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070149 VO Theory and Methods of Global History and Global Studies (2023W)
Theories and Methods of Global History
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Language: English
Examination dates
- Thursday 25.01.2024 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
- Tuesday 19.03.2024 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 5 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5
- Tuesday 30.04.2024 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 16 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 5
- Tuesday 28.05.2024 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 5 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5
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- Thursday 05.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
- Thursday 12.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
- Thursday 19.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
- Thursday 09.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
- Thursday 16.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
- Thursday 23.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
- Thursday 30.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
- Thursday 07.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
- Thursday 14.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
- Thursday 11.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
- Thursday 18.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
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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.
• 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.
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MA Globalgeschichte & Global Studies: PM2 Forschungsprozess und Methoden
Last modified: Tu 23.01.2024 15:45
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 historyEach 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.