070124 PS Proseminar (2018S)
Free and Bounded Labour in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period (Wage labour, slavery, servitude and serfdom)
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 Th 01.02.2018 00:00 to Mo 19.02.2018 10:00
- Deregistration possible until Sa 31.03.2018 23:59
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: German
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Tuesday
06.03.
16:00 - 17:30
Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
Tuesday
13.03.
16:00 - 17:30
Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
Tuesday
20.03.
16:00 - 17:30
Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
Tuesday
10.04.
16:00 - 17:30
Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
Tuesday
17.04.
16:00 - 17:30
Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
Tuesday
24.04.
16:00 - 17:30
Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
Tuesday
08.05.
16:00 - 17:30
Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
Tuesday
15.05.
16:00 - 17:30
Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
Tuesday
29.05.
16:00 - 17:30
Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
Tuesday
05.06.
16:00 - 17:30
Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
Tuesday
12.06.
16:00 - 17:30
Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
Tuesday
19.06.
16:00 - 17:30
Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
Tuesday
26.06.
16:00 - 17:30
Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
Saturday
30.06.
09:00 - 18:00
Seminarraum Geschichte 1 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
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Aims, contents and method of the course
The evolutionary view of a world-historical development from unfree to free forms of labour relationships (from “feudalism” to “capitalism”, from “status” to “contract”) has been fundamentally challenged by recent historical scholarship. New interpretations now stress that wage labour was until the second half of the 19th century not solely based on a freely negotiated contract between sellers and buyers of labour power, but involved many elements of servitude. In a global historical perspective the simultaneity and interconnectedness of forms of free and unfree labour relations are debated. From this viewpoint, the early development of capitalism is no longer seen as identical with the establishment of free wage labour, but based on the interaction of different modes of production based on more or less unfree forms of labour. The subject therefore provides opportunities to investigate, compare and relate different forms of labour relationships within wide historical and spatial dimensions.The course will be held in weekly sessions during the first two months of the semester during which we will acquire a common base of knowledge of the subject by reading and discussing key texts. This is followed by a period of individual research. It is concluded by a symposium at the end of the semester where the participants present and discuss their research results. At this point a preliminary version of the seminar paper is due. On the basis of the discussions and feed-backs given during the symposium participants have to elaborate improved final versions of their papers until September.
Assessment and permitted materials
Continuous presence, engagement and the writing of a seminar paper on a self-chosen subject within the general thematic framework of the course.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Presence (20%); continuous engagement (30%); seminar paper (50%)
Examination topics
Reading list
Karin Hofmeester/Marcel van der Linden (eds.), Handbook The Global History of Work, Berlin/Boston 2018, Chapter 4, pp. 317-410 (u:search – online)
Marcel van der Linden, Workers of the World. Essays towards a Global Labour History, Leiden u. Boston 2008. (u:search – online)
Micheal L. Bush (ed.), Serfdom and Slavery. Studies in Legal Bondage, Manchester 1996.
Micheal L. Bush (ed.), Servitude in Modern Times, Cambridge 2000.
Marcel van der Linden, Workers of the World. Essays towards a Global Labour History, Leiden u. Boston 2008. (u:search – online)
Micheal L. Bush (ed.), Serfdom and Slavery. Studies in Legal Bondage, Manchester 1996.
Micheal L. Bush (ed.), Servitude in Modern Times, Cambridge 2000.
Association in the course directory
Mittelalter, Neuzeit, Globalgeschichte, Österreichische Geschichte und Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte
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