This subject is strongly recommended for all students undertaking a major in History. 16.7 2nd and 3rd years Mr I Robertson. Normally, 25 points of first-year History. Second semester One 2-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial. On completion of this subject students should be able to: demonstrate familiarity with the ways in which different media influence perceptions of the historical past and its social value; analyse and understand how history is 'made' through one particular form of contemporary media; use bibliographical and general research skills to locate and gather information; critically reflect on the uses of their own historical understanding in contemporary society. This subject will examine the ways in which media communicate and shape views of the past and particular understandings of history. It will examine example from past and contemporary societies, and will involve reflection on the value of academic history in university study. Media to be considered will include newspapers, radio, film and television, sermons, museums, public monuments, theatre and communal commemorations. Essay and assignments totalling not more than 5,000 words (90%), class participation (10%). Hobsbawm, E and Ranger T (eds. ) The Invention of Tradition, Cambridge, 1983 Lowenthal D The Past is a Foreign Country, Cambridge, 1985 Rickard J and Spearritt J (eds. ) Packaging the Past? Public Histories, special edition of Australian Historical Studies, vol. 24, no. 96, April 1991 Haskell F History and its Images: Art and the Interpretation of the Past New Haven, 1993 This subject is strongly recommended for all students undertaking a major in History. 16.7 Mr I Robertson. Second semester. One 2-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial each week. On completion of this subject students should be able to: demonstrate familiarity with the ways in which different media influence perceptions of the historical past and its social value; analyse and understand how history is 'made' through one particular form of contemporary media; use bibliographical and general research skills to locate and gather information; critically reflect on the uses of their own historical understanding in contemporary society. This subject will examine the ways in which media communicate and shape views of the past and particular understandings of history. It will examine example from past and contemporary societies, and will involve reflection on the value of academic history in university study. Media to be considered will include newspapers, radio, film and television, sermons, museums, public monuments, theatre and communal commemorations. Essay and assignments totalling not more than 5,000 words (90 per cent); class participation (10 per cent). Hobsbawm, E and Ranger T (eds. ) The Invention of Tradition, Cambridge, 1983 Lowenthal D The Past is a Foreign Country, Cambridge, 1985 Rickard J and Spearritt J (eds. ) Packaging the Past? Public Histories, special edition of Australian Historical Studies, vol. 24, no. 96, April 1991 Haskell F History and its Images: Art and the Interpretation of the Past New Haven, 1993