070486 SE History of the British Isles in the 19th and 20th Centuries (2011S)

History of the British Isles in the 19th and 20th Centuries

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 7 - Geschichte

Continuous assessment of course work

First Session (Erste Sitzung): 3 March 2011, Last Session (Letzte Sitzung) 30 June 2001
Venue: Seminarraum Geschichte 1, Main University Building (Hauptgebäude), 1st Floor, Staircase 10, Thursdays 8.30 a.m. 10.00 a.m.

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).

Registration is open from Fr 18.02.2011 09:17 to Mo 28.02.2011 23:59
Registration is open from Mo 14.03.2011 06:00 to We 16.03.2011 23:59
Deregistration possible until Fr 01.04.2011 23:59

Details

max. 25 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Stephan Wendehorst

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

    
    Thursday
    03.03.
    08:30 - 10:00
    Seminarraum Geschichte 1  Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
    
    Thursday
    10.03.
    08:30 - 10:00
    Seminarraum Geschichte 1  Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
    
    Thursday
    17.03.
    08:30 - 10:00
    Seminarraum Geschichte 1  Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
    
    Thursday
    24.03.
    08:30 - 10:00
    Seminarraum Geschichte 1  Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
    
    Thursday
    31.03.
    08:30 - 10:00
    Seminarraum Geschichte 1  Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
    
    Thursday
    07.04.
    08:30 - 10:00
    Seminarraum Geschichte 1  Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
    
    Thursday
    14.04.
    08:30 - 10:00
    Seminarraum Geschichte 1  Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
    
    Thursday
    05.05.
    08:30 - 10:00
    Seminarraum Geschichte 1  Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
    
    Thursday
    12.05.
    08:30 - 10:00
    Seminarraum Geschichte 1  Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
    
    Thursday
    19.05.
    08:30 - 10:00
    Seminarraum Geschichte 1  Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
    
    Thursday
    26.05.
    08:30 - 10:00
    Seminarraum Geschichte 1  Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
    
    Thursday
    09.06.
    08:30 - 10:00
    Seminarraum Geschichte 1  Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
    
    Thursday
    16.06.
    08:30 - 10:00
    Seminarraum Geschichte 1  Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
    
    Thursday
    30.06.
    08:30 - 10:00
    Seminarraum Geschichte 1  Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This seminar is designed to equip students with the knowledge and skills necessary to a critical understanding of several of the main themes of the economic, social, political, cultural and religious history of the British Isles across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Students will be introduced in depth to the key theoretical and methodological debates about selected areas. By the end of the seminar students are expected to apply the tools of critical historical analysis to one specific question of British history of their choice. The term ‘British history’, itself an object of investigation of this seminar, is meant to encompass the histories of England, Scottland, Wales and Ireland, that is the four historic constituent parts of the (British) Isles that today belong to the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.

Outline Syllabus (Semesterplan)
Week 1 3 March 2011
Introduction & Course Overview
Week 2 10 March 2011
The Sum and its Parts: From Early Modern Composite Monarchy and Empire to 20th Century Decolonization and Devolution
Week 3 17 March 2011
The Historiography of the British Isles between English History and British Histories
Week 4 24 March 2011
The Economy: From Industrial Workshop and Bank of the World to Third Service Sector Economy
Week 5 31 March 2011
The People: Demography, Urbanization & Migration
Week 6 7 April 2011
Society: Classes, Associations and the Media
Week 7 14 April 2011
The State: Government, Law & Administration
Week 8 5 Mai 2011
Shifting Boundaries of the State: From the Poor House to the Welfare State
Week 9 12 Mai 2011
Religion: Between Established
Week 10 19 Mai 2011
The Irish Question between Independence, Home Rule and Unionism
Week 11 26 Mai 2011
Gender, Family & Sexuality
Week 12 9 June 2011
Culture. Leisure & Consumption
Week 13 16 June 2011
Education & the Educated
Week 14 30 June 2011
British History as Literary History

Assessment and permitted materials

Marking is based on four components, regular attendance and active partipation in the seminar, an oral presentation of not more than twenty minutes, the critical analysis of a selected source and a written paper including an abstract of not more than 25 pages. All participants are obliged to discuss their workload, in particular their written paper, with the lecturer at least once in one of his weekly ‘surgery hours’ or make a separate appointment to that end. The deadline for submission of the written work is 30 September 2011. Earlier submissions are welcome.
Credits (Punkte):

6 ECTS-credits for all Master-Studies in History (MA Geschichte: Vertiefung 2 Späte Neuzeit, MA Globalgeschichte und Global Studies: Pflichtmodul Vertiefung 1: Fragestellungen der Globalgeschichte: Themen der Globalgeschichte, MA Historisch-Kulturwissenschaftliche Europaforschung: Vertiefung 1, MA Zeitgeschichte: Vertiefung 1 + 2) and 10 ECTS-credits for BA-Studies (BA-Modul 2).

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The aims to be achieved in this seminar are determined by the ‘Studienplan’.

Examination topics

The methodological tools are detailed in the ‘Studienplan’. Particular emphasis will be placed on interactive scholarly dialogue. For the seminar to be conducted in an interactive manner the careful preparation of the assignments is essential.

Reading list

Suggested Reading (Literatur):
Linda Colley, Britons. Forging the nation 1707 - 1837 (London: Pimlico, 1994) [first 1992].
Alexander Grant and Keith Stringer (eds.), Uniting the Kingdom? The Making of British History (London/New York: Routledge, 1995).
Colin Matthew (ed.), The Nineteenth Century. The British Isles: 1815-1901 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000).
Ross McKibbin, Classes and Cultures: England, 1918-1951 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998).
Keith Robbins, The British Isles 1901-1951 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002).
Teaching Material (Materialien):
Set texts and sources are made available on the e-learning platform ‘fronter’

Association in the course directory

Diplomstudium: E3; MA Geschichte: Vertiefung 2 Späte Neuzeit (6 ECTS); MA Globalgeschichte: Vertiefung 1(6 ECTS); MA Historisch-Kulturwissenschaftliche Europaforschung: Vertiefung 1(6 ECTS); BA-Modul 2 (10 ECTS); MA Zeitgeschichte: Vertiefung 1 + 2 (6 ECTS);

Last modified: Th 29.10.2020 00:18