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QUESTIONNAIRE:

1. To what extent do you agree with the following sentences?

1.1."History is to know the past as it was" NoneLittleQuiteVery much

1.2. "History is made from documents"NoneLittleQuiteVery much

1.3. "History is made from documents and ideas"NoneLittleQuiteVery much

1.4. "History is the science of the past"NoneLittleQuiteVery much

1.5. "History is the science of society"NoneLittleQuiteVery much

1.6. "History is the science of men in time"NoneLittleQuiteVery much

1.7. "History is the sciene of men and women in time and within an environment"NoneLittleQuiteVery much

1.8. "History is not a science because it cannot know the objective truth of past events"NoneLittleQuiteVery much

1.9. "All history is contemporary"NoneLittleQuiteVery much

1.10. "Hisory is a fabrication of historians"NoneLittleQuiteVery much

1.11. "The historian knows the historical truth as he or she elaborates it"NoneLittleQuiteVery much

1.12. "History is daughter of her time"NoneLittleQuiteVery much

1.13. "The history of humanity is the history of class struggle"NoneLittleQuiteVery much

1.14. "Men make their own history, but not in circunstances of their own making"NoneLittleQuiteVery much

1.15. "Ideas are the motor of history"NoneLittleQuiteVery much

1.16. "The ultimate cause of history is economic"NoneLittleQuiteVery much

1.17. "History studies the past to understand the present and build the future"NoneLittleQuiteVery much

1.18. "The tendecy of history is progress"NoneLittleQuiteVery much

 

Concepts, methods and approaches

2. Is it the task of the historian to seek historical truth? no yes

2.1. What do you understand by this 'truth'?

 

3. Does the historian influence the results of his or her research? no yes

3.1.If so, how?

Knowledge, hypothesis, methodology

Ideology , values, social conditionants

 

4. Mark from 1 to 10 the following phases of the historian's work, where 1 means no importance at all and 10 means most important.

4.1 Choice of the subject of research

4.2 Location and transcription of sources

4.3 Location and consultation of bibliography

4.4 Elaboration of preliminary hypothesis

4.5 Analysis of obtained data

4.6 Theoretical reflection

4.7 Elaboration of the scheme

4.8 Writing

4.9 Conclusions

4.10 Publishing

4.11 Teaching

4.12 Circulation

 

5. Score from 1 to10 in ascending level of importance each of the following concepts:

5.1 Regional monographs

5.2 Quantitative history

5.3 Total History

5.4 Problem-History

5.5 Interdisciplinarity

  

6. Does the causation of historical facts exist? no yes

6.1. If so, assess the type of causation:

6.1.1 Social-economicNoneLittleQuiteVery much

6.1.2 Mental and culturalNoneLittleQuiteVery much

6.1.3 PoliticsNoneLittleQuiteVery much

6.1.4 ComplexNoneLittleQuiteVery much

6.1.5 GlobalNoneLittleQuiteVery much

6.1.6. NoneLittleQuiteVery much

 

7. Is an interdisciplinary approach necessary in historical studies? no yes

7.1 If so, what kind of interdisciplinarity ?

7.1.1 Among historical disciplines of different chronological or thematic areasNoneLittleQuiteVery much

7 1.2 Between history and the social sciencesNoneLittleQuiteVery much

7.1.3 Between history and the natural sciencesNoneLittleQuiteVery much

7.1.4 Between history and literature NoneLittleQuiteVery much

7.1.5. NoneLittleQuiteVery much

 

8. Have you ever applied in your historical research the co-operation between general history and other historical disciplines? no yes

8.1.If so, specify:

8.1.1 Archeology NoneLittleQuiteVery much

8.1.2 Economic History NoneLittleQuiteVery much

8.1.3 History of Law NoneLittleQuiteVery much

8.1.4 History of Literature NoneLittleQuiteVery much

8.1.5 History of Art NoneLittleQuiteVery much

8.1.6 History of EducaciónNoneLittleQuiteVery much

8.1.7 History of Medicine NoneLittleQuiteVery much

8.1.8 History of Sciene NoneLittleQuiteVery much

8.1.9 History of Philosophy NoneLittleQuiteVery much

8.1.10. NoneLittleQuiteVery much

 

9. Have you ever applied in your historical research the co-operation between history and other sciences or disciplines? no yes

9.1 if so, specify:

 9.1.1 GeographyNoneLittleQuiteVery much

9.1.2 EconomyNoneLittleQuiteVery much

9.1.3 Sociology NoneLittlevQuiteVery much

9.1.4 Anthropology NoneLittleQuiteVery much

9.1.5 Psychology NoneLittleQuiteVery much

9.1.6 Law NoneLittleQuiteVery much

9.1.7 Political Science NoneLittleQuiteVery much

9.1.8 Linguistics NoneLittleQuiteVery much

9.1.9 Literature NoneLittleQuiteVery much

9.1.10 Philosophy NoneLittleQuiteVery much

9.1.11 Ecology NoneLittleQuiteVery much

9.1.12 Natural and Physical sciencesNoneLittleQuiteVery much

9.1.13. NoneLittleQuiteVery much

 

10. What influence -if any- have new information technologies had on the writing of history?

10.1 If so, how do you think they affect -or will affect - historians ?

10.1.1 Methodologically NoneLittleQuiteVery much

10.1.2 Historiographicall NoneLittleQuiteVery much

10.1.3 Epistemologically NoneLittleQuiteVery much

10.1.4 DidacticallyNoneLittleQuiteVery much

10.1.5. NoneLittleQuiteVery much

 

11. Do you use Internet? no yes

11.1 What for ?

 

Subjects and lines of research

12. Mark from 1 to 10 in ascending level of importance the reasons that influence the choice of the subjects for historical research:

12.1 Personal

12.2 Topical

12.3 Academic

12.4 Scientific

12.5 Sociocultural

12.6 Political

12.7.

 

13. Why do you think historians change the subject of their research ?

13.1 They do not change NoneLittleQuiteVery much

13.2 Declining returns NoneLittleQuiteVery much

13.3 Social, political, economic, or religious pressures NoneLittleQuiteVery much

13.4 Historiographical mimicry NoneLittleQuiteVery much

13.5 Scientific innovation NoneLittleQuiteVery much

13.6 Personal strategies NoneLittleQuiteVery much

13.7. NoneLittleQuiteVery much

 

14. Mark from 1 to 10 in ascending level of importance the following subdisciplines and lines of research:

14.1 Historical demography

14.2 Economic history

14.3 Social history

14.4 History of mentalities

14.5 Cultural History

14.6 Historical Biography

14.7 Political History

14.8 Microhistory

14.9 Compared history

14.10 Historical sociology

14.11 Anthropological History

14.12 Linguistic Turn

14.13 Oral History

14.14 History of Women

14.15 Ecological History

14.16 Multicultural History

14.17 Local History

14.18 Regional History

14.19 National History

14.20 Continental History

14.21 World History

 

15. What is the interest in the study of conflicts, revolts and revolutions as subjects of historical research today? NoneLittleQuiteVery much

15.1Why?

 

16. Do you agree with the historical 'revisionism' of the French, English and Russian revolutions? NoneLittleQuiteVery much

16.1 Why ?

 

17 And of the Holocaust and the Facisms? NoneLittleQuiteVery much

17.1 Why ?

 

18 And of Comunism? NoneLittleQuiteVery much

18.1 Why ?

 

19 What should the future of the History of Women be?

19.1 None NoneLittleQuiteVery much

19.2 Hstorical field NoneLittleQuiteVery much

19.3 History of gender NoneLittleQuiteVery much

19.4 A common history of men and women NoneLittleQuiteVery much

19.5 Back into general history NoneLittleQuiteVery much

19.6. NoneLittleQuiteVery much

 

Historiography

20. Which of the possible meanings of the term "historiography" do you find most accurate?

History

History of history and of historians

Set of historians

 

21. Do you find the balance of 20th century historiography positive ?

21.1 why ?

 

22. Have there been any historiographical changes from the sixties and seventies ? no

22.1 If so, assess these changes:

For the worse

For the better

 

23. To what extent is a historiographical renewal still necessary today ? NoneLittleQuiteVery much

23.1 What do you understand by renewal?

 

24. Assess the interest for the professional historian of the reflection on:

24.1 Methodology NoneLittleQuiteVery much

24.2 Historiography NoneLittleQuiteVery much

24.3 Theory of History NoneLittleQuiteVery much

24.4 Theory of society NoneLittleQuiteVery much

24.5 Why?

 

25. What should the future of historiography as the history of history and historians be?

The task of the historian is to write history

History of historiography

Added activity

Autonomous area of knowledge

Intellectual history

Without self-reflection, history has no future

 

26. Mark from 1 to 10 in ascending level of importance the following historiographical tendencies and currents of thought:

26.1 (Neo)positivism

26.2 Annales

26.3 Historical materialism

26.4 Enlightment

26.5 Functionalism

26.6 Structuralism

26.6 Postmodernism

26.7 (Neo)conservatism

26.9.

 

27. Is the knowledge of the values and of the biography of historians important to contextualise and understand their works ? NoneLittleQuiteVery much

27.1 Why ?

 

28 Philosophers and social scientists that influence or have influenced historians:

28.1 Marx NoneLittleQuiteVery much

28.2 Freud NoneLittleQuiteVery much

28.3 Weber NoneLittleQuiteVery much

28.4 Durkheim NoneLittleQuiteVery much

28.5 Lévi-Strauss NoneLittleQuiteVery much

28.6 Foucault NoneLittleQuiteVery much

28.7. Habermas NoneLittleQuiteVery much

28.8. Bourdieu NoneLittleQuiteVery much

28.9. Derrida NoneLittleQuiteVery much

28.10. Ricoeur NoneLittleQuiteVery much

28.11. NoneLittleQuiteVery much

 

29. What is the interest of history and of the theory of science for historiography? NoneLittleQuiteVery much

29.1 Relevance of these historians and philosophers of science to historiography:

29.1.1. Popper NoneLittleQuiteVery much

29.1.2. Kuhn NoneLittleQuiteVery much

29.1.3. Feyerabend NoneLittleQuiteVery much

29.1.4. Lakatos NoneLittleQuiteVery much

29.1.5. NoneLittleQuiteVery much

  

30 How does the historical discipline evolve?

Accumulation

Breaks

Both

Returns

 

31 Is there enough debate among historians at present ? no yes

31.1 Why ?