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070295 SE Seminar - Drugs and Empires (2021S)
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 08.02.2021 09:00 to Mo 22.02.2021 14:00
- Registration is open from We 24.02.2021 09:00 to Fr 26.02.2021 14:00
- Deregistration possible until We 31.03.2021 23:59
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
*** LINK TO FIRST VIDEO CONFERENCE ***
https://eu.bbcollab.com/guest/b9c8b92d1810447eb88fccaaf7ae2614
- Wednesday 17.03. 13:00 - 15:30 Digital
- Wednesday 24.03. 13:00 - 15:30 Digital
- Wednesday 14.04. 13:00 - 15:30 Digital
- Wednesday 21.04. 13:00 - 15:30 Digital
- Wednesday 28.04. 13:00 - 15:30 Digital
- Wednesday 05.05. 13:00 - 15:30 Digital
- Wednesday 12.05. 13:00 - 15:30 Digital
- Wednesday 19.05. 13:00 - 15:30 Digital
- Wednesday 09.06. 13:15 - 15:45 Hörsaal 5 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Grading:1) Active participation (10%)
2) Oral Presentation (10%)
3) Regular written assignments (15%)
4) Presentation of a draft of the seminar paper (15%)
5) Final Seminar paper, 15 pages (50%)
2) Oral Presentation (10%)
3) Regular written assignments (15%)
4) Presentation of a draft of the seminar paper (15%)
5) Final Seminar paper, 15 pages (50%)
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
- you can miss max. 2 classes
- you have to hand in the assignments and the final seminar paper
- you have to present the draft of your seminar paper
- you have to hand in the assignments and the final seminar paper
- you have to present the draft of your seminar paper
Examination topics
Reading list
David Courtwright, Forces of Habit. Drugs and the Making of the Modern World. Harvard University Press (2001).Paul Gootenberg (ed.), Cocaine. Global Histories. Routledge (1999).Stephen Howe, Empire. A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press (2002).Sidney Mintz, Sweetness and Power. The Place of Sugar in Modern History. Penguin Books (1985).Carl Trocki, Opium, Empire and the Global Political Economy. Routledge (1999).Immanuel Wallerstein and Terence K. Hopkins, ‘Commodity Chains in the World-Economy Prior to 1800’, in: Immanuel Wallerstein, The Essential Wallerstein. The New Press (2000).
Association in the course directory
MA Geschichte: Globalgeschichte
MA Globalgeschichte (8 ECTS)
MEd-LA GSP: UF MA GSP 01 Fachwissenschaft (6 ECTS)
MA Globalgeschichte (8 ECTS)
MEd-LA GSP: UF MA GSP 01 Fachwissenschaft (6 ECTS)
Last modified: Fr 12.05.2023 00:14
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