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070095 KU Working Skills in Global History (2013W)

Contact Zones in Global Perspectives (ports, trade routes, border, regions)

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

The course deals with the development of global interactions that originated from international trade and that took place in various contact zones where traders, migrants and pilgrims met.
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Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 08.10. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Tuesday 15.10. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Tuesday 22.10. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Tuesday 29.10. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Tuesday 05.11. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Tuesday 12.11. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Tuesday 19.11. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Tuesday 26.11. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Tuesday 03.12. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Tuesday 10.12. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Tuesday 17.12. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Tuesday 07.01. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Tuesday 14.01. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Tuesday 21.01. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Tuesday 28.01. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Working skills in Global History will be trained in looking at "Contact Zones in Global Perspectives" (ports, trade routes, border regions, etc.)

Assessment and permitted materials

Regular attendance, active participation in discussions, oral presentation towards the end of the term, term paper

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The main aim of the course is to provide basic working skills in Global History. Using these working skills, the participants should be able to conduct work on any subject of Global History and to prepare a presentation of a selected topic. Moreover, we will consider a variety of approaches to the field of Global History.

Examination topics

The course didactics vary between reflections of communication techniques in academic writing, text discussions and student’s presentations.

Reading list

Allen Robert C. Global Economic History. A Very Short Introduction,
Oxford 2011
Marc Bloch, The Historian’s Craft, Manchester University Press 1992
Fernand Braudel, The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II. 2 Vol., University of California Press1995
Philip D. Curtin, Cross Cultural Trade in World History, Cambridge 1984
Charles H. Parker, Global Interaction in the Early Modern Age, Cambridge 2010

Association in the course directory

MA Globalgeschichte und Global Studies: APM Grundlagen der Globalgeschichte, Globalgeschichtliche Arbeitstechniken (3ECTS) | BA 11: ZWM Globalgeschichte (3 ECTS) | BA 08: ZWM Globalgeschichte (3 ECTS)

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