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070292 UE Reading Course Global History and Global Studies (2023W)

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

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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).

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Friday 06.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Friday 13.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Friday 20.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Friday 27.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Friday 03.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Friday 10.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Friday 17.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Friday 24.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Friday 01.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Friday 15.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Friday 12.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Friday 19.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Friday 26.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This reading course accompanies the lecture class VO Introduction to Global History. One or two texts related to each session of “Introduction of Global History” will be discussed in detail to gain a more in-depth knowledge of the issues involved. Students who attend this class are expected to take the lecture class as well.

Assessment and permitted materials

The students will be expected to engage in continuous work throughout the course with weekly reading and writing assignments. Each student will have to prepare a short presentation for one of the sessions (group work is possible). Active participation in the discussions is expected.
Mandatory attendance in all units (30%).
Writing assignments (30%)
Active participation in discussions (20%).
Individual presentation/ talk (20%).

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

At least 60% of tasks to fulfill. That grades "sufficient" (4).
61 to 70% is the grade "satisfactory" (3).
71 to 90% is the grade "good" (2)
91 to 100% is the grade "very good" (1)

Examination topics

No written exam; permanent attendance and participation in course discussions are required instead.

Reading list

Preliminary selection

Jeremy Adelman: What is global history now?, https://aeon.co/essays/is-global-history-still-possible-or-has-it-had-its-moment, 06.03.2017.
Darian-Smith, E., & McCarty, P. C. (2017). The global turn : theories, research designs, and methods for global studies /. Oakland, CA: University of California Press. Chapter 1.
Catherine Holmes and Naomi Standen: “Introduction: Towards a Global Middle Ages”, Past & Present 238/Suppl 13 (2018), 1–44.
Sven Beckert, Ulbe Bosma, Mindi Schneider and Eric Vanhaute: “Commodity frontiers and the transformation of the global countryside: a research agenda”, Journal of Global History 16/3 (2021), 435–450.
Immanuel M. Wallerstein: The Modern World System. Vol. 1: Capitalist Agriculture and the Origins of the European World-Economy in the Sixteenth Century, Re-edition with a New Prologue, Berkeley, Calif.: Univ. of California Press 2011, XVII–XXX.
[Buchvorstellung Andrea – https://www.sociostudies.org/journal/articles/ 3483230/?sphrase_id=561168]
Marcel van der Linden: Workers of the World: Essays toward a Global Labor History, Leiden/Boson: Brill 2008, Ch. 2 ‘Who are the Workers’, 15–37, available at: https://brill.com/display/book/9789047442844/ Bej.9789004166837.i-472_003.xml
Jiang Shigong: Empire and World Order, English translation at https://www.readingthechinadream.com/jiang-shigong-empire-and-world-order.html.

Association in the course directory

SP Globalgeschichte

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