070134 VO Global History (2015S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 7 - Geschichte

Details

max. 999 participants

Language: English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Peer Vries

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Wednesday 11.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 21 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 8
Wednesday 18.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 21 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 8
Wednesday 25.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 21 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 8
Wednesday 15.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 21 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 8
Wednesday 22.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 21 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 8
Wednesday 29.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 21 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 8
Wednesday 06.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 21 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 8
Wednesday 13.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 21 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 8
Wednesday 20.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 21 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 8
Wednesday 27.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 21 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 8
Wednesday 03.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 21 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 8
Wednesday 10.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 21 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 8
Wednesday 17.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 21 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 8
Wednesday 24.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 21 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 8

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This class will consist in a lecture series supported by literature and it will provide a thematic introduction in approaches and topics of global history. Eric Vanhaute, World History: an introduction, will provide the main background reading, supplemented by several articles. There will be a written examination at the end of the lecture series covering the lectures plus the obligatory reading. After some introductory comments on global history and other forms of history a selection of topics will be discussed, with an emphasis on the early modern era and on comparisons and connections.

Topics discussed will be: the role of geography and agricultural systems in global history; the Columbian Exchange, voluntary and involuntary intercontinental migration, intercontinental trade and exchange, differing modes of production and economic systems, differing forms of political organization (state,nation and empire, plus empire building), knowledge systems, technology and science, and the Great Divergence.

Assessment and permitted materials

Written exam on the basis of classes, the book by Vanhaute and some extra literature that will be made available during class.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

To give an introduction into the way in which global historians do history by discussing their approaches, methods, controversies and results, when it comes to the early modern world.

Examination topics

A classic lecture

Reading list

Eric Vanhaute, World history. An introduction (Oxon and New York 2013)

Association in the course directory

BA 2012: PM Aspekte und Räume; Globalgeschichte (5 ECTS) / PM Ergänzung A,E,R (5 ECTS) / ZWM weitere A,E,R 1 oder 2 (5 ECTS) | BA 2011: ZWM Globalgeschichte; beliebige VO aus dem ZWM (3 oder 4 ECTS) | BA LA NEU: VO Aspekte und Räume 1 | LA ALT & LA 2012: VO Globalgeschichte | EC Globalgeschichte (5 ECTS)

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