Since 2010, “Global History Lab: A History of the World since 1300” course, designed by Prof. Jeremy Adelman of the Department of History at Princeton, empowers students to address the history of the world from a global perspective.
Starting from the conquests of Chinggis Khan’s armies and up through the European global expansion in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, from the staggering wealth of China in the centuries up to 1750 till where the United States is headed — this is only a minor selection of questions that Global History Lab will inquire from students of EHU and Princeton, therefore reflecting on environmental, spiritual, economic, ideological, military and political combinations of the world’s history.
“Why should students of EHU dive in the 700 year-long depth of world’s history? So that, wherever you come to the surface of the 21st century, you know when to set ‘all hands on deck’ and how to ‘clap on sails'”, — says Prof. Aliaksandr Kalbaska, EHU’s member of the Global History Lab faculty team.
During the 4-ECTS course, which starts on June 22 and finished on August 8, EHU students will address the significances and legacies of empire in the world, the past and future of religions, the role of world wars and revolutions in shaping the international system over time.
The course will be instructed in an interactive distance format via Canvas and in addition to EHU and Princeton will involve students of the Bard College, American University of Central Asia, Al-Quds University and Bard College Berlin, what has become possible thanks to the support of the Open Society University Network.
In order to sign up for the ‘Global History Lab: A History of the World since 1300’ EHU students should contact Prof. Kalbaska via aliaksandr.kalbaska@ehu.lt and submit a motivational letter (up to 100 words) by June 5.