Universität Wien

070065 GR Guided Reading (2014S)

European frontiers in the Indian Ocean region- Understanding the encounters and establishments (1400-1800)

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

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 10.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Monday 17.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Monday 24.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Monday 31.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Monday 07.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Monday 28.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Monday 05.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Monday 12.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Monday 19.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Monday 26.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Monday 02.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Monday 16.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Monday 23.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Monday 30.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

European expansion in the Indian subcontinent and multiple forms of interactions with the Indian Ocean world would be the main focus of the course. It will make a survey of European encounters with the indigenous powers and trace the course of manipulations, diplomacy and politics involved in establishment of their bases in the regions of Indian Ocean. Methodological questions related to placing of Indian Ocean in the global world will be taken up. Primarily, the cases of Portuguese, Dutch, French and English in the Indian Ocean shall be discussed.
Accounts of travellers, missionaries, ambassadors and merchants of Portuguese, Dutch, English origin.
Mughal (Mogul) chronicles, regional texts from multiple principalities of the Indian subcontinent and Indian Ocean world.

Assessment and permitted materials

The students will be assessed based on their consistent participation in the class discussions and submission of written tasks when asked for.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Examination topics

Reading list

K.N Chaudhary: Trade and Civilization in the Indian Ocean: An Economic History from the Rise of Islam to 1750, Cambridge, 1985.
M.N Pearson: The world of Indian Ocean 1500-1800: studies in economic, social and cultural history, Michigan, 2008.
Bitterli, Urs: Cultures in Conflict: Encounters between European and Non-European Cultures, Stanford 1989.
Lach, Donald F, Asia in the Making of Europe: The Century of Discovery, vol.1, Chicago, 1965.
Joan-Pau Rubiés, Travel and Ethnology in the Renaissance: South India Through European Eyes, 1250-1625, Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Edward Farley Oaten, European Travellers in India: During the Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, the Evidence Afforded by Them with Respect to Indian Social Institutions, & the Nature & Influence of Indian Governments, Asian Educational Services, 1991.

Association in the course directory

BA 12: PM Vertiefung; Guided Reading - Neuzeit, (4 ECTS) | BA 11 & 08: PM Neuzeit | LA: Vertiefung GR 1 oder 2; Historisch-Kulturwissenschaftliche Europaforschung oder Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte (4 ECTS) | MA Geschichte: APM Schwerpunktvorbereitung Geschichte der Neuzeit 2 (5 ECTS)

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