BA German and History
Description:
German and History form a strong degree combination with many interconnected topics available. There is strong historical slant to many of the optional topics that are offered within German Studies, reflecting the research interests of the teaching staff. In particular, students can choose options that focus on the study of historical documents, on Icons of Modern Germany, War and Catastrophe in the Early Nineteenth-Century and Germany in the Age of Revolution as well as on cinema, linguistics and literature. Students at Reading can also benefit from the unique opportunity to conduct research at the important archive of the Centre for East German Studies, the only facility of its kind in the UK.
Year 1
German Language (Advanced/Intermediate/Beginners)
Icons of Modern Germany
Approaches to History
Landmarks in History
Directed Study in History
Optional Modules including
The Inner Life of the German Language
Interpreting Historical Documents
Literary Reflections of Historical Events
The German Nazi Past and the Present
Year 2
German Language
Optional modules including:
Themes and Issues in History
Historical Themes in Practice
Three Periods & Skills such as:
Capetian France, 987- 1270
Kingship and Crisis in England, 1154 - 1330
The Politics of Religion: Britain 1529-1689
Shaping the Stuart World, 1603 - 1714
Social History of the USA 1815–1945
Sex in Britain, 1815–1982
Bertolt Brecht and the Drama of Revolt
Words in Action? An Introduction to linguistic pragmatics
East German Cinema
War, Hell and Family: Catastrophe in the Romantic Period
Feminism, Gender & Class in 19th century Germany
The World of Words: German Lexicology
Women and Biography in GDR Literature
Changing Media, Changing Texts
Year 3
Year Abroad
The choice of one of the following:
- studying at a German or Austrian University
-working as a Teaching Assistant at a German or Austrian school
- on a work placement with a German or Austrian firm
German Oral
Language Project
Dissertation Preparation
Final Year
Completion of dissertation
Choice of German language modules:
Advanced German Translation
Structure & Composition
Optional Modules including:
Writing the East: Literature of the GDR
Cinema of the Weimar Republic
Migration in Germany
Language in Politics
Nineteenth-century Vienna
Medieval Magic & Origins of the Witch Craze
Hundred Years War
French Revolution
Nuremberg Trial
Immigrants in the USA
Special Subjects
One Special Subject, such as:
Ritual, Myth & Magic in Early Modern Europe
Slavery & Slave Culture in Antebellum USA
Britain at War 1939–45
The New Deal