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
Course Syllabus
Abstract
This course surveys the history of medical knowledge and practice from antiquity to the early 21st century 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 explore a number of ongoing themes: race, bodily difference, and medicine; medicine and the environment; and 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
- Health and Medicine in Contemporary HistoryПеречень 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.