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070125 EX Historical Excursion to the Battleground of the First World War around Ypres (Belgium) (2012S)

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 7 - Geschichte
Continuous assessment of course work

Vorbesprechung am Freitag, dem 16. März 2012, 17.00-18.30 Uhr im Seminarraum Geschichte 3, Stiege 9, 2. Stock.

Weitere Infos:
http://www.univie.ac.at/Geschichte/htdocs2/site/arti.php/90855?

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes

Currently no class schedule is known.

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The excursion is to the Ieper/Ypres area of western Belgium, the scene of fierce battles in every year of the First World War save 1916, takes five days. Two days are reserved for travel, and three full days for tours of the battlefields and museums. Total costs, about 400-450 Euros, include flights, train journeys, four nights’ accommodation with breakfast and the use of a bus to take the group around the region. However, as far as possible, most of the battlefield-sightseeing will be on foot so that good walking shoes and rain gear are required. The three full days will focus on the following:
1. Ypres town and the Flanders Field Museum.
2. The Mesen/Messines area, with visits to the Irish Peace Park and a battlefield tour concentrating on the Battle of Messines (7 June 1917)
3. Places to the north and east of Ypres, scenes of the Third Battle of Ypres (July-November 1917),including the cemeteries Langemarck (German) and Tyne Cot (British), and the Passchendaele War Museum in Zonnebeke

Assessment and permitted materials

Grades awarded for this teaching unit depend on the interest shown by the participant, how he or she contributed to the success of the venture, and, finally, on a 10-page essay which is to include a) impressions of the trip, and b) a treatment of some aspect of the fighting in the region from 1914 to 1918.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The aim of the excursion is to acquaint students with battle conditions on the Western Front during WW1, to provide information on how the soldiers lived and to demonstrate why this section of front was so important (for both sides). The main emphasis will be on the daily life of the common soldier. Naturally, the excursion should encourage students to consider taking an aspect of the war in the region as a theme for a post-graduate thesis.

Examination topics

During two preparatory talks the excursion leader will explain the importance of the region for the outcome of the war on the Western Front. Essay topics will be distributed to the students for study prior to participating in the excursion.

Reading list

See my homepage: www.univie.ac.at/igl.geschichte/mcloughlin

Association in the course directory

Lehramt Geschichte: Exkursion (P4) (3ECTS) | Diplom Geschichte: Exkursion (P4) | In Masterstudien: Exkursion (6ECTS) |

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