This course provides students with a toolkit of methods and approaches in global history, covering the 18th-20th centuries. We will discuss a series of thematic questions in the field, via foundational and field-defining texts from global history as well as modern US American, Caribbean, Latin American, Middle Eastern, South Asian, Southeast Asian, African, and European History. Students will also explore methodological questions in the study of global history that have animated recent historiographical debates, e.g. canonical vs vernacular sources, narrative style, microhistory, regional focus vs planetary scope etc. The role of interdisciplinarity in global history will be a recurring question, including explorations of area studies, literary theory, Gender and Sexuality Studies, political theory, and economics. Students will identify research questions of their own interest, develop a research proposal and annotated bibliography, and by the end of the course, submit a research paper for their course examination.
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Module | Course | Requirements | |
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22-M-4.3 Mastermodul Moderne
4.3.5 |
Masterseminar | Study requirement
Graded examination |
Student information |
22-M-4.4.16 Profilmodul "Global- und Verflechtungsgeschichte"
4.3.5 |
Masterseminar | Study requirement
Graded examination |
Student information |
22-M-4.5.16 Forschungsmodul "Global- und Verflechtungsgeschichte"
4.3.5 |
Masterseminar | Study requirement
Graded examination |
Student information |
22-WS-CSH Globale Strukturen und Interaktionen: Literatur-, kultur- und geschichtswissenschaftliche Perspektiven | Forschungsseminar | Study requirement
Graded examination |
Student information |
The binding module descriptions contain further information, including specifications on the "types of assignments" students need to complete. In cases where a module description mentions more than one kind of assignment, the respective member of the teaching staff will decide which task(s) they assign the students.
Research proposal
Annotated bibliography
Research progress presentation
25-page research paper (examination)
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