Lamprou Alekos
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    Lamprou Alekos

    Visiting Professor
    Department of Balkan, Slavic & Oriental Studies


    Curriculum Vitae

    Teaching


    • HISTORY AND CULTURAL STUDIES: RESEARCH AND METHODOLOGY ISSUES
      (ΒΣΑ510-ΙΙΙ)

    Type
    ELECTIVE

    Department Abbreviation
    BSO

    Department
    DEPARTMENT OF BALKAN, SLAVIC AND ORIENTAL STUDIES

    Course Outlines

     

    COURSE OUTLINE

     

    (1) GENERAL

    SCHOOL

    SCHOOL OF ECONOMIC AND REGIONAL STUDIES

    ACADEMIC UNIT

    Department of Balkan, Slavic & Oriental Studies

    LEVEL OF STUDIES

    Undergraduate

    COURSE CODE

    ΒΣΑ510-ΙΙΙ

    SEMESTER

    7

    COURSE TITLE

    HISTORY AND CULTURAL STUDIES: RESEARCH AND METHODOLOGY ISSUES

    INDEPENDENT TEACHING ACTIVITIES
    if credits are awarded for separate components of the course, e.g. lectures, laboratory exercises, etc. If the credits are awarded for the whole of the course, give the weekly teaching hours and the total credits

    WEEKLY TEACHING HOURS

    CREDITS

     

    4

    6

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Add rows if necessary. The organisation of teaching and the teaching methods used are described in detail at (d).

     

     

    COURSE TYPE

    general background,
    special background, specialised general knowledge, skills development

    general background

    PREREQUISITE COURSES:

     

    NO

    LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION and EXAMINATIONS:

    greek

    IS THE COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS

    no

    COURSE WEBSITE (URL)

    https://openeclass.uom.gr/courses/BSO264/

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    (2) LEARNING OUTCOMES

    Learning outcomes

    The course learning outcomes, specific knowledge, skills and competences of an appropriate level, which the students will acquire with the successful completion of the course are described.

    Consult Appendix A

    • Description of the level of learning outcomes for each qualifications cycle, according to the Qualifications Framework of the European Higher Education Area
    • Descriptors for Levels 6, 7 & 8 of the European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning and Appendix B
    • Guidelines for writing Learning Outcomes

     

     

    By the end of the semester, the students will have acquired:

     

    • knowledge onissues of research and methodology in historical and cultural studies

    • skills in collecting, reading, evaluating and interpreting different kinds of written and oral historical sources

    • basic knowledge of writing a research proposal and conducting a literature review

    General Competences

    Taking into consideration the general competences that the degree-holder must acquire (as these appear in the Diploma Supplement and appear below), at which of the following does the course aim?

    Search for, analysis and synthesis of data and information, with the use of the necessary technology

    Adapting to new situations

    Decision-making

    Working independently

    Team work

    Working in an international environment

    Working in an interdisciplinary environment

    Production of new research ideas

    Project planning and management

    Respect for difference and multiculturalism

    Respect for the natural environment

    Showing social, professional and ethical responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues

    Criticism and self-criticism

    Production of free, creative and inductive thinking

    ……

    Others…

    …….

     

    By the end of the course the students will have acquired competence in

    - analysis and synthesis of data

    - critical Thinking

    - interdisciplinary research work

    - planning and carrying out various stages of research

     

     

     

    (3) SYLLABUS

     The course is an introduction to theoretical and methodological research issues in history and culture studies. The aim of the course is to acquaint students with research methods and tools in history and cultural studies and to cultivate skills in writing scientific texts. At the end of the course, students will have acquired basic knowledge related to the process, methods and tools of scientific work production as well as knowledge of the stages of scientific work production: from creating research questions and research planning, to bibliographic review, collection, classification, and critical analysis of written and oral sources. The course follows a mixed format with lectures, where each thematic unit will be presented, and seminars, where primary material and research texts related to each theme will be presented and discussed. The evaluation will be based on students’ participation (20%) and the preparation of a written assignment at the end of the semester (80%).

     

    Weekly Sessions

    1: Introduction

    2: Historiographic schools

    3: Sources: types and use

    4: Memory and Oral History

    5: Microhistory – Alltagsgeschicte

    6: History of women and gender

    7: Masculinities and history

    8: Cultural History

    9: World and Transnational history

    10: (Post)colonial history

    11: Literature and history

    12: Methodological issues in research writing

    13: Presentations


     

     

    (4) TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS - EVALUATION

    DELIVERY
    Face-to-face, Distance learning, etc.

    Face to face

    USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
    Use of ICT in teaching, laboratory education, communication with students

    Use of ICT in teaching and communication with students

    TEACHING METHODS

    The manner and methods of teaching are described in detail.

    Lectures, seminars, laboratory practice, fieldwork, study and analysis of bibliography, tutorials, placements, clinical practice, art workshop, interactive teaching, educational visits, project, essay writing, artistic creativity, etc.

     

    The student's study hours for each learning activity are given as well as the hours of non-directed study according to the principles of the ECTS

    Activity

    Semester workload

    LECTURES

    26

    SEMINARS

    26

    STUDENTS’ INDEPENDENT WORKLOAD

    40

    ESSAY WRITING

    40

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Course  total

    132

     

    STUDENT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

    Description of the evaluation procedure

     

    Language of evaluation, methods of evaluation, summative or conclusive, multiple choice questionnaires, short-answer questions, open-ended questions, problem solving, written work, essay/report, oral examination, public presentation, laboratory work, clinical examination of patient, art interpretation, other

     

    Specifically-defined evaluation criteria are given, and if and where they are accessible to students.

     

    ESSAY

    Evaluation criteria:

    In their work, students must demonstrate an understanding of the topic and compose a text that follows the basic principles of academic writing.

     

    (5) ATTACHED BIBLIOGRAPHY

     

    INDICATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY

    - Colin Robson & Kieran McCartan, Η Έρευνα τουΠραγματικού Κόσμου (Αθήνα: Gutenberg, 2023).

    - Peter Burke, Τίείναι πολιτισμικήιστορία (Αθήνα: Μεταίχμιο, 2009).

    - Gerard Noiriel, Τι είναι σύγχρονη ιστορία (Αθήνα: Gutenberg, 2005).

    - Ρίκα Μπενβενίστε, Λούνα: Δοκίμιο Ιστορικής Βιογραφίας (Αθήνα: Πόλις, 2017).

    - Ρίκι φαν Μουσχότεν, «Δεκαετία του '40: Διαστάσεις της μνήμης σε αφηγήσεις ζωής της περιόδου», Επιθεώρηση Κοινωνικών Ερευνών, 117 (2002), 135-155.

     

     

     

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