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Dealing with historical sources and research literature; application of methods from auxiliary sciences of history; oral and written presentation; critical discussion

For some years the history of globalisation has ranked among the flourishing branches of historical research. Starting from the leading analytical concepts in this field, the course aims primarily at exploring central processes of early modern intercontinental entanglement in their political, economic, social and cultural dimensions. At the same time, we will exercise basic historical methods and forms of presentations with reference to selected examples.

Reading and discussion of sources and secondary literature; thematic presentations; group work

Regular and active participation; oral presentation; written final paper

As primers: (1) Wendt, Reinhard, Vom Kolonialismus zur Globalisierung: Europa und die Welt seit 1500, Paderborn u.a. 2007; (2) Hausberger, Bernd, Die Verknüpfung der Welt: Geschichte der frühen Globalisierung vom 16. bis zum 18. Jahrhundert, Wien 2015; (3) Reinhard, Wolfgang (Ed.), 1350-1750: Empires and Encounters (A History of the World, Vol. 3), Cambridge, MA u.a. 2015

Readiness to read English-language texts is expected.