070554 VO Theorien und Methoden der Globalgeschichte (2010S)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 7 - Geschichte

Details

max. 130 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Susan Zimmermann

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

    
    Thursday
    04.03.
    08:00 - 10:00
    Hörsaal 31  Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
    
    Thursday
    11.03.
    08:00 - 10:00
    Hörsaal 31  Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
    
    Thursday
    18.03.
    08:00 - 10:00
    Hörsaal 31  Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
    
    Thursday
    25.03.
    08:00 - 10:00
    Hörsaal 31  Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
    
    Thursday
    15.04.
    08:00 - 10:00
    Hörsaal 31  Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
    
    Thursday
    15.04.
    19:00 - 20:30
    Hörsaal 21  Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 8
    
    Thursday
    22.04.
    08:00 - 10:00
    Hörsaal 31  Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
    
    Thursday
    29.04.
    08:00 - 10:00
    Hörsaal 31  Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
    
    Thursday
    06.05.
    08:00 - 10:00
    Hörsaal 31  Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
    
    Thursday
    20.05.
    08:00 - 10:00
    Hörsaal 31  Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
    
    Thursday
    27.05.
    08:00 - 10:00
    Hörsaal 31  Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
    
    Thursday
    10.06.
    08:00 - 10:00
    Hörsaal 31  Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
    
    Thursday
    17.06.
    08:00 - 10:00
    Hörsaal 31  Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
    
    Thursday
    24.06.
    08:00 - 10:00
    Hörsaal 31  Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Writing global history builds on long historical traditions, and has been based on as many concepts, frameworks, interests, and perspectives as other branches of historical writing such as (for example); national political history, cultural history, or local history. Some major concerns, however, have been different in conceptualizing, writing, and teaching global history; scholarly debate, in part, has been focusing on a different set of core themes and problems; there are a number of more or less distinct "schools"; of global history, built on competing concepts of how to do global historiography, and on their implicit or explicit relations with other branches and concepts of writing history; and finally, positioning and status of global history has varied in different periods, countries and traditions of historical writing.

Unit 1 - 4 March
General introduction

I. Why global history – which global history? Critical approaches

Unit 2 - 11 March
Why global history – which global history?

Unit 3 - 18 March
Equalizing “regional traditions:” Eastern Europe, India, and the West as examples

Unit 4 - 25 March
Why global gender history – which global gender history?

Unit 5 - 15 April Please note the change of schedule on this day:
19-21 Uhr, Hörsaal 2
Why global labour history – which global labour history?

II. "Masterly classics" in context: a critical reading of selected traditions

Unit 6 - 22 April
Ibn Kaldhun

Unit 7 - 29 April
Voltaire and the varieties of universal history

Unit 8 - 06 May
From Hegel to Marx: Europe and the world in 19th century historical thinking

Unit 9 - 20 May
W.E.B. Du Bois and the varieties of Black visions of history beyond (and underneath) the nation state

Unit 10 - 27 May
William McNeill and other 20th century attempts of writing world histories (from the West)

Unit 11 - 10 June
Immanuel Wallerstein and the varieties of a critical reading of the global in global capitalism

Unit 12 - 17 June
Histories and conceptualizations of writing the global: a reappraisal of current debates

Unit 13 - 24 June
Discussing of the reading, summary discussion, questions

Unit 14 - 25 June, 08.20-9.50, Hörsaal 16 (Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 5)
Exam

Assessment and permitted materials

+ While this course is a "Vorlesung" (at least for some), continuous participation, and careful preparation of the required reading for all units, is required.
+ A closed-book exam (answer 10 questions).

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Aims:
+Developing students' knowledge about major "building-blocks" of the universe of global historiography in past and present.
+Developing students' understanding of what it means in concrete terms to do global history, i.e. (a) why and how historical writing can and should transcend national and other boundaries, and (b) on which methods and materials have global historians drawn in which ways as they created their histories.
+ Enabling students to meaningfully relate to one key question: Which type(s) of global historiography do we promote, criticize, or even repudiate for what reasons?

Examination topics

Components:
+ A critical introduction, discussion, and assessment of major traditions, concepts, perspectives, and implications of various "schools" and concepts in global history.
+ Joint reading of foundational texts conceptualizing and/or writing global/universal/world history.

Reading list

The reader containing the required reading and the syllabus may be bought (or ordered) in the copy shop at Schwarzspanierstraße 10, 1090 Wien, from the beginning of the semester.
Please note that the reader is available in two versions:
1. English only.
2. English-German (in this version a few texts appear in German).

Association in the course directory

MA Globalgeschichte und Global Studies, APM Grundlagen der Globalgeschichte, Theorien und Methoden der Globalgeschichte (4 ECTS); BA Geschichte, ZWM Globalgeschichte (4 ECTS); Diplom: W2; Lehramt alt: LA-W2; MWG01 (3ECTS)

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