AHIS 22A00 - History of Contemporary Worlds, XX-XXI centuries — Fabrique des Maquettes Pédagogiques

Informations

Descriptif

This second-year course is designed to cover key events and developments of the last century up until today in ways that map out the increasingly connected modern and contemporary worlds. It charts the rise of global alliances and institutions of governance that emerged out of the two world wars, the mid-20th century peak of modernization theory, urbanization and high modernist urban planning. It covers various aspects of the protracted period of decolonization across the world and its intersections with the cold war, the rise of humanitarian systems and human rights discourses, and the “war on terror”. It also covers periods of globalization and economic crisis and explores their effects on the evolving political landscapes of both the “free world” and under authoritarian regimes.

On other levels, this course aims to capture everyday life and popular experience through social and cultural trends and movements, like the civil rights and feminist movements and counterculture. Everyday technology is threaded through each week’s lecture, considering the ways in which it has shaped our world, from broadcast radio and the 24-hour cable TV news cycle to social media. Finally, the course puts special emphasis on ecological issues, the so-called green revolution and climate crisis. Geographically, we will aim to strike a balance between Western events (in Europe and the United States) and developments elsewhere, Asia in particular.

Format pédagogique

At the end of the course, the student is expected to : 1°) Possess a firm grasp of key events and developments over the 20th and 21st centuries 2°) Be familiar with debates among historians about the formation and nature of the modern world 3°) Be able to critically assess historical sources These objectives will be met through lectures, seminar discussion and presentations, and engaging with required primary and secondary source readings.

Mode de validation

To validate the course, the student is expected to pass the following assignments:

1°) Continuous assessment (conférences de méthode) : 2/3 of the final grade

2°) Final Exam : 1/3 of the final grade

Refer to your conférences de méthode syllabus for details on the assignments.

Lectures

Lectures principales 1

Annette Becker, “The Great War: World war, total war,” International Review of the Red Cross 97/900 (2015)

Lectures secondaires 6

Arundhati Roy, The Cost of Living. Flamingo, 1999.
Franz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth, 1961.
Ian Kershaw, “Hitler and the Uniqueness of Nazism,” Journal of Contemporary History 39/2 (2004).
Mao Zedong, On New Democracy
Mark Mazower, Governing the World: the history of an idea. Penguin, 2013.
Rachel Carson, Silent Spring. Houghton Mifflin, 1962.

Unités pédagogiques

N° d'UP	Type d'UP	Unités pédagogiques	Enseignants	Nombre d'heures	Crédits
53573	Cours magistral	History of the Contemporary Worlds, XX-XXI century	Pierre FULLER	24	6
53574	Conférence	History of the Contemporary Worlds, XX-XXI century	Yuqing QIU	24	0
53575	Conférence	History of the Contemporary Worlds, XX-XXI century	Yuqing QIU	24	0
53576	Conférence	History of the Contemporary Worlds, XX-XXI century	Zuzana LOUBET DEL BAYLE	24	0
53577	Conférence	History of the Contemporary Worlds, XX-XXI century	Zuzana LOUBET DEL BAYLE	24	0
53578	Conférence	History of the Contemporary Worlds, XX-XXI century	Lukas TSIPTSIOS	24	0
53579	Conférence	History of the Contemporary Worlds, XX-XXI century	Lukas TSIPTSIOS	24	0
53768	Teaching assistant	History of the Contemporary Worlds, XX-XXI century	—	16	0
54411	Conférence	History of the Contemporary Worlds, XX-XXI century	Yuqing QIU	24	0
60920	Conférence	History of Contemporary Worlds, XX-XXI centuries	—	24	0

AHIS 22A00 - History of Contemporary Worlds, XX-XXI centuries