Universität Wien

070331 UE Guided Reading Contemporary History - Russian Foreign Policy after 1991 (2020S)

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

Die Lehrveranstaltungsleitung empfiehlt, dieses Guided Reading in Verbindung mit der Vorlesung 070007 - "Weitere Zugänge - Geschichte Russlands 800-1917" zu besuchen

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

  • Thursday 05.03. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte UniCampus Hof 3 2Q-EG-27
  • Thursday 19.03. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte UniCampus Hof 3 2Q-EG-27
  • Thursday 26.03. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte UniCampus Hof 3 2Q-EG-27
  • Thursday 02.04. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte UniCampus Hof 3 2Q-EG-27
  • Thursday 23.04. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte UniCampus Hof 3 2Q-EG-27
  • Thursday 30.04. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte UniCampus Hof 3 2Q-EG-27
  • Thursday 07.05. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte UniCampus Hof 3 2Q-EG-27
  • Thursday 14.05. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte UniCampus Hof 3 2Q-EG-27
  • Thursday 28.05. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte UniCampus Hof 3 2Q-EG-27
  • Thursday 04.06. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte UniCampus Hof 3 2Q-EG-27
  • Thursday 18.06. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte UniCampus Hof 3 2Q-EG-27
  • Thursday 25.06. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte UniCampus Hof 3 2Q-EG-27

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The aim of the course is to provide knowledge of a selection of basic sources and scientific literature as well as various methods, to promote the ability to read systematically and critically, to evaluate historical sources and specialized literature, to analyze historical structures and processes, to deal critically with theories and narratives of history and to express knowledge in written and oral form in a compressed, precise and understandable manner.

Assessment and permitted materials

The assessment of performance is based on the components:
Per week appr. 20–30 pp. home reading, 2–5 pp. class reading
Per week appr. 1–2 pp. summary
Per semester 1 oral presentation
Participation in discussion
No absence without compensation

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

positive from 50%

Examination topics

Reading list

Roy Allison, Russia, the West, & Military Intervention, Oxford: University Press 2013.
Ronald Asmus, A Little War that Shook the World: Georgia, Russia, and the Future of the West, New York: Palgrave 2010.
D. Cadier, M. Light, Russia's Foreign Policy: Ideas, Domestic Politics and External Relations, London: Palgrave 2015.
Robert H Donaldson, Joseph L Nogee, The Foreign Policy of Russia, 5th ed, London: Routledge 2014.
Marcel van Herpen, Putin’s Wars, Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield 2015.
Daniel Treisman ed., The New Autocracy: Information, Politics, and Policy in Putin's Russia, Washington: Brookings Institution 2017.
Dmitri Trenin, Post-Imperium: A Eurasian Story, Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment 2011. Online.
Christian Wipperfürth, Russland und seine GUS-Nachbarn, Stuttgart: Ibidem 2007.
Michail Zygarʹ, All the Kremlin's Men: Inside the Court of Vladimir Putin, New York: PublicAffairs 2016.

Association in the course directory

BA Geschichte (2012): Zeitgeschichte (4 ECTS)
BA Geschichte (2019): Zeitgeschichte (5 ECTS)
BA UF GSP: Osteuropäische Geschichte, Historisch-Kulturwiss. Europaforschung (4 ECTS),
MA Interdisziplinäre Osteuropastudien: M2.1a, M2.1b

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