BA Early Modern and Modern History

The goal of the major field program in Early Modern and Modern History is to provide an overview of the historical periods from classical antiquity to the Middle Ages and profound knowledge of the modern period (starting in 1500), the ability to take a critical stance on the past and its interpretations and portrayals, insight into how history has shaped the development and conditions of contemporary society, an in-depth understanding for the otherness of past and foreign living environments through the study of the diachronic development of various cultures, and the ability to engage in networked thinking.