LFU:online

Knowledge: students acquire resp. deepen economic and social historical basic and advanced knowledge, especially in the context of globalization, development and gender
Comprehension: students acquire resp. deepen their comprehension of the relevance of historical cases for recent challenges and the importance of historically shaped trends and structures for future developments as well as for intersectional and interdisciplinary connections, especially in the context of globalization
Critique: students acquire resp. deepen the ability to critical discussion of theoretical concepts, empirical realities and communicated contents

Generally, the course is about economic, social, political, ecological and technological aspects of globalization and development with special emphasis on the gender perspective and marginalization patterns. Thereby, success of the course is dependent on participants actively contributing and demanding aspects and elements they regard as insufficiently covered!

Besides that, the course consists of three parts:

1) A lecture part, in which "globalization" will be presented and discussed as a historical phenomenon (in mainly chronological order).
2) A seminar part, in which relevant literature proposed by participating students will be processed (i.e. read in advance and collaboratively developed).
3) A conference part, in which students' own research papers will be presented and discussed (in a draft stage).

Further, in this semester an option (on a voluntary basis) will be provided to substitute certain requirements from part 3 in the context of a hybrid summer school in Nairobi/Kenya about "Decolonial perspectives on knowledge systems" or to collect some bonus points connected to that.

Lecture, discussion, group work, presentations, own research, feedbacks

oral (presentation/s, active participation) and written (research paper, test/s) as well as feedbacks

Background literature:

- Bordo, M.D., et al. (eds.): Globalization in historical perspective. Chicago/IL: University of Chicago Press, 2003.
- Held, D., et al. (eds.): The global transformations reader: An introduction to the globalization debate. Cambridge/UK: Polity Press, 2007 (2nd edition)
- O'Rourke, K.H., Williamson, J.G.: Globalization and history: The evolution of a nineteenth-century Atlantic economy. Cambridge/MA: MIT Press, 1999.
- Osterhammel, J., Petersson, N.P.: Geschichte der Globalisierung: Dimensionen, Prozesse, Epochen. München: Beck, 2003 (also available in English translation as: Globalization: A short history, 2005).
- van Zanden, J.L., et al. (eds): How Was Life? Global Well-Being Since 1820. Paris: OECD, 2014.

Additional further readings to be announced during the course.

Because of its interdisciplinary character, VU participation is open to all interested and principally possible without any specific pre-requisites (besides the willingness to work in an interdisciplinary environment). Thus, there are no formal entry restriction for master students, which may also participate already in their first semester. However, in case of overbooking preferential access is granted to more advanced students.

For successful participation prior online-enrollment and COMPULSORY attendance in the first unit at March 6 (or excuse by e-mail in advance) is necessary.

IMPORTANT: Part of the course is a presentation bloc at May 26 (whole day, exact time plan follows after fixing actual topics), therefore the units at June 5 and 19 are cancelled and some others (details in the first unit) will be carried out in the form of group consultations (rather low time requirement, possibly online).