070228 PS BA-Proseminar - Technology and the Cold War (2021S)
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
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An/Abmeldung
Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").
- Anmeldung von Mo 08.02.2021 09:00 bis Mo 22.02.2021 14:00
- Anmeldung von Mi 24.02.2021 09:00 bis Fr 26.02.2021 14:00
- Abmeldung bis Mi 31.03.2021 23:59
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max. 25 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch
Lehrende
Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert
sin tempore!
- Donnerstag 15.04. 09:00 - 11:30 Digital
- Donnerstag 22.04. 09:00 - 11:30 Digital
- Donnerstag 29.04. 09:00 - 11:30 Digital
- Donnerstag 06.05. 09:00 - 11:30 Digital
- Donnerstag 20.05. 09:00 - 11:30 Digital
- Donnerstag 27.05. 09:00 - 11:30 Digital
- Donnerstag 10.06. 09:00 - 11:30 Digital
- Donnerstag 17.06. 09:00 - 11:30 Digital
- Donnerstag 24.06. 09:00 - 11:30 Digital
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Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung
Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel
consists of following components: active participation at the classes (20%), 1-2 pp. outline of seminar paper, (10%), 20 mins oral presentation (20%), 3-5 mins oral commentary (10%), seminar paper up to 15-20 pp. (40%)Presentations and papers can be delivered both in German and English.
Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab
Prüfungsstoff
Literatur
Autio-Sarasmo, Sari and Katalin Miklóssy. ‘Introduction: The Cold War from a new perspective.’ In Reassessing Cold War Europe, edited by Sari Autio-Sarasmo and Katalin Miklóssy, 1-15. London New York: Routledge.
Barney, Timothy. Mapping the Cold War. Cartography and the Framing of America’s International Power. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2015.
Cain, Frank. Economic Statecraft during the Cold War. London-New York: Routledge, 2007.
Harvey, David. The Condition of Postmodernity. An Enquiry into the Origins of Cultural Change. Cambridge London: Blackwell, 1990.
Högselius, Per, Arnje Kaijser and Erik van der Vleuten, Europe’s Infrastructure Transition: Economy, War, Nature. Basingstoke New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, and National Academy of Engineering. Finding Common Ground: U.S. Export Controls in a Changed Global Environment. Washington: National Academy Press, 1991.
Jackson, Ian. The Economic Cold War: America, Britain and East-West Trade, 1948-63. Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2001.
Kotkin, Stephen. ‘The Kiss of Debt: The East Bloc Goes Borrowing.’ In The Shock of the Global: The 1970s in Perspective, edited by Niall Ferguson, Charles S. Maier, Erez Manela and Daniel J. Sargen, 80-93. London Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010.
Libbey, James K. ‘CoCom, Comecon, and the Economic Cold War.’ Russian History 37, no. 2 (2010): 133-52.
Mazov, Sergey. A Distant Front in the Cold War. The USSR in West Africa and the Congo, 1956-1964. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2010.
Mëhilli, Elidor. ‘Technology and the Cold War.’ In The Routledge Handbook of the Cold War, edited by Artemy M. Kalinovski and Craig Daigle, 292-304. London New York: Routledge, 2014.
Office of Technology Assessment. Technology and East-West Trade. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1979.
Perovic, Jeronim. ‘The Soviet Union’s Rise as an International Energy Power: A Short History.’ In Cold War Energy: A Transnational History of Soviet Oil and Gas, edited by Jeronim Perovic, 1-43. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Rankin, William. After the Map. Cartography, Navigation, and the Transformation of Territory in the Twentieth Century. Chicago London: University of Chicago Press, 2016.
Richelson, Jeffrey T. A Century of Spies: Intelligence in the Twentieth Century. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995.
Romero, Frederico. ‘Cold War historiography at the crossroads.’ Cold War History 14, no. 4 (2014): 685-703.
Schot, Johan and Philip Scranton. ‘Making Europe: An introduction to the Series.’ In Per Högselius, Arne Kaijser and Erik van der Vleuten, Europe’s Infrastructure Transition: Economy, War, Nature (Basingstoke New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016), xi-xvii.
Van Vleck, Jeniffer. Empire of the Air: Aviation and the American Ascendancy. Cambridge London: Harvard University Press, 2013.
Yermakov, Vitaly, James Henderson and Bassam Fattouh, ‘Russia’s Heavy Fuel Oil Exports: Challenges and Changing Rules Abroad and at Home.’ The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies Paper: WPM 80, April 2019, https://doi.org/10.26889/9781784671358.
Barney, Timothy. Mapping the Cold War. Cartography and the Framing of America’s International Power. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2015.
Cain, Frank. Economic Statecraft during the Cold War. London-New York: Routledge, 2007.
Harvey, David. The Condition of Postmodernity. An Enquiry into the Origins of Cultural Change. Cambridge London: Blackwell, 1990.
Högselius, Per, Arnje Kaijser and Erik van der Vleuten, Europe’s Infrastructure Transition: Economy, War, Nature. Basingstoke New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, and National Academy of Engineering. Finding Common Ground: U.S. Export Controls in a Changed Global Environment. Washington: National Academy Press, 1991.
Jackson, Ian. The Economic Cold War: America, Britain and East-West Trade, 1948-63. Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2001.
Kotkin, Stephen. ‘The Kiss of Debt: The East Bloc Goes Borrowing.’ In The Shock of the Global: The 1970s in Perspective, edited by Niall Ferguson, Charles S. Maier, Erez Manela and Daniel J. Sargen, 80-93. London Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010.
Libbey, James K. ‘CoCom, Comecon, and the Economic Cold War.’ Russian History 37, no. 2 (2010): 133-52.
Mazov, Sergey. A Distant Front in the Cold War. The USSR in West Africa and the Congo, 1956-1964. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2010.
Mëhilli, Elidor. ‘Technology and the Cold War.’ In The Routledge Handbook of the Cold War, edited by Artemy M. Kalinovski and Craig Daigle, 292-304. London New York: Routledge, 2014.
Office of Technology Assessment. Technology and East-West Trade. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1979.
Perovic, Jeronim. ‘The Soviet Union’s Rise as an International Energy Power: A Short History.’ In Cold War Energy: A Transnational History of Soviet Oil and Gas, edited by Jeronim Perovic, 1-43. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Rankin, William. After the Map. Cartography, Navigation, and the Transformation of Territory in the Twentieth Century. Chicago London: University of Chicago Press, 2016.
Richelson, Jeffrey T. A Century of Spies: Intelligence in the Twentieth Century. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995.
Romero, Frederico. ‘Cold War historiography at the crossroads.’ Cold War History 14, no. 4 (2014): 685-703.
Schot, Johan and Philip Scranton. ‘Making Europe: An introduction to the Series.’ In Per Högselius, Arne Kaijser and Erik van der Vleuten, Europe’s Infrastructure Transition: Economy, War, Nature (Basingstoke New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016), xi-xvii.
Van Vleck, Jeniffer. Empire of the Air: Aviation and the American Ascendancy. Cambridge London: Harvard University Press, 2013.
Yermakov, Vitaly, James Henderson and Bassam Fattouh, ‘Russia’s Heavy Fuel Oil Exports: Challenges and Changing Rules Abroad and at Home.’ The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies Paper: WPM 80, April 2019, https://doi.org/10.26889/9781784671358.
Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis
BA Geschichte (2012): Zeitgeschichte (5 ECTS)
BA Geschichte (2019): M6 (5 ECTS)
BEd UF Geschichte: Osteuropäische Geschichte; Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte, Globalgeschichte
BA Geschichte (2019): M6 (5 ECTS)
BEd UF Geschichte: Osteuropäische Geschichte; Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte, Globalgeschichte
Letzte Änderung: Fr 12.05.2023 00:14
Institut für Osteuropäische Geschichte der Universität WienPossible themes
1. Cold War and globalisation
2. East-West trade and its restrictions
3. The role of international organisations: Committee for Multilateral Export Controls (CoCom), NATO, Committee for Mutual Economic Assistance (Comecon)
4. Technology transfers and East-West infrastructural integration
5. The role of military funding in paving technology advances
6. Development of radars, satellites
7. Development of transistors, microcircuits, chips
8. Development of computers
9. Satellites and GPS
10. Technology espionage and illicit purchases
11. Spillover between the production of military and civilian aircraft
12. Evolution of turbojet and turbofan engines
13. East-West trade with oil and natural gas
14. 1973 oil shock and Soviet and Cuban expansion in Africa
15. Soviet military build-up in 1970s/80s and petrochemical industry
16. Case study: Democratic Republic of Congo
17. Rare earth elements and the rise of China
18. Club of Rome, 1972 reports on the Limits to Growth and rise of environmental movements
"Greening" of socialist economies and societies