HISP024 Politics, Language and Culture (5 cr)
Study level:
Basic studies
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
Finnish
Responsible organisation:
Department of History and Ethnology
Coordinating organisation:
Open University, Department of History and Ethnology
Curriculum periods:
2020-2021, 2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024
Description
The course focuses on the major development lines of political history and international relations, the meanings of culture and language in historical research, and comparative research.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student will:
- be familiar with the key events, crises and lines of development of European and North American political history in particular, as well as their role from the eighteenth century to the present day
- understand the importance of culture, language, materiality, space and mobility, for research in political history
- have an understanding of the history of international relations, particularly in the twentieth century
- have an understanding of comparative and transnational perspectives in political history research research
- be used to reading historical research literature, at least in Finnish and English
- have practised contextualising and analysing political history sources
- have honed their skills in teamwork, analysing information and critical thinking.
Literature
- Holmila, Antero, & Matti Roitto, Rooseveltista Trumpiin - Yhdysvaltain ulkopolitiikka ja kriisit 1900-luvun alusta tähän päivään (2018)
- Kurunmäki, Jussi, Jeppe Nevers & Henk te Velde (eds), Democracy in Modern Europe: A Conceptual History (2018)
- Mazower, Mark, Dark Continent: Europe's Twentieth Century (1999)
Completion methods
Method 1
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Method 2
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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
11/14–12/22/2023 Lectures
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Independent study (5 cr)
Type:
Independent study
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
Finnish