MITRA4000 – Key Issues in Modern International and Transnational History
Course content
The course gives a broad introduction to major issues in international and transnational history of the 19th and 20th centuries and provides an overview of pertinent approaches historians have taken to study them. It covers international and transnational history in all its facets discussing political, cultural, economic and social aspects. This encompasses topics such as globalization, imperialism and decolonization, the Cold War, international trade and entrepreneurship, migration as well as cultural transfers of various kinds. The course is taught as a cooperative undertaking involving the whole range of expertise in international and transnational history assembled at the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History at the University of Oslo. It thus offers students a first opportunity to meet the teaching staff and potential future supervisors for the master’s theses.
Learning outcome
After you have taken this course you are expected to
- have a broad knowledge about the main trajectories of 19th and 20th century international and transnational history
- be aware of central scholarly debates and controversies connected to the main trajectories of modern international and transnational history
- be able to critically discuss scholarly perspectives on key issues in modern international and transnational history