A number of books and articles provide the student with an overview of the various lines of approach in archival science. The concept of archive is in the forefront of this discussion. In the discussion the emphasis is on the use of archives as a historical source. Do the sources actually say what they say? Which approach to archives does the historian choose and which approach is taken by the archivist?
Time Table
Semester I, see timetables.
Method of Instruction
Tutorials; attendance is compulsory (see the rules and regulations of the Department of History, art. 2).
Course objectives
This seminar provides the student with a good overview of the archival domain. The seminar discusses the various functions of an archive in society. The literature seminar provides an overview of the diverse issues with which archival science wrestles and gives insight into the relationship between archives creation on the one hand and using the archives as a historical source in history science on the other hand.
Required reading
Ernst Posner, Archives in the Ancient world; with a new introduction by J.M. O-Toole (reprint Harvard 2003)[283 pp]; page introduction and chapters 1 and 2
James O’Toole, ‘Back to the future: Ernst Posner’s Archives in the Ancient World’ in: The American Archivist 67 (2004) 161-175
Leen Dorsman, ‘De nieuwe eruditie. Het ontstaan van een historisch bedrijf’ in Jo Tollebeek e.a. (eds), De Palimpsest. Geschiedschrijving in de Nederlanden 1500-2000 (Hilversum 2002) 159-176
Terry Cook, ‘What is Past is Prologue: a history of archival ideas since 1898, and the future paradigm shift’ in : P.J. Horsman, F.C.J. Ketelaar en T.H.P.M. Thomassen, Naar een nieuw paradigma in de archivistiek (Den Haag 1999) 29-67
Chapters in: P.J. Horsman, F.C.J. Ketelaar en T.H.P.M. Thomassen, Tekst en context van de Handleiding voor het ordenen en beschrijven van archieven van 1898 (Hilversum 1998). Pages ix – xcviii (chapters 1-3)
Sue McKemmish et all (eds) Archives: recordkeeping in society (Wagga 2005) [348 pp], hieruit: Sue McKemmish, ‘Traces: document, record, archive, archives’, p 1-20 Chris Hureley, ‘Recordkeeping and accountability’, p. 223-254 Livia Iacovino, ‘Recordkeeping and juridical governance’, p 255-276 Eric Ketelaar, ‘Recordkeeping and societal power’, p 277-298 Michael Pigott, ‘Archives and Memory’, p 299-328
Michael Moss, ‘Archives, the Historian and the Future’ in: Michael Bentley ed., Companion to historiography (London/New York 1997) 960-973
F.R.J. Verhoeven, ‘Geschiedenis van het Indische Archiefwezen van 1816-1854’ in Tijdschrift voor Indische Taal- Land- en Volkenkunde (1939) 461-529
Jo Tollebeek, ‘Turned to dust and tears – revisiting the archive’ in History and Theory 43 (2004) 237-248.
Chapters in: Randall C. Jimmerson, American Archival Studies: Readings in Theory and Practice (Chicago 2005) Helen Samuels ‘ Wo controls the past’ page 193-210 James O’Toole, ‘On the idea of Uniqueness’ page 245-278
F.C.J. Ketelaar, A.J.M. den Teuling en J.U. van Wijngaarden (red.), Archiefbeheer in de praktijk (Alphen aan den Rijn 1986- )
Y. Bos-Rops, De beroepscode voor archivarissen, hfdst. 1507
*Francis X. Blouin jr. and William G. Rosenberg, Archives, documentation and institutions of social memory. Essays from the Sawyer Seminar. (Michigan 2006) 2 articles of your own choice Examination
Paticipation in discussion, presentation, exam.
Information
With the tutor: Prof.dr. K.J.P.F.M. Jeurgens
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