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Advanced seminar
SoSe 23: Independence Movements and Conflicts in North America - The U.S. and Canada in Comparison
David Bosold, Sebastian Jobs
Comments
In this interdisciplinary seminar we intend to contrast Canadian and American independence movements in the broadest sense. Following the establishment of a conceptual framework which combines historical insights of competing “voices” and political aspects of representation and constitutional issues, the seminar will study four aspects in-depth:
1) Regional identities – by revisiting the American Civil War (1861-65) and the French presence in North America (Nouvelle-France/Québec/Acadia, 1763-1803)
2) Constitutions as legal forms of independence – by contrasting the American (1788/89) and the Canadian constitution (1867/1982)
3) Self-Determination – by contrasting slavery and black liberation in the US (1790-1865) and indigenous emancipation in Canada (1970-today)
4) Foreign Policy as Independence/Interdependence – by studying landmarks and imaginaries of the bilateral relationship such as the War of 1812, the American Empire, the 49th Parallel and North American Integration (NAFTA/USMCA) close
12 Class schedule
Regular appointments
Mon, 2023-04-17 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2023-04-24 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2023-05-08 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2023-05-15 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2023-05-22 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2023-06-05 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2023-06-12 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2023-06-19 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2023-06-26 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2023-07-03 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2023-07-10 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2023-07-17 10:00 - 12:00