TR3.5

Global History, Intro

Houjun Liu 2021-09-27 Mon 12:00

Goal: how did the global history influence and cause us to end up where we are today?

History as familiar? vs. History as foreign? vs. History as present?

Curiosities from history


1 History as the reflection of the present

As these countries move forward in time, they could become interdependent

  • Events in history could reflect examples for the present

2 Big questions

  • When did world history became "global history"?
  • What forces connected the various regions in the world?
  • Since when and in what parts did world history became the history of the West?
    • Where is the West, anyways?
    • How do you define the West? # The Class ## Calendar/Course Outline
  • Unit 1: Empires
  • Unit 2: Europe
  • Unit 3: Imperialism
  • [break]
  • Unit 4: WWI
  • Unit 5: WWII
  • Lit Review Paper
  • Unit 6: Cold War

3 Expectations

These will probably be not very useful except for people taking HIST201 with Sushu. Nevertheless, this KBhHIST201SushuCourseExpectation is Sushu's course expectations.