Universität Wien

030263 KU From the protection of persecuted co-religionists to the protection of universal human rights (2017W)

Theory and practice of humanitarian interventions in historcial perspective

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 3 - Rechtswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work
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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 150 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

additional classes and field trips (attendance is mandatory only two times):

12 October 2017, 10.30 a.m.-12.00, Juridicum, Schottenbastei 10-16, SEM 33
13 October 2017, 3.30-5.00 p.m., Juridicum, Schottenbastei 10-16, SEM 51
19 October 2017, 12.00-1.30 p.m., Juridicum, Schottenbastei 10-16, SEM 33
19 October 2017, 2.00-3.30 p.m., Juridicum, Schottenbastei 10-16, SEM 43
25 October 2017, 10.30 a.m.- 12.00, Institute for European Ethnology, Hanuschhof, Hanuschgasse 3/1/2, Seminar Room 1
8 November 2017, 8.30-10.00 a.m., Institute for European Ethnology, Hanuschhof, Hanuschgasse 3/1/2, Seminar Room 1
9 November 2017, 7.30-8.45 p.m. (Institute for European Ethnology, Hanuschhof, Hanuschgasse 3/1/4, Seminar Room 2)
10 November 2017, 3.30-5.00 p.m., Juridicum, Schottenbastei 10-16, Lecture Theatre U 15, Underground Level
18 January 2018, 7.15-8.45 p.m., Institute for European Ethnology, Hanuschhof, Hanuschgasse 3/1/4, Seminar Room 2

date to be decided:
- The Files of the Imperial Aulic Council in the Austrian State Archive, Austrian State Archive, Division House, Court and State Archive, Minoritenplatz 1

  • Thursday 12.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal A UniCampus Zugang Hof 2 2F-EG-32
  • Friday 13.10. 14:00 - 15:30 Seminarraum SEM52 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum 5.OG
  • Thursday 19.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal A UniCampus Zugang Hof 2 2F-EG-32
  • Thursday 09.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal A UniCampus Zugang Hof 2 2F-EG-32
  • Friday 10.11. 13:30 - 15:00 Seminarraum SEM61 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum 6.OG
  • Thursday 16.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal A UniCampus Zugang Hof 2 2F-EG-32
  • Thursday 23.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal A UniCampus Zugang Hof 2 2F-EG-32
  • Thursday 30.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal A UniCampus Zugang Hof 2 2F-EG-32
  • Thursday 07.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal A UniCampus Zugang Hof 2 2F-EG-32
  • Thursday 14.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal A UniCampus Zugang Hof 2 2F-EG-32
  • Thursday 11.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal A UniCampus Zugang Hof 2 2F-EG-32
  • Thursday 18.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal A UniCampus Zugang Hof 2 2F-EG-32
  • Thursday 18.01. 19:15 - 20:45 Hörsaal U11 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Thursday 25.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal A UniCampus Zugang Hof 2 2F-EG-32
  • Wednesday 21.02. 09:00 - 11:00 Seminarraum SEM31 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 3.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The primary target of this course is to acquire a broad and critical understanding of the history of humanitarian intervention. In order to achieve this objective the course combines three methodological tools, contextualization, longue durée and diachronic approach. First, looking at the subject matter in context means that we’ll investigate the history of humanitarian intervention as history of human rights, as diplomatic and military history, as history of communication and the public, as history of sovereignty and the international community and as history of international law. This approach does not only provide a broader understandig of the history of humanitarian intervention, but also an opportunity for the critical reflection of concepts and practices that are central to our understanding of politics and law, such as the „sovereign state, the „international community“, „public opinion“ or „human rights“. Second, the chronological scope from the 15th century to the present allows us to study different patterns of interventions on behalf of persecuted citizens (or subjects) of foreign states (or princes) carried out by one or several states by military or alternative means. Third, by adopting a diachronic perspective on the history of humanitarian intervention the course differs from attempts to construct a more or less linear evolution of humanitärian intervention. It rather makes use of the early modern period in order to highlight the contingency of the modern international order based on sovereign states and to provide a measure of orientation for challenges of current international law which is characterized by the conditionality or even erosion of the classical 19th and 20th century sovereign state.

Assessment and permitted materials

The grade is determined by three factors: regular attendance and active participation (students may miss not more than two sessions), participation in two of the additional classes or field trips on offer, a written exam and a brief essay or translation.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The successful completion of the course is conditional on regular attendance, the writing of a brief essay or a brief translation and the performance in the written exam. The written exam makes up for two-thirds of the final grade.

Examination topics

- cases and other subject matters as discussed in class
- reading assignments on the e-learning platform

Reading list

Association in the course directory

MA Geschichte; APMG Neuzeit; Exkursion und transdisziplinäre Öffnung; Geschichte der Neuzeit im transdisziplinären Kontext(4 ECTS)| MA Zeitgeschichte;Disziplinäre und transdisziplinäre Kontexte; Zeitgeschichte im transdisziplinären Kontext (4 ECTS)

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