701-0791-00L  Environmental History - Introduction and Overview

SemesterSpring Semester 2020
LecturersM. Gisler
Periodicityyearly recurring course
Language of instructionGerman
CommentChange of semester: takes place in spring semester instead of autumn semester.

Number of participants limited to 100.



Courses

NumberTitleHoursLecturers
701-0791-00 VUmweltgeschichte - Einführung und ausgewählte Probleme2 hrs
Mon10:15-12:00CHN C 14 »
M. Gisler

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AbstractOur society faces a serious ecological crisis. Of what historical dimension is this crisis? How have human societies already in earlier times changed their environment, and, consequently, perhaps also ours? What were the main ecological challenges for societies and how did they change over time? And how did societies adapt to changing environmental conditions?
ObjectiveIntroduction into environmental history; survey of long-term development of human-nature-interrelations; discussion of selected problems. Improved ability to assess current problems from a historical perspective and to critically interrogate one's own standpoint.
Lecture notesCourse material is provided in digital form.
LiteratureMcNeill, John R. 2000. Something new under the sun: An environmental history of the twentieth-century world, New York: Norton.

Uekötter, Frank (Ed.) 2010. The turning points of environmental history, Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press.

Winiwarter, Verena und Martin Knoll 2007. Umweltgeschichte: Eine Einführung, Köln: Böhlau.
Prerequisites / NoticeStudents are asked to write an exam during the last session

Performance assessment

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Performance assessment as a semester course
ECTS credits2 credits
ExaminersM. Gisler
Typeend-of-semester examination
Language of examinationGerman
RepetitionA repetition date will be offered in the first two weeks of the semester immediately consecutive.

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Places100 at the most
Waiting listuntil 28.02.2020

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