THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD in Fall 2024 (HI1003B)

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Beginning with the bipolar world of the Cold War, focuses on ideological struggles of the West, East, and Third World and the reactions of nations to the politics of the superpowers. Topics range from decolonization to the rise of the new Asia, African independence, the reemergence of the Muslim world, the collapse of communism, globalization and clash of world cultures.

Course Master: 
THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD (HI1003)
Term: 
Fall 2024
Discipline: 
HI (History)
Credits: 
4 credits
Type: 
CCI
Level: 
Undergraduate
Can be taken twice for credit?: 
No
Exam Date: 
Monday, December 16, 2024 - 16:00
Pre-requisites: 
None
Co-requisites: 
None

Professor(s)

Learning Outcomes

  1. Different approaches to studying history, ranging from cultural, intellectual, social, and political movements
  2. How to think of our contemporary world globally, spatially, and chronologically
  3. To analyse, critique and interpret both secondary and primary sources, through individual reading and writing and through group seminar discussion
  4. Local and Global Perspectives: Students will enhance their intercultural understanding of languages, cultures, and histories of local societies and the global issues to which these relate. (LO1CCI)
  5. Exploring and Engaging Difference: Students will think critically about cultural and social difference; they will identify and understand power structures that determine hierarchies and inequalities that can relate to race, ethnicity, gender, nationhood, religion, or class. (LO3CCI)
  6. Civic and Ethical Engagement: Students will demonstrate awareness of ethical considerations relating to specific societal problems, values, or practices (historical or contemporary; global or local) and learn to articulate possible solutions to prominent challenges facing societies and institutions today so as to become engaged actors at various levels in our interconnected world. (LO4CCI)

Syllabus

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Book List

TitleAuthorPublisherISBN Number
Algiers, Third World Capital: Freedom Fighters, Revolutionaries, Black Panthers
Elaine Mokhtefi
Verso
9781788730037

Schedule

Start Date: 
Monday, September 2, 2024
End Date: 
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
DayStart TimeEnd TimeRoom
Monday
15:20
16:40
C-103
Thursday
15:20
16:40
C-103