Бакалавриат
2019/2020
История Арктики и Балтийского региона
Лучший по критерию «Полезность курса для расширения кругозора и разностороннего развития»
Лучший по критерию «Новизна полученных знаний»
Статус:
Курс по выбору (История)
Направление:
46.03.01. История
Кто читает:
Департамент истории
Где читается:
Санкт-Петербургская школа гуманитарных наук и искусств
Когда читается:
4-й курс, 3 модуль
Формат изучения:
без онлайн-курса
Преподаватели:
Кочеткова Елена Алексеевна,
Лайус Юлия Александровна
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
4
Контактные часы:
44
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The course examines the key developments of two regions with specific history and natural environments - the Baltic Sea region and the Arctic. The course is designed in a chronological order and split themati-cally into a few parts covering political, economic, social, cultural, and environmental changes. During the course, the students will find many comparisons of regional developments examining how various stakehold-ers determined local developments. The classes cover the period from the medieval period until the end of the 20th century. The course is based on interdisciplinary approaches combining analytical tools and models of technological, economic, political, cultural and environmental history. It attempts to answer the question of what interests are intertwined in these regions and how they reflect the practices of cooperation and confronta-tion between states, organizations, scientists and societies. To this end, the course will address such issues as the identity of the Baltic region and the role of historians in the construction of images of the Baltic and Arc-tic, urbanization and Baltic and Arctic cities, the cultural heritage of the Baltic, the colonization of the Russian North, Svalbard in the context of transnational history, the colonization of the Scandinavian Arctic, indige-nous peoples and national rights, industrialization, polar research, envi-ronmental problems of the Baltic region and the Arctic.
Learning Objectives
- know key research works on the history and present of the Baltic region the Arctic and develop their abilities to evaluate critically research performed by others.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- know key research works on the history and present of the Baltic region the Arctic and develop their abilities to evaluate critically research performed by others
- know key events, political, cultural and economic processes of history of the regions
- Know the methodologies required for dissertational research and basic competences.
Course Contents
- Introduction: the Baltic region
- Baltic Urban Development. The Cold War in the region
- Сooperation in the Baltic region, 19-21st centuries and regional identity
- Arena of conflict in the world wars and interwar period
- Facets of National Identities in the Baltic
- The Arctic: Introduction. Geography, environmental problems, international organizations in the Arctic
- Region-building in the Arctic
- Colonization and exploration of the Arctic
- Economics of the Arctic: Resources, Voices and Governance
- Cold War in the Arctic
- Indigenous people in the Arctic
- Arctic Heritage and Tourism
Interim Assessment
- Interim assessment (3 module)0.5 * In-class Participation + 0.5 * written review essay
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Grzechnik, M. (2012). Making Use of the Past: The Role of Historians in Baltic Sea Region Building. Journal of Baltic Studies, 43(3), 329–343. https://doi.org/10.1080/01629778.2011.644903
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Buckley, K. (1958). The Role of Staple Industries in Canada’s Economic Development. The Journal of Economic History, (04), 439. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrep&AN=edsrep.a.cup.jechis.v18y1958i04p439.450.10
- Bunker, S. G. (1989). Staples, Links, and Poles in the Construction of Regional Development Theories. Sociological Forum, 4(4), 589. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01115065
- Cinis, A., Drėmaitė, M., & Kalm, M. (2008). Perfect Representations of Soviet Planned Space. Scandinavian Journal of History, 33(3), 226–246. https://doi.org/10.1080/03468750802079409