070168 UE Foreign Languages in Historical Science 1 (2009W)
Global Vienna I (only bookable together with Gliobal Vienna II, summer 2010)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Preparatory meeting 1: October 6, 9.00 - 18.00 (WISO-Seminarraum, University Main Building): Introduction, theoretical and methodological approaches, research topics, formation of working groups
Preparatory meeting 2: October 13, 9.00 - 18.00 (IFF, 1070 Schottenfeldgasse 28 - Seminarraum 3): Guided Reading: Literature, Group work
Excursion Day 1: October 27, meeting point: University Main Entrance
Excursion Day 2: November 3, meeting point: will be announced
Excursion Day 3: January 25, meeting point: Strabag Building, Reception, 1210 Danube City
Group Presentations: January 26 (IFF, 1070 Schottenfeldgasse 28 - Seminarraum 5)January 31, 2010, 10 o'clock: Last date for the submission of written group reports.Excursion Dates: start 8. 45 sharp! - end 18.00, for all three excursion days!
Bring umbrella and dress according the weather conditions!
Preparatory meeting 2: October 13, 9.00 - 18.00 (IFF, 1070 Schottenfeldgasse 28 - Seminarraum 3): Guided Reading: Literature, Group work
Excursion Day 1: October 27, meeting point: University Main Entrance
Excursion Day 2: November 3, meeting point: will be announced
Excursion Day 3: January 25, meeting point: Strabag Building, Reception, 1210 Danube City
Group Presentations: January 26 (IFF, 1070 Schottenfeldgasse 28 - Seminarraum 5)January 31, 2010, 10 o'clock: Last date for the submission of written group reports.Excursion Dates: start 8. 45 sharp! - end 18.00, for all three excursion days!
Bring umbrella and dress according the weather conditions!
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 Mo 21.09.2009 09:00 to Th 01.10.2009 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Sa 31.10.2009 23:59
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Tuesday 06.10. 09:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Permanent active participation; required reading; active participation in students' working groups during preparation and outdoor excursions; presentation of short papers (group work) based on the reading and the information gathered at the excursions.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Examination topics
Reading list
Fassmann Heinz, Hatz Gerhard (Hg.), Wien. Stadtgeographische Exkursionen. Verlag Hölzel: Wien 2002 (in English language: Understanding Vienna) - available in the WISO secretariat together with registration.
Association in the course directory
MWG08, MWG12; Thema oder Region im Modul Globalgeschichte; MA MATILDA
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Special Registration
Note: Limited number of participants, access priority for international students! This course requires personal registration at the secretariat of the Economic and Social History Department (WISO) to confirm your participation by a sum of 20 Euro (appr. covering copies, entries and guided tours) after the first meeting.The preparatory meetings will be organized as workshops to offer introduction, prepare for the assignments and guided readings, preparing the students for the three excursion days, exploring contrasting images of Global Vienna.
Language will serve as a key issue and as a methodological tool to approach the topic. The course will be held in English and offers the experience to communicate in a lingua franca.
Languages in Vienna will be explored with regard to
- the origin of its population and the use of languages
- the co-existence of languages versus linguistic assimilation
- language, dialect, and nationalism
- languages of migrants
- the languages of political dialogue and international organisations
- managing and promoting cultural diversity, dialects and various languages
- language skills as a necessity to explore Global ViennaThe excursions will lead the students to places which testimony Vienna's significant role in global history: once a metropolis of an Empire with global reach, Vienna became a shrinking city after 1918. A second era of international significance was based on Austria's Post World War II neutrality and its ability to serve as an international mediator between East and West (Diplomacy, East-West-Trade, Peace Talks, VIC, OPEC, OSCE, ¿). With the end of communism the city became part of global relocation of investment and migration, attracting tourists, migrants, and asylum seekers as well as international investments and Multinational Companies.The Excursions ProgrammeExcursion Day 1
Vienna History in a Global Perspective
Roman Vienna, Medieval Vienna: Churches & Markets, Border of Western Europe: Ottoman Sieges, Danube Trade: Greeks, Capital of the Habsburg Monarchy: Global Ambitions and representations, Fin de Siècle Vienna and World War I, Switch from Empire to Republic, Vienna and the German Reich, Allied Powers' Vienna: The Third Man, Post War Reconstruction, Vienna in international politics: VIC.Excursion Day 2
Vienna as a Melting Pot: Housing, Labour Market, Migrants' Culture, Integration
19th Century Migration, City Growth and migrants form the Habsburg Crownlands,
Post WW II Migration, Reconstruction and migrants from Yugoslavia and Turkey,
The Fall of the Iron Curtain, migrants from Eastern Europe and refugees from all over the world.Excursion Day 3
Society, Economy and Language in Global Vienna
MNCs, International Investments in Vienna, Multi-ethnic housing and New Towns in Vienna, Vienna's Efforts to promote cultural diversity and language-pluralism (VHS-Vienna)