Universität Wien

070066 SE BA-Seminar - Labour History (2024W)

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

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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. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 01.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 9, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
  • Tuesday 08.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 9, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
  • Tuesday 15.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 9, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
  • Tuesday 22.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 9, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
  • Tuesday 29.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 9, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
  • Tuesday 05.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 9, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
  • Tuesday 12.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 9, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
  • Tuesday 19.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 9, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
  • Tuesday 26.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 9, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
  • Tuesday 03.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 9, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
  • Tuesday 10.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 9, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
  • Tuesday 17.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 9, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
  • Tuesday 07.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 9, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
  • Tuesday 14.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 9, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
  • Tuesday 21.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 9, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
  • Tuesday 28.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 9, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The BA Seminar centres on global labour history, one of the most innovative scholarly fields that has developed in the last decades. Indeed, faced with a substantial crisis of their field, starting from the late 1990s global labour historians have expanded the thematic, spatial and temporal boundaries of labour history, and re-thought key concepts like the “working class”, the “industrial revolution” and “capitalism”. In the process, they have questioned the “free” and “unfree” labour divide and other traditional dichotomies, recentred their analysis on labour coercion, and explored potential new ways to connect labour history with social, economic and cultural history.

The BA Seminar proposes the field of global labour history as a large and fruitful ground for BA students to test and develop their research skills and methods. Each student will be expected to choose a topic related to labour history (across any world region and time) and write a paper about it before the end of the course.

Assessment and permitted materials

During the classes, (plenary and group) discussions about scholarly texts and primary sources related to several aspects of global labour history will accompany the students in the definition, structuring and refinement of their papers. During the last session (21 Jan), the students will receive the instructor’s feedbacks on their papers. An open discussion will follow.

Besides expanding their knowledge on the theories, methodologies and scholarship on global labour history, the participants will improve their skills in the analysis of scholarly texts and primary sources, and in the structuring and writing of their own papers.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The classes will include:
 Plenary and group discussions on the assigned readings
 Plenary and group discussions on primary sources
 Plenary and group discussions on, and oral presentations of (aspects) of the paper-in-progress
 Feedback on the papers (last session)

Minimum Requirements and Assessment Standards
• Read the assigned texts (compulsory) – 30%
• Participate actively in classroom discussions – 30%
• Final paper – 40%

Examination topics

Reading list

Readings will be made available on moodle before the start of the course

Association in the course directory

Last modified: We 11.09.2024 14:45