2023-24

Why do we study the history of women and what is meant by 'gender history'? The course introduces gender as an analytical category in European history and examines conceptions regarding the place of women in society and their role in the evolution of European history.

The aim of the course is to acquaint students of the department with the main trends in European art from the Renaissance to the artistic currents of the 20th century, that is, with the Renaissance, Baroque, Rococco, Neo-Classicism, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Expressionism, Fauvism, Cubism and Surrealism. The course links the visual arts with the historical and social milieu in which they arose and developed. Students are encouraged to reflect and make suggestions as to how art may be validly and effectively employed in the teaching of history.

The aim of the course is to introduce students to quantitative and qualitative research methods in the social sciences. The course consists of the following parts:

Α. Introduction to the concept of academic research

Β. Quantitative research methods

Introduction to Quantitative analysis

Data collection methods

Populations and examples: Sampling methods

Data types. Data analysis.

The course commences by clarifying the meaning of the term 'ethnography' and its development, so that the student understands the relationship between social and political anthropology, on the one hand, and Ethnography, on the other, both in the context of so-called 'Ethnographic Realism', that is, the classic version of Social Anthropology, and as part of 'Cultural Critique', which has revived academic discussion of Social Anthropology and Ethnography.