The seminar is dedicated to the history of the native peoples in the Americas - a history that stands exemplarly for the fate of indigenous populations between oppression and self-assertion in the context of a process of globalization that initiated with the European expansion to the "New World".

The U.S. – Mexican border demarcates the separation of the global "North" from the global "South", yet also serves as a space of a variety of encounters. This course will analyze not only the political significance and territorial shifts, but also social, economic and cultural phenomena of the border.

In the colloquium will be discussed historical aspects of the fast growing interconnectedness of human life's spheres at a world scale as well as the concepts aiming at the analysis of the phenomenon framing it in the notion of globalization.

'Globalization' has become a keyword of our times and occasionally even provides the name of a new epoch. In the colloquium we will read and discuss textes, that deal from a historical point of view with the complex developments of globalization in its social, economic, political as well as cultural dimensions.

The lecture deals with the representation of historical events, processes and figures in movies. Focussing on selected themes of contemporary history, the course investigates the ways films produce views of the past.

The course gives an overview of important developments in the political, economic, social and cultural spheres of twentieth century Latin America. In the colloquium will be deepend the discussion of selected aspects of this history.

The course offers an overview of important developments in the political, economic, social and cultural spheres of twentieth century Latin America.

The lecture is mainly dedicated to the history of Mexico, Brazil and Argentina in the late 19th and in the 20th century, nevertheless there will be discussed also developments in smaller countries like Cuba or Chile.

The course deals with the often heard claim, that it is possible or even necessary to learn from history. It examines the question how historiography produces its knowledge and offers an introduction to the discussion of the social function of history.

The course introduces students to the basic concepts of migration studies and discusses examples of migration movements of the last five centuries in different world regions.

The course is dedicated to the history of migration between Mexico and the United States and to the history of control of these migratory movements. The role of technological change and scientific discourses in these developments will be a subject of special interest in the discussions.

The course analyzes how societies deal with the legacies of genocide and massive violations of human rights and discusses the politics of memory and oblivion, the strategies of prosecution and amnesty.

The lecture deals with global historical developments in the second half of the 19th century and in the first two decades of the 20th century.The colloquium deepens selected topics discussed in the lecture.