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070267 SE Seminar on History (Master) - Scientific Changes in Times of Political Upheaval (2021S)

8.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 7 - Geschichte
Continuous assessment of course work
MIXED
Moodle

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: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

The seminar takes place in virtual format, unless the University returns to hybrid format. A detailed syllabus will be sent to all enrolled students by Email and made available for download via Moodle. On-line attendance at the first session on March 10 2021 is needed to assure enrollment in the seminar.

  • Wednesday 10.03. 14:15 - 15:45 Hybride Lehre
    Seminarraum Geschichte 2 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Wednesday 17.03. 14:15 - 15:45 Hybride Lehre
    Seminarraum Geschichte 2 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Wednesday 24.03. 14:15 - 15:45 Hybride Lehre
    Seminarraum Geschichte 2 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Wednesday 14.04. 14:15 - 15:45 Hybride Lehre
    Seminarraum Geschichte 2 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Wednesday 21.04. 14:15 - 15:45 Hybride Lehre
    Seminarraum Geschichte 2 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Wednesday 28.04. 14:15 - 15:45 Hybride Lehre
    Seminarraum Geschichte 2 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Wednesday 05.05. 14:15 - 15:45 Hybride Lehre
    Seminarraum Geschichte 2 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Wednesday 12.05. 14:15 - 15:45 Hybride Lehre
    Seminarraum Geschichte 2 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Wednesday 19.05. 14:15 - 15:45 Hybride Lehre
    Seminarraum Geschichte 2 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Wednesday 26.05. 14:15 - 15:45 Hybride Lehre
    Seminarraum Geschichte 2 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Wednesday 02.06. 14:15 - 15:45 Hybride Lehre
    Seminarraum Geschichte 2 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Wednesday 09.06. 14:15 - 15:45 Hybride Lehre
    Seminarraum Geschichte 2 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Wednesday 16.06. 14:15 - 15:45 Hybride Lehre
    Seminarraum Geschichte 2 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Wednesday 23.06. 14:15 - 15:45 Hybride Lehre
    Seminarraum Geschichte 2 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Wednesday 30.06. 14:15 - 15:45 Hybride Lehre
    Seminarraum Geschichte 2 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Goals: The central issue of the seminar is how the relationships of politics and science are renegotiated in times of political regime changes. A guiding assumption is that BOTH politics AND science becoming "moving targets" in such periods of transition.
This question will be considered on the basis of spceific examples, including the French Revolution, the Revolutions of 1848, the Russian Revolution of 1917, the transition from Empire to republic in German and Austria beginning in 1918, the Nazi takeover of power in Germany 1933 and in Austria 1938, the rise of new states and political regimes after 1945, and last not least the fundamental shifts in science policy and the politics of science in the context of German unification 1990.
Method: Common discussion of selected primary and secondary sources, led by student participants.

Assessment and permitted materials

(1) Active participation in discussion via Moodle, with occaisional Breakout-Sessions if possible and desired; (2) leading discussion in one of the weekly sessions, together with colleagues, on the basis of theses related to the relevant source materials; (3) a seminar paper ca. 50.000 signs (20 pp.), in which a single example is more closely examined on the basis of independent primary and secondary research.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Mimimal standards:
- Attendance required. Two excused absences are allowed, following contact in adnvance with the professor. Covid-19-related absences are exempted from this rule.

Examination topics

Reading list

• Source texts and secondary literature as listed in the syllabus
Background reading:
Mitchell G. Ash, Wissenschaft und Politik als Ressourcen für einander. In: Rüdiger vom Bruch und Brigitte Kaderas (Hrsg.), Wissenschaften und Wissenschaftspolitik – Bestandaufnahmen zu Formationen, Brüchen und Kontinuitäten im Deutschland des 20. Jahrhunderts. Stuttgart 2002, S. 32-51.
Mitchell G. Ash, Wissenschaft und Politik. Eine Beziehungsgeschichte im 20. Jahrhundert. Archiv für Sozialgeschichte, 50 (2010), 11-46.

Association in the course directory

SP Neuzeit, Zeitgeschichte, Wissenschaftsgeschichte

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