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030510 VO Comparative Imperial History: (2017W)

Imperial Management from the Holy Roman Empire and other "Old Empires" to the United States of America and the European Union

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 3 - Rechtswissenschaften
Moodle

Details

max. 90 participants
Language: English

Examination dates

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, 3.30-5.00 p.m., Juridicum, Schottenbastei 10-16, SEM 43
20 October 2017, 4.30 p.m., Actors Studio, Tuchlauben 13
The Viceroy’s House - Stern von Indien
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
8 November 2017, 2.00-3.30 p.m., Juridicum, Schottenbastei 10-16, Seminar Room 64
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 European Law Institute

  • Thursday 12.10. 08:30 - 10:00 Seminarraum SEM10 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 1.OG
  • Thursday 19.10. 08:30 - 10:00 Seminarraum SEM10 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 1.OG
  • Thursday 09.11. 08:30 - 10:00 Seminarraum SEM10 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 1.OG
  • Thursday 16.11. 08:30 - 10:00 Seminarraum SEM10 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 1.OG
  • Thursday 23.11. 08:30 - 10:00 Seminarraum SEM10 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 1.OG
  • Thursday 30.11. 08:30 - 10:00 Seminarraum SEM10 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 1.OG
  • Thursday 07.12. 08:30 - 10:00 Seminarraum SEM10 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 1.OG
  • Thursday 14.12. 08:30 - 10:00 Seminarraum SEM10 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 1.OG
  • Thursday 11.01. 08:30 - 10:00 Seminarraum SEM10 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 1.OG
  • Thursday 18.01. 08:30 - 10:00 Seminarraum SEM10 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 1.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Assessment and permitted materials

The grade is determined by three factors: participation in two of the additional classes and field trips on offer, a translation of a brief passage from Jean Dumont's "Corps Universel Diplomatique du Droit des Gens" into English, either from French or German or Dutch or Italian or Spanish (alternatively students may translate from Danish, Swedish or Ottoman Turkish into English, English-only speakers help their fellow students) and a written exam.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

- participation in two of the additional classes or field trips on offer (Austrian State Archive or European Law Institute)
- brief translation and critical commentary
- positive evaluation of the written exam (counts for two thirds of the final grade)

Examination topics

- the subject matter covered during the lecture
- reading assignments on the e-learning platform

Reading list

Jane Burbank und Frederick Cooper, Empires in World History. Power and Politics of Difference, Princeton/Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2010.

Dominic C. B. Lieven, Empire. The Russian Empire and its Rivals, New Haven, Conn: Yale University Press, 2001.

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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