Digital Approaches to Modern Jewish History - OEBDD1732Z

• Anglický název: Digital Approaches to Modern Jewish History
• Zajišťuje: Katedra dějin a didaktiky dějepisu (41-KDDD)
• Fakulta: Pedagogická fakulta
• Platnost: od 2020
• Semestr: zimní
• E-Kredity: 6
• Způsob provedení zkoušky: zimní s.:
• Rozsah, examinace: zimní s.:0/2, Zk [HT]
• Počet míst: neurčen / neurčen (15)
• Minimální obsazenost: neomezen
• 4EU+: ne
• Virtuální mobilita / počet míst pro virtuální mobilitu: ne
• Stav předmětu: nevyučován
• Jazyk výuky: angličtina
• Způsob výuky: prezenční
• Způsob výuky: prezenční
• Poznámka: povolen pro zápis po webu
• Garant: doc. PhDr. Jana Kepartová, CSc.

Anotace

Poslední úprava: doc. PhDr. Jana Kepartová, CSc. (16.06.2019)

Teacher: Mgr. Jakub Bronec PhD Student at the University of Luxembourg and Charles University in Prague C: [e-mail] W: https://www.c2dh.uni.lu/people/jakub-bronec This course serves as an introduction to the major themes in modern Jewish history, with an emphasis on Europe in the 19th-20th century. It starts with an overview of the main trends in Jewish historiography to understand how previous generations of scholars and historians have understood, conceptualised and interpreted modern Jewish history. Following this exploration, the course will follow a more or less chronological path, beginning with the so-called Haskala (Jewish Enlightenment) and the process of legal emancipation that began in the late 18th century. We then move on to the era of Jewish mass migration from Europe in the second half of the 19th century, the rise of modern anti-Semitism as well the development of new forms of Jewish political practices and movements (from socialism to Zionism) which, in turn, greatly informed Jewish responses to persecution, anti-Semitism and crisis. Our focus in the 20th century will be on the interwar period and World War II & the Holocaust, as well as postwar Jewish reconstruction and life, and the emergence of the State of Israel. We will finish with looking more closely at the history of the Jews in Czechoslovakia. A key aim of the course is to promote an understanding of modern Jewish history that, far from being monolithic, emphasizes its rich cultural, linguistic, religious and political diversity as well as the various forms and degrees of Jewish agency as they developed in multiple spatio-temporal contexts. • This is also a digital history course: students will work with a variety of online resources and learn to assess their potential (and limitations) for historical research on modern Jewish history. • This is the second key aim of the course: to raise awareness of the possibilities of online resources for historical research in combination with the offline resources historians have always known: ‘traditional’ archives and libraries. • As part of the course requirements, students will maintain a course blog together through which they will publish aspects of their research and reflections on the literature and use of digital resources. • The course will introduce to the new methods of VHA (Video History Analysis) applied on the Jewish society in former Czechoslovakia. • During the individual sessions, participants will use the intuitive video editing software on the online IWitness platform, which allow to edit and create their own video recordings. The course also provides an overview of using and editing historical photos, maps and personal documents as archival source.

Literatura

Poslední úprava: doc. PhDr. Jana Kepartová, CSc. (16.06.2019)

Overview and Readings:

CAPKOVA, Katerina, 2018. Between Expulsion and Rescue: The Transports for German-Speaking Jews of Czechoslovakia in 1946. Holocaust and Genocide Studies [online]. 32(1), 66-92.

HEITLINGER, Alena, 2006. In the shadows of the Holocaust & communism: Czech and Slovak Jews since 1945. New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers. ISBN 141284956X.

LÁNÍČEK, Jan a Hana KUBÁTOVÁ, 2018. Jews and gentiles in Central and Eastern Europe during the Holocaust: history and memory.: history and memory. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, [2018]. ISBN 978-1-138-06132-3.

KUBÁTOVÁ, Hana a Jan LÁNÍČEK, [2018]. The Jew in Czech and Slovak imagination, 1938-89: antisemitism, the Holocaust, and Zionism. Leiden: Brill. Brill's series in Jewish studies.

ELLENSON, David Harry, Michael A. MEYER a David N. MYERS, [2014]. Between Jewish tradition and modernity: rethinking an old opposition : essays in honor of David Ellenson. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8143-3859-9.

Pfanzelter, Eva and Peter Haber eds., Historyblogosphere. Bloggen in Den Geschichtswissenschaften (De Gruyter, 2013): Eva Pfanzelter, ‘Einleitung’, 13-23

Brinkmann, Tobias, Derek Penslar, and David Rechter, 'Introduction Jews and Modernity. Beyond the Nation', Journal of Modern Jewish Studies 7, no. 3 (2008) 283-286.

Meyer, Michael A, 'The Emergence of Modern Jewish Historiography: Motives and Motifs', History and Theory 27/4 (1988) 160-175.

Shochat, Azriel, Judith R Baskin, and Yehuda Slutsky, 'Haskalah', In Encyclopaedia Judaic. 2nd ed. ed. Edited by Michael Berenbaum and Fred Skolnik. (Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2007).

'Emancipation', In Encyclopaedia Judaica Edited by Michael Berenbaum and Fred Skolnik. (Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2007).

Brinkmann, Tobias: Jewish Migration, in: European History Online (EGO), published by the Institute of European History (IEG), Mainz 2010-12-03. URL: http://www.iegego.eu/brinkmannt-2010-en.

Ury, Scott, 'Jewish Migration in Modern Times: The Case of Eastern Europe', East European Jewish Affairs (2018) 127-133.

‘Entwicklungen der Judenfeindschaft. Antijudaismus – Antisemitismus – Antizionismus. Ein Überblick’ in: Wolfgang Benz ed., Handbuch Des Antisemitismus: Judenfeindschaft in Geschichte Und Gegenwart. Band 8. Nachträge und Register (München: Saur, 2008) 1-40.

Frankel, Jonathan, 'Modern Jewish Politics, East and West (1840-1939): Utopia, Myth, Reality' in: Zvi Y Gitelman ed., The Quest for Utopia: Jewish Poli:cal Ideas and Ins:tu:ons Through the Ages (Armonk, N.Y: M.E. Sharpe, 1992) 81-103.

Lederhendler, Eli, Jewish Responses to Modernity (New York: New York Univ. Press, 1994). Chapter Language, Culture, and Politics, 9-23.

World War I & Interbellum Engel, David, World War I, The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe–Online Edition.

URL: http://www.yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/World_War_I

Angress, Werner T, 'The German Army's Judenzählung of 1916: Genesis--Consequences--Significance', The Leo Baeck Institute Yearbook 23, no. 1 (1978) 117-138.

Keren, Shlomit, and Michael Keren, 'The Jewish Legions in the First World War As a Locus of Identity Formation', Journal of Modern Jewish Studies 6/1 (2007) 69-83.

David Bankier and Dan Michman, ‘Introduction’ in: David Bankier and Dan Michman ed., Holocaust Historiography in Context : Emergence, Challenges, Polemics and Achievements (Jerusalem; New York: Yad Yashem ; Berghahn Books, 2008) 9-25.

Niewyk , Donald L., and Francis R. Nicosia, ‘The Victims’ Reactions to Persecution’ in Niewyk , Donald L., and Francis R. Nicosia, The Columbia Guide to the Holocaust (New York: Columbia University Press, 2000) 97-109.

Lagrou, Pieter, 'Return to a Vanished World. European Societies and the Remnants of Their Jewish Communities, 1945-1947' in: David Bankier, The Jews Are Coming Back : The Return of the Jews to Their Countries of Origin After WW II (New York: Berghahn Books ; Jerusalem : Yad Vashem, 2005) 1-25.

Shapira, Anita, 'The Debate Over the “New Historians” in Israel' in: Eliezer Ben-Refael, Julius H Schoeps, Yitzhak Sternberg and Olaf Glöckner eds., Handbook of Israel: Major Debates. Volume 1 Part A Cleavages (2016) 888-908.

Metody výuky

Poslední úprava: doc. PhDr. Jana Kepartová, CSc. (16.06.2019)

 

 

 

Expectations of Students

Students are expected to attend all classes and actively participate in class discussions and other activities; active participation is a crucial component of this course. My basic teaching philosophy is that students are adults who are responsible for their own learning. My role is to guide you as best as I can and provide you with all the materials and tools you need to make the most out of this course. With regard to the final papers, you will be expected to properly reference the literature and sources you use. Plagiarism will result in a non-pass.

Week	Date	Topic
1		Introduction to Jewish Historiography and Digital Approaches
2		Haskala (Jewish Enlightenment) & Emancipation  and Jewish migration
3		Modern Antisemitism – From Socialism to Zionism
4		Jews in Czech lands
5		World War II. & the Holocaust
6		Post-war & Israel

 

Class Procedures

This course requires 90 minutes of class attendance 6 times per semester as well as preparation time for readings.

Each class consists of:

• Hour 1 (45 minutes): Theoretical part, discussion, summary

• Hour 2 (45 minutes): Hands-on work with digital resources

·       Exploring online digital sources relating to the discussed topic.

·       Working and analyzing the sources from the VHA (Video History Archive)

·       Exploring offline materials relating to the week’s topic through online archival catalogues and bibliographic databases

·       Use of Zotero, Mendeley, Citace.com to save materials in a database so you can find them later.

Assessment

 

This course will be assessed by:

 

·       60% active class participation

·       40% paper of 2.000-2500 words

 

Class participation, preparation + presentation:

·       As part of class preparation, each student will go through weekly readings on the Moodle.

·       You also prepare a summary and an explanation of what you learned, found interesting and/or new, liked or did not like.

·       Every class starts with a student presentation of 10-15 minutes about the week’s readings, addressing at least the following questions/ issues:

What is the main theme, problem and/or argument that the text discusses?

What do you think are the main stakes/positions within the historiographical debate about the topic of the text? What position does the writer (m/f) take within this debate? Does he/she argue for this positon in a convincing way in your opinion? Why (not)? Formulate at least two questions for class discussion

Požadavky ke zkoušce

Poslední úprava: doc. PhDr. Jana Kepartová, CSc. (16.06.2019)

Final papers:

 

The final assignment is a research paper of around 2.000-2500 words about a topic in modern Jewish history of your chosing.

 

In this paper you will:

Formulate a clear research question that you will answer in the conclusion.

Do so by examining the relevant literature and using online primary sources.

You should also briefly explain what the limitations of using only online.

You will get a deadline for your final papers.

Sylabus

Poslední úprava: doc. PhDr. Jana Kepartová, CSc. (16.06.2019)

Learning Objectives:

 

·       Students will be able to understand the broad parameters of modern Jewish history and the key debates in Jewish historiography

·       Students will know how to critically assess online historical resources and their potential and limitations for historical research.

·       Students will learn how to apply the VHA (Video History Analysis) and the VCA (Video Content Analysis) on specific cases.

·       They will learn to use the virtual online platforms (IWalk and IWitness) developed by the USC Shoah Foundation 

·       They get acquainted with characteristics of Jewish communities from diverse background.

·       They will develop critical and analytical thinking skills using various forms of documents.

·       They will determine the importance of place on identity.

·       They will develop empathy and respect for differences and the immigrant experience.

·       They will learn the meaning of Yiddish words with the aid of the online Yiddish glossary (ex. Minyan, Shul)