Annotation
It is still not entirely clear, but it might happen that the course is taught online
Since a couple of years the history of globalization has become a new and established discipline in history writing. It is strongly connected with global history. The course will analyse typical examples, where the writing of global history and the history of globalization might open new perspectives. The course deals with the following examples: Globalization and global history: circumnavigating terms, Globalization: The Early Modern period and the three waves in the 20th century, Imperialism, Colonialism, and Decolonization, Banking and Finance, Global environmental history, You are never alone! Microbes, diseases, and global history, Global migration, Global violence: Ethnic cleansing, genocide, and the genocide convention, Exporting democracy? The democratic peace controversy