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The course is an introduction to the interdisciplinary field of Environmental Humanities, providing insight into this dynamic and emerging area and demonstrating how to integrate humanities subjects and perspectives into other domains of…

This multi-disciplinary course treats the question of life in the Universe. Where can life have developed? Must it be on a planet similar to Earth? How does life on a planet develop and evolve? Under what extreme circumstances can…

The course starts by problematising the concepts anti-semitism and islamophobia and continues by analysing how these concepts have been used in order to designate "the enemy" and in processes of religious, cultural and political …

In this course, we study how Christianity and Islam have historically influenced state power, and how they influence contemporary politics. We examine the challenges faced by religious minorities and why interreligious relations lead to…

Various types of crises will be discussed: crises caused by breakdowns in supply and demand chains; financial crises caused by the decline of (international) financial systems; demographic crises either caused by famine or disease. In the…

This course gives a deeper presentation of long term trends of economic and social development in Africa, with special focus on the agricultural sector. The course takes its point of departure in current challenges and debates and provides…

The course explores and explains the historical processes of rapid industrialisation and socio-economic modernisation in Pacific Asia. First, fundamental factors and forces behind the rise of Asia’s first industrial nation, Japan, are…

This course gives you a much improved first hand understanding of the rise of Asia’s two giants – China and India. First, modernisation and industrialisation in socialist China is explored from the pre-communist era until today. The…

The prospects for a sustainable energy transition that can save the climate in the age of Anthropocene will be addressed. Technology optimism will meet degrowth proponents. Outsourcing arguments via international trade will be scrutinized,…

A long-term institutional, structural and comparative perspective is applied throughout the course. Starting with medieval financial and monetary arrangements we study changes of financial systems until today with a specific focus on a)…

The course will introduce students to a representative selection of poetry from the British Romantic period (c. 1770-1830). This was a time of profound artistic, social, scientific, and epistemic change which witnessed the birth of …