Global Studies Programme MA Modul 4
Taught in blocks, later start.
This seminar will be co-taught with Professor Genia Kostka, FU Berlin.
Please note: The 02.12. session will be replaced by 29.11. 16:00-18:00. Students who have conflicts with other courses for that one session can watch a recording of the lecture afterwards.
This course focuses on the development of students’ skills in interpreting and producing academic argument with an empirical foundation. Extending Burke’s metaphor of scholarship as an “unending conversation,” we focus on honing students’ abilities to engage in academic debate in the social sciences. To ground our inquiries in close reading of scholarly debate within one literature, this seminar is enfolded in a lecture series offered by the Berlin Contemporary China Network on “Contentious Politics in China—Past and Present.” The leading scholars from around the globe featured in this series will not only present the findings of their projects but also reflect on their individual research processes and the nature of their interventions in this particular unending conversation. While the debate featured in this seminar focuses on contemporary China, the broader lessons are applicable to any students interested in empirical research rooted in social science approaches.
Learning objectives:
Course evaluation: Active participation, completion of short assignments
Requirements: While some background knowledge of contemporary China is desirable, this course is open to all GSP students.
Methods and theories: Contentious politics
MAP: Essay
Contact: simone.lang@hu-berlin.de
