Admission requirements
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Description
The concept of First Global Age (1415-1776) has been broadly accepted as the first moment in history when one may speak of globalization as a historical process. This literature seminar will explore the relationship between concepts of globalization and the movement of European Expansion and the formation of Empires since the first steps of European expansion overseas until the decolonisation process many colonies underwent during the 2oth century.
Course objectives
Understand a range of concepts linked to discussions about globalization in history. Be informed and take part in the on-going historical debate on this subject. Be able to establish a connection between European expansion, formation of colonies and creation of empires and the on-going development of perceptions of historical globalization.
Timetable
See course-schedule
Mode of instruction
Tutorial (attendance compulsory)
Assessment method
Students will be required to:
Write short-essays weekly
Make an oral presentation
Blackboard
Yes
Reading list
- A. G. Hopkins (ed.), Globalization in World History, London: Pimlico, 2002.
- B. Bailyn, Atlantic History: Concept and Contours, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2002
- K. Ward, Networks of Empire : Forced Migration in the Dutch East India Company , Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
- D. Held a.o., Global Transformations, Cambridge: Polity, 2003.
- P. Dicken, Global Shift: Mapping the Changing Contours of the World Economy, London: Sage, 2007.
- to be announced