Poznań, Poland

History

Historia

Bachelor's
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History at UAM

Language: PolishStudies in Polish
Subject area: humanities
Kind of studies: full-time studies
University website: international.amu.edu.pl

Test: check whether History is the right major for you!

Historia test

Test: check whether History is the right major for you!

1. Do you enjoy researching past events to understand why they happened?

2. Are you interested in reading and analyzing primary sources like letters, documents, and reports?

3. Do you enjoy putting events into broader context—connecting political, cultural, economic, and social factors?

4. Are you comfortable writing structured essays or reports that argue a position based on evidence?

5. Do you like debating different interpretations of the same historical event?

6. Are you patient and detail-oriented when piecing together fragmented or conflicting information?

7. Do you care about understanding different cultures, perspectives, and how they shaped the past?

8. Are you motivated by telling stories that make history relevant to today?

9. Do you enjoy organizing information, creating timelines, or synthesizing complex material for others?

10. Are you willing to continuously revise your understanding as new evidence or perspectives emerge?

Definitions and quotes

History
History (from Greek ἱστορία, historia, meaning "inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation") is the study of the past as it is described in written documents. Events occurring before written record are considered prehistory. It is an umbrella term that relates to past events as well as the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of information about these events. Scholars who write about history are called historians.
History
No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.
Thomas Carlyle, Heroes and Hero Worship, "The Hero as Divinity"
History
Every decade or so, the world is tested by a crisis so grave that it breaks the mould: one so horrific and inhumane that the response of politicians to it becomes emblematic of their generation —their moral leadership or cowardice, their resolution or incompetence. It is how history judges us.
Jo Cox, Don’t leave Syria to become a graveyard — this generation’s responsibility to the world (13 October 2015)
History
Die Weltgeschichte ist das Weltgericht.
The world's history is the world's judgment.
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