Lecture and Seminar Programme
This module will be taught through a weekly prerecorded lecture and one one-hour seminar each week (including four workshop-style seminars).
*NOTE that direct links to essential and recommended readings (as well as some further readings) can be accessed through the Library's Talis Aspire page for this module, and look under 'My Lists'.
**Recordings of lectures, with accompanying powerpoints, can be accessed on the university's moodle site.
Term 1
|
Week |
Weekly Lectures |
Additional Lectures |
Seminar Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Introduction and Rationale Aysu Dincer 5/10/2020 |
Introduction: Europe and the World c. 1450 | |
| 2 |
European Identities and the Identity of Europe Jonathan Davies 12/10/2020 |
European Identities and the Identity of Europe | |
| Theme: The Familiar and the Unfamiliar | |||
| 3 |
Gender and Sexual Identities Rosa Salzberg 19/10/2020 |
Gender and Sexual Identities | |
| 4 |
Early Modern Cosmologies Martha McGill 26/10/2020 |
|
Cosmologies |
| 5 |
Food, Fashion and Material Culture Rebecca Earle 2/11/2020 |
The Historiographical Review Aysu Dincer |
Food, Fashion and Material Culture |
| 6 | READING WEEK | ||
| Theme: Encounters |
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| 7 |
The Indian Ocean World Guido van Meersbergen 16/11/2020 |
The Indian Ocean World | |
| 8 |
The European Invasion of the Americas Tim Lockley 23/11/2020 |
The European Invasion of the Americas | |
| 9 |
The Mediterranean Rosa Salzberg 9/11/2020 |
The Maritime World of the Mediterranean | |
| 10 |
Global Trade and Global Economies Maxine Berg 7/12/2020 |
Global Trade and Global Economies | |
Term 2
| Week | Lecture 1 | Lecture 2 | Seminar Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Theme: Belief |
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| 1 |
The Origins of Reformation Stefan Bauer 11/1/2021 |
The Origins of Reformation | |
| 2 |
The Impact of Reformation Stefan Bauer 18/1/2021 |
The Impact of Reformation | |
| 3 |
Catholic Christianity in Global Context Stefan Bauer 25/1/2021 |
Catholic Christianity in Global Context | |
| 4 |
Popular Culture and Witchcraft Beat Kümin 1/2/2021 |
Popular Culture and Witchcraft | |
| 5 |
Religion, Science and Print Michael Bycroft 8/2/2021 |
The 2000-word Essay Aysu Dincer |
Religion, Science and Print |
| 6 | READING WEEK | ||
| Theme: Power |
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| 7 |
States, Empires and the Performance of Power Jonathan Davies 22/2/2021 |
States, Empires and the Performance of Power | |
| 8 |
Popular Politics and Protest Beat Kümin 1/3/2021 |
Popular Politics and Protest | |
| 9 |
Race and Slavery Meleisa Ono-George 8/3/2021 |
Exploring Slavery through Databases | |
| 10 |
Rival Empires Luca Mola 15/3/2021 |
External Challenges/Rival Empires | |
Term 3
| Week | Lecture 1 | Lecture 2 | Seminar Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Enlightenment and Revolution Mark Knights 26/4/2021 |
Enlightenment and Revolution | |
| 2 |
Conclusions Aysu Dincer 3/5/2021 |
The Research Project Aysu Dincer |
Conclusions and Preparing for the Research Project |