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Basic knowledge of subject-specific academic work

Pre-modern composite political systems per se were apparently a place of collective fears. This was especially true for the Austrian countries and later on for the Habsburg Monarchy, also to be accounted for by their location characterized by migration and partly montane regions as well as a fairly low level of urbanisation. In our introductory seminar course we will also discuss individual phobias, like, for instance, of sovereigns (and their possible traumatic childhood experiences due to wars). In this context, we will occasionally also deal with everyday and discursive interaction and in particular with patterns of coping attempts, all of this reciprocally between the majority and/or dominant society and minorities as well as fringe groups. In this sense, we will try to interpret this topic also as a communication problem in a multi-disciplinary approach and from a long-term perspective.

Preparatory phase, joint interpretation of source texts, literature research, presentation

Continuous participation, practical exercises, brief presentation incl. handout and written paper

Will be provided in the course. Course reserve collection 

Due to substantial differences in the allocation of ECTS-Credits in various curricula (teacher training programs/specialized degree programs), the requirements for this course vary. Information will be provided by the instructor at the beginning of the course.