Scriptorium Brunense. The summer school of auxiliary historical sciences

The auxiliary historical sciences may be considered the ‘toolbox’ of historians, which they use to help them navigate through time. This box contains ten major and several minor historical disciplines that emerged alongside modern historical scholarship, constituting a set of scholarly methods and skills necessary for working with historical sources. If you would like to learn these skills or become more proficient in their use, then Scriptorium Brunense, the summer school of auxiliary historical sciences, is designed for your needs.

The summer school course has two levels. The first level is an introduction to the various auxiliary sciences for beginners, such as high school students interested in studying history, university students of various disciplines, or junior history students who would like to learn more about the auxiliary sciences of history.

The second level is for more experienced students who will be able to further develop their existing knowledge and skills with the aid of interesting examples of historical sources. This level is intended for not only more advanced students, graduates and PhD students in the historical sciences, but also for staff of memory institutions or high school history teachers who would like to broaden their horizons. At the second level, there are programmes in both Czech and English.

The English section (level 3), organised by the DiDip (From Digital to Distant Diplomatics) project, will focus on the topic of European Diplomatics in the later Middle Ages and will always include demonstrations of digital humanities tools such as HTR, Text Reuse, GIS tools, Finding Charters Online, etc.

This year is held in cooperation with the ERC project DiDip (From Digital to Distant Diplomatics) and the Czech Science Foundation project GA25-16515S The Emperor‘s City between diplomacy and war. The communication of Sigismund of Luxembourg with the imperial city of Nuremberg.

Program

Admission

Summer school capacity: 30 participants

To be accepted, you only need to pay a participation fee of 2600 CZK, students 2200 CZK. Students must present a valid ISIC or certificate of study before the start of the summer school.

Enrolment requirements

• Required initial education: .

• Participation: Prezenční

The teaching takes place in seven blocks, in which two seminars in Czech and one in English are held in parallel. Students choose one of them according to their level of knowledge and their own focus. One of the seminars in Czech is always intended for beginners and intermediate students, i.e. for those who have not yet studied auxiliary historical sciences at all, or have only basic knowledge. The other seminars are intended for intermediate to advanced students who want to deepen their existing knowledge and skills in the field of auxiliary historical sciences, to become familiar with current research topics and trends.

The total scope of the teaching is 30 teaching hours.

The teaching blocks always consist of an introductory lecture, followed by a seminar based on the joint reading and interpretation of historical sources and discussion about them.

Completion requirements

The condition for obtaining credit and a certificate is active participation in at least five of the seven teaching blocks.