070259 SE BA-Seminar - The Cold War in the long 20th century (2024S)
1880s to today
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 Mo 12.02.2024 09:00 to Fr 23.02.2024 14:00
- Registration is open from Mo 26.02.2024 09:00 to We 28.02.2024 14:00
- Deregistration possible until Su 31.03.2024 23:59
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Tuesday
05.03.
11:30 - 13:00
Seminarraum 18 Kolingasse 14-16, OG02
Tuesday
19.03.
11:30 - 13:00
Seminarraum 18 Kolingasse 14-16, OG02
Tuesday
09.04.
11:30 - 13:00
Seminarraum 18 Kolingasse 14-16, OG02
Tuesday
16.04.
11:30 - 13:00
Seminarraum 18 Kolingasse 14-16, OG02
Tuesday
23.04.
11:30 - 13:00
Seminarraum 18 Kolingasse 14-16, OG02
Tuesday
30.04.
11:30 - 13:00
Seminarraum 18 Kolingasse 14-16, OG02
Tuesday
07.05.
11:30 - 13:00
Seminarraum 18 Kolingasse 14-16, OG02
Tuesday
14.05.
11:30 - 13:00
Seminarraum 18 Kolingasse 14-16, OG02
N
Tuesday
21.05.
11:30 - 13:00
Seminarraum 18 Kolingasse 14-16, OG02
Tuesday
28.05.
11:30 - 13:00
Seminarraum 18 Kolingasse 14-16, OG02
Tuesday
04.06.
11:30 - 13:00
Seminarraum 18 Kolingasse 14-16, OG02
Tuesday
11.06.
11:30 - 13:00
Seminarraum 18 Kolingasse 14-16, OG02
Tuesday
18.06.
11:30 - 13:00
Seminarraum 18 Kolingasse 14-16, OG02
Tuesday
25.06.
11:30 - 13:00
Seminarraum 18 Kolingasse 14-16, OG02
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
This seminar pursues two objectives. First, it will acquaint participants with the Cold War historiography from its beginnings to the most recent transnational and global approaches. Second, it seeks to contextualize the Cold War within the larger current of historical developments such as globalization, industrialism or colonialism. Pointing to the strong link between industrialism and imperialism, the course discusses how the quest for strategic metals and other raw materials necessary for the construction of electricity infrastructures has shaped the evolution of the international world order over the last 150 years, i.e. during the long 20th century. Students will be exposed to a variety of historical scholarship – from Cold War history to economic history to the history of technology – that offers a wide range of topics for their bachelor theses or seminar papers.
Assessment and permitted materials
1. Attendance and informed participation in classes (10%) – up to two classes can be left out with adequate explanation
2. Completion of the assigned reading (30-40 pp. each week) documented by submitting brief summaries - app. 150-200 words (10%)
3. One oral critique of a scholarly article or book excerpt (10%)
4. Outline of seminar paper/bachelor thesis (1-2pp.) and its presentation (20%)
5. Seminar paper/bachelor thesis (50%)Ad 5:
As per university requirements, the BA-THESES are approximately 25 pages long and come with 1.5 line spacing. This is about 10.000 (± 5%) words in English or 65.000 (± 5%) characters (including spaces) in German. The page count includes footnotes, title page, table of contents and bibliography.SEMINAR PAPERS might be a little shorter, 17-20 pages with 1.5 line spacing. The page count includes footnotes, title page, table of contents and bibliography.
2. Completion of the assigned reading (30-40 pp. each week) documented by submitting brief summaries - app. 150-200 words (10%)
3. One oral critique of a scholarly article or book excerpt (10%)
4. Outline of seminar paper/bachelor thesis (1-2pp.) and its presentation (20%)
5. Seminar paper/bachelor thesis (50%)Ad 5:
As per university requirements, the BA-THESES are approximately 25 pages long and come with 1.5 line spacing. This is about 10.000 (± 5%) words in English or 65.000 (± 5%) characters (including spaces) in German. The page count includes footnotes, title page, table of contents and bibliography.SEMINAR PAPERS might be a little shorter, 17-20 pages with 1.5 line spacing. The page count includes footnotes, title page, table of contents and bibliography.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Students must fulfill all the above-mentioned requirements while their overall score must be above the 60% threshold at the same time.
Grades will be assigned according to the following scale:A 90-100
B 80-89
C 70-79
D 61-69
F 0-60
Grades will be assigned according to the following scale:A 90-100
B 80-89
C 70-79
D 61-69
F 0-60
Examination topics
There are no intermediate or final exams for this class.
However, should a student fail to meet requirements 1-4, s/he will not be permitted to submit a bachelor thesis or seminar paper
However, should a student fail to meet requirements 1-4, s/he will not be permitted to submit a bachelor thesis or seminar paper
Reading list
Selected bibliography (a complete breakdown of required weekly reading will be provided during the first unit)Encyclopaedias:
Ruud van Dijk ed., Encyclopedia of the Cold War, New York: Routledge 2008.
Richard H. Immerman, Petra Goedde eds., The Oxford Handbook of the Cold War, Oxford: Univ. Press 2013.
Artemy M. Kalinovsky ed., The Routledge Handbook of the Cold War, London: Routledge 2014.
Melvyn P. Leffler, Odd Arne Westad eds., The Cambridge History of the Cold War, vol. III: Endings, Cambridge: Univ. Press 2010.Books and articles
Autio-Sarasmo, Sari and Katalin Miklóssy. ‘Introduction: The Cold War from a new perspective.’ In Reassessing Cold War Europe, edited by Sari Autio-Sarasmo and Katalin Miklóssy, 1-15. London – New York: Routledge.
Cain, Frank. Economic Statecraft during the Cold War. London-New York: Routledge, 2007.
Jackson, Ian. The Economic Cold War: America, Britain and East-West Trade, 1948-63. Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2001.
Kotkin, Stephen. ‘The Kiss of Debt: The East Bloc Goes Borrowing.’ In The Shock of the Global: The 1970s in Perspective, edited by Niall Ferguson, Charles S. Maier, Erez Manela and Daniel J. Sargen, 80-93. London – Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010.
Libbey, James K. ‘CoCom, Comecon, and the Economic Cold War.’ Russian History 37, no. 2 (2010): 133-52.
Mazov, Sergey. A Distant Front in the Cold War. The USSR in West Africa and the Congo, 1956-1964. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2010.
Mëhilli, Elidor. ‘Technology and the Cold War.’ In The Routledge Handbook of the Cold War, edited by Artemy M. Kalinovski and Craig Daigle, 292-304. London – New York: Routledge, 2014.
Office of Technology Assessment. Technology and East-West Trade. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1979.
Perović, Jeronim. ‘The Soviet Union’s Rise as an International Energy Power: A Short History.’ In Cold War Energy: A Transnational History of Soviet Oil and Gas, edited by Jeronim Perović, 1-43. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Romero, Frederico. ‘Cold War historiography at the crossroads.’ Cold War History 14, no. 4 (2014): 685-703.
Van Vleck, Jeniffer. Empire of the Air: Aviation and the American Ascendancy. Cambridge – London: Harvard University Press, 2013.
Westad, Odd Arne. The Cold War: A World History. London: Penguin Books, 2017.
Ruud van Dijk ed., Encyclopedia of the Cold War, New York: Routledge 2008.
Richard H. Immerman, Petra Goedde eds., The Oxford Handbook of the Cold War, Oxford: Univ. Press 2013.
Artemy M. Kalinovsky ed., The Routledge Handbook of the Cold War, London: Routledge 2014.
Melvyn P. Leffler, Odd Arne Westad eds., The Cambridge History of the Cold War, vol. III: Endings, Cambridge: Univ. Press 2010.Books and articles
Autio-Sarasmo, Sari and Katalin Miklóssy. ‘Introduction: The Cold War from a new perspective.’ In Reassessing Cold War Europe, edited by Sari Autio-Sarasmo and Katalin Miklóssy, 1-15. London – New York: Routledge.
Cain, Frank. Economic Statecraft during the Cold War. London-New York: Routledge, 2007.
Jackson, Ian. The Economic Cold War: America, Britain and East-West Trade, 1948-63. Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2001.
Kotkin, Stephen. ‘The Kiss of Debt: The East Bloc Goes Borrowing.’ In The Shock of the Global: The 1970s in Perspective, edited by Niall Ferguson, Charles S. Maier, Erez Manela and Daniel J. Sargen, 80-93. London – Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010.
Libbey, James K. ‘CoCom, Comecon, and the Economic Cold War.’ Russian History 37, no. 2 (2010): 133-52.
Mazov, Sergey. A Distant Front in the Cold War. The USSR in West Africa and the Congo, 1956-1964. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2010.
Mëhilli, Elidor. ‘Technology and the Cold War.’ In The Routledge Handbook of the Cold War, edited by Artemy M. Kalinovski and Craig Daigle, 292-304. London – New York: Routledge, 2014.
Office of Technology Assessment. Technology and East-West Trade. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1979.
Perović, Jeronim. ‘The Soviet Union’s Rise as an International Energy Power: A Short History.’ In Cold War Energy: A Transnational History of Soviet Oil and Gas, edited by Jeronim Perović, 1-43. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Romero, Frederico. ‘Cold War historiography at the crossroads.’ Cold War History 14, no. 4 (2014): 685-703.
Van Vleck, Jeniffer. Empire of the Air: Aviation and the American Ascendancy. Cambridge – London: Harvard University Press, 2013.
Westad, Odd Arne. The Cold War: A World History. London: Penguin Books, 2017.
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