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851-0062-00L 2 Credits DR D-GESS

Doctoral Seminar «History of Knowledge» (University of Zurich)

Doktorierendenseminar «Geschichte des Wissens» (Universität Zürich)

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Abstract

This doctoral seminar provides a platform for PhD projects in the history of knowledge.

Objective

We focus on the specific forms, circulations, and practices of knowledge, its discursive, cultural, and social, moreover its scientific, technological, media, and infrastructural, as well as its legal, economic, and political conditions and effects in global and transnational perspectives. Based on the participants' research projects, the seminar introduces the methods, relevant literature and current issues in the history of knowledge.

General Information

Language
German
Levels
DR

Examination

Type
graded semester performance
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Course Components

Type Title Time & Place Hours
seminar Doktorierendenseminar «Geschichte des Wissens» (Universität Zürich)
**Course at University of Zurich**
  • Wed 10:15-12:00
  • Wed None-None
14 h semesterly

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