Approaches to Intl/global Hist · History
I clearly understand what it is to do transnational and International history now.
Overview of different regions and periods in history, and lots of different ways of writing history.
I learned about the distinction between international and global history, as well as other topics in this subfield
both knowledge and methodology of thinking of history beyond national borders
I think, between the two offerings for Approaches this year, Tooze is less work, but Chamberlain is more educational. Tooze's course requires no weekly contribution outside of seminar participation. In comparison, Chamberlain's section seemed much more structured. If you preferred the hands-off approach of a celebrity professor, take Tooze. lf you want someone who will guide you to think about the themes of the course and teach you to structure an argument about international history, take Chamberlain.
I learned about the various ways historians write international and global history. I also learned how engage in discussions about books' strengths and weaknesses.
Stimulating lessons and discussions on varied approaches to doing transnational and global history.The course took me to nearly every part of the globe: Vietnam, Cuba, Mexico, etc. The intersections of global and Cold War politics with sports is perhaps my biggest takeaway in this course.
I acquired an important mass of historical knowledge in a lot of different fields: history of ideas, history of science and technology, political history, etc. I also learned more on historiography and how history is written and how to write history.
We learned about the scholarly work concerning international history, how undefined the field is and the problems it may present to us when doing our own research. However we have learned through several readings how different approaches may help us solve this in the long run.
I learned all about different ways of doing and thinking through international and world history - perspectives including environmental history; immigration and diaspora-focused history; Cold War / political history; Atlantic history; and postcolonial and anti-colonial history, among others.