HHIK02832U HIS 83. The League of Nations: international organization, international politics and internationalism, 1850s-1950s
Historie
Område B: akademisk skriftlighed med fokus på kildeanalyse
(HHIK03831E)
[Fagstudieordning. Kandidatuddannelsen i historie, 2019-ordningen]
Område B: akademisk skriftlighed med fokus på kildeanalyse
(HHIK03871E)
[Fagstudieordning. Kandidatdelen af sidefaget i historie,
2019-ordningen]
Historisk tilvalgsområde 1 (HHIB10211E) [kun for
studerende med grundfag i Historie]
[Fagstudieordning. Bachelortilvalg i historie,
2019-ordningen]
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HIS 83. The League of Nations: international organization,
international politics and internationalism, 1850s-1950s
Why did the victorious Great Powers decide to set up an
international organization - The League of Nations - to manage the
plethora of regional and global challenges following the First
World War? Which deeper structural, ideological, political and
economic forces drove the shift from the 19th century Concert of
Europe to the 20th century League of Nations? How did the League of
Nations function and shape international politics in the interwar
period? And, what was the lasting impact and legacy of the League
on 20th and 21st century international politics and organization?
These are the main questions that this course will seek to answer.
The course will explore:
(1) The emergence of internationalisms in the 19th Century.
(2) The devastating and transformative impact of the First
World War.
(3) The Paris Peace Conference and its lasting effects on
20th century international relations.
(4) The organization of the League of Nations and the role it
played in interwar politics and technical cooperation.
(5) The legacies and lessons learned from the League into
postwar international politics and organization.
The course will consist of group instructions/seminar teaching,
combining small lectures, group exercises and individual analytical
and writing exercises. It aims at preparing the students to
critically engage with the complexities of writing histories of
international organizations and how to analyze sources in
multinational, transnational and global contexts. The course will
also have a particular emphasis on digital resources and digital
research tools.
We will rely on Mark Mazower’s Governing the World: The History
of an Idea, 1815 to the Present, the full digital archives of
the League of Nations (UN Geneva), a wide range of digital research
tools and additional secondary literature
Main book:
- Mark Mazower: Governing the World: The History of an
Idea. New York: Penguin Press, 2012.
Core articles/book chapters:
- Zara Steiner (2007) The Lights that Failed: European
International History 1919-1933. Oxford: OUP, 602-634,
800-817.
- Susan Pedersen (2007) “Back to the League of Nations”,
The American Historical Review 112, 1091-1117.
- Leonard V. Smith (2018) Sovereignty at the Paris Peace
Conference of 1919. Oxford: OUP, 1-59.
- Karen Gram-Skjoldager and Haakon A. Ikonomou (2020) “The
making of the international civil servant c. 1920-1960 –
establishing the profession” in Karen Gram-Skjoldager, Haakon A.
Ikonomou and Torsten Kahlert (eds.) Organizing the20th Century World: International Organizations and the
Emergence of InternationalPublic Administration,1920s-1960s. London: Bloomsbury, 215-230.
- Category
- Hours
- Class Instruction
- 56
- Preparation
- 203
- Exam Preparation
- 129,5
- Total
- 388,5
Blanketnavn:
KA, hovedfag: Historie: Omr B, forår
2022
KA, sidefag: Historie: Omr B (sidefag), forår
2022
BA tilvalg [kun for studerende med grundfag i
Historie]: Historie: Internt BA-tilvalg,
forår 2022
Ordinær tilmelding: Ved tilmelding skal der vælges to
"Omr B" kurser i prioriteret rækkefølge. Ved færre
prioriteringer opfattes et andet "Omr B" kursus som 2.
prioritet. Tjek alle tilmeldinger inden du logger af
Selvbetjeningen. Hvis der opstår problemer med tilmelding til
Historiekurser kan der i tilmeldingsperioden hentes hjælp kl. 10-12
på tlf.: 51 29 98 32.
Eftertilmeldingsperioden: på kurser med ledige pladser
anvendes direkte holdplacering i Selvbetjeningen. Tjek alle
tilmeldinger inden du logger af Selvbetjeningen.
- Credit
- 15 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Other under invigilation
- Exam registration requirements
Aktuelle studieordninger for Historie og Studiehåndbogen [KA] og Studiehåndbogen [BA].
Criteria for exam assesment
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- HHIK02832U
- Credit
- 15 ECTS
- Level
- Full Degree MasterBachelor choice,Master’s minor subject
- Duration
- 1 semester
- Placement
- Spring
- Schedule
- See scheme link
- Course is also available as continuing and professional education
- Study board
- Study Board of Archaeology, Ethnology, Greek & Latin, History
Contracting department
- SAXO-Institute - Archaeology, Ethnology, Greek & Latin, History
Contracting faculty
- Faculty of Humanities
Course Coordinators
- Haakon Andreas Ikonomou (8-737579787977797f4a727f7738757f386e75)