Universität Wien

070149 VO Theory and Methods of Global History and Global Studies (2024W)

Theories and Methods of Global History

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 7 - Geschichte
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Th 16.01. 13:15-14:45 Hörsaal 50 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8

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Language: English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 03.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 50 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Thursday 10.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 50 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Thursday 17.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 50 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Thursday 24.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 50 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Thursday 31.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 50 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Thursday 07.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 50 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Thursday 14.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 50 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Thursday 21.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 50 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Thursday 28.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 50 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Thursday 05.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 50 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Thursday 12.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 50 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Thursday 23.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 50 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Thursday 30.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 50 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The VO “Theories and Methods of Global History and Global Studies” addresses key ways in which scholars have conceptualized and “done” global history in the last three decades.
Taken as a whole, the lectures are designed to provide the participant with an extended range of theoretical and methodological tools, as well as a critical understanding of their differences. In this way, the course seeks to assist the participants in thinking of their own position within the vast and contradictory field of global history and global studies.

Key questions of the master lectures are:
 What is “global history”?
 How do scholars “do” global history?
 What are the sources of global history?
 What are the implications of a global approach for the study of social and historical processes?

Each session will include three levels of reflection:
 The theories of global history
 The methods and practices of global history
 The discussion on the position of each individual scholar in the field of global history

Each lecture deals with one broad theoretical and methodological issue, including the questions of periodisation, comparison and the study of connections across space and time. Special attention will be paid to the very question of what exactly the scholars mean by “the global”, and its implications for the ways in which they relate to the primary and secondary sources, their strategies to move beyond ethnocentric and nation-centred histories, and how they construct their global narratives.

During and at the end of each lecture, time will be reserved for questions, clarifications and comments by the participants.

The VO “Theories and Methods of Global History and Global Studies” is connected to the UE Course on “Methodology in Global History and Global Studies”, in which we will discuss readings that are connected to the topics of the lectures. Students might consider attending both courses, if applicable.

Assessment and permitted materials

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

• Active participation in classroom debates – 30%
• Written exam (week 12) about the contents of the lectures – 70%

Examination topics

Students are expected to:
• Describe the main issues in the theoretical debates around global history, especially in relation to: overcoming Eurocentrism; overcoming methodological nationalism; defining “the global” in global history; the question of periodisation.
• Describe the main methodologies in global history, especially with relation to: comparison, the finding, employment and analysis of the sources, the construction of the global historical narrative
• Position themselves in the main theoretical and methodologies issues that surround global history, and legitimize their positioning.

Reading list

No mandatory readings are related to this course.
Voluntary readings will be suggested during the lectures.

Association in the course directory

MA Globalgeschichte & Global Studies: PM2 Forschungsprozess und Methoden

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