32400
Seminar
WiSe 23/24: The United States and Other Empires
Jessica Gienow-Hecht
Kommentar
Empires are back. While for a long time, the history of empires seemed outdated, in the last decade the historiography dedicated to this theme has experienced a forceful revival. Globalization, multinational organizations, international networks, and the histories of transnational encounters all have led to rediscovery of empires as both a phenomenon and an analytical category. An “empire” (Latin: power) is a geographically extensive territory of states and people with highly diverse ethnic or cultural backgrounds, governed by a ruler or a group of rulers. The history of empires, in turn, describes the rise and the history of hegemonic states with imperial ambitions, i.e. whose intention it was and is to dominate and colonize within the international system. From ancient Rome over the the Ottoman Empire to the EU, historians have examined the question of what makes an “Empire” an empire, if and how nation states and empires differ, and whether an empire has to claim status in order to “be” an empire. The United States plays a peculiar role in this context and this course will take a comparative approach to study what some historians have called the U.S. empire. On the methodological level, the course introduces BA students both practically and theoretically to the study of history, what historians do, how they work and what they write; as such, it includes elements of lecture, reading, discussion, team work and hands-on labs. To successfully pass this course, students are required to compose weekly précis, present sources and ideas in class, work in teams, and take an oral exam at the end of the term. Schließen
16 Termine
Regelmäßige Termine der Lehrveranstaltung
Mo, 16.10.2023 14:00 - 16:00
Mo, 23.10.2023 14:00 - 16:00
Mo, 30.10.2023 14:00 - 16:00
Mo, 06.11.2023 14:00 - 16:00
Mo, 13.11.2023 14:00 - 16:00
Mo, 20.11.2023 14:00 - 16:00
Mo, 27.11.2023 14:00 - 16:00
Mo, 04.12.2023 14:00 - 16:00
Mo, 11.12.2023 14:00 - 16:00
Mo, 18.12.2023 14:00 - 16:00
Mo, 08.01.2024 14:00 - 16:00
Mo, 15.01.2024 14:00 - 16:00
Mo, 22.01.2024 14:00 - 16:00
Mo, 29.01.2024 14:00 - 16:00
Mo, 05.02.2024 14:00 - 16:00
Mo, 12.02.2024 14:00 - 16:00