Learning outcomes

- Develop specialist knowledge in areas of the historical discipline and understand the issues involved - Learn how to conduct a research question in history and master the tools and working methods specific to the discipline - Learn the techniques of analysis and interpretation of sources specific to contemporary history

Goals

At the end of the course, the student will be able to : - Design a coherent and relevant heuristic approach to a question of contemporary Belgian history - to know the main places where sources concerning contemporary history are kept in Belgium

Content

Knowledge and critical use of 1° the different types of sources concerning the contemporary history of Belgium 2° the public and private archives and libraries in Belgium 3° the working tools enabling them to be located, accessed and used. Chronological framework: from 1830 to the present day.

Assessment method

Oral examination. The student must propose a coherent, complete and realistic heuristic approach to the study of a specific theme in contemporary Belgian history.

Sources, references and any support material

P. VAN DEN EECKHOUT and G. VANTHEMSCHE (eds.), Sources pour l'étude de la Belgique contemporaine. 19th-20th centuries, 2 vols, Brussels, 2017

Language of instruction

Français