LFU:online

Acquisition of basic skills for dealing with historic sources and presentations of Contemporary History as well as skills in presenting the newly acquired knowledge orally as well as in writing. Acquisition of basic knowledge and application of relevant methods aiding scientific research.

The course aims to develop a global historical understanding of decolonisation processes in Africa. As already independent states, Egypt, Algeria, Ghana or Tanzania supported liberation movements within the framework of pan-African solidarity and became hubs of transnational networks that reached far beyond the African continent. Liberation movements sent members abroad for academic and military training (e.g. to China, Eastern Europe, or Cuba). Civil society solidarity movements in the West (such as the anti-apartheid movement) and state-sponsored solidarity in the state-socialist countries also became part of global anticolonial currents. 

Readings, oral presentation with handout, written paper, discussions, formal lecture, exercises

Course with continuous performance assessment: attendance at all sessions, active participation in discussions, oral presentation, written paper (16-18 pp.)

Literature/reading-list will be discussed in class. Guided research of selected literature will be part of the required tasks.

Positive assessment of compulsory module 1. The respective proof ought to be produced until the end of October 2022.