approaching Alternative Sources. Second. New York and London: Routledge, 2018.
Hicks, Dan, and Mary C. Beaurdy, eds. The Oxford Handbook of Material Culture Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010.
Maegraith, Janine, and Graig Muldrew. “Consumption and Material Life.” In The Oxford Handbook of Early Modern European History, 1350-1750, edited by Hamish Scott, 1: Peoples and Place:369–97. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015.
McKendrick, Neil, John Brewer, and J. H. Plumb. The Birth of a Consumer Society: The Commercialization of Eighteenth-Century England. London: Europa Publications Limited, 1982.
Richardson, Catherine, Tara Hamling, and David Gaimster, eds. The Routledge Handbook of Material Culture in the Early Modern Period. London and New York: Routledge, 2017.
Ryckbosch, Wouter. “Early Modern Consumption History: Current Challenges and Future Perspectives.” BMGN – Low Countries Historical Review 130, no. 1 (2015): 57–84.
Trentmann, Frank. Empire of Things: How We Became a World of Consumers from the Fifteenth Century to the Twenty-First. UK: Allen Lane, 2016.An extensive literature catalog will be uploaded on the Moodle platform at the start of the course.
De Vries, Jan. The Industrious Revolution: Consumer Behavior and the Household Economy, 1650 to the Present. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Gerritsen, Anne, and Giorgio Riello, eds. Writing Material Culture History. London and New York: Bloomsbury, 2015.
Harvey, Karen, ed. History and Material Culture: A Student’s Guide to Approaching Alternative Sources. Second. New York and London: Routledge, 2018.
Hicks, Dan, and Mary C. Beaurdy, eds. The Oxford Handbook of Material Culture Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010.
Maegraith, Janine, and Graig Muldrew. “Consumption and Material Life.” In The Oxford Handbook of Early Modern European History, 1350-1750, edited by Hamish Scott, 1: Peoples and Place:369–97. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015.
McKendrick, Neil, John Brewer, and J. H. Plumb. The Birth of a Consumer Society: The Commercialization of Eighteenth-Century England. London: Europa Publications Limited, 1982.
Richardson, Catherine, Tara Hamling, and David Gaimster, eds. The Routledge Handbook of Material Culture in the Early Modern Period. London and New York: Routledge, 2017.
Ryckbosch, Wouter. “Early Modern Consumption History: Current Challenges and Future Perspectives.” BMGN – Low Countries Historical Review 130, no. 1 (2015): 57–84.
Trentmann, Frank. Empire of Things: How We Became a World of Consumers from the Fifteenth Century to the Twenty-First. UK: Allen Lane, 2016.An extensive literature catalog will be uploaded on the Moodle platform at the start of the course.
Association in the course directory
Last modified: Tu 31.05.2022 09:08
Apart from the main goal of the course, which is to familiarize the students with consumption history in Europe in the early modern period, the students should learn in this pro-seminar: a) to read, understand, evaluate and criticize scientific texts in English, b) to study both primary source material and secondary literature on a specific historical subject, c) to observe their source material though specific theoretical and methodological approach, d) to present their concepts and engage in a scientific discussion about them, d) to organize their work and formulate a scientific argument in form of a seminar paper.