Objective :
This course aims to introduce the learners to important issues related to historical method
including significant , historical trends and issues related with the historians craft.
Unit-1 1.01: Concept: Meaning, Scope and Purpose of History,
Varieties of History Causation in History, Objectivity
in History
1.02: Primary and Secondary Sources, Internal and
External Criticism,
1.03: History and Allied Subjects: Archeology,
Epigraphy and Numismatics
1.04: History and Geography, History and Anthropology,
History and Sociology, History and Literature
Unit-2 Evolution of Historiography
2.01: Ancient Greece -Herodotus and Thucydides
2.02: Ancient Rome -Livy and Tacitus
2.03: Chinese Historiography- Summa Chien
2.04: Historiography in Arab Countries- Ibn Khaldun
and Yagubi
2.05: Medieval European Historiography and Christian
Chronicles
Unit-3 Renaissance to Enlightenment Historiography:
3.01 Renaissance Historiography
3.02 Scientific Revolution and Impact on History Writing
3.03: Enlightenment Historiography
Unit-4 4.01 : Early Indian Notions of History
4.02 : Development of Historical Consciousness in Early
India
4.03 : Development of History Writing in Sultanate and
Mughal Period
4.04 : Regional Historical Traditions- Assam,
Maharashtra, South India
Unit-5 Development of History Writing in India in Modern Period
5.01: Orientalist- Sir William Jones and Asiatic Society of Bengal
5.02: Utilitarians- James Mill and other Colonial
Historians
5.03: Nationalist Historiography
5.04: Marxist and Subaltern Historiography
Suggested Readings
Bajaj Satish : Recent Trends in Historiography, New Delhi, 1988
Barnes, H.E. : A History of History Writing, Oklahoma, 1937
Black Jeremy and Donald M. : Studying History, Macmillan, 1997
Cannon John (ed) : The Historian at Work, London, 1980
Carr E.H. : What is History, Latest edition
Collingwood, R.G : The Idea of History, OUP, latest edition
Evans J. Richard : In Defense of History, London, 1997
Gare, Arran E : Postmodernism and Environmental Crisis, London, 1997
Gooch, G.P. : History and Historians of the Nineteenth Century, Reprint,
: 1952
Merquior J.G : Foucault, London, Second edition, 1991
Marwick, Arthur : Introduction to History, London, 1977
Sreedharan, E : A Textbook of Historiography 500 BC to 2000
Stern Fritz : Varieties of History, New York,
Thompson, J.W & Bernard H : A History of History Writing, 2 vols.,
This course aims to introduce the learners to important issues related to historical method
including significant , historical trends and issues related with the historians craft.
Unit-1 1.01: Concept: Meaning, Scope and Purpose of History,
Varieties of History Causation in History, Objectivity
in History
1.02: Primary and Secondary Sources, Internal and
External Criticism,
1.03: History and Allied Subjects: Archeology,
Epigraphy and Numismatics
1.04: History and Geography, History and Anthropology,
History and Sociology, History and Literature
Unit-2 Evolution of Historiography
2.01: Ancient Greece -Herodotus and Thucydides
2.02: Ancient Rome -Livy and Tacitus
2.03: Chinese Historiography- Summa Chien
2.04: Historiography in Arab Countries- Ibn Khaldun
and Yagubi
2.05: Medieval European Historiography and Christian
Chronicles
Unit-3 Renaissance to Enlightenment Historiography:
3.01 Renaissance Historiography
3.02 Scientific Revolution and Impact on History Writing
3.03: Enlightenment Historiography
Unit-4 4.01 : Early Indian Notions of History
4.02 : Development of Historical Consciousness in Early
India
4.03 : Development of History Writing in Sultanate and
Mughal Period
4.04 : Regional Historical Traditions- Assam,
Maharashtra, South India
Unit-5 Development of History Writing in India in Modern Period
5.01: Orientalist- Sir William Jones and Asiatic Society of Bengal
5.02: Utilitarians- James Mill and other Colonial
Historians
5.03: Nationalist Historiography
5.04: Marxist and Subaltern Historiography
Suggested Readings
Bajaj Satish : Recent Trends in Historiography, New Delhi, 1988
Barnes, H.E. : A History of History Writing, Oklahoma, 1937
Black Jeremy and Donald M. : Studying History, Macmillan, 1997
Cannon John (ed) : The Historian at Work, London, 1980
Carr E.H. : What is History, Latest edition
Collingwood, R.G : The Idea of History, OUP, latest edition
Evans J. Richard : In Defense of History, London, 1997
Gare, Arran E : Postmodernism and Environmental Crisis, London, 1997
Gooch, G.P. : History and Historians of the Nineteenth Century, Reprint,
: 1952
Merquior J.G : Foucault, London, Second edition, 1991
Marwick, Arthur : Introduction to History, London, 1977
Sreedharan, E : A Textbook of Historiography 500 BC to 2000
Stern Fritz : Varieties of History, New York,
Thompson, J.W & Bernard H : A History of History Writing, 2 vols.,
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