HISS2010 History of Crises and Societal Changes (5 cr)

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Study level:
Advanced studies
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
Finnish
Responsible organisation:
Department of History and Ethnology
Curriculum periods:
2020-2021, 2021-2022, 2022-2023

Description

Thorough grounding in historical research on crises and social change.

Learning outcomes

After completing the course, the student will:

  • be aware of the different interpretations related to the subject
  • recognise the approaches, theories, methods and source selections behind research results
  • based on knowledge of diverse literature, be able to conduct an analytical academic debate on the subject both orally and in writing
  • understand the many and varied reasons for and the effects and implications of crises, and their diversity, also in the long term and in different contexts

After completing the course by book test, the student will also have

  • acquired advanced problem-solving skills
  • developed their academic communication and argumentation skills
  • deepened their expertise and honed their skills in analysing data and visualising broad areas

After completing the course by essay, the student will also have

  • acquired broader and more advanced information retrieval skills
  • developed their academic communication and argumentation skills
  • honed their expertise in analysing data and conceptualising broad issues
  • developed their project management skills by designing their own activities and planning their time.

Study materials

For the book exam, works are selected from the following list to make up a total of 5 cr. The essay book choices are agreed in advance with the course coordinators.

Literature

  • Baker, Keith M. & Edelstein, Dan, Scripting Revolution: A Historical Approach to the Comparative Study of Revolutions (2015) (3op)
  • Chin, Rita, The Crisis of Multiculturalism in Europe: A History (2017) (2op)
  • Hewitson, Mark, & Matthew D’Auria (toim.) Europe in Crisis: Intellectuals and European Idea, 1917-1957 (2015) (1op)
  • Judt, Tony, Postwar: A History of Europe since 1945 (2005) (3op)
  • Katajisto, Kati, Sodasta sovintoon (2018) (1op)
  • Kekkonen, Jukka, Kun aseet puhuvat: poliittinen väkivalta Espanjan ja Suomen sisällissodissa (2016) (2op)
  • Leonhard, Jörn, Pandora’s Box: A History of the First World War (2018) (4op)
  • Nyström, Samu, Helsinki 1914-1918: toivon, pelon ja sekasorron vuodet (2013) (2op)
  • Parker, Geoffry, The Global Crisis: War Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century (2013) (2op)
  • Tepora, Tuomas, Sodan henki: kaunis ja ruma talvisota (2015) (2op)
  • Gráda, C. Ó., Eating People Is Wrong, and Other Essays on Famine, Its Past, and Its Future (2015) (2op)
  • Fontaine, L., The moral economy (2014) (2op)

Completion methods

Method 1

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Method 2

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Method 3

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Parts of the completion methods
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Participation in teaching (5 cr)

Type:
Participation in teaching
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
Finnish

Teaching

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Independent study (5 cr)

Type:
Independent study
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
Finnish

Teaching

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Independent study (5 cr)

Type:
Independent study
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
Finnish

Teaching