Бакалавриат
2022/2023
Всемирная история
Статус:
Курс обязательный (Программа двух дипломов НИУ ВШЭ и Университета Кёнхи «Экономика и политика в Азии»)
Направление:
41.03.01. Зарубежное регионоведение
Кто читает:
Факультет мировой экономики и мировой политики
Где читается:
Факультет мировой экономики и мировой политики
Когда читается:
1-й курс, 1, 2 модуль
Формат изучения:
с онлайн-курсом
Онлайн-часы:
16
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
4
Контактные часы:
60
Course Syllabus
Abstract
1. On-line course by Massive Open Online Course “History of Russia: from Ancient Rus to the Time of Troubles” (https://www.mooc-list.com/course/history-russia-ancient-rus-time-troubles-coursera ) will include 60 hours of lectures by the leading professors of St. Petersburg State University and will have the analysis of historical problems and the scientific understanding of events, periods, epochs in their historical relationship. Thoroughly selected factual material serves as the basis that enables learners to conduct an independent analysis of the history of Russian state. 2. Alongside with the online lectures, students of the program will have the opportunity to discuss key moments in the history of Russia in seminars: a total of seven seminars lasting 4 academic hours each. Questions of the historical development of Russia from the time of the formation of ancient Russian statehood to the strengthening of the Romanov dynasty in power will be discussed. 3. Subsequent periods in the development of Russian history will be reflected in lecture courses on Global History in the context of the entry of the Russian state into world development processes. The most difficult questions will be discussed at the seminars 4. The " Russian History and Russia in World History" course will be divided into three modules, the first of which will be mainly devoted to the study of the history of Russia (until the turn of the 17th-18th centuries).
Learning Objectives
- The course is aimed to prepare students for a better understanding of regional history and the place of the countries they are studying within the system of international relations and modern economic relations. The course implies better competence in texts analysis as the students will have to study rather contrasting evaluations by the authors belonging to different scientific schools and will use numerous documents and materials which comprise different research traditions.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Students acquire a perspective on history and an understanding of the factors that shape human activity
- Students are able to use their knowledge and critical thinking abilities to intelligently choose and evaluate journalism published works, and scholarly articles on topics related to the “Global History” course
- Students display knowledge about the origins and nature of contemporary issues and develop a foundation for a future comparative understanding
- Students gain a working knowledge of the history of the modern and contemporary periods. This knowledge will serve both as a foundation for further study and as a tool for more effectively understanding today's world.
- Students learn to think critically and comparatively about historical events in the modern world. They are able to understand and identify historical themes, causes, and effects.
- Students should be familiar with Geography, demography, and biography as ”World-systems*” main components
- Students think and speak critically about primary and secondary historical sources by examining diverse interpretations of past events and ideas in their historical contexts
Course Contents
- An Introduction to “facts and figures”
- The ascendancy of European countries in XVII- first half of XVIII cc. and the creation of colonial empires.
- Great Geographical Discoveries (China and the West)
- From Absolute monarchy to Parliamentary democracy (Great Britain and France)
- Industrial Revolution – transfer to Capitalism
- Great Mutiny as the result of European expansion
- Partition of the World (end of XIX century)
- "Fin de siecle": clash of ideas, clash of states, the birth of modernity
- Unprecedented shaping of the post-war world in the "interbellum” period Results of WW I as a source for further international tensions. Creation of new political ideologies and new "centers of force"
- The problem of self-determination of small nations resulting from WW I (Middle East variant)
- Development of Soviet Russia under “Sanitarny Cordon” (Politics and Economics)
- Nazism in 1933-1939: Ideology and Practice
- "Long way to new war starts with small wars" Regional wars and conflicts as an introduction to WW II.
- Reshaping the World after WW II (Potsdam and Nurnberg)
- New menaces and old leaders, new leaders and old menaces The roots and inspirations for Cold War. Formation of its rules, traditions, and geography in 1945-1962.
- New China (1949-1969)
- The Bandung generation - the start of new kingdoms. Waves of liberation in the Third World countries in the 1950-1960s, UN scenarios and the legacy of Colonial Age.
- Hotbeds of Cold War Ideological and technological factors in spreading of Cold War in 1962-1975
- Proxy wars (Angola and Vietnam)
- The Collectivist Seventies Dollar, oil and armaments challenges to be resolved; the start of North-South Dialogue.
- Power and Mass-media in the West
- Mass culture an youth subculture
- Scientific progress versus сhaos. Ambitions of leading industrial states in the age of post-industrial revolution. Political, technological, ecological challenges in the late1970-1980.
- Protest Movement in the countries of East Europe (Poland in 1980-81, “Solidarity”)
- New actors of international relations. Governmental, non-governmental, marginal and non-material participants of the international relations* space in the 1980-1990th
- The results of the "greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the XX-th century" Main changes within the "Old Order" after the completion of the Cold War.
- Completion of Cold War – consequences for the Third World (South Africa)
Interim Assessment
- 2022/2023 2nd module0.4 * class participation + 0.2 * midterm test + 0.4 * final exam
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Goucher, C. L., & Walton, L. A. (2013). World History : Journeys From Past to Present (Vol. 2nd ed., combined ed). New York, NY: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=549129
- Vanhaute, E. (2013). World History : An Introduction. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=615520
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Chaliand, G. (2014). A Global History of War : From Assyria to the Twenty-First Century. Berkeley: University of California Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=845621
- Stearns, P. N. (2011). World History: The Basics. London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=345316