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070266 UE Course on Methodology - Letters and Correspondences in the Digital Humanities (2024W)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 7 - Geschichte
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle
Th 23.01. 16:45-18:15 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7

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).

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 03.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Thursday 10.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Thursday 17.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Thursday 24.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Thursday 31.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Thursday 07.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Thursday 14.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Thursday 21.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Thursday 28.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Thursday 05.12. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Thursday 12.12. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Thursday 09.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Thursday 16.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Thursday 30.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Letters are not only, as an ancient topos suggests, 'conversations between the absent.' They are also an exceedingly complex and multifaceted genre of text, whose dimensions, ranging from literary ambition to pragmatic function and material condition, open up a wide field for cultural studies approaches. But what does this mean for the digital engagement with letters and correspondence, including contemporary forms of electronic communication? - This course addresses these questions by focusing on ongoing digital research projects, particularly those related to correspondences of the (European) early modern and modern periods.

Assessment and permitted materials

Students will have to submit a series of assignments (3-4; 50%), part of which will be leading to the final project (50%). The projects will be individually negotiated according to the students' interests, and should ideally contain at least one digital component (data or code).

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

See above (assignments & project).

Examination topics

See above (assignments & project).

Reading list

HOTSON, Howard / WALLNIG, Thomas (eds.): Reassembling the Republic of Letters in the Digital Age. Standards, Systems, Scholarship. Göttingen 2019. https://doi.org/10.17875/gup2019-1146
MATTHEWS-SCHLINZIG, Marie-Isabel / SCHUSTER, Jörg / STEINBRINK, Gesa / STROBEL, Jochen (eds.): Handbuch Brief. Von der Frühen Neuzeit bis zur Gegenwart. 2 Bde. Berlin 2020.

Association in the course directory

SP Neuzeit, Österreichische Geschichte, Digital Humanities/Digitale Geschichtswissenschaft

MA Geschichte (V2019): PM1 - Methodenkurs (5 ECTS)

Last modified: Fr 27.09.2024 15:05