Topics in Modern and Contemporary Global History II
| Title | Θέματα Νεότερης και Σύγχρονης παγκόσμιας Ιστορίας Β' / Topics in Modern and Contemporary Global History II |
| Code | ΙΝΧ751 |
| Faculty | Philosophy |
| School | History and Archaeology |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 280007132 |
Programme of Study: PMS Archaiologías kai Istorías tīs Téchnīs (2012-sīmera)
Registered students: 0
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proïstorikīs Archaiologías tou kládou Archaiologías kai Istorías tīs Téchnīs | Elective Courses | Winter/Spring | - | 10 |
| Klasikīs Archaiologías tou kládou Archaiologías kai Istorías tīs Téchnīs | Elective Courses | Winter/Spring | - | 10 |
| Vyzantinīs Archaiologías tou kládou Archaiologías kai Istorías tīs Téchnīs | Elective Courses | Winter/Spring | - | 10 |
| Istorías tīs Téchnīs tou kládou Archaiologías kai Istorías tīs Téchnīs | Elective Courses | Winter/Spring | - | 10 |
| Academic Year | 2013 – 2014 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Faculty Instructors | |
| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Class ID | 280095430
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Course Type 2016-2020
- Scientific Area
- Skills Development
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/280095430
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
To develop a deep and profound knowledge on slavery and slave trade in modern times.
To follow the development of slavery from antiquity to modernity.
To be able to compare and to assess diverent types of slavery and correlate them to economic, political, ideological, religious and social developments.
General Competences
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
The seminar focuses on the phenomena of Slavery and the Slave Trade in Europe and the New World. Introductory presentations will be devoted to the origins of the phenomena in Ancient Greek and Roman times and their transformation during the Middle Ages, both in the Eastern and the Western worlds. The discussion will then shift to the world of Islam at large and of the Ottoman Empire in particular; the Slavic world; the re-emergence of the phenomena after the Age of Discovery and their crucial role in the Commercial Revolution; the Slave Trade in the Mediterranean and in the Americas; the critique of Slavery during the Enlightenment; theories of race; and the emancipation of slaves in the 19th century and especially in the era of the American Civil War. The series will end with a discussion of the Civil Rights Movement in the USA in the 1960s and the contemporary re-emergence of slavery and slave trade in the form of human trafficking.
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
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| Lectures | ✓ | ||||
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Student Assessment
Description
Assessment consists of (a) student preparation for the topics under discussion, participation in class discussion, and an oral presentation of the individual essay topic assigned to each student, giving a progress report on research, findings and method (50%); (b) a written essay (2.000-4.000 words) to be submitted at the end of the semester (50%)
Student Assessment methods
- Written Assignment (Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
Enrico Dal Lago και Constantina Katsari (ed.), Slave Systems, Ancient and Modern (2008)
David Brion Davis, The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution, 1770-1823 (1999)
David Brion Davis, The Problem of Slavery in Western Culture (1988)
Seymour Drescher, Abolition: A History of Slavery and Antislavery (2009)
Johannes Postma, The Atlantic Slave Trade (2003)
Junius Rodriguez (ed.), The Historical Encyclopaedia of World Slavery (1997)
Junius Rodriguez (ed.), Slavery in the United States: A Social, Political, and Historical Encyclopaedia (2007)
Ira Berlin, Many Thousands Gone: The First Two Centuries of Slavery in North America (1999)
Kevin Bales, Disposable People. New Slavery in the Global Economy (2004)
Kevin Bales (ed.), Understanding Global Slavery Today. A Reader (2005)
Last Update
09-01-2014
