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070018 GR Guided Reading (2015S)
Slavery in the Americas
Continuous assessment of course work
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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).
- Registration is open from Su 01.02.2015 00:00 to We 18.02.2015 10:00
- Registration is open from We 04.03.2015 00:00 to Fr 06.03.2015 10:00
- Deregistration possible until Tu 31.03.2015 23:59
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Tuesday 10.03. 12:30 - 14:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 45 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8)
- Tuesday 17.03. 12:30 - 14:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 45 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8)
- Tuesday 24.03. 12:30 - 14:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 45 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8)
- Tuesday 14.04. 12:30 - 14:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 45 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8)
- Tuesday 21.04. 12:30 - 14:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 45 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8)
- Tuesday 28.04. 12:30 - 14:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 45 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8)
- Tuesday 05.05. 12:30 - 14:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 45 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8)
- Tuesday 12.05. 12:30 - 14:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 45 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8)
- Tuesday 19.05. 12:30 - 14:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 45 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8)
- Tuesday 02.06. 11:30 - 14:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 45 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8)
- Tuesday 09.06. 11:30 - 14:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 45 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8)
- Tuesday 16.06. 12:30 - 14:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 45 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8)
- Tuesday 23.06. 12:30 - 14:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 45 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8)
- Tuesday 30.06. 12:30 - 14:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 45 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8)
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
This course will discuss texts and sources on the following topics: the Atlantic world in modern history, international slave trade, why African slavery in the Americas?, modern racism and slavery, the economy of slavery, the legal status of slaves, slave masters, women and the family in slavery, slave culture, slave resistance and rebellion, images of slavery, slavery in films, the abolitionist movement, emancipation, life after slavery. Specific methods addressed in this course are text, discourse, image, and film analysis, and quantitative history.
Assessment and permitted materials
active participation in class-discussions, written papers on weekly assignments, a short oral presentation on one of the weekly assignments
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Examination topics
discussion, teamwork, oral presentations, lectures
Reading list
Peter Kolchin, American Slavery, 1619-1877 (New York 1993, mehrere Neuauflagen); Christopher Schmidt-Nowara, Slavery, Freedom, and Abolition in Latin America and the Atlantic World (Albuquerque, NM 2011)
Association in the course directory
BA 2012: PM Vertiefung; Guided Reading - Neuzeit (4 ECTS) | BA 11: WM Neuzeit; prüfungsimmanent (4 ECTS) | BA UF Geschichte: GR zu Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte oder Globalgeschichte (4 ECTS) | LA auslaufend: Vertiefung Guided Reading 1 oder 2: Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte (4 ECTS) | MA Geschichte: APM Schwerpunktvorbereitung; Geschichte der Neuzeit 2 (5 ECTS)
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