MH501/601/701/801:
Methods of Historical Research (4 units)
David Bundy
Fall 2005 Pasadena
Scholarly
study in many fields requires historical research. To do this effectively
requires that the researcher know the theories, methods, and resources that are
available. This course introduces students to historiography as it relates to
mission studies. It provides opportunity for the student to a practicum in historical research related
to an area of the student’s interest.
· Knowledge of leading theories and approaches to
historical research and writing;
· Familiarity with types of resources appropriate
to the kind of research the student intends to pursue as a part of an academic
program;
· Initial survey of materials relevant to student’s
program;
· Experience in the practice of historical research
and writing.
This
course will be offered as a seminar which meets once a week for four hours. Most of each session will be spent in discussion of recommended readings
(or pertinent issues) and student presentations. Each student is expected to participate actively. Students will read
a range of materials, submit brief reports on reading, and carry out a research
project.
Bebbington, D. W., Patterns in History. IVP/Baker, 1990.
Berger, S., et alia, Writing
History in Theory and Practice. Hodder Arnold, 2003.
Burke, P. (ed.) New Perspectives on
Historical Writing. Pennsylvania State Univ. Press, 2001.
Bradley, J. E. & Muller, R. A., Church
History: An Introduction to Research, Reference Works, and Methods.
Eerdmans, 1995.
Hughes-Warrington, Marnie, Fifty Key
Thinkers on History. Routledge, 2000.
Munslow, A. & Rosenstone, R. A. (eds) Experiments
in Rethinking History. Routledge, 2004.
Shenk, W. R. (ed.), Enlarging the Story.
Orbis Books, 2002.
Amin,
Samir, Eurocentrism. Monthly Review
Press, 1989.
Barzun, J. & Graff, H. F., The Modern
Researcher. Harcourt, 1992.
Boris, Eileen and Chaudhuri, Nupur, Voices
of Women Historians. Indiana, 1999.
Domańska, Ewa, Encounters:
Philosophy of History after Postmodernism. Univ. Press of Virginia, 1998.
Evans, R. J., In Defense of History. W. W. Norton, 1999.
Himmelfarb, Gertrude, The New History and
the Old, rev. ed. Harvard, 2004.
Hunt, Lynn, The New Cultural History.
California, 1989.
Iggers, G. G. & Parker, H. T., International Handbook of Historical
Studies Greenwood, 1979.
Iggers, G. G. Historiography in the
Twentieth Century. From Scientific Objectivity to the Postmodern Challenge.
Wesleyan University Press, 1997.
Koselleck, R. The Practice of Conceptual
History. Stanford, 2002.
Vansina, J., Oral Tradition as History.
Univ. of Wisconsin, 1985.
Walls, A. F., The Missionary Movement in
Christian History. Orbis Books, 1996.
Wengert, T. J. & Brockwell (Jr.), C. W., Telling the Churches’ Stories. Eerdmans, 1995.
· Read a total of 1,500 pages from the Required
and Recommended Reading lists. The student will write weekly a 1 page
(250 words) summary of each book or article read, and present this in
class.
·
Write a 5 page (1,250 words) comparative analysis of two books or essays from
the Required and Recommended Reading lists, or as negotiated with
the instructor, and present the essay in class.
·
Actively participate in the seminar sessions.
·
Research and write a 20-page (5,000 words per page) paper on a topic negotiated
with the instructor, and revise as needed.
PREREQUISITES: Each student must be enrolled in
either a M.A., Th.M., D.Miss., or Ph.D. program.
RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Elective.
FINAL EXAM: None.
Last Date Edited: June 20, 2005