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PS013. Cultural Memory and Politics
- GENERAL INFORMATION
| Title | Cultural Memory and Politics |
| Unit code | PS013 |
| Credit rating | 15 |
| Level | MA |
| Contact hours | 21 |
| Pre-requisite units | History of Political Thought, Method of Sociological Research |
| Co-requisite units | |
| School responsible | Moscow School of Social & Economic Science (Faculty of Political Science) |
| Member of staff responsible | Dr. Vasily Zharkov Thomas Hedegard, MA, Oxford |
- AIMS
This elective unit aims to provide an advanced postgraduate education to suitably qualified graduates over a 7-week period. It further aims to serve the needs of those seeking an advanced postgraduate education as a foundation for further research in the area, and also to serve the needs of those who wish to gain a foundation in the wider humanities. Broadly, it seeks to develop students’ communication skills (written and oral) alongside other appropriate technical skills, and to assess their progress through tutorials and a 5,000 word essay.
The course objectives are that, on completion of the Cultural Memory course, students will have gained empirical and theoretical knowledge and understanding of the major topics and perspectives within the subject of Cultural Memory (including different national, intellectual, and disciplinary perspectives) based on a wide-ranging critical knowledge and understanding of the scholarly literature relevant to the course. They will have developed an understanding of research skills appropriate to the subject such as historical research – these research skills being deployed in the 3,000 - 5,000 word essay. Furthermore, they will have participated in, and gained breadth of learning from, a wide range of additional intellectual activities; fostered a spirit and practice of analytical enquiry; achieved a high standard of written and oral work through the presentation and critical reception of essay work; gained skills and knowledge appropriate for further research.
- BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE UNIT
Content
1. Introduction to Cultural Memory: terminology, key themes, debates and concepts.
2. The Cultural Memory of Remembrance in Great Britain. The cultural memory of major conflict and the cessation of an empire in Great Britain.
3. The Role of Cultural Memory, Formulated by Governments from the Top Down, in the Shaping of National Identity in Eastern Europe in the Post-Soviet Era.
4. Back to Moskowia? Russian Cultural Memory in 19-th century and “slavophile myth” of pre-Peter the Great historical period.
5. “Heirs to 1917-th”. Cultural Memory and The Great Russian Revolution.
6. Memory of Stalin’s era in contemporary Russian Politics.
7. Cultural Memory and the Built Environment.
Core Reading
- Assmann J. ‘Collective Memory and Cultural Identity’, New German Critique 65 (1995), pp. 125-33.
- Eric Caldicott and Anne Fuchs, ‘Introduction’ in: Caldicott and Fuchs (eds.), Cultural Memory (Oxford: Peter Lang, 2003), pp. 11-32
- Richard S. Esbenshade, ‘Remembering to Forget: Memory, History, National Identity in Postwar East-Central Europe’, Representations, No. 49 (1995), pp. 72-96.
- ‘Introduction’ in: Andreas Huyssen, Present Pasts: Urban Palimpsests and the Politics of Memory (Stanford University Press 2003)
- Frank van Vree, ‘The Politics of Public Memory. The Commemoration of the Second World War in a Historical and Comparative Perspective’ (on the Neue Wache in East Berlin) in: Titus Ensink and Christoph Sauer (eds.), The Art of Commemoration (John Benjamins Publishing 2003)
- Stuart Burch and Smith, David J., ‘Empty Spaces and the Value of Symbols: Estonia’s “War of Monuments” from Another Angle’, in: Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 59, No. 6 (2007), 913-36
- Paul Connerton, How Societies Remember (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989)
- Stefan Goebel, The Great War and Medieval Memory: War, Remembrance and Medievalism in Britain and Germany, 1914-1940 (Studies in the Social & Cultural History 2007)
- Olich, Jeffrey K. Social Mamory Studies: From “Collective Memory” to the Historical Sociology of Mnemonic Practises, Annual Review of Sociology. Vol. 24 (1998), pp. 105-140.
- Laclan E. New Reflection on the Revolution of our Time. London – N.Y., 1990.
- Miller Frank J. Folklore for Stalin. Russian Folklore and Pseudo-folklore of the Stalin era. N.Y., 1990.
- Stalin Critical Concepts, Set of 3 volumes / Ed. by J.A. Hall. London – N.Y., 2002.
- INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
| Category of Outcome | Students should be able to: |
| Knowledge and Understanding | - critique and assess the existing dominant concepts of Cultural Memory, the main postulates upheld by the leading schools of thought; - evaluate and appraise the basic theoretical, scientific and analytical approaches concerned with the societal and political ramifications of Cultural Memory; |
| Intellectual Skills | - develop the ability to deliver sound, reasoned and robust analysis of current debates and trends prominent in the subject; - identify the broader impact of Cultural Memory on geopolitics and societal development in a number of contexts; |
| Practical Skills | - resolve problems: identify the features of problem, including aspects of risk and select approaches and solutions; - identify desired communication outcomes; enhance understanding and engagement by academic and professional audiences; - research independently, by identifying and managing library and information resources including online, correctly citing, acknowledging and referencing sources; - undertake effectively independent and self-managed learning; |
| Transferable Skills and Personal Qualities | - effective written and oral communication; - read, write and communicate in English on academic topics; - reflect and write analytically; - engage in scientific discussion and deliver creative and original thought; - find information and use information technology (including e-library resources) - exercise self-reliance skills and develop independent learning ability; - manage time and work to deadlines. |
- LEARNING AND TEACHING PROCESSES (INCLUDING THE USE OF E-LEARNING)
- Contact hours: Lectures (70%) and tutorials (30%).
- Private assignment preparation
- Directed reading (paper and electronic texts)
- Essay writing
- ASSESSMENT (INCLUDING THE USE OF E-LEARNING)
| Assessment task | Length | Weighting within unit (if relevant) |
| Essay | 3000-5000 words | 100% |
| Date of current version | 12 March 2010 |
| Approved by Deans’ meeting | 23 March 2010 |