Current Curriculum
The annotated course catalog of the Summer Semester 2026 is available here.
For modules 4-9, please see the annotated course catalogue above.
Current Core Courses: Summer Semester 2026
M2: Global Histories
Tools of Control or Agents of Change? Global Histories and Legacies of Colonial Schools (Caterina Scalvedi)
Tue 2pm-4pm (Room A184, FMI)
The German Democratic Republic: Global Histories (Ned Richardson-Little)
Mon 12pm-2pm (Room A121, FMI)
The Welfare State in Global History (Jana Tschurenev)
Thu 12-2pm (Room A184, FMI)
German Colonialism in a Global Age (Sebastian Conrad)
Tue 8-10am (Room A125, FMI)
Everyday Late Socialism (Alexandra Oberländer)
Tue 2-4pm (Garystr. 55/105 Seminarraum)
Extractive Empires: Ressources, Power, and Knowledge in Northern Eurasia (Aleksandr Korobeinikov)
Wed 10am-12pm (Garystr. 55/105 Seminarraum)
Competing Globalizations: International Organizations and the Liberalization of the Service Sector after WWII (Heike Wieters)
Fri 2-4pm (Institutsgebäude - Friedrichstraße 191, Seminarraum 4026, Stockwerk: 4. OG)
Berlin 1878: A Congress for a New Order in the Balkans and the Orient (Hannes Grandits)
Thu 10am-12pm (Universitätsgebäude am Hegelplatz - Dorotheenstraße 24, Seminarraum 1.405, Stockwerk: 4. OG)
Studying Transregionality in Past and Present: Asian Perspectives (Claudia Derichs)
Tue 2-4pm (Edison-Höfe - Invalidenstraße 118, Seminarraum 117, Stockwerk: 1. OG)
Religion in Global History (Frederik Schröer)
Mon 2-4pm (Room A184, FMI)
Global Histories of Labour and Migration (Minu Haschemi Yekani)
Tue 8-10am (Room A184, FMI)
Feast and Famine in Global and International History (Carolyn Taratko)
Mon 10am-12pm (Room A127, FMI)
Academic Writing in Global History (Sarah Katherine Bellows-Blakely)
Fri 12-6pm (Fabeckstr. 23/25, Room 2.2051)
French Revolution? Introduction to a Global Event (Daniel Schönpflug)
Mon 6-8pm (Room A121, FMI)
Legacies of Violence in the Post-Soviet Space (Ruslana Bovhyria)
Mon 10am-12pm (Garystr. 55/302a Seminarraum)
Between Empire and Colony: A Long History of Siberia (Aleksandr Korobeinikov)
Fri 2-4pm (Garystr. 55/105 Seminarraum)
Dictatorships: A Global History (Stefanie Anna Middendorf)
Wed 10am-12pm (Institutsgebäude - Friedrichstraße 191, Seminarraum 5008, Stockwerk: 5. OG)
From Campus to Continent: Students, Local Activism, and Transnational Solidarities in South Asia of the Long 1960s (Sadia Bajwa)
Wed 4-6pm (Edison-Höfe - Invalidenstraße 118, Seminarraum 217, Stockwerk: 2. OG)
M3: Global Configuration
Tools of Control or Agents of Change? Global Histories and Legacies of Colonial Schools (Caterina Scalvedi)
Tue 2pm-4pm (Room A184, FMI)
The German Democratic Republic: Global Histories (Ned Richardson-Little)
Mon 12pm-2pm (Room A121, FMI)
The Welfare State in Global History (Jana Tschurenev)
Thu 12-2pm (Room A184, FMI)
German Colonialism in a Global Age (Sebastian Conrad)
Tue 8-10am (Room A125, FMI)
Everyday Late Socialism (Alexandra Oberländer)
Tue 2-4pm (Garystr. 55/105 Seminarraum)
Extractive Empires: Ressources, Power, and Knowledge in Northern Eurasia (Aleksandr Korobeinikov)
Wed 10am-12pm (Garystr. 55/105 Seminarraum)
Competing Globalizations: International Organizations and the Liberalization of the Service Sector after WWII (Heike Wieters)
Fri 2-4pm (Institutsgebäude - Friedrichstraße 191, Seminarraum 4026, Stockwerk: 4. OG)
Berlin 1878: A Congress for a New Order in the Balkans and the Orient (Hannes Grandits)
Thu 10am-12pm (Universitätsgebäude am Hegelplatz - Dorotheenstraße 24, Seminarraum 1.405, Stockwerk: 4. OG)
Studying Transregionality in Past and Present: Asian Perspectives (Claudia Derichs)
Tue 2-4pm (Edison-Höfe - Invalidenstraße 118, Seminarraum 117, Stockwerk: 1. OG)
Religion in Global History (Frederik Schröer)
Mon 2-4pm (Room A184, FMI)
Global Histories of Labour and Migration (Minu Haschemi Yekani)
Tue 8-10am (Room A184, FMI)
Feast and Famine in Global and International History (Carolyn Taratko)
Mon 10am-12pm (Room A127, FMI)
Academic Writing in Global History (Sarah Katherine Bellows-Blakely)
Fri 12-6pm (Fabeckstr. 23/25, Room 2.2051)
French Revolution? Introduction to a Global Event (Daniel Schönpflug)
Mon 6-8pm (Room A121, FMI)
Legacies of Violence in the Post-Soviet Space (Ruslana Bovhyria)
Mon 10am-12pm (Garystr. 55/302a Seminarraum)
Between Empire and Colony: A Long History of Siberia (Aleksandr Korobeinikov)
Fri 2-4pm (Garystr. 55/105 Seminarraum)
Dictatorships: A Global History (Stefanie Anna Middendorf)
Wed 10am-12pm (Institutsgebäude - Friedrichstraße 191, Seminarraum 5008, Stockwerk: 5. OG)
From Campus to Continent: Students, Local Activism, and Transnational Solidarities in South Asia of the Long 1960s (Sadia Bajwa)
Wed 4-6pm (Edison-Höfe - Invalidenstraße 118, Seminarraum 217, Stockwerk: 2. OG)
M11: Current Historical Research
Global History Colloquium
Sebastian Conrad
Tue 4-6pm (Room A336, FMI)
M12: Colloquium
Mastercolloquium Global History
Sebastian Conrad
Mon 11am-12pm (Room A320, FMI)
Additional Classes at the University of Potsdam
This semester, there are are some classes at the University of Potsdam that our students can also attend. These courses cannot be registered on Campus Management. Instead, at the end of the semester, please get a participation certificate signed, and come to our office hours. The classes can be credited for the modules listed below after consultation with the program coordinator.
For questions about classes at the University of Potsdam and to register your participation, please contact the relevant lecturer, or for general enquiries, Prof. Dr. Marcia Schenck: marcia.schenck@uni-potsdam.de
Order and Security in (post-)colonial Africa (20th century) MA Seminar
Marcia C. Schenck and Romain Tiquet
Thursdays 12-2pm, Room 1.04.3.06
M4, M5, M9
Doing Gender History MA Seminar
Riley Linebaugh
riley.linebaugh@uni-potsdam.de
Thursdays 12-2pm, Room 1.09.2.03
M4, M5, M9
Other additional courses advertised through the program via email (check your emails for course descriptions):
“Feeding the Planet, Eating the Earth: The Industrialization of Food since 1945”
Omri Polatsek
TU Berlin
M4, M5, M9
To register your participation in this class, please email omri.polatsek@tu-berlin.de
Course archive
Courses offered in the winter term 2025/26.
Courses offered in the summer term 2025.
Courses offered in the winter term 2024/25.
Courses offered in the summer term 2024.
Courses offered in the winter term 2023/24.
Courses offered in the summer term 2023.
Courses offered in the winter term 2022/23.
Courses offered in the summer term 2022.
Courses offered in the winter term 2021/22.
Courses offered in the summer term 2021.
Courses offered in the winter term 2020/2021.
Courses offered in the summer term 2020.
Courses offered in the winter term 2019/2020.
Courses offered in the summer term 2019.
Courses offered in the winter term 2018/19.
Courses offered in the summer term 2018.
Courses offered in the winter term 2017/2018.
Courses offered in the summer term 2017.
Courses offered in the winter term 2016/2017.
Courses offered in the summer term 2016.
Courses offered in the winter term 2015/2016.
Courses offered in the summer term 2015.
Courses offered in the winter term 2014/2015.
Courses offered in the summer term 2014.
Courses offered in the winter term 2013/2014.
Courses offered in the summer term 2013.
Courses offered in the winter term 2012/2013.
Amid the constant upheavals of the past half-decade—from COVID-19 to the ongoing wars in Europe and the Middle East and the neo-imperial agenda of the US—one thing has remained constant: our food has become ever more expensive. These intertwined crises have, in turn, exacerbated the nutritional divide between the Global North and South, pushing many people worldwide to the verge of hunger. This seminarexplores the history of our food systems, seeking to understand how they have become vulnerable to global shocks while persistently maintaining their uneven character from 1945 to the present.
