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210163 SE M3(a)/Diss/G10: SE VertiefungsSE - Waking the Dead? (2010S)

Theorien und Kontroversen zur Politik der Entschädigungen, Entschuldigungen und Aufarbeitung für Menschenrechtsverletzungen in der Vergangenheit?

10.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 21 - Politikwissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work

Achtung
DO 15.04.2010 14.00-15.30 Ort: Elise Richter-Saal Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 1;
Beginnt erst um 14.15 UHR

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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. 50 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 15.04. 14:00 - 15:30 Elise Richter-Saal Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 1
  • Thursday 29.04. 08:00 - 11:30 Hörsaal 1 (H1), NIG 2.Stock
  • Thursday 29.04. 13:00 - 15:00 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Friday 28.05. 08:00 - 17:00 Elise Richter-Saal Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 1
  • Friday 04.06. 08:00 - 15:00 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Since the 1990s, the world has seen an increasing trend in both domestic and international politics to "come to terms" with historic injustices. There has been a proliferation of truth and reconciliation commissions, political apologies and reparation schemes, addressing grave human rights violations in the past and, albeit to varying degrees, seeking to make amends for past wrongs. The major part of the seminar will introduce and discuss critical ideas, concepts, strategies and manifestations of this movement as well as the justifications given for it, the objections to it and the reasons for the phenomenon. Building on these theoretical tools, students will present specific cases of politics of addressing historic injustices such as the Holocaust, the "forgotten victims" of the NS, the Stolen Generations in Australia, the so-called "comfort women", slavery, Apartheid and others. A list of possible topics for presentations will be provided at the first, introductory session. Students will have to look for appropriate literature on their case studies on their own. The introductory session will also serve to explain the course requirements and to hand out a list of further readings. The main seminar will consist of three blocs of one full day each (4x90 min.).
The course will be taught partly in German, partly in English, depending on the circumstances.

Assessment and permitted materials

Regular attendance and active participation, a 1 page exposé on the prospective case study, including an outline of the topic and the background, and at least 3-4 pertinent references (20%), an oral presentation of the case study (20 min.) (40%), written exam (40%). Course attendance is required for the introductory session and all three blocs. In exceptional cases, students may skip one or two units but have to inform the teacher in advance (k.braun@ipw.uni-hannover.de or kathrin.braun@univie.ac.at ).
For the exam, students will get a list of nine questions referring to the content of the course, out of which they pick three. The exam can be written in English or German, complete sentences and correct grammar are required (bullet points will not do!).

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Students will be provided with a repertoire of basic concepts, strategies and ideas that inform the reparations movement and be enabled to critically discuss, compare and apply this repertoire.

Examination topics


The seminar will combine short lectures by the teacher with plenary discussions, question-based group discussions, and student presentations.

Reading list

Required readings:
Arendt, Hannah. 2000. "Organisiert Schuld" in In der Gegenwart. Übungen im politischen Denken II, edited by H. Arendt. München: Piper, pp. 26-37.
Balfour, Lawrie 2005: "Reparations after Identity Politics." Political Theory 33:786-811.
Gibney, Mark/R. E. Howard-Hassmann/J.-M. Coicaud, and N. Streiner 2008 (eds.): The Age of Apology. Facing up to the Past, edited by Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, chapters by Pablo De Greiff, Pablo; Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann and Mark Gibney.
De Greiff, Pablo. 2006. "Introduction. Repairing the Past: Compensation for Victims of Human Rights Violations" in The Handbook of Reparations, edited by P. De Greiff. Oxford: Oxford University Press, Pp. 1-18.
Jaspers, Karl. 1946. Die Schuldfrage. Heidelberg: Lambert Schneider.
Marrus, Michael R. 2006: Official Apologies and the Quest for Historical Justice. Toronto: Munk Centre for International Studies.
Meyer, Lukas H. 2004 (ed.): Justice in Time. Responding to Historical Injustice, Baden-Baden: Nomos, chapters by Lukas H. Meyer, Ruti Teitel, Janna Thompson.
Minow, Martha 1998: Between Vengence and Forgiveness: Facing History after Genocide and Mass Violence. Boston: Beacon Press.
Tavuchis, Nicholas 1991: Mea Culpa. A Sociology of Apology and Reconciliation. Stanford, Ca.: Stanford University Press, chapt. 4.
Torpey, John C. 2006: Making Whole What Has Been Smashed: On Reparation Politics. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. Introduction.
Torpey, John (ed.) 2003: Politics and the Past: On Repairing Historical Injustices, Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield; chapters by Elazar Barkan; Roy Brooks; Jeffrey K. Olick and Brenda Coughlin.

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