Bachelor
2021/2022
Global History
Category 'Best Course for Broadening Horizons and Diversity of Knowledge and Skills'
Category 'Best Course for New Knowledge and Skills'
Type:
Elective course (History)
Area of studies:
History
Delivered by:
Department of History
When:
3 year, 3, 4 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of one campus
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
4
Contact hours:
72
Course Syllabus
Abstract
Global and comparative history aims to familiarize the students with the main events of global history of the modern period (long nineteenth century) and current methodology of research of global and comparative history. The main argument of the class is that global context matters and no domestic history should be explained just from within.
Learning Objectives
- This course aims at familiarising the students with the main events of global history of the modern period (long nineteenth century).
- The course also aims at getting students acquainted with methodology of global and comparative history, its advantages, drawbacks, and perspectives.
Course Contents
- What is global history?
- When and where was the nineteenth century?
- The end of the old regimes and its global dimension: North America.
- The end of the old regimes and its global dimension: France.
- The end of the old regimes and its global dimension: Central and South America.
- Industrial revolution.
- The age of empires.
- The Scramble for Africa.
- Great divergence? Nineteenth century history of China.
- Great convergence? Nineteenth century history of Japan.
- Midterm.
- The century of connections.
- The century of disconnections.
- The century of mobility.
- The century of immobility.
- The century of global cooperation.
- The world of global languages.
- La belle époque and memory of the century.
- Global history in national contexts.
Assessment Elements
- Seminar discussionsSeminars are planned as weekly online discussions of assigned readings, which will complement the lectures and explore a given topic in in a more comprehensive way. The discussions will be based around the focus questions, provided to students to reflect upon in advance.
- PresentationStudents’ in-class presentations necessarily have to be based on academic and historical literature, well-structured (with an introduction, main part and conclusion) and oriented upon the audience. Power Point or .pdf presentations are recommended to be used to make it easier for the audience to stay engaged and involved during the talk. Time limit for the presentation is 15 minutes.
- Exam essayThe exam consists of a home written essay.
- MidtermMidterm lasts for a maximum of 80 minutes, is conducted offline, with no books, notes, or electronic devices allowed. Any cheating or attempt of cheating will result in a removal of a student from a room and a zero grade. Midterm consists of a test (10 questions – 0,7 points each) and a mini-essay (3 points). Maximum grade: 10.
