HISS2022 Cultural History II (5 cr)

Study level:
Advanced studies
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
English, Finnish
Responsible organisation:
Department of History and Ethnology
Curriculum periods:
2024-2025, 2025-2026, 2026-2027, 2027-2028

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Deepen understanding of cultural history and explore different aspects of cultural history.

Description

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Learning outcomes

After completing the course, students will

· have a good knowledge of cultural history approaches to the study of the past

· have become more familiar with a number of specific issues in cultural history

· recognise the importance of cultural-historical approaches to research findings

understand the source materials used in cultural history and will be able to identify different methods of cultural history

Study materials

For book exam, three books from the following list are selected: 

Classen, Constance, The Deepest Sense: A Cultural History of Touch (2012)

Fitzpatrick, Martin et al. (eds), The Enlightenment World (2007)

Frevert, Ute, Emotions in History (2011)

Fulbrook, Mary, A Small Town Near Auschwitz: Ordinary Nazis and the Holocaust (2012)

Hamling, T., A day at home in early modern England: Material culture and domestic life, 1500-1700. New Haven CT: Yale University Press (2017)

Kaius Sinnemäki et al. (eds.), On the Legacy of Lutheranism in Finland: Societal Perspectives (2019)

Karonen, Petri, Hakanen, Marko (eds), Personal Agency at the Swedish Age of Greatness 1560-1720 (2017)

Mikkonen, Simo, Scott-Smith, Giles & Parkkinen Jari (eds), Entangled East and West: Cultural Diplomacy and Artistic Interaction during the Cold War (2019)

Pajari, Ilona, Jalonen, Jussi, Miettinen, Riikka, Kanerva, Kirsi (toim.), Suomalaisen kuoleman historia (2017)

Vilkuna: Katse menneisyyden ihmiseen. Valta ja aineettomat elinolot 1500-1850 (2010)

Vilkuna, Kustaa, Liiat hiuxet: Miesten muodin kulttuurihistoria (2022)

Yurchak, Alexei, Everything Was Forever, Until It Was No More: The Last Soviet Generation (2005) 

Completion methods

Method 1

Description:
Lectures and exam
Evaluation criteria:
Kontaktiopetuksena järjestettävän kurssin arvioinnista päättää kurssin vastuuopettaja. Kaikissa suoritusmuodoissa numeerinen arvosana asteikolla 0–5. Arvosana perustuu osaamistavoitteiden toteutumista mittaavien suoritusten arviointiin.
Select all marked parts

Method 2

Description:
Book exam. Three books from the list
Evaluation criteria:
Kontaktiopetuksena järjestettävän kurssin arvioinnista päättää kurssin vastuuopettaja. Kaikissa suoritusmuodoissa numeerinen arvosana asteikolla 0–5. Arvosana perustuu osaamistavoitteiden toteutumista mittaavien suoritusten arviointiin.
Select all marked parts
Parts of the completion methods
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Participation in teaching (5 cr)

Type:
Participation in teaching
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
Finnish

Teaching

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Exam (5 cr)

Type:
Exam
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
Finnish

Teaching