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Europe and the World: Capitalism, Culture, International Politics 1200-1750 (2025/2026: Semester 2 – Spring)
Cursusdoel
After completing this course students are able to:
Relationship between assessment and learning goals:
- describe the most important developments in early modern Europe between 1500 and 1800 and the relevant historiographical debates
- examine contemporary society from a more distant perspective, seeing its implicit prejudices and rules through the mirror of another age
- recognize various ideas, writings and artifacts as belonging to a particular period
- evaluate historical texts with a critical attitude through sharpened attention for the context of its creation and style of argumentation
- process knowledge for written and oral presentation.
Relationship between assessment and learning goals:
| Description of assignment | Assesses course goals |
| Exam 1 Oral presentation Source critique Final assignment |
1,2,3 4,5 3,4,5 1,2,3,4,5 |
Vakinhoudelijk
This course gives a chronological overview of European history in the early modern period, while also covering the borderlines with medieval, modern, and world history. Developments during the early modern period, which spans from roughly the late fifteenth to late eighteenth century, laid the foundations for present-day Europe. States took on recognizable forms, merchants discovered new markets within and outside of Europe, and the Reformation, the scientific revolution and the Enlightenment yielded new insights and worldviews. Our perspective will include economic, political, social, and cultural aspects of different periods in the early modern age. The course develops a critical perspective towards widely disseminated notions about modernization, that described medieval and early modern society only as ‘stages’ in the development to modernity. Therefore, the course focuses on periods of a shorter time span within the early modern period, uncovering their idiosyncrasies as well as the interaction between different spheres: economy, political structures, mentality, etc. Generally speaking, specific themes are selected to enable the students to develop insight into the characteristics of these periods. From this starting point, finally, the subject of long term developments and trends are addressed. The subtle balance between the need to see similarities, structures and developments, and the necessity to discover ‘the past as another country’ forms the nexus of the course.
Format
The course begins with a short introductory lecture highlighting central themes. Having already studied the texts, students can use these lectures to ask any questions they may have. The core element follows in the longer sessions during which students give short oral presentations and chair the resulting discussions. Historical sources are used for classroom close-reading and students exchange their interpretations of the texts; questions from the course manual can also be debated. Students have the main responsibility for this longer session, guided by the teacher.
Relationship between tests and course goals
The final course grade is based on five elements: one written exam, one written essay, one oral presentation, one final assignment, and the student’s participation in class.
1. Written in-class exam: this tests your knowledge of the developments in the early modern period via essay questions.
2. Written essay: this tests your ability to write a comprehensive and convincing argument, based on secondary sources, in which you answer a question that is related to the topics we have covered during the seminar.
3. Oral in-class presentation: this tests your ability to present to the class a source or subject related to our theme of that week and to lead the discussion that follows.
4. Final assignment: this test your ability to creatively use the knowledge and skills that you have gained during the course. Students can choose to write a second essay or to produce a different product (for example by recording a podcast, producing a video, organizing an event).
5. Participation in class: this is based on your active participation in the seminars (asking and answering questions, participating in the discussions).
Format
The course begins with a short introductory lecture highlighting central themes. Having already studied the texts, students can use these lectures to ask any questions they may have. The core element follows in the longer sessions during which students give short oral presentations and chair the resulting discussions. Historical sources are used for classroom close-reading and students exchange their interpretations of the texts; questions from the course manual can also be debated. Students have the main responsibility for this longer session, guided by the teacher.
Relationship between tests and course goals
The final course grade is based on five elements: one written exam, one written essay, one oral presentation, one final assignment, and the student’s participation in class.
1. Written in-class exam: this tests your knowledge of the developments in the early modern period via essay questions.
2. Written essay: this tests your ability to write a comprehensive and convincing argument, based on secondary sources, in which you answer a question that is related to the topics we have covered during the seminar.
3. Oral in-class presentation: this tests your ability to present to the class a source or subject related to our theme of that week and to lead the discussion that follows.
4. Final assignment: this test your ability to creatively use the knowledge and skills that you have gained during the course. Students can choose to write a second essay or to produce a different product (for example by recording a podcast, producing a video, organizing an event).
5. Participation in class: this is based on your active participation in the seminars (asking and answering questions, participating in the discussions).
Werkvormen
standard UCU course
Toetsing
Final Assignment
Verplicht | Weging 40% | ECTS 3
Assignment(s) 1
Verplicht | Weging 30% | ECTS 2,25
Assignment(s) 2
Verplicht | Weging 30% | ECTS 2,25
*midterm FEEDBACK*
Niet verplicht
Ingangseisen en voorkennis
Ingangseisen
Er is geen informatie over verplichte ingangseisen bekend.
Voorkennis
Er is geen informatie over benodigde voorkennis bekend.
Voertalen
- Engels
Cursusmomenten
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Tentamens
Er is geen tentamenrooster beschikbaar voor deze cursus
Verplicht materiaal
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BOEKWiesner Hanks a.o., A history of World Societies 11th edition Combined Volume + Launchpad access ISBN 9781949374438. Hardcopy ISBN: 9781319058951
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BOEKBeat Kümin, The European World 1500—1800 An introduction to Early Modern History 3d. Edition
Aanbevolen materiaal
Er is geen informatie over de aanbevolen literatuur bekend
Coördinator
| dr. E. Jacobs | e.jacobs@uu.nl |
Docenten
| dr. E. Jacobs | e.jacobs@uu.nl |
Inschrijving
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