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070119 SE Seminar (2018S)

Rituals -- a historiographic approach to the concepts

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

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Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 06.03. 17:45 - 19:15 Seminarraum Geschichte 2 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Tuesday 13.03. 17:45 - 19:15 Seminarraum Geschichte 2 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Tuesday 20.03. 17:45 - 19:15 Seminarraum Geschichte 2 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Tuesday 10.04. 17:45 - 19:15 Seminarraum Geschichte 2 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Tuesday 17.04. 17:45 - 19:15 Seminarraum Geschichte 2 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Tuesday 24.04. 17:45 - 19:15 Seminarraum Geschichte 2 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Tuesday 29.05. 17:45 - 19:15 Seminarraum Geschichte 2 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Tuesday 05.06. 17:45 - 19:15 Seminarraum Geschichte 2 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Tuesday 12.06. 17:45 - 19:15 Seminarraum Geschichte 2 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

A historiographic exploration of the vast field of "ritual" (or "performance", or "symbolic communication"). Students will specialize in a sub-theme.

Assessment and permitted materials

Short papers, one first version of the seminar paper, one final version, participation. The seminar paper is a historiographic state of the field on a sub-topic chosen in consultation with the instructor (e.g., ritual and violence, ritual and law, ritual change ...). All papers can be written in French, English, or German. The discussion will be primarily in English, but German is welcome.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Examination topics

Reading list

Philippe Buc, Dangers of Ritual (2001); French tr. 2003, with Geoffrey Koziol, in Early Medieval Europe 2002, Buc, in Early Medieval Europe 2007. Also Stollberg-Rilinger, Rituale (2013).

Association in the course directory

PM4: Mittelalter, Neuzeit, Historisch-kulturwissenschaftliche Europaforschung
Diplom UF: Historisch-kulturwissenschftliche Europaforschung
MA HPS: M3

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