History and Psychology: Guidelines for Interdisciplinary Research

The research seminar is an interdisciplinary encounter between history and psychology and deals with possibilities to define a common research methodology to link them. The seminar will focus on the religious language that developed in the transition from antiquity to the Middle Ages, which redefined man and his inner-psychic space. We will take this phenomenon as a case study of the encounter between the analysis of historical findings and psychological theories in various fields (psychoanalysis, analytic psychology, group psychology, cognitive psychology). Beyond this, the course will attempt to define a two-way channel between the two disciplines to the benefit of both. Assignments include weekly reading and discussions, and a conclusive paper in the end of the semester.