Universität Wien

070287 KU Working Skills in Global History (2016S)

Constructions of 'the Other' in texts and images

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

Language of instruction is English, some (short) readings might be in other languages.

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

  • Monday 07.03. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 1 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
  • Monday 14.03. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 1 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
  • Monday 04.04. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 1 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
  • Monday 11.04. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 1 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
  • Monday 18.04. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 1 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
  • Monday 25.04. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 1 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
  • Monday 02.05. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 1 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
  • Monday 09.05. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 1 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
  • Monday 23.05. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 1 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
  • Monday 30.05. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 1 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
  • Monday 06.06. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 1 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
  • Monday 13.06. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 1 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
  • Monday 20.06. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 1 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
  • Monday 27.06. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 1 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The course serves as an introduction to the research and planning of scientific work in the field of global history. It focuses on the role of media in shaping images of 'the Other' in text. We will look at a broad range of media (e.g. broad-sheets, scientific illustrations, paintings, photographs, film/TV, social media) and genres (scientifc texts, information, advertisments, art, propaganda, cartoons/caricatures, etc).

Assessment and permitted materials

- assessment of active participation as performance evaluation
- a short written piece/case-study (5 pages)
- presentation in class
- two-hour written exam

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

- active participation (includes preparation work)
- a short written piece/case-study (7-8 pages)
- presentation in class

Examination topics

Reading list

A detailed list of readings will be availble (via the moodle course) at the beginning of the course.
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Martin Gasteiner/Peter Haber: Digitale Arbeitstechniken für Geistes- und Kulturwissenschaften. (UTB Schlüs-selkompetenzen: Vol. 3157; Wien: Böhlau. 2010)
Dannelle D. Stevens, Joanne E. Cooper: Journal Keeping. How to Use Reflective Writing for Learing, Teaching, Professional Insight, and Positive Change (Sterling, Va. 2009), 75-108.

Christopher A. Bayly: Die Geburt der modernen Welt. Eine Globalgeschichte 1780-1914 (Frankfurt a. M. 2006 [Studienausgabe 2008]).
Peter Burke: Eyewitnessing: The Uses of Images as Historical Evidence. (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press 2001)
David Ciarlo: Advertising Empire. Race and Visual Culture in Imperial Germany. (Cambridge/London: Harvard University Press 2011)
Sebastian Conrad: What is Global History? (Princeton/London: Princeton University Press 2015)
Shadia Husseini de Araújo: Jenseits vom "Kampf der Kulturen";. Imaginative Geographien des Eigenen und des Anderen in arabischen Printmendien (= Postcolonial Studies, 9; Bielefeld: transcript Verlag 2011)
Andrea Komlosy: Globalgeschichte. Methoden und Theorien (Wien ; Köln [u.a.]: Böhlau , 2011)
Rotem Kowner: From White to Yellow. The Japanese in European Racial Thought, 1300-1735 (Montreal [u.a.] Mc Gill University Press 2014)
Ruth Mayer: Serial Fu Manchu: The Chinese Supervillain an dthe Spread of Yellow Peril Ideology (Philadelphia: Temple University Press 2014)
Matthias Middell: Der Spatial Turn und das Interesse an der Globalisierung in der Geschichtswissenschaft. In: Jörg Döring, Tristan Thielmann (Hg.): Spatial Turn. Das Raumparadigma in den Kultur- und Sozi-alwissenschaften (Bielefeld 2008) 103-123Thomas Adam: Intercultural transfers and the making of the modern world, 1800-2000: sources and contexts (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan 2012)
Krystyn R. Moon: Creating the Chinese in American Popular Music and Performance, 1850s-1920s (New Brunswick/New Jersey/London: Rutgers University Press 2005)
Angelika Plum: Die Karikatur im Spannungsfeld von Kunstgeschichte und Politikwissenschaft. Eine ikonologi-sche Untersuchung zu Feindbildern in Karikaturen (Aachen, Technische Hoschule, Diss. 1998)

Association in the course directory

MA Globalgeschichte und Global Studies: APM Grundlagen der Globalgeschichte, Globalgeschichtliche Arbeitstechniken (3ECTS) |

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