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070149 VO Theory and Methods of Global History and Global Studies (2023W)

Theories and Methods of Global History

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 7 - Geschichte
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Sprache: Englisch

Prüfungstermine

Lehrende

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  • Donnerstag 05.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Donnerstag 12.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Donnerstag 19.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Donnerstag 09.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Donnerstag 16.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Donnerstag 23.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Donnerstag 30.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Donnerstag 07.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Donnerstag 14.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Donnerstag 11.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Donnerstag 18.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8

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Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

The VO “Theories and Methods of Global History and Global Studies” addresses key ways in which scholars have conceptualized and “done” global history in the last three decades.
Taken as a whole, the lectures are designed to provide the participant with an extended range of theoretical and methodological tools, as well as a critical understanding of their differences. In this way, the course seeks to assist the participants in thinking of their own position within the vast and contradictory field of global history and global studies.

Key questions of the master lectures are:
 What is “global history”?
 How do scholars “do” global history?
 What are the sources of global history?
 What are the implications of a global approach for the study of social and historical processes?

Each session will include three levels of reflection:
 The theories of global history
 The methods and practices of global history
 The discussion on the position of each individual scholar in the field of global history

Each lecture deals with one broad theoretical and methodological issue, including the questions of periodisation, comparison and the study of connections across space and time. Special attention will be paid to the very question of what exactly the scholars mean by “the global”, and its implications for the ways in which they relate to the primary and secondary sources, their strategies to move beyond ethnocentric and nation-centred histories, and how they construct their global narratives.

At the end of each lecture, time will be reserved for questions, clarifications and comments by the participants. Active participation is very much appreciated.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Assessment Standards
• Active participation in classroom debates – 30%
• Written exam (week 12) about the contents of the lectures – 70%

Minimum requirements regarding the written exam
Students are expected to:
• Describe the main issues in the theoretical debates around global history, especially in relation to: overcoming Eurocentrism; overcoming methodological nationalism; defining “the global” in global history; the question of periodisation.
• Describe the main methodologies in global history, especially with relation to: comparison; the finding, employment and analysis of the sources; the construction of the global historical narrative
• Position themselves in the main theoretical and methodologies issues that surround global history, and legitimize their positioning.

Prüfungsstoff

Literatur

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

MA Globalgeschichte & Global Studies: PM2 Forschungsprozess und Methoden

Letzte Änderung: Di 23.01.2024 15:45