LFU:online

Processing and contextualisation of research literature and sources according to subject-specific standards; skills in writing a historical treatise (bachelor thesis) on a topic from the historical epochs and disciplines; presentation of the newly acquired knowledge

Austria‘s relations with the global South constitute a multi-faceted history of interdependence, characterized by imperialist hierarchies (within the framework of "colonialism without colonies") and racism, but also by emancipatory resistance and attempts to overcome Eurocentric ways of thinking and acting. These "interwoven genealogies of the present" (Randeria/Conrad 2013) are the focus of this seminar. Biographical and actor-related as well as economic, social and discourse-historical approaches to colonialism, anti-colonialism, "development" and "development aid", commemorative culture and trade relations will be presented.
The seminar also offers refresher inputs to basic techniques of historiography (literature and source research; writing a historical essay; choice of methods).
In the course of joint readings and discussions of overview texts and exemplary research, students develop their own approach, independently formulate a question and then write their bachelor thesis.

Reading and analysis of research literature and sources; students’ own investigations; group work and peer assessment; presentations and discussions; lectures

Regular and active participation in the seminar, presentations, peer assessment, bachelor thesis

Successful completion of compulsory modules 1, 12 and 13. Proof of the successful completion of the second proseminar (compulsory module 12 or 13) ought to be produced until the end of October 2021.

Online Enrollment required, starting on September 1st, 2021!