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Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences History Module Catalogue Study Abroad Students Semester Two 2017/2018 Module Code: Module Name: Module Credits: No. of Periods: Level: Module Tutor: HS1010A British History Introductory Module: English History 1272-1500 15 1 Level 4 Module Description: This module establishes the nature of late medieval England and examines its development over two hundred years that are punctuated with major crisis: in international relations (the Hundred Years' War) in domestic politics (the violent deaths of five kings); the Church (the rise of Lollardy); and the economy and society (the Black Death). It ends with the beginnings of recovery - political, economic and social - in the two centuries after the Black Death. Specific to: Ancient, Classical and Medieval Studies American Studies and History Education Studies and History English Literature and History Global History and Politics History and Archaeology History and the Modern World History History and the Medieval World Assessments: Availability: Occ. A Year 17/18 Semester S2 Module Code: Module Name: Module Credits: No. of Periods: Level: Module Tutor: HS1057 British Introductory Module: Uniting The Kingdom? Britain, 1660-1837 15 1 Level 4 Gordon Mckelvie Module Description: Between the restoration of the Stuart monarchy and the accession of Queen Victoria, Britain was united in by Union in 1707, threatened by internal rebellion in 1715 and 1745, lost a chunk of empire in 1776, and went to war with European rivals five times in this period. Yet this is also the period in which Britain’s economy began to industrialise, its constitution was transformed, and its culture and science flourished. The population increased and became more mobile and more literate and – significantly – less deferential. In this module we explore how modern Britain was shaped by this dramatic period. Throughout, as we explore aspects of British political, economic, social and cultural history, we consider the ways in which a global perspective informs an understanding of domestic life in Britain. Specific to: Ancient, Classical and Medieval Studies American Studies and History Education Studies and History English Literature and History Global History and Politics History and Archaeology History and the Modern World History History and the Medieval World Assessments: Availability: Occ. A Year 17/18 Semester S2 Module Code: HS1060 International Introductory Module: Europe In The High Middle Ages Module Name: (C.800 – C.1200) Module Credits: 15 No. of Periods: 1 Level: Level 4 Module Tutor: Robert Houghton Module Description: This module provides an introduction to the high middle ages (c.800-c.1200). The central middle ages were a period of momentous change and form the foundation of modern Europe. At the start of the period Europe and the Mediterranean were dominated by the Carolingian, Byzantine and Abbasid empires. By the end of the period these empires had fractured and been replaced by numerous smaller kingdoms, many of which exist in some form today. This module examines the causes and consequences of the fundamental social, political, religious, military and economic changes which characterised this period. It also addresses the impact of these changes on later periods. Specific to: Ancient, Classical and Medieval Studies American Studies and History Classical Studies Education Studies and History English Literature and History Global History and Politics History and Archaeology History and the Modern World History History and the Medieval World Assessments: Availability: Occ. A Year 17/18 Semester S2 Module Code: HS1063 International Introductory Module: Barbarians, Byzantines, And Beyond Module Name: (400-814Ce) Module Credits: 15 No. of Periods: 1 Level: Level 4 Module Tutor: Carey Fleiner Module Description: This module considers the general trends and historical framework of the period c. A.D. 400 to A.D. 814, a tumultuous time in European history. This survey looks at the later Western Roman Empire; the rise of the Byzantine, or Eastern Roman Empire; the establishment of the Germanic kingdoms in the West; the rise of the Christian Church, the Papacy, and monasticism in the West; the origins of Islam and its relationship with Western Europe; and the beginnings of the Carolingian dynasties. Themes covered include political and military, social and economic, literary and art history, and the types of historical sources available for this period. This module links the Classical period to the early Middle Ages and lays the foundation for understanding the continuity from Antiquity into the medieval period and the influence of the Romans, the Christian Church, and Germanic culture and institution on medieval culture, politics, and institutions. Specific to: Ancient, Classical and Medieval Studies American Studies and History Classical Studies Education Studies and History English Literature and History Global History and Politics History and Archaeology History and the Modern World History History and the Medieval World Assessments: Availability: Occ. A Year 17/18 Semester S2 Module Code: HS1065 International Introductory Module: Europe And The Americas (1763Module Name: 1914) - Change And Interchange Module Credits: 15 No. of Periods: 1 Level: Level 4 Module Tutor: Graciela Iglesias Rogers Module Description: This module introduces students to main concepts and developments in the history of the Old and the New worlds at a period marked by both rupture and increasing interconnection. This is achieved by exploring a wide variety of topics ranging from demographic trends and social structures to revolutions, wars of liberation, nationalism and imperialism, with an emphasis upon the significance of mobility and exchange – in goods, ideas and people – and upon supra-regional phenomena, including religions, patterns of consumption, environmental stresses and the impact of scientific and technical knowledge. Specific to: Ancient, Classical and Medieval Studies American Studies and History Education Studies and History English Literature and History Global History and Politics History and Archaeology History and the Modern World History History and the Medieval World Assessments: Availability: Occ. A Year 17/18 Semester S2 Module Code: Module Name: Module Credits: No. of Periods: Level: Module Tutor: HS2302 Option A: The World Of Alexander The Great 15 1 Level 5 Eoghan Moloney Module Description: This module will provide an introduction to the major issues, historical sources and methods involved in studying the political, social and cultural history of the ancient Hellenic states at the end of the Classical period, and will review how the great age of the polis, supposedly, came to an end, and how the Macedonian kingdom rose to prominence. It continues, too, to consider the careers of the great Argead monarchs and how Philip II and Alexander the Great transformed the world even beyond Greece and ushered in the Hellenistic Age. Critical scrutiny of literary sources (including authors such as Xenophon, Diodorus, Arrian, and Plutarch) and material remains, as well as thoughtful analysis of scholarship, will also be undertaken. Specific to: Ancient, Classical and Medieval Studies Classical Studies Education Studies and History English Literature and History Global History and Politics History and Archaeology History, Civilisations and Beliefs History History Joint History and the Medieval World Assessments: Availability: Occ. A Year 17/18 Semester S2 Module Code: Module Name: Module Credits: No. of Periods: Level: Module Tutor: HS2304 Option A: Culture And Society In Republican Rome 506-44 B.C. 15 1 Level 5 Carey Fleiner Module Description: This module examines primarily the political, economic, social, and cultural life of the era of the Roman Republic from 506-44 B. C., although the influence of the regnal period (8thC B. C.) as well as consequences of Caesar’s assassination on subsequent civil strife (and settlement) will be considered. During this era the Romans developed a system of government overseen by men elected to public life by the citizen body: the module will explore how the Romans defined themselves as Roman while at the same time assimilating those cultures and civilisations they encountered. It will look at the development of political institutions such as the cursus honorum as well as the evolution of the Roman army and the acquisition of an empire. Cultural developments such as history writing, the effects of Hellenisation, and Roman daily life (the household, slavery, entertainment) and others may also be included. The impact and reception of Republican institutions and key figures on later eras, such as the Renaissance, early America, and modern popular media may also be considered. Critical scrutiny of literary sources (including authors such as Cicero, Caesar, and Plautus) and material remains as well as thoughtful analysis of scholarship will also be undertaken. Specific to: Ancient, Classical and Medieval Studies Classical Studies Education Studies and History English Literature and History Global History and Politics History and Archaeology History, Civilisations and Beliefs History History and the Medieval World Assessments: 001: 002: Critical Commentary (1,000 Words) Examination (2 Hours) Availability: Occ. A Year 17/18 Semester S2 50% 50% Module Code: Module Name: Module Credits: No. of Periods: Level: Module Tutor: HS2310 Option A: The First English Empire: C. 1100 To C. 1350 15 1 Level 5 Gordon Mckelvie Module Description: Throughout the middle ages the king of England’s lands were not confined to the area that constitutes modern-day England, as English successive kings claimed overlordship over the rest of the British Isles. This concept reached its zenith during the reign of Edward I (12721307). Yet, Edward I’s reign was part of a much longer story that stretched back at least two centuries. English dominance, in various political, cultural, linguistic and military forms, over the rest of the British Isles has led some historians to suggest that, long before there was worldwide British Empire, there was a medieval English Empire. This module examines the nature of England’s relationships with Scotland, Ireland and Wales as well as the effect that relations with England, in turn, had on the histories of Scotland, Ireland and Wales between the twelfth and fourteenth centuries. The French and Papal contexts of these relations are also considered. Specific to: Ancient, Classical and Medieval Studies Education Studies and History English Literature and History History and Archaeology History, Civilisations and Beliefs History History and the Medieval World Assessments: Availability: Occ. A Year 17/18 Semester S2 Module Code: Module Name: Module Credits: No. of Periods: Level: Module Tutor: HS2312 Option A: Culture And Society In Late Medieval England 15 1 Level 5 Rebecca Oakes Module Description: This module considers the changing society of England between c.1250 and 1540: a period riven by such crises as the Hundred Years War, the Black Death, and the Rise of Lollardy. It considers the Church in all its facets, the lives and cultures of the aristocracy, townsmen and peasants, opportunities for self-advancement and expression, and examines such positive developments as the rise of literacy, schooling and the professions. Specific to: Ancient, Classical and Medieval Studies Education Studies and History English Literature and History History and Archaeology History, Civilisations and Beliefs History History and the Medieval World Assessments: Availability: Occ. A Year 17/18 Semester S2 Module Code: Module Name: Module Credits: No. of Periods: Level: Module Tutor: HS2401 Option A: Golden Age Of Spain 15 1 Level 5 Ellie Woodacre Module Description: Following the unification of four Iberian kingdoms 1469-92, Spain became the dominant superpower throughout the 16th and much of the 17th century. Spanish monarchs ruled at various times much of northern Europe, Italy and the Americas. Spaniards were at the forefront of discovery, of the battles against the Turks and Protestants, and of the Catholic Reformation. The Golden Age was accompanied by great achievements in spirituality, literature, and the visual arts. Underpinning all this was the wealth of the Americas, but in other ways Spain became impoverished, its industry collapsed and its once invincible armies were defeated. Spain's meteoric rise and spectacular decline continues to be a source of fascination and debate among historians, making this era an excellent case study for European and indeed global history in this period. Specific to: American Studies and History Education Studies and History English Literature and History History and Archaeology History, Civilisations and Beliefs History and the Modern World History History and the Medieval World Assessments: Availability: Occ. A Year 17/18 Semester S2 Module Code: Module Name: Module Credits: No. of Periods: Level: Module Tutor: HS2602 Option A: War As A Life Experience (18Th-20Th Centuries) 15 1 Level 5 Graciela Iglesias Rogers Module Description: This module studies war as a personal experience rather than from the perspective of military theory and strategy. Students will be able to appreciate at close range the 'shock and awe' of warfare as felt by both combatants and civilians from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. This will be achieved by following the personal journeys of soldiers and communities affected by various conflicts around the globe. Topics to be studied may include the social and cultural consequences of conscription, the practice and reasons behind war volunteering both at home and abroad, motivations for irregular warfare, desertion and draft-dodging, and the reactions of authorities, medical experts and communities to cases of what today would be considered as 'post-dramatic stress syndrome'. There will be also a chance to look at the impact of war on socio-economics and on the development of visual arts, music and drama. Specific to: American Studies and History Education Studies and History English Literature and History Global History and Politics History and Archaeology History, Civilisations and Beliefs History and the Modern World History Assessments: 001: 002: Critical Commentary (1,000 Words) Examination (2 Hours) Availability: Occ. A Year 17/18 Semester S2 50% 50% Module Code: HS2606 Option A: The British Raj, From The 'Indian Mutiny' To Gandhi - 1857Module Name: 1947 Module Credits: 15 No. of Periods: 1 Level: Level 5 Module Tutor: Xavier Guegan Module Description: This module focuses on a period - the second-half of the nineteenth century / first half of the twentieth century - which saw the formation of a strong colonial and imperial society in India: the British Raj, and we will examine the interaction between the British and the Indian societies in detail: How, through the Indian Mutiny, which put an end to the East Indian Company, the British increased their presence in India; the implications of their presence in the subcontinent (both for people living in India and people living in Great Britain); the meanings of 'imperialism' and 'orientalism'; the participants in the creation of the Raj - politicians, writers, artists, etc. and how reaction to the British Empire became an aspiration to independence. The second focus aims to provide a broad survey of modern Indian social, cultural and political history, particularly in the period 1880-1947. It explores the development of modern South Asian politics in the twentieth century by analysing the growth of a mass-based nationalist movement and assessing the terms on which different social groups participated in it. The process of decolonisation is analysed as a response to mounting political pressure from the anti-colonial movement and the failure of British efforts to contain it through repression and limited political devolution. Important themes which will be covered include: the contribution of Gandhian concepts of non-violent struggle to mass mobilisation; the participation of different social and religious groups such as peasants, tribal groups, Hindus and Muslims, and women - in the nationalist movement. Specific to: American Studies and History Assessments: 001: 002: Critical Commentary (1,000 Words) Examination (2 Hours) Availability: Occ. A Year 17/18 Semester S2 50% 50% Module Code: Module Name: Module Credits: No. of Periods: Level: Module Tutor: HS2609 Option A: Revolutionary Russia, 1900-1924 15 1 Level 5 Natalya Chernyshova Module Description: This module invites students to examine the revolutionary transformations that shook Russia in 1917 and changed the course of European history. Some of the key questions to be addressed concern the balance between ideological and incidental factors in the revolutionary dynamics, the role of various individuals, as well as that played by Russia's economic, political and cultural idiosyncrasies. Students will have an opportunity to engage with the rich historiography on the subject and assess various interpretations of the revolution, as well as examine primary sources. Specific to: American Studies and History Education Studies and History English Literature and History Global History and Politics History and Archaeology History, Civilisations and Beliefs History and the Modern World History Assessments: 001: 002: Critical Commentary (1,000 Words) Examination (2 Hours) Availability: Occ. A Year 17/18 Semester S2 50% 50% Module Code: Module Name: Module Credits: No. of Periods: Level: Module Tutor: HS2610 Option A: Nazism And The Holocaust 15 1 Level 5 Emiliano Perra Module Description: This module explores life and death under the Third Reich in Germany and in Nazi occupied Europe, with particular reference to the extermination of the Jews. It will investigate the nature of the Third Rech and the society that it tried to create as well as the process and progress of the Holocaust. Themes explored in the module might include the rhetoric and reality of the National Socialist People's Community, Nazi racial utopia and how far it relied on the consent of the German people, the decision-making process leading up to the extermination of the Jews of Europe, and the place of the Holocaust within Nazi genocidal plans. Specific to: American Studies and History Education Studies and History English Literature and History Global History and Politics History and Archaeology History, Civilisations and Beliefs History and the Modern World History Assessments: 001: 002: Critical Commentary (1,000 Words) Examination (2 Hours) Availability: Occ. A Year 17/18 Semester S2 50% 50% Module Code: Module Name: Module Credits: No. of Periods: Level: Module Tutor: HS2703 Option B: Classical World On Film 15 1 Level 5 Eoghan Moloney Module Description: Often both popular and academic perceptions of the Classical World are shaped by films and television programmes form 1964's Cleopatra to 2006's 300. Such films also tell us about the era in which they were filmed - from the 1950s warring he-men of Fall of the Roman Empire to the sensitive family man of 1999's Gladiator - and also act as social satire and commentary of modern times despite their contemporary themes: 1979's Life of Brian, for example. This module will reflect on the relationship between popular culture, academic input (if any), and influences of contemporary trends, politically and socially, on films set in antiquiity. Categories of film may include the big 'cast of 1000s' blockbusters, sword 'n' sandal adventures, religious themes, and comedies as a study of films set in Ancient Greece and Rome not only reflect how classical reception is shaped on the silver and small screens in the 20th and 21st centuries, but may also be reveal much in terms of political, social, and religious themes shaping our own current culture. Specific to: Ancient, Classical and Medieval Studies Classical Studies Education Studies and History English Literature and History History and Archaeology History, Civilisations and Beliefs History History and the Medieval World Assessments: 002: Assignment I: Individual Oral Presentation Assignment Ii: Essay (2,000 Words) Availability: Occ. A Year 17/18 001: Semester S2 40% 60% Module Code: Module Name: Module Credits: No. of Periods: Level: Module Tutor: HS2704 Option B: The Age Of The Vikings 15 1 Level 5 Ryan Lavelle Module Description: The Viking Age is popularly marked by the violent outburst of attacks upon monastic sites in western Europe at the end of the eighth century and by the death of a major Norwegian king in 1066. This module addresses the extent to which Scandinavian influence in Europe during the ‘Viking Age’ can be characterised by the violence of such activities. Areas affected by Viking influence and settlement are addressed in terms of both the shock of the Viking raids and the resultant accommodation to social and political change. The modules addresses such issues as the reasons for the origins of Viking activities, the responses to those activities, interactions between communities and the longer-term changes as new societies emerged in the areas settled by the Vikings. Specific to: Ancient, Classical and Medieval Studies Education Studies and History English Literature and History History and Archaeology History, Civilisations and Beliefs History History and the Medieval World Assessments: 002: Assignment I: Individual Oral Presentation Assignment Ii: Essay (2,000 Words) Availability: Occ. A Year 17/18 001: Semester S2 40% 60% Module Code: Module Name: Module Credits: No. of Periods: Level: Module Tutor: HS2804 Option B: Gender In Europe And North America, C.1500-1914 15 1 Level 5 Simon Sandall Module Description: The module will explore gender roles and ideologies in Europe and North America between the sixteenth- and twentieth-centuries. From an introductory exploration of medieval ideas of gender and the body, we examine the impact of religious reformation, developments in warfare, settlement of the New World, Enlightenement, revolution, radicalism, agrarian change, industrialisation literature and urbanisation on the ways that men and women understood their world and their place in it. Specific to: American Studies and History Education Studies and History English Literature and History English Language Studies Single Honours Global History and Politics History and Archaeology History, Civilisations and Beliefs History and the Modern World History History and the Medieval World Assessments: 002: Assignment I: Individual Oral Presentation Assignment Ii: Essay (2,000 Words) Availability: Occ. A Year 17/18 001: Semester S2 40% 60% Module Code: Module Name: Module Credits: No. of Periods: Level: Module Tutor: HS2902 Option B: The Rise Of High Speed Society (18Th-20Th Centuries) 15 1 Level 5 Graciela Iglesias Rogers Module Description: Speed has been described as the hallmark of modernity. In this course, students will have a chance to explore how, as the pace of life quickened through a series of technological innovations (i.e. the railways, the telegraph) a desire for greater accuracy in timekeeping and for shared time conventions, increased accordingly. We shall trace the forging of a global ‘high-speed society’ for which concepts such as express delivery, fast food and news on the hour require little explanation. Particular attention will be placed on the development of intellectual movements that either resisted or embraced these notions and on factors that transformed what people ate, thought and wore from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries. There will be also a chance to look into the way people reconfigured ideas about maturity and different stages of life such as childhood and youth. Specific to: American Studies and History Education Studies and History English Literature and History Global History and Politics History and Archaeology History, Civilisations and Beliefs History and the Modern World History Assessments: 002: Assignment I: Individual Oral Presentation Assignment Ii: Essay (2,000 Words) Availability: Occ. A Year 17/18 001: Semester S2 40% 60% Module Code: Module Name: Module Credits: No. of Periods: Level: Module Tutor: HS2903 Option B: American Slavery 15 1 Level 5 Neil Curtin Module Description: This module focuses upon the institution of slavery from its origins in the colonial South to its collapse during the American Civil War. It explores the growth of the plantation system, the changing nature of the master-slave relationship, and the emergence of a distinctive African American culture. The module aims to provide a detailed understanding of the slave experience adn of the impact of slavery on the society and culture of the Old South as well as an appreciation of the continuing sensitivity surrounding the legacy of the South's 'peculiar institution'. Specific to: American Studies and History Education Studies and History English Literature and History English Language Studies Single Honours Global History and Politics History and Archaeology History, Civilisations and Beliefs History and the Modern World History Assessments: 002: Assignment I: Individual Oral Presentation Assignment Ii: Essay (2,000 Words) Availability: Occ. A Year 17/18 001: Semester S2 40% 60%