Universität Wien
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070149 VO Theory and Methods of Global History and Global Studies (2023W)

Theories and Methods of Global History

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 7 - Geschichte

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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.

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