Bachelor
2024/2025
Society and Health in Historical Perspective
Type:
Elective course (History)
Area of studies:
History
Delivered by:
Department of History
When:
4 year, 1, 2 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of all HSE University campuses
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
4
Contact hours:
56
Course Syllabus
Abstract
This course surveys the history of modern medicine and examines the role of medicine and health in the contemporary society. It introduces the students to a variety of ways of looking at the subject, including the social history of medicine, medical humanities, and science & technology studies (STS). The course will emphasize the close connections between forms of social order and forms of medical knowledge. Data culture level = 0.0.2 (Basic. Data analysis). A separate block of classes will be devoted to the potential of neural networks and generative AI as 1) a key component of modern biomedical innovation and 2) a tool for organizing and conducting research in the field of health humanities.
Learning Objectives
- Students will understand the fundamental questions and methods of the history of medicine.
- Students will develop critical skills of assessing medicine’s complex role in contemporary society.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Discuss academic literature during a seminar and participate in a group discussion in English
- Create and deliver a persuasive presentation based on required readings and additional literature
- Analyze and compare the views of different authors on the same subject
Course Contents
- Problems and Methods
- Modern Health and MedicineПеречень инструментов ИИ: Elicit, Consensus, assistant by scite. Планируемое применение: формулировка исследовательского вопроса, поиск и обработка научной литературы, организация и редактирование текста.
Assessment Elements
- In-class participation
- Take-home written examination
- A group presentation at the final colloquium
- Analytical reading
Interim Assessment
- 2024/2025 2nd module0.3 * A group presentation at the final colloquium + 0.3 * Analytical reading + 0.3 * In-class participation + 0.1 * Take-home written examination
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- A global history of medicine, , 2018
- Porter, R. (2001). Bodies Politic : Disease, Death and Doctors in Britain, 1650-1900. London: Reaktion Books. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=440604
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- An introduction to the social history of medicine: Europe since 1500, Waddington, K., 2011
- Barkan, S. E. (2017). Health, Illness, and Society : An Introduction to Medical Sociology. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.