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Examination of different paradigms and patterns of interpretation in political cultural history; deepened knowledge on the basis of recent research literature

In the 1990s, the cultural turn of the historical humanities also reached the traditionally conservative field of political history. Since then, beside many theoretical and methodological contributions a multitude of studies – for instance, on symbolic communication (rituals, ceremonies etc.) or on historical semantics – have been published, which testify to the fecundity of this paradigm shift. However, critical responses were not lacking either. The tutorial first aims at exploring the basic assumptions and leading perspectives in this area. Furthermore, the conceptual knowledge will be deepened by on the basis of recent research on the early modern period and the nineteenth century.

Reading and discussion of theoretical literature and empirical studies; group work; presentations

Regular and active participation; group presentations of research positions and case studies

Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger (ed.), Was heißt Kulturgeschichte des Politischen?, Berlin 2005; Tobias Weidner, Die Geschichte des Politischen in der Diskussion, Göttingen 2012

Online registration necessary!

For SKZ 603 old: no registration requirements; for 603 new: positively graduated compulsory module 1; for SKZ 313 none.

For students of the curricula BA History (2009) and BA Classica et Orienalia (2009) a reduced workload applies.