070267 SE Research Seminar Applied Global History (2019W)
The Nicaraguan Revolution (1979). Perspectives from Global History
Continuous assessment of course work
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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 02.09.2019 08:00 to Fr 20.09.2019 12:00
- Registration is open from We 25.09.2019 08:00 to Mo 30.09.2019 12:00
- Deregistration possible until Th 31.10.2019 23:59
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max. 25 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Tuesday 08.10. 14:15 - 17:15 Seminarraum Geschichte 1 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
- Tuesday 15.10. 14:15 - 17:15 Seminarraum Geschichte 1 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
- Tuesday 22.10. 14:15 - 17:15 Seminarraum Geschichte 1 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
- Tuesday 29.10. 14:15 - 17:15 Seminarraum Geschichte 1 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
- Tuesday 05.11. 14:15 - 17:15 Seminarraum Geschichte 1 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
- Tuesday 12.11. 14:15 - 17:15 Seminarraum Geschichte 1 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
- Tuesday 19.11. 14:15 - 17:15 Seminarraum Geschichte 1 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
- Tuesday 26.11. 14:15 - 17:15 Seminarraum Geschichte 1 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
- Tuesday 03.12. 14:15 - 17:15 Seminarraum Geschichte 1 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
- Tuesday 10.12. 14:15 - 17:15 Seminarraum Geschichte 1 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
- Tuesday 17.12. 14:15 - 17:15 Seminarraum Geschichte 1 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
- Tuesday 07.01. 14:15 - 17:15 Seminarraum Geschichte 1 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
- Tuesday 14.01. 14:15 - 17:15 Seminarraum Geschichte 1 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
- Tuesday 21.01. 14:15 - 17:15 Seminarraum Geschichte 1 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
- Tuesday 28.01. 14:15 - 17:15 Seminarraum Geschichte 1 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
The assumption of this common research seminar is that we will prepare an edited volume on one aspect of revolutions in Latin America.
Students are expected to attend all classes, to evaluate mid-term papers of each other (cross reading), to write a final research paper and to present the results of their research at the end of the class.
Students are expected to attend all classes, to evaluate mid-term papers of each other (cross reading), to write a final research paper and to present the results of their research at the end of the class.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
The final grades are based on attendance and active participation in class, the oral presentations, including cross reading, and the final paper.
Examination topics
Reading list
Brands, Hal. Latin America’s Cold War. Cambridge, MA/London: Harvard University Press, 2012 [Chapter 6, The Nicaraguan Revolution, pp. 164-188].
Hobsbawm, Eric. Age of Extremes: the short twentieth century 1914-1991. London: Joseph, 1995 [Chapter 15, Third World and Revolution, pp. 433-460].
Hobsbawm, Eric John. Revolutionaries: contemporary essays. New York: Pantheon Books, 1973.
Vilas, Carlos M. “Popular Insurgency and Social Revolution in Central America", in: Latin American Perspectives 15:1, (1988), pp. 55-77.
Walker, Thomas W. (Ed.). Revolution and Counterrevolution in Nicaragua. Boulder, CO/San Francisco/Oxford: Westview Press, 1991.
Westad, Odd Arne. The Global Cold War. Third World Interventions and the Making of Our Times. Cambridge [et. al.]: Cambridge University Press, 2005 [Chapter 9, The 1980s & the Nicaraguan Revolution, pp. 331-348.
Hobsbawm, Eric. Age of Extremes: the short twentieth century 1914-1991. London: Joseph, 1995 [Chapter 15, Third World and Revolution, pp. 433-460].
Hobsbawm, Eric John. Revolutionaries: contemporary essays. New York: Pantheon Books, 1973.
Vilas, Carlos M. “Popular Insurgency and Social Revolution in Central America", in: Latin American Perspectives 15:1, (1988), pp. 55-77.
Walker, Thomas W. (Ed.). Revolution and Counterrevolution in Nicaragua. Boulder, CO/San Francisco/Oxford: Westview Press, 1991.
Westad, Odd Arne. The Global Cold War. Third World Interventions and the Making of Our Times. Cambridge [et. al.]: Cambridge University Press, 2005 [Chapter 9, The 1980s & the Nicaraguan Revolution, pp. 331-348.
Association in the course directory
MA Globalgeschichte: FK Angewandte Globalgeschichte (10 ECTS); MA Geschichte (SP Globalgeschichte 10 ECTS)
Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:20
Considering the outcome of a revolution, to say, whether it was successful to overthrow a former regime in the long run by definitely defeating it, few cases count. The Mexican revolution of 1911-17, the Cuban revolution of 1959, Nicaragua's Sandinista revolution of 1979; but if it comes to revolutionaries not only the Tupamaros and Agusto César Sandino needs to be seen in the same way as Emiliano Zapata and Pancho Villa who were the very protagonists of the Mexican revolution. Fidel Castro in Cuba and Ernesto Che Guevarra are equally identified with the revolution in Cuba. But, was Salvador Allende also a revolutionary. Things are getting more complicated if we are adding unsuccessful revolutionaries who had not participated in the overthrowing of a regime but fought for liberation as guerrill*s, e.g. Domitila Barrios. She was a unionist and protagonist of the eventually defeated MNR resistance of Bolivia in 1952 ff. By the way, does Evo Morales' enduring government indicate a revolutionary move? And, how will history evaluate the Bolivarian revolution in Venezuela under Hugo Chavez? Last but not least, the term revolución also applies in the context of Rigoberta Menchu's resistance in Guatemala, or even more prominently in Mexico, when in 1994 the Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (EZLN) launched its claims for autonomy from the Selva Lacandona of Chiapas, with comandante Ramona on front of it.