622001 VO Fundamentals of Contemporary History
summer semester 2023 | Last update: 22.04.2024 | Place course on memo listAcquisition of an overview and orientational knowledge of Contemporary History based on central issues and guidelines.
Overview of key data issues and guidelines and/or events of Contemporary History; developing of subjects based on concrete examples; learning to see traditional historiographical master narratives in relative terms. Additionally the lecture will treat special issues needed in teaching classes.
Lecture, readings as additional learning material.
Final written exam
Recommended readings:
Eric Hobsbawm, Das Zeitalter der Extreme. Weltgeschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts, München 1995 (Age of Extremes. The short twentieth century, 1914-1991, 1994); Tony Judt, Die Geschichte Europas von 1945 bis zur Gegenwart, München 2006 (Postwar. A History of Europe Since 1945, 2005).
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Online-enrollment required, starting on Sept. 1, 2021.
Students of BA Classica et Orientalia 2009 studies and BA Classica et Orientalia 2015 studies, please contact Ass.-Prof. Dr. Brigitte Truschnegg (Institut für Alte Geschichte und Altorientalistik) for detailed information regarding conditions of completion for this course.
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