Course code

AIG6314.HT

old course code

Course title in Estonian

Saksa ajaloo seminar

Course title in English

Seminar in German History

ECTS credits

6.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

The course provides the opportunity to discover and discuss the entanglements between German and Baltic history.

Brief description of the course

Although Estonia has never been part of Germany for a longer period, the histories of both countries have been closely entangled throughout centuries. During the course we are discussing German entanglements in Baltic history as well the Baltic dimension in German history. Lectures provide the students with basic knowledge about the construction of German nationalism, the rise of the German Empire and its political visions concerning Eastern Europe, about the meaning of religion, education research and science, and about World War I, World War II, and the Cold War. In seminars we are reading and discussing texts that focus on special problems of German-Baltic entanglements in history.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- has a basic knowledge about the specific features of German history;
- knows about the historical dimensions of certain problems and features of Baltic-German entanglements;
- is able to reflect critically about the German role in Baltic hsitory and vice versa;
- is motivated to discuss about how different strategies have been used to speak about common features in history;
- knows some of the most important Baltic German historians and their theses.

Teacher

Ulrike Plath

Study programmes containing that course

Primary School Teacher (KAKLI/00.HR)
Primary School Teacher (KAKLI/18.HR)
History (AIAJB/20.HT)
History (AIAJB/19.HT)
Liberal Arts in Humanities (KKLHB/18.HT)
History (AIAJB/18.HT)
Primary School Teacher (KAKLI/16.HR)
History (AIAJB/17.HT)
Liberal Arts in Humanities (KKLHB/17.HT)
History (AIAJB/16.HT)
European Modern Languages and Cultures (GRENB/00.HT)
History (AIAJB/00.HT)