Universität Wien

070001 SE SE Seminar (PM4) (2015S)

US Cuban Relations: Before and Beyond the Cold War

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 7 - Geschichte
Continuous assessment of course work

LV-Leiter: Raúl Rodríguez Rodríguez
Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

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. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 15.04. 14:15 - 16:30 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Tuesday 21.04. 10:45 - 13:45 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Tuesday 28.04. 10:45 - 13:45 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Tuesday 05.05. 10:45 - 13:45 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Tuesday 12.05. 10:45 - 13:45 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Tuesday 19.05. 10:45 - 13:45 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This will be a 6 week 18-hour course that will provide an overview of Cuban history and its relations with the United States. The conceptual apparatus will be from the disciplines of History and International Relations Theory. The historical approach will be based on the use of historical documents as primary sources and the international relations perspective will be added by the use of the basic concepts of the discipline.
The course will be organized in two hour sessions one hour of lecture and one hour of class discussions based on pre assigned questions on one of the articles or book chapters that are listed in the bibliography

Assessment and permitted materials

Oral Assignments:
Students are expected to actively participate and execute one of the following tasks on schedule

1- Summary critique of one academic article on the topic
2- Discussion questions assigned the previous week.

Course Evaluation
A Final Seminar/ debate of the main issues in US Cuba relations

Attendance
Students must meet a minimum of 80% of class

Tardiness
Students are required to be in class on time. Arriving late disturbs the class as a whole. If a students do arrive late the instructor is required the student as absent

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The main objective is to provide the students with an overview Cuban History and of U.S.-Cuban relations from colonial times to the present, in order to offer the main elements toward the understanding the essence of one of the most long lasting conflict between two nations in the western hemisphere.
The course will also aim at providing the elements to understand the evolution of Cuba towards independence in the Latin American context.
This course will also encourage student participation in presenting and debating complex issues in a scholarly fashion.

Examination topics

Reading list

Lars Shoultz, The United States and Cuban Revolution, UNC Press, 2009.
Louis Perez, Cuba and the United States: Ties of Singular Intimacy , University of Georgia Press, 2003
Morris Morley, Imperial State and Revolution: The United States and Cuba 1952-1986, Cambridge University Press, 1986
Holden, Robert H. and Eric Zolov, Latin America and the United States :a documentary history / New York ;Oxford :Oxford University Press,2000.
William LeoGrande and Peter Kornbluh: Back Channel to Cuba: The Hidden History of Negotiations between Washington and Havana. UNC Press, 2014

Association in the course directory

MA Globalgeschichte: SE Vertiefung 1 (6 ECTS) | MA Geschichte 2014: SE aus Geschichte im Pflichtmodul 4 (6 ECTS) | MA Geschichte 2008: Seminar Vertiefung im Bereich Neuzeit (6 ECTS) | MA Zeitgeschichte: Seminar Vertiefung 1 oder 2 (6 ECTS) | LA Geschichte auslaufend: SE Vertiefung Politikgeschichte (6 ECTS) |

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