Memory Studies: Key Concepts and Future Directions
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Course ID: | 3500-FAKANG-MSTUD |
Erasmus code / ISCED: |
14.2
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Course title: | Memory Studies: Key Concepts and Future Directions |
Name in Polish: | Memory Studies: Key Concepts and Future Directions |
Organizational unit: | Faculty of Sociology |
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ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): |
5.00
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Language: | English |
Type of course: | foreign languages |
Prerequisites (description): | (in Polish) There are no formal requirements but be advised that in order to pass the course you will need to read ca 20-30 pages in English every week, and you will need to communicate and write your final assignment in English. |
Mode: | Classroom |
Short description: |
(in Polish) Memory Studies explores how individuals, groups, organizations, and societies use and make sense of their past(s). Developing at the junction of humanities and social sciences and incorporating concepts, methodologies, and research findings from several disciplines, memory studies has emerged as one of the most vibrant transdisciplinary fields of inquiry in recent decades. Memory scholars are active in expertise and debates over the role of history policy, memory politics, or historical heritage in the public sphere. In this course, we will discuss the basic concepts of this field as well as new research directions that are particularly relevant to sociologists but also valuable to students of other disciplines. Each class will be devoted to a different theme and will be divided between a short lecture and a discussion of the assigned theoretical readings, case studies, or visual materials. |
Full description: |
(in Polish) Memory Studies explores how individuals, groups, organizations, and societies use and make sense of their past(s). Developing at the junction of humanities and social sciences and incorporating concepts, methodologies, and research findings from several disciplines, memory studies has emerged as one of the most vibrant transdisciplinary fields of inquiry in recent decades. Memory scholars are active in expertise and debates over the role of history policy, memory politics, or historical heritage in the public sphere. In this course, we will discuss the basic concepts of this field as well as new research directions that are particularly relevant to sociologists but also valuable to students of other disciplines. Each class will be devoted to a different theme and will be divided between a short lecture followed by a discussion of the assigned theoretical readings, case studies, or visual materials. Week 1 Introduction/Organization Week 2 Memory and society Week 3 Memory and culture Week 4 Memory and digital society Week 5 Memory and climate Week 6 Memory and family Week 7 Memory and gender Week 8 Memory and class Week 9 Memory and ethnicity Week 10 Memory and nation Week 11 Memory and politics Week 12 Memory and cultural heritage Week 13 Workshop 1: Student presentations of their book reviews Week 14 Workshop 2: Student presentations of their book reviews |
Bibliography: |
(in Polish) The Collective Memory Reader, eds. J. K. Olick, V. Vinitzky- Seroussi, D. Levy, Oxford University Press 2011 (selected readings) The Routledge International Handbook of Memory Studies, eds A. L. Tota, T. Hagen, Routledge 2016 (selected readings) The Routledge Handbook of Memory Activism, eds. Y. Gutman, with Jenny Wüstenberg, Irit Dekel, Joanna Wawrzyniak, Kaitlin M. Murphy and Kerry Whigham, Benjamin Nienass Routledge 2023 (selected readings) Cultural Memory Studies: An International and Interdisciplinary Handbook eds A. Erll & A. Nünning, de Gruyter (selected readings) |
Learning outcomes: |
(in Polish) Students who will complete this course will know and understand the basic concepts of memory studies (K_W01). They will be aware of ongoing theoretical and methodological debates in memory studies (K_W03). They will be able to relate academic readings to actual problems of social life and its empirical studies in the field of memory studies (K_U17). They will be able to prepare a presentation of an individually selected book in English and critically discuss its content (K_U19). |
Assessment methods and assessment criteria: |
(in Polish) Students are expected to do short readings (ca 20-30 pages) before each class and actively participate in in-class discussions (50 per cent of the final grade). In addition, they will be required to write a review of a recently published book in memory studies (in English) of their own choice (50 per cent of the final grade). Book reviews of ca 2500 words must be submitted by January 10th, 2023. Please upload your review here [link]. If you would like to receive feedback on a draft version, you need to submit your review before December 15th, 2022. |
Classes in period "Winter semester 2023/24" (past)
Time span: | 2023-10-01 - 2024-01-28 |
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Type of class: |
Seminar, 30 hours, 15 places
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Coordinators: | Joanna Wawrzyniak | |
Group instructors: | Joanna Wawrzyniak | |
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