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FACULTY OF LETTERS & SCIENCE / TAR237 - HISTORY

Code: TAR237 Course Title: HISTORICAL RESEARCH METHODS IN THE EARLY MODERN HISTORY Theoretical+Practice: 2+0 ECTS: 3
Year/Semester of Study 2 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department HISTORY
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer ALMILA GÖKÇE ÖZCAN (almila.ozcan@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
Learning researching methods relating to Ottoman History for Early Era

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 can apply research methods PO-1 To have the ability to conceptualize the events and facts related to the field of history such as Prehistory, Ancient History, Medieval Era, New Age, Modern Age, and the Era we are in with the help of the scientific methods and techniques and define these concepts.
PO-2 Discover, assess, analyze, and evaluate the correctness, reliability, and validity of historical data.
PO-3 Define the historical problems, evaluate with a critical approach, analyze with theoretical and applied knowledge.
PO-4 Use the interdisciplinary approach at learning process.
PO-7 Develop suitable material for a subject on a historical area, to use the knowledge and experience gains with different methods
Examination
LO-2 can evaluate terms of Ottoman Early Modern Era PO-1 To have the ability to conceptualize the events and facts related to the field of history such as Prehistory, Ancient History, Medieval Era, New Age, Modern Age, and the Era we are in with the help of the scientific methods and techniques and define these concepts.
PO-2 Discover, assess, analyze, and evaluate the correctness, reliability, and validity of historical data.
PO-3 Define the historical problems, evaluate with a critical approach, analyze with theoretical and applied knowledge.
PO-4 Use the interdisciplinary approach at learning process.
PO-7 Develop suitable material for a subject on a historical area, to use the knowledge and experience gains with different methods
Examination
LO-3 can explain archives and librararies in Turkey PO-1 To have the ability to conceptualize the events and facts related to the field of history such as Prehistory, Ancient History, Medieval Era, New Age, Modern Age, and the Era we are in with the help of the scientific methods and techniques and define these concepts.
PO-2 Discover, assess, analyze, and evaluate the correctness, reliability, and validity of historical data.
PO-3 Define the historical problems, evaluate with a critical approach, analyze with theoretical and applied knowledge.
PO-7 Develop suitable material for a subject on a historical area, to use the knowledge and experience gains with different methods
PO-9 Have the knowledge to determine the needs related to his area and to direct his learning.
Examination
LO-4 can tell archives and libraries related to the Ottomans abroad PO-1 To have the ability to conceptualize the events and facts related to the field of history such as Prehistory, Ancient History, Medieval Era, New Age, Modern Age, and the Era we are in with the help of the scientific methods and techniques and define these concepts.
PO-2 Discover, assess, analyze, and evaluate the correctness, reliability, and validity of historical data.
PO-3 Define the historical problems, evaluate with a critical approach, analyze with theoretical and applied knowledge.
PO-4 Use the interdisciplinary approach at learning process.
PO-13 Use and follow information technologies.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Research Methods, Ottomans in Early Modern Era, Archives and Libraries in Turkey and Overseas.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 History, Historian and Sources, history and other sciences, What is Early Modern History? Ottoman and other countries in the Early Modern Area. Lecture, Practice and Application, demonstration, brainstorming, problem
2 History, Historian and Sources, history and other sciences, What is Early Modern History? Ottoman and other countries in the Early Modern Area. Beginning of Ottoman Historiography, Early Ottoman Historians, 16th Century Historians Lecture, Practice and Application, demonstration, brainstorming, problem
3 Beginning of Ottoman Historiography, Early Ottoman Historians, 16th Century Historians 17th Century Ottoman Historians-18. Century Ottoman Historians-19. Century Ottoman Historians Lecture, Practice and Application, demonstration, brainstorming, problem
4 Ottoman Historians Write For What Purpose And What Should Be Considered While Reading? Lecture, Practice and Application, demonstration, brainstorming, problem
5 Examples of source types and uses: ruznames-laws, works of attendance, journals of munseat Lecture, Practice and Application, demonstration, brainstorming, problem
6 Examples of source types and uses: Advice books, Travel Books, Embassies, Lecture, Practice and Application, demonstration, brainstorming, problem
7 Examples of source types and uses: Foreign Sources of Ottoman History (Safavid, German, Serbian, Spanish, Italian Sources) Lecture, Practice and Application, demonstration, brainstorming, problem
8 mid-term exam
9 What is Archive? What are the Archival Sources of the History of the New Age, Land Registry and Cadastre Archive, documents in the archive and their use (tahrir, pending, icmal) Lecture, Practice and Application, demonstration, brainstorming, problem
10 Prime Ministry Ottoman Archive, documents in the archive and their use, (temettüat, mühimme) Lecture, Practice and Application, demonstration, brainstorming, problem
11 Court Records and Document Samples Topkapı Palace Archive, documents in the archive and their use, Lecture, Practice and Application, demonstration, brainstorming, problem
12 Foreign Archives and examples of their use Lecture, Practice and Application, demonstration, brainstorming, problem
13 History of different fields: military, emotional, food, medical history Lecture, Practice and Application, demonstration, brainstorming, problem
14 research and write like a historian Lecture, Practice and Application, demonstration, brainstorming, problem
15 Working Methods of Famous Turkish Historians Lecture, Practice and Application, demonstration, brainstorming, problem
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Suraiya Faroqhi, Osmanlı Tarihi Nasıl İncelenir?, Tarih Vakfı Yayınları
2 Tanzimat Öncesi Osmanlı Tarihi Araştırma Rehberi, Erhan Afyoncu
3 Kanun-ı Kadimin Peşinde Osmanlıda Çözülme Gelenekçi Yorumcuları, Mehmet Öz.
4 Şair ve Patron, Halil İnalcık.
5 Tarih Nasıl Yazılır? Tarih İçin Çağdaş Bir Metodoloji, Ed. Ahmet Şimşek, Tarihçi Kitabevi, İstanbul 2011.
6 Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, Belgelerle Arşivcilik Tarihimiz (Osmanlı Dönemi) 1-2,Osmanlı Arşivi Daire Başkanlığı, Ankara 2000
7 Başbakanlık Osmanlı Arşivi Rehberi, Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, İstanbul 2010
Required Course instruments and materials
lesson notes, internet

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 2 14 28
Outside Class
       a) Reading 2 10 20
       b) Search in internet/Library 1 12 12
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 2 7 14
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 2 7 14
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 90