2015 Past Events and Activities (July-9~)
Special Lecture:International Economic History and Sociology
[Instructor]
Dr. Gisela Hurlimann
University of Zurich
[Description]
The course consists of three modules containing lectures as well as seminars covering different aspects of the history of economic and technological development in the 19th and 20th century, public finance, fiscal sociology and socio-economic inequality, as well as the sociology of migration and the labor market. In the lectures, students will obtain an interdisciplinary overview and insight into the case of a small, open and highly globalized economy (Switzerland) in the European and international context. Similarities with and differences to the Japanese case – f.e. industrial high-tech orientation, a similar tax-to-GDP ratio, and low unemployment, but a large internal market in Japan and an important role of immigrant labor force in the Swiss case – will exemplify the use of comparative analysis. The lectures will contain elements of classical ex-cathedra teaching, supported with PowerPoint presentations and handouts, and offer time for questions and discussion.
The three seminars – for modules 2 and 3 – are conceived as an interactive teaching and learning form giving the students a platform for training their presentation and speech skills as well as for developing their own analysis and interpretation of topics which had been outlined in the corresponding lectures: A series of texts for each of the seminars will be suggested to / will be at the disposal of 1-2 students each to prepare a short presentation which then shall undergo a peer-comment before entering the plenary discussion. If students already are working on a paper / thesis close to one of the topics suggested, the seminar offers a platform to discuss their objectives, methods and preliminary findings.
[Intensive classes and Venue]
July 9 (Thursday) 16:30-18:00 Room 102
July 10 (Friday) 16:30-18:00 Room 101
July 13 (Monday) 8:45-12:00 Room 101
July 16 (Thursday) 16:30-18:00 Room 102
July 17(Friday) 16:30-18:00 Room 101
July 23 (Thursday) 16:30-18:00 Room 101
July 24 (Friday) 16:30-18:00 Room 101
July 27 (Monday) 8:45-12:00 Room 101
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