070285 UE Methodological Course - Global History and Global Studies (2025S)
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 10.02.2025 09:00 to Fr 21.02.2025 14:00
- Registration is open from Mo 24.02.2025 09:00 to We 26.02.2025 14:00
- Deregistration possible until Mo 31.03.2025 23:59
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Thursday 06.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 16, Kolingasse 14-16, OG02
- Thursday 13.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 16, Kolingasse 14-16, OG02
- Thursday 20.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 16, Kolingasse 14-16, OG02
- Thursday 27.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 16, Kolingasse 14-16, OG02
- Thursday 03.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 16, Kolingasse 14-16, OG02
- Thursday 10.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 16, Kolingasse 14-16, OG02
- N Thursday 08.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 16, Kolingasse 14-16, OG02
- Thursday 15.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 16, Kolingasse 14-16, OG02
- Thursday 22.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 16, Kolingasse 14-16, OG02
- Thursday 05.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 16, Kolingasse 14-16, OG02
- Thursday 12.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 16, Kolingasse 14-16, OG02
- Thursday 26.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 16, Kolingasse 14-16, OG02
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
This course will familiarize students with different theoretical approaches and methodological tools to conduct scientific research in the fields of global history and global studies. The aims of the course are twofold: firstly, it presents an overview of the current theoretical-methodological debates in the field, such as the relevance of comparison for transnational history, the question of scale and its appropriateness, the compatibility of global history with area studies, the limits of ‘socialist globalization’, legacies of postcolonial theory, and the risks of methodological nationalism. Secondly, it provides students with a toolbox of research techniques and methods they can use in their own research. To achieve this, the lecturers will present examples from their own research experience and also invite other scholars presently doing innovative research from a global perspective as guest speakers.
Assessment and permitted materials
The course will be conducted in English. As the learning objectives of theory and methods classes are based on the collaborative approach and active engagement with class content, student participation in class discussions is encouraged and expected. The students will engage in continuous work throughout the semester, which includes weekly reading of assigned texts, taking part in collective discussions and writing short assignments for each session. Additionally, students will be requested to submit a short essay addressing a methodological question or one of the methods of research covered in the class. All interactions in class will be civil, respectful, and supportive of an inclusive learning environment for all students. Students are encouraged to speak to the instructor about any concerns they may have about classroom participation and dynamics. We will host three guest speakers (physically present or via zoom) who will share their experience of working with different quantitative and qualitative methods in their own research. All reading assignments will be made available on the moodle platform.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Students are expected to come to class regularly (only two missed classes are allowed) and to engage in continuous work throughout the semester with weekly reading and writing assignments as well as one in-class presentation. All assignments have to be submitted through the e-Learning platform Moodle before each class. The course grade will be based on: class participation (25 %), written assignments (45%) and the final essay (30%). Students will be graded two weeks after the submission of the final essay.
Examination topics
Reading list
Ann Laura Stoler, "Tense and Tender Ties: The Politics of Comparison in North American History and (Post)Colonial Studies", in: The Journal of American History 88 (2001), No. 3, pp. 829-865.
Arif Dirlik, "Is There History after Eurocentrism?“: Globalism, Postcolonialism, and the Disavowal of History", in: Cultural Critique 42 (1999, Spring), pp. 1-34.
Bayly, Christopher A., Sven Beckert, Matthew Connelly, Isabel Hofmeyr, Wendy Kozol und Seed Patricia: AHR Conversation: “On Transnational History”, in: The American Historical Review 111 (2006), No. 5, pp. 1441-1464.
Görkem Akgöz, Richard Croucher & Nicola Pizzolato, "Back to the factory: the continuing salience of industrial workplace history", in Labor History, 61, No.1 (2019), pp. 1-11.
James Mark and Paul Betts, Socialism Goes Global. The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in the Age of Decolonisation, Oxford University Press, 2022.
Jürgen Kocka und Heinz-Gerhard Haupt, "Comparison and Beyond: Traditions, Scope, and Perspectives of Comparative History", in: dies. (Hg.), Comparative and Transnational History: Central European Approaches and New Perspectives, New York/Oxford: Berghahn Books 2012, pp. 1-30.
Padraic Kenney, “Area Studies and the ‘False Song of Globalism’”, in News of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, 57, 1 (January 2017): http://www.web19b.aseees.pitt.edu/sites/default/files/downloads/january%202017%202.pdf
Patrick Manning, "Methods and materials", in: Marie Hughes-Warrington (Hg.), Palgrave advances in world histories, Basingstoke u. a.: Palgrave Macmillan 2005, pp. 44-63.
Pierre-Yves Saunier, "Learning by Doing: Notes about the Making of the Palgrave Dictionary of Transnational History", in: Journal of Modern European History 6 (2008), No. 2, pp. 159-180.
Simon J. Potter, David Clayton, David, Vincent Kuitenbrouwer, et al. The Wireless World: Global Histories of International Radio Broadcasting, Oxford University Press, 2022.
Tomka, B, “Globalization in Socialist Eastern Europe: A Turn in Research and its Discontents”, in: European History Quarterly, 53, 4 (2023), 685-696.
Vivek Chibber, "Capitalism, Class and Universalism: Escaping the Cul-de-Sac of Postcolonial Theory", in: Socialist Register, 2014, pp. 63-79.
Arif Dirlik, "Is There History after Eurocentrism?“: Globalism, Postcolonialism, and the Disavowal of History", in: Cultural Critique 42 (1999, Spring), pp. 1-34.
Bayly, Christopher A., Sven Beckert, Matthew Connelly, Isabel Hofmeyr, Wendy Kozol und Seed Patricia: AHR Conversation: “On Transnational History”, in: The American Historical Review 111 (2006), No. 5, pp. 1441-1464.
Görkem Akgöz, Richard Croucher & Nicola Pizzolato, "Back to the factory: the continuing salience of industrial workplace history", in Labor History, 61, No.1 (2019), pp. 1-11.
James Mark and Paul Betts, Socialism Goes Global. The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in the Age of Decolonisation, Oxford University Press, 2022.
Jürgen Kocka und Heinz-Gerhard Haupt, "Comparison and Beyond: Traditions, Scope, and Perspectives of Comparative History", in: dies. (Hg.), Comparative and Transnational History: Central European Approaches and New Perspectives, New York/Oxford: Berghahn Books 2012, pp. 1-30.
Padraic Kenney, “Area Studies and the ‘False Song of Globalism’”, in News of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, 57, 1 (January 2017): http://www.web19b.aseees.pitt.edu/sites/default/files/downloads/january%202017%202.pdf
Patrick Manning, "Methods and materials", in: Marie Hughes-Warrington (Hg.), Palgrave advances in world histories, Basingstoke u. a.: Palgrave Macmillan 2005, pp. 44-63.
Pierre-Yves Saunier, "Learning by Doing: Notes about the Making of the Palgrave Dictionary of Transnational History", in: Journal of Modern European History 6 (2008), No. 2, pp. 159-180.
Simon J. Potter, David Clayton, David, Vincent Kuitenbrouwer, et al. The Wireless World: Global Histories of International Radio Broadcasting, Oxford University Press, 2022.
Tomka, B, “Globalization in Socialist Eastern Europe: A Turn in Research and its Discontents”, in: European History Quarterly, 53, 4 (2023), 685-696.
Vivek Chibber, "Capitalism, Class and Universalism: Escaping the Cul-de-Sac of Postcolonial Theory", in: Socialist Register, 2014, pp. 63-79.
Association in the course directory
MA Geschichte: PM 1 Methodenkurs (5 ECTS)
MA Globalgeschichte & Global Studies (Vers 2019): PM2 Forschungsprozess und Methoden, Methodenkurs Theorien und Methoden der Globalgeschichte und Global Studies (5 ECTS).
MA Globalgeschichte & Global Studies (Vers 2019): PM2 Forschungsprozess und Methoden, Methodenkurs Theorien und Methoden der Globalgeschichte und Global Studies (5 ECTS).
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