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: click here, and look under 'My Lists'.
**Recordings of lectures, with accompanying powerpoints, can be accessed on the university's moodle site: here.
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 |