The study of history is at once a science, an art and a craftsmanship. Why? In what sense? This course answers this question with concrete case studies. Different types of historical archives will be selected, and ways with which these archives are interpreted will be demonstrated. Major themes of historical study will also be introduced.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, students will:

*   Have enhanced awareness and curiosity of professional historical knowledge and its relevance to today’s major issues or personal concerns;

*   Have enhanced judgment to distinguish narratives from facts;

*   Have enhanced ability to practice the craftsmanship, science and art of historical research;

*   Have enhanced reading, writing, and oral expression skills.

Two Important Websites

*   CUHK Blackboard in which all course materials are available: https://elearn.cuhk.edu.hk/

*   CUHK History Department Course Website

https://www.history.cuhk.edu.hk/201617_hist1000b.html?id=3658

Syllabus and Schedule

Lecture 01 (2017.01.13): Methodology I

Paul Cohen, History in Three Keys: the Boxers as Event, Experience, and Myth (New York: Columbia University Press., 1997).

http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b1776944~S15

Lecture 02 (2017.01.20): Social History I

Natalie Zemon Davis, The Return of Martin Guerre (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press 1983).

http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b1089877~S15

Lecture 03 (2017.01.27): Public Holiday (Chinese New Year), lecture cancelled!

Lecture 04 (2017.02.03): Social History II

Robert Darnton, The Great Cat Massacre and Other Episodes in French Cultural History (New York, NY: Basic Books, 1999).

http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b2644157~S15

*Short Assignment 1 (2017.02.04-2017.02.07): 15% of total mark (100)

Lecture 05 (2017.02.10): Tutorial Sessions 1 and 2

Lecture 06 (2017.02.17): Tutorial Sessions 3 and 4

* Each student to make a 10-minute oral presentation based on assigned materials (historical archives)

Lecture 07 (2017.02.24): Methodology II

Anthony Grafton, The Footnote: a Curious History (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1997).

http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b1887938~S15

*Short Assignment 2 (2017.02.25-2017.02.28): 15% of total mark (100)

Lecture 08 (2017.03.03): Economic History I

Alexander Gerschenkron, Economic Backwardness in Historical Perspective: a Book of Essays (New York; London: Praeger, 1965, c1962).

http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b1248461~S15

Lecture 09 (2017.03.10): Economic History II

Richard Von Glahn, Fountain of Fortune: Money and Monetary Policy in China, 1000-1700 (Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1996).

http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b1749248~S15

http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b2567384~S15

 *Short Assignment 3 (2017.03.11-2017.03.14): 15% of total mark (100)

Lecture 10 (2017.03.17): Political History I

Karl Marx, The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte (Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1954).

http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b2037350~S15

http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b3587946~S15

http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b2560215~S15

Lecture 11 (2017.03.24): Political History II

Jerome Ch’ên, Yuan Shih-k‘ai (Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1972).

http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b1254014~S15

 *Short Assignment 4 (2017.03.25-2017.03.28)

Lecture 12 (2017.03.31): Semester Paper Workshop 1

Lecture 13 (2017.04.07): Semester Paper Workshop 2

Lecture 14 (2017.04.14): Public Holiday (Good Friday), lecture cancelled!

Lecture 15 (2017.04.21): Review and Conclusion

 *2017.04.28: Deadline of submitting semester papers to Veriguide

https://academic.veriguide.org/academic/login_CUHK.jspx

* There will be four tutorial sessions, all students are expected to participate.

* Each student is to make a 10-minute oral presentation based on assigned materials (mainly historical archives).

* Tutorial counts for 10% of the total mark (100).

* Details about presentation order and assigned materials will be announced soon.

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• 如属小组习作，则所有组员均须签署声明；所有组员 (不论有否签署声明及不论有否直接或间接撰写有问题的内容) 均须负上集体责任及受到惩处。
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学生将作业或作业的一部份用于超过一个用途 (例如：同时符合两科的要求) 而没有作出声明会被视为未有声明重复使用作业。 学生重复使用其著作的措辞或某一、二句句子很常见，并可以接受，惟重复使用全部内容则构成问题。在任何情况下，须先获得相关老师同意方可提交作业。

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