HIST449-18W (C) Whole Year 2018

Issues in Modern European History

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 19 February 2018
End Date: Sunday, 18 November 2018
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 2 March 2018
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 7 September 2018

Description

This course focuses on some of the most important and controversial debates in the historiography of modern Europe. Students will be encouraged to explore these debates in detail, to consider the historiographical context within which these debates have taken place, and to arrive at their own views based on their extensive research in primary and secondary sources.

Students will explore two key themes:  the origins of wars, and the history of genocides.  During the course we will look in details at:  (1) the origins of the First World War;  (2) the origins of the Second World War;  (3) The Holocaust;  (4) The Armenian genocide.  Students will then finish the course with a group task considering how far and how appropriately different historical events with a similar theme (i.e. the origins of wars; genocides) can be compared.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of Department.

Restrictions

HIST438, HIST448, EURO448, DIPL418, DIPL423, DIPL428

Equivalent Courses

DIPL428, EURO448

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

David Monger

Lecturer

Heather Wolffram

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
First Essay 30%
Second Essay 30%
Comparative group task 15%
Solo presentation 15%
Seminar attendance and participation 10%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,811.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Humanities .

All HIST449 Occurrences

  • HIST449-18W (C) Whole Year 2018