FOR 875: History in Popular Cultures of Knowledge

进入世纪以来，世界范围内的历史大众化呈现达到了一个鼎盛时期。该研究单元在多个案例研究的基础上分析了历史和史前过去的当前流行，旨在开发一种跨学科理论，帮助描述和解释这一现象。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.