HHIK01835U HIS 83. A Global History of the First World War
History
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HIS 83. A Global History of the First World War
When you consider the First World War you might imagine English,
French, and Germans soldiers facing each other in muddy trenches on
the Western Front. Yet, the First World War was also about sand,
movement, and Australian diggers, Indian sepoys or African askari
in Iraq, East Africa, and Papua-New Guinea. With all belligerent
nations being imperial powers, millions of men and women on all
continents were drawn into the war effort as soldiers or labourers,
transported to different parts of the world. Thus the war created
global encounters between individuals and groups of different
ethnicities, languages, and religions on an unprecedented scale.
Questions of national belonging, cultural practices, gender
relations, and racial stereotypes not only occupied military and
political authorities, but also ordinary citizens and soldiers
across the globe.
The period before 1914 has been described as the ‘first
globalisation’ with the European colonial empires connecting
distant parts on the world in a complex network of political,
economic, and cultural dependence. The First World War can be
regarded as both the climax and endpoint of this development. This
module aims to provide an insight into the political world order
shaped through competition between the European imperial powers and
the growing nationalism in their overseas territories.
You will be studying the reasons why and how different parts of the
world were turned into theatres of war and assess the short- and
long-term social and political consequences of the conflict from a
global perspective. The ambivalent legacy of the war includes the
vast expansion of the European empires through the new mandates in
the Middle East, but also the growth of anti-imperialism and
creation of the League of Nations as a trans- and international
organisation.
Thus this module will provide you with insight into the roots of
some current international conflicts, expose you to one of the most
innovative fields of current historical research and allow you to
engage with concepts of nationalism, imperialism and race from
various perspectives.
- Jörn Leonhard: Pandora’s Box: A History of the First
World War. London, 2018.
- William Mulligan: The Great War for Peace. London,
2014.
- Hew Strachan: Første Verdenskrig. København,
2014.
Specialised editions:
- Race, Empire and First World War Writing. Ed.: Santanu
Das. Cambridge, 2011.
- Empires at War: 1911-1923. Eds.: Robert
Gerwarth & Erez Manela. Oxford, 2014.
- Empires in World War. Eds.: Andrew T. Jarboe &
Richard S. Fogarty. London, 2014.
Online resources:
https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/home/
http://sourcebook.cegcproject.eu
- Category
- Hours
- Class Instruction
- 56
- Preparation
- 203
- Exam Preparation
- 129,5
- Total
- 388,5
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KA, hovedfag: Historie: Omr B, efterår
2021
KA, sidefag: Historie: Omr B (sidefag), efterår
2021
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Historie]: Historie: Internt BA-tilvalg,
efterår 2021
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- 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
- HHIK01835U
- Credit
- 15 ECTS
- Level
- Full Degree MasterBachelor choice,Master’s minor subject
- Duration
- 1 semester
- Placement
- Autumn
- 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
- Daniel Steinbach (9-7c7d6e72776b6a6c7149717e7637747e376d74)