Universität Wien

240059 SE VM5 / VM2 - A Conflict that did not Exist? Histories of the North-South Divide (2025S)

7.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 24 - Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
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Do 20.03. 13:15-14:45 Seminarraum SG1 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1

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max. 25 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Donnerstag 06.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum SG1 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Donnerstag 13.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum SG1 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Donnerstag 27.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum SG1 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Donnerstag 03.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum SG1 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Donnerstag 10.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum SG1 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Donnerstag 08.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum SG1 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Donnerstag 15.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum SG1 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Donnerstag 22.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum SG1 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Donnerstag 05.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum SG1 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Donnerstag 12.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum SG1 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Donnerstag 26.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum SG1 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1

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Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

Recently, historians have begun to explore how, starting in the 1960s, “North” and “South” became ciphers for discussing global relations that continue to be highly influential today (Dinkel et.al). Some scholars suggest that a “North-South conflict”, which pitted self-described “developing countries” against wealthy “Western” states in an attempt to overcome global inequalities was and, in fact, still is a defining issue of international relations (Iriye). Others have suggested that, in reality, there was no such conflict, because of widely diverging interests within the “Global South”, merely the expectation of one (Graf). In this seminar, we will explore the pre-history, development, and legacies of the North-South confrontation, which – it will be argued – reached its peak in the 1970s, with the United Nations (UN) General Assembly Declaration on the New International Economic Order in 1974.
We will examine crucial themes (anti-colonialism, anti-racism, development), events (the Asia-Africa Conference in Bandung in 1955, the “Oil Shock” in 1973/4), organizations (the League against Imperialism, the Non-Aligned Movement [NAM], the UN Conference on Trade and Development [UNCTAD]), groups (the Afro-Asian caucus at the UN, the “Group of 77” [G77] of self-described “developing countries” at the UN), individuals (Raúl Prebisch, who led the UN Commission for Latin America and then UNCTAD; Houari Boumedienne, Algerian president and leader of the NAM), as well as their concerns and arguments.

The overall aim of the seminar is to familiarize students with the historiography of the North-South conflict and the methodological foundations of historical studies.
In addition to reading and discussing scholarly literature on the topic, we will also (learn how to) analyze historical primary sources.
Students will formulate response papers to prepare for the weekly in-class discussions. They will also prepare a presentation on a topic/ primary source of their choice.
Students will be encouraged to analyze primary sources for their seminar papers.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

weekly:
- response paper (one paragraph) discussing the required reading + formulating a discussion question
- active participation in the individual seminar sessions

once per semester:
- a short (10-15 min.) presentation on a topic/ primary source of choice related to the seminar
- short description of the topic of the seminar paper (one paragraph)
- bibliography
- scientific discussion of literature
this will help you write a
- seminar paper of about 6,000 words

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Regular attendance is required.

For weekly and one-time requirements, see description above.

Response papers and presentations will be graded on the following scale: A (above average), B (good), C (below average).

The seminar paper is graded on a scale of 1-5 [1 = very good, 2 = good, 3 = satisfactory, 4 = sufficient, 5 = insufficient (negative performance)]

The overall grade is made up of the grade for the seminar paper (50%) and the semester grade (consisting of the presentation and response paper grades).

Plagiarism automatically leads to exclusion from the seminar and to a ‘not assessed’ entry in the transcript instead of a grade.

Prüfungsstoff

In addition to independently identifying relevant scholarly literature for their seminar papers, students are expected to engage with some of the scholarly literature that we read in the seminar and analyze (historical) primary sources (including e.g. contemporary newspaper and magazine articles) in their final papers.

Literatur

Connelly, Matthew. “Taking Off the Cold War Lens: Visions of North-South Conflict during the Algerian War for Independence.” American Historical Review 105, no. 3 (2000): 739-769.

Dietrich, Christopher. Oil Revolution: Anticolonial Elites, Sovereign Rights, and the Economic Culture of Decolonization. Cambridge University Press, 2017.

Dinkel, Jürgen; Fiebrig, Steffen; Reichherzer, Frank. Nord/Süd – Perspektiven auf eine globale Konstellation. De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2020.
Dinkel, Jürgen. The Non-Aligned Movement: Genesis, Organization and Politics 1927-1992. Brill, 2018.

Franczak, Michael. Global Inequality and American Foreign Policy in the 1970s. Cornell University Press, 2022.

Garavini, Giuliano. After Empires: European Integration, Decolonization, and the Challenge from the Global South 1957-1986. Oxford University Press, 2012.

Graf, Rüdiger. “Der Konflikt, der nicht stattfand: Ressourcen, Interdependenz, Sicherheit und die Erwartung des Nord-Süd-Konflikts in den 1970er Jahren.” In Nord/Süd, edited by J. Dinkel, S. Fiebrig, F. Reichherzer. De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2020.

Kreienbaum, Jonas. Das Öl und der Kampf Um eine Neue Weltwirtschaftsordnung : Die Bedeutung der Ölkrisen der 1970er Jahre für die Nord-Süd-Beziehungen. De Gruyter, 2022.

Prashad, Vijay. The Poorer Nations: A Possible History of the Global South. Verso Book, 2012.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

VM5 / VM2

Letzte Änderung: Do 27.02.2025 10:46