Semester | fall semester 2020 |
Course frequency | Once only |
Lecturers | Koji Yamamoto (koji.yamamoto@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
Content | The goal of this module is to take you to the frontiers of scholarship on the global and comparative history of capitalism, and to do so without assuming European history as the departure point, or without taking quantitative analysis as the standard method for comparison. Accordingly, as one possible point of comparison, we shall focus on the role of government and its relationship with a variety of ‘stakeholders’ in the unfolding of economic development. We shall explore their complex entanglements first in Japan, moving westwards, to look into China, Mughal India, Ottoman Turkey and so on. This non-European take on global comparison is the second defining feature of this module. |
Learning objectives | We will not assume prior knowledge of the history of regions such as Japan, China, India, Turkey, Africa and Europe, but we expect that you read widely, and absorb information and approaches effectively. The job of the module organizer is to guide you through reading and discussion so that you can acquire following skills. By the end of this module students taking this module should: - Have the basic understanding of each region (or country) and how its economic past has been studied, most often using the European experience as the point of comparison. - Build the confidence and skills needed to read a number of articles concurrently, and survey topics and fields that are relatively new to them. - Acquire hands-on experience of comparative history, and have basic understanding of challenges of doing a ‘global history’ - Gain experience and build the confidence to discuss complex subjects in English (that may as well be a second or third language |
Bibliography | James Belich et. al. (eds.), The Prospect of Global History (Oxford: OUP, 2016) [useful and provocative collection of essays] Sebastian Conrad, What is Global History? (2016) [reflections over the field by an eminent practitioner]. Georges Duby, History Continues (1994) [French original 1991] [a wonderful primer for historical approaches and their evolution, told by an eminent French historian as a reflection of his own career] Larry Neal and Jeffrey G. Williamson (eds.), Cambridge History of Capitalism, Vol. 1: The Rise of Capitalism: From Ancient Greece to 1848 (Cambridge, 2014). |
Comments | Studierende, die zu Semesterbeginn noch nicht eingeschrieben sind, werden gebeten, sich an die Studienkoordination des Europainstitutes (master-eib@unibas.ch) zu wenden. |
Weblink | Europainstitut Basel |
Language of instruction | English |
Use of digital media | No specific media used |
Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
Modules |
Modul: Areas: aussereuropäisch (Master's degree program: European History (Start of studies before 01.08.2018)) Modul: Areas: Europa Global (Master's degree program: European History in Global Perspective) Modul: Areas: transnational - global (Master's degree program: European History (Start of studies before 01.08.2018)) Modul: Epochen der europäischen Geschichte: Neuere / Neueste Geschichte (Master's degree program: European History (Start of studies before 01.08.2018)) Modul: Epochen der europäischen Geschichte: Neuere / Neueste Geschichte (Master's degree program: European History in Global Perspective) Modul: Europäisierung und Globalisierung (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) Modul: Neuere / Neueste Geschichte (Master's degree subject: History) Modul: Profil: Moderne (Master's degree program: European History (Start of studies before 01.08.2018)) Modul: Ungleichheit, Konflikt, Kultur (Master's degree subject: Sociology) Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Handel und Unternehmen in der Globalisierung (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) |
Assessment format | continuous assessment |
Assessment details | Continuous assessment consisting of oral presentations, discussions and short written papers |
Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
Scale | 1-6 0,5 |
Repeated registration | no repetition |
Responsible faculty | University of Basel |
Offered by | Europainstitut |