BA ANCIENT HISTORY AND HISTORY

Title:

Roman History: the rise and fall of the Republic

Code:

CL1RH

Convenor:

DR Andreas Gavrielatos

Summary:

This module investigates the mid- and late Republican history of Rome (2nd century BC to late first century BC), a period marked by profound socio-political changes which ultimately led to the crisis of the Republican institutions. It introduces students to the main types of evidence for ancient history and to modern methodological approaches.

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 50%

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Title:

Greek History: war, society, and change in the Archaic Age

Code:

CL1GH

Convenor:

DR Emma Aston

Summary:

This module will introduce students to a period of Greek history too often neglected in first-year study, one which established the foundations of the Classical World and saw the emergence of political and social forms still influential today. Starting in the eighth century BC and ending with the Persian invasions of Greece in the early fifth, the module tracks the upheavals, innovations and conflicts of the age, across Greece and beyond.

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 40%, Class test 10%

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Title:

Journeys through History 1:Power and People

Code:

HS1JH1

Convenor:

DR Elizabeth Matthew

Summary:

Compulsory for all SINGLE SUBJECT History students and all JOINT-HONOURS with History, this module offers an introduction to the political and social history of Europe and the world in the last millennium

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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Title:

Journeys through History 2: Culture and Concepts'

Code:

HS1JH2

Convenor:

PROF Anne Lawrence

Summary:

This module is compulsory for all SINGLE SUBJECT History students and for all JOINT Honours with History students.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 50%, Set exercise 50%

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Title:

Research Skills and Opportunities in History

Code:

HS1RSO

Convenor:

DR Ruth Salter

Summary:

Compulsory for all SINGLE-SUBJECT History and JOINT-HONOURS with History students, this module is crucial to the research and employability strands of the History degree programme.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 25%, Set exercise 25%, Project 50%

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Title:

Radical Philosophy

Code:

PP1RP

Convenor:

PROF Maximilian De Gaynesford

Summary:

From Plato and Marx to contemporaries like Judith Butler, Slavoj Zizek, Catharine MacKinnon and Giorgio Agamben, there is a long tradition of radicalism in philosophy. This course is about how radical philosophy can usefully question our deepest assumptions and challenge our deepest beliefs. Poets should be outlawed from our society! We can secure knowledge by doubting everything! Capitalism will be destroyed by the very forces it creates! It is not possible for us to live authentically! Gender is a social performance! We can never access the subjectivity of those we investigate! Pornography silences women! We are not responsible for migrants and other fringe groups of society who lack full access to citizenship! We must tolerate hate speech! Torture is permissible in extreme circumstances, e.g. post 9/11! We cannot hope for a perfectly reconciled and harmonious society! These are some of the claims this course investigates philosophically.Reading:Required readings will be posted online.Recommended:Thomas Nagel, Mortal Questions, Cambridge University Press, 2012

Assessment Method:

Assignment 70%, Oral 20%, Class test 10%

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Title:

Global Justice

Code:

PP1GJ

Convenor:

DR Shalini Sinha

Summary:

Global traditions of thought from the Buddha and Confucius to Simone Weil, Michel Foucault, Frantz Fanon, Martin Luther King Jr., and African and Native American thinkers have advocated ideas of justice that extend far beyond contemporary conceptions. This course is about looking at the idea of justice in ways that transform how we approach injustice and freedom in the contemporary world.

Some of the claims we will examine include: Justice is freedom from suffering!  Revolutionary violence is cathartic, it is a necessary means of emancipation! Political freedom begins with mental training! We belong to nature; nature has rights! Gender and sexual freedom require the dissolution of bodily identity!  Truth lies in pleasure! Epistemic justice is based in love! Only Confucian harmony can integrate a plural society! 

Assessment Method:

Assignment 70%, Oral 20%, Class test 10%

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Title:

The Meaning of Life

Code:

PP1ML

Convenor:

DR Luke Elson

Summary:

What is the meaning of life? This is perhaps the most important philosophical question we can ask. What is the answer? Indeed, what is the question really asking? In this module, we seek the answers. Along the way, we will consider a series of fascinating questions which promise to enlighten our understanding of ourselves and our place in the world. What makes life worth living? Is there no reason to fear death? Could life in artificial reality be better or more fulfilling than life in the real world? This module investigates diverse philosophical answers to these questions, as well as drawing from fields such as Health care, Psychology, and biology. 

Reading:

Required readings will be posted online.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 70%, Oral 20%, Class test 10%

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Title:

Inequality

Code:

PO1INE

Convenor:

DR Jonathan Golub

Summary:

Inequality is everywhere around us: different individuals earn different salaries, people of different genders and backgrounds have access to different economic opportunities, and those at the top of the income distribution have radically distinct life chances than those at the bottom. What explains rising inequality, is it fair and what are the consequences? Should anything be done to reduce inequality, and if so, what?This course aims to answer these questions by providing students with the analytical tools and knowledge to understand and explain the evolution of earnings, racial and gender inequality over time and its variation across developed countries. It also considers the economic, normative and political implications of different forms of inequality, in particular gender and racial inequality. Is inequality at the top of the income distribution (i.e. the 1% v. the rest of us) the inevitable outcome of a well-functioning market system or does it suggest problems in the way our democracy work? Does inequality undermine democracy for instance by affecting political participation or increasing the appeal of non-liberal populist parties? Take the course and you will find out more about these fascinating questions and more!

Assessment Method:

Assignment 40%, Oral 10%, Project 50%

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Title:

The Science of Climate Change

Code:

MT1CC

Convenor:

PROF Nigel Arnell

Summary:

This module provides an introduction to the science of climate change, aimed at students who do not necessarily have a scientific background.

Assessment Method:

Exam 70%, Assignment 30%

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Title:

Economic Policy and Social Problems

Code:

EC111

Convenor:

PROF Giovanni Razzu

Summary:

This module will explore a range of contemporary social problems and how economic policy can be used to address them.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 40%, Report 60%

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Title:

The Economics of Climate Change

Code:

EC110

Convenor:

DR Stefania Lovo

Summary:

The module will offer an economic perspective on the causes and consequences of climate change. It will provide an introduction to key theoretical concepts, such as externalities and public goods, and to the policy tools available to devise adequate responses to climate change, such as command and control measures, taxation and subsidies. The module will also introduce national and international policy approaches in dealing with climate change and provide an overview of their implications for economic development.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 60%, Class test 40%

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Title:

Texts, Readers, and Writers

Code:

CL1TR

Convenor:

PROF Eleanor Dickey

Summary:

This module explores the history of texts, reading, and writing in the ancient Greek and Roman worlds. We shall look at literature, papyri, inscriptions, letters, Linear B, etc. Attention will also be given to the invention of the alphabet and to ancient writing materials and technologies. No knowledge of Latin, ancient Greek, or the ancient world more generally is required.

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 40%, Set exercise 10%

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Title:

Latin 1 (C)

Code:

CL1L1

Convenor:

MRS Jackie Baines

Summary:

This module aims to teach students some elements of the Latin language and give them skills to read Latin at an elementary level.

Assessment Method:

Exam 30%, Class test 70%

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Title:

Ancient Song

Code:

CL1SO

Convenor:

PROF Ian Rutherford

Summary:

This module introduces students to the lyric poetry of ancient Greece and Rome, studying authors from both civilisations and considering a range of thematic approaches to the surviving corpus of poetry. It is intended to be suitable for beginners and for those who have studied some ancient literature before; there is no language requirement, but there will be an opportunity for students who do have relevant skills to employ them in their coursework and exams.

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 50%

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Title:

Ancient Greek 1

Code:

CL1G1

Convenor:

MRS Jackie Baines

Summary:

This module aims to teach students some elements of the Ancient Greek language and give them skills to read Ancient Greek at an elementary level.

Assessment Method:

Exam 30%, Class test 70%

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Title:

Contemporary world cultures: an introduction to social anthropology

Code:

AR1SOC

Convenor:

DR Thomas Grisaffi

Summary:

This module provides a general introduction to social anthropology as the comparative study of human cultures.  The module will introduce you to major themes in the discipline of anthropology, which may include: the interaction between nature and culture seen through the study of body techniques and the senses; how men are thought to be different from women; the debate about the integration of hunter-gatherer societies into the modern world; the roles of religion and ritual in social life; and whether ‘ethnic groups’ are natural entities. The module will also consider what anthropology has to say about some key issues in today’s world, such as modernity, globalisation, consumption, exchange and violence. The module will highlight the connections between anthropology, geography and archaeology. The module is taught by a team of social anthropologists who are active researchers, and who will draw on their own research experience to inform their teaching.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 70%, Set exercise 30%

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Title:

Revolutions in Human Behaviour: 4 Million Years BC to the Present [10 credits]

Code:

AR1REV10

Convenor:

DR Aleks Pluskowski

Summary:

This module investigates the development of human society in the long-term, from our earliest hominin ancestors (c. 4 million years ago) through to the present day. We will look at key revolutions that have affected human behaviour in the long-term. Key themes include: human evolution, the development of complex societies, the spread of Christianity and Islam, the industrial revolution, and 20th century world wars. The module is taught by lectures.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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Title:

Archaeology today: methods and practice

Code:

AR1MET

Convenor:

MS Amanda Clarke

Summary:

The module provides a comprehensive introduction to the main methods and practices currently employed in modern archaeology, both in archaeological fieldwork and post-excavation analysis. It is taught through a mixture of lectures, seminars, practicals and a residential field class. It is assessed entirely by coursework.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 60%, Report 40%

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Title:

Revolutions in Human Behaviour: 4 Million Years BC to the Present

Code:

AR1REV

Convenor:

DR Aleks Pluskowski

Summary:

This module investigates the development of human society in the long-term, from our earliest hominin ancestors (c. 4 million years ago) through to the present day. We will look at key revolutions that have affected human behaviour in the long-term. Key themes include: human evolution, the development of complex societies, the spread of Christianity and Islam, the industrial revolution, and 20th century world wars. The module is taught by lectures, seminars and has a field trip.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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Title:

Forensic Anthropology and the Archaeology of Death

Code:

AR1FOR

Convenor:

MRS Ceri Falys

Summary:

This module investigates the archaeological methods employed in the scientific study of the dead, both from modern crime scenes and within older archaeological contexts. You will have the opportunity to analyse skeletal remains, and carry out fieldwork in the form of a cemetery survey, learning how to analyse and interpret these results. Through a series of case studies, you will explore the role of forensic archaeologists and anthropologists (working within the context of the ethics, law and politics) behind the examination of human remains.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 50%, Report 50%

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Title:

Forensic Anthropology and the Archaeology of Death [10 credit]

Code:

AR1FOR10

Convenor:

MRS Ceri Falys

Summary:

This module investigates the archaeological methods employed in the scientific study of the dead, both from modern crime scenes and within older archaeological contexts. Through a series of case studies, you will explore the role of forensic archaeologists and anthropologists (working within the context of the ethics, law and politics) behind the examination of human remains.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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Title:

Early Empires: Mesopotamia, Egypt & Rome

Code:

AR1EMP

Convenor:

PROF Roger Matthews

Summary:

This module introduces the archaeology and historical context of the world’s early empires, dating from 2500 BC to AD 395. We focus on the great empires of ancient Mesopotamia (Akkad, Babylonia and Assyria), Egypt, the Persian Achaemenid Empire and the Roman Empire. We will review other imperial entities of the world, including examples from China and the Far East, and the Americas. We will examine special themes relevant to the topic of empires, including ideology, imperial cult, trade, urbanisation, warfare, agriculture and the everyday lives of imperial subjects. You will study the rise and fall of some of the greatest, and the most fearsome, socio-political entities to have existed on our planet.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 70%, Practical 10%, Report 20%

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Title:

Introduction to Management

Code:

AP1SB1

Convenor:

DR Yiorgos Gadanakis

Summary:

This module provides a contemporary and comprehensive introduction to management science and its relevance to businesses. Interactive in-class activities and the use of online apps will help you learn techniques for inspiring teamwork in an organisation context, discover the importance of strategic management design for achieving an organisation's goals, and understand the roles of the manager and the responsibilities this carries. You will also have a range of opportunities to gain hands-on practising decision making through case studies. Furthermore, develop your leadership skills to motivate and guide a team towards the achievement of an organisation’s objectives.  

Assessment Method:

Class test 100%

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Title:

IWLP Modern Greek 1

Code:

LA1PK1

Convenor:

PROF Timothy Duff

Summary:

Intended for students with no previous knowledge of the Modern Greek language, this module enables students to acquire a basic understanding of the language and the ability to communicate in everyday situations about matters of most immediate personal relevance. It also provides students with some insights into aspects of society and everyday life in Greece and Cyprus. Support is given and adjustments are made for students with disabilities. 

Support is given and adjustments are made for students with disabilities. However, IWLP language modules are communicative in nature and students are required to work in small groups.  Also, students should be aware that spelling, grammar and sentence structure are assessed. In this respect the IWLP assessment is exempted from the University’s requirement to take specific learning difficulties into account when marking.  For languages where handwriting is assessed, computers are not allowed. For queries, contact iwlp@reading.ac.uk.

Assessment Method:

Exam 40%, Oral 30%, Class test 30%

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Title:

Introduction to Linguistics

Code:

ML1IL

Convenor:

DR Federico Faloppa

Summary:

This module aims to familiarise students with principles in general linguistics, and to give students an overall picture of what a language is, how it works, and what its main structures are, with a particular focus on French, German, Italian and Spanish. It will also provide useful meta-linguistic competence which can be applied to the study of any other language.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 40%, Oral 20%, Set exercise 40%

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Title:

Museum History, Policy and Ethics

Code:

MC1HPE

Convenor:

DR Rhi Smith

Summary:

This module explores and critically analyses the historical, political and ethical factors which influence contemporary museum practice. It investigates topics such as the origins of museums, collecting histories, social justice, repatriation, hidden voices, and the role of different audiences in curation. Case studies and museological theory are used to debate the role of museums in modern society. Students take part in lectures, seminars and museum visits and work is assessed through two coursework essays and a presentation.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 90%, Oral 10%

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Title:

Presenting the Past

Code:

MC1PP

Convenor:

DR Rhi Smith

Summary:

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 40%, Report 10%

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Title:

Development of transferable skills through a school placement 1

Code:

ED2TS1

Convenor:

DR Caroline Foulkes

Summary:

This module enables undergraduate students to develop key transferable skills needed for employment, and also provides outreach experience. Following specialist training on key aspects of working in schools, five day placements in June/July in
secondary schools in the Reading area will provide work experience in a professional setting. In the autumn, students will build on the knowledge and transferable skills acquired in order to plan and deliver, with colleagues, a teaching session that shares knowledge of their degree specialism with small groups of school students. Students will reflect on, and share, their experiences with their colleagues. Assessment will be by coursework, and placement supervisor report on professionalism and engagement.
Students will be selected by application and interview.

Assessment Method:

Practical 10%, Oral 50%, Portfolio 40%

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Title:

Ancient Drama

Code:

CL2DR

Convenor:

PROF Barbara Goff

Summary:

This module examines the ancient genre of drama, with respect to its content, themes and style, and the context of performance culture which surrounded it.

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 50%

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Title:

Ancient Greek 3 (I)

Code:

CL2G3

Convenor:

MRS Jackie Baines

Summary:

The module aims to enable students to read Ancient Greek authors with some fluency, and to develop a sound competence in grammar, syntax and vocabulary. In addition, students will gain practice in the analysis of the literary texts studied.

Assessment Method:

Exam 67%, Class test 33%

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Title:

Ancient Greek 2 (I)

Code:

CL2G2

Convenor:

MRS Jackie Baines

Summary:

The module aims to introduce students to reading Ancient Greek authors in the original, and to develop further knowledge of grammar, syntax and vocabulary. 

Assessment Method:

Exam 67%, Class test 33%

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Title:

Prospects for Classicists and Ancient Historians

Code:

CL2PR

Convenor:

DR Andreas Gavrielatos

Summary:

A module designed to foster reflective and employability skills.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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Title:

Rome’s Mediterranean Empire; A World of Cities

Code:

CL2RME

Convenor:

DR Andrew Souter

Summary:

This module will explore the phenomenon of Roman urbanism through detailed analysis of architecture and Imperial iconography at a range of geographically-diverse sites: case studies will include those on Rome, Pompeii, Lepcis Magna, Merida and Athens, thereby providing students with the opportunity to deepen their understanding of leading cities of the Roman world while addressing broad themes such as cultural exchanges and stylistic developments. We will also examine the means by which urban landscapes were used to communicate Imperial ideology and provincial munificence. Essays and group discussion will prepare students to discuss issues of chronology, technique, and style in art and architecture; we will also address overarching issues through the reading and discussion of current and previous scholarly articles in these fields.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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Title:

Literature and Society in Late Antiquity

Code:

CL2LAN

Convenor:

DR Susan Griffith

Summary:

This module studies the transformation the literature of the Mediterranean over four centuries, from the traditional Graeco-Roman canon in Greek and Latin to a multilingual, avowedly Christian set of texts which draw on previous tradition but also innovate in many ways, including the introduction of new literary genres and the transformation of old ones. This is done against the wider context of late antique Mediterranean history.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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Title:

Work placement for Classicists and Ancient Historians

Code:

CL2PL

Convenor:

PROF Eleanor Dickey

Summary:

This module provides students with the opportunity to undertake a professional placement during the summer vacation preceding Part 2 or 3 of study.

Assessment Method:

Portfolio 100%

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Title:

Latin 3 (I)

Code:

CL2L3

Convenor:

MRS Jackie Baines

Summary:

The module aims to enable students to read Latin authors with some fluency, and to develop a sound competence in grammar, syntax and vocabulary. In addition, students will gain practice in the analysis of the literary texts studied.

Assessment Method:

Exam 67%, Class test 33%

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Title:

Latin 2 (I)

Code:

CL2L2

Convenor:

MRS Jackie Baines

Summary:

The module aims to introduce students to reading Latin authors in the original, and to develop further knowledge of grammar, syntax and vocabulary.

Assessment Method:

Exam 67%, Class test 33%

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Title:

My Mother's Sin and other Stories

Code:

CL2SI

Convenor:

DR Dimitra Tzanidaki-Kreps

Summary:

To introduce some major authors and works as well as trends in Modern Greek Poetry and Fiction from the late 19th century to the late 20th century 
To analyse selected poems and novels in connection with both the history, sociocultural context and wider literary developments of their period 
To illustrate attitudes to the ancient past in the work of some selected poets and novelists. 

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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Title:

Roman History: From Republic to Empire

Code:

CL2RO

Convenor:

PROF Annalisa Marzano

Summary:

This Roman history module covers the period from the second triumvirate in the last years of the Republic to the reigns of the emperors.

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 50%

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Title:

Greek History: Persian Wars to Alexander

Code:

CL2CGH

Convenor:

PROF Timothy Duff

Summary:

Greek History 479-323 BC, from the end of the Persian Wars, through the Peloponnesian War and the fall of Sparta, to the rise of Macedon and the meteoric career of Alexander the Great.

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 50%

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Title:

Cleopatras

Code:

CL2CLE

Convenor:

DR Rachel Mairs

Summary:

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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Title:

Ancient Epic

Code:

CL2AE

Convenor:

PROF Katherine Harloe

Summary:

This module offers an introduction to early Greek epic, centring around close study of the Iliad Odyssey, but including discussion of other early Greek hexameter poems such Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and the Epic Cycle.  It may also cover later epic, for example Apollonius Rhodius or Roman epic.

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 50%

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Title:

Going Public: Presenting the Past, Planning the Future

Code:

HS2GPP

Convenor:

PROF Kate Williams

Summary:

This module is compulsory for all Single Subject History students.

Assessment Method:

Oral 40%, Portfolio 40%, Report 20%

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Title:

Historical Approaches and My Dissertation

Code:

HS2HAD

Convenor:

MR Dafydd Townley

Summary:

This module is compulsory for all Single Subject History students and History with Study Abroad students. It is available as an optional module for students taking a joint degree in History, and strongly recommended for Joint History students wishing to complete their Part 3 Dissertation in History. Joint History students opting to complete their Part 3 Dissertation in History without taking this module will be required to complete (as a formative assessment) the dissertation proposal which forms one element of the summative assessment on this module.

Assessment Method:

Portfolio 100%

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Title:

The Colonial Experience: Africa, 1879 to 1980

Code:

HS2O10

Convenor:

DR Heike Schmidt

Summary:

Part 2 Options can be either chronological or thematic. Chronological Options will usually take the form of a survey of a particular geographical area or nation over a defined period of one or two centuries. These Options aim to acquaint students with the causes and consequences of continuity and change over the long term in the political, social, economic and cultural systems under study. Thematic Options take key concepts, ideas, or debates in history and study them in a number of different contexts, either geographically or across historical periods. The aim again is to acquaint students with the causes of continuity and change, but this time by a more comparative approach.

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 50%

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Title:

Hollywood Histories: Film and the Past

Code:

HS2O11

Convenor:

PROF Patrick Major

Summary:

Part 2 Options can be either chronological or thematic. Chronological Options will usually take the form of a survey of a particular geographical area or nation over a defined period of one or two centuries. These Options aim to acquaint students with the causes and consequences of continuity and change over the long term in the political, social, economic and cultural systems under study. Thematic Options take key concepts, ideas, or debates in history and study them in a number of different contexts, either geographically or across historical periods. The aim again is to acquaint students with the causes of continuity and change, but this time by a more comparative approach.

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 50%

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Title:

Belief and Unbelief in Europe: Religion, Science and the Supernatural c.1400-1800

Code:

HS2O12

Convenor:

PROF Helen Parish

Summary:

Part 2 Options can be either chronological or thematic. Chronological Options will usually take the form of a survey of a particular geographical area or nation over a defined period of one or two centuries. These Options aim to acquaint students with the causes and consequences of continuity and change over the long term in the political, social, economic and cultural systems under study. Thematic Options take key concepts, ideas, or debates in history and study them in a number of different contexts, either geographically or across historical periods. The aim again is to acquaint students with the causes of continuity and change, but this time by a more comparative approach.

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Title:

The Crusades, 1095-1291

Code:

HS2O13

Convenor:

PROF Rebecca Rist

Summary:

Part 2 Options can be either chronological or thematic. Chronological Options will usually take the form of a survey of a particular geographical area or nation over a defined period of one or two centuries. These Options aim to acquaint students with the causes and consequences of continuity and change over the long term in the political, social, economic and cultural systems under study. Thematic Options take key concepts, ideas, or debates in history and study them in a number of different contexts, either geographically or across historical periods. The aim again is to acquaint students with the causes of continuity and change, but this time by a more comparative approach.

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Title:

Rebel Girls: The Influence of Radical Women 1792-1919

Code:

HS2O14

Convenor:

DR Jacqui Turner

Summary:

Part 2 Options can be either chronological or thematic. Chronological Options will usually take the form of a survey of a particular geographical area or nation over a defined period of one or two centuries. These Options aim to acquaint students with the causes and consequences of continuity and change over the long term in the political, social, economic and cultural systems under study. Thematic Options take key concepts, ideas, or debates in history and study them in a number of different contexts, either geographically or across historical periods. The aim again is to acquaint students with the causes of continuity and change, but this time by a more comparative approach.

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Exam 50%, Assignment 50%

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Title:

Reform and Revolt in the Modern Middle East: Egypt from Ataturk to the ‘Arab Spring’

Code:

HS2O17

Convenor:

DR Dina Rezk

Summary:

Part 2 Options can be either chronological or thematic. Chronological Options will usually take the form of a survey of a particular geographical area or nation over a defined period of one or two centuries. These Options aim to acquaint students with the causes and consequences of continuity and change over the long term in the political, social, economic and cultural systems under study. Thematic Options take key concepts, ideas, or debates in history and study them in a number of different contexts, either geographically or across historical periods. The aim again is to acquaint students with the causes of continuity and change, but this time by a more comparative approach.

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Title:

Pirates of the Caribbean: Empire, Slavery, and Society, 1550-1750

Code:

HS2O18

Convenor:

DR Richard Blakemore

Summary:

In this course we will examine the question of piracy in terms of its popular connotations, legal definition, social dimensions, and its importance for the growth of early modern empires, with specific reference to the Caribbean from the mid-sixteenth to the mid-eighteenth century.

Part 2 Options can be either chronological or thematic. Chronological Options will usually take the form of a survey of a particular geographical area or nation over a defined period of one or two centuries. These Options aim to acquaint students with the causes and consequences of continuity and change over the long term in the political, social, economic and cultural systems under study. Thematic Options take key concepts, ideas, or debates in history and study them in a number of different contexts, either geographically or across historical periods. The aim again is to acquaint students with the causes of continuity and change, but this time by a more comparative approach.

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Title:

Europe in the Twentieth Century

Code:

HS2O19

Convenor:

DR Daniel Renshaw

Summary:

Part 2 Options can be either chronological or thematic. Chronological Options will usually take the form of a survey of a particular geographical area or nation over a defined period of one or two centuries. These Options aim to acquaint students with the causes and consequences of continuity and change over the long term in the political, social, economic and cultural systems under study. Thematic Options take key concepts, ideas, or debates in history and study them in a number of different contexts, either geographically or across historical periods. The aim again is to acquaint students with the causes of continuity and change, but this time by a more comparative approach.

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Exam 50%, Assignment 50%

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Title:

Sexual politics: Gender, sex, and feminism in Britain after 1918

Code:

HS2O20

Convenor:

DR Natalie Thomlinson

Summary:

Part 2 Options can be either chronological or thematic. Chronological Options will usually take the form of a survey of a particular geographical area or nation over a defined period of one or two centuries. These Options aim to acquaint students with the causes and consequences of continuity and change over the long term in the political, social, economic and cultural systems under study. Thematic Options take key concepts, ideas, or debates in history and study them in a number of different contexts, either geographically or across historical periods. The aim again is to acquaint students with the causes of continuity and change, but this time by a more comparative approach.

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Exam 50%, Assignment 50%

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Title:

From War to the New Millennium: Making Modern Britain

Code:

HS2O25

Convenor:

DR Natalie Thomlinson

Summary:

This module traces key themes in the making of modern of Britain. Between 1918 and 1997, the UK went through much transformation, in politics (expanding democracy, war, decolonisation and European Union), economics (the advent of social democracy, deindustrialisation and Thatcherism), society (class, gender, sexuality and race relations) and culture (media, youth and technology). By exploring these themes, it is hoped that students will gain a grasp of British histories, recognising divergent and overlapping strands in the country’s journey towards the twenty-first century.        

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Title:

People, power and revolution: political culture in seventeenth-century England

Code:

HS2O3

Convenor:

DR Eilish Gregory

Summary:

The political narrative of seventeenth-century England is eventful: one Stuart monarch, Charles I, was tried and executed by his own subjects in 1649 following two civil wars; another, James II, was ousted and replaced in the 'Glorious Revolution' of 1688-9. In the middle of the century England came under republican government and experienced the rise to power of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector. In this module we will ask who ruled England in the seventeenth century, why two revolutions occurred, and how different politics was by the end of the century compared to the situation when James I came to the throne in 1603.

Part 2 Options can be either chronological or thematic. Chronological Options will usually take the form of a survey of a particular geographical area or nation over a defined period of one or two centuries. These Options aim to acquaint students with the causes and consequences of continuity and change over the long term in the political, social, economic and cultural systems under study. Thematic Options take key concepts, ideas, or debates in history and study them in a number of different contexts, either geographically or across historical periods. The aim again is to acquaint students with the causes of continuity and change, but this time by a more comparative approach.

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 50%

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Title:

Women and Medieval History

Code:

HS2O4

Convenor:

DR Ruth Salter

Summary:

This module will study women’s history in the context of centuries which saw major social and economic change across medieval societies, as well as the impact of cultural revolution and natural disasters. Its first key aim is to study the impact of these changes on those labelled ‘the weaker sex’. The first step will be to look at the beliefs which supported that label.  The second will be to look at the contributions which women in major social groups were actually making.  The vexed question of political power, and women’s access to it, will be given special consideration.

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Title:

Kingship and Crisis in England, c.1154–1330

Code:

HS2O7

Convenor:

DR Elizabeth Matthew

Summary:

This module investigates continuity and change in English politics from the late twelfth to the early fourteenth century. In this era, government was royal government: the prime mover in politics was the king. But kings had concerns outside England. Succession could be problematic. What happened when a king was absent or too young to rule in person? What constrained kings’ freedom of action? What part did queens and subjects play in shaping politics?

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Title:

Society, Thought and Art in Modern Europe

Code:

HS2STA

Convenor:

DR Veronica Heath

Summary:

This module aims to provide students with a systematic historical and cross-national understanding of the key ideas, institutions and symbols that have come to constitute and represent modernity in Europe and, at the same time, new conceptions of Europe. This module examines the birth of modern men and women in Europe in the late eighteenth century and the broad intellectual, cultural, economic, political and social conditions which have been shaping and re-shaping them since. The module further shows a) the contributions of different European nations to a common European reaction to and re-evaluation of tradition and modernity; and b) the diffusion of modernity (Westernisation) from Europe to Asia and Africa and its role in the creation of a global world. Finally, it shows how art has played a leading role in the transformations of modernity; not only recording it but also constituting one of its central components.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 80%, Class test 20%

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Title:

Unity, Nationalism and Regionalism in Europe

Code:

HS2UNR

Convenor:

DR Athena Leoussi

Summary:

The aim of this module is to study how two ideas became two of the most important  forces which shaped modern Europe from the 18th century to the present day. These were the idea of the nation and the idea of the European community. With this aim in mind, the module is divided into two thematic sections:

The first section explores the origins of the idea of the nation as it emerged as a revolutionary idea in Enlightenment Europe, remoulding states and peoples across Europe and the rest of the world. The section gives historical depth to current debates on nations and nationalism exploring the development of ideas about the nation, national identity, nationalism and the nation-state, through the study of classic and foundational texts such as Ernest Renan’s famous lecture at the Sorbonne of 1882, ‘What is a nation?’, Woodrow Wilson’s ‘Fourteen Points’ of 1918, and close examination of a variety of nationalist movements in Europe, from the French Revolution of 1789, through the making of the first German nation-state, to the national revolutions of 1989 in communist Eastern Europe,  and the challenges to established nation-states by the nationalisms of the European regions which have persisted into the 21st century (e.g., Catalan, Flemish, Scottish). 

The relationship between majority, ruling nations and ethnic and national minorities is also examined as an important factor in nation-building. Does the nation-state exclude minorities?  

The second section engages with public debates about European integration and the nature of European identity as these interact with the member states of the EU and with processes of globalisation.  

Assessment Method:

Assignment 70%, Oral 10%, Set exercise 20%

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Title:

Curatorship and Collections Management

Code:

MC2CCM

Convenor:

DR Rhi Smith

Summary:

A practical introduction to researching, cataloguing, interpreting and displaying museum objects. The module is based on work with objects from the University of Reading's collections. Students will choose one object from the stores, and are assessed on three assignments based on researching, labelling and displaying the object.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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Title:

Museum Learning and Engagement

Code:

MC2LE

Convenor:

DR Rhi Smith

Summary:

This module critically examines the learning role of museums in society. Students are introduced to learning theory, programme and event management, while also learning about resource design, evaluation, and visitor research. During the course students will hear from museum-based learning and engagement professionals and observe and evaluate learning resources and events. Interactive lectures, seminars and museum visits encourage students to contextualise and apply learning. Work is assessed through design and planned evaluation of a learning resource, evaluation of an educational event, and an analysis of a museum's learning programme.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 90%, Oral 10%

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Title:

Practice of Entrepreneurship

Code:

MM270

Convenor:

DR Norbert Morawetz

Summary:

This is a dynamic and experiential module aiming to give students a strong understanding of key dilemmas likely to be faced by first time entrepreneurs. The module develops student's entrepreneurial skill and confidence to put plans into action. Students gain understanding of the practice of entrepreneurship as informed by theory, role play and guest lectures. This will include exposure to the experience of successful entrepreneurs. Students are given a solid understanding of the realities of business start-up.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 65%, Oral 30%, Portfolio 5%

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Title:

Anatolia and the Aegean in the Late Bronze Age. The Context for the Trojan War

Code:

CL3AA

Convenor:

PROF Ian Rutherford

Summary:

This course aims to provide students with an understanding of the civilisations of Crete, Greece and Anatolia in the Late Bronze Age (1500-1150BC), and the political and cultural interactions taking place in Western Turkey in this period that form the background to the “Trojan War”.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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Title:

Archaeology and Topography of Ancient Greece

Code:

CL3BSA

Convenor:

DR Emma Aston

Summary:

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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Title:

British School at Rome Undergraduate Summer School

Code:

CL3BSR

Convenor:

DR Andreas Gavrielatos

Summary:

Students enrolled for this module will make an application to the British School at Rome for study on the School’s undergraduate summer school programme. If accepted, they can then complete two 2,000 word essays drawing on their time in Rome for academic credit within the module CL3BSR.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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Title:

Dissertation in Classics

Code:

CL3DN

Convenor:

DR Andreas Gavrielatos

Summary:

This dissertation should allow for in-depth research, explication, and documentation of a topic. Its result should be a piece of original research or, possibly, an original artistic production.

Assessment Method:

Oral 10%, Dissertation 90%

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Title:

Preparation for Dissertation in Classics

Code:

CL3DP

Convenor:

DR Andreas Gavrielatos

Summary:

Students will prepare for their dissertation by completing a series of workshops and an assessed proposal, which will include an annotated bibliography.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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Title:

History and Culture of New Kingdom Egypt

Code:

CL3EGY

Convenor:

DR Hana Navratilova

Summary:

This module studies the historical and cultural development of Egypt over five centuries of the New Kingdom period, from approximately 1600 BCE to 1100 BCE, from being an ascendant expansionist state to becoming a divided kingdom with a significantly changed character of once pivotal royal authority. It makes intensive use of both material and written culture to elucidate this dynamic period of Egyptian history, defined as an imperial and cosmopolitan age, but exhibiting also significant social and cultural change. Egyptological historiography of the period will be also addressed to illustrate the complexity - and plasticity - of modern historiography concerned with the ancient world. 

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Title:

Ancient Greek 4 (H)

Code:

CL3G4

Convenor:

MRS Jackie Baines

Summary:

The module aims to enable students to improve their skills in reading a range of Ancient Greek authors and with greater fluency, and to develop advanced knowledge of grammar, syntax and vocabulary. In addition, students will gain practice in the analysis of the literary texts studied. Students will also practise unseen translation.

Assessment Method:

Exam 67%, Assignment 33%

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Title:

Ancient Greek 5 (H)

Code:

CL3G5

Convenor:

MRS Jackie Baines

Summary:

The module aims to enable students to improve their skills in reading a range of Ancient Greek authors with fluency, and to develop appreciation of Greek dialects and of literary style. Students will gain practice in the analysis of the literary texts studied. Students will also practise unseen translation.

Assessment Method:

Exam 67%, Assignment 33%

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Title:

Independent Third Year Project

Code:

CL3INP

Convenor:

DR Andreas Gavrielatos

Summary:

This project should allow for in-depth research, explication, and documentation of a topic which can be best presented in a format or formats different from the traditional dissertation. Admission to this module will be at the discretion of the Programme Director.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 40%, Oral 60%

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Title:

Latin 2 (I)

Code:

CL3L2

Convenor:

MRS Jackie Baines

Summary:

The module aims to introduce students to reading Latin authors in the original, and to develop further knowledge of grammar, syntax and vocabulary. In addition, students will gain practice in the analysis of the literary texts studied.

Assessment Method:

Exam 67%, Class test 33%

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Title:

Ancient Greek 6

Code:

CL3G6

Convenor:

MRS Jackie Baines

Summary:

The module aims, through independent study, to develop professional skills of analysis and criticism in respect of literary texts, studied in the original Greek. Students will gain a thorough understanding of the texts studied, of their historical and cultural context, and of the modern scholarly context. A high level of competence in reading Greek is presupposed.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 90%, Oral 10%

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Title:

Latin 4 (H)

Code:

CL3L4

Convenor:

DR Andreas Gavrielatos

Summary:

The module aims to enable students to improve their skills in a range of Latin authors with greater fluency, and to develop advanced knowledge of grammar, syntax and vocabulary. In addition, students will gain practice in the analysis of the literary texts studied. Students will also practise unseen translation.

Assessment Method:

Exam 67%, Assignment 33%

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Title:

Latin 5 (H)

Code:

CL3L5

Convenor:

DR Andreas Gavrielatos

Summary:

The module aims to enable students to improve their skills in reading a range of Latin authors with fluency, and to develop appreciation of literary style. In addition, students will gain practice in the analysis of the literary texts studied. Students will also practise unseen translation.

Assessment Method:

Exam 67%, Assignment 33%

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Title:

Urban Life: The Archaeology and Anthropology of Roman Cities

Code:

CL3UL

Convenor:

DR John Hanson

Summary:

This module asks a seemingly simple question: why did so many people live in ancient cities and what were their lives like? To answer this, we will begin by considering what a city is, what approaches should be used to understand them, and whether it is legitimate to think about all cities the same way. We will explore a range of topics, including demography, textual descriptions, urban form, inequality, social networks, mobility, life-ways, migration, and the environment. In doing so, we will try to think more like anthropologists, distinguishing between what is common to all human experience and what unique challenges and opportunities were faced by people of the past.

This module is delivered at the University of Reading.

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Assignment 100%

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Title:

Technology in the Ancient World

Code:

CL3TE

Convenor:

PROF Annalisa Marzano

Summary:

This module aims to introduce students to the various issues concerning technology in the Greek and Roman world. The module will not only address the type of discoveries, technological developments, and the extent of their practical applications found in the Classical world, but also engage with the question of what place people with specific technical knowledge, such as architects and engineers, occupied in society. The topic will be addressed from a variety of perspectives: discussion of the available sources, of the major theoretical topics, analysis of archaeological data and, where relevant, of comparative ethnographic material.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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Title:

Transformations of Helen

Code:

CL3TH

Convenor:

PROF Barbara Goff

Summary:

Helen of Troy has captured the imagination of numerous creative and scholarly writers both in antiquity and closer to our own time. Even in antiquity the contradictory versions of her story provoked multiple narratives and strong reactions. This module investigates the figure of Helen via various literary versions from Greece, Rome, and subsequent cultures. We shall explore the themes of gender, desire and marriage, identity and deception, poetic language and poetic tradition, both in the ancient texts and in significant modern receptions.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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Title:

History, Culture and Society in the time of Nero

Code:

CL3NH

Convenor:

DR Andreas Gavrielatos

Summary:

Nero’s personality has inspired the arts for centuries and has been one of the most influential figures of Roman history and through its reception of the modern world as well. He has been extensively portrayed in literature with abundant references in poetry, historiography etc.  Moreover, his idiosyncratic character has provoked a series of anecdotes, micro-histories and rumours that survived until later times and shaped his legacy. Himself a poet and Hellenophile, he’s better known as a maniac, the one who burnt Rome and condemned writers and philosophers to death.

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Title:

Latin 6

Code:

CL3L6

Convenor:

DR Andreas Gavrielatos

Summary:

The module aims to develop professional skills of analysis and criticism in respect of literary texts, studied in the original Latin. Students will gain a thorough understanding of the texts studied, of their historical and cultural context, and of the modern scholarly context. A high level of competence in reading Latin is presupposed.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 90%, Oral 10%

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Title:

THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF HERITAGE AND CULTURAL PROPERTY

Code:

AR3HCP

Convenor:

DR Alanna Cant

Summary:

This module focuses on the concepts, institutions, politics, and legal claims of heritage and cultural property in the contemporary world. You will learn about the historical development of these concepts and the national and global institutions, such as English Heritage and UNESCO, through which they are promoted. You will develop a critical understanding of the political, economic, social and environmental effects of these processes. You will also develop your understanding of how heritage has become an important global industry premised on economies of tourism and heritage site conservation. By looking at different cases of heritage and cultural property, you will investigate such questions as: What is the relationship between heritage, identity and the nation-state? What happens when culture becomes a resource? Can the concept of cultural property afford the protections that indigenous and minority groups seek? What are the consequences of natural and human made threats to heritage sites? Course materials will primarily be academic texts and documentary films about specific cases from all over the world. The module will be delivered through a series of lectures, seminar sessions (small groups and general discussions), and documentary films.

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Title:

From Darwin to Death Camps? Evolution and eugenics in European society, 1859-1945

Code:

HS3T98

Convenor:

PROF David Stack

Summary:

Part 3 Options involve the study of specific periods, subjects or types of History. This option aims to give students an understanding of Darwin’s theory of evolution through natural selection profoundly changed our way of thinking about both the natural world and society.

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 50%

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Title:

Ireland in the seventeenth century: colonization, conflict and identity

Code:

HS3T84

Convenor:

DR Rachel Foxley

Summary:

The seventeenth century in Ireland was a period of brutal struggles over land, religion, and identity. Oliver Cromwell’s conquest of Ireland in the middle of the century and King William’s victory at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 are defining events in Irish history; memories and myths of these events still reinforce the divided identities of the modern island of Ireland. In this module we will trace the story of Ireland from the process of English (and later British) plantation of Irish lands which had begun in the sixteenth century, through the 1641 rebellion and the wars of the mid and late seventeenth century, up to the foundations of the Protestant Ascendancy which was to dominate eighteenth-century Ireland.

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 50%

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Title:

Africa from European Settlement to Nelson Mandela

Code:

HS3T89

Convenor:

DR Heike Schmidt

Summary:

Part 3 Options involve the study of specific periods, subjects or types of history.

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 50%

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Title:

Crisis, Change, Opportunity: Italy from 1968 to the Present

Code:

HS3CCO

Convenor:

DR Daniela La Penna

Summary:

The module focuses on defining episodes of Italian history from 1968 to the present day, and it will shed light on how each of the selected themes and events have contributed to change the physiognomy of contemporary Italian society. 

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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Title:

Dissertation in History

Code:

HS3HLD

Convenor:

DR Heike Schmidt

Summary:

This module leads to the completion of a dissertation of 10,000 words, excluding title page, contents page, references, tables, illustrations and their captions, appendices, and bibliography. It allows for an extended in-depth examination of a historical topic, based on guided independent research.

Assessment Method:

Oral 10%, Dissertation 90%

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Title:

May ‘68

Code:

HS3M68

Convenor:

DR Sophie Heywood

Summary:

The global upheaval caused by the protest movements around 1968 is held to have revolutionised social structures, overturned cultural conventions, challenged political ideologies, and catalysed civil rights activism by women, gay people and ethnic minorities. This module examines the events of May ‘68 in France in the context of this wider moment of global protest and counter-cultural turbulence, to examine and question its legacy for contemporary French politics, society and culture.

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 40%, Oral 10%"

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Title:

Anarchy in the UK: Punk, Politics and Youth Culture in Britain, 1976-84

Code:

HS3SAU

Convenor:

PROF Matthew Worley

Summary:

This module examines the relationship between youth cultures and politics in Britain between the period 1976 and 1984. These were turbulent times, during which the steady improvements in living standards that helped facilitate the emergence of recognisable youth cultures in the years following World War Two gave way to economic downturn and political instability. Punk, it seemed, was the soundtrack to social, political and cultural change.

Assessment Method:

Exam 40%, Assignment 60%

Disclaimer:

Please note that all modules are subject to change.
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Title:

Becoming a Revolutionary: the Old Regime and the French Revolution, 1787-1794

Code:

HS3SBR

Convenor:

PROF Joël Félix

Summary:

In 1789 the French people brought to an end to the political, economic and social system known as the Old Regime, which had proved unable to face up to the societal challenges of the time and which they had come to despise. Almost overnight, the obedient subjects of an absolute monarch constituted themselves as a nation of sovereign citizens. They endeavoured to create a new order based on the principles enshrined in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen. From its outset, the Revolution raised, and continues to produce, many historiographical debates about its long-term origins and more immediate causes, as well as its legacies. The module will explore these debates by considering two key questions. Why did the French become revolutionaries in 1789? How did the process of building a new society promote a new genre of revolutionaries associated with a new political culture, radicalism and the rule of Terror?

Assessment Method:

Exam 40%, Assignment 60%

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Title:

The Last Super Power and the New World Power: the United States and China, 1882-1989

Code:

HS3SLS

Convenor:

DR Mara Oliva

Summary:

The module examines source materials that show the evolution of the relationship between two nations that occupy centre stage at the beginning of the 21st century. One is the world’s sole surviving super-power, the other the world’s most populous state, now entering the fourth decade of the longest sustained period of rapid economic development of any third world country. Through weekly seminars, the course examines diplomatic, military, economic and cultural relations between the United States and China from the late 18th century to the end of the Cold War. The subject will be studied using presidential papers and addresses, private diaries, published government documents, in particular the Foreign Relations of the United States, memoirs, materials from the Museum of Chinese in America of New York and San Francisco, and contemporary critical literature. Specific topics covered include, the importance of the China market, World War II, the start of the Cold War, the military crises in Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam, Nixon’s trip to China and the tragedy of Tiananmen.

Assessment Method:

Exam 40%, Assignment 60%

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Title:

Medieval Magic and the Origins of the Witch-Craze

Code:

HS3T25

Convenor:

PROF Anne Lawrence

Summary:

The period from c.1100 to c.1500 saw important and influential changes in the conception and practices of magic; and yet, despite modern perceptions, this period did not experience a witch craze.  For much of the period, magical practice was dominated by learned men, most of whom were clerics.  This module looks in detail at the forms of magic which they attempted, and traces the gradual changes in attitudes towards magic.  We also look at historical debates about the causes of the early-modern witch craze, and study the evidence provided by late-medieval documents on questions such as the role of the Inquisition.

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 50%

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Title:

Ireland and the English in the middle ages

Code:

HS3T30

Convenor:

DR Elizabeth Matthew

Summary:

This module investigates the initiation, consolidation and subsequent decline of English lordship and colonisation in Ireland from the mid-twelfth to the fifteenth centuries. It examines the impact of these developments both in Ireland itself and within the wider context of the other dominions and concerns of the English crown.

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 50%

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Title:

The United States and the Cold War

Code:

HS3T75

Convenor:

DR Mara Oliva

Summary:

Part 3 Options involve the study of specific periods, subjects or types of History.

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 50%

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Title:

Battleaxes and Benchwarmers’: Early female MPs 1919-1931

Code:

HS3T77

Convenor:

DR Jacqui Turner

Summary:

Part 3 Options involve the study of specific periods, subjects or types of History.

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 50%

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Title:

Axis at War: Life and Death in Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany, 1936-45

Code:

HS3T82

Convenor:

PROF Patrick Major

Summary:

Part 3 Options involve the study of specific periods, subjects or types of history.

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 50%

Disclaimer:

Please note that all modules are subject to change.
The information contained in this module description does not form any part of a student’s contract.