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070302 UE Guided Reading Economic and Social History - Between the Volga, Nile and the Mediterranean. (2025S)

Trade, migration and mobility on three continents, 600 to 1500 AD

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 7 - Geschichte
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle
Fr 07.03. 09:45-11:15 Seminarraum 8, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

    Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

    • Friday 14.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 8, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
    • Friday 21.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 8, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
    • Friday 28.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 8, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
    • Friday 04.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 8, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
    • Friday 11.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 8, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
    • Friday 02.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 8, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
    • Friday 09.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 8, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
    • Friday 16.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 8, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
    • Friday 23.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 8, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
    • Friday 30.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 8, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
    • Friday 06.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 8, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
    • Friday 13.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 8, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
    • Friday 20.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 8, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
    • Friday 27.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 8, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01

    Information

    Aims, contents and method of the course

    The transition between antiquity and the Middle Ages is still characterized today as the "migration period" (in German "Völkerwanderungszeit"). These terms, coined in the 19th century, not only create false ideas about the nature and dimension of these migrations (to the point of being misused in current migration debates), but also partly obscure the extent and range of various forms of mobility throughout the medieval millennium. The course focuses on the transition area between Africa, Asia and Europe from the Red Sea to Scandinavia and from the Mediterranean to Central Asia, which played a central role in the exchange of people, organisms, goods and ideas between these regions of the world. By reading source texts (in translation) and older and more recent studies, other established ciphers of supra-regional mobility such as the "Silk Road" or the "Age of (European) Discovery" are also critically examined. New findings from the natural sciences are also discussed, which allow the circulation of crops, animals or pathogens to be reconstructed. The aim is to establish a more differentiated understanding of motivations, infrastructures and interpretations of human and non-human mobility in the period between 600 and 1500 CE.

    Assessment and permitted materials

    Participation in the course requires continuous attendance, regular reading and the written summary of the selected sources and studies (in German and English) as well as critical discussion and presentation of a selected text (works in groups on collections of texts are possible).

    Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

    You can be absent for a maximum of two sessions. The grade is based on regular participation in the course and discussion (35%), the submission of written summaries (35 %) and the oral presentation of a text (30 %).

    Examination topics

    Credits for the course are obtained through regular participation.

    Reading list

    (further texts to be read will be continuously distributed via Moodle during the course):
    Michael Borgolte (ed.), Migrationen im Mittelalter: Ein Handbuch. Berlin 2014.
    M. Borgolte, Die Welten des Mittelalters: Globalgeschichte eines Jahrtausends. Munich 2023.
    Christian Domenig, Geschichte in Bewegung: Das Mittelalter jenseits der Politik . Stuttgart 2022.
    Catherine Holmes - Naomi Standen (eds.), The Global Middle Ages (Past & Present, Volume 238). Oxford 2018.
    Daniel König (ed.), Geschichte der Welt 600-1350: Geteilte Welten. Munich 2023.
    Johannes Preiser-Kapeller - Lucian Reinfandt - Yannis Stouraitis (eds.), Migration Histories of the Medieval Afroeurasian Transition Zone. Aspects of mobility between Africa, Asia and Europe, 300-1500 C.E. Leiden - Boston 2020 (open access, will be made accessible via Moodle)
    Claudia Rapp et al., Mobility and Migration in Byzantium: A Sourcebook. Vienna 2023 (open access, will be made accessible via Moodle)
    Philip A. Sutner (ed.), Landhandelsrouten. Adern des Waren- und Ideenaustauschs 500 v.–1500 n. Chr. Vienna 2023.

    Association in the course directory

    BA Geschichte (V2019): PM5 Vertiefung Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte (5 ECTS)
    BEd UF Geschichte: UF GP 03 Aspekte und Räume (4 ECTS)
    EC Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte (V2021): Guided Reading Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte (5 ECTS)

    Last modified: Tu 21.01.2025 07:25