Universität Wien

410013 FKO Transformation and Migration (2024S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 41 - Historisch-Kulturwissenschaftliches Doktoratsstudium
Continuous assessment of course work
MIXED
Moodle

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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

Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

This class is NOT open to BA students. Participation is only possible for graduate students. In case of doubt, please be in touch with the professor before or during the first session.

The session on 7 March will NOT take place
The session on 14 March will take place ONLINE (participants will receive the link for participation in due course)
There will be an additional session with an external lecture on 4 April (details TBA in class)
The session on 6 June will NOT take place

  • Thursday 07.03. 13:15 - 14:45 BIG-Hörsaal Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
  • Thursday 14.03. 13:15 - 14:45 BIG-Hörsaal Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
  • Thursday 21.03. 13:15 - 14:45 BIG-Hörsaal Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
  • Thursday 11.04. 13:15 - 14:45 BIG-Hörsaal Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
  • Thursday 18.04. 13:15 - 14:45 BIG-Hörsaal Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
  • Thursday 25.04. 13:15 - 14:45 BIG-Hörsaal Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
  • Thursday 02.05. 13:15 - 14:45 BIG-Hörsaal Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
  • Thursday 16.05. 13:15 - 14:45 BIG-Hörsaal Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
  • Thursday 23.05. 13:15 - 14:45 BIG-Hörsaal Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
  • Thursday 06.06. 13:15 - 14:45 BIG-Hörsaal Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
  • Thursday 13.06. 13:15 - 14:45 BIG-Hörsaal Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
  • Thursday 20.06. 13:15 - 14:45 BIG-Hörsaal Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
  • Thursday 27.06. 13:15 - 14:45 BIG-Hörsaal Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This class provides insight into the fields of historical transformation studies and migration history and takes place in conjunction with the "Transformative Seminar" of the Research Center for the History of Transformation (RECET). Our concept of transformation is inspired by Karl Polanyi and looks beyond the hegemonic post-1989 teleologies of marketization and democratization. This approach also allows us to take a long-durée perspective on transformations in both "East" and "West" and in different historical contexts, with emphasis on the interdisciplinary connections to sociology, economics, and cultural and social anthropology. Half of the sessions will be talks and discussions by external speakers invited to the RECET Transformative Seminar. For the other classes, participants will suggest texts relevant to their own projects that we will discuss together.

Assessment and permitted materials

Regular attendance is mandatory (you may miss up to two sessions upon written notification). Active participation in class discussion is expected and makes up 30% of the overall grade. In addition, there are two alternative ways of successfully completing this class (counting for 70% of the grade): writing a discussion paper (4-5 pp.) of one of the external presentations OR choosing and preparing an article or book chapter relevant to your own project for discussion in class (including the preparation of guiding questions for class discussion and a presentation contextualizing the text within your project).

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

- Regular attendance (you may miss up to two sessions upon written notification)
- Active participation in class discussion (in particular when discussing texts)
- Discussion paper (4-5 pp.) of one of the external presentations, which needs to summarize and discuss the main topics and arguments of the talk
OR
- Choosing and preparing an article or book chapter relevant to your own project, which includes the preparaton of guiding questions for class discussion (to be submitted at least the week before the session) and a presentation during the session contextualizing the text within your project.

Examination topics

N/A

Reading list

Karl Polanyi, The Great Transformation (different editions, first published 1944).
Klaus J. Bade et al. (eds.), The Encyclopedia of European Migration and Minorities: From the Seventeenth Century to the Present (Cambridge UP 2011).
Tara Zahra, The Great Departure: Mass Migration from Eastern Europe and the Making of the Free World (W.W. Norton 2016)
Further readings TBA

Association in the course directory

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