HIS4230 – Introduction to International History: readings and perspectives
Course content
This course will introduce graduate students to diverse perspectives and recent approaches to international history, defined to include diplomatic history, transnational history, critical imperial history and other bodies of work focused on the contemporary world. Students will engage with the readings, building their skills at discerning and assessing historical interpretations, and will meet to present and discuss the set texts. This is a reading seminar rather than a research seminar. It will emphasize published scholarship and it will give students a sense of the state of the field in key areas of research.
Learning outcome
After taking this course, a student will have acquired knowledge about:
- how relevant questions are framed and expressed based on the status of research in the field of international history;
- central research debates in the field of international history;
- how historians debate research and interpretive issues in the field of international history; and
- archives, sources and other materials relevant for the study of international history.
Competencies:
After taking this course, a student will be able to:
- initiate and participate in discussions of texts and research in international history;
- read different types of academic texts in a critical and independent manner;
- comment on and discuss contributions from other students;
- work with others in small groups;
- present one’s own and others’ work to the class;
- give feedback on others’ work.
Admission to the course
Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in Studentweb.
The course is available to students admitted to Historie (master),?Lektorprogrammet (master), masterspesialisering i historie and Profesjonsrettet master med integrert praktisk-pedagogisk utdanning (master), masterspesialisering i historie.
Students enrolled in other Master`s Degree Programmes can, on application, be admitted to the course if this is cleared by their own study programme.
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