ENSAE Paris - École d'ingénieurs pour l'économie, la data science, la finance et l'actuariat

Additional courses in humanities and social sciences - S1

Objective

Sources, Data and Methods in Contemporary History

The aim of this course is to explore and understand the diversity of subjects, approaches, and sources in contemporary history through case studies and examples of historiographical debates. Students will work with archival documents and the writings of historians, and will be required to analyse the different ways in which recognised historical knowledge is produced.