This course aims at introducing the basic concepts of history and the historian and developing students’ fundamental skills of conducting historical research and writing. These skills include using reference tools, locating and studying various historical documents, formulating research questions, identifying different categories of historical materials and their features, criticizing, analyzing and organizing historical data, mastering the principles of historical writing and its various styles and academic formats, grasping techniques of oral presentation and discussion, etc. Visits to libraries, museums，archives or field trips may also be arranged.

1. General Introduction: Historical Methodology (6 Sep)
2. History, Historiography and the Historian (13 Sep)
3. Historical Thinking and Presentation Techniques (20 Sep)
4. Categories, Classes and Collection of Historical Materials (27 Sep)
5. Historical Research Using Library Resources and Reference Materials: University Library Tour (4 Oct)
6. Historical Research and Archives and Museums (11 Oct)
7. Identification and Criticism of Historical Materials (18 Oct)
8. Processing Historical Materials for Application (25 Oct)
9. Deduction of Historical Events and Construction of the Past (1 Nov)
10. Fundamental Skills for Oral History and Historical Study (8 Nov)
11. Principles, Formats, and Academic Standards for Historical Writing (22 Nov)
12. Examplary Historians’ Views on Historical Studies (29 Nov)
13. Conclusion: Contemporary Historians and Trend of Historical Studies
    (3 Dec (Mon) 2:30-5:15pm 李兆基樓(LSK)LT4室)

1. Term Paper(5000-7000字)                                           65%

2.  Interactive Tutorial                                                       15%

(Term Paper Presentation & Comment)         

3. Blackboard Video/Radio MC Test                               10%

4. Worksheet                                                                     10%

本課程共有2次參觀和13次導修課(1小時) (Two Visits & 13 Tutorial Classes(1 hour)) 

1) 探尋文獻史料──參觀中大圖書館 (University Library Tour on 4 Oct (Thu) 2:30pm-4:15pm) 全體同學平均分為A, B兩組，輪流參與歷史資料檢用工作坊與圖書館善本及歷史文獻參觀如下：

2) 探尋文物史料──參觀香港歷史博物館展覽 (Visit to Exhibition of Hong Kong Museum of History on 13 Oct (Sat) 10:00am-12:00pm)

全體同學同樣平均分為A, B兩組進行參觀，分別由老師和助教帶領，並由博物館安排導賞員講解館藏歷史文物，讓同學完成辨別史料工作紙。

3) 13次導修課安排 (Arrangement of 13 Tutorials)

每次導修課在講授課後進行，共1小時 (4:15-5:15pm李兆基樓(LSK) LT4室)

1.「課程暨講授課內容諮詢」導修 (6 Sep)

2.「學期論文題目擬定諮詢」導修 (13 Sep)

3.「學期論文題目擬定諮詢」導修 (20 Sep)

(課程全體同學分成第一、二、三組同學，各組又細分為A、B兩組同學)

4.「第一組同學報告學期論文大綱 」導修 (第一組以外同學自由參與) (27 Sep)

5.「第二組同學報告學期論文大綱 」導修 (第二組以外同學自由參與) (4 Oct)

6.「第三組同學報告學期論文大綱 」導修 (第三組以外同學自由參與) (11 Oct)

7.「第一組A組同學報告學期論文初稿(/未完稿)並接受評論」導修 (第一組以外同學自由參與) (18 Oct)

8.「第二組A組同學報告學期論文初稿(/未完稿)並接受評論」導修 (第二組以外同學自由參與) (25 Oct)

9.「第三組A組同學報告學期論文初稿(/未完稿)並接受評論」導修 (第三組以外同學自由參與) (1 Nov)

10.「第一組B組同學報告學期論文初稿(/未完稿)並接受評論」導修 (第一組以外同學自由參與) (8 Nov)

11.「第二組B組同學報告學期論文初稿(/未完稿)並接受評論」導修 (第二組以外同學自由參與) (22 Nov)

12.「第三組B組同學報告學期論文初稿(/未完稿)並接受評論」導修 (第三組以外同學自由參與) (29 Nov)

13.「學期論文最後諮詢」導修 (3 Dec (Mon))

同學報告學期論文大綱之要求 (Term Paper Outline Presentation Requirement)

同學須在導修課前三日向老師電郵提交約700字學期論文大綱報告，簡介學期論文題目、內容大綱及初步參考書目(包括相關原始史料及近人著作)，老師給予意見。

同學報告學期論文初稿(/未完稿)與專責評論同學評論之要求 (Term Paper Presentation & Comment Requirement)

同學須在導修課前三日向老師和專責評論同學電郵提交學期論文初稿/未完稿，然後在導修課堂上報告論文要點，由專責評論同學評論，再由老師給予意見。

(* 重要參考書)

* 杜維運：《史學方法論》。北京：北京大學出版社，2006。

張存武、陶晉生編：《歷史學手冊》。台北：食貨出版社，1977。

* 許冠三：《史學與史學方法》(校訂本)上下冊。香港：龍門書店，1975。

林鐵森主編：《中國歷史工具書指南》。北京：北京出版社，1992。

* 嚴耕望：《治史經驗談》第壹章。臺北：臺灣商務印書館，1981。

* 嚴耕望：《治史答問》。臺北：臺灣商務印書館，1988。

* 楊祥銀：《與歷史對話：口述史學的理論與實踐》。北京：中國社會科學出版社，2004。

朱政惠、胡逢祥主編：《全球視野下的史學：區域性與國際性》。上海：上海辭書出版社，2011。

* 蔣竹山：《當代史學研究的趨勢、方法與實踐：從新文化史到全球史》。台北：五南圖書出版股份有限公司，2012。

謝維揚、趙爭主編：《出土文獻與古書成書問題研究：”古史史料學研究的新視野研討會”論文集》。上海市：中西書局，2015。

王希、盧漢超等主編：《開拓者：著名歷史學家訪談錄》。北京市：北京大學出版社，2015。

* 王明珂：《反思史學與史學反思：文本與表徵分析》。臺北市：允晨文化實業股份有限公司，2015。

* 王希、盧漢超、姚平主編：《開拓者：著名歷史學家訪談錄》。北京：北京大學出版社，2015。

中國社會科學院歴史研究所、東方學會編集，渡邉義浩編：《中国史の時代区分の現在》。東京：汲古書院，2015。

阿納爾多・莫米利亞諾(Arnaldo Momigliano)著，晏紹祥等譯：《論古代與近代的歷史學》(Essays in Ancient and Modern Historiography)。北京：北京大學出版社，2015。

Huang, Chun-chieh, Rüsen, Jörn, eds. Chinese Historical Thinking: An Intercultural Discussion. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Gm; Taipei: National Taiwan University Press, 2015.

* Wilkinson, Endymion Porter. Chinese History: A Manual. Cambridge, Mass.: Published by the Harvard University Asia Center for the Harvard-Yenching Institute: Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2000.

Cohen, Daniel J. and Rosenzweig, Roy. Digital History: A Guide to Gathering, Preserving, and Presenting the Past on the Web. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006.

* Cannadire, D. What Is History Now? New York: Palgrave, 2002.

* Carr, E.H. What Is History? London: Macmillan, 1962.

The Chicago Manual of Style Online. (Electronic Resources). Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006-.

* Chicago-Style Citation QuickGuide. 17th edition

http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html

Collingwood, R.G. The Idea of History. London: Oxford University Press, 1961.

* Shafer, Robert Jones. A Guide to Historical Method. Homewood, Illinois: The Dorsey Press, 1974.

Brundage, Anthony. Going to the Sources: A Guide to Historical Research and Writing. Wheeling, Ill.: Harlan Davidson, 1997.

Robert C. W. The Historian’s Toolbox: A Student’s Guide to the Theory and Craft of History. Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, 2012.

* Bates, Denise. Historical Research Using British Newspapers. Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England: Pen & Sword History, 2016.

* Brügger, Niels and Schroeder, Ralph, eds. The web as History: Using Web Archives to Understand the Past and the Present. London: UCL Press, 2017.

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