General provisions

The Department of History, Uppsala University, is responsible for the course.

Entry requirements

120 credits including 90 credits in a subject in the humanities or the social sciences. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.

Learning outcomes

A student who successfully completes the course will be able to

• Survey and summarise different perspectives on urbanisation, urbanity and urban life
• Give an account of current perspectives in urban history and urban archaeology
• Describe, compare and apply different theoretical perspectives and methods that are used in the field
• Independently identify relevant interdisciplinary research issues

Content

European cities changed significantly during the early modern period. This has been analysed in terms of urbanisation, urbanity and urban life. Both overarching structural analyses and detailed micro studies have been made. Spatiality, material culture and social practices are some aspects that have gained considerable importance in more recent research. Cities and urban changes have been studied in different academic disciplines and sometimes interdisciplinarily. Here, urban history and urban archaeology are the centre of attention. Special attention is paid to the relationships between, on the one hand, material structures such as dwelling houses and streets and, on the other hand, human relationships and practices.

Instruction

The teaching consists of seminars.

Assessment

Assessments will be based on written and oral assignments. Students who have missed a small number of mandatory assignments may complete them by the end of the semester at the latest. If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the University's disability coordinator.