Course: Seminar of Modernity 2

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Course title Seminar of Modernity 2
Course code KAR/SNM2
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Halva Jan, Mgr. et Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Flora Petr, Ph.D.
  • Havel Zdeněk, prof. PhDr. CSc.
  • Chládek Tomáš, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Havel René, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Historical archaeology Industrial archaeology Archaeology of the modern military conflicts

Learning activities and teaching methods
Seminar
  • Graduate study programme term essay (40-50) - 42 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 10 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
To characterize and to classify individual prehistoric periods chronologically
To summarize the importance of archaeology for understanding the past
To name the most important milestones of modern history
Skills
To discuss and to argument relevantly at a seminar
To understand and to reproduce a scientific text in Czech and English/German
To use an to understand scientific language
learning outcomes
Knowledge
To summarize the issue of historical archaeology
To summarize methods and goals of industrial archaeology
To summarize methods and goals of archaeological research of modern war conflicts
Skills
To form a proposal to realize methodically and theoretically elaborated archaeological survey of artefact culture in the monitored period with the emphasis on the 19th and 20th century
To take an opinion on different methodological approaches and theoretical paradigms
To present their own opinions and research results, to participate in a critical debate, and to defend their own statements through precise argumentation
teaching methods
Knowledge
Seminar
assessment methods
Seminar work
Individual presentation at a seminar
Recommended literature
  • Hall, M. ? Silliman, S. W. Historical Archaeology. Oxford, 2006.
  • Palmer, Marilyn; Neaverson, Peter. Industrial archaeology : principles and practice. London : Routledge, 1998. ISBN 0-415-16769-8.
  • Schofield, J. Aftermath: Readings in the Archaeology of Recent Conflict. New York, 2009.


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