Modern World History with Didactics

The lecture will cover the developments of the so called long 19th century, beginning with the age of revolutions. The French Revolution and the Haitian Revolution will be compared, before Napoleon's rise to power and the impact of the Napoleonic wars will be discussed. After a discussion of the Congress of Vienna and the European revolutions of the 1840s, major determining factors of the century will be discussed, i.e. nationalism, colonialism, and imperialism.

Following these basic introductions, the two world wars and the interwar period with the rise of Fascism and National Socialism will be discussed, before the Global Cold War and Decolonization will be taken into closer consideration.

The course aims to introduce non-European cases to the students, why next to the national unification of Germany and Italy, the nation building process of Japan will also be discussed. The two world wars will be essential for the understanding of the 20th century from a European perspective, but the lectures will also take a closer look at Asia and the Middle East.

The Cold War and Decolonization will, similarly, not be focussing on the US or the Soviet Union, but discuss Asian American minorities, as well as the consequences of the conflict and its consequences in Africa and Latin America.

The French Revolution 1789-1815
The Haitian Revolution
The Napoleonic Wars
The Congress of Vienna and the European Revolutions of the 1840s
Nationalism, Colonialism, Imperialism
The Two World Wars
The principal trends of political and economic development during the inter-war period: (the Russian Revolution, the Versailles peace, fascism and National Socialism, the relations between the major powers until the Second World War)
The Global Cold War 1945-1990
Decolonization

Lectures will be given in English.

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On successful completion of the course the student will have the following outcomes:

Knowledge

The student should have gained basic knowledge of central events and processes of change in the economic, social and political history of Europe from 1750 until the end of the millennium.
This should include knowledge of central societal and cultural institutions and the relations between these throughout the period. The European development is put in a global context.
The student should know the principle methods of teaching history.

Skills

Students should be able to discuss academic questions and reach their own conclusions.
Students should be able to observe and familiarize themselves with classes at 8th to 13th grades.

General competence

The student should be able to comprehend extensive research literature, to mediate relevant knowledge from the literature, and to argue for their own points of view in written work.
The student should be able to participate in a teaching environment.

No costs except semester registration fee and syllabus literature.

Compulsory for the Senior Teacher Education in Social Science.

Lectures, colloquia, oral presentations, writing with student peer review, assignments, organised for both net- and campus students.

Annual evaluations that are part of the university's quality assurance system.

Two weeks observation practice.

Compulsory assignment: written assignment of about 3 pages, comprises 0/100 of the grade. Graded pass/no pass. Compulsory participation in colloquia, comprises 0/100 of the grade. Graded approved/not approved. Assignment. Graded A-F.

Practice (2 weeks observation practice)

The exam can be answered in either Norwegian or English.

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Overlap refers to a similarity between courses with the same content. Therefore, you will receive the following reduction in credits if you have taken the courses listed below:

HI117NS - Modern World History - 10 credits

HI117S - Modern World History (after 1750) - 10 credits

HI123S - Modern World History after 1750 - 10 credits

HI123NS - Modern World History (after 1750) - 10 credits

HIS1004 - Modern History (1850-2020) - 10 credits