European History

Now that we are at the end of the Spring 2016 semester, it is time to reflect on the History Department’s exciting year. I don’t normally like to turn my back on people, but I wanted to model the History Student Association’s new t-shirt. Not only do I like the shirt, I believe that our students came up with a wonderful way of describing what it is that we as historians do and are. We are scholars who are “in-betweeners.” “Our minds are in the past, our bodies in the present, and our…

StoneHenge- History Mystery Task Key questions Description Location - Where is the site? The StoneHenge is located in Amesbury, Salisbury in the UK. Time period - When was it built? The construction was believed to have started in 3100 BC. Purpose - Do historians know exactly what the site was used for? If yes, how do they know? If not, why don’t they know? The historians don’t know what the site was used for and how it was built. Some theories about that giants made the Stonehenge…

without the film feeling like a documentary or over explaining the events of the film. Blue Kite’s ability to show another’s history as sympathetic and understandable is also seen in To Live and Farewell My Concubine. However, the use of the events is different throughout the films. These three films are leading examples of how Fifth Generation’s films humanizes the history of another country so all can…

Fictions, Fraud—American History from Bancroft and Parkman to Ambrose, Bellesiles, Ellis, and Goodwin, Peter Charles Hoffer, a professor of history at the University of Georgia and former member of the American Historical Association 's Professional Division, discusses the issue of professional and ethical misconduct in the field of history. Hoffer analyzes the four cases of Ambrose, Bellesiles, Ellis, and Goodwin, and notes that developments within the field of history have affected historians.…

assignment I had not really thought much about what the differences between history and social sciences, such as political science, anthropology, and sociology, might be. After giving it some thought, I came to notice some of the differences, but I did struggle because the majority of my history classes focused on the United States while briefly touching on the history of the world. As stated in the lecture, both history and social sciences examine the past, but while they have some things in…

History comes alive and more engaging as well as meaningful when people think of historians. The teaching and learning of key historical concepts emphasize on historical knowledge and skills. Building on the work of Herbert Kohl, the concepts of history involves operating within the discipline of history, providing a focus for historical investigation, providing a framework for organizing historical information as well as having a guide for developing historical understanding. Therefore, this…

Visiting a museum has always been a top priority, since it not only house the ancient cultural history but also communicates in a symbolic manner to all age groups. Today the very concept of the museum has undergone a drastic transformation. Museums in contemporary times are not restricted to ancient people and history, but museum today comprise histories and impart stories of human beings. As a result there are different types of museums focusing on diverse issues such as eco-museums focus on…

Andersen’s article employs logos, ethos, and pathos which they either enhance or weaken his argument. The appeal that would be the most essential to his argument is a toss up between ethos and logos. Ethos may have a slight edge because he shows his credibility by recalling his past during the decades, proving that he is knowledgeable of a topic, and highlighting the credibility of his sources. Andersen uses logos frequently to support many of his claims such as statistics, facts, and accounts…

Foucault’s ‘genealogical’ history. Genealogy is the study of ‘family history’ which often possess the desire to historically ‘situate’ one's family in the larger historical picture. In the poststructuralist discourse of Foucault and other postmodern theorists, it has assumed a special significance owing to the fact that it eschews history of its claims of totality and faithful uncovering of the past producing anti-epistemological and anti-teleological critiques of traditional history in the face…

"knowledge," and "history" actually skew our perceptions of the past, present, and future. The discourses and wisdom we acquire inevitably taint our relationships with matter, spatiality, and time. German philosophers Friedrich Nietzsche and Walter Benjamin address the partiality of knowledge. Nietzsche's "On Truth and Lie in an Extra-Moral Sense" uses metaphor and the human condition to emphasize the subjective nature of knowledge, concepts, and truths, while Benjamin's "On the Concept of…