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JCTC2301: History and Memory: Tracing Jewish Pasts
2025 unit information
The modern discipline of history is a relatively new approach to conceiving of the past. By contrast, and for millennia, diverse communities have recorded and related to their pasts in a myriad of ways, forging what has become known as “collective memory”. Now comprising the sub-discipline of memory studies, these approaches provide insight into the past and its significance for the present. Beginning with Jewish collective memory as articulated in classical texts such as the Bible and Rabbinic writings, we then expand our focus to examine contemporary expressions of collective memory as embodied in monuments, museums and commemorative events, both within and beyond the Jewish experience.
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Arts and Social Sciences
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Hebrew, Biblical and Jewish Studies |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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12 credit points at 1000-level from Jewish Civilisation, Thought and Culture or Modern Hebrew or Arabic Language and Cultures or History |
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Corequisites:
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None |
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None |
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Conceptualise and interrogate understandings of history and memory, with a focus on their overlaps and points of departure
- LO2. Analyse primary documents and sites such as museums and monuments and place them in their historical and sociological context
- LO3. Historically contextualise the notion of collective memory and its societal functions
- LO4. Articulate the role of collective memory both in Jewish texts and identity
- LO5. Identify, define, investigate, and think independently about critical problems in memory studies
- LO6. Analyse and critically assess memory forms such as museums, monuments and commemorative rituals
- LO7. Be independent learners who take responsibility for their own learning
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