Wrocław, Poland

History

Historia

Bachelor's
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History at UWr

Language: PolishStudies in Polish
Subject area: humanities
Kind of studies: full-time studies, part-time studies
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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
The reign of Antoninus is marked by the rare advantage of furnishing very few materials for history, which is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.
Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Ch. III (1776), Vol. 1, Ch. 3 "Of the Constitution of the Roman Empire, in the Age of the Antonines"
History
Happy the people whose annals are tiresome.
Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution, A History (1837), Part I, Book II, Chapter I.
History
Der Historiker ist ein rückwärts gekehrter Prophet.
The historian is a prophet facing backwards.
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