This is the fourth course of Specialisation 6: Globalisation and World Order.
(English track International Relations/History).
This series of classes takes an in-depth look at the problems associated with decolonisation and the formation of the post-colonial world. Decolonisation was one of the most far-reaching events of the twentieth century. During a period hardly spanning twenty years, nearly all the colonies of the western powers became independent. This had major consequences for global relations, not only because there were suddenly dozens of new countries on the world map running their own brand of international politics, but also because Third World countries attempted to form a counterweight to the influences of the world’s existing (capitalist and communist) powers. This class focuses on the question of how imperialism and decolonisation have determined the relationships in the world and what alternatives were formulated in the non-western world. In this course, students learn to view the world from the perspective of the decolonised, non-western world. It is a research seminar in which students conduct intensive archival research on a specific topic of their choice from the ‘Global South’.
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