Universität Wien

070006 VO Further Approaches - Making of Ukraine - A Global perspective (2023W)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 7 - Geschichte
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Language: English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 13.11. 09:45 - 13:00 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Monday 20.11. 09:45 - 13:00 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Monday 27.11. 09:45 - 13:00 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Monday 04.12. 09:45 - 13:00 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Monday 08.01. 09:45 - 13:00 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Monday 15.01. 09:45 - 13:00 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Monday 22.01. 09:45 - 13:00 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Monday 29.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The course reflects the nowadays reality when the
current Russian-Ukrainian war defines largely contours of the future world. The
centrality of the Ukrainian issue is not, however, a new phenomenon: as much as
anything, both the WWI and WWII turned on the fate of Ukraine. Ukrainian past and
global history are deeply interconnected: Ukrainian issue reemerged every time
during major waves of globalization - as it was visible during the rise of the West
since 1492, the crisis of the XVII century, the revolutions of 1848, 1917, 1968 and
1989. The course particularly focuses on violence as a central topic of global history
and how modern societies deals with it.

CHARACTER: the course consists basically of 75 mins lectures followed by 15 mins class discussions. The lectures are based on Yaroslav Hrytsak’s book book "Ukraine: The Forging of a Nation" (2023).

TOPICS
Geography and other long-term factors
Ancient Rus and Medieval Europe
Long Shadow of Rus: Economic Backwardness in Historical Perspective
Discovery of America and Making of Ukrainian Cossacks
Cossacks Military Revolution, and Absolutist States
XIX century nation building
Political and Economic Modernizations: Austrian-Hungarians and Russian Empires compared
WWI and Making of Modern Ukraine
The Vanquished: Violent interwar and Holodomor
Ukrainian issue during the WWII: Resistance, Collaboration, Holocaust
The post-war Soviet Ukraine: a Country without Past?
Ukrainian Independence: Return of history

Assessment and permitted materials

The exam is a multiple-choice test with around 30 questions that have to be
answered in 40 minutes. The requirement is to reproduce the basic principles of the
examination material. 50-62% of the maximum achievable points=Sufficient (4), 63-
75%=Satisfactory (3), 76-88%=Good (2), 89-100% Very good (1).

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

no previous knowledge of history is required.
What is required: 1) attendance of class 2) participating in class discussion 3) passing
an exam

Examination topics

course an examination material

Reading list

Yaroslav Hrytsak, Ukraine: The Forging of a Nation (Hachette, 2023; forthcoming this October)
Ivan L. Rudnytsky, Essays in Modern Ukrainian History (Edmonton,Canadian Insitute of Ukrainian Studies,1987)

Association in the course directory

BA Geschichte (Version 2019): PM4 Längsschnitte - VO Weitere Zugänge (5 ECTS) / ZWM Weitere Aspekte, Epochen und Räume 1 oder 2 - VO Weitere Zugänge (5 ECTS).
EC Geschichte: VO Weitere Zugänge (5 ECTS)
EC Osteurop. Geschichte: VO Weitere Zugänge (5 ECTS)
MA Interd. Osteuropastudien: PM3.1 / PM4 - VO Weitere Zugänge (5 ECTS)

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