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070258 SE Research Seminar Global History and Global Studies - Settler Colonialism and Indigenous Peoples (2023S)

10.00 ECTS (4.00 SWS), SPL 7 - Geschichte
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

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Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Wednesday 15.03.2023 09:00 - 12:00 First meeting
Wednesday 29.03.2023 09:00 - 12:00 Second meeting
Wednesday 26.04.2023 09:00 - 12:00 Third meeting
Wednesday 24.05.2023 09:00 - 12:00 Forth meeting
Friday 16.06.2023 10:00 - 18:00 Final congress
Saturday 17.06.2023 10:00 - 18:00 Final congress

  • Wednesday 15.03. 09:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 1 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
  • Wednesday 29.03. 09:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 1 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
  • Wednesday 26.04. 09:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 1 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
  • Wednesday 24.05. 09:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 1 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
  • Friday 16.06. 09:45 - 18:00 Seminarraum 6, Kolingasse 14-16, EG00
  • Saturday 17.06. 10:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 2 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The seminar will deal with a particular form of colonialism of the 19th and early 20th century, the so called “settler colonialism”. We will investigate how this settler colonialism differs from other forms of colonialism. Although settler colonialism claimed to take possession of uninhabited no-man’s-land (“terra nullius”), it encountered autochthonous societies and developed pragmatic approaches to political and legal dealings with these societies. Examined are all parts of the world, for example the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Southern and East Africa, Russian Siberia, and China, but also former Spanish possessions such as Argentina, Chile or Uruguay. The seminar will also deal with the consequences of settler colonialism for modern legal claims of Indigenous Peoples.

Assessment and permitted materials

Students are expected to attend all classes and meetings, to write a scientific paper (with critical footnotes, 70.000 characters + abstract), and to present the result of their research. The students have to submit a provisional research paper latest at June 12, 2023, and the final version of their works latest at August 15, 2023.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Students are expected to attend all classes and meetings, to write a scientific paper (with critical footnotes, 70.000 characters + abstract), and to present the result of their research. The students have to submit a provisional research paper latest at June 12, 2023, and the final version of their works latest at August 31, 2023.

Examination topics

Guided research, discussion, scientific criticism, writing and presenting the research paper. The final congress will take place on June 16 and 17, 2023. The participation in the final conference is mandatory!!!

Reading list

Robin A. Butlin, Geographies of Empire: European empires and colonies c.1880-1960, Cambridge 2009.
The Routledge Handbook of the History of Settler Colonialism. Edited By Edward Cavanagh & Lorenzo Veracini, 2017.
Paul Keal, European Conquest and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: The Moral Backwardness of International Society, Cambridge 2003.
Jan Van Bremen (ed.), Anthropology and Colonialism in Asia and Oceania, Richmond 1999.

More indications of important literature will be available at Moodle.

Association in the course directory

Schwerpunkt Neuzeit, Globalgeschichte

MA Globalgeschichte und Global Studies: PM4 - Forschungsseminar Globalgeschichte oder Global Studies (10 ECTS)
MA Geschichte: PM2 / PM3 - Forschungsseminar (10 ECTS)

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