Universität Wien

070068 VO Contemporary History as History of the 20th and 21st Century (2011S)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 7 - Geschichte

Details

Language: German

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 16.03. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal 31 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Wednesday 23.03. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal 31 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Wednesday 30.03. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal 31 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Wednesday 06.04. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal 31 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Wednesday 13.04. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal 31 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Wednesday 04.05. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal 31 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Wednesday 11.05. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal 31 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Wednesday 18.05. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal 31 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Wednesday 25.05. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal 31 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Wednesday 01.06. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal 31 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Wednesday 08.06. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal 31 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Wednesday 15.06. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal 31 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Wednesday 22.06. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal 31 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Wednesday 29.06. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal 31 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

1. The First World War as a turning point in history.
2. Eastern Europe in the interwar period: the system of international relations, political systems, ideologies, cultural, social and economic developments, horizontal and vertical mobilities.
3. The crisis of 1938/39 and the Second World War.
4. The genesis of the cold war and the division of Europe.
5. Unity in the variety: the “Eastern block” 1945-1989 in the context of international relations and broad political, cultural and economic developments.
6. The year 1989 and the transformation process in Eastern Europe in the international context.

Assessment and permitted materials

A two-hour written test examining the knowledge and the understanding capacities of the students.
1. Test date: 29. June 2011
2. Test date: 5. October 2011
3. Test date: 25. January 2012 11:00 bis 13:00 Uhr im Seminarraum des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The objective of the lecture is to convey fundamental knowledge on contemporary history in international comparison with special consideration of the history of Eastern Europe from the First World War to the transformation after the fall of communism.

Examination topics

The students should be introduced to the main questions of historical research and the current scientific narratives. The lecture should make the students capable to recognize the historical dimension of the phenomena of the present, to procede by means of structural analysis, contextualisation and reflection of historical continuities and discontinuities.

Reading list

Literatur wird am Semesterbeginn und stundenweise bekannt gegeben.

Association in the course directory

Bachelor Geschichte: Zeitgeschichte als Geschichte des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts (4ECTS): Lehramt: Pflichtmodul Zeitgeschichte (3ECTS); EC-Geschichte: Zeitgeschichte (5ECTS);
Diplom Geschichte: Zeit- und Gegenwartsgeschichte (E4); Europäische/osteuropäische Geschichte (R3)

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