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Students deal with new themes in selected key areas. They understand and evaluate them as well as argument with regards to scientific dynamics and trends of the respective key areas. They understand the strengths and weaknesses of the different methodological approaches. They gain competences in independent formulating of questions and argumentations.

The course will deal with the book collections of Emperor Frederick III and his son Maximilian I and ask about the acquisition, contents, use and afterlife of the collections. To what extent were the collections similar - and how do they differ from each other? Were they both book lovers or even book fools? Or did the collection have a more practical or perhaps a completely different use? The trip will be complemented by a short excursion to Vienna to the Austrian National Library, where a large part of the collections still exists.

Theme centered inputs and reading, discussions and oral presentations (partly at the places of remembrance).

Active participation, reading, short exercises, presentation, written final paper.

Will be announced in the course and on OLAT.