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SoSe 18: "The First Age of Global Imperialism": Europe and the world 1760-1820 (auch Global History)

Daniel Schönpflug

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Unterrichtssprache Englisch Bitte beachten, dass sich nur 15 Teilnehmer von Global History und 15 Teilnehmervon Frühe Neuzeit anmelden dürfen.

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In recent years, Robert R. Palmer’s idea of an “age of democratic revolution” that unfolded on both sides of the Atlantic has been fundamentally challenged, among others by Christopher A. Bayly. Bayly emphasizes that modern revolutions can only be understood in the context of a world ruled by global empires with large colonial possessions. This seminar will explore groundbreaking scholarship that sheds new light on the origins, sequences of events, and consequences of revolutions that occurred around 1800. Our focus will be the French and the British empires: How could colonial investments lead to the downfall of the French monarchy, on the one hand, and to the establishment of Great Britain as a world power, on the other? What did the Declaration of Human Rights mean for slaves in European colonies? Were the revolutionary wars of 1792-1815 the “First World War” in history? How did Napoleonic warfare and European empire-building change global imperial structures and strategies? These are some of the questions that will guide us through recent scholarship and historical sources and will help us to understand to what extent the “Sattelzeit” can be understood as a threshold for globalization. Literature: Christopher A. Bayly, The Birth of the Modern World. Global Connections and Comparisons, 1780–1914, London (Blackwell) 2004. close

12 Class schedule

Regular appointments

Tue, 16:00 - 18:00 12 Class schedule

Tue, 2018-04-17 16:00 - 18:00

Lecturers:
Prof. Dr. Daniel Schönpflug