FOR 875: History in Popular Cultures of Knowledge

在21世纪之交，历史的大众再现在世界范围内达到了鼎盛时期。该研究股根据几个案例研究分析了当前历史和史前历史的普及情况，目的是发展一种有助于描述和解释这一现象的跨学科理论。将主要强调大众历史知识、其内容和媒体的社会文化功能。

At the turn of the 21st century, the popular representation of history has reached a heyday worldwide. This Research Unit analyses current popularisations of the historical and pre-historical past on the basis of several case studies and aims to develop an interdisciplinary theory that will help to describe and interpret the phenomenon. There will be major emphasis on the socio-cultural functions of popular historical knowledge, its contents and media.