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410008 SE Habsburg Galicia and its Multicultural Heritage (2016S)

Continuous assessment of course work

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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

Di, 13:00.14:30 Uhr, Seminarraum des Doktoratskollegs Galizien, Univ. Campus, Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 1, Stiege 1.11;
Beginn am 15.3.2016

Diese LV richtet sich insbesondere nach den Bedürfnissen der Kollegiatinnen und Kollegiaten des Doktoratskollegs Galizien, steht aber allen Doktoratsstudierenden offen, die an der Erforschung der Geschichte und Kultur dieses ehemaligen österreichischen Kronlands interessiert sind.


Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This seminar addresses in the first place the needs of the members of the doctoral programme "Austrian Galicia", but it is open to all PhD students interested in the history and research of this former Austrian province

Assessment and permitted materials

Active participation in the course, written book reviews, oral presentation of these reviews.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

This seminar has three overarching objectives.
1. Providing a toolkit for successfully writing a PhD thesis (most important libraries and archives, internet resources, reference management software etc.)
2. An introduction to the history of the region from the Middle ages to the present day in its Polish, Ukrainian and Habsburg-Austrian context. Besides Galicia’s political and economic history, we will also address cultural developments and the multifaceted Galician literature. Students will become familiar with the political and administrative structures of Galicia and the Habsburg Empire in general. Finally, we will discuss the meaning of the Galician heritage in contemporary Southern Poland and Western Ukraine
3. Students will become acquainted with recent scholarly research on Galicia

Examination topics

Presentations by the lecturer; excursions to libraries and archives; discussion of scholarly articles; book presentations by the students.

Reading list


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