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070345 SE BA-Seminar - Commodity Frontiers, ca. 1500 2000 (2019S)

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

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Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Please note the extended session on Friday, 14 June 2019. The students are required to present a draft of their final paper in this session. This requires extensive work effort during the months of April and May.

  • Tuesday 19.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 7 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5
  • Tuesday 26.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 7 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5
  • Tuesday 02.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 7 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5
  • Tuesday 09.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 7 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5
  • Tuesday 30.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 7 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5
  • Tuesday 07.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 7 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5
  • Tuesday 14.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 7 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5
  • Tuesday 21.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 7 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5
  • Tuesday 28.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 7 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5
  • Tuesday 04.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 7 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5
  • Friday 14.06. 15:00 - 22:00 Seminarraum 8 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5
  • Tuesday 18.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 7 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5
  • Tuesday 25.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 7 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The emergence and consolidation of capitalism over the past 500 years has transformed rural areas all over the globe. Providing the metropolitan centres of the world with raw materials and foodstuffs, the ‘global countryside’ (Sven Beckert, 2014) experienced a rapid transformation. The production of sugar, cotton, soy, jute and indigo, among others, has not only recast the natural environment, but also the people’s relationship to their environment. This process has come to be understood as that of shifting ‘commodity frontiers’. Researching commodity frontiers and how they relate to social, economic, political and ecological change has recently developed into a lively academic field. The ‘Commodity Frontiers Initiative’ (CFI), based in Harvard, Ghent and Amsterdam, is spearheading this research approach. This seminar builds mainly upon recent contributions coming from this field of research.

Assessment and permitted materials

Grading:

1) Active participation
2) Oral Presentation
3) Regular written assignments
4) Final paper ("Bachelorarbeit"), 60.000 characters

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Examination topics

Reading list


Association in the course directory

BA: Neuzeit, Zeitgeschichte (9 ECTS)
BEd: Globalgeschichte, Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte, Neuzeit, Zeitgeschichte (8 ECTS)

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