220102 The Environment and Animals. New Perspectives on the European Expansion (S) (SoSe 2020)
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- Das Seminar findet twils als Blockseminar mit Jon Coleman aus Notre Dame/USA statt; es ist ein Masterseminar Vormoderne und eine BGHS Theory and Methods Class
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„The Environment and Animals. New Perspectives on the European Expansion“
Globalisation, European expansion, and global entanglement – these terms and concepts are present in the last years or even decades among scholars. This processes and phenomena were mostly discussed in a rather classic conceptual framing – that is social, economic and political history - for quite some time; in recent years, new approaches like animal and environmental history assume more and more importance. In this course, the debates between the different approaches and the discussion about their relevance and impact will be in some way re-enacted, being co-taught by Jon Coleman (Notre Dame/USA), an expert in animal and environmental history and Antje Flüchter, a scholar of early modern entanglement and expansion from a cultural and social perspective.
The first part of the course will be taught by Antje Flüchter in a two week cycle introducing models and concepts regarding the European expansion such as migration, entanglement, transculturality, discussing actors, factors as well as problems of these approaches. The second part will be taught on 3 days en bloc of week 28. We will introduce concepts of animal and environmental history. Theory reading will include Donna Haraway, Companion Species Manifesto. We will inquire about the role environmental factors like disease, domestic animals, and aggressive vegetation (weeds) played in the European expansion.
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Dates ( Calendar view )
| Frequency | Weekday | Time | Format / Place | Period | |
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| weekly | Do | 14-16 | E1-148 | 06.04.-17.07.2020 | The course is partly every two weeks, partly a compact course together with Jon Coleman |
Subject assignments
| Module | Course | Requirements | |
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| 22-M-4.1 Theoriemodul | Theorieseminar Transnationale Geschichtsschreibung, Transfer und Vergleich | Student information | |
| 22-M-4.4.6-IAS3 History of the Americas / Historia de las Américas | Historische Kontextualisierung | Study requirement
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| 22-M-4.4.6-IAS9 Advanced History of the Americas / Estudios avanzados de la historia de las Américas | Historische Kontextualisierung | Study requirement
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Student information |
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| Degree programme/academic programme | Validity | Variant | Subdivision | Status | Semester | LP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bielefeld Graduate School In History And Sociology / Promotion | Theory and Methods Classes | 0.5 | Theory Class |
Regular, active participation; ability and willingness to read and discuss theoretical texts in English as this course will be held entirely in English.. You are also requested to give a short input to one of the texts we will discuss. Examination will be a oral exam (20-25 min)
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