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140254 SE African Presidents Unveiled: The Origins of Presidentialism (2019S)

8.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 14 - Orientalistik, Afrikanistik, Indologie und Tibetologie
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
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Details

max. 20 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Dienstag 05.03. 11:00 - 13:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 3 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-12
  • Dienstag 19.03. 11:00 - 13:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 3 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-12
  • Dienstag 26.03. 11:00 - 13:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 3 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-12
  • Dienstag 02.04. 11:00 - 13:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 3 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-12
  • Dienstag 09.04. 11:00 - 13:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 3 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-12
  • Dienstag 30.04. 11:00 - 13:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 3 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-12
  • Dienstag 07.05. 11:00 - 13:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 3 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-12
  • Dienstag 14.05. 11:00 - 13:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 3 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-12
  • Dienstag 21.05. 11:00 - 13:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 3 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-12
  • Dienstag 28.05. 11:00 - 13:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 3 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-12
  • Dienstag 04.06. 11:00 - 13:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 3 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-12
  • Dienstag 18.06. 11:00 - 13:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 3 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-12
  • Dienstag 25.06. 11:00 - 13:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 3 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-12

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

The course offers a general introduction to African political history through the lens of presidential powers in postcolonial Africa.

Presidential rule, closely related to personal rule, is a prominent feature of African studies, yet the making of presidents and of presidential systems of rule has for a long time remained an untold story: the political negotiations and imagination surrounding the construction of presidential powers deserve greater attention. This course attempts to provide historical perspectives to the study and the understanding of the origins and development of presidentialism, that is to say the concentration of executive powers in the hands of the president.

The sessions are organized thematically. Key texts personal rule and presidentialism will first be critically discussed. Covering varied case studies from Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, we will then reflect on different aspect of the making of a president, such as the emergence of the father of the nation to the political uses of his memory, violence and masculinity or the importance of networks and in particular of gendered networks. Finally, we will reflect on the constitutionality of presidentialism.

By the end of the course, students will be able to name and introduce key African leaders, to assess critically the historical dynamics of continuity or change that played during decolonization and after independence, and have a critical appraisal of presidential political systems.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Participation (50%) and 3000 – 5000 words essay (50%)

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Prüfungsstoff

Course content.

Literatur

The reading list (in English) and bibliography will be available on Moodle.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

SAG.SE.1, SAG.SE.2
IE: VM1

Letzte Änderung: Do 29.10.2020 00:22