Es ist eine neuere Version 2016W dieser LV im Curriculum Bachelor's programme Cultural Studies 2019W vorhanden.
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Workload
Education level
Study areas
Responsible person
Hours per week
Coordinating university
3 ECTS
B2 - Bachelor's programme 2. year
Social Science
Isabella Matauschek
2 hpw
Johannes Kepler University Linz
Detailed information
Pre-requisites
(*)keine
Original study plan
Bachelor's programme Business and Economics 2014S
Objectives
Introduction to the historical dimensions of a contemporary phenomenon
Expanding students' capacity to compare and contextualize historical developments over time and space
Introduction to the relevant theoretical and historical discussion
Subject
The course focuses on the historical aspects of what makes up our concept of globalisation today. The course explores cultural, political and economic processes that have characterised the phenomenon of globalisation from the early modern period. Special emphasis is placed on the manifold relations between Asia and Europe.
Criteria for evaluation
Written examination
essay
active participation
Methods
Lectures
case studies and work with historical material
literature and topical discussions
Language
German
Study material
Jürgen Osterhammel: Die Verwandlung der Welt. Eine Geschichte des 19. Jahrhunderts. Osterhammel/Petersson: Geschichte der Globalisierung. Dimensionen, Prozesse, Epochen. Christopher Bayly: Birth of the Modern World. 1780-1914.
