HIST0092-1

Duration

30h Th, 5d FT Tr. Pr.

Number of credits

	Master in history, professional focus in digital mediation of historical knowledge	5 crédits

Lecturer

Sophie Richelle

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

This course aims to provide an in-depth understanding of the uses of digital technology in the practice and professions of historians.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

At the end of this course, thanks to the knowledge acquired and tested through theoretical and practical input, students will be able to:

Report on the major challenges of digital culture that surround them and their impact on the profession of historian and on the making of history.
Conduct historiographical and epistemological reflection related to these issues. And, as a result, participate in the general reflection on what it means to "do history" at the beginning of the 21st century.
Experiment with and formulate critical feedback on digital tools related to the main aspects of their work as historians, namely: research, analysis, and mediation.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Bac History

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course is structured around two main subject matter:

General theoretical concepts of digital literacy and those specific to the profession of history
Experimentation with digital tools specific to the profession of history

To explore these topics, the learning methods may combine the following learning activities:

Lectures introducing the relevant topics (definitions, context, history, etc.);
Individual and/or group reading of academic texts
Individual and/or group summaries of academic texts (possibly in English), presented orally and/or in writing.
Research work
Practical exercises based on a case study
Individual and/or group presentations of the results of individual and/or group work
Participation in group discussions of the results of individual and/or group work
A lecture by an external speaker
A visit relevant to the course content
Active participation in a variety of scientific events (conferences, study days, symposia, etc.)
...

Students are warmly encouraged to raise any points they do not understand during the course or to submit their questions by email. Depending on the nature of the questions asked, answers will be provided by email or addressed during class. Appointments can be arranged on request.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face course

Further information:

Switch to remote working if exceptional circumstances require it

Course materials and recommended or required readings

Platform(s) used for course materials:
- eCampus

Further information:

Mandatory reading :

Caroline Muller avec Frédéric Clavert, Écrire l'histoire. Gestes et expériences à l'ère du numérique, Paris, Armand Colin, 2025

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

oral exam

Written work / report

Further information:

Assessment will be based on students' active participation throughout the lessons and on a final written assignment in January. Points will be weighted as follows:

Written and/or oral reports, and participation in the analysis of the collective reading: 10%
Individual experimentation with a digital tool and oral presentation of the results of this experimentation within the framework of the course: 20%
Final reflective written assignment on the dimensions and uses of digital technology in history: 70%

Oral presentation on a digital tool

The presentation will last between 15 and 20 minutes
It must be based on a PowerPoint-type presentation
It should also include a demonstration of the tool or any other support deemed relevant by the student

Through this work, students will demonstrate their ability to experiment with a digital tool, relate it in a relevant way to historical practices, and analyze its opportunities and risks.

Final written assignment

A maximum of 10 pages (+ any appendices) in Word (.doc) and PDF format to be sent by email to the teacher (Sophie.Richelle@uliege.be).
The submission date is to be set no later than the first week of January by mutual agreement between the students and the instructor.
The paper will be reviewed in the form of an individual oral exam during the exam period.

Through this assignment, students will demonstrate that they have acquired and understood the material taught during the course and that they are capable of reflecting independently on the challenges of digital technology in historical practice. To do so, they will successfully apply all of the theoretical and practical knowledge acquired during the course. The oral exam will allow students to defend their work.

Uses of AI

In order to ensure the acquisition of the historical skills specified in the learning objectives and in accordance with the institutional charter-which allows each programme to draw up a more restrictive framework than the default framework it defines-the only uses of a generative artificial intelligence tool that are permitted, subject to the explicit consent of the course lecturer, are:

the use for the purpose of formal language improvement, i.e. exclusively for spelling and grammar correction, excluding any formulation or re-formulation;
the use for the purpose of translating modern languages;
the use for the translation of ancient languages - solely in cases where no academic translation exists and excluding exercises (in class or at home) and examination papers consisting specifically of translating a text from Latin or Ancient Greek, for which any use is strictly prohibited.
the use for the purposes of palaeographic transcription and the transcription of interviews relating to research work, including the TFE.

Any other use will result in the exam being postponed. The voluntary, sincere and full disclosure of unauthorised use does not constitute grounds for avoiding this measure and does not invalidate the irregularity.

As the use Artificial Intelligence generative tools always entails the responsibility of the person using it, students must take full responsibility for any translations or corrections on which they rely and must duly declare any such use of Artificial Intelligence generative tools.

Furthermore, such use must always be approved in advance by the course tutor and must be accompanied by a critical methodological note on the relevance and terms of this technical use of an Artificial Intelligence generative tools .

In any written work, students must therefore declare on their honour, in an introductory note:

either that they have not used Artificial Intelligence generative tools at all;
or that they have used it, strictly within the limits specified above.

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

As part of the course, one or more day trips may be organized in Belgium or abroad.
Similarly, a two-day trip may be organized in Belgium or abroad.

Contacts

Sophie.Richelle@uliege.be

A critical analysis of the uses of digital technology for historians