Universität Wien

070255 LK Lektürekurs (2016W)

Women's and Gender History

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

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).

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 06.10. 18:30 - 20:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 45 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8)
  • Thursday 13.10. 18:30 - 20:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 45 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8)
  • Thursday 20.10. 18:30 - 20:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 45 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8)
  • Thursday 27.10. 18:30 - 20:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 45 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8)
  • Thursday 03.11. 18:30 - 20:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 45 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8)
  • Thursday 10.11. 18:30 - 20:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 45 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8)
  • Thursday 17.11. 18:30 - 20:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 45 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8)
  • Thursday 24.11. 18:30 - 20:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 45 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8)
  • Thursday 01.12. 18:30 - 20:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 45 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8)
  • Thursday 15.12. 18:30 - 20:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 45 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8)
  • Thursday 12.01. 18:30 - 20:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 45 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8)
  • Thursday 19.01. 18:30 - 20:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 45 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8)
  • Thursday 26.01. 18:30 - 20:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 45 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8)

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course will confront students with original texts and other source materials such as maps and convey skills and certain approaches necessary to dealing with such in the discipline of global history. A focus thereby is put on creating awareness for different kinds of cultural traditions and how to approach materials hailing from a different background than the own. Students will learn to handle the materials accordingly. The South China Sea region provides a practical case study and framework for the course.

A number of selected texts and original documents will be read and discussed in the course. All of these are of relevance within the South China Sea case. A good mixture between texts from different cultural traditions, European and Asian maps as well as international legal documents will serve as basis for discussion and elaboration on working skills and possible pitfalls in dealing with such materials.
Texts will be provided online (Moodle) and be made available step by step. The texts presented will be following the timeline starting from the early 15th century up to this day.
Reading and working with the materials is the major focus of this course. Thereby the students will be made aware of intrinsic differences between source materials hailing from different cultural regions (say Europe and Eastern Asia) and how they tackle concepts such as sovereignty. Moreover it will be discussed how also these regional approaches are differentiated within themselves. (e.g. different territorial claims by China and Vietnam).
Length of the texts will vary according to difficulty level and type of the respective materials.

Assessment and permitted materials

Students will be required to give a presentation to a theme within the courses scope. Furthermore there will be short written assignments based on the materials provided for each course unit. Two specific questions will have to be answered per such assignment.
Presentations by students will be 15 minutes max.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Course with compulsory attendance; You may miss no more than three classes;
Grade: Being present and participating in the course (30%); Presentation (30%);
Short written assignments (40%).

Examination topics

Reading list

Association in the course directory

MA Geschichte 2014: Lektürekurs zum Schwerpunkt Globalgeschichte (5 ECTS)

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